bMS 204

Arnold, Melvin. Papers, 1945-1956.

Summary Information:

• Call Number: bMS 204
• Title: Arnold, Melvin. Papers, 1945-1956
• Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School,
  45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
• Quantity: 5 boxes

Biographical Note:

Melvin Luxton Arnold (1913-2000) was born in Portland, Oregon to Daniel and Letitia Luxton Arnold. While attending Franklin High School, he secured a position with The News Telegram (Portland, Oregon) which was the beginning of a long and distinguished publishing career. Arnold married Valerie Hendricksen and had one child, Alexandra, born in 1933. In 1946 he became the director of the Beacon Press, the Unitarian publishing house, and he transformed it into a widely recognized voice for liberal religious values. At the same time he also became director of the Unitarian newspaper, The Christian Register. Arnold is well known for being an editor for Albert Schweitzer, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a number of other well-known figures in American society.

Container List:

• bMS 204/1 (1) Letters relating to the gift, 1976.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER FILES 1945-1953

• bMS 204/1 (2) Letter, May 20, 1945. Schweitzer to Charles Joy.
• bMS 204/1 (3) Letter, November 11, 1945. Schweitzer to Frederick May Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (4) Letter to the African Committee, August 23, 1946. Subject: excerpts from letters from Dr. and Mrs. Emory Ross.
• bMS 204/1 (5) Letter, October 14, 1946. Arnold to Joy.
• bMS 204/1 (5a) Letter, 19 October 1946. Schweitzer to Joy.
• bMS 204/1 (6) Cable, January 16, 1947. Eliot to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (7) Letter, Janury 19, 1947. Schweitzer to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (8) Letter, February 7, 1947. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (9) Letters, February-March, July 1947. Between Eliot and Gloria Coolidge.
• bMS 204/1 (10) Letter, March 17, 1947. [Eliot] to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (11) Letter, April 11, 1947. Schweitzer to Joy and Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (12) Letter, April 12, 1947. Schweitzer to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (13) Letter, April 26, 1947. [Eliot] to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (14) Letter, April 29, 1947. Arnold to Mr. Bragg.
• bMS 204/1 (15) Letter, April 29, 1947. Arnold to Dr. Hitchen.
• bMS 204/1 (16) Memorandum, May 2, 1947. Howard L. Brooks to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (17) Cable, May 5, 1947. Joy to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (18) Letter, May 5, 1947. Joy to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (19) Letter, May 7, 1947. Felix Meiner to Joy.
• bMS 204/1 (20) Cable, May 13, 1947. Schweitzer to Unitarian Association.
• bMS 204/1 (21) Letter, May 31, 1947. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (22) Letter, June 1, 1947. Joy to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (23) Letter, June 2, 1947. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (24) Letter, June 13, 1947. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (25) Letter, June 16, 1947. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (26) Interview with Albert Schweitzer by Arnold, June 18, 1947.
• bMS 204/1 (27) Memorandum, June 19, 1947. Ed Darling to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (28) Letter, June 20, 1947. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (29) Letter, June 26, 1947. Joy to Eliot. Includes copy of letter from Joy to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (30) Letter, June 26, 1947. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (31) Letter, June 1947. Joy to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (32) Letter, July 1, 1947. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (33) Letter, July 4, 1947. Unsigned to Schweitzer. [Eliot?]
• bMS 204/1 (34) Memorandum, July 7, 1947. Molly Warren to Darling.
• bMS 204/1 (35) Cable, July 10, 1947. Joy to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (36) Cable, August 5, 1947. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (27) Letter, August 10, 1947. To the delegates of the Conference of the Association for Liberal Christianity in Berne from Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (38) Letter, October 3, 1947. Arnold to John Haverstick.
• bMS 204/1 (39) Letter, November 3, 1947. W.S. Sperry to Eliot. (Includes Eliot's reply).
• bMS 204/1 (40) Letter, November 6, 1947. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (41) Letter, November 10, 1947. Unitarian Service Committee to C.A.R.E.
• bMS 204/1 (42) Letter, December 12, 1947. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (43) Letter, December 16, 1947. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (44) Letter, December 17, 1947. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (45) Letter, December 19, 1947. Schweitzer to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (46) Letter, December 22, 1947. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (47) Cable, December 23, 1947. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (48) Letter, December 23, 1947. Arnold to Darryl F. Zanuck.
• bMS 204/1 (49) Cable, [December 1947]. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (50) Cable, January 14, 1948. Joy and Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (51) Letter, January 16, 1948. Arnodl to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (52) Letter, January 18, 1948. Schweitzer to [Arnold?]
• bMS 204/1 (53) Letter, February 2, 1948. Schweitzer to Eliot, Joy, and Unitarian Service Committee.
• bMS 204/1 (54) Letter, February 5, 1948. Schweitzer to Mme. Martin.
• bMS 204/1 (55) Letter, February 10, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (56) Letter, February 13, 1948. Schweitzer to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (57) Letter, March 12, 1948. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (58) Letter, March 21, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold and Joy.
