Raymond B. Bragg Papers (K0468)

Raymond B. Bragg Papers (K0468) Collection Number: K0468 Collection Title: Raymond B. Bragg Papers Dates: 1901-2000 Creator: Bragg, Raymond B. (Raymond Bennett), 1902-1979 Abstract: This collection contains material related to the career of Raymond B. Bragg, a prominent Unitarian minister of the 20 th century. Included are the materials from local organizations he was involved in, his ecclesiastical research, personal writings, newspaper clippings, humanist journals, and records and correspondence from the various positions he held throughout his career. In addition, there is a large collection of sermons written by Bragg, primarily from his time as minister at Church in Missouri. Collection Size: 9.4 cubic feet (285 folders, 50 photographs) Language: Collection materials are in English, with some items in German. Repository: The State Historical of Missouri Restrictions on Access: Collection is open for research. This collection is available at The State Historical of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City. If you would like more information, please contact us at kansascity@shsmo.org. Collections may be viewed at any research center. Restrictions on Use: Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Rights & Reproductions on the s website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. Preferred Citation: [Specific item; box number; folder number] Raymond B. Bragg Papers (K0468); The State Historical of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City [after first mention may be abbreviated to SHS-KC]. Donor Information: The papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Unitarian Universalist Church of Missouri on September 21, 2005 (Accession No. KA 1416). An addition was made on August 10, 2012 by Universalist Church of Missouri (Accession No. KA1740).

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 2 Sponsor: Processing of the Raymond B. Bragg Papers was made possible through a generous donation by the Church of Missouri. Related Materials: Additional materials related to the Raymond B. Bragg Papers can be found in the following collections: Leon Milton Birkhead Papers (K0280) Processed by: Processed by Mimi Loran, January 2018 Historical Note: Raymond Bennett Bragg was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1902. He excelled at sports and attended Bates College and then Brown University. While at Brown, he was introduced to Unitarian ideas and philosophies and eventually converted to Unitarianism. Bragg then enrolled in Meadville Theological School to pursue his growing ecclesiastical interests and graduated in 1928. Bragg began his career in 1927 as the pastor for the in Evanston, Illinois. In 1930, Bragg then became the Executive Secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference, an organization centered in the central part of the United States, with the aim of assisting Unitarian congregations. Bragg was very interested in humanist philosophies, and attempted to incorporate them into his sermons and teachings. Bragg helped to draft the Humanist Manifesto I, which gained 34 signatures and was published in the New Humanist magazine in 1933. During this time, Bragg traveled extensively through Europe, specifically Germany, and witnessed the rise of Nazism. In 1935, Bragg married a woman from Germany, Ilse Meyn, whom he would remain married to for the rest of his life. Together they would have two daughters, Susan and Kate. In 1935, Raymond and Ilse traveled from Germany to Bragg s new position as Associate Pastor of the of Minnesota. In 1947, Bragg and his family moved to Boston where Bragg became Executive Director of the Unitarian Service Committee, a branch of the American Unitarian Association. This position and institution organized relief efforts around the world, but at this time specifically focused on those affected by WWII in Europe. In 1952, Bragg left the Unitarian Service Committee and took the position of pastor at Unitarian in Missouri, a position he held until he retired. Under Bragg s leadership, the congregation saw increased numbers, received the funds to construct a new building, and began youth education efforts. While pastor in he helped to found the Kansas City Civil Liberties Union and was actively involved in several public service organizations. Bragg retired in 1973, and died six years later in Kansas City. Arrangement: The collection has been arranged into the following ten series with eighteen subseries: Personal

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 3 Correspondence Meadville Theological School Organizational Affiliations Photographs Ecclesiastical Research Western Unitarian Conference American Unitarian Association Unitarian Service Committee Correspondence Newsletters Photographs Sermons Unitarian Service Committee No Date Announcements and Opening Statements Aspirations Eulogies Marriage Ceremonies Partial Miscellaneous Oversize Scope and Content Note: Personal This series contains material related Bragg s personal life and organizations of personal interest to him throughout his life. Included are biographical items for Bragg and Ilse along with term papers from when Bragg was attending Meadville Theological School. The Correspondence subseries includes personal writing between Bragg, parishioners, and fellow pastors throughout his career. Included in this subseries are some individual groups of correspondence between Bragg and prominent members of the Unitarian community, including Powell Davies, Dale DeWitt, Frederick Eliot, and many others. In addition, there are scrapbooks that document Bragg s career and personal life, and a Photographs subseries, which include images throughout Bragg s life. Of particular interest is the subseries on Meadville Theological School, which Bragg was a board member of for several years. Included in this subseries is a history of the school, board minutes, and correspondence related to the academic accomplishments of those attending, and disputes between students and faculty.

