Paul S. Sanders Papers

1937-1972
20 boxes (9 linear ft.)
Call no.: FS 84
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Minister of the Methodist Church, lecturer, author, and Assistant and Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Includes mainly handwritten or typescript notes for lectures and sermons and the typescript drafts, printers' proofs, correspondence, notes, and permission forms leading to the writing and publication of books and essays. Also contains correspondence; class notes taken as a student; course materials used as a professor; typescripts of theses; correspondence and typescript draft of unpublished book on the Bible as literature; book reviews; correspondence and organizational materials reflecting participation in LAOS (Layman's Academy for Oecumenical Studies, Amherst, MA), and other church-related activities; notebook of funeral records; and miscellaneous biographical items.

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Background on Paul S. Sanders

Paul Sanders, minister of the Methodist Church, lecturer, and educator, was born in Alabama in 1918. He held a B.A. in English from the University of Alabama in 1939, a B.D. from Emory University in 1942, a S.T.M. from Union Theological Seminary in 1947, a Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1954, and an M.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts in 1965.

In 1942, Sanders was ordained to the Methodist ministry. He resigned from the ministry in 1960 and became a lay member of the Episcopal Church. In 1943 he was assistant minister in Columbus, Georgia and, from 1943 to 1946, he was a chaplain in the Navy. While in the reserves he was called again to serve from 1950 to 1952. In between his periods in the military he was associate minister and then pastor of St. Luke's Methodist Church, New York.

Sanders' career in education began in 1953 when he tutored Church History at Union Theological Seminary. He went on to become Assistant Professor of Religion at Amherst College from 1954 to 1958. He was Associate Professor of Church History at Vanderbilt University Divinity School from 1958 to 1960. From 1964 to 1966 he served as a visiting lecturer in Religion at Smith College. Finally, he taught as an Assistant and Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts from 1965 until 1971, when he went on sabbatical. While at the University of Massachusetts, his most successful course was "The Bible as Literature".

From 1962 to 1969 Sanders was associated with the Layman's Academy for Oecumenical Studies, based in Amherst, Massachusetts. He served as a lecturer, instructor, and, during the years 1962 to 1964, he was associate director.

His most important writing and lecturing was done while he pursued his career in education. Other than his Th.D. thesis, Wesley's Sacramentalism in the Evolution of Early American Methodism, Sanders' writings include a book of essays he edited entitled Twentieth Century Interpretation of the book of Job, and an unpublished manuscript on "The Poetry of the Book Psalms", unfinished at the time of his death in 1972.

Scope of collection

Bulk of the papers include handwritten and typescript notes for lectures and sermons, and the typescript drafts, printers' proofs, correspondence, notes and permission forms leading to the writing and publication of books and essays. Also biographical materials, correspondence, class notes taken as a student, course materials used as a professor, typescripts of theses, typescript draft of unpublished book on the Bible as literature, book reviews, correspondence and organizational materials reflecting participation in Laymen's Academy for Oecumenical Studies and other church-related activities, and notebook of funeral records. Major areas of interest in the writings include John Wesley, Methodism, church history, worship, and Bible study.

Records of the Laymen's Academy for Oecumenical Studies reflect Sanders work and activities for that organization and are held in Special Collections and University Archives, MS 20.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into six series:

Series descriptions

Arranged chronologically.

It includes diplomas, resumes, record of funerals, military citations, course schedules and more.

Two photographs of Sanders were separated from this series and placed in the University of Massachusetts photograph collection.

Arranged alphabetically according to the last name of the person or by the title of the corresponding organization.

Contains general correspondence. There is also some printed material that relates to or clarifies certain correspondence.

Contains class notes taken while Sanders was a student, and lecture notes written while he was a professor, and lay lecturer. There are also some printed materials, handouts, newspaper clippings, etc., which relate to and add relevance to the notes. Unfortunately, he left very little material from his association with the University of Massachusetts. The material includes a noncredit course in religion given at the Newman Center in 1955, proposals for a course in the study of the Bible as literature, plus some notes he had on classes other than the one he taught on the Bible.

Class notes he took as a student at the University of Massachusetts have been separated from his papers and placed with the English department papers (1964-1965). Correspondence relating to the notes and lectures has been kept with the related materials.

Arranged in two subseries: Book Material and Essay Material. Book Material is arranged chronologically according to publication date, or dates present on the unpublished material (an exception being the essays edited for Twentieth-Century Interpretation of the Book of Job which are arranged alphabetically according to author surname). Essay Material is arranged alphabetically according to the title of the published essay.

Included in this Book Material subseries are student theses; Twentieth-Century Interpretation of the Book of Job; and an unpublished manuscript for "The Poetry of the Book Psalms". Book reviews exist in this Essay Material subseries, arranged according to the journal they appeared in, and thereafter, according to the last name of the author of the work reviewed.

Correspondence relating to the essays, book reviews, and the major works remains with the related material.

They are arranged alphabetically according to religious event, subject, or sermon title.

Consists entirely of sermons written during Sanders' ministry.