• bMS 204/1 (59) Letter, March 21, 1948. Mme. Martin to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (60) Letter, March 28, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (61) Cable, May 25, 1948. Joy to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (62) Letter, June 20, 1948. Maria to Arnold. Includes note from Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (63) Letter, July 2, 1948. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (64) Letter, July 7, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (65) Letter, July 28, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (66) Letter, July 22, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (67) Cable, August 24, 1948. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (68) Letter, August 24, 1948. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (69) Letter, August 30, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (70) Letter, September 2, 1948. Arnold to Jason Press.
• bMS 204/1 (71) Cable, September 7, 1948. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (72) Letter, September 12, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (73) Letter, October 8, 1948. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (74) Letter, November 17, 1948. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (75) Letter, November 18, 1948. Arnold to Robert M. Hutchins.
• bMS 204/1 (76) Letter, December 5, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (77) Letter, December 28, 1948. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (78) Letter, January 10, 1949. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (79) Letter, January 28, 1949. ARnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (80) Letter, February 23, 1949. Eliot to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (81) Letter, March 8, 1949. James B. Conant to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (82) Postcard, [June 23, 1949]. Helene and Albert Schweitzer to ?
• bMS 204/1 (83) Letter, August 5, 1949. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (84) Letter, August 5, 1949. Arnold to Helene Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (85) Letter, August 7, 1949. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (86) Letter, October 13, 1949. Arnold to G.E. Judd.
• bMS 204/1 (87) Letter, October 18, 1949. Janet Holroyd to Arnold with his reply.
• bMS 204/1 (88) Letter, November 16, 1949. Henry B. Cabot to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (89) Letter, November 22, 1949. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (90) Letter, November 25, 1949. Arnold to Judd.
• bMS 204/1 (91) Letter, November 29, 1949. Schweitzer to Louis Mayer.
• bMS 204/1 (92) Letter, December 10, 1949. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (93) Letter, December 13, 1949. Helene Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (94) Letter, December 14, 1949. Helene Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (95) Letter (copy), December 30, 1949. Emmy Martin to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (96) Letter, [1949]. Schweitzer to Eliot.
• bMS 204/1 (97) Correspondence and plans for Schweitzer's trip to America (1949). No letters by or to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (98) Schweitzer's press conference on his American trip in 1949. Held at 25 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
• bMS 204/1 (99) Letter, February 26, 1950. Schweitzer to Joy and Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (100) Letter, April 13, 1950. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (101) Letter, April 13, 1950. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (102) Letter, May 5, 1950. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/1 (103) Letter, June 28, 1950. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (104) Letter, November 7, 1950. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/1 (105) Letter, November 11, 1950. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (1) Letter, November 13, 1950. Helene Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (2) Letter, November 23, 1950. Helene Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (3) Letter, November 27, 1950. Arnold to Helene Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (4) Letter, December 6, 1950. Arnold to Helene Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (5) Letter, January 2, 1951. Helene Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (6) Letter, January 9, 1951. Schweitzer to Joy. (Original letter is missing, we have in translation only).
• bMS 204/2 (7) Cable, January 12, 1951. Eliot to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (8) Letter, January 18, 1951. Helene Schweitzer to Arnold. With reply from Arnold's secretary.
• bMS 204/2 (9) Letter, February 25, 1951. Emmy Martin to Arnold. With note from Schweitzer to "Dear Frank."
• bMS 204/2 (10) Letter, March 12, 1951. ARnold to Emmy Martin.
• bMS 204/2 (11) Letter, April 8, 1951. Helene Schweitzer to ARnold.
• bMS 204/2 (12) Letter, April 26, 1951. Arnold to Helene Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (13) Letters, July 18, 1951. Arnold to Schweitzer. (two letters).
• bMS 204/2 (14) Letter, October 10, 1951. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (15) Book report, October 22, 1951. Book: Etudes et Temoignages. Prepared by A.S.
• bMS 204/2 (16) Letter, October 30, 1951. Schweitzer to Arnold. (Original letter is missing, we have in translation only.)
• bMS 204/2 (17) Memorandum, November 2, 1951. ARnold to Bill Johnson. "Schweitzer Royalties."
• bMS 204/2 (18) General material relating to books by Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (19) Publication about Schweitzer: "Dein Freund" April 1951.
• bMS 204/2 (20) Letter, January 2, 1952. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (21) Letter, [January 1952]. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (22) Memorandum, April 18, 1952. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (23) Letter, April 27, 1952. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (24) Letter, August 2, 1952. Schweitzer to Arnold.
• bMS 204/2 (25) Letter, August 15, 1952. Arnold to Schweitzer.
• bMS 204/2 (26) Postcard, July 13, 1953. Arnold to Eliot.
• bMS 204/2 (27) Picture of Dr. Schweitzer.

