Moral Re-Armament collection, approximately 1940s-1960s

Summary

Abstract:

Materials related to the Moral Re-Armament movement, an international moral and spiritual movement that sought to prevent war through "moral awakening."

Extent:

2.92 Linear Feet (1 carton and 4 document boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Moral Re-Armament collection, ARC Mss 65. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains booklets, pamphlets, magazines, photographs, news clippings, playbills, songbooks, and other printed material relating to the Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement.

Biographical / historical:

The Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement was an international moral and spiritual movement that was started by Frank Buchman, an American minister, in 1938 at the University of Oxford. It was developed out of Buchman's Oxford Group, which held conferences in multiple countries and attracted thousands of participants globally. When the MRA was established in the United States in 1941, it was considered by some to be an effective way to combat communism. However, statments made by Buchman during World War II brought criticism to the group for his views on Hitler, Nazism, and fascism.

In 2001, the movement was renamed Initiatives of Change and it continues to operate in over 60 countries.

Acquisition information:

Provenance unknown.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Moral Re-Armament collection, ARC Mss 65. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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