AnnouncementsMemorial DayThe Special Collections Public Services Desk will be open by appointment only on Monday, May 27, 2013, in observance of Memorial Day. Please order materials by 5pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to ensure delivery prior to the holiday. The Special Collections Public Services Desk will resume normal hours on Tuesday, May 28, at 8am. If you have any questions, please contact, via email, Gwynn Thayer or Eli Brown. MSS 00156 Guide to the Donald Woods Shriver, Jr., essays, 1965 - 1969Quantity0.01 Linear feet General Physical Description noteLocationFor current information on the location of these materials, please consult the
Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff LanguageEnglish Acquisitions InformationTransferred from Provost's Office, 1971 [?] ProcessingProcessed by: Special Collections Staff;machine-readable finding aid created by: Dawne E. Howard Scope and Content NoteThe Donald Woods Shriver, Jr., essays consists of Woods' 1965 sermon, "The Case of the King of the Jews" (5 pages), his 1968 essay, "Justice and Compromise at Chicago: The Case of North Carolina" (12 pages), and his 1969 "Memo to a Young McCarthyite From An Older One" (11 pages). All documents are typed. Biographical NotePresbyterian minister and former North Carolina State University faculty member Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. (1927 - ) received his B.A. from Davidson College in 1951, his B.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1955, his S.T.M. from Yale University Divinity School in 1957, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1963. Shriver began his career at N.C. State in 1962 as the Presbyterian University Minister. He joined the N.C. State faculty in 1964 as the director of Experimental Study of Religion in Society at the School of Liberal Arts under a grant from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, and held this position until 1968. In 1965, Shriver became an adjunct assistant professor of religion, and became an associate professor of religion, as well as the director of the University Program on Science and Society, in 1968. Professional memberships throughout his career include the American Society of Christian Ethics, the Society for Religion in Higher Education, and the Society for Scientific Study in Religion, and the American Civil Liberties Union. His publications include Spindles and Spires: A Re-Study of Religion and Social Change in Gastonia (Atlanta: John Knox Press 1976), Beyond Success: Corporations and Their Critics in the ’Nineties (Oxford University Press, 1991), An Ethic For Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics (Oxford University Press, 1995 and 1997), and Honest Patriots (Oxford University Press, 2005). He is a former president of the Union Theological Seminary in New York, was a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin from January until May 1999. Controlled TermsAccess to CollectionThis collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice. For more information contact us via mail, phone, fax, or our web form. Special Collections Research Center Telephone(919) 515-2273 Fax(919) 513-1787 Preferred Citation[Identification of item], Donald Woods Shriver, Jr., essays, MSS 156, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC Access to CollectionThe nature of the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NCSU Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. |