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 4 Ecclesiastical Research This series consists of materials that were collected by Bragg throughout his career, that were presumably used by Bragg for sermon writing and for general ecclesiastical study. This series includes religious writings by Bragg, and by other prominent religious figures of his day, a variety of both Unitarian and humanist journals and clippings, and also information on events and individuals that Bragg found to be potentially religiously important. This series contains orders of service for the years that Bragg was pastor at the congregation. An order of service is a pamphlet, given to a parishioner during a service so that they may follow along with the service. Information in an order of service includes dates and times of service, name of the pastor giving the service, bible reading for the week, title of sermon, and weekly announcements. Western Unitarian Conference The Western Unitarian Conference was an association of Unitarian churches in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys. The Western Unitarian Conference provided assistance and occasional ministerial support to the associated churches, as well as holding an annual conference for the Unitarian churches. This series contains information regarding the annual conferences this institution held as well as correspondence to and from Bragg regarding his work with associated congregations. This series contains records and materials related to the of Minnesota. Included is a history of the congregation, financial information of the congregation, orders of service, and correspondence to and from Bragg. American Unitarian Association This series contains records and correspondence related to this organization. The American Unitarian Association (AUA) was the national organization that oversaw the Unitarian denomination throughout the United States and Canada. Included are the records of the Executive Board, committee reports, and ministry handbooks. Of particular interest are records and correspondence related to talks and voting leading up to the Unitarian and Universalist merger in 1961. Unitarian Service Committee This series contains the records directly related to this branch of the American Unitarian Association and the work that Bragg was doing for the American Unitarian Association. Included is correspondence and reports, and information on his resignation. This series contains papers and records related to of Missouri, and Bragg s career there, including the history of the congregation, board records, the weekly

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 5 newsletter and bulletin, and financial information for the church. In addition, there are papers pertaining to the building of their new church. The Correspondence subseries includes correspondence to and from Bragg and, from to parishioners. In addition, there are newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting the history and activities of Unitarian and Bragg. Sermons This series contains the collection of sermons that Bragg wrote throughout his career. They have been placed in chronological order and are broken down by location. His sermons focused on liberal philosophies and how humanist and Unitarian ideas could guide parishioners in how they dealt with and thought about current events. Some of the items included in the sermons series are prayers or aspirations that Bragg would say throughout the service, marriage ceremonies, and announcements. It should be noted that sermons have been included in a spreadsheet as an appendix at the end of this document. Oversize This series contains oversize items related to Bragg and his career. Included are architectural drawings, survey maps, and financial projections for. In addition, there are a set of oversized letters, and newspaper articles that Bragg collected throughout his career. Container List: f. 1-66 Personal Box 001 f. 1 Biographical, 1922-2000 f. 2-29 Correspondence, 1925-1976 f. 2-16 General Correspondence, 1925-1969 f. 17 Khoren Arisian, 1970-1976 f. 18 Agnes Birkhead, 1959-1963 f. 19 Laurence Channing, 1952-1957 f. 20 A. Powell Davies, 1942-1956 f. 21 George G. Davis, 1940-1947 f. 22-23 Dale DeWitt, 1945-1967 f. 24 Frederick M. Eliot, 1941-1957 f. 25 Dana Greeley, 1945-1959 f. 26 Alfred W. Hobart, 1943-1971 f. 27 Charles R. Joy, 1945 f. 28 Philosophy Instruction, 1961-1967 f. 29 Wallace Robbins, 1947-1955 f. 30 Educational Pamphlets, 1954-1960 f. 31 Essentials of English Composition, 1913 f. 32 Financial, 1947-1955 f. 33 Foreign Currency, 1922-1924 f. 34 Illustrative Examples of English Composition, 1912 Box 002 f. 35 Insurance, 1927-1954 f. 36 Legal Papers, 1953-1958 f. 37-43 Meadville Theological School f. 37 History, 1925 f. 38-43 Papers, 1925-1969