The arrangement is alphabetical according to subject.

Includes organizational material from the Layman's Academy for Oecumenical Studies (LAOS) and MRI. Included as well is material on the topics of teaching religion and religion in public education.

Correspondence relating to these subjects remains with the associated material.

Inventory

Series 1. Biography
1940-1970
Diplomas
1959-1965
Box 1: 1
Emory University, course schedules
1959-1942
Box 1: 2
Record of Funerals
1940-1957
Box 1: 3
Military citations
1943-1946
Box 1: 4
Folder Omitted


Box 1: 5
Union Theological Seminary, course schedules
1947-1948
Box 1: 6
Naval Reserve, call to active duty
1950
Box 1: 7
Church programs
1950-1951
Box 1: 8
Wedding announcements
1951
Box 1: 9
Paul Sanders' illness, newspaper reports
1951
Box 1: 10
Resumes
1970
Box 1: 11
Series 2. Correspondence
1944-1967
American Association of Theological School Conferences
1966
Box 1: 1
Atkinson, Ralph
1947-1948
Box 1: 2
Atkinson letters, printed material
1947-1948
Box 1: 3
Bishop, John
1953-1954
Box 1: 4
Christian Advocate
1948-1949
Box 1: 5
Clark, James
1967
Box 1: 6
Cole, Charles/ Martin, Al
1953-1958
Box 1: 7
Holyoke Council of Churches
1965
Box 1: 8
Holyoke Council of Churches, printed material
1963
Box 1: 9
Living Church Exchange
1966
Box 1: 10
Methodist Sacramental Fellowship
1948-1953
Box 1: 11
Methodist Sacramental Fellowship, printed material
1948-1953
Box 1: 12
Miscellaneous Letters, Barnard-Whitaker
1943-1967
Box 1: 13
Miscellaneous Letters, enclosures
1943-1967
Box 1: 14
Nall, Otto
1956
Box 1: 15
Protestant Council of Churches of New York
1953-1954
Box 1: 16
Sanders, Paul, letters to the editor
1944-1946
Box 1: 17
Sanders, Paul, letters to the editor, printed material
1944-1946
Box 1: 18
Th.D. thesis, permissions and microfilming
1966
Box 1: 19
Vanderbilt
1958
Box 1: 20
Vanderbilt, Ford-Wright
1960-1963
Box 1: 21
Vanderbilt, racial problem
1960
Box 1: 22
Vanderbilt, racial problem, printed material
1960
Box 1: 23
White, Jim
1958
Box 1: 24
Series 3. Notes
1937-1970
Contemporary Negro poetry
1937
Box 2: 1
Worship, teaching about. Methodist Youth Fellowship
1939
Box 2: 2
Worship, teaching about. (printed material)
1939
Box 2: 3
Religious education
1939
Box 2: 4
Old Testament introduction
1939
Box 2: 5
Catholic consciousness, rise of
1939
Box 2: 6
Papacy, growth of the
1939
Box 2: 7
Worship in the rural church
1940
Box 2: 8
Prophets
1940
Box 2: 9
Wisdom literature
1940
Box 2: 10
Catholic sacramental system
1940
Box 2: 11
Methodism's prayer book: the Sunday service
1940
Box 2: 12
Lectures and addresses
1941
Box 2: 13
Religion and world peace
1941-1943
Box 2: 14
Girls' Reserves Conference. Crawfordville, Ga.
1942
Box 2: 15
The house of God; an esthetical critique
1942
Box 2: 16
Evening services, variant orders of
1942
Box 2: 17
Worship, variant orders of
1943
Box 2: 18
Democracy in the future. U.S.O. dedication
1944
Box 2: 19
Church architecture
1946
Box 2: 20
Christianity and human tragedies
1946-1947
Box 2: 21
Shakespeare, King Lear
1947
Box 2: 22
Projected seminary dept. of worship, liturgies, and church architecture
1947-1948
Box 2: 23
Practical theology
1947
Box 2: 24
Church history
1947-1949
Box 2: 25
Th.D. reading lists
n.d.
Box 3: 26
Th.D. entrance exams
1948
Box 3: 27
Old Testament notes
1948
Box 3: 28
Religion courses, bibliographies
1952-1954
Box 3: 29
The Holy Communion
n.d.
Box 3: 30
The Holy Communion (printed material)
n.d.
Box 3: 31
Apostolic fathers
1953
Box 3: 32
Apologists
1953
Box 3: 33
Irenaeus and gnosticism
1953
Box 3: 34
Monarchianism
1953
Box 3: 35
Origen de principis
1953
Box 3: 36
Athanasius and Gregory of
1953
Box 3: 37
Pseudo Dionysius, Christology, and Augustine
1953
Box 3: 38
Systematic theology, bibliography
1953-1954
Box 3: 39
American Christian social thought, history of
1953-1954
Box 3: 40
Church history, syllabus for teaching assistants
1953-1954
Box 3: 41
Church history
1954
Box 3: 42
Church history, handouts
1954
Box 3: 43
Church history, handouts
1954
Box 3: 44
Christian ethics, bibliographies
1954
Box 3: 45
Papacy, rise of the
1954
Box 3: 46
Church history, early period
n.d.
Box 3: 47
Jesus
1954
Box 3: 48
Faith of a Christian teacher
1954
Box 3: 49
Transcendentalism
1954
Box 3: 50
Old Testament (section of Humanities course)
1954-1958
Box 3: 51
Old Testament, handouts for Humanities course
1954-1958
Box 3: 52
New Testament, handouts for Humanities course
1954-1958
Box 3: 53
New Testament, quizzes for Humanities course
1954-1958
Box 3: 54
Humanities 1, quizzes
1954
Box 3: 55
Humanities 1 and 2, handouts and proposals
1954-1958
Box 3: 56
Dante
1954-1958
Box 4: 57
Faustus
n.d.
Box 4: 58
Faustus, handouts
n.d.
Box 4: 59
Gibbons, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1954-1958
Box 4: 60
Gibbons, handouts
1954-1958
Box 4: 61
Homer, Iliad and Odyssey
n.d.
Box 4: 62
Lucretius
1955-1956
Box 4: 63
Lyric poems
1955-1956
Box 4: 64
Lyric poems, handouts
1955-1956
Box 4: 65
Montaigne
1957-1958
Box 4: 66
Montaigne, handouts
1957-1958
Box 4: 67
Plato
n.d.
Box 4: 68
Plato, handouts
1954-1958
Box 4: 69
