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| Title: | Pickering, George. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1951-2006 |
| Size: | 10 linear feet (19 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | George W. Pickering (1938 – May 11, 2002) was a professor of Religious Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy, teaching social ethics, Christian social thought, American Religion and theories and issues of justice, religion, and science. His research and teaching focused on questions of ethics and civil rights in American society. Along with Alan B. Anderson, he co-authored Confronting the Color Line: The Broken Promise of the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago, which received the Myers Award from the University of Arkansas’ Gustavus Myers Center for Human Rights. At the time of his death, he was working on an intellectual biography of James Luther Adams, a Unitarian Universalist theologian. This collection contains essays and notes from Pickering’s undergraduate and graduate studies; journal entries; lecture notes and syllabi from his teaching career; materials and manuscripts from his major published and unpublished book projects; published articles and essay drafts; handwritten and typescript research notes; speeches and sermons; annotated essays and articles by other academics used in Pickering’s research; and photographs. |
This collection is open for research, with the exception of materials in Series VII. This series contains restricted personnel files and student files. Material in Box 18 is restricted for fifty years from the date of record creation. Material in Box 19 is restricted for eighty years from the date of record creation.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Pickering, George. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
George W. Pickering (1938-May 11, 2002) was a professor of Religious Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy, teaching social ethics, Christian social thought, American Religion and theories and issues of justice, religion, and science. Pickering received his Bachelors in History from Bates College in 1959, where he completed an Honors thesis on Albert Camus. He met his wife Elizabeth Anson Pickering during his time at Bates. Pickering received his Bachelors of Divinity (1963), Masters (1966), and Ph.D. (1975) from the University of Chicago.
Pickering served as the director of research for the Church Foundation of Greater Chicago from 1966-1968 and at The Commons: A Social Ethics Institute from 1968-1970. In 1970, before the completion of his doctoral dissertation, he accepted a teaching position at University of Detroit Mercy, where he would teach for 32 years. Along with Alan Anderson, he co-authored Confronting the Color Line: The Broken Promise of the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago, which received the Myers Award from the University of Arkansas’ Gustavus Myers Center for Human Rights. Pickering was a regular on the long-running panel show “Ask the Professor” for much of his time at the University of Detroit Mercy. At the time of his death, he was working on an intellectual biography of James Luther Adams, a Unitarian Universalist theologian. Pickering announced his retirement in the spring of 2002 and died on May 11, 2002. Pickering was survived by his wife, Betty; a daughter; a son; and two grandchildren.
This collection is arranged in seven series:
Series I: Personal
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Teaching
Series IV: Writings
Series V: Writings by Others
Series VI: Photos
Series VII: Restricted
Series IV is broken down further into four subseries: Subseries 1: Books; Subseries 2: Essays and Articles; Subseries 3: Public Speaking Engagements; and Subseries 4: Research.
This collection contains work from Pickering’s undergraduate and graduate years, unpublished essay drafts, published articles, handwritten and typescript research notes, handwritten journal entries, book manuscripts, playbills, drafts of public lectures, and photographs. The collection dates between 1959 and 2002. Materials are arranged chronologically unless otherwise noted.
Series I: Personal contains work from Pickering’s undergraduate and graduate years, as well as journal entries written between 1975 and 1989.
Series II: Correspondence contains personal and professional correspondence written by Pickering between 1966 and 2000.
Series III: Teaching contains documents from Pickering’s thirty-two year teaching career at the University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy), including syllabi and lecture notes.
Series IV: Writings contains Pickering’s professional written work over the course of his career. It is broken down into four subseries:
Subseries 1: Books contains typescript manuscript drafts and handwritten research notes for Pickering’s two major book projects, The Color Line and an unpublished intellectual biography of James Luther Adams. This collection also contains manuscript drafts of two other unpublished book projects entitled An Analysis of Social and Ethical Issues in Energy Use and The Polarizing Atom. Materials are arranged alphabetically by book title and then chronologically within that arrangement.
Subseries 2: Essays contains unpublished essay drafts and published articles.
Subseries 3: Research contains Pickering’s handwritten and typescript research notes.
Subseries 4: Public Speaking Engagements contains Pickering’s sermons and speeches.
Series V: Writings by Others contains articles and essays saved by Pickering, many of which he annotated. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name. If the author is unknown, the publishing institution’s name is used.
Series VI: Photos contains personal and professional photographs of Pickering.
Series VII: Restricted contains material restricted for fifty and for eighty years, including Pickering’s application for tenure, his letters of reference for former colleagues, and his letters of reference for former students. Material in Box 18 is restricted for fifty years from the date of record creation. Material in Box 19 is restricted for eighty years from the date of record creation.
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Series I: Personal |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Notes and Papers – Bates College, 1957-1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Essays – Bates College, 1958-1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Notes – Campus Ministry Committee, 1958 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Class Notes, 1959-1961 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Undergraduate and Graduate Handwritten Notes and Typescript Papers, 1959-1967 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Undergraduate and Graduate Handwritten Notes and Typescript Papers, 1959-1967 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Playbills, 1959-1968 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Grade Reports and Registrar Documentation – Bates College and the University of Chicago, 1959-1970 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Ecclesiastical Polity – Class notes, 1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Thesis – Bates College, 1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Notes – Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1960-1961 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Notes – Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1960-1961 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Notes and Papers, 1960-1961 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Ethics 301-2-3 – Notebook, circa 1960-1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | “Harnack, Vol. 1” – Class notebook, circa 1960-1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | “Religion in American Life” – Class notebook, circa 1960-1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | “The Book of Kings as History” – Typescript essay for Professor Rylaarsdam, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | “The Ecumenical Task and the American Scene” – Typescript essay, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | “An Investigation into the Theological Basis of John Woolman’s Ethics” – Typescript term paper, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | “Iranaeus and the Apostolic Tradition” – Typescript term paper, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | “Mod. C.H.,” 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | “Small Town in Mass Society” -- Typescript essay for Ethics and Society 301, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | African Politics bibliography, circa 1961-1964 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Class notes and research, 1961-1964 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | “An Essay on the Transformative Role of the Church, Presented to Professor Pitcher,” 1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | “Exam Paper on Tillich for ES 302,” 1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Niebuhr paper – Photocopied handwritten paper, 1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | OT 303 – Class Notebook, 1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | “Renewing Chicago in the ‘60s: A Lecture and Discussion Series,” 1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | “Resolution and Propositions: An Essay in Anticipation” – Essay for Professor Fitzpatrick, 1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | “What is Liberalism, As Seen in Selected Work of Schleiermacher, Harnack, and Otto” – Typescript essay for OT303, 1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | “A Preliminary Investigation of the Problem of Religion and Leisure” – Term paper for Professor Winter, 1962 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Study Paper for CFA Retreat, 1962 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | EDUC 416: Black Religions – Bibliography, 1963-1970 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | African Nationalism and Russian Politics – Class Notebook, 1962 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | “Ernest Troeltsch and the Living Present: An Interpretation” – Typescript Essay, 1963 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | “The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume Two” – Typescript Essay for Philosophy 353, 1963 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | “The Appeal to History in the Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr” – Essay for SS530, 1964 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | “Chicago and Community Organizations” – Handwritten notes, 1946 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | “Constructive Ethics” – Notebook, 1964 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | “Faith and Common Humanity: An Essay in Christology” – Typescript essay, 1964 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | “Henry Nelson Wieman and the Method of Theological Ethics” – Essay for Professors Pitcher and Haroutunian, 1964 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | “Religion, Ethics, and the Sociology of Religion” – Essay for Professor Winter—Typescript essay, 1964 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | “Anthropology Is the Study of Man” – Typescript essay, 1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | University of Chicago Divinity School Association – Agenda, Minutes, and Roster, 1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | “Church and Race” – Typescript essay, 1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Job offer – Church Federation of Greater Chicago, 1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | “Jonathan Edwards and the Nature of True Religion” – Typescript essay, 1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | National Student YMCA and YWCA – Handouts and schedules, 1966-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 16 | “The Attachments of Men to Each Other” – Typescript essay, 1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 17 | “Suburban Power and Social Change” – Typescript seminar paper, 1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 18 | “UD Prof Raps Lenore’s Blast at Dr. King” – Photocopied newspaper article, circa 1970 |
| Box 4 Folder 19 | Conference papers and materials, 1973-1974 |
| Box 4 Folder 20 | “American Tradition: Social Ethics” – Divinity School Bibliography, 1973 |
| Box 4 Folder 21 | Pitcher, Alvin – Letter to John Porter concerning George Pickering’s doctoral dissertation (2 copies), 1975 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Handwritten journal entries, 1975-1981 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Fellowship application – National Humanities Center, 1981 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Professional curriculum vitae, circa 1981 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Photocopied handwritten notes and journal entries, 1982 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Handwritten journal entries, 1983-1989 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | “Quadra Project” – Poetry, calendar, and artwork, 1983 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Letter to colleagues at University of Detroit announcing move, 1984 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Human Rights in Process Perspective Conference – Schedule and papers, 1999 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | “Ethics is the Source for Principles of Right Action” – Photocopied handwritten essay, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Memo to Religious Studies Faculty, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Miscellaneous Notes and Papers, undated |
Series II: Correspondence |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1966-1987 |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1989-2000 |
Series III: Teaching |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Social Ethics – Lecture Notes, 1970 |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | “C42 465, American Religious Social Thought” – Syllabus and course notes, 1975 |
| Box 5 Folder 16 | RS 217: Religion in America – Exam and Notes, 1977 |
| Box 5 Folder 17 | SOC 350: Voices of the ‘70s, 1977 |
| Box 5 Folder 18 | Course Descriptions and Syllabi, 1981-1995 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | University of Detroit Professors Union – Typescript agenda and proposed contact amendments, 1982 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | “The Professions” – Three student papers for RS361, 1982 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Curriculum vitae and annual reports for dean’s office, 1989-1990 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | RS 100 – handwritten notes, 1989 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | “A Guide for Writing Analytical Papers,” 1992 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | RS 313: Christianity, 1993 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | RS 349/549: American Religious Social Thought – Syllabus and photocopied lecture notes, 1993 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | RS 545 – Handwritten Notes, 1994 |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | RS 240 – Syllabus and class list, 1999 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | RS 349/549: American Religious Social Thought – Syllabus (2 copies), 2000 |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | RS 100 – Syllabus and Midterm Exam, 2000 |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | RS 217 – Course Outlines, circa 2001 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | C22105: On Friendship – Photocopied handwritten notes and typescript syllabus, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | “Liberal and Radical Movements” – Photocopied handwritten lecture notes, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | Social Gospel – Photocopied handwritten lecture notes, undated |
Series IV: Writings |
Subseries 1: Books |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | An Analysis of Social and Ethical Issues in Energy Use – Typescript Manuscript, 1982 |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Color Line – Photocopied handwritten manuscript and notes, 1965 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Color Line Materials – Handwritten and typescript notes, 1964-1980 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Color Line Materials – Handwritten and typescript notes, 1964-1980 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | “The Case of the Color Line” – Typescript essay draft, 1981 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | “American Creeds in Competition: A Problem of Faith and Justice” – Typescript lecture – from Confronting the Color Line, 1985 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | “Children of the Color Line,” 1987 |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | The Color Line – Introduction and first chapter – Typescript manuscript, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | The Color Line – Typescript and handwritten manuscript, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | The Color Line – Typescript and handwritten manuscript, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | The Color Line – Typescript and handwritten manuscript, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | The Color Line – Typescript manuscript, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | The Color Line – Typescript manuscript, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | The Color Line – Typescript manuscript, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | The Color Line – Miscellaneous handwritten and typescript notes, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | “The Problems of Faith and Justice” – Chapter XV of The Color Line – Typescript manuscript, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | James Luther Adams bibliographies, 1989-1990 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | James Luther Adams book – Typescript manuscript, 1989-1993 |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | “The Place of James Luther Adams in American Religious Social Thought” – handwritten notes and typescript essay draft, circa 1989 |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Notes on James Luther Adams, 1990-2002 |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Notes on James Luther Adams, 1990-2002 |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Notes on James Luther Adams, 1990-2002 |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | “James Luther Adams and the Democratic Prospect” – Grant report to the Lilly Endowment, 1990 |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | “James Luther Adams: The Development of His Thought” – Project proposal, circa 1990 |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | “James Luther Adams and the Democratic Prospect” – Report to Lilly Endowment and Handwritten Notes, 1990 |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | James Luther Adams paper accessions, 1993 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | “Theology as Social Ethics: The Unfinished Business of James Luther Adams,” 1993 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | “James Luther Adams: Religious Liberalism in History and Biography” – Conference paper, 1994 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | Adams, James Luther – Voluntary Associations – photocopied book, 1995 |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | “Theology as Social Ethics: Reflections on James Luther Adams,” 1995 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | “Theology as Social Ethics: James Luther Adams,” 1996 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Correspondence with James Luther Adams Foundation, 1997-1998 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Progress report on James Luther Adams project, 1998 |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | “Proposal to the Lilly Endowment for the Religion in Urban America Program” and Nature, Polis, and Ethics: Chicago Regional Planning, 2000-2002 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | James Luther Adams – Typescript essay drafts, 2000 |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | “Remarks on Jefferson and James Luther Adams,” 2000 |
| Box 10 Folder 13 | “What’s Wrong with Religious Liberalism? The James Luther Adams Lecture for 2000,” 2000 |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | James Luther Adams book – typescript manuscript, 2002 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Adams, James Luther – Transcripts of lectures, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Adams, James Luther – Transcripts of lectures, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | “When Reagan Talked about the L Word – On James Luther Adams” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | “The Polarizing Atom” – Typescript manuscript, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | “The Polarizing Atom: An Abuse of Science” – Typescript manuscript and handwritten notes, undated |
Subseries 2: Essays and Articles |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Annotated bibliography of Pickering’s papers, 2006