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 6 f. 44 Ministry Applications, 1953-1958 f. 45 Newspaper Clippings, 1930-1970 f. 46 Nuremberg Trials Decision, 1947 f. 47-60 Organizational Affiliations f. 47 Adult Education, 1953 f. 48 American Christian Palestine Committee, 1953-1958 f. 49 Children s Protective, 1943-1945 f. 50 Council on Alcoholism, no date f. 51 Council of Human Relations, 1946 f. 52 Deaf Organizations, 1944-1946 f. 53 Health and Welfare Council, 1954-1965 f. 54 International Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1947-1949 f. 55 Iowa of Mental Hygiene, 1949 f. 56 Italian Medical Mission, 1944-1945 f. 57 Kansas City Art Institute, 1959-1960 f. 58 Missouri Association for Social Welfare, 1953-1956 f. 59 United Nations, 1944-1962 f. 60 Vietnam War Relocation, no date f. 61 Poetry, no date f. 62 Scrapbook #1, 1930-1968 f. 63 Scrapbook #2, 1955-1977 f. 64 Term Papers, 1926-1927 f. 65 Transcripts, 1923-1944 f. 66 Personal Photographs f. 66 Photographs, 1959-1969 f. 67-101 Ecclesiastical Research f. 67-75 Case Files f. 67 Arnold Anderson, 1936 f. 68 Rich Brown, 1954 f. 69 Maurice Bush, 1945-1961 f. 70 Leslie Hill, 1953-1959 f. 71 Marcella Fitzpatrick Killien, no date f. 72 Curtis W. Reese, 1961 Box 003 f. 73 Alfred S. Schenkman, 1949-1952 f. 74 Alfred Stiernotte, 1945-1966 f. 75 Walter Walsh, 1945-1946 f. 76 Conscientious Objector Files, 1940-1946 f. 77-79 Church Newsletter, 1928-1965 f. 80 Foreign Relations, 1943-1958 f. 81 Free Unitarians, 1947 f. 82 Lutheran Psalms (German), 1906 f. 83-84 Newspaper Clippings, 1932-1952 f. 85 Order of Service, Community Church of New York, 1942-1944 f. 86 Order of Service, Miscellaneous, 1901-1972 f. 87 Police Account, 1963 f. 88-89 Religion and the Modern Mood, no date f. 90 Religious Education, 1939-1972 f. 91 Religious Inspiration, no date f. 92-94 Religious Pamphlets, 1918-1956 f. 95-100 Religious Writings, 1925-1973

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 7 Box 004 f. 101 Soul of the Bible, 1908 f. 102 f. 102 Order of Service, 1928-1929 f. 103-104 Western Unitarian Conference f. 103-104 Papers, 1928-1953 f. 105-112 f. 105 History, no date f. 106 Charter, 1938 f. 107-108 Correspondence, 1936-1950 f. 109 Financial, 1946 f. 110 Newsletter, 1943 f. 111-112 Order of Service, 1935-1947 f. 113-123 American Unitarian Association f. 113-114 Correspondence, 1932-1952 f. 115 Committee on Foreign Churches, 1944-1945 f. 116 Election, 1958 f. 117-119 Executive Board Records, 1937-1964 f. 120 Minister Handbooks, 1948 f. 121-122 Reports, 1942-1956 f. 123 Unitarian Universalist Merger f. 124-132 Unitarian Service Committee f. 124 Reports, 1948-1956 f. 125-129 Correspondence, 1942-1951 f. 130-131 Committee C Reports, 1945 Box 005 f. 132 Resignation, 1952 f. 133-228 f. 133-134 Church History, 1906-1955 f. 135-143 Correspondence, 1944-1979 f. 144-160 Bragg, 1952-1957 Box 006 f. 161-187 Bragg, 1957-1966 Box 007 f. 188-202 Bragg, 1966-1977 f. 203 Lester Mondale, 1951 f. 204-206 Board Papers, 1951-1972 f. 207 Building Information, 1951-1964 f. 208-209 Bulletins, 1924-1960 f. 210 Church School, 1953-1967 f. 211 Event Programs, 1944-1977 f. 212 Financial, 1952-1972 f. 213 Membership and Directories, 1949-1982 f. 214 Miscellaneous, 1953-1954 f. 154-157 Newsletter f. 215-217 The Liberal, 1932-1939 f. 218-219 The Unitarian, 1949-1955 Box 008 f. 220-221 The Unitarian, 1955-1973 f. 222 Newspaper Clippings, 1923-1959 f. 223 Scrapbook, 1958-1961 f. 224 Youth Worship, 1955 f. 161-164 Photographs f. 225-227 Photographs, 1955-1956 f. 228 Lester Mondale, no date