Plutarch, handouts
1954-1958
Box 4: 70
Shakespeare, Henry IV, pt.1
n.d.
Box 4: 71
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
n.d.
Box 4: 72
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, handouts
n.d.
Box 4: 73
Thucydides
1955-1957
Box 4: 74
Virgil, Aeneid
n.d.
Box 4: 75
Virgil, Aeneid, handouts
n.d.
Box 4: 76
The novel
1955-1958
Box 4: 77
Humanities 1 and 2 exams
1955-1958
Box 4: 78
Religion course at Newman Ctr., Univ. of Mass.
1955
Box 4: 79
Old Testament class lecture notes
1954-1958
Box 4: 80
Old Testament Class lecture notes
1956-1957
Box 4: 81
Old Testament, handouts and exams
1954-1955
Box 4: 82
Old Testament, handouts and exams
1955-1956
Box 4: 83
Old Testament, seminar
1955-1956
Box 5: 84
Old Testament, syllabus
1955-1956
Box 5: 85
Old Testament, handouts, syllabus, exams
1956-1957
Box 5: 86
Old Testament, handouts, exams
1957-1958
Box 5: 87
New Testament class lecture notes
1954-1958
Box 5: 88
New Testament, handouts
1954-1958
Box 5: 89
New Testament, handouts, exams
1954-1955
Box 5: 90
New Testament, handouts, exams
1955-1956
Box 5: 91
New Testament, handouts, exams
1956-1957
Box 5: 92
New Testament, handouts, exams
1957-1958
Box 5: 93
New Testament, seminar
1958
Box 5: 94
Religion in America
1954-1956
Box 5: 95
Religion in America, handouts
1954-1956
Box 5: 96
Religion in America, handouts, exams
1957-1958
Box 5: 97
Catholic consciousness, the rise of,
1957
Box 5: 98
Chapel talks, Amherst
1954-1957
Box 6: 99
Protestant theology
1955
Box 6: 100
Old Testament personalities
1955
Box 6: 101
Denominations, how we get
1955
Box 6: 102
The Bible, is it true
1955
Box 6: 103
American Methodism
1956
Box 6: 104
American Methodism, handouts
1956
Box 6: 105
Honor candidate in religion, comprehensive exam
1956
Box 6: 106
Church history
1956
Box 6: 107
Church history, handouts
1956
Box 6: 108
Unity, aspirations toward
1957
Box 6: 109
Biblical faith and pragmatism
1957
Box 6: 110
Segregation
1957
Box 6: 111
Segregation, newspaper articles on
1957
Box 6: 112
Common life, redemption of the
1957
Box 6: 113
Mark's Gospel
1957
Box 6: 114
Wesley Foundation lectures
1957
Box 6: 115
Sunday school lessons with letters
1958-1959
Box 6: 116
Christianity, bibliographies on
1959
Box 6: 117
Methodism and the Church
n.d.
Box 6: 118
Methodist dictionary (projected) with letter
1959
Box 6: 119
Worship, public, handouts
1958-1959
Box 6: 120
Wesley studies, seminar
1958-1959
Box 6: 121
Methodism class outline
1959
Box 6: 122
Methodism, exams, bibliographies
1959
Box 6: 123
Methodism class, lecture notes
1959-1960
Box 6: 124
Methodism--lecture text on Eucharist
1959-1960
Box 6: 125
Worship, Christian, history of
1959
Box 7: 126
Church history, modern European
1959-1960
Box 7: 127
Catholicism
1962
Box 7: 128
Bible, LAOS T.V. series
1962
Box 7: 129
Bible, printed material
1962
Box 7: 130
Bible--notes for lectures given in Amherst area
1962-1963
Box 7: 131
Lectures & addresses
1962-1965
Box 7: 132
LAOS classes, Schedules
1962-1963
Box 7: 133
Ephesians
1963
Box 7: 134
Why the Church?
1963
Box 7: 135
Church history
1963
Box 7: 136
Paul
1963-1964
Box 7: 137
Christianity, makers of
1964
Box 7: 138
Congregational Ministers Conference, Craigville, Cape Cod
1964
Box 7: 139
Congregational Ministers Conference, and schedule
1964
Box 7: 140
Bible course at Smith --handouts, syllabus, exams
1964-1965
Box 7: 141
Laity in the church
1964-1965
Box 7: 142
LAOS courses, miscellaneous, notes
1965
Box 7: 143
Religion in America
1963-1966
Box 7: 144
Religion in America
1965-1966
Box 7: 145
English term papers; Univ. of Mass.
1964-1965
Box 7: 146
Christian unity
1965
Box 8: 147
Bible in the humanities
1965
Box 8: 148
Bible, teaching of, articles
1965
Box 8: 149
Bible, teaching in English 125 at U. of Mass., plans for
n.d.
Box 8: 150
Odyssey
1965-1968
Box 8: 151
Moliere
1965-1968
Box 8: 152
Moliere, handouts
1965-1968
Box 8: 153
Crime and Punishment
1965-1968
Box 8: 154
Worship and Liturgy
1967
Box 8: 155
The Gospel, Western Mass. Ministers' Convocation
1967
Box 8: 156
Western Mass. Ministers' Convocation, correspondence
1967
Box 8: 157
Bible; myth, history, faith
n.d.
Box 8: 158
Tragedy, Greek and Hebrew
n.d.
Box 8: 159
Old Testament
1968
Box 8: 160
Luke, gospel of, handouts
1970
Box 8: 161
Lectures, miscellaneous
n.d.
Box 8: 162
Chataugua lectures
n.d.
Box 8: 163
What God hath joined together
n.d.
Box 8: 164
The true Church
n.d.
Box 8: 165
Pacem in Terris
n.d.
Box 8: 166
Eucharistic liturgy, proposed
n.d.
Box 8: 167
Dissertation, extension into 20th century, ch.4 and 5
n.d.
Box 8: 168
Dissertation, extension into 20th century, ch.8
n.d.
Box 8: 169
Dissertation, extension into 20th century, ch. 9
n.d.
Box 8: 170
Dissertation, extension into 20th century, ch.10
n.d.
Box 8: 171
Niebuhr
n.d.
Box 8: 172
Methodist worship
n.d.
Box 8: 173
Worship
n.d.
Box 8: 174
Liturgical reform, principles of
n.d.
Box 8: 175
Sunday services (collations)
n.d.
Box 8: 176
Wesley and Baptism
n.d.
Box 8: 177
Students' Notes from The Bible as Literature
1968-1971
Box 9: 178
Series 4. Published Works and Manuscripts
1946-1972
Book Material


Order for the Holy Communion in Episcopal Methodism S.T.M. thesis
1947
Box 10: 1
An Appraisal of John Wesley's Sacramentalism in the Evolution of Early American Methodism (ch.1-4) Th.D. thesis
1954
Box 10: 2
Th.D. thesis, cont. (ch.5-8)
1954
Box 11: 3
Middleton, Messinger, and Ford; Their Relation to the Decline of Stuart Drama M.A. thesis in English - University of Massachusetts
1965
Box 11: 4
Book of Job
n.d.
Box 12: 5
Book of Job. Rowley, Wilder, and Sands. cut and final copy
n.d.
Box 12: 6
Book of Job. Permission correspondence
1967-1968
Box 12: 7
Book of Job. Permission correspondence
1967-1968
Box 12: 8
Aked, C. F. The Divine Drama of Job. pp. 56-43
1967
Box 12: 9
Auden, W.H. The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. pp. 174-177
1967
Box 12: 10
"The Book as a Work of Art"
n.d.
Box 12: 11
Buber, M. The Prophetic Faith. from ch.8
1967
Box 12: 12
Buber, M. Two Types of Faith. from ch.4 and ch.14
n.d.
Box 12: 13
Cairns, Tate, Van Doren. from Invitation to Learning
1967
Box 12: 14
Camus, A. from The Rebel
1967
Box 12: 15
Carstensen, R.N. Job: Defense of Honor. pp. 73-88
1967
Box 12: 16
Cotterill, The Faust Legend and Goethe's Faust. pp. 65-66
n.d.
Box 12: 17
Daiches, D. from Literary Essays
n.d.
Box 12: 18
Danielou, J. The Holy Pagans of the Old Testament. pp. 95-102
1968
Box 12: 19
Feinberg, C.L. "Poetic Structure of the Book of Job and the Ugaritic Literature"
n.d.
Box 12: 20
Fine, H.A. "The Tradition or a Patient Job"
n.d.
Box 12: 21
Friedman, M.S. "The Modern Job"
n.d.
Box 12: 22
Gillies, A. Goethe's Faust: an Interpretation. pp.11-19
1968
Box 12: 23
Glatzer, N.H. "The Book of Job and Its Interpreters"
n.d.
Box 12: 24
Good, E.M. Irony in the Old Testament. pp. 196-260
n.d.
Box 12: 25
Gordis, R. "The Temptation of Job"
n.d.
Box 12: 26
Gordis, R., The Book of God and Man: A Study of Job. ch.9-14
n.d.
Box 12: 27
Hamilton, G. Seen on the Stage. ch. 29
n.d.
Box 12: 28
Hamilton, E. "Prometheus Bound"
n.d.
Box 12: 29
Irwin, W.A. "Job and Prometheus
n.d.
Box 12: 30
Jung. from Answer to Job
1967
Box 12: 31
Kallen, H.M. from The Book of Job as a Greek Tragedy
n.d.
Box 12: 32
Kallen, H.M. "The Original Form of Job"
1968
Box 12: 33
Knight, H. "Job Considered as a Contribution to Hebrew Theology"
n.d.
Box 13: 34
Kuyper, L.J. "The Repentence of Job"
n.d.
Box 13: 35
Lindblom, J. "Job and Prometheus: a Comparative Study"
n.d.
Box 13: 36
MacDonald, D.B. from Hebrew Literary Genius
n.d.
Box 13: 37
MacKenzie, R.A.F. "The Purpose of the Yahweh Speeches"
1968
Box 13: 38
May, H.G. "Prometheus and Job"
n.d.
Box 13: 39
Murray, G. "Job as a Greek Tragedy"
1967
Box 13: 40
Peake, A.S. Job (introduction)
1968
Box 13: 41
Ransom. God Without Thunder. pp. 49-51
n.d.
Box 13: 42
Rankin, O.S. from Israel's Wisdom Literature
1967
Box 13: 43
Robinson, H.W. from The Cross of Job
1967-1968
Box 13: 44
Robinson T.H. Poetry of the Old Testament. pp.67-106
1967-1968
Box 13: 45
Rodino, M. "A Mistaken Hypothesis"
n.d.
Box 13: 46
Rowley H.H. "The Book of Job and Its Meaning"
1967-1968
Box 13: 47
Sarne, N.M. "Epic Substratum in the Prose of Job"
n.d.
Box 13: 48
Sarno, N.M. "Mythological Background of Job"
n.d.
Box 13: 49
Shapiro, D.S. "The Problem of Evil and the Book of Job"
n.d.
Box 13: 50
Skehan, P.W. "Job's Fina1 Plea and the Lord's Reply"
n.d.
Box 13: 51
Steiner, G. from Death of Tragedy
1967
Box 13: 52
Stevenson, W.B. The Poem of Job. Pp. 37-71
n.d.
Box 13: 53
Terrien, S. from Job: Poet of Existence
1967-1968
Box 13: 54
Ulanov, B. Sources and Resources. pp. 228-229
1967
Box 13: 55
Walter, S, "The Book of Job on the Stage"
n. d.
Box 13: 56
Wedel, T.O. "I Hate Myself"
1967
Box 13: 57
Wilder, A.N. Spiritual Aspects of the New Poetry. Ch. 12.
1967-1968
Box 13: 58
Wilder, A.N. Correspondence
1967-1968
Box 13: 59
Wilder, T. "Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job'?"
1967-1968
Box 13: 60
Biblical Psalms, Genres of the
1972
Box 13: 61
Book of Psalms, Poems, top copy
n.d.
Box 13: 62
Book of Psalms, Sanders' draft
n.d.
Box 13: 63
Book of Psalms, pp.21-37
n.d.
Box 13: 64
Book of Psalms, pp. 39 -115
n.d.
Box 13: 65
Book of Psalms, ch. 1-4, top copy
n.d.
Box 13: 66
Essay Material


Barbara Heck
1962-1970
Box 14: 67
Biblical Faith and Contemporary Mythophia
n.d.
Box 14: 68
Choral Communion on Christmas Eve
1951
Box 14: 69
Christian Advocate - letter to the editor
1956
Box 14: 70
Christian Advocate - Spinach, The Quest for Christian Unity
n.d.
Box 14: 71
Christmastide calendars
1950
Box 14: 72
Church Calendar (a series)
1947-1948
Box 14: 73
Civil Unity, Religious Diversity, and the Schools
n.d.
Box 14: 74
Doctoral Thesis summary
1955
Box 14: 75
Doctrine of the Church as Held and Taught in the Anglican Communion
n.d.
Box 14: 76
Drama, Not Dramatics
1954
Box 14: 77
Feast of Lights (Epiphany)
1950
Box 14: 78
Glossary of Liturgical Terms
1954
Box 14: 79
Glossary of Liturgical Terms
1954
Box 14: 80
Good Friday as Recital
1957
Box 14: 81
Gospel is in the Verb
1966
Box 14: 82
Heart of the Church
1959
Box 14: 83
Heart of the Liturgy
1954
Box 14: 84
History of the Methodist Order of Holy Communion
1948
Box 14: 85
In the Steps of St. Paul
1952
Box 14: 86
John Wesley and Baptismal Regeneration
1954
Box 14: 87
Liturgy and Worship; an annotated bibliography
1948
Box 14: 88
Lucifer
1972
Box 14: 89
Marines and Missions
1946
Box 14: 90
Methodism's Early Days in America
1960
Box 14: 91
New Christian Advocate - Abba, Principles of Christian Worship
1958
Box 14: 92
Once More the Round: a Review Article
1965
Box 14: 93
Our Confusion about Ministerial Orders
1949
Box 15: 94
Passion of Job from The Claims of the Classics
1964-1968
Box 15: 95
Pastor - Jeremias, J., The Eucharistic Words of Jesus
1965
Box 15: 96
Pastor - Johnson F.E., Religious Symbolism
1955
Box 15: 97
Factor - Jones, I.T., A Historical Approach to Evangelical Worship
1957
Box 15: 98
Pastor - Lowrie, W., Action in the Liturgy
1953
Box 15: 99
Pastor - Pratt, J.B. Critique of Public Worship
1950
Box 15: 100
Poetry of the Old Testament


Box 15: 101
Poetry of the Old Testament, notes
n.d.
Box 15: 102
Possibility of Methodist and Episcopal Union
1948
Box 15: 103
Protestant Recovery of Worship-Life is Eucharistia
1964
Box 15: 104
Protestant Theological Seesaw
1966
Box 15: 105
Puritans and John Wesley; a review article
1967
Box 15: 106
Religion in Life -Allison, C.F. Rise of Moralism
1967
Box 15: 107
Religion in Life -Hildebrandt, F. I Offered Christ; A Protestant Study of the Mass
1968
Box 15: 108
Religion in Life -McNally, R.E. The Unreformed Church, and Cooke, B.J. Christian Sacraments and Christian Personality
1966
Box 15: 109
The Pool and the River
n.d.
Box 15: 110
Sacraments are Preaching
1953
Box 15: 111
Sacraments in American Methodism
1954
Box 15: 112
Sacraments in Early American Methodism
1957
Box 15: 113
Sacraments in Methodism
1957
Box 15: 114
Sacraments in Methodism
1959
Box 15: 115
Stevens, W. "Archades of Philadelphia the Post" (Explicator)
1967
Box 15: 116
Suggestions for Revised Eucharistic Liturgy for Methodists
1958
Box 15: 117
Union Seminary Quarterly Review - Oldham, J.H., Life's Commitment
1954
Box 15: 118
Versicle - Casel, D.O. The Mystery of Christian Worship
1964
Box 15: 119
Versicle - Wilson, E. The Spirit of Thomism
1966
Box 15: 120
Versicle - Jungmann, J.A. Pastoral Liturgy
1964
Box 15: 121
Versicle - Pelikan, J. Obedient Rebels
1966
Box 15: 122
Wesley
n.d.
Box 15: 123
Wesley's Arminianism and the Baptism of Infants
n.d.
Box 16: 124
Wesley's Eucharistic Faith and, Practice
1966
Box 16: 125
What God Hath Joined Together
1960
Box 16: 126
What's in a Name
1946
Box 16: 127
Whitsuntide Calendar
1952
Box 16: 128
Work/Worship - Book Reviews
1964 -1966
Box 16: 129
Work/Worship- Deedy, J.G. Eyes on the Modern World
1906
Box 16: 130
Work/Worship - Hillman, E. The Church as Mission
n.d.
Box 16: 131
Work/Worship- Kenedy and Sons The Christian and the World
1966
Box 16: 132
Work/Worship- Monk, R.C. John Wesley: His Puritan Heritage
1967
Box 16: 133
Work/Worship- O'Brien, E. Theology in Transition
n.d.
Box 16: 134
Yeat's "The Magi" (Explicator)
1967
Box 16: 135
Series 5. Sermons
1940-1960
Advent, "The Lord Our Righteousness"
1947
Box 17: 1
Advent, "Why the Incarnation?"
1940-1943
Box 17: 2
Advent, 1, "Behold Thy King Cometh Unto Thee"
1950
Box 17: 3
Advent IV, "And the World Became Flesh..."
1947-1953
Box 17: 4
All Saints Day, "Called t o be Saints"
1943
Box 17: 5
All Saints Day "The Communion of Saints,"
1959
Box 17: 6
"Amen"
1958
Box 17: 7
Apostle's Creed I, "Fatherhood of God"
1944
Box 17: 8
Apostle's Creed II, "Partners with God in Creation"
1944
Box 17: 9
Apostle's Creed III, "His Son, Our Lord"
1944
Box 17: 10
Apostle's Creed IV, "Christ the King"
1944-1947
Box 17: 11
Apostle's Creed V, "The Holy Catholic Church"
1944
Box 17: 12
Apostle's Creed, "The Forgiveness of Sins"
1945
Box 17: 13
Ascension I.
1941
Box 17: 14
Ascension I, "A Continuing Easter17
1943
Box 17: 15
Ascension 1, "Why Stand Ye Gazing?"
1944
Box 17: 16
Ascension I, "Into All the World"
1946
Box 17: 17
Ascension I, "Prophet, Priest, and King"
1948-1955
Box 17: 18
Baptism
1957
Box 17: 19
Christianity, "Why Preach Christianity?"
1945
Box 17: 20
"Christianity Can Save Civilization"
n.d.
Box 17: 21
Christmas, "Peace Where There, Is No Peace"
1945
Box 17: 22
"The Church: Evangelical and Catholic"
1955
Box 17: 23
The City of God"
1947
Box 17: 24
Columbus Day, "Christ Bearers"
1947-1955
Box 17: 25
Communion Sermons
1941-1955
Box 17: 26
Communion, "The World's Need For Christ"
1944
Box 17: 27
Communion, "In Time of Troubles"
1945
Box 17: 28
Communion, "Communion as Thanksgiving"
1945
Box 17: 29
Communion, "Not By Bread Alone"
1946
Box 17: 30
Dedication, "The Lord's Song in a Strange Land"
1945
Box 17: 31
Dedication, "The Household of God"
1957
Box 17: 32
Easter, "Let Loose in the World"
1941
Box 17: 33
Easter, "God His the Last Word"
1944
Box 17: 34
Easter, "If a Man Die..."
1944-1949
Box 17: 35
Easter, "Springtime in the Soul"
1946
Box 17: 36
Easter I, "Easter is Everyday"
1944-1951
Box 17: 37
Easter I, "The Emmaus Road"
1946
Box 17: 38
Easter II, "An Event in Eternity"
1946
Box 17: 39
Easter III, "Sorrow/Joy"
1949-1954
Box 17: 40
Easter IV, "St. Mark's Day"
1948
Box 17: 41
Easter IV, "If I Go, I Will Send (the Helper) to You"
1946
Box 17: 42
Epiphany, "The Light of the World"
1946
Box 17: 43
Epiphany I, "And Jesus Increased in Wisdom and Stature"
1948
Box 17: 44
Epiphany II, "Jesus' Baptism"
1949
Box 17: 45
Epiphany II, "Holy Baptism"
1948
Box 17: 46
Epiphany III, "Jesus Transforms Life"
1949
Box 17: 47
Epiphany V, "Wheat and Tares"
1946
Box 17: 48
Evangelistic Sermons
1940-1941
Box 17: 49
"Faith for an Atomic Age"
1945
Box 17: 50
Faith and Fear, "Be Not Afraid"
1941-1949
Box 17: 51
"Four Anchors of the Soul"
1945-1947
Box 17: 52
Funeral Sermon for Frederick Harris
1957
Box 17: 53
God
1941-1943
Box 17: 54
God, Freedom, and Immortality
1942
Box 17: 55
"God's Grace and Man's Hope"
1954
Box 17: 56
Humility
n.d.
Box 17: 57
"Justification by Faith"
1955-1956
Box 17: 58
Labor Sunday
1957
Box 17: 59
Lent, "The Door of the Cross"
1941
Box 17: 60
Lent, "Who is a Disciple?"
1946
Box 18: 61
Lent II, "Lost Sheep of the House of Israel"
1948
Box 18: 62
Lent II
1949
Box 18: 63
Lent III, "The Grapes of Wrath"
1944-1946
Box 18: 64
Lent III, "Marks of a Christian"
1948
Box 18: 65
Lent III, "Gospel: Luke 11:14-28
1949
Box 18: 66
Lent IV, "Refreshment Sunday"
1949
Box 18: 67
Love
n.d.
Box 18: 68
Memorial Day
1946
Box 18: 69
Memorial Day, "Righteousness Exalteth a Nation"
1949-1957
Box 18: 70
Memorial Service, "Some More Noble Destiny"
1944
Box 18: 71
Memorial Service, "The Swift and Solemn Trust, of Life"
1944
Box 18: 72
Memorial Service, "In the Name..."
1959
Box 18: 73
Memorial Service, "What Are We and What Shall We Be?"
1944
Box 18: 74
Methodist special days
1941
Box 18: 75
Mother's Day, "Behold Thy Mother"
1944
Box 18: 76
Necessity of Christ
n.d.
Box 18: 77
New Year's Day, "Press Towards the Mark"
n.d.
Box 18: 78
"No Hidin' Place"
1956
Box 18: 79
"No Hidin' Place"
1958
Box 18: 80
Obedient service
1941-1944
Box 18: 81
Parables
1941-1943
Box 18: 82
Parables
1956
Box 18: 83
Parables
1956
Box 18: 84
Passion Sunday, "A Passion for Perfection"
1946
Box 18: 85
Peace
1947
Box 18: 86
Pentecost, "The, Gift of the Holy Ghost"
1944
Box 18: 87
Pentecost, "He Dwelleth With You"
1946
Box 18: 88
Prayer sermon
n.d.
Box 18: 89
Profanity, "The Name of the Lord"
1945
Box 18: 90
Protestantism, "Unprotestant Protestantism"
1956
Box 18: 91
Quinquagesima, "Jesus goes up to Jerusalem"
1949
Box 18: 92
Rally Day, "Church and Church School."
1956
Box 18: 95
Reformation Sunday, "Unfinished Journey"
1943
Box 18: 94
Reformation Sunday, "Meaning of Protestantism".
1945
Box 18: 95
Reformation Sunday, "Operation Grace"
1957
Box 18: 96
Religion, "The Essentials of Religion"
1948
Box 18: 97
"Religion as Waiting"
1946
Box 18: 98
Revival sermon, "I am the Door"
1943
Box 18: 99
Revival sermon, "Behold the Lamb of God"
1941
Box 18: 100
Revival- sermon, "Behold, I Stand at- the Door-"
1944
Box 18: 101
Revival sermon, "What Shall I Do With Jeslv3ll
n.d.
Box 18: 102
Revival sermon, "Where Dwellest Thou?"
1943
Box 18: 103
Revival sermon, "Earnestness in Seeking, God"
1944
Box 18: 104
Revival sermon, "Choose Ye This Day"
1949-1956
Box 18: 105
Salvation, "Three Philosophies of Salvation"
1947
Box 18: 106
Sexigresima, "Christian Februariness"
1960
Box 18: 107
Ten Commandments I, "None Other Gods"
1944
Box 18: 108
Teri Commandments II, "The Holy Name"
n.d.
Box 18: 109
Thanksgiving sermon, "The Little Foxes"
1945
Box 18: 110
Thanksgiving sermon, "We Glory in Tribulations Also"
1947
Box 18: 111
Thanksgiving sermon, "Christian Life as Thanksgiving"
1957
Box 18: 112
Trinity Sunday, "The Holy Trinity"
1944
Box 19: 113
Trinity Sunday
1941-1949
Box 19: 114
Trinity II, "Parable of the Great Feast"
1954-1957
Box 19: 115
Trinity III, "Your Adversary, The Devil"
1948
Box 19: 116
Trinity VIII, "God, Freedom, Eternal Life",
1958
Box 19: 117
Trinity XVIII, "Perfect in Faith"
1947
Box 19: 118
Trinity XX, "To Act Is To Be"
1947
Box 19: 119
Twelve Apostles
1941-1943
Box 19: 120
Victory Sermon, "Thanksgiving for Victory"
1945
Box 19: 121
Vital Christianity
1941
Box 19: 122
"We the People"
1946
Box 19: 123
Week of Dedication, "The Making, of Tomorrow"
1943
Box 19: 124
"What Am I?"
1946
Box 19: 125
What Do Ye More Than Others?"
1945-1947
Box 19: 126
"What Have I Written?"
1947
Box 19: 127
"What You Believe Is All That Matters"
1955
Box 19: 128
Worship
1941-1943
Box 19: 129
Young People's Sermon, "It's a Dog's Life"
1940
Box 19: 130
Series 6. Subject File
1961-1969
American Academy of Religion meeting
1967
Box 20: 1
Higher education
n.d.
Box 20: 2
Honor thesis, advisor
1968
Box 20: 3

