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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, Methodist clergyman and theologian, were given to the Library of Congress in 1963-1964 by his wife, Ruth Fisher Oxnam.
The Oxnam Papers were processed in 1964. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
A note concerning the acquisition of the Oxnam Papers as well as a description of the material appears in the
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of G. Bromley Oxnam are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, G. Bromley Oxnam Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Garfield Bromley Oxnam (1891-1963) consist of diaries, correspondence, subject files, writings, addresses, sermons, lectures, notebooks, scrapbooks, daily records, and related material documenting the span of Bishop Oxnam's long career of religious and public service. The material extends from 1823 to 1963, with the bulk of the papers falling within the period 1912-1960. The collection is organized into eight series: Diaries and Journals; General Correspondence; Subject File; Speech, Article and Book File; Addresses, Lectures, and Sermons; Notes, Miscellaneous Papers, Records, and Reports; Miscellany; and Scrapbooks.
The diaries, subject files, and writings constitute the most important parts of the collection. Extensive and voluminous, the diaries are supplemented by correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, church bulletins, photographs, articles, book reviews, addresses, sermons, lectures, notes, memoranda, reports, and records. Although there are no diaries for 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, and 1932, entries for these years are contained in miscellaneous volumes at the end of the series. The diary entries for 1961-1963 are sketchy and sparse.
The Subject File series covers Oxnam's role in controversies over diplomatic relations between the United States and the Vatican, his participation in the issue of church and state and Protestantism as it related to Catholicism, the charges made against him of un-Americanism, his work with the Church of All Nations in Los Angeles, academic career, and other subjects closely related to Oxnam's life.
The Scrapbooks series presents in great detail Oxnam's life as reported by the press. He was involved in public as well as religious affairs, and his activities and views generated considerable publicity, which is reflected in the Scrapbooks.
Prominent or frequent correspondents include Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Athēnagoras I, George Smith Brown, Samuel McCrea Cavert, Matthew J. Connelly, Henry Hitt Crane, John Foster Dulles, Sherwood Eddy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin Clark Fry, Frederick Brown Harris, Cordell Hull, Donald Lester Jackson, David Eli Lilienthal, Marvin Hunter McIntyre, Carl McIntire, Louie D. Newton, Charles C. Parlin, Daniel A. Polling, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Knox Sherrill, William L. Stidger, Henry L. Stimson, Myron Charles Taylor, Harry S. Truman, Harold Himmel Velde, Henry A. Wallace, and Herbert Welch. There is also considerable correspondence from the general public, most of it in the Subject File.
The collection is arranged in eight series:
Fifty-nine volumes and several folders of loose pages containing lengthy daily entries, correspondence, printed matter, programs, church bulletins, newspaper clippings, photographs, articles, book reviews, addresses, sermons, lectures, notes, memoranda, reports, and records.
Chronologically arranged.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization and chronologically thereunder.
Correspondence, journals, reports, records, memoranda, articles, book reviews, addresses, sermons, lectures, notes, printed matter, scrapbooks, programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Arranged by subject and by specific topic thereunder. A file of miscellaneous subject file is arranged alphabetically.
Drafts, typescripts and printed copies of articles, book reviews, typescripts of books and seminar papers, miscellaneous outlines, and related material.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically thereunder.
Bound and unbound outlines, drafts, typescripts, and printed copies.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically thereunder.
Bound and unbound.
Grouped by type of material.
Early newspapers, biographical material, church statistics, newspaper clippings, printed matter, notes, memoranda, and photographs.
Grouped by subject or type of material.
Mounted memoranda, records, reports, notes, church bulletins, programs, early sermons and lecture outlines, miscellaneous papers, printed matter, and newspaper and magazine clippings.
Arranged chronologically.