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 8 f. 229-280 Sermons f. 229-230, 1926-1929 f. 231-242, 1935-1947 f. 243 Unitarian Service Committee, 1950-1952 f. 244-254, 1952-1957 Box 009 f. 255-263, 1957-1962 f. 264-270, no date f. 271 Announcements and Opening Statements, 1939-1958 f. 272-273 Aspiration, 1930-1960 f. 274 Eulogies, 1941 f. 275 Marriage Ceremonies, no date f. 276-279 Partial, 1940-1959 f. 280 Miscellaneous, 1945-1955 f. 281- Oversize Box 010 f. 281 Architectural Drawings, 1952 f. 282 Fiscal Report, 1974 f. 283 Survey Maps, 1967 f. 284 Correspondence, 1955 f. 285 Newspapers, 1932-1969 Index: Index Term Folder Image Church ( Mo.) 7-29, 133-228, Yes 244-263 Anderson, Arnold 67 Arisian, Khoren 17 Birkhead, Agnes 18 Brown, Rich 68 Bush, Maurice 69 Channing, Laurence 19 Davies, A. Powell (Arthur Powell) 20 Davis, George G. 21 DeWitt, Dale 22-23 Eliot, Frederick May, 1889-1958 24 ( Minn.) 105-112, 231-242 Greeley, Dana McLean, 1908-1986 25 Hill, Leslie 70 Hobart, Alfred W. 26 Joy, Charles R. (Charles Rhind), 1885-1978 27 Killien, Marcella Fitzpatrick 71 Meadville/Lombard Theological School 37-43 Mondale, Lester, 1904-203, 228 Yes Preaching 229-280

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 9 Index Term Folder Image Reese, Curtis W. (Curtis Williford), 1887-72 Religion and social problems 37-280 Robbins, Wallace 29 Schenkman, Alfred S. 73 Stiernotte, Alfred P. 74 Theology--Study and teaching 37-43, 56-101 Evanston (Evanston, Ill.) 102, 229-230 Unitarian Universalist Association 113-132, 243 Walsh, Walter 75

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 10 Appendix: Sermons Church Title Date Box Folder Evanston, IL Loyalty to a Great Heritage 7/11/1926 008 f. 229 Evanston, IL A Short History of Hell 11/29/1926 008 f. 229 Evanston, IL Is this the Best of all Possible Worlds 1928 008 f. 229 Evanston, IL Faith to Overcome Trouble 1/1/1928 008 f. 229 Evanston, IL How Should Our Country Face the New 12/15/1929 008 f. 229 Year Is Russia a Menace? 4/14/1935 008 f. 231 Spain: An International Crossroad 10/4/1936 008 f. 231 Why I Am a Unitarian 11/1/1936 008 f. 231 A Short History of Heaven 11/15/1936 008 f. 231 Dangers of Religious Loyalties 1/10/1937 008 f. 231 The Substance of Humanist Faith 2/28/1937 008 f. 231 What is a Unitarian? 10/12/1940 008 f. 232 What is it to Be Cultured 10/20/1940 008 f. 232 Do Unitarians Believe in God? 12/8/1940 008 f. 232 The Sustaining Strength of Our Tradition 1/4/1941 008 f. 232 God and the Horizons of Human Life 4/13/1941 008 f. 232 Have Things Ever Been As Bad As Now 5/4/1941 008 f. 232 A Unitarians Christmas 10/5/1941 008 f. 233 Do We Want Religion in Public Schools 10/26/1941 008 f. 233 Conversation at Midnight 12/28/1941 008 f. 233 Lincoln Across the Years 2/8/1942 008 f. 233 A Unitarian View of Jesus 2/22/1942 008 f. 233

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 11 The Good and the Bad Are Not Always Far Apart 3/1/1942 008 f. 233 Kernels and Husks of Religious Doctrine 3/8/1942 008 f. 233 In Time of Trial or Danger 3/29/1942 008 f. 234 Let Us Consider the Children 5/24/1942 008 f. 234 This Do and Be Saved 9/13/1942 008 f. 234 Cynicism or Faith in Man 10/18/1942 008 f. 234 Have Men Lost God 12/13/1942 008 f. 234 Hopes and Fears For 1943 12/27/1942 008 f. 235 Must We Hate the Germans 2/14/1943 008 f. 235 What Is a Christian 3/7/1943 008 f. 235 Man the Measure 4/18/1943 008 f. 235 The Seeds of Martyrs 4/25/1943 008 f. 235 Some Dangers of Being Profound 5/2/1943 008 f. 235 A Faith That Makes Sense 5/16/1943 008 f. 235 On Being a Real Person 5/23/1943 008 f. 235 A Minister Surveys His Task 9/12/1943 008 f. 236 The Faith Behind Freedom 9/19/1943 008 f. 236 What Is It to Be Religious 9/26/1943 008 f. 236 American Business and Human Destiny 10/24/1943 008 f. 236 Religion in Fox-Holes 10/31/1943 008 f. 236 We Dare Not Fail 11/7/1943 008 f. 236 The Language of Heart 11/21/1943 008 f. 236 Rewards of Good Living 12/12/1943 008 f. 237 Reflection on the Coming Year 12/26/1943 008 f. 237

