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Hugh Anderson Moran papers

 Collection
Identifier: 39-2-972

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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 Also, letters recommending students to Moran's attention and his letters of recommendation; manuscripts of his unpublished book, "Training Young People in Worship," religious plays, worship services, and essays and mimeographed radio scripts; notes and mimeographed material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.

Dates

  • 1919-1947.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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.

Extent

1.2 cubic feet. (1.2 cubic feet.)

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.

Physical Description

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, manuscripts, essays, mimeographed radio scripts, notes, financial records, minutes, printed items.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
S.J. Gurshman
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2004
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, July 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by S.J. Gurshman
Date
May 2004
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)