Guide to the Jack Lewis Collection,
1915-2001.

Collection Number: 6508

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
February 2010
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, February 2010
Daniel W. Young, February 2010

© 2010 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Jack Lewis collection, 1915-2001.
Collection Number:
6508
Creator:
Jack, Lewis 1915-2001.
Quantity:
ca. 70 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Personal and professional papers of Jack Lewis relating to his career as a chaplain and minister; the Christian Faith and Life Community; Cornell United Religious Work (CURW) and many community based social support programs.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal and professional papers of Jack Lewis relating to his career as a chaplain and minister; the Christian Faith and Life Community; Cornell United Religious Work (CURW) and many community based social support programs.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Lewis, Jack,1915-2001.
Cornell University Religious Work.

Subjects:
Clergy--New York (State)--Ithaca.
College students--Religious life.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Collection closed for processing.
Restrictions on Use:
Conditions for use to be determined by donor.
Cite As:
Jack Lewis collection, #6508. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
pre-1964
Christian Faith and Life Community (CFLC) Files
Box 1
1. Publications:
Box 2
1955-1966
A. Letter to the Laymen (two binders and loose issues)
Box 2
B. Retreat and Chaplain Manuals (two)
Box 2
C. Assorted Brochures
Box 2
2. Liturgical Material:
Box 2
1960s
A. Assorted Worship Services
Box 2
B. Daily Offices (little bookmarks, feast of beginning/end, the daily office booklets)
Box 2
3. Business and Minutes:
Box 2
1960s
A. Miscellaneous Notes; BOD Papers
Box 2
B. Northeast Texas Presbytery Study
Box 2
4. Pictures
Box 2
December, 1963
5. Correspondence to Lewis/CFLC
Box 2
6. Speaking Engagements Outside of Austin, TX
Box 2
7. Joseph Matthews
Box 2
1976-1977
A. Order: Ecumenical Collection of Essays
Box 2
B. O:E Daily Office
Box 2
C. O:E The Journal
Box 2
D. Matthew Funeral Files
Box 2
8. CFLC Post-Lewis
Box 2
1966
A. University of Texas Committee on Student Counseling Report
Box 2
1966
B. Paper - "The Dorm Situation"; Presented at Conference at St. Edward's University
Box 2
1960s
C. LAOS House/Southwest Center for Human Potential - Papers
Box 2
1956
CFLC Notebook - Curriculum and Lecture Notes
Box 2
August, 1964
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Study (two copies)
Box 2
1978
Hogg Study with Correspondence (#10 copy)
Box 2
1966-1969
Ecumenical Association of Directors and Lay Centers in Europe
Box 2
1970-1979
Ecumenical Association of Directors and Lay Centers in Europe
Box 2
Lay Centers in the United States
Box 2
1955-1956
CFLC Men's Scrapbook (Pictures, Newspaper Clippings, Men's House Meeting Minutes)
Box 3
1956-1957
CFLC Men's Scrapbook
Box 3
1953-1957
CFLC Women's Scrapbook
Box 3
pre-1964
Christian Faith and Life Community Files
Box 4
1947-1958; post-1964
Publications including "The Student World" and Memos, Articles Related to Work at Cornell
Box 5
1997-1998
Patients Visited Notecards - Non-Cornell Patients
Box 6
1983
Massage Theraphy Notes, Letters, and Cassette Tape - Hospice Related
Box 6
1996
Notes on Cornell Visitation Work
Box 6
1984-1991
Pastoral Consultant Reports
Box 6
1987
Pastoral Consultant Agreement and Some Notes of Appreciation Re-Visits
Box 6
1987-1988
Pastoral Consultant Report
Box 6
1986
Pastoral Consultant Log
Box 6
1985
Cornell Retirees Association Materials
Box 6
September 6, 1993
Copy of Time Magazine
Box 6
Cornell Retirees Material
Box 6
1993
Cornell Retirees Visitors Program
Box 6
1985-1993
Cornell Retirees Visitors Program
Box 6
January 1, 1990
CRESP Notes and Materials for Talk (includes brochures and notes regarding volunteerism in Ithaca)
Box 6
1997-1998
CVP
Box 6
1996-1997
CVP
Box 6
1988-1990
Pastoral Consultant Reports (PCR)
Box 6
1990-1992
Pastoral Consultant Reports (PCR)
Box 6
1993-1994
Pastoral Consultant Reports (PCR)
Box 6
1994-1995
Pastoral Consultant Reports (PCR)
Box 6
1964
Draft of Letter from Students Robert Alexander and David Marion regarding J. L. Appointment to CRESP
Box 6
1990
MLK Materials
Box 7
1991
Hospicare Materials
Box 7
1991
Hospicare Bereavement Committee Materials
Box 7
September, 1995
Meditations on: Facing Death
Box 7
1995
Meditations on: Steven Levine's "Who Dies?"
Box 7
September, 1981
Sage Chapel Sermon "Beginnings Without End"; Notes and Letters
Box 7
1989-1990
Cornell Club Information
Box 7
1986
Correspondence with Robert Frere, Mission Presbytery
Box 7
Grocery Receipts
Box 7
"The Appealing Power of Music" (Chas. van Fleck) 1927-Carbon on Onionskin
Box 7
Miscellaneous Desk Notes
Box 7
1983-1985
Cornell United Religious Works (CURW) Notes on Marion Howe Honors
Box 7
1982
Bills, Receipts, and To-Do List
Box 7
1988
Kirkridge Brochures
Box 7
Sane Freeze
Box 7
Notes on Margaret Fowler - Genealogy
Box 7
1987-1988
MLK Scholarship Fund Materials
Box 7
Peace/Commitment Mixed Materials
Box 7
1985
Service Notes for Lansing, NY United Methodist Church
Box 7
1985
Campus Ministry Reunion
Box 7
1987
Sermon Notes/Materials "Who Do People Say I Am?"
Box 7
1987
AIDS Education Meeting/Workshop 1987 (Betsy Crane Planned Parenthood)
Box 7
1986-1987
Pastoral Consultant Reports (PCR)
Box 7
1987
Correspondence regarding Youth Bureau Sermons
Box 7
1986
Letters and Essay from Nancy Gabriel
Box 7
Miscellaneous Photo of Unnamed Children; Notes on Winemaking; Poetry
Box 7
1991
Home Maintenance Receipts
Box 7
1983-1989
Cornell Emeritus Professors Meeting Materials
Box 7