A Guide to the Peter Mellette Papers, 1945-1993 #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)

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