STEPHEN H. FRITCHMAN FILES, 1945-1956

• bMS 204/2 (28) Correspondence by and about Fritchman, 1945.
• bMS 204/2 (29) Correspondence, 1946.
• bMS 204/2 (30) Correspondence, 1947.
• bMS 204/2 (31) Correspondence, 1947.
• bMS 204/2 (32) Correspondence, 1950.
• bMS 204/2 (33) Correspondence, 1951.
• bMS 204/2 (34) Correspondence, 1952.
• bMS 204/2 (35) Correspondence, 1953.
• bMS 204/2 (36) Correspondence, 1954.
• bMS 204/2 (37) Correspondence, 1956.
• bMS 204/2 (38) Printed material on Fritchman, 1947-1952.
• bMS 204/2 (39) Various statements made by Fritchman, 1946-1953. Includes "Summary report on appearance before Wood-Rankin Committee of Stephen H. Fritchman" and "Testimony Stephen H. Fritchman before the House Un-American Activities committee."
• bMS 204/2 (40) American Unitarian Association material relating to Fritchman, 1946-1947.
• bMS 204/2 (42) Christian Register material relating to Fritchman, 1947-1951.
• bMS 204/2 (43) General file materials relating to Fritchman, 1946-1947.
• bMS 204/2 (44) Melvin Arnold materials relating to Fritchman, 1946-1947.
• bMS 204/2 (45) Letters to the editor written by Fritchman.
• bMS 204/2 (46) Unitarian Service Committee material, 1946.
• bMS 204/2 (47) Unitarian Service Committee material, 1946.
• bMS 204/2 (48) Music by Fritchman.
• bMS 204/2 (49) Fritchman's appointments, May 1945.
• bMS 204/2 (50) Subjects of addresses for 1944 by Fritchman. Also announcement of address for 1947 or later.
• bMS 204/2 (51) Unitarian Christian Fellowship material, 1945-1948.
• bMS 204/3 (1) Newspaper clippings relating to Fritchman and communism.
• bMS 204/3 (2) Newspaper clippings relating to Fritchman and communism.
• bMS 204/3 (3) Newspaper clippings relating to Fritchman and communism.
• bMS 204/3 (4) Newspaper clippings relating to Fritchman and communism.
• bMS 204/3 (5) Newspaper clippings relating to Fritchman and communism.
• bMS 204/3 (6) Fritchman sermons and articles.
• bMS 204/3 (7) Fritchman sermons.
• bMS 204/3 (8) Fritchman biographical material.
• bMS 204/3 (9) Pictures of Fritchman.

