Toledo Humanist Society records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0607
Collection Organization
The Toledo Humanist Society records contain the records of this organization and its founder, Gardner Williams, for the years 1926-1990, with the bulk of the documents dating from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. Although the printed materials provide much information on the purposes and interests of the Society, the research value of the collection is hampered by the lack of minutes and other administrative documentation which would provide more details on the Society's organization and development.
The various publications which comprise a large part of this collection do provide an excellent encapsulation of the Society's purpose, what "Humanism" means, and the activities of the American Humanist Association. Additionally, the newspaper articles also illuminate the Society's activities and evolution.
The subject files provide details on issues with which the Society was concerned. Arranged by topic, the subject files attest to the debates within the Society and the rest of the public over issues such as religion, taxes, and separation of church and state.
Minutes, 1958-1959, Nov. 1972
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1958-1959, Nov. 1972
Correspondence, 1943-1969 (scattered)
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1943-1969 (scattered)
Correspondence, 1970
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1970
Correspondence, 1971-1972
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1971-1972
Correspondence, 1973-1990 (scattered)
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1973-1990 (scattered)
Correspondence, n.d.
File – Box 1, Folder: 6
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- Creation: n.d.
American Atheists, 1970-1980
File – Box 2, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1970-1980
Association for the Freedom to Die, 1980s
File – Box 2, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1980s
Congressional Record, 1970-1973
File – Box 2, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1970-1973
AHA Constitutional/Organizational information, 1960s-1970s
File – Box 2, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1960s-1970s
AHA Election Information, 1967-1972
File – Box 2, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1967-1972
Humanist Chapters, 1971
File – Box 2, Folder: 6
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- Creation: 1971
Humanist Communications/Committee for Open Media, 1971
File – Box 2, Folder: 7
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- Creation: 1971
Humanist Fund Raising Information, 1966-1967
File – Box 2, Folder: 8
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- Creation: 1966-1967
Writings by Gardner Williams, 1948-1970 (scattered)
File – Box 2, Folder: 9
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- Creation: 1948-1970 (scattered)
AHA positions, resolutions, issues, 1960s-1970s
File – Box 2, Folder: 10
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- Creation: 1960s-1970s
Madalyn O'Hair, 1965, 1973
File – Box 2, Folder: 11
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- Creation: 1965, 1973
Rationalism, 1970-1972
File – Box 2, Folder: 12
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- Creation: 1970-1972
Society of Separationists, 1970s
File – Box 2, Folder: 13
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- Creation: 1970s
Unitarian Universalist Church, 1950s-1960s
File – Box 2, Folder: 14
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- Creation: 1950s-1960s
United World Federation, 1968
File – Box 2, Folder: 15
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- Creation: 1968
World Constitution and Parliament Association, 1977
File – Box 2, Folder: 16
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- Creation: 1977
AHA Executive Director's Report, 1965
File – Box 3, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1965
Account Ledger and financial documents, 1955-1972, n.d.
File – Box 3, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1955-1972, n.d.
Newspaper articles, 1947-1990
File – Box 3, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1947-1990
Pamphlets, 1926-1949 (scattered)
File – Box 3, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1926-1949 (scattered)
Pamphlets, 1950s
File – Box 3, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1950s
Pamphlets, 1960s
File – Box 4, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1960s
Pamphlets, 1970s
File – Box 4, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1970s
Pamphlets, n.d.
File – Box 4, Folder: 3
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- Creation: n.d.
AHA Newsletters-Free Mind, 1970-1974
File – Box 4, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1970-1974
AHA Newsletters-The Humanist Counselor, 1972-1974
File – Box 4, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1972-1974
AHA Newsletters-Humanist Student Union of North America, 1966-1967
File – Box 4, Folder: 6
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- Creation: 1966-1967
AHA Newsletters, 1966-1967
File – Box 4, Folder: 7
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- Creation: 1966-1967
AHA Newsletters-Newsletter of the Division of Humanist Involvement, 1969-1971
File – Box 4, Folder: 8
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- Creation: 1969-1971
Journals-The Humanist, 1962-1975
File – Box 5, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1962-1975
Journals-Religious Humanism, 1967-1974
File – Box 5, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1967-1974
Journals-Humanist World Digest, 1951-1970
File – Box 5, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1951-1970
The Rationalist Annual, 1958-1962
File – Box 6, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1958-1962
Progressive World, Volume 14, Nos 1 and 2, 1960
File – Box 6, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1960
Journal of Art, Science and Philosophy, August 1972-January 1973
File – Box 6, Folder: 3
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- Creation: August 1972-January 1973
International Humanism, Volume 1, No. 10; Volume 3, Nos. 1-3, 1964, 1968
File – Box 6, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1964, 1968
The American Rationalist, 1972
File – Box 6, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1972
The Ethical Outlook, Volume 42, No. 6, 1956
File – Box 6, Folder: 6
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- Creation: 1956
Tulane Studies in Philosophy, "Studies in Whitehead's Philosophy," Volume 10, and "Studies in Recent Philosophy," Volume 12, 1961, 1963
File – Box 6, Folder: 7
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- Creation: 1961, 1963
The Standard, 1953
File – Box 6, Folder: 8
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- Creation: 1953
Modern Review, Nov. 1947
File – Box 6, Folder: 9
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- Creation: Nov. 1947
The Modern Schoolman, Volume 26, No. 1, Nov. 1948
File – Box 6, Folder: 10
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- Creation: Nov. 1948
Three Unitarian Philosophies of Religion, by R. Lester Mondale, 1946
File – Box 6, Folder: 11
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- Creation: 1946
Perspectives in Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1953
File – Box 6, Folder: 12
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- Creation: 1953
Man: Mind or Matter? by Charles Mayer, 1951
File – Box 6, Folder: 13
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- Creation: 1951