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| Box 11 Folder 7 | Report on Student Affairs – University of Michigan, 1962 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | “Concerning the Public Realm” – Typescript essay draft (2 copies) and handwritten notes, 1965 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | “A Social Conflict and Social Change Project: A Church-University Cooperative Project,” 1966 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | “Fooling Around with the Social Order” – Essay in The Intercollegian, 1967 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | “A Working Paper on the Problems of Teaching the Pursuit of Justice” – Typescript essay draft (2 copies) and handwritten notes, 1967 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | “A City is First and Foremost a Political Reality” – Typescript essay, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | “The University, the City, and the Church” – Typescript essay draft, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 14 | “Contextual Statement on Policy Perspective on Racial Justice” – The Commons, 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | Reflections on Chicago: A Case Study of Planning as an Urban Problem,” 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | “Toward the Definition of an Issue” – Paper for the Commons, 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | “Voluntary Associations in American Public Life” – Paper for the Commons, 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | “FYI: Reflections on the Appeal to Necessity” – Newspaper clipping (2 copies), circa 1970-1975 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | “American Racism: A House Divided” – Typescript essay, handwritten notes, and news clipping, 1970 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | “The Urban Training Center for Christian Mission: An Analysis and Interpretation,” 1970 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | “About a Year Ago: Re: Racial Conflict in Detroit Public Schools,” 1971 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | “Critical Summary of the Consultation on Religion and Politics Held in Chicago” – 2 copies, 1971 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | “The Problem of Racism in American Life” – Typescript draft, 1972 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | “Is a Catholic University Still Possible?” – Essay in Commonweal, 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | “Corporations, Energy, and Technology” – Typescript draft, 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | “Reflections on the Task of Social Ethics” – Handwritten notes and drafts, 1971-1986 |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | “Technology, Values, and Education” – Typescript essay draft and bound volume, 1971 |
| Box 12 Folder 14 | “Theological Considerations in the Study of Religion” – Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2 copies), 1973 |
| Box 12 Folder 15 | “Reflections on the Task of Social Ethics,” 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 16 | “Reflections on the Task of Social Ethics” – Typescript draft (2 copies), 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 17 | “Energy Policy: A Challenge to the Churches” – Essay for The Christian Century, 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 18 | “Regulative Principles, Institutional Realities, and Institutional Conflicts: The Energy Example,” 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 19 | “Science and Society in the Seventies” – Article for Sixth Life Sciences Symposium, 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 20 | “National Council of Churches of Christ Energy Policy Statement” – Typescript essay draft, circa 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 21 | “Integrating the Technical and Ethical Aspects of Energy Options and Policies” – Conference proposal, 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 22 | “Alternative Policy Statement on the Ethical Institution of Energy Production and Use,” 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 23 | “Energy and Well-Being: Whose?” -- Essay in Electric Perspectives, 1979 |
| Box 12 Folder 24 | “Ethics as the Source, Medium, and Good of Public Controversy” – Typescript essay draft and handwritten notes, 1979 |
| Box 12 Folder 25 | “Nuclear Energy: The Moral Dimension” – Typescript essay draft, 1979 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Proposal for the Symposium on Ethical Considerations in the Development of National Energy Policy, 1979 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Energy Policy Essays, 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | “Integrating Ethical and Technical Considerations in the Energy Debate” – Essay for the Canadian Nuclear Association, 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | “Passages: Rites and Rights” – Paper for the American Society for Christian Ethics, 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | “Ethics and Technology” – Typescript essay draft, 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | “Proposal for Northern Campus” – Typescript draft, 1982 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | Environment Assessment for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, 1985 |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | “Five Year Plan for Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities,” 1985 |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | “Morality in the Nuclear Age” – Typescript essay draft, 1985 |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | “Technology as Social Fate or Cultural Metaphor” – Article for Nexus, UT-Austin, 1985 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | “The American Nuclear Power Program” – American Nuclear Society News – photocopied newspaper article, 1987 |
| Box 13 Folder 12 | “It’s Not the Sixties” – Typescript essay draft, 1987 |
| Box 13 Folder 13 | “On Brotherhood” – Typescript essay draft (2 copies), 1987 |
| Box 13 Folder 14 | “Secular Humanism in Its Own Voice: Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind” – Typescript essay draft, 1987 |
| Box 13 Folder 15 | “When Tolstoy Turned Fifty” – Typescript essay draft, 1987 |
| Box 13 Folder 16 | “Democratic Faith and the Issue of Racial Justice” – Typescript essay draft, 1988 |
| Box 13 Folder 17 | The Capitalist Spirit – Typescript Book Review, 1989 |
| Box 13 Folder 18 | “Why Is Salman Rushdie ‘Old News’ While Still Living in Terror?” – Typescript essay draft, 1989 |
| Box 13 Folder 19 | “Lethargy and Energy: On Waking from a Dream” – Typescript essay draft, 1990 |
| Box 13 Folder 20 | “On Minding Our Own Business (Abortion)” – Typescript essay draft, 1990 |
| Box 13 Folder 21 | “The Politics of Radiation” – Typescript essay draft, 1990 |
| Box 13 Folder 22 | “Why Saddam Has Us Over a Barrel” – Article in The Sunday Journal, 1990 |
| Box 13 Folder 23 | “Why Risk the Spread of Nuclear Weapons?” – Op-Ed, 1991 |
| Box 13 Folder 24 | “Dinner Talk” – Typescript short story draft, 1992 |
| Box 13 Folder 25 | “How Are You Going to Take Your Life?” – Typescript essay draft, 1992 |
| Box 13 Folder 26 | “Sleep My Child and Peace Attend Thee: Radical Secular Humanism” – Typescript essay draft, 1992 |
| Box 13 Folder 27 | “Stay Alive” – Typescript short story, 1992 |
| Box 13 Folder 28 | “Friendship, the Moral Life, the Love of God, and AIDS” – Typescript essay draft, 1993 |
| Box 13 Folder 29 | “We Are All Taking a Beating” – Typescript essay draft, 1993 |
| Box 13 Folder 30 | “Lighten Up: Lake Erie will Survive” – Typescript essay draft, 1994 |
| Box 13 Folder 31 | “Religious Meanings of the Civil Rights Movement” – Criterion – Photocopied article, 1995 |
| Box 13 Folder 32 | Center for Religion – Mission Statement and Newsletter, 1997 |
| Box 13 Folder 33 | “Does Dialogue Matter?” – Openings Newsletter, 1998 |
| Box 13 Folder 34 | “The Papacy Speak ‘From the Heart of the Church’” – Typescript essay draft, 1999 |
| Box 13 Folder 35 | “Calvin’s Ethics” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 36 | “The Case of Nuclear Power” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 37 | “The Church, the Pastorate, the Intern, and the University” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 38 | “The Ecumenical Institute: An Analysis and Interpretation,” undated |
| Box 13 Folder 39 | “Fairness Issues in the New Federalism: A Proposal to Monitor the Local Implementation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act,” undated |
| Box 13 Folder 40 | “From Edison to Jefferson: The Complicated Quest for Community in America” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 41 | “Introduction: Why Is Energy a Social Justice Problem?” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 42 | Book Review – Gunnar Myrdal and Black-White Relations, by David W. Southern, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 43 | “Nuclear Reaction: Military-Civilian Program is Bad Policy” – Photocopied newspaper article, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 44 | “On Social Ethics and the Liberal Arts” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 45 | “Property Rights: Another Relational Perspective” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 46 | “Relation of Religion and Politics” – Handwritten essay, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 47 | “Religious Education Is Education” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 48 | “The Road Not Taken – And Wisely So” – Energy Policy – Typescript essay, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 49 | “On Community” – Photocopied handwritten and typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 50 | “Social Ethics in the American Context” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 51 | “Sociology of the Churches” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | Book review – Soul in Society by Gary Dorrien – Typescript draft and handwritten notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | “The True Cost of Imported Oil” – Typescript draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | “True Costs, Like True Love, Are Hard to Measure” – Typescript essay draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | “What Can Metaphysical Properties Do for the Theory and Practice of Religion and Politics?” – Typescript essay draft (3 copies), undated |
Subseries 3: Research |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | Segregation in Chicago Schools – Statements, petition, map, 1952-1965 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | “The Public Realm” – Handwritten notes, 1961 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | Handwritten and typescript notes (miscellaneous), 1969-1985 |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | Calvin, Economics, and Energy – Papers and handwritten notes, 1980-1984 |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | Religion in America, Notes – 1985 |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | Troeltsch Notes – Handwritten and typescript notes, 1995 |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | “Basis of Justice” – Handwritten notes, 2001 |
| Box 14 Folder 12 | Constructive Theological Ethics – Handwritten and typescript notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 13 | “The Doctrine of Creation” – Handwritten notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 14 | Emergence of Large Religious Organizations – Handwritten notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 15 | “Eschatology and Ethics in the Teachings of Jesus” – Photocopied handwritten notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 16 | “An Interpretation of the Teaching of Jesus” – Photocopied handwritten notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 17 | “Radical Thought and Action” Reading Notes – Photocopied handwritten notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 18 | Religion and Society – Photocopied handwritten notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 19 | Religion research – Photocopied handwritten and typescript notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 20 | “Theological Developments, Religious Developments” – Photocopied handwritten notes, undated |
Subseries 4: Public Speaking Engagements |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | “Everything is Yours: A Sermon on I Corinthians 3:18-23,” 1961 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | “The Responsible Church” – Sermon, 1961 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | “The Spirit of Theology: A Sermon Based on Romans Twelve,” 1961 |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | “Death of Civil Rights Movement” – Speech at NSAY, 1966 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | “The Voluntary Sector: Organizing for Peace” – Address at the Convocation on Pacem, 1967 |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | Midwest Public Television Programming Conference – Speech, 1970 |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | “Desegregation: Chicago Background” – Conference Proceedings of American Issues Forum, Chicago, 1976 |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | Public Testimony before the Cluff Lake Board of Inquiry, 1977 |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | “The Ethics of Nuclear Power” – Lecture at a PECo Energy Education Advisory Council, 1978 |
| Box 15 Folder 10 | “Light and Water” – Statement for Public Hearing at Lansing City Council, 1979 |
| Box 15 Folder 11 | Presentation at MECA Spring Conference, 1979 |
| Box 15 Folder 12 | “Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Common Institutions” – Lecture at University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 1982 |
| Box 15 Folder 13 | Summary of Remarks on Nuclear Energy at Fifth World Media Conference, 1982 |
| Box 15 Folder 14 | Consultation on Ethics and Nuclear Power, University of Texas –Austin, 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 15 | Speech to Association of Private Enterprise – Photocopied handwritten notes, 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 16 | Remarks to the New Student Assembly, 1986 |
| Box 15 Folder 17 | Wedding Order of Service – 1988 |
| Box 15 Folder 18 | “Rethinking the Humanities for the 1990s” – Public Address at the Atlanta University Consultation, 1989 |
| Box 15 Folder 19 | “James Luther Adams: A Personal Tribute” – Sermon, 1990 |
| Box 15 Folder 20 | “For Jim, From George” – Speech given at James Luther Adams’ Ninetieth Birthday, 1991 |
| Box 15 Folder 21 | “The Atom and Human Values” – Lecture at the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, 1992 |
| Box 15 Folder 22 | “Interagency Collaboration” – Public lecture, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 23 | “The Past and the Prospects for Social Ethics: A Panel Discussion,” undated |
Series V: Writings by Others |
| Box 15 Folder 24 | American Social Science Association – photocopy and photocopied notes, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 25 | Anderson, Alan – “Who Killed the Civil Rights Movement – In Chicago?”, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 26 | Auer, Nancy E. – “The Man with the Flower” – Oral Examination in History of Religions, 1965 |
| Box 15 Folder 27 | Benne, Robert – “A Christian Theory of Responsibility” – Oral Examination, 1970 |
| Box 15 Folder 28 | Berman, Laura – “The Nature of Friendship” – Newspaper clipping, 1970 |
| Box 15 Folder 29 | Bober, Norman E. – “By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them” – Master’s thesis, 1973 |
| Box 15 Folder 30 | Brattell, Richard Alan – “Supremacy by Any Means Necessary” – Master’s thesis, 2001 |
| Box 15 Folder 31 | Capo, James A. – “Network Watergate Coverage Patterns” and “The Shallow Silence of the Media World,” 1983 |
| Box 15 Folder 32 | Chicago Journalism Review, 1970 |
| Box 15 Folder 33 | Cochran, Thomas C. – “The Inner Revolution: Essays on the Social Sciences in History,” 1964 |
| Box 15 Folder 34 | Cohen, Mitchel – “Beware the Violence Initiative Project,” 2001 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | Coordinating Council of Community Organizations – Papers and statements, 1965-1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Copeland, Warren – Articles and Correspondence, 1999-2000 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Coventry 68 – “People and Cities: Study Notes for Workshops” – Pamphlets, 1968 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Criterion Journal, 1965 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Dean, William D. – “Relativity and Ontology” – Oral Examination, 1966 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | “The Earth Charter,” 2000 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Evans, Randall – “The (Greek) Tragedy of Black Religion,” 1973 |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | Freeman, Kenneth – “Self-Identity and Responsibility in Process Philosophy,” undated |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | Gilliams, Reverend Sheila H. – “A Proposal for a Research Project at the Riverside Church in the City of New York” – circa 1990 |
| Box 16 Folder 10 | Hanson, Bruce and Daniel Little – “The Common Consultation Proposal,” 1969 |
| Box 16 Folder 11 | Harrington, Michael – “American Power in the 20th Century,” 1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 12 | Howe, Brian – “Protestant Churches and the War on Poverty,” 1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 13 | Hughes, E.C. – “Max Weber’s Proposal for the Sociological Study of Voluntary Associations” and bibliography, 1971 |
| Box 16 Folder 14 | Keeling, L. Bryant – “Meaning and Deity in the Philosophy of Charles Hartshorne” and Oral Exam, 1965 |
| Box 16 Folder 15 | Lane, Bob – “Black Capitalism: Introduction,” 1970 |
| Box 16 Folder 16 | Lee, Richard Wayne – “Strained Bedfellows,” 1995 |
| Box 16 Folder 17 | Little, G. Daniel – “The Commons: An Institute of the Independent Sector” – Proposal of Organizing Committee, 1968 |
| Box 16 Folder 18 | Livezey, Lois Gehr – Articles, 1997 |
| Box 16 Folder 19 | Long, Jerome H. – Chapter of dissertation, 1973 |
| Box 16 Folder 20 | Lovin, Robert Warren – “The Constitution as Covenant” – Doctoral Dissertation, 1978 |
| Box 16 Folder 21 | Lumen, Richard – “The Michigan Garbage Scroll: A New Edition,” undated |
| Box 16 Folder 22 | Meier, August and Elliott Rudwick – “The Boycott Movement Against Jim Crow Streetcars,” 1969 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Meland, Bernard E. – “How is Culture a Source for Theology?” – in Criterion, 1964 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Mikelson, Thomas – “The Role of the Church in Relation to the Bible is to Keep it Alive,” 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Mikelson, Thomas – Response to George Pickering’s “Solitude and Democracy,” 1991 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Bulletin, 1965 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Muehl, William – “The Specter of Economic Man,” undated |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Mondlane, Eduardo C. – “The Mozambique Education Project,” undated |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | Moore, Robert A. – “Psychiatry: Alcoholism” – Syllabus and article, 1959 |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | Newsweek – “Which Way for the Negro Now?”, 1967 |
| Box 17 Folder 9 | Nixon statements – Newspaper clippings, 1975 |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | O’Malley, John W. – “Reform, Historical Consciousness, and Vatican II Aggiornamento,” 1971 |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | Orfield, Myron – “Detroit Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability, Executive Summary,” 1999 |
| Box 17 Folder 12 | Orfield, Gary – “Schools More Separate: Consequences of a Decade of Resegregation,” 2001 |
| Box 17 Folder 13 | Page, Benjamin I. and Robert Shapiro – Typescript Excerpts from The Rational Public (2 copies), 1992 |
| Box 17 Folder 14 | Paris, Peter – Proposal for a seminar for African, African-American, and Caribbean religious scholars, 1998 |
| Box 17 Folder 15 | Pellauer, Mary – “Ethics that Celebrate Women’s Sexuality” and “Cherishing Our Sensual Selves,” 1993-1994 |
| Box 17 Folder 16 | Pitcher, Alvin – “The Importance of Being Human,” 1961 |
| Box 17 Folder 17 | Points, G. Phillip – “History, Truth, and Theological Methodology” – Oral Exam, 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 18 | Press coverage of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement, 1962-1963 |
| Box 17 Folder 19 | Schleisinger, Arthur – “A Critical Period in American Religion,” undated |
| Box 17 Folder 20 | “School Integration; Community Preparation and the Role of the Churches” – Report of Consultation, 1975 |
| Box 17 Folder 21 | The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion – Newsletter, 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 22 | Townes, Emilie M. – “Living in the New Jerusalem,” from Womanist Perspectives on Suffering and Evil, 1995 |
| Box 17 Folder 23 | Voting Rights Act – Full text – Pamphlet, 1964 |
| Box 17 Folder 24 | “The War on Poverty: The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964” – Pamphlet prepared for the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 1964 |
| Box 17 Folder 25 | Winter, Gibson – “Methodological Reflection on ‘The Religious Factor’” – Student paper for EOS 552, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 26 | Winter, Gibson, and Alvin Pitcher – “Religious Social Ethics: Theology American Style,” circa 1973 |
| Box 17 Folder 27 | Winters, Stanley B. – “Urban Renewal and Civil Rights,” 1964 |
Series VI: Photographs |
| Box 17 Folder 28 | Personal photographs, 1997 |
Series VII: Restricted |
This series contains restricted materials. Box 18 contains materials restricted for fifty years from the date of record creation. Box 19 contains material restricted for eighty years from the date of record creation.
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Application for tenure – Board review, appeal, letters of recommendation for Pickering, 1975 |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Letters of recommendation for former colleagues, 1972-1983 |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Letters of recommendation for former students, 1973-1980 |