A Guide to the Peter Mellette Papers, 1945-1993 Mellette, Peter, Papers, 1945-1993 39459

A Guide to the Peter Mellette Papers, 1945-1993

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Accession Number 39459


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Repository
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Accession Number
39459
Title
Peter Mellette Papers, 1945-1993
Extent
37.2 cubic feet (78 boxes)
Creator
Mellette, Peter, 1920-1993
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Peter Mellette Papers, 1945-1993. Accession 39459. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

The collection is made up of two accessions. The original accession (comprising almost the entire collection) was purchased from Crown Collectibles, Richmond, Virginia, on 10 April 2001 (Accession 39459). A handful of additional materials was donated to the Library on 3 December 2002 by Sommer Wickham, Richmond (Accession 40332). The two accessions have been combined and are filed here jointly as Accession 39459.

Biographical Information

Peter Augustus Mellette was born in Latta, South Carolina, on 10 January 1920, to parents Frank Mellette (1892-1944) and Floy Bethea Mellette (d. 1953). Although born in Latta, where his mother had family connections, Mellette spent his earliest years in Watkins Glen, New York. The family relocated to Latta in 1923, the first of several moves to various South Carolina towns (also including Lone Star, Boykin, and Sharon). He completed his undergraduate education at Furman University in 1940, then moved to Pennsylvania to attend Crozer Theological Seminary. It was during his time in Pennsylvania that Mellette met (Mary) Sue Jackson (1922-2000), whom he married on 16 June 1943.

After Mellette's graduation from Crozer in 1944, the couple moved to Columbus, Ohio. Sue Mellette worked on her medical degree at the University of Cincinnati while Peter served as pastor of a federated Baptist-Presbyterian church in Johnstown. Beginning in 1947, he pastored the United Church in Garrettsville, Ohio, while pursuing a master's degree in history at Case Western Reserve University. Upon completion of the degree in 1949, the Mellettes moved to New York City, where Peter earned a doctorate in education at Columbia University in 1951.

After a brief stint as pastor of Speed Memorial Church in Speed, Indiana, Peter Mellette accepted a position as assistant director for the St. Louis (Mo.) area of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) in 1952. The next year, he moved to Richmond to become the director of the organization's Virginia region. Here he spent the remainder of his career, taking on additional roles as field director for the Carolinas, Kentucky, and Tennessee in 1973 (later adding Ohio and Indiana); national vice president in 1975; and senior vice president in 1978. He entered partial retirement in 1981, stepping down from his Virginia directorship but continuing with his national-level responsibilities until retiring fully in 1982.

The NCCJ formed in 1928, when reactions to the presidential candidacy of Al Smith revealed a powerful strain of anti-Catholic sentiment in America. Aiming to combat such religious bigotry, the organization's founding focus was the promotion of interreligious cooperation and understanding, particularly among Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. Over the years, as the struggle against racial bias took precedence on the national stage, the NCCJ had to decide whether to advocate for interracial as well as interreligious harmony.

Mellette, heading up a Southern branch of the organization in the tumultuous decades of the Civil Rights Movement, fielded criticism from people on both sides of the issue. His papers highlight this variety of opinions and pressures, containing for example letters from individuals denouncing NCCJ for recommending even obliquely pro-integration literature, and others decrying the lack of diversity in the faces pictured in NCCJ publications. He was also frequently called upon to defend the organization's emphasis on education rather than activism.

At the end of his career, Mellette was praised for having a calming yet progressive influence during a difficult era. The various programs with which he was most closely associated--including Youth Seminars on Intergroup Relations, Dialogue groups, and Police-Community Relations workshops--were designed to bring people of various groups together to discuss human relations problems in an open and civil manner.

Mellette died of a heart attack on 3 February 1993. He was survived by his wife, Susan (a professor of medical oncology and director of the Cancer Rehabilitation Program at the Medical College of Virginia), their daughter, Susan Mellette Lederhouse, and son, Peter Mason Mellette.

Some of the above biographical information was taken from Peter Mellette's memoirs, Some of Life's Moments , which can be found at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va. (Call number CT275 .M48)

Scope and Content

Papers, 1945-1993, of Dr. Peter Mellette (1920-1993), longtime director of the Virginia region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ). Almost all of the papers in the collection relate to Mellette's work with the NCCJ, and include correspondence; general NCCJ files, such as administrative reports, committee and local chapter files, manuals, news releases, and newsletters; outreach and program files, including brochures, discussion guides, manuals, resource packets, scripts for radio and television spots and plays, sound recordings, syllabi, and other materials from programs such as Brotherhood Week, Rearing Children of Good Will, and Police-Community Relations, as well as various awards programs; subject files reflecting Mellette's interests in education, race relations, religion, school desegregation, social justice, and other topics; financial papers including budget projections, financial statements, and fundraising files; and an extensive collection of clippings.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Series I. Correspondence Series II. NCCJ general files Series III. NCCJ outreach and program files Series IV. Subject files Series V. NCCJ financial papers Series VI. Clippings and magazines

Contents List

Series I. Correspondence, 1945-1993 .
Boxes 1-8
Extent: 8 boxes.

Some of the early correspondence in this series was created by Clarence Wagner and Joseph Murphy, Peter Mellette's two predecessors in the position of director of NCCJ's Virginia region. Reflecting the progress and the struggles of the fledgling division, these letters reveal efforts to build the reputation of the organization in the area, raise funds, develop new programs, establish relationships between local representatives of the various religions, and explain and defend the NCCJ's mission and methods. There are also a handful of letters from Mellette's brief tenure as associate director of the St. Louis (Mo.) region.

When he took the helm of the Virginia region in 1953, Mellette faced many of the same challenges that Wagner and Murphy had encountered. These included concern among religious leaders that the NCCJ aimed for assimilation rather than simple cooperation, impatience with its focus on education instead of activism, and differing viewpoints on how the organization should respond to the Civil Rights Movement. Of note here is a September 1956 letter from Virginius Dabney, editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch . In it, Dabney offered his opinion that the NCCJ would have trouble garnering support in the South if they drifted from a focus on interfaith relations to a more general emphasis on the brotherhood of man.

On the whole, correspondence is fairly routine and administrative in nature, showing both the planning of and follow-up to various NCCJ programs, Mellette's work cultivating contacts in the religious, business, government, and education communities, NCCJ staff news, travel arrangements, fundraising, and updates on the organization's finances. A substantial collection of memos from the national office can be found among these materials. Also included are letters, 1947-1989, from a binder kept by Mellette. Several of the items here come from notable figures including Dwight Eisenhower, Brooks Hays, J. Lindsay Almond, and Harry F. Byrd, Jr., and reference either involvement with or requests to participate in NCCJ programs.

General correspondence is arranged chronologically. In some cases, Mellette kept separate folders for correspondence with specific individuals; these have been maintained and are filed after the general correspondence. Please note that additional letters from these individuals may appear in the general correspondence files.

  • Box 1 Folder 1
    Correspondence, 1945-1946
  • Box 1 Folder 2
    Correspondence, 1947
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    Correspondence, 1948-1949
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    Correspondence, 1950-1951
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    Correspondence, 1952
  • Box 1 Folders 6-7
    Correspondence, 1953
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    Correspondence, 1954
  • Box 1 Folders 9-10
    Correspondence, 1955
  • Box 1 Folders 11-12
    Correspondence, 1956
  • Box 2 Folders 1-2
    Correspondence, 1956 , cont'd.
  • Box 2 Folder 3
    Correspondence, 1957
  • Box 2 Folders 4-5
    Correspondence, 1958
  • Box 2 Folder 6
    Correspondence, 1959
  • Box 2 Folders 7-8
    Correspondence, 1960
  • Box 2 Folders 9-10
    Correspondence, 1961
  • Box 2 Folders 11-12
    Correspondence, 1962
  • Box 3 Folders 1-2
    Correspondence, 1963
  • Box 3 Folders 3-4
    Correspondence, 1964
  • Box 3 Folders 5-6
    Correspondence, 1965
  • Box 3 Folders 7-8
    Correspondence, 1966
  • Box 3 Folders 9-10
    Correspondence, 1967
  • Box 3 Folder 11
    Correspondence, 1968
  • Box 4 Folder 1
    Correspondence, 1968 , cont'd.
  • Box 4 Folders 2-4
    Correspondence, 1969
  • Box 4 Folders 5-6
    Correspondence, 1970
  • Box 4 Folders 7-9
    Correspondence, 1971
  • Box 4 Folder 10
    Correspondence, 1972
  • Box 5 Folder 1
    Correspondence, 1973
  • Box 5 Folder 2
    Correspondence, 1974
  • Box 5 Folder 3
    Correspondence, 1975
  • Box 5 Folders 4-6
    Correspondence, 1976
  • Box 5 Folders 7-9
    Correspondence, 1977
  • Box 5 Folder 10
    Correspondence, 1978
  • Box 5 Folder 11
    Correspondence, 1979
  • Box 6 Folders 1-2
    Correspondence, 1980
  • Box 6 Folders 3-4
    Correspondence, 1981
  • Box 6 Folder 5
    Correspondence, 1982
  • Box 6 Folder 6
    Correspondence, 1983-1986
  • Box 6 Folder 7
    Correspondence, 1987-1989
  • Box 6 Folder 8
    Correspondence, 1991-1993
  • Box 6 Folder 9
    Correspondence, Andrew Gottschall, 1961-1977
  • Box 6 Folder 10
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1953
  • Box 6 Folder 11
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1954
  • Box 6 Folder 12
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1955
  • Box 6 Folder 13
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1956
  • Box 7 Folders 1-2
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1956 , cont'd.
  • Box 7 Folders 3-4
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1957
  • Box 7 Folders 5-6
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1958
  • Box 7 Folder 7
    Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1959
  • Box 7 Folder 8
    Correspondence, Clarence Wagner, 1945-1948
  • Box 7 Folders 9-10
    Correspondence, Everett Clinchy, 1950-1958
  • Box 7 Folders 11-12
    Correspondence, Gordon Lovejoy, 1953-1962
  • Box 7 Folder 13
    Correspondence, Herbert Seamans, 1952-1968
  • Box 7 Folders 14-15
    Correspondence, Sterling Brown, 1950-1972
  • Box 8 Folders 1-2
    Correspondence, undated.
  • Box 8 Folders 3-4
    Miscellaneous notable correspondence (deconstructed binder), 1947-1989
Series II. NCCJ general files, 1945-1986 .
Boxes 8-17
Extent: 10 boxes.

Series consists of files pertaining to the administration, organization, and promotion of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, with an emphasis on Peter Mellette's Virginia region. Materials include brochures and other informational literature, newsletters, news releases, files on local chapters, papers relating to various committees and boards, and training manuals. See Series III for files on the programs offered by the NCCJ, and Series IV for information on the organization's fundraising activities and finances.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

  • Box 8 Folder 5
    Brotherhood magazine, 1951-1952
  • Box 8 Folder 6
    "Building Brotherhood in Your Community " pilot project
  • Box 8 Folder 7
    By-laws
  • Box 8 Folder 8
    Catholic list (special), Richmond
  • Box 8 Folder 9
    Commission on Community Organizations, 1946-1949
  • Box 8 Folder 10
    Commission on Community Organizations, 1950-1954
  • Box 8 Folder 11
    Commission on Community Organizations, 1955-1960, 1967-1968
  • Box 8 Folder 12
    Commission on Educational Organizations, 1946-1948
  • Box 8 Folder 13
    Commission on Educational Organizations, 1950, 1952
  • Box 9 Folder 1
    Commission on Educational Organizations, 1953, 1955
  • Box 9 Folder 2
    Commission on Educational Organizations, 1956-1957
  • Box 9 Folder 3
    Commission on Educational Organizations, 1958
  • Box 9 Folder 4
    Commission on Educational Organizations, 1959, 1961
  • Box 9 Folder 5
    Commission on Mass Communications, 1952-1955
  • Box 9 Folder 6
    Commission on Religious Organizations, 1947-1953
  • Box 9 Folder 7
    Commission on Religious Organizations, 1954-1958
  • Box 9 Folder 8
    Commission on Religious Organizations, undated
  • Box 9 Folder 9
    Conference magazine, 1945-1950
  • Box 9 Folder 10
    The Dialogue bulletin, 1959-1961
  • Box 10 Folder 1
    The Dialogue bulletin, 1963-1969
  • Box 10 Folder 2
    Field and Program Service Bulletin , 1953
  • Box 10 Folder 3
    Field and Program Service Bulletin , 1954
  • Box 10 Folder 4
    Future Action Planning Committee, 1977
  • Box 10 Folders 5-6
    "A Futures Study for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Part II, " 1973-1975
  • Box 10 Folders 7-8
    Harrisonburg chapter
  • Box 10 Folders 9-10
    Martinsville chapter
  • Box 10 Folder 11
    Membership drives, 1956-1957
  • Box 10 Folder 12
    Membership lists and directories
  • Box 11 Folder 1
    Miscellaneous administrative papers
  • Box 11 Folder 2
    Miscellaneous staff biographies
  • Box 11 Folder 3
    National Staff Committee, 1974
  • Box 11 Folder 4
    National Staff Committee, 1975-1976
  • Box 11 Folder 5
    National Staff Committee, 1977
  • Box 11 Folder 6
    National Staff Committee, 1978-1984
  • Box 11 Folder 7
    National Staff Conference, 8-12 January 1967

    See also an oversize group photograph (rolled) taken at the National Staff Conference, 9 January 1967. To see this photograph, request Box 78.

  • Box 11 Folder 8
    National Staff Conference, 6-9 January 1969
  • Box 11 Folder 9
    National Staff Conference, 6-9 January 1970
  • Box 11 Folder 10
    National Staff Conference, 26-29 March 1972
  • Box 11 Folder 11
    NCCJ 20th anniversary, 1948
  • Box 11 Folder 12
    NCCJ 50th anniversary, 1978
  • Box 11 Folder 13
    NCCJ Advisory Board
  • Box 11 Folder 14
    NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1945-1953
  • Box 12 Folder 1
    NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1954-1956
  • Box 12 Folder 2
    NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1959-1965
  • Box 12 Folder 3
    NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1968-1978
  • Box 12 Folder 4
    NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1982, 1986
  • Box 12 Folders 5-9
    NCCJ brochures and general information
  • Box 13 Folders 1-8
    NCCJ brochures and general information, cont'd.
  • Box 13 Folder 9
    NCCJ name change debate, 1951
  • Box 13 Folder 10
    NCCJ news releases, 1946-1967
  • Box 13 Folder 11
    NCCJ news releases, 1968-1982 and undated
  • Box 13 Folder 12
    NCCJ newsletters, 1948-1949
  • Box 14 Folder 1
    NCCJ newsletters, 1950-1953
  • Box 14 Folder 2
    NCCJ newsletters, 1954-1959
  • Box 14 Folder 3
    NCCJ newsletters, 1960-1963
  • Box 14 Folder 4
    NCCJ newsletters, 1964-1965
  • Box 14 Folder 5
    NCCJ newsletters, 1966-1968
  • Box 14 Folder 6
    NCCJ newsletters, 1969
  • Box 14 Folder 7
    NCCJ newsletters, 1970-1979
  • Box 14 Folder 8
    NCCJ newsletters, 1980-1982
  • Box 14 Folders 9-10
    Norfolk chapter
  • Box 15 Folder 1-3
    Norfolk chapter, cont'd.
  • Box 15 Folder 4
    The Organization and Development of New Chapters , 1959
  • Box 15 Folder 5
    Peninsula chapter
  • Box 15 Folder 6
    President's Council, 1976-1981
  • Box 15 Folder 7
    Protestant list (special), Richmond
  • Box 15 Folder 8
    Report: "How Can We Improve NCCJ's Public Relations? "10 November 1959
  • Box 15 Folder 9
    Report: "The National Conference: Self-Evaluation, " ca. 1957
  • Box 15 Folders 10-11
    Resources for speakers and discussion leaders
  • Box 16 Folders 1-3
    Resources for speakers and discussion leaders, cont'd.
  • Box 16 Folders 4-5
    Richmond chapter
  • Box 16 Folders 6-7
    Roanoke chapter
  • Box 16 Folder 8
    Southern Staff Conference, 4-5 March 1966
  • Box 16 Folders 9-10
    Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council, 1970
  • Box 16 Folder 11
    Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council, 1971
  • Box 17 Folders 1-2
    Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council, 1972
  • Box 17 Folder 3
    Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council / National Staff Committee, 1973
  • Box 17 Folder 4
    Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council / National Staff Committee, undated
  • Box 17 Folders 5-6
    Staff training
  • Box 17 Folders 7-8
    Suffolk chapter
  • Box 17 Folder 9
    Virginia Beach chapter
  • Box 17 Folder 10
    Virginia region
  • Box 17 Folder 11
    Your Job with NCCJ , 1963
Series III. NCCJ outreach and program file, 1946-1988 .
Boxes 18-44
Extent: 27 boxes.

Outreach and program files, 1946-1988, reflect the NCCJ's focus on educational efforts rather than direct activism. In general, materials include program syllabi and agendas, planning materials, annual and program reports of the national office and various regional offices, and manuals articulating policies and describing past programs. Several of the programs with which Mellette was more directly involved are represented in greater volume than others. These include Rearing Children of Good Will, Police-Community Relations, various youth programs, and NCCJ's signature program, Brotherhood Week.

Perhaps the most visible and far-reaching of the NCCJ's efforts, Brotherhood Week was designed to promote the organization's guiding ideal of the "brotherhood of mankind under the fatherhood of God." Typically falling during the week of George Washington's birthday, the program consisted of media promotions in radio, television, newspapers, and movie theater newsreels; lectures, the showing of films, panel discussions, and other programs at schools and colleges, places of worship, and community organization meetings; billboards; high-profile chairpersons; mayoral, gubernatorial, and presidential proclamations; awards banquets; concerts; and other events. Observances were organized at both the local and national level.

Brotherhood Week materials gathered here include agendas; brochures and other promotional literature; committee reports; correspondence; guides for speakers; invitations and programs; invoices; photographs; posters; press kits with suggested editorials, public service announcement scripts, etc.; press releases; resource lists; speech transcripts; and other items. Included are copies of Brotherhood Week addresses, statements, and proclamations made by William Tuck, Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, John S. Battle, Dwight Eisenhower, Thomas B. Stanley, John F. Kennedy, J. Lindsay Almond, Albertis Harrison, Lyndon Johnson, Mills Godwin, Linwood Holton, and Brooks Hays, among others. Also included is an audio recording of several brief radio spots for the 1965 observance of Brotherhood Week, one of which features the voice of Mitch Miller.

Also included in this series are papers relating to various awards bestowed by the NCCJ. The accompanying dinner events served as one of the main sources of funds to keep the organization in operation. Peter Mellette is credited with founding the National Brotherhood Citation Dinner in Richmond in 1963, and later bringing it to other cities around the state.

Researchers should also consult Series I, as much of the correspondence filed there deals with NCCJ programs.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

  • Box 18 Folder 1
    Anytown workshops
  • Box 18 Folder 2
    Brotherhood Awards, 1953-1964
  • Box 18 Folders 3-4
    Brotherhood Awards manual, 1959
  • Box 18 Folder 5
    Brotherhood Awards, 1960, 1965-1969
  • Box 18 Folder 6
    Brotherhood Awards, 1970-1976, 1980
  • Box 18 Folder 7
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1961-1962
  • Box 18 Folder 8
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1963
  • Box 18 Folders 9-10
    Brotherhood Citation Dinner, 11 December 1963
  • Box 18 Folder 11
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1964-1965
  • Box 18 Folder 12
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1966
  • Box 19 Folder 1
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1967
  • Box 19 Folders 2-4
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1968
  • Box 19 Folders 5-6
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1969
  • Box 19 Folder 7
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1970
  • Box 19 Folder 8
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1971
  • Box 19 Folder 9
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1972-1973
  • Box 20 Folders 1-2
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1974
  • Box 20 Folder 3
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1975-1976
  • Box 20 Folder 4
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1977-1979
  • Box 20 Folder 5
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1980-1982
  • Box 20 Folder 6
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1987-1988
  • Box 20 Folder 7
    Brotherhood Citation Dinners, undated
  • Box 20 Folder 8
    Brotherhood Dinners/Banquets, 1946-1959
  • Box 20 Folder 9
    Brotherhood Dinners/Banquets, 1966-1971
  • Box 20 Folder 10
    Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1946
  • Box 20 Folder 11
    Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1947
  • Box 20 Folder 12
    Brotherhood Week, 22-29 February 1948
  • Box 21 Folders 1-2
    Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1949
  • Box 21 Folders 3-4
    Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1950
  • Box 21 Folder 5-7
    Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1951
  • Box 21 Folders 8-9
    Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1952
  • Box 22 Folders 1-2
    Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1952 , cont'd.
  • Box 22 Folders 3-6
    Brotherhood Week, 15-22 February 1953
  • Box 22 Folders 7-9
    Brotherhood Week, 21-28 February 1954
  • Box 23 Folders 1-2
    Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1955
  • Box 23 Folders 3-5
    Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1956
  • Box 23 Folders 6-8
    Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1957
  • Box 23 Folders 9-10
    Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1958
  • Box 24 Folder 1
    Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1958 , cont'd.
  • Box 24 Folders 2-4
    Brotherhood Week, 15-22 February 1958
  • Box 24 Folders 5-8
    Brotherhood Week, 21-28 February 1960
  • Box 24 Folders 9-11
    Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1961
  • Box 25 Folders 1-2
    Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1961 , cont'd.
  • Box 25 Folders 3-8
    Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1962
  • Box 25 Folders 9-10
    Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1963
  • Box 26 Folder 1
    Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1963 , cont'd.
  • Box 26 Folders 2-4
    Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1964
  • Box 26 Folders 5-8
    Brotherhood Week, 21-28 February 1965
  • Box 26 Folders 9-11
    Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1966
  • Box 27 Folder 1
    Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1966 , cont'd.
  • Box 27 Folders 2-4
    Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1967
  • Box 27 Folders 5-6
    Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1968
  • Box 27 Folder 7
    Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1969
  • Box 27 Folders 8-9
    Brotherhood Week, 22 February - 1 March 1970
  • Box 27 Folder 10
    Brotherhood Week, 14-28 February 1971
  • Box 27 Folder 11
    Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1972
  • Box 27 Folder 12
    Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1973
  • Box 27 Folder 13
    Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1974
  • Box 28 Folder 1
    Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1975
  • Box 28 Folder 2
    Brotherhood Week, 15-22 February 1976
  • Box 28 Folder 3
    Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1977
  • Box 28 Folder 4
    Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1978
  • Box 28 Folder 5
    Brotherhood Week, 18-24 February 1979
  • Box 28 Folder 6
    Brotherhood Weeks 1980, 1982
  • Box 28 Folders 7-9
    Brotherhood Week, undated
  • Box 28 Folder 10
    Case Examples of Successful Regional Programming, 1969-1970
  • Box 28 Folder 11
    Case Examples of Successful Regional Programming, 1970-1971
  • Box 28 Folder 12
    Case Examples of Successful Regional Programming, 1972-1973
  • Box 28 Folder 13
    Charles Evans Hughes Award
  • Box 28 Folders 14-15
    Dialogue groups - Peninsula, Norfolk
  • Box 29 Folders 1-4
    Dialogue groups - Richmond
  • Box 29 Folders 5-6
    Educational films (advertisements, lists, etc.)
  • Box 29 Folders 7-8
    Educational literature and resource lists
  • Box 29 Folders 9-10
    Educational plays and skits (scripts)
  • Box 30 Folder 1
    Good Neighbor Awards, 1968
  • Box 30 Folder 2
    Human relations programs and literature, 1946-1948
  • Box 30 Folder 3
    Human relations programs and literature, 1950-1952
  • Box 30 Folder 4
    Human relations programs and literature, 1953
  • Box 30 Folder 5
    Human relations programs and literature, 1954
  • Box 30 Folder 6
    Human relations programs and literature, 1955
  • Box 30 Folder 7
    Human relations programs and literature, 1956-1957
  • Box 30 Folder 8
    Human relations programs and literature, 1960-1964
  • Box 30 Folder 9
    Human relations programs and literature, 1965-1968
  • Box 30 Folder 10
    Human relations programs and literature, 1969
  • Box 31 Folder 1
    Human relations programs and literature, 1970-1976
  • Box 31 Folders 2-4
    Human relations programs and literature, undated
  • Box 31 Folder 5
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1951-1952
  • Box 31 Folder 6
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1953-1954
  • Box 31 Folder 7
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1956-1959
  • Box 31 Folder 8
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1960-1963
  • Box 31 Folder 9
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1964-1967
  • Box 31 Folder 10
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1968-1969
  • Box 32 Folder 1
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1970-1977
  • Box 32 Folder 2
    Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, undated
  • Box 32 Folder 3
    Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1953-1959
  • Box 32 Folder 4
    Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1961-1966
  • Box 32 Folder 5
    Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1967-1969
  • Box 32 Folder 6
    Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1970-1974
  • Box 32 Folder 7
    Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1976-1981 and undated
  • Box 32 Folder 8
    Miscellaneous NCCJ programs, 1948-1959
  • Box 32 Folder 9
    Miscellaneous NCCJ programs, 1962-1969
  • Box 32 Folder 10
    Miscellaneous NCCJ programs, 1970-1978 and undated
  • Box 32 Folder 11
    Moral and Spiritual Resources Project, 1953, 1956
  • Box 32 Folder 12
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1950-1954
  • Box 33 Folder 1
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1955-1957
  • Box 33 Folder 2
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1958-1959
  • Box 33 Folder 3
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1960-1967
  • Box 33 Folder 4
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1968
  • Box 33 Folders 5-6
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1969
  • Box 33 Folder 7
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1970-1978
  • Box 33 Folder 8
    NCCJ annual/program reports, 1981-1987
  • Box 33 Folder 9
    NCCJ program director diaries, February 1976
  • Box 34 Folder 1
    NCCJ Program Manual: Policy
  • Box 34 Folder 2
    NCCJ program planning, 1950's-1960's
  • Box 34 Folder 3
    NCCJ program planning, 1970's and undated
  • Box 34 Folders 4-5
    NCCJ program planning resources
  • Box 34 Folder 6
    Police-Community Relations, 1955
  • Box 34 Folders 7-8
    Police-Community Relations, 1956-1959
  • Box 34 Folder 9
    Police-Community Relations, 1960
  • Box 35 Folders 1-2
    Police-Community Relations, 1961
  • Box 35 Folder 3
    Police-Community Relations, 1962
  • Box 35 Folders 4-5
    Police-Community Relations, 1963
  • Box 35 Folder 6
    Police-Community Relations, 1964-1965
  • Box 35 Folders 7-8
    Police-Community Relations, 1966
  • Box 35 Folder 9-10
    Police-Community Relations, 1967
  • Box 36 Folder 1
    Police-Community Relations, 1968
  • Box 36 Folders 2-4
    Police-Community Relations, 1969
  • Box 36 Folder 5
    Police-Community Relations, 1970
  • Box 36 Folders 6-7
    Police-Community Relations, 1971
  • Box 36 Folder 8
    Police-Community Relations, 1972
  • Box 36 Folder 9
    Police-Community Relations, 1973-1977, 1980, 1982
  • Box 36 Folder 10
    Police-Community Relations, undated
  • Box 37 Folders 1-3
    Police-Community Relations, undated, cont'd.
  • Box 37 Folders 4-5
    Radio and television
  • Box 37 Folder 6
    Radio and television: Brotherhood at Work
  • Box 37 Folder 7
    Radio and television: Human relations programming, WLVA-TV Lynchburg, 1960-1963
  • Box 37 Folders 8-9
    Radio and television: Miscellaneous scripts
  • Box 37 Folder 10
    Radio and television: The Moral Challenge transcripts, 1960
  • Box 37 Folder 11
    Radio and television: New Horizons in Human Relations , 1955
  • Box 38 Folders 1-2
    Radio and television: New Horizons in Human Relations , 1955 , cont'd.
  • Box 38 Folder 3
    Radio and television: New Horizons in Human Relations: A Thirteen Week Television Series , 1960
  • Box 38 Folders 4-5
    Radio and television: Operation Understanding , 1960
  • Box 38 Folder 6
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1954-1959
  • Box 38 Folder 7
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1960
  • Box 38 Folder 8
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1961-1963
  • Box 38 Folder 9
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1964
  • Box 38 Folder 10
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1965
  • Box 39 Folder 1
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1966
  • Box 39 Folder 2
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1967
  • Box 39 Folder 3
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1968-1969
  • Box 39 Folder 4
    Rearing Children of Good Will, 1970-1971, 1975-1976
  • Box 39 Folders 5-6
    Rearing Children of Good Will, undated
  • Box 39 Folder 7
    Rearing Children of Good Will: "Promising Practices in Rearing Children of Good Will "
  • Box 39 Folder 8
    Rearing Children of Good Will series discussion guides
  • Box 39 Folder 9
    Rearing Children of Good Will: A Study and Discussion Guide for Parents
  • Box 39 Folder 10
    Rearing Children of Good Will: A Thirteen Week Television Series
  • Box 39 Folder 11
    Religious Freedom and Public Affairs
  • Box 40 Folders 1-7
    Religious Freedom and Public Affairs, cont'd.
  • Box 40 Folders 8-10
    Religious News Service
  • Box 41 Folder 1
    Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1954-1956
  • Box 41 Folder 2
    Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1957-1960
  • Box 41 Folder 3
    Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1966-1967
  • Box 41 Folder 4
    Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1968-1969
  • Box 41 Folder 5
    Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1970
  • Box 41 Folder 6
    Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1971, 1976
  • Box 41 Folder 7
    Youth programs, 1940's
  • Box 41 Folder 8
    Youth programs, 1950-1951
  • Box 41 Folder 9
    Youth programs, 1952
  • Box 41 Folder 10
    Youth programs, 1953
  • Box 41 Folder 11
    Youth programs, 1954-1955
  • Box 42 Folder 1
    Youth programs, 1956
  • Box 42 Folder 2
    Youth programs, 1957
  • Box 42 Folder 3
    Youth programs, 1958-1959
  • Box 42 Folder 4
    Youth programs, 1960
  • Box 42 Folders 5-6
    Youth programs, 1961
  • Box 42 Folders 7-8
    Youth programs, 1962
  • Box 42 Folder 9
    Youth programs, 1963
  • Box 43 Folder 1
    Youth programs, 1963 , cont'd.
  • Box 43 Folders 2-3
    Youth programs, 1964
  • Box 43 Folders 4-5
    Youth programs, 1965
  • Box 43 Folder 6
    Youth programs, 1966
  • Box 43 Folder 7
    Youth programs, 1967
  • Box 43 Folder 8
    Youth programs, 1968
  • Box 43 Folders 9-10
    Youth programs, 1969
  • Box 43 Folder 11
    Youth programs, 1970
  • Box 44 Folders 1-2
    Youth programs (Ruth Blair files), 1970-1973
  • Box 44 Folder 3
    Youth programs, 1971
  • Box 44 Folder 4
    Youth programs, 1972
  • Box 44 Folder 5
    Youth programs, 1973
  • Box 44 Folder 6
    Youth programs, 1974
  • Box 44 Folder 7
    Youth programs, 1975
  • Box 44 Folder 8
    Youth programs, 1976
  • Box 44 Folder 9
    Youth programs, 1977
  • Box 44 Folders 10-12
    Youth programs, undated
Series IV. Subject files, 1941-1993 .
Boxes 45-65, 78
Extent: 22 boxes.