PAUL BLANSHARD FILES, 1948-1953

• bMS 204/3 (10) Blanshard correspondence, 1948.
• bMS 204/3 (11) Blanshard correspondence, 1951.
• bMS 204/3 (12) Blanshard correspondence, 1953.
• bMS 204/4 (1) Letters relating to Blanshard, February-October 1948.
• bMS 204/4 (2) Letters relating to Blanshard, November-December 1948.
• bMS 204/4 (3) Letters relating to Blanshard, 1949.
• bMS 204/4 (4) Letters relating to Blanshard, 1950.
• bMS 204/4 (5) Letters relating to Blanshard, 1951.
• bMS 204/4 (6) Letters relating to Blanshard, 1952.
• bMS 204/4 (7) General material relating to Blanshard.
• bMS 204/4 (8) Melvin Arnold's notes relating to Blanshard.
• bMS 204/4 (9) The New York Times and Blanshard.
• bMS 204/4 (10) Excerpts from writers on the Catholic Church.
• bMS 204/4 (11) Responses to the Blanshard book.
• bMS 204/4 (12) Responses to the Blanshard book from the Greenfield Group.
• bMS 204/4 (13) Reviews and articles on Blanshard's book, American Freedom and Catholic Power.
• bMS 204/4 (14) Response to the Blanshard book from Professor Giovanni Pioli, Italy.
• bMS 204/4 (15) Responses to the Blanshard book from Father Ashley, O.P.
• bMS 204/4 (16) Paul Blanshard on the Archbishop Gerald P. O'Hara case, 1953.
• bMS 204/4 (17) "The Catholci Church and Politics." A Discussion on a vital issue presented by the Harvard Law School Forum, 1950. Paul Blanshard one of the speakers.
• bMS 204/4 (18) Blanshard - biographical material.
• bMS 204/4 (19) Newspaper and magazine clippings relating to Blanshard.

NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF FREE UNITARIANS, 1947-1948

• bMS 204/4 (20) National Committee of Free Unitarians. General material, 1947-1948. (Also known as Committee of 14).

DIVISION OF PUBLICATION PAPERS, 1946-1952

• bMS 204/5 (1) Christian Register Policy, 1945. Includes material relating to Fritchman.
• bMS 204/5 (2) Christian Register Policy, 1946. Includes material relating to Fritchman.
• bMS 204/5 (3) Christian Register Policy, 1947. Includes material relating to Fritchman.
• bMS 204/5 (4) Christian Register Policy, 1951-1952. Includes material relating to Fritchman.
• bMS 204/5 (5) Division of Publication papers, 1940-1950.
• bMS 204/5 (6) Division of Publication papers, 1946-1952.
• bMS 204/5 (7) Subject file on Communism, 1952.
• bMS 204/5 (8) C. Munroe Haines file, 1952.
• bMS 204/5 (9) Rev. John C. Petrie file, 1947-1948.
• bMS 204/5 (10) Rev. Harvey Swanson file, 1946-1947.
• bMS 204/5 (11) Rev. Edward B. Wilcox file, 1947.
• bMS 204/5 (12) Wilcox file 2. Mss: "The Strange Case of Stephen Fritchman." 1947.
• bMS 204/5 (13) First Unitarian Church, Ithaca, New York. 1947.