Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1879, Nov. 29 | Born, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1902 | Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1904 | Married Madeleine H. Baker Installed as Unitarian minister |
| 1907-1949 | Pastor, Church of the Messiah (later Community Church of New York), New York, N.Y. (pastor emeritus after 1949) |
| 1908-1911 | President, Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice |
| 1908-1919 | Vice president, Middle States Unitarian Conference |
| 1909-1964 | Vice president, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| 1914-1919 | President, Free Religious Association |
| 1015-1917 | Chairman, General Unitarian Conference |
| 1917-1918 | President, Unitarian Temperance Society |
| 1917-1964 | Director, American Civil Liberties Union (chairman of the board, 1939-1949) |
| 1918-1919 | Left Unitarianism over differences resulting from World War I |
| 1921-1946 | Editor, Unity, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1929 | On special mission to Palestine for Jews |
| 1929-1938 | Chairman, City Affairs Committee of New York |
| 1929-1939 | President, War Resisters League |
| 1929-1964 | President, All World Gandhi Fellowship |
| 1933 | Awarded Gottheil Medal for service to Jews |
| 1947-1948 | Watumull Foundation Lectureship to India |
| 1953 | Published My Gandhi. New York: Harper |
| 1959 | Published I Speak for Myself. New York: Harper |
| 1964, Apr. 3 | Died, New York, N.Y. |