Subject files reflect Peter Mellette's interests in religion, race relations, education, ethics, Richmond, and various other topics. Materials gathered here include correspondence, newsletters, informational literature, programs, clippings, partial drafts of Mellette's memoirs (a full version of which, entitled Some of Life's Moments , are in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond), miscellaneous coursework from Mellette's graduate studies, and speeches. The speech files chiefly consist of printed copies of speeches made by other individuals, including Adlai Stevenson, Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Eugene McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Henry R. Luce, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Arthur Ashe, Judge Robert R. Merhige Jr., Henry Ford II, Lee Iacocca, and various NCCJ figures. Also included are a number of unsigned drafts of speeches that were likely Mellette's own.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Note that the entry for "Miscellaneous objects" is listed here in alphabetical order, but the box itself (Box 78) is filed at the end of the collection because of its odd size.

  • Box 45 Folder 1
    102 True Stories from the Greater St. Louis Community Chest , 1953
  • Box 45 Folder 2
    Abortion
  • Box 45 Folder 3
    Adult Leadership Training, Virginia State College
  • Box 45 Folder 4
    Agency Professionals of Richmond
  • Box 45 Folders 5-6
    American Jewish Committee
  • Box 45 Folder 7
    American Shores Patrol
  • Box 45 Folders 8-9
    Anti-Semitism
  • Box 45 Folder 10
    Anytown USA
  • Box 45 Folder 11
    Appointment calendars, 1963, 1970-1974
  • Box 45 Folder 12
    Appointment calendars, 1975-1979
  • Box 45 Folder 13
    Arab-Israeli conflicts
  • Box 46 Folder 1
    Arab-Israeli conflicts, cont'd.
  • Box 46 Folders 2-3
    Attacks on the NCCJ
  • Box 46 Folder 4
    Better Business Bureau
  • Box 46 Folder 5
    Biographical info and c.v.'s on various individuals
  • Box 46 Folder 6
    Black-Jewish relations
  • Box 46 Folders 7-9
    B'nai B'rith
  • Box 46 Folders 10-11
    Book lists
  • Box 46 Folder 12
    Books for Brotherhood
  • Box 47 Folder 1
    Brown, G. W. C. (Norfolk Division, Virginia State College)
  • Box 47 Folder 2
    Building for Brotherhood
  • Box 47 Folder 3
    Bulletin of Temple Beth-El (Richmond, Va.), 1958-1972
  • Box 47 Folder 4
    Canada-United States Friendship Committee
  • Box 47 Folder 5
    Catholic: Clergy (Richmond)
  • Box 47 Folder 6
    Catholic: Miscellaneous
  • Box 47 Folder 7
    Catholic: Vatican II
  • Box 47 Folder 8
    Christian Science
  • Box 47 Folder 9
    Christian Yellow Pages
  • Box 47 Folders 10-12
    Church-State issues
  • Box 47 Folder 13
    Citizens' Community Study (Richmond, Va.), ca. 1972-1973
  • Box 48 Folder 1
    Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Box 48 Folders 2-7
    Civil rights/race relations/African American issues
  • Box 48 Folder 8
    Clinchy, Everett R.
  • Box 48 Folder 9
    Colgate Divinity School
  • Box 48 Folder 10
    Commission on Human Relations (Richmond, Va.)
  • Box 48 Folder 11
    Communism
  • Box 48 Folder 12
    Comparative Cultures and World Community course (Oberlin College), 1950
  • Box 48 Folder 13
    Congregation Beth Ahabah (Richmond, Va.)
  • Box 48 Folder 14
    "Constants and Variables in Southern Culture, " Gordon Lovejoy, 1954
  • Box 49 Folder 1
    Crozer Theological Seminary
  • Box 49 Folder 2
    Crucifixion debate
  • Box 49 Folder 3
    "The Curricular Approach to Religious Prejudice, " J. Howard Howson, 1945
  • Box 49 Folder 4
    "Declaration of Moral Principles " for General Assembly candidates, 1967
  • Box 49 Folder 5
    Draft statement re: Martin Luther King assasination, 1968
  • Box 49 Folder 6
    Drugs
  • Box 49 Folder 7
    Ecumenical Social Concerns Alliance / VISCA
  • Box 49 Folder 8
    Emergency School Assistance Advisory Committee
  • Box 49 Folder 9
    Fair campaigns
  • Box 49 Folder 10
    Fair campaigns: Presidential election of 1960
  • Box 49 Folder 11
    Fisk University Institute of Race Relations, 1957
  • Box 49 Folder 12
    Fraternal Order of Police
  • Box 49 Folder 13
    Fundamentalism (Christian)
  • Box 49 Folders 14-15
    Furman University
  • Box 49 Folder 16
    Ginter Park P.T.A., 1962-1966
  • Box 49 Folder 17
    "Grassroots Ecumenism " program materials
  • Box 49 Folder 18
    Greek Orthodox
  • Box 50 Folders 1-2
    Holocaust studies
  • Box 50 Folder 3
    Homosexuality
  • Box 50 Folder 4
    Housing (fair/open)
  • Box 50 Folder 5
    Housing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.)
  • Box 50 Folder 6
    Institute for American Democracy
  • Box 50 Folder 7
    Institute on Social Change in a Democratic Society, 1965
  • Box 50 Folder 8
    Inter-Commission Committee on the Problems of Integration and Education in Community Life, 24-25 November 1958
  • Box 50 Folder 9
    Intercultural education
  • Box 50 Folders 10-11
    Interfaith relations
  • Box 50 Folders 12-13
    Intergroup education
  • Box 51 Folders 1-8
    Intergroup education, cont'd.
  • Box 51 Folders 9-10
    Intergroup relations
  • Box 52 Folders 1-9
    Intergroup relations, cont'd.
  • Box 52 Folder 10
    International Council of Christians and Jews
  • Box 52 Folder 11
    Islam
  • Box 52 Folder 12
    Israel, Jews, and Judaism
  • Box 53 Folder 1-4
    Israel, Jews, and Judaism, cont'd.
  • Box 53 Folders 5-8
    Jewish-Christian relations
  • Box 53 Folders 9-10
    Jewish organizations, publications
  • Box 53 Folders 11-12
    Johnstown, Ohio
  • Box 54 Folder 1
    Key 73
  • Box 54 Folders 2-3
    Ku Klux Klan
  • Box 54 Folder 4
    May, Irving
  • Box 54 Folder 5
    Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee (Charlotte, N.C.)
  • Box 54 Folder 6
    McIntire, Carl
  • Box 54 Folders 7-8
    Memoirs (Peter Mellette)
  • Box 54 Folders 9-14
    Miscellaneous
  • Box 55 Folder 1-2
    Miscellaneous, cont'd.
  • Box 55 Folder 3
    Miscellaneous course materials and writing assignments
  • Box 78
    Miscellaneous objects

    Objects include a medal featuring the name of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the word "Brotherhood," and an outline map of the world; a cardboard cutout showing a cartoon man and a message supporting civil defense, and a school calendar noting religious holidays for 1954-1955. Also included is a medal-like object with a relief image of a man (possibly a Biblical figure) and another man with angel wings who appears to be crying over a book that is open to a page with "1938" written on it. The reverse is engraved to read "In the union of faiths we are fortified to serve mankind."

  • Box 55 Folders 4-10
    Miscellaneous organizations and programs
  • Box 55 Folder 11
    Moll, William J.
  • Box 55 Folder 12
    Morton, Sidney G.
  • Box 56 Folder 1
    National Association of Intergroup Officials
  • Box 56 Folder 2
    National Conference for Religious Freedom, 23-24 October 1986
  • Box 56 Folder 3
    NCCJ and race issues
  • Box 56 Folder 4
    NCCJ meeting with President Kennedy, 21 November 1961
  • Box 56 Folder 5
    NCCJ response to bombings of religious buildings, 1958, 1960
  • Box 56 Folder 6
    Nelson, Claude D.
  • Box 56 Folder 7
    Northside Community Council / Northside Community Association
  • Box 56 Folders 8-12
    Notes
  • Box 56 Folder 13
    Obituary and eulogy notes for Peter Mellette, 1993
  • Box 56 Folder 14
    Ohef Sholom Temple (Norfolk, Va.) bulletins, 1965-1979
  • Box 57 Folder 1
    "One Nation Under God: A Report on Our Moral and Spiritual Resources for Brotherhood, " 10 November 1954
  • Box 57 Folder 2
    Operation Metropolitan - Chicago Project 1956
  • Box 57 Folder 3
    Our Moral and Spiritual Resources for International Cooperation, Reinhold Neibuhr, 1956
  • Box 57 Folders 4-5
    Personal travel
  • Box 57 Folder 6
    Photographs

    See also an oversize group photograph (rolled) taken at the National Staff Conference, 9 January 1967. Located in Series VII.

  • Box 57 Folder 7
    Planned Parenthood
  • Box 57 Folder 8
    Prayers
  • Box 57 Folder 9
    Prejudice
  • Box 57 Folder 10
    President's Committee on Government Contracts
  • Box 57 Folder 11
    Problems in the Economic and Social History of the U.S. course
  • Box 57 Folder 12
    Protestant (miscellaneous)
  • Box 57 Folder 13
    Psychology of Social Change course, Columbia University, 1950
  • Box 57 Folder 14
    Quality Integrated Education Conference, 1972
  • Box 57 Folder 15
    Race
  • Box 58 Folder 1
    Racism
  • Box 58 Folder 2
    Real Estate Committee
  • Box 58 Folder 3
    "Religion and Education in a Pluralistic Society: A Discussion Guide and Resource Book, " 1961
  • Box 58 Folder 4
    "Religion and Freedom, " 1958
  • Box 58 Folders 5-8
    Religion and public education
  • Box 58 Folders 9-10
    Religion and traffic safety
  • Box 59 Folder 1
    Religious discrimination in advertising legislation, 1952, 1954
  • Box 59 Folder 2
    "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, " 1968
  • Box 59 Folders 3-4
    Richmond
  • Box 59 Folder 5
    Richmond Area Clergy Association
  • Box 59 Folder 6
    Richmond Area Community Council / Richmond Area Safety Council
  • Box 59 Folder 7
    Richmond Area Ministers Association
  • Box 59 Folder 8
    Richmond International Council
  • Box 59 Folders 9-10
    Richmond Public Schools
  • Box 59 Folder 11
    Richmond Urban League, 1956, 1967
  • Box 59 Folder 12
    Rockwell, George L. (American Nazi Party)
  • Box 59 Folders 13-14
    Rotary Club
  • Box 60 Folders 1-4
    Rotary Club, cont'd.
  • Box 60 Folders 5-6
    Rotary Club: U.S. - Canada Exchange, 1977
  • Box 60 Folders 7-10
    School desegregation
  • Box 61 Folder 1
    School desegregation, cont'd.
  • Box 61 Folder 2
    Sharon High School (Sharon, S.C.) c/o 1936 reunion, 1986
  • Box 61 Folder 3
    Social Science Conference, 2-3 November 1966
  • Box 61 Folder 4
    Soviet Jewry
  • Box 61 Folder 5
    "Special Report of the National Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility, " 27 April 1979
  • Box 61 Folders 6-12
    Speeches
  • Box 62 Folders 1-9
    Speeches, cont'd.
  • Box 63 Folders 1-6
    Speeches, cont'd.
  • Box 63 Folders 7-9
    Speed Memorial Church (Speed, Ind.)
  • Box 63 Folder 10
    Torch Club of Richmond
  • Box 64 Folders 1-2
    Travel
  • Box 64 Folder 3
    Unitarian
  • Box 64 Folder 4
    United Way
  • Box 64 Folder 5
    U.Va. Institute of Public Affairs, 1952-1953
  • Box 64 Folder 6
    Urban issues
  • Box 64 Folder 7
    VCU conferences on urban education, 1969-1970
  • Box 64 Folder 8
    Vickery, William E.
  • Box 64 Folder 9
    Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
  • Box 64 Folder 10
    Virginia Council on Human Relations
  • Box 64 Folders 11-12
    Virginia Operational Survival Plan
  • Box 64 Folder 13
    Virginia Retail Merchants Association Award, 1960
  • Box 64 Folder 14
    Virginia/Richmond Area Committee for Public Schools
  • Box 65 Folders 1-2
    The Virginian
  • Box 65 Folder 3
    Watkins Glen, N. Y.
  • Box 65 Folder 4
    Welfare
  • Box 65 Folder 5
    White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1970
  • Box 65 Folder 6
    Wills (Peter and Susan Mellette)
  • Box 65 Folder 7
    Women
  • Box 65 Folder 8
    Women in Religion , 1941
  • Box 65 Folder 9
    "Working with Religious Groups, " Clarence Wagner, 1947
  • Box 65 Folders 10-11
    World Brotherhood
  • Box 65 Folders 12-14
    World hunger
Series V. NCCJ financial papers, 1945-1982 .
Boxes 66-72
Extent: 7 boxes.

Miscellaneous financial papers include audit reports, budget projections and requests, and financial statements. Papers reflecting the NCCJ's fundraising include solicitation and thank-you letters, prospect lists, Special Gifts Committee correspondence, and a 1961 fundraising manual. A great deal of fundraising was done by means of awards dinners. Materials related to these events can be found in Series III.

  • Box 66 Folder 1
    Financial papers, 1945
  • Box 66 Folder 2
    Financial papers, 1946
  • Box 66 Folder 3
    Financial papers, 1947
  • Box 66 Folder 4
    Financial papers, 1948-1949
  • Box 66 Folder 5
    Financial papers, 1950-1954
  • Box 66 Folder 6
    Financial papers, 1955-1959
  • Box 66 Folder 7
    Financial papers, 1960-1963
  • Box 66 Folder 8
    Financial papers, 1964-1966
  • Box 66 Folder 9
    Financial papers, 1967-1968
  • Box 66 Folder 10
    Financial papers, 1969-1971
  • Box 66 Folder 11
    Financial papers, 1972-1973
  • Box 66 Folder 12
    Financial papers, 1974
  • Box 67 Folder 1
    Financial papers, 1975
  • Box 67 Folders 2-4
    Financial papers, 1976
  • Box 67 Folders 5-8
    Financial papers, 1977
  • Box 67 Folders 9-12
    Financial papers, 1978
  • Box 68 Folder 1
    Financial papers, 1978 , cont'd.
  • Box 68 Folders 2-3
    Financial papers, 1979
  • Box 68 Folder 4
    Financial papers, 1980-1982
  • Box 68 Folder 5
    Fundraising, 1946-1949
  • Box 68 Folder 6
    Fundraising, 1950
  • Box 68 Folder 7
    Fundraising, 1951-1952
  • Box 68 Folder 8
    Fundraising, 1953
  • Box 68 Folders 9-11
    Fundraising, 1954
  • Box 68 Folder 12
    Fundraising, 1955
  • Box 69 Folder 1
    Fundraising, 1956
  • Box 69 Folder 2
    Fundraising, 1957
  • Box 69 Folder 3
    Fundraising, 1958
  • Box 69 Folder 4
    Fundraising, 1959
  • Box 69 Folders 5-7
    Fundraising, 1960
  • Box 69 Folder 8
    Fundraising manual: Building Financial Support , 1961
  • Box 70 Folder 1
    Fundraising, 1961
  • Box 70 Folders 2-6
    Fundraising, 1962
  • Box 70 Folder 7
    Fundraising, 1963
  • Box 70 Folders 8-9
    Fundraising, 1964
  • Box 71 Folder 1
    Fundraising, 1964 , cont'd.
  • Box 71 Folders 2-4
    Fundraising, 1965
  • Box 71 Folders 5-6
    Fundraising, 1966
  • Box 71 Folder 7
    Fundraising, 1967
  • Box 71 Folder 8
    Fundraising, 1968-1969
  • Box 71 Folder 9
    Fundraising, 1970-1979
  • Box 71 Folder 10
    Fundraising, undated
  • Box 72 Folder 1-2
    Fundraising, undated, cont'd.
Series VI. Clippings and magazines, 1945-1993 .
Boxes 72-77
Extent: 6 boxes.

Mellette kept an extensive collection of clippings from various newspapers and magazines, as well as complete issues of several newsletters and magazines. Topics reflected in the clippings closely mirror the interests he demonstrated in other areas of his life: religion, interreligious and interracial relations, education, and social justice causes.

  • Box 72 Folder 3
    America
  • Box 72 Folders 4-7
    The Christian Century
  • Box 72 Folder 8
    Commonweal
  • Box 72 Folder 9
    "Keeping the Dream Alive " column, Don McElroy
  • Box 72 Folder 10
    Magazine/journal clippings, 1945-1992
  • Box 72 Folder 11
    Magazine/journal clippings, undated
  • Box 73 Folders 1-3
    Magazines/journals, 1950's
  • Box 73 Folders 4-5
    Magazines/journals, 1960's
  • Box 73 Folders 6-7
    Magazines/journals, 1970's
  • Box 74 Folder 1
    Magazines/journals, 1980's
  • Box 74 Folder 2
    NCCJ reprints of journal/newspaper articles
  • Box 74 Folder 3
    "The New Republic "
  • Box 74 Folder 4
    Newsletters, 1940's-1960's
  • Box 74 Folder 5
    Newsletters, 1970's
  • Box 74 Folder 6
    Newsletters, 1980's
  • Box 74 Folder 7
    Newspaper clippings (photocopies and reprints)
  • Box 74 Folder 8
    Presbyterian Outlook
  • Box 74 Folder 9
    The Religious Herald
  • Box 74 Folder 10
    Reprints distributed by Community Relations Service/American Jewish Committee
  • Box 74 Folders 11-12
    Saturday Review
  • Box 74 Folder 13
    Southern School News
  • Oversize Box 75
    Newspaper clippings, 1946-1959
  • Oversize Box 76
    Newspaper clippings, 1960-1969
  • Oversize Box 77
    Newspaper clippings, 1970-1993 and undated