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 12 Church Unspecified The Expert Must Be Something More 1/23/1944 008 f. 237 Minneapolis: The Kind of City It Is 2/13/1944 008 f. 237 Lifting the Shadows of Our Time 2/27/1944 008 f. 237 Who Are the Fascists 5/14/1944 008 f. 237 The Gospel of Unitarians 9/24/1944 008 f. 238 The Vision of Unitarianism 10/1/1944 008 f. 238 The Task of Unitarians 10/8/1944 008 f. 238 Some Ways of Meeting Trouble 10/29/1944 008 f. 238 The Career and Influence of Henry M. 11/12/1944 008 f. 238 Simmons How Deep Is the Profit Motive 1/7/1945 008 f. 239 A Unitarian View of Prayer 1/14/1945 008 f. 239 George Bernard Shaw s Appeal to Reason 1/28/1945 008 f. 239 Hands of Brotherhood 2/11/1945 008 f. 239 Ten Years in a Free Pulpit 2/25/1945 008 f. 239 Remarks Made to Marshall High School 3/1/1945 009 f. 280 Unitarians Reaffirm Their Faith 5/20/1945 008 f. 240 The Creative Character of Considered 10/7/1945 008 f. 240 Opinion The Greatest Undertaking of Human 11/18/1945 008 f. 240 Spirit Plain Words About Russia 11/25/1945 008 f. 240 Are There No German Democrats 1/20/1946 008 f. 240 How Intellectual Are the Unitarians 2/10/1946 008 f. 240 The Bible As a Source of Religion 3/10/1946 008 f. 241 Some Misconceptions About the 3/17/1946 008 f. 241 Unitarians The Substance of Things Spiritual 4/14/1946 008 f. 241

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 13 Church Unspecified Unitarian Service Committee Unitarian Service Committee Unitarian Service Committee Unitarian Service Committee Who Goes to Church and Why 5/5/1946 008 f. 241 Radio Address - WLOL 7/2/1946 009 f. 196 Religion and Respectability 9/15/1946 008 f. 241 What Men Fear Most 9/29/1946 008 f. 241 Faith to Overcome Trouble 11/10/1946 008 f. 242 Servetus: Unitarian Prophet and Martyr 11/24/1946 008 f. 242 What Jesus Taught 11/30/1946 008 f. 242 The Language of Religion 1/5/1947 008 f. 242 The Issue of West: An Episode of 1/26/1947 008 f. 242 Unitarian History The Mind of World Is In the Making 2/16/1947 008 f. 242 Boston, MA Greed, God, Cult 4/23/1950 008 f. 243 Boston, MA Minneapolis Dedication 11/14/1951 008 f. 243 What You May Expect of a Minister 9/14/1952 008 f. 244 Boston, MA Why a Unitarian Church 10/12/1952 008 f. 243 Boston, MA What I Know About the United Nations 10/19/1952 008 f. 243 The New Church: What Shall We Do 11/16/1952 008 f. 244 With It Background of Cultural Amity 1/22/1953 008 f. 244 Things Men Live By 2/1/1953 008 f. 244 The Ethics of Compromise 3/8/1953 008 f. 244 Unitarian Religion: What It Is, What It Is 7/13/1953 008 f. 244 Not What's Most Wrong With the World 9/20/1953 008 f. 244 The Prisoners of War 12/6/1953 008 f. 244 The Theory and Practice of Tolerance 1/10/1954 008 f. 244 A Person of Culture: What Is He Like? 1/17/1954 008 f. 244

