Minus, Paul Papers

File

Identifier: RG-1478

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1960-1980

Language of Materials

Language of materials in the collection is primarily English, but there are some materials in German.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

From Yale University: Paul Minus is Emeritus Professor of Church History at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, where he taught from 1964 to 1988. After earning undergraduate, theological, and doctoral degrees at Yale University, he has served as University Chaplain at Florida State University before coming to MTSO. After leaving MTSO, he became founding president of the Council for Ethics in Economics. In retirement, he has served on a long list of boards and has continued to author books on a range of topics. He currently serves on groups focused on energy conservation and environmental concerns in his residential community.

Paul brings the experience and gifts of a long and distinguished career in theological education and leadership. While his academic career focused on teaching religion and church history, he has written extensively and founded and led institutions working at the intersection of faith and ethics, particularly faith and economic issues in the workplace. Paul has extensive experience working in the nonprofit world, having founded and led no fewer than five institutions.

Extent

6 Linear Feet (17 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Series: Boyhood/Youth; Pastorate; Rochester Theological Seminary Years; Final Years; Family; Secondary Materials

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Paul Minus, 1998

Related Materials

See also the Rauschenbusch Family Collection RG 1003 and the D.R. Sharpe Collection RG 1246.

File Plan

The following abbreviations are used in the file labels of this collection: AR: August Rauschenbusch, CSO: Christianizing the Social Order, NYC: New York City, PM: Paul Minus, RTS: Rochester Theological Seminary, WR: Walter Rauschenbusch

Box 1 Youngster, Boy WR, School Days, 1879, 1879-1883, 1880, Gütersloh-1881, 1882, Gütersloh-1883, Gütersloh: Data and Background, WR as a Student in Rochester

Box 2 NYC Sermons, Sunday School Lessons, 1891 Trip, Brotherhood of the Kingdom–I, Brotherhood of the Kingdom–II, Brotherhood of the Kingdom–III, Letters–1880s, Baptist Congress–I, Baptist Congress–II, Articles–For the Right

Box 3 Second German Baptist Church and NY Baptist Association, WR–Sermons, German Articles, Hymnal, Sandpiles for Children, Letters from WR, Louisville/Illinois/New York City, PM Summary of Data–I, PM Summaries of Data–II, “Righteousness of the Kingdom” (Stackhouse’s title), Photocopied Articles of WR, Der Sendbote

Box 4 Reports of RTS, WR and RTS, WR in German Department at RTS, Young Professor, German Dept. (RTS), WR as Teacher of Church History, Involvement with RTS, 1898, 1897–1899, The Citizen’s Party–1903, Articles about WR and his Engagements in Rochester, Articles and Speeches by WR, Rochester Gas Company Controversy, Rochester Chapter of the Brotherhood of the Kingdom, WR and “People’s Sunday Evenings”, Articles by Young WR, 1910 Scrapbook on Liquor Fight (samples)

Box 5 Early WR Articles and Baptist Congress Records 1903, Letters and Papers/RTS, U of R and Webster, RTS, RTS Faculty, A. H. Strong, Letters to Eckhard Umbach, “The Personal Influence of WR,” by William E. Umbach, CRDS Alumni Catalogue, WR and Rockefellers, Miscellaneous, PM Notes for Early Drafts of Book, PM Notes

Box 6 Various Correspondence, Prof. Nathaniel Schmidt Controversy, Materials for Chapter 7 of PM Book, Sabbatical Year 1907-1908, Miscellaneous Papers, WR-Skills, Substantive Issues of Church History, Interfaith Rochester Project (and Spinoffs), 1904, Involvement with Rochester Schools, Die Politische Verfallung Unseres Landes–WR

Box 7 Apostolate/Articles in WR’s Last Years, WR-Personal Papers From Last Years I, WR-Personal Papers From Last Years II, WR-Personal Papers From Last Years III, Articles Written by WR, Lectures and Articles I, Lectures and Articles II, Earl and Merrick Lectures

Box 8 Papers Re: Christianity and the Social Crisis, Letters/Articles: CSO Business Re: CSO, Miscellaneous Smaller Books, Organizations WR Belonged To, First World War, WR –Copy of Will, WR –Diaries, Remembrances, and Final Wishes

Box 9 On August Rauschenbusch, WR Biography of AR, Family, Pauline Rauschenbusch, Caroline Rauschenbusch, Frida Fetzer, Rauschenbusch Children–Letters, Interviews, etc., Interviews with WR Children, Rauschenbusch Family Tree, Family 1897–1902, Emma Rauschenbusch, Karl August Rauschenbusch, Family Life as Adult

Box 10 Articles about Rochester, NY, “Memories of our Printed Page” FWC Meyer, Miscellaneous Articles about WR, Early Evaluations and Interpretations 1910–1940, Articles on WR: Post-1940

Box 11 D. R. Sharpe Items, D. R. Sharpe –Copy of WR Biography, Washington Gladden, Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Background Articles Jahrbuch für Westfälische Kirchengeschichte, Westfallen-Blätter (20 February, 1982), Die Grüne Weide, Gruss aus Gützel, Upstate Magazine, Sunday Democrate and Chronicle, July 1, 1984 (Parts 1 and 2)

Box 12 Robert Gardner Paper on WR, “Origin and History of Christian Socialism” –Torben Christensen, Christoph Bressina Early Copy of Dissertation, Christoph Bressina–Letters, “German Protestants Face the Social Question”–William O. Shanahan, E. W. Linder Dissertation–I, E. W. Linder Dissertation–II “The Christian Socialist Revival”–Peter d’A. Jones

Box 13 Audio tapes (translations of German articles and interviews); Box 14 Audio tapes (translations of German articles and interviews)

Box 15 Note cards--unsorted

Box 16 Note cards--unsorted

Box 17 Loose, unarranged photocopies