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bMS 117

Gale, Bradford Eugene. Papers, 1923-1972.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 117
Title: Bradford Eugene Gale. Papers, 1923-1972.
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 14 boxes

Administrative Information:

Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Biographical Note:

Bradford Eugene Gale (1907-1972) was born in Clinton, Massachusetts. He attended Tufts University and received his AB in 1932, his STB in 1934, and an honorary DD in 1949. He also attended Harvard Divinity School from 1933 to 1935 for graduate studies. In 1934, he was ordained as a Unitarian minister in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and held a ministerial position at the Lincoln Unitarian Church for a year. Gale then served at the First Congregational Society in Salem, Massachusetts, from 1935 to 1958; and at the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, from 1958 to 1971. He was also the editor of Contemporary Accents in Liberal Religion 1960. In 1971, Gale was appointed director of the Office of Deferred Giving at the Unitarian Universalist Association. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 64.

Container List:

Sermons, 1934-1972

bMS 117/1 (1) Index of sermons.
bMS 117/1 (2) College sermons.
bMS 117/1 (3) Sermon, 1934.
bMS 117/1 (4-5) Sermons, 1937.
bMS 117/1 (6-7) Sermons, 1938.
bMS 117/1 (8) Sermon, 1942.
bMS 117/1 (9) Sermon, 1943.
bMS 117/1 (10-12) Sermons, 1944.
bMS 117/1 (13-16) Sermons, 1945.
bMS 117/1 (17) Sermon, 1946.
bMS 117/1 (18-21) Sermons, 1947.
bMS 117/1 (22-27) Sermons, 1948.
bMS 117/1 (28-35) Sermons, 1949.
bMS 117/1 (36-50) Sermons, 1950.
bMS 117/2 (1-16) Sermons, 1951.
bMS 117/2 (17-29) Sermons, 1952.
bMS 117/2 (30-40) Sermons, 1953.
bMS 117/2 (41-50) Sermons, 1954.
bMS 117/3 (1-3) Sermons, December 1954.
bMS 117/3 (4-19) Sermons, 1955.
bMS 117/3 (20-35) Sermons, 1956.
bMS 117/3 (36-46) Sermons, 1957.
bMS 117/4 (1-9) Sermons, 1958.
bMS 117/4 (10-17) Sermons, 1959.
bMS 117/4 (18-30) Sermons, 1960.
bMS 117/4 (31-41) Sermons, 1961.
bMS 117/5 (1-13) Sermons, 1962.
bMS 117/5 (14-24) Sermons, 1963.
bMS 117/5 (25-38) Sermons, 1964.
bMS 117/6 (1-19) Sermons, 1965.
bMS 117/6 (20-37) Sermons, 1966.
bMS 117/7 (1-20) Sermons, 1967.
bMS 117/7 (21-35) Sermons, 1968.
bMS 117/8 (1-26) Sermons, 1969.
bMS 117/8 (27-44) Sermons, 1970.
bMS 117/8 (45-47) Sermons, 1971.
bMS 117/8 (48) Sermon, 1972.
bMS 117/9 Undated sermons.
bMS 117/10 Undated sermons.
bMS 117/11 Undated sermons.
bMS 117/12 Undated sermons.

Lectures, 1964

bMS 117/13 (1) "The Religion of Time and the Religion of Eternity." The Russell Lecture, Tufts University, 1964.

Letters, 1935-1972

bMS 117/13 (2) "B" Marie C. Bass, Thomas H. Billings, Thomas S. Burgin.
bMS 117/13 (3) "C" Peter H. Christiansen, Charlotte Coates, Lawrence P. Creedon.
bMS 117/13 (4) "D" Carl R. Deyeso, Dudley H. Dorr.
bMS 117/13 (5) "G" Bradford Eugene Gale, Dana McLean Greeley.
bMS 117/13 (6) "H" Ralph S. Hosmer, Charles Howe.
bMS 117/13 (7) "K" James L. Keelom, Lydia L. Keyes.
bMS 117/13 (8) "M" James R. McIntyre.
bMS 117/13 (9) "N" Jennie J. Nelson.
bMS 117/13 (10) "O" William B. Osgood.
bMS 117/13 (11) "P" William G. Perry, Lillian Picken.
bMS 117/13 (12) "R" Wallace W. Robbins, Lyman V. Rutledge.
bMS 117/13 (13) "S" Carl Scoval.
bMS 117/13 (14) "T" Roscoe E. Trueblood.
bMS 117/13 (15) "V" Marie Verre.

Worship Material

bMS 117/13 (16) Christening services.
bMS 117/13 (17) Funeral services.
bMS 117/13 (18) Prayers.
bMS 117/13 (19) Prayers.
bMS 117/13 (20) Special worship services.

Biographical File

bMS 117/14 (1) Biographical file.
bMS 117/14 (2) Ministerial reports to the United First Parish Church in Quincy for 1960 and 1962.
bMS 117/14 (3) Report of the President to the Mental Health Association of the North Shore, April 1957.

Miscellaneous File

bMS 117/14 (4) Bentley Memorial Committee.
bMS 117/14 (5) "For the Unitarians of Peterborough, May 25, 1969."
bMS 117/14 (6) Salem, Mass.
bMS 117/14 (7) "A Study of the First Parish Church (Unitarian) Quincy, Massachusetts." Art 7 Term paper, Anthony D. Volpe.
bMS 117/14 (8) Anonymous. "The Stone Temple. A study of the origin and growth of the free religious spirit in Quincy, Massachusetts, January 2, 1963."