%eadnotat; ]> 5128read An Inventory of the James Morgan Read Papers, 1951-1987 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1988 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG James Morgan Read Papers, 1951-1987 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1988 Descriptive Summary James Morgan Read Papers, 1951-1987 RG 5/128 James Morgan Read (1908-1985) 12 boxes; 6 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. James Morgan Read (1908-1985) was a Quaker and president of Wilmington College from 1960-69. He also served as the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner from 1951-60, and was a vice president of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation from 1969 until his retirement in 1974. The bulk of the collection documents James Read's work as a consultant after 1974. His diaries date from his association with Wilmington College. Areas of particular interest include the establishment of Soviet-American dialogue and the Dartmouth and Soviet-American Writers Conferences, U.S./Canadian relations and the Lester B. Pearson Conference, the American Friends Service Committee, and the U.N. (non-governmental organizations).

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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

James Morgan Read (1908-1985) was a Quaker and president of Wilmington College, Ohio, from 1960-69. He also served as the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner from 1951-60, and was a vice president of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation from 1969 until his retirement in 1974.

1922-1976Born in Camden, New Jersey, the son of a Methodist Minister, Read graduated from Dickinson College (1929) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, earned a D. Phil. from Marburg University (1932) in Germany, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1940). He taught History at Lycoming College from 1932-34 and served as Associate Professor of History and then Chairman of the Social Sciences Department at the University of Louisville from 1935-43. In 1940, he married Henrietta Morton; they raised three children, Austine (Bonnie), James III, and Edward. In 1949, Read joined the Society of Friends as a member of the Gwynedd, Pennsylvania Monthly Meeting. Two years after Henrietta Read's sudden death from cancer in 1976, James Read married Theresa K. Dintenfass. 1943-1945, 1947-1949From 1943-45, Read was employed in Civilian Public Service. He then took a job as Associate Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in Washington and focused his efforts on legislation for displaced persons. He continued that concern as Secretary in the Foreign Service Section of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) from 1947 to 1949, overseeing that organization's relief work in the immediate postwar period. 1950-1960, 1960-1969In 1950, James Read was named Chief of the Division of Education and Cultural Relations of the United States High Commissioner for Germany (State Department). From 1951 to 1960 he served as the United Nations (UN) Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, and was appointed Acting High Commissioner for a few months in 1956. He returned to the academic world as President of Wilmington College in Ohio from 1960 to 1969. 1969-1981Read stepped down as President of Wilmington College in 1969 to take a job as Vice-President of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Five years later, when he reached the mandatory retirement age, Read chose to continue his association with Kettering, serving as Senior Consultant in International Affairs. In that capacity he was involved in three of the Dartmouth Conferences--XII, XIII, and XIV--which were administered and co-sponsored by Kettering, and acted as Rapporteur for the third Soviet-American Writers Conference in the USSR in 1979. Read also wrote a report for Kettering on the Council on Foreign Relation's fifth Conference on the US-Canada Relationship in 1981. to 1983James Read maintained his involvement with the American Friends Service Committee, serving on the AFSC Board of Directors as member and Chair of the AFSC Information and Interpretation Committee. He was also Clerk of the Quaker United Nations Committee in New York and did a study of the Special Committee of the UN General Assembly Banning the Use of Force. His experience with the UN also led to involvement with the US Committee for the UN Institute for Training and Research. In 1983, he acted as a Consultant to Crosscurrents to study the possibility of establishing an office for Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung. SCOPE AND CONTENT

James Read (1908-1985) was a Quaker whose work emphasized international programs and higher education.

The bulk of the collection documents James Read's work as a consultant after 1974. His diaries date from his association with Wilmington College. Areas of particular interest include the establishment of Soviet-American dialogue and the Dartmouth and Soviet-American Writers Conferences, U.S./Canadian relations and the Lester B. Pