Etz, Roger F. (Roger Frederick), 1886-1950. Family papers, 1907-1963.
Overview
Family papers of Universalist minister Roger Frederick Etz.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1963.
Extent
5 boxesBiographical / Historical
Roger Frederick Etz (1886-1950) graduated from Tufts College with an AB in 1909 and an STB in 1910. Etz was ordained into the Universalist ministry in 1913, and was then pastor at the White Memorial Universalist Church in Concord, New Hampshire. His other pastorates included the Universalist Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in Newark, New Jersey, and the First Universalist Church of Medford, Massachusetts. During World War I, Rev. Etz left his parish to become a representative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in France. Upon his return from the war in 1919, he accepted the position of executive secretary of the Universalist General Convention. In 1928, he also accepted responsibility as the general superintendent of the Universalist General Convention, a post he held until 1937. The most significant decision of Rev. Etz's term as general superintendent was rejecting an opportunity to merge with Congregationalism. Instead, he sought closer ties to Unitarianism, which eventually led to the merger of Universalism and Unitarianism later in the twentieth century.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Correspondence, 1918-1963
- II. Biographical Material, 1909-1956
- III. Photographs, ca. 1904-1952
- IV. Essays, 1910-1942
- V. Sermons and Speeches, 1907-1941
- VI. Scrapbooks, 1937-1950
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Universalist Historical Association; received: 1976.
- Title
- Etz, Roger F. (Roger Frederick), 1886-1950. Family papers: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00205
Repository Details
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