Hugh Anderson Moran papers, 1919-1947.
Collection Number: 39-2-972
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Hugh Anderson Moran papers, 1919-1947.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
39-2-972
Abstract:
Papers relating to Moran's career as a Presbyterian clergyman in Ithaca, N.Y. and
his involvement in various local, national, and international organizations.
Creator:
Moran, Hugh Anderson, 1881-1977.
Moran, Hugh Anderson, 1881-1977. (Title of work: Making of great Americans..)
Quanitities:
1.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Hugh Anderson Moran was a Presbyterian clergyman; secretary of the International Committee
of the YMCA in China, 1909-1913; international secretary, Boy and Student Department,
YMCA, 1914-1915; voluntary study secretary, Cornell University Christian Association
(CUCA), 1919-1921; director of religious education, CUCA, 1921-1927, and of Cornell
United Religious Works (CURW), 1927-1937; director of extension service, CURW, 1937-1940;
staff member, CURW, 1940-1942; and secretary, Rural Institute for Religious Workers
from 1935.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and other items concerning CURW and its
predecessor, CUCA, the Chinese Students' Association of America, Cornell-in-China
Program, Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students, Cornell Religious
Drama Association, Christian Rural Fellowship, Ithaca Westminster Foundation, Ithaca
Presbyterian Church, and YMCA; many of the letters are from student participants in
CUCA and CURW and from foreign students and alumni. Also, letters recommending students
to Moran's attention and his letters of recommendation; manuscripts of his unpublished
book, "Training Young People in Worship," religious plays, worship services, and essays
and mimeographed radio scripts; notes and mimeographed material concerning pacifism
and conscientious objectors; religious poetry; correspondence, financial records,
Board of Directors' minutes, and membership lists (1940-1941) concerning his work
as board president and building committee member of the Cooperative Consumers' Society
in Ithaca; letters (1933-1940) to his mother; his autobiography to 1919; and miscellaneous
printed items.
Photograph album compiled for Hugh Moran by the Cornell University Westminster Student
Society, with photographs of student activities, including camps at Happy Valley in
Lisle, N.Y., Stewart Park in Ithaca, the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, and
Barnes Hall and Sage Hall on the Cornell campus, 1931-1941. Also, typewritten fair
copy of Moran's book The Making of Great Americans, intended as a companion volume
to his dissertation, Makers of America. The Making of Great Americans was never published.
Laid in is a manuscript note from Moran, presenting the book manuscript to Barnes
Library, at that time a library of religious works housed in Barnes Hall at Cornell.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Hugh Anderson Moran papers, #39-2-972. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
YMCA (China). International Committee
YMCA. Boy and Student Department
Cornell University Christian Association
Cornell United Religious Work
Rural Institute for Religious Work
Chinese Students\' Association of America
Cornell-in-China (Program)
Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students
Cornell University. Religious Drama Association
Christian Rural Fellowship
Ithaca Westminster Foundation (N.Y.)
First Presbyterian Church (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Cooperative Consumers\' Society (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Happy Valley Homes
Places:
China.
Subjects:
Clergy as authors.
Chinese students.
Students, Foreign.
Religious drama.
Religious poetry.
Conscientious objectors.
Pacifism.
Religion.
Form and Genre Terms:
Manuscripts for publication.
Photograph albums.
Autobiographies.
Poems.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Letters to his mother
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1933-1940 | |
| Box 1 |
Correspondence - Presbyterian Students
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1920- 1934 | |
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CURW and 1919-1925 General
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1919-1931 | ||
| Box 1 |
Letters to HAM
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| Box 1 |
Carbon copies of letters by HAM
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| Box 1 |
Newsletter from Delta Upsilon Fraternity
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| Box 1 |
Circular letters from CUCA
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| Box 1 |
Autobiography to 1919
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| Box 1 |
Miscellaneous pamphlets, church services, and undated letters
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| Box 1 |
In contrast to #3, most of this folder is official, though there are some family letters
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| Box 1 |
Some relating to Cornell in China
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Foreign Students
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1921-1937 | ||
| Box 1 |
Letters to, from, and about foreign students, most of whom were at some time attending
Cornell
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| Box 1 |
Much correspondence involving the Comm. on Friendly Relations among Foreign Students,
the YMCA, and the Chinese Students Christian Association of America
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| Box 1 |
Some lists of foreign students, pamphlets, calling cards, and undated correspondence
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Presbyterian Students
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1921-1939 | ||
| Box 1 |
Letters to HAM, some from students or former students, some recommending students
to his attention
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| Box 1 |
Some undated letters
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| Box 1 |
An envelope of notes for loans involving HAM and various students
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Ithaca Presbyterian Church
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1919-1936 | ||
| Box 1 |
Numerous church programs from Ithaca Presbyterian Church (1936)
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| Box 1 |
Mimeographed reports from the Groton parish
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| Box 1 |
Copies of minutes of session meetings of the Ithaca Presbyterian Church
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| Box 1 |
Some correspondence with HAM, most relating to the Church, one or two letters involving
Cornell
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| Box 1 |
CURW Forum
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| Box 2 |
Worship Manuscript based on training in Ithaca Westminster Society by HAM never published;
typewritten with notes and editing by HAM
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Worship - Supplementary Material
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1933-1944 | ||
| Box 2 |
Much Mimeographed and typed material, including outline for book Training Young People in Worship by HAM (see #10), also some notes for sermons
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| Box 2 |
Numerous church programs
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| Box 2 |
Written and typed notes on elocution
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| Box 2 |
Miscellaneous religious texts, songs, etc.