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 14 Church Unspecified Who Are the Unitarians 2/28/1954 008 f. 245 What Is Loyalty 3/21/1954 008 f. 245 Communism: Then and Now 4/29/1954 008 f. 245 Mountain Journey 5/9/1954 008 f. 245 This Flowering Earth 6/6/1954 008 f. 246 The Task Before Us 9/12/1954 008 f. 246 When Men Say "God" 10/17/1954 008 f. 246 Unitarian Faith - Unitarian Action 10/31/1954 008 f. 246 What Is the Soul 11/7/1954 008 f. 246 Looks Forward 11/14/1954 008 f. 246 Back to Religion - But What Kind 11/28/1954 008 f. 247 On Being Mature 12/12/1954 008 f. 247 Whose Life Is Good 1/16/1955 008 f. 247 Lincoln and the Churches 2/6/1955 008 f. 247 The Consolations of a Free Faith 2/13/1955 008 f. 247 On Being a Real Person 3/6/1955 008 f. 248 A Unitarian Easter 4/10/1955 008 f. 248 Religion: High and Low 5/1/1955 008 f. 248 Whom Shall We Trust 5/8/1955 008 f. 248 Uni-Uni 5/15/1955 008 f. 248 Man Lives Not By Bread Alone 6/5/1955 008 f. 248 The New Popularity of Religion: What 9/18/1955 008 f. 248 Does It Mean? Price of Peace and Cost of War 9/25/1955 008 f. 248 The Nature and Name of Unitarianism 9/27/1955 009 f. 280

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 15 Can Children Be Religiously Educated 10/2/1955 008 f. 249 The Enduring Elements of Christianity 10/9/1955 008 f. 249 Who Makes Up Your Mind 10/16/1955 008 f. 249 When Freedom Moved West: A Study in 11/13/1955 008 f. 249 Unitarian History Harvest Dinner, Fellowship House 11/30/1955 008 f. 249 Visions and Revelations: What Are We to 12/4/1955 008 f. 250 Make of Thee? The Right to Be Wrong 12/11/1955 008 f. 250 Christmas - 1955 12/25/1955 008 f. 250 Anticipation 1/1/1956 008 f. 250 Ben Franklin: The First American 1/15/1956 008 f. 250 The Religion of "Life" and of Life 1/22/1956 008 f. 250 Hope and Sanity Today 2/5/1956 008 f. 251 What Is Mysticism 2/19/1956 008 f. 251 The Life and Times of Mr. Menken 2/26/1956 008 f. 251 Where are the American Conservatives 3/4/1956 008 f. 251 Adlai Stevenson and the Unitarians 3/11/1956 008 f. 252 Freedom is the Right to Choose 3/18/1956 008 f. 252 Why a Liberal Ministry 3/25/1956 008 f. 252 A Hint of Eternity 4/1/1956 008 f. 252 The Virtue of Humor 4/8/1956 008 f. 252 On Returning From a Long Journey 9/9/1956 008 f. 252 God and the Horizons of Human Life 9/13/1956 008 f. 253 George Bernard Shaw's Appeal to Reason 9/16/1956 008 f. 253 The Man of Nazareth or Jesus the Christian 10/7/1956 008 f. 253

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 16 An Election Day Sermon 11/4/1956 008 f. 253 Does "Thanksgiving" Mean Anything 11/7/1956 008 f. 253 Faith of Democracy 11/25/1956 008 f. 253 The Liberal Minister - His Office and 12/9/1956 008 f. 253 Task The Touchstone of a Common Faith 12/16/1956 008 f. 253 A Confession of Faith 12/30/1956 008 f. 254 A Lesson of Hungary 1/20/1957 008 f. 254 The Inner Life: How Can We Live With 3/10/1957 008 f. 254 It? Blessed Be Talk 3/17/1957 008 f. 254 Unitarians and Salvation 4/14/1957 008 f. 254 Speak To This People 4/28/1957 009 f. 255 Personal Religion in Times of Tension 5/5/1957 009 f. 255 How Orthodox is Orthodoxy 5/12/1957 009 f. 255 Must We Conform 5/19/1957 009 f. 255 Patriotism in an Atomic Age 5/21/1957 009 f. 255 If I Had Only One Sermon to Preach 8/8/1957 009 f. 255 A History of Tension 9/15/1957 009 f. 255 Reason and Religion 9/22/1957 009 f. 256 UN - US, 1957 10/20/1957 009 f. 256 Human Nature: How Humane Is It? 11/3/1957 009 f. 256 The Good Life in a Troubled World 11/10/1957 009 f. 256 Who Goes to Church and Why 11/17/1957 009 f. 256 Souls To Be Saved 12/1/1957 009 f. 256 What Communists Cannot Do 12/8/1957 009 f. 257

