Rice, William Brooks, 1905-1970. Papers, 1927-1970.
Overview
Papers of Unitarian minister William Brooks Rice (1905-1970) including sermons, addresses, general correspondence, special correspondence relating to the Charles Street Jail, Boston, wedding services, funeral services, prayers, and biographical material.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1970.
Extent
19 boxesSermons, 1933-1970; addresses, 1935-1966; general correspondence, 1933-1969; special correspondence relating to the Charles Street Jail, Boston, 1954-1968; wedding services; funeral services; prayers; and biographical material. Correspondents include Richard Cardinal Cushing, Marshall Edward Dimock, Christopher Rhodes Eliot, Dana McLean Greeley, Francis Greenwood Peabody, and Palfrey Perkins
Biographical / Historical
William Brooks Rice (1905-1970) graduated from Tufts College in 1938. Prior to pursuing a career in the ministry, he was an architect in Boston. In 1938, he was ordained to the Unitarian ministry at Francestown, New Hampshire, and he subsequently served parishes in Dover and Wellesley, Massachusetts. During his career he served as director of the American Unitarian Association, chair of the AUA Department of Ministry, and chair of the AUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee. Rice served as chairman of the Joint Merger Commission, which accomplished the merger of the Unitarian and Universalist denominations in 1961. In 1964, he received the UUA Distinguished Service Award.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series I. Young People's Religious Union, 1927-1933
- Series II. Crane Theological School, 1933
- Series III. Sermons, 1933-1970
- Series IV. Addresses - I
- Series V. Addresses - II
- Series VI. Special Religious Services
- Series VII. Worship material
- Series VIII. Correspondence
- Subseries A. General, 1933-1969
- Subseries B. Charles Street Jail Correspondence, 1954-1968
- Series IX. Miscellaneous
- Series X. Biographical file
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Rice, 1971.
- Title
- Rice, William Brooks, 1905-1970. Papers: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00098
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
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