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bMS 533

Carnes, Paul Nathaniel. Papers, 1951-1982.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 533
Title: Carnes, Paul Nathaniel. Papers, 1951-1982.
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 12 boxes

Administrative Information:

Acquisition Information: Gift of Freda Carnes, 1985.
Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Biographical Note:

Paul Nathaniel Carnes (1921-1979) earned an AB from Indiana University in 1942. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army, and on Christmas Day, 1942, he was captured by German forces in North Africa and spent the duration of the war as a German P.O.W. Following World War II, he enrolled in Harvard Divinity School, where he earned an STB in 1948. He served Unitarian parishes in Ohio, Tennessee, and New York, and served as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association from 1977 to 1979. He is the author of For Freedom and Belief: A Manual for Unitarians (1952) and Longing of the Heart: Prayers and Invocations (1979).

Scope and Content Note:

This collection is divided into five series. Series I contains information about the collection, papers on Carnes's candidacy for President of the UUA, material on celebrations, chapel services, etc. Series II consists of Carnes's sermons, arranged chronologically. Series III contains sermon materials such as quotations, programs, and newsletters. Series IV is correspondence, arranged chronologically. Series V consists of biographical material, including an obituary and photographs.

For related collection, please see bMS 394.

Container List:

Series I.

bMS 533/1 (1) Information on gift, 1985.
bMS 533/1 (2) Papers on the Carnes candidacy for President of the UUA, July 21, 1976 - June 6, 1977. See also bMS 394.
bMS 533/1 (3) Celebrations (Channing's Bicentennial) 1980
bMS 533/1 (4) Celebrations (Recognition and Affirmation Service)
bMS 533/1 (5) Celebrations (Universalist Bicentennial)
bMS 533/1 (6) Chapel Services
bMS 533/1 (7) Growth
bMS 533/1 (8) Hymnal
bMS 533/1 (9) Miscellaneous administrative correspondence
bMS 533/1 (10) Newspaper Clippings

Series II. Sermons, 1951-1976, and Undated Sermons

bMS 533/2 (1) Sermons, 1951-1955.
bMS 533/2 (2) Sermons, 1957-1958.
bMS 533/2 (3) Sermons, 1958
bMS 533/2 (4) Sermons, 1959.
bMS 533/2 (5) Sermons, 1959.
bMS 533/2 (6) Sermons, 1959.
bMS 533/3 (1) Sermons, 1960.
bMS 533/3 (2) Sermons, 1961.
bMS 533/3 (3) Sermons, 1961.
bMS 533/3 (4) Sermons, 1961.
bMS 533/3 (5) Sermons, 1962.
bMS 533/3 (6) Sermons, 1962
bMS 533/4 (1) Sermons, 1963.
bMS 533/4 (2) Sermons, 1963.
bMS 533/4 (3) Sermons, 1964.
bMS 533/4 (4) Sermons, 1964.
bMS 533/4 (5) Sermons, 1965-1966.
bMS 533/4 (6) Sermons, 1966.
bMS 533/5 (1) Sermons, 1967.
bMS 533/5 (2) Sermons, 1967.
bMS 533/5 (3) Sermons, 1968.
bMS 533/5 (4) Sermons, 1969.
bMS 533/5 (5) Sermons, 1969.
bMS 533/5 (6) Sermons, 1970.
bMS 533/5 (7) Sermons, 1970.
bMS 533/6 (1) Sermons, 1971.
bMS 533/6 (2) Sermons, 1971.
bMS 533/6 (3) Sermons, 1972.
bMS 533/6 (4) Sermons, 1973.
bMS 533/6 (5) Sermons, 1974.
bMS 533/6 (6) Sermons, 1975.
bMS 533/7 (1) Sermons, 1976.
bMS 533/7 (2) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/7 (3) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/7 (4) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/7 (5) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/7 (6) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/8 (1) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/8 (2) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/8 (3) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/8 (4) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/8 (5) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/8 (6) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/9 (1) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/9 (2) Sermons, undated.
bMS 533/9 (3) Sermons, undated and untitled.
bMS 533/9 (4) Sermons, undated and untitled.
bMS 533/10 (1) Sermon Fragments, Miscellaneous Writings.
bMS 533/10 (2) Special Services.
bMS 533/10 (3) Prayers.
bMS 533/10 (4) Lectures: "The Concerns of Modern Drama; The Sanity of Tennessee Williams; Albert Gamus -- Seeker of Value; The History of God; The Thoughts of a Misunderstood Man -- John Dewey.
bMS 533/10 (5) Published Articles: "Sex and the Coed" in New Student Review, State University of New York at Buffalo; n.d. The Free Church in a Changing World" in The Unitarian Register and the Universalist Leader; Summer 1961.

Series III. Sermon Materials

bMS 533/11 (1) Minister's Quotation File.
bMS 533/11 (2) Minister's Quotation Notebook.
bMS 533/11 (3) Commonplace Book kept by Paul Carnes: Sermon ideas, notes on meetings, quotations, pastoral counseling comments.
bMS 533/11 (4) Unpublished MS (book): Untitled examination of Ten Modern Theologians; Man & God (?); see bMS 533/12 for correspondence.
bMS 533/11 (5) Unpublished MS (article): "The Minister & the Psychiatrist" Submitted to and rejected by Consumer Book Division/Merideth Corporation; for publication in Pastoral Psychology; see bMS 533/12 (4) for correspondence.
bMS 533/12 (1) Sunday School Programs:
Youngstown, Ohio
Buffalo, New York
bMS 533/12 (2) Sunday Service Programs: as visiting minister.
bMS 533/12 (3) Newsletters:
"The Newsletter"; Buffalo, New York
"The Bulletin"; Memphis, Tennessee

Series IV. Correspondence

bMS 533/12 (4) Correspondence (40-50 items) October 3, 1957-June 26, 1982, undated.

Series V. Biography

bMS 533/12 (5) Installation Services for Paul Carnes: First Unitarian Church, Youngstown, Ohio October 3, 1958. Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, New York, March 16, 1958.
bMS 533/12 (6) Obituary, plus photographs of Carnes as both a minister and an actor.