x-ref LAOS lectures - see ser. III, folder no. 109, 133, 136-138, 143

LAOS activities
1962-1967
Box 20: 4
LAOS Annual Meetings and Reports
1963-1968
Box 20: 5
LAOS Committee Reports
1965-1968
Box 20: 6
LAOS Directors/Executive Committee minutes
1962-1968
Box 20: 7
LAOS Financial Reports
1961-1968
Box 20: 8
LAOS Membership Roster
1963-1969
Box 20: 9
LAOS, King, David, memos and correspondence
1962-1968
Box 20: 10
LAOS, King, David, memos
1966-1968
Box 20: 11
LAOS correspondence, Clark to Walsh
1963-1966
Box 20: 12
LAOS News
1966
Box 20: 13
LAOS proposals and papers
1965
Box 20: 14
MIT Conference
n.d.
Box 20: 15
M.R.I. Committee meetings and memos
1965-1968
Box 20: 16
M.R.I. Committee, reports
1966
Box 20: 17
Religion and education
1965-1968
Box 21: 18
Religion and education
n.d.
Box 21: 19
Religion and education
n.d.
Box 21: 20
Religion and education
n.d.
Box 21: 21

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Provenance

Acquired from Hazel Sanders.

Records of the Laymen's Academy for Oecumenical Studies (MS 20) reflect Sanders work and activities for that organization and are held in Special Collections and University Archives.

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Processed by Leonard R. Adams, 1976.

Language:

English

Acknowledgments

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Cite as: Paul S. Sanders Papers (RG 40/11 Sanders). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

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  • Entomology--Massachusetts.
  • Layman's Academy for Oecumenical Studies.
  • Methodist Church--Clergy.
  • Sanders, Paul S.
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty.
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of English.

Contributors

  • Sanders, Paul S., 1918-1972 [main entry]

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  • Sermons.

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