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Worship
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1925-1943 | ||
| Box 2 |
Mimeographed and typed material relating to the subject of worship, its meaning and
process; also much typed and written material relating to Training Young People in
Worship (see #10)
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| Box 2 |
Some printed matter re: China in World War II
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| Box 2 |
Some material on and by the Rural Institute
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| Box 2 |
Numerous church programs and miscellaneous undated material
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"David, Son of Jesse"
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| Box 3 |
Various typed copies of unfinished religious drama by HAM
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| Box 3 |
Some longhand notes
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Religious Drama
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1934-1938 | ||
| Box 3 |
Re: "Mud Walls," a drama by HAM [copy not included]
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| Box 3 |
A review from Young People's Leader
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| Box 3 |
Cast list
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| Box 3 |
Schedule
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| Box 3 |
Re: "Oregon," a drama by HAM [not included]
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| Box 3 |
Letters, memorandum, source materials relating to this work
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Religious Drama Association - Cornell
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1937-1940 | ||
| Box 3 |
Manuscript and typed versions of "Religious Drama," an essay by HAM
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| Box 3 |
Correspondence relating to the Association
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| Box 3 |
Mimeographed copy of "The Unknown Soldier Speaks," a drama by Mrs. William Hyman (1930)
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| Box 3 |
MS by HAM, "Campaigning with the Westminster Players"
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| Box 3 |
Printed and typed material relating to the Association
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Rural Institute
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1938-1945 | ||
| Box 3 |
Mimeographed, typed, and printed material, including numerous issues of The Christian Rural Fellowship Bulletin, minutes and reports of meetings, with some financial information, Agricultural Missions Notes
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| Box 3 |
Course of study for weekday church school
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| Box 3 |
Come correspondence
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| Box 3 |
Some church programs and miscellaneous undated material
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Rural
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1928-1947 | ||
| Box 3 |
Much mimeographed material, especially items from The Rural Institute for Religious
Workers series, in some of which Mark Rich appears as author or co-author
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| Box 3 |
New York Christian Rural Fellowship Bulletin
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| Box 3 |
Minutes of meeting of Rural Institute
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| Box 3 |
Some Westminster material and also some miscellaneous leaflets
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Warren G. Sherwood - Red Sherwood Carol (on other side - Poems Westminster)
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| Box 3 |
Poem by W.G. Sherwood (multiple copies)
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| Box 3 |
Poems by Frances Colby and Thomas Curtis Clark
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Ithaca Coöps - CURW
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1941-1942 | ||
| Box 4 |
Mimeographed, typed, and printed material relating to the Coöperative Consumers' Society
and the plans for a women's coöperative dormitory - includes minutes, reports, advertisements,
membership lists, and correspondence
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| Box 4 |
Some photographs, blank forms, and miscellaneous undated material
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Westminster
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1934-1945 | ||
| Box 4 |
Mimeographed material dealing with conscientious objectors, also minutes of Westminster
meetings, including budgets, also the constitution and by-laws of the Foundation
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| Box 4 |
Correspondence between HAM and John Maxwell Adams of the Board of Christian Education
relating to financial problems
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| Box 4 |
Miscellaneous undated written and typed material, some dealing with pacifism
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| Box 5 |
Westminster Student Society Scrapbook
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1931-1941 | |
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Scope and Contents
Compiled for Moran for being responsible for the many activities the album depcits.
Includes photographs of Society activities including hikes, retreats, and other events
including Lisle, Six Mile Creek, Stewart Park, Buttermilk. Photographs include images
of camping and hiking in the gorges, the Cornell United Religious Works cabin, Edward
Amherst Ott (Dr. Ott), Ithaca Presbyterian Church Oregon Mission Tablet dedication,
also an image of the 1921 Silver Bay Student Conference featuring a Cornell banner
and Asian students.
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Reports to Synod, etc.
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1920-1937 | ||
| Box 4 |
Mimeographed reports to the Presbyterian synod re: CUCA, Westminster, Cornell in China,
etc.
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| Box 4 |
A MS report by HAM and a letter
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| Box 4 |
A report by [?]
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| Box 4 |
A report by R.H. Edwards (n.d.)
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| Box 4 |
Undated reports and a play
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Miscellaneous and clippings
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| Box 4 |
Miscellaneous and clippings
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| Box 5 |
Copy of a letter from Moran to Dean Kelsey
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1914 | |
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Scope and Contents
Letter includes mention that the YMCA will not allow him to go back to China because
of his nervous condition. Dean Kelsey was Moran's former colleague at the Chinese
YMCA in Hankow (Hankou) China.
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| Volume Bound Manuscript 1+ |
Book manuscript, The Making of Great Americans
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| Manuscript Box ? |
Self-portrait
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1956 | |