Administrative Information
Provenance
Transfer from the Manuscript Division (Moral Re-armament records); 2011; (DLC/PP-1977:092; DLC/PP-1977:202; DLC/PP-1983:161; PR 06 CN 669).
Processing History
The collection was processed by Michelle An, Donna Collins, Erin Ebert, Gillian Mahoney, Jenni Orme, Eric Peich, Tori Scheppele, Adam Silvia, and Kristen Sosinski in 2016-2022. Finding aid encoded by Eric Peich in 2022. The titles in the container list were predominantly transcribed from items; information in brackets was devised by Library staff. Not all of the groups of material are described at the same level of detail; nitrate negatives do not have surrogates and a limited inventory is available on request.
Transfers
The Manuscript Division holds 228,400 items as part of the Moral Re-armament Records, 1812-1991. An inventory of this material is available in their finding aid. More information about the division can be found at the Manuscript Division Homepage and Contact Page.
Materials were also transferred to the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. More information about the division can be found at the Recorded Sound Reference Center Homepage and Contact Page.
Materials were also transferred to the Library's Music Division. More information about the division can be found at the Performing Arts Reading Room Homepage and Contact Page.
Related Materials at Other Repositories
While the Library of Congress is a principal repository of the Moral Re-armament materials, many other repositories hold materials related to the movement and other portions of their work. A few of these repositories include:
- Archives of the Canton of Vaud.
- Bodleian Libraries. Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts. Archive of the Oxford Group.
- Columbia University Libraries. The Burke Library Archives, Columbia University Libraries, Union Theological Seminary, New York. The Oxford Group/Moral Re-Armament Records, 1931-1961.
- Northern Michigan University. Moral re-armament records.
- Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of African American History and Culture. Frances Albrier's Moral Re-Armament Collection.
Online Content
To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by call number or descriptive words.
Alternate Formats
Negatives are generally not served to researchers; a digital reference copy of each negative or transparency is available onsite in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room upon request.
| If code begins with: | It is a: |
|---|---|
| LC-MR03- | 4x5 color transparency |
| 35mm color transparency | |
| 120 medium format color transparency | |
| LC-MR05- | 35mm color transparency |
| 120 medium format color transparency | |
| LC-MR12- | 5x7 black and white safety negative |
| LC-MR13- | 4x5 black and white safety negative |
| 35mm black and white safety negative | |
| 120 medium format black and white safety negative | |
| LC-MR14- | 8x10 or smaller black and white safety negative |
| LC-MR15- | 35mm black and white safety negative |
| 120 medium format black and white safety negative | |
| LC-MR22- | 5x7 black and white nitrate negative |
| LC-MR23- | 4x5 black and white nitrate negative |
| LC-MR25- | 35mm black and white nitrate negative |
| 120 medium format black and white nitrate negative | |
| LC-MR33- | 4x5 or smaller black and white glass negative |
| LC-MR35- | 35mm black and white glass negative |
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Visual Materials from the Moral Re-armament Records, and item or reproduction number, if available [e.g., LOT 15477, no. 1 or LC-DIG-ppmsca-12345]