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 17 How Christmas Came To Be 12/15/1957 009 f. 257 A Sense of Time 12/29/1957 009 f. 257 Has Life Any Meaning 2/2/1958 009 f. 257 Ideas of God - Then and Now 2/9/1958 009 f. 257 On Spiritual Maturity 2/16/1958 009 f. 257 The Eggheads Are Forgiven 3/9/1958 009 f. 257 Unitarianism and Christianity 3/16/1958 009 f. 258 Why Jesus Chose Martyrdom 3/30/1958 009 f. 258 The Presence of Eternity 4/6/1958 009 f. 258 Theology and Religion in the Space Age 4/27/1958 009 f. 258 How Humane Is Human Nature 5/4/1958 009 f. 258 The Great Theological Revolution 5/11/1958 009 f. 258 A Restatement of Unitarianism 9/7/1958 009 f. 258 What Science Has Done For Religion 9/28/1958 009 f. 259 The Religion of Pope Pius XII 10/9/1958 009 f. 259 "Unitarian" - Where Did We Get the 1/29/1959 009 f. 259 Name What In The World Is Religion 3/15/1959 009 f. 259 Cynicism - The Corrupted Luxury 4/5/1959 009 f. 260 The New Building - What Shall We Do 4/26/1959 009 f. 260 With It? How Intellectual Are the Unitarians 5/3/1959 009 f. 260 Kernals and Husks of Religious Doctrine 5/17/1959 009 f. 260 A Jet of Memory 5/31/1959 009 f. 260 How to Recognize a Unitarian 6/1959 009 f. 260 The New Season - 1959-1960 9/13/1959 009 f. 261

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 18 Understanding The Khrushchev Visit 9/20/1959 009 f. 261 The Status of Status Seekers 9/27/1959 009 f. 261 The Growth of Churches - Spiritual or 10/11/1959 009 f. 261 Social Fact Science and Religion - Present Phase of 10/18/1959 009 f. 261 the Old Controversy Thoughts On Death 11/1/1959 009 f. 261 The T.V. Scandal - Is It the American 11/8/1959 009 f. 262 Way A-U Merger 11/15/1959 009 f. 262 What Do You Mean - Thanksgiving 11/22/1959 009 f. 262 Beyond Christianity 11/29/1959 009 f. 262 John Dewey 12/6/1959 009 f. 262 What We May Expect of the 1960s 12/27/1959 009 f. 262 The Words and Acts of Religion 1/3/1960 009 f. 263 Religion on a University Campus 1/24/1960 009 f. 263 United Friends, Community Friends and 1/31/1960 009 f. 263 Social Welfare Uses and Abuses of Indignation 2/7/1960 009 f. 263 What I Mean by Church 11/27/1960 009 f. 263 The Inner Most Nature of Religion 11/12/1961 009 f. 263 How to be Honest and Religious 1/14/1962 009 f. 263 Evanston, IL Toward An American Culture No date 008 f. 229 Evanston, IL The Harm That Good Men Do No date 008 f. 229 Evanston, IL Festival As the Celebration of Life No date 008 f. 229 Evanston, IL Why Be Thankful? What for? To Whom? No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Youth Looks at Marriage No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Moral Issues of the Present Presidential Campaign No date 008 f. 230

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 19 Evanston, IL Education For Moral Growth No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Living Joyfully No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Living Courageously No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Living Imaginatively No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Living Purposefully No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL In Defence of Paganism No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL A Young Preacher Looks Ahead No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL The Significance of the Commencement No date 008 f. 230 Season Evanston, IL The Phantom of the Certitude No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL A Farewell to Arms: A Book Sermon No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Humanism and Dr. Fosdick No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Is Progress a Delusion? No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL Beyond Modernism No date 008 f. 230 Evanston, IL William Ellery Channing: Apostle of No date 008 f. 230 Freedom Evanston, IL What Men Live By No date 008 f. 230 The Privileges of the Liberal Ministry No date 009 f. 264 Our Ideals No date 009 f. 264 Beliefs or Unbelievers No date 009 f. 264 A Statement To My People at the Outset No date 009 f. 264 of War Escape From the World: Sin or Necessity No date 009 f. 264 Where Shall We Find Courage No date 009 f. 264 The Talk About and the Reality of No date 009 f. 264 Democracy Religious Faith in War Time No date 009 f. 264 A Spiritual Autobiography No date 009 f. 264

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 20 The Massachusetts Miracles: A Study in Catholic Psychology No date 009 f. 264 In Conclusion No date 009 f. 264 Count Keyserling's America No date 009 f. 264 Mr. Dawes Restates an Eternal Principle No date 009 f. 265 The Experimental Life No date 009 f. 265 Who Is America's Most Dangerous No date 009 f. 265 Citizen? What Are We Trying To Do? No date 009 f. 265 Contributions to Social Progress by the No date 009 f. 265 Conservative The Significance of the Commencement No date 009 f. 265 Season Youth - A Perplexed Generation No date 009 f. 265 Liberty Is The Price Too Great No date 009 f. 265 Basil Zaharoff. Profiteer of War No date 009 f. 265 Racial Cults: Anti Semites and Others No date 009 f. 265 The Function of Modern Preaching No date 009 f. 265 Is Russia a Menace? No date 009 f. 265 Time to Live With One's [missing] No date 009 f. 265 Old Times and New Ideals No date 009 f. 265 A Generation Lost -- and Found? No date 009 f. 265 Dodsworth: A Book Sermon No date 009 f. 266 Beneridge's Abraham Lincoln No date 009 f. 266 The Advance of Liberalism No date 009 f. 266 Living In the Here and Now No date 009 f. 266 The Religion Called Atheism No date 009 f. 266 The Higher Law Lessons No date 009 f. 266

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 21 Worship the Past or Plan the Future No date 009 f. 266 Why People Don't Go to Church No date 009 f. 266 Rediscovering Citizenship No date 009 f. 266 A Religion For Life No date 009 f. 266 The Meaning of Memory No date 009 f. 266 By the Liberal No date 009 f. 267 Human Nature Being What It Is No date 009 f. 267 Church and State No date 009 f. 267 What the Radio Is Doing to Us No date 009 f. 267 A Sense of the Past No date 009 f. 267 Salvation by Laughter No date 009 f. 267 A Study in Panic No date 009 f. 267 Maintaining Faith in Human Possibilities No date 009 f. 267 A Gospel of Relaxation No date 009 f. 267 The Humanity of Jesus No date 009 f. 267 Sources of Morale No date 009 f. 267 The Changing Role of Unitarians No date 009 f. 268 Address to the Living No date 009 f. 268 Untitled Easter Sermon No date 009 f. 268 What Future For Germany No date 009 f. 268 Why People Go To Church No date 009 f. 268 Parker's Transient and Permanent No date 009 f. 268 Christianity War Aims and Peace Plans No date 009 f. 269 "I Believe " No date 009 f. 269

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 22 The Necessity of What We Are Doing No date 009 f. 269 What We Have Done No date 009 f. 269 The Case For Liberalism No date 009 f. 269 The Witch Fills Our Cup No date 009 f. 269 This Flowering Earth No date 009 f. 269 The New Testament No date 009 f. 269 What of the Next Half Century No date 009 f. 269 Fourth Gospel No date 009 f. 269 Some Personal Needs No date 009 f. 269 Church Schools and Public Schools: No date 009 f. 269 Problem and Goal The Limits of Tolerance No date 009 f. 269 Beauty in Common Place Things No date 009 f. 269 Thoreau: Concord in the 19th Century No date 009 f. 270 Personal Living in Days of Crisis No date 009 f. 270 The True Atheists No date 009 f. 270 Old Doctrines and New Imperatives: Freedom and the Hunger for Social Security No date 009 f. 270 Americans, Americanism and Senator No date 009 f. 270 McCarthy Emotion as a Guide to Life No date 009 f. 270 The Jet of Life in a Little Child No date 009 f. 270 The Meaning of God No date 009 f. 270 Old Doctrines and New Imperatives: Salvation and the Redemption of Modern Man No date 009 f. 270 The World Reach of Liberal Religion No date 009 f. 270 Why a Humanist Ministry No date 009 f. 270

(K0468) Raymond B. Bragg Papers Page 23 Emerson Divinity School Address No date 009 f. 270 Scientists and Religion No date 009 f. 280 The Growing Literature of Humanism No date 009 f. 280 Some Non-theistic God Concepts No date 009 f. 280 Humanism and Dr. Fosdick No date 009 f. 280 H.G. Wells: The Anatomy of Frustration No date 008 f. 231 Partisanship, Propaganda and Politics No date 008 f. 231 J.F. Kennedy No date 009 f. 280 Unnamed Speech No date 009 f. 280 Sanity is on our Side No date 009 f. 280 Germany, Italy and Russia: A Conflict of Ideas No date 008 f. 231