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RG 30/198 - Clyde Amos Holbrook (1934-1989)
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Series I. Biographical File, 1951-84, n.d.

Box 1

Biographical File, 1951-84
“Holbrook” Family Crest, n.d.
Professional File, concerning activity reports 1953-72, 1982

Series II. Certificates and Awards, and Diplomas, 1934, 1937, 1945, 1966, 1969

Box 1 (cont.)

Certificate of Ordination, 1937
Diplomas, 1934, 1937, 1969
Honors, 1934, 1945, 1966

Series III. Course Outlines and Bibliographies (Miscellaneous), 1930s-50s

Box 1 (cont.)

Course Outlines and Bibliographies, 1930s-50s

Series IV. Files relating to Courses Taught by Clyde Holbrook

(covering the period 1951-77)

Box 2

“ Contemporary Religious Thought,”
“ Criticisms of Religion” (7f)

Syllabi
Criticism of Religion Course
Positivism and Linguistical Analysis
Logical Positivism and Linguistical Analysis
Whitehead on Philosophy/Religion
Whitehead on Religion in Making and Evaluations
Introduction to [Alfred North] Whitehead

“ Early American Religious Thought and Culture,” (10f)

Syllabi
Outlines of Intro-Religion 20
Bibliographies
Colonization in Northeast and Elsewhere
Decline of Calvanism
Feeling and Reason in the 18th Century
Introduction to Church and Sect: Left-Wing Protestantism in Europe
Motifs in Early America
Nature of Puritanism in England: Relation to Culture
Protestantism and American Revolution, 18th CenturySeries IV. Files relating to Courses Taught by Clyde Holbrook
(covering the period 1951-77) cont…

Box 3

“Early American Religious Thought and Culture,” continued (5f)

Puritanism and Women
Puritanism in Massachusetts Bay
Slavery—Social Issues—Civil War and Aftermath
Social Gospel Movement
Uniformity Sects in England, 16th-17th Century

Box 4

“ Introduction to Religion” (3f)

101A
Humanism
Phenomenology

“ Jonathan Edwards Seminar” (4f)

Syllabi, (1976-77)
Seminar (1985)
Lecture on Four of Edward’s Treatise
Jonathan Edwards the Valley and Nature: An Interpretive Essay

“ Life and Teachings of Jesus” (11f)

Syllabi
Exams
A-1
A-2
B-1 and B-2
B- 3-8
C- 1-4
E and F
Love/Treatment of Enemies
Parables/Prayer
Passion/Crucifixion/Resurrection

Box 5

“ Modern Religious Thought” (15f)

Syllabi
Exams (2f)
Barth, [Karl]
Bible & Nature
Bloch Theology
Bonhoeffer, [Dietrich]
Buber (2f)
Butterfield on History
Dewey

Series IV. Files relating to Courses Taught by Clyde Holbrook

(covering the period 1951-77) cont…
Box 5 (cont…)
“ Modern Religious Thought” (cont…)

Downing Existentialism – Sarte, Jaspers, Holbrook, Heidegger Transition to Existentialism
Intro. to Modern Religious Thought

Box 6

“ Modern Religious Thought” continued (16f)

Kant/Hegel/Schleiermacher
Kjerkegaard
Man as Historical Being
Mysticism
Nature
H.R. Niebuhr (4f)
Patterns of History
Subjectivity/Freud
Tillich (2f)
Whitehead, A.N. Materials
Wieman, H.N. Man and Deity
Van Dusen vs. Wieman

Box 7

“ Rise of Christianity” (7f)

Syllabus, (1981)
Introduction I & II
III & IV (Paul)
V
VI Ethical Problems of Church
VII Theological Problems
VIII Apostolic Fathers

Series V. Sermons and Talks, 1937-89 [span], n.d.

Box 7 (cont.)

Sermons (43f)
Beneath the Cross, [1944?]
The Best Things in the Worst Times, n.d.
Beyond the Cross, revised, [1940s?]
The Church Beneath the Cross, [1944?]
Civilization Beneath the Cross, [c. 1941-45]
The Declaration of Interdependence, 1937
A Defense of the Pharisee, n.d.
The Destiny of a Child, [1944?]

Series V. Sermons and Talks, 1937-89 [span], n.d.

Sermons (continued)

Box 7 (cont…)

Did you Ever have a Day Like That? [1984?].
Easter’s Anti-Climax, [1947-48?]
For They Were Afraid, n.d.
God & You, [c. 1941-45]
God Stoops to Conquer, [c. 1942-43?]
Habits that Count, [c. 1943-44?]
Heart of the Reformation, n.d.
Heritage and Hope, n.d.
How Can a Sinner be Happy? [1980s?]
How Jesus Appeared to Nathaniel, n.d.
How Jesus Appeared to Nicodemus, [1945?]
How Jesus Appeared to John the Baptist, [1945?]
How Jesus Appeared to the Blind Man, [1945?]
How Jesus Appeared to the Crowd, [c. 1944-45?]
How Jesus Appeared to the Disciples, [c. 1944-45?]
How Jesus Appeared to Thomas, [c. 1944-45?]
Invisible Witnesses, [c. 1950?]
Jesus Beneath the Cross, [1944?]
A Lesson from Plymouth Colony, [1983?]
Lessons From A Lost Battle, [1950s?]
Love’s Bitter Gift, 1989
The Meaning of the Cross, [1950s?]
The Offense of Humility, 1965
On Whom the Light Shines, 1979
The Power of a Name, [1942?]
The Power of a Tradition and the Future, 1987
Prayer in Life, [c. 1941-45?]
Saints in Caesar's Household, 1943
A Savior is Born, c. 1945-47
Sermon – Untitled, c. 1985
Speaking in Tongues, [c. 1957?]
A Virtue Turned Into a Vice: Hardened By Unpleasantness, 1963
War Beneath the Cross, [1944?]
Who Stands With You? [c. 1972?]
You Beneath the Cross, [1944?]

Series V. Sermons and Talks, 1937-89 [span], n.d

Talks (20f)

Box 8

Atomic Power and Moral Problems, Faculty Lecture Series, 1946
Charge to Ministry, [1958?]
The Choice of Life, 1959
Contradictions in the Academic, n.d.
Education and You, 1949
The Faith of Post-Modern Man, 1962
Great of Heart, [c. 1950s?]
Harry Thomas Frank: Words of Remembrance and Prayer, 1980
The Image of Moral Integrity, 1955
In Defense of the Impersonal, [c. 1970s?]
Keeping Sane, 1954
Living with Contradictions, 1946
Moral Issues – 1984 Campaign (1984)
Post-Critical Religion, 1954
Pride, A Virtue and a Vice, [c. 1978?]
Theological and Ethical Reflections on “The Moral Majority,” 1982
Theological and Secular Views of Salvation, 1954
Typescripts of Sermons and Talks, 1953-80s (2f)
You Can’t Go Home Again, [1953?]

Series VI. Writings (Published), 1946-89 [span], n.d.

Box 8 (cont.)

Articles by (6f)

Articles Reprinted From the Journal of Bible and Religion

“Christian Ethics? A Qualified Yes”, Jan. 1978
“Jonathan Edwards Addresses Some ‘Modern Critics’ of Original Sin”, July 1983
“Mr. Schlatter’s Dilemma Re-examined”, July 1964
“The Problem of Authority in Christian Ethics”, March 1969
“Why an Academy of Religion?” April 1964

“Crime and Sin in Puritan Massachusetts,” n.d
"Facts and Opinions on U.S. Military Defense", 1983
Letters to the Editor, c. 1980-84
Various Article Clippings, 1946-85
Various Journal Articles, 1949-84 [span]

“College Religion Courses and the Seminaries”, 1949
“Edwards and the Ethical Question”, 1967
“Edwards Re-examined”, 1960
“Jonathan Edwards on Self-Identity and Original Sin”, 1984
“What is a Christian College?” 1949

Series VI. Writings (Published), 1946-89 [span], n.d.

Box 8 (cont.)

Book Reviews (3f)

By Holbrook

Book Reviews Written by Clyde Holbrook, 1948-89

About Holbrook’s Writings
The Ethics of Jonathan Edwards, 1973
Original Sin: The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. III, 1970

Series VII. Writings By (Unpublished), [1951?], 1987, 1989, n.d.

Box 9

Manuscripts (4f)
"Age of Anxiety", n.d.
"Autobiography of Clyde Amos Holbrook", c. 1989
"A Belated Protestant", [1951?]
Prayers, n.d.

Books (4f)
The Doubting Believer, unfinished, 1989
Jonathan Edwards, The Valley and Nature, 1987 (3f)

Series VIII. Photographs, 1937

420A Drawer 8
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Photograph, Class of 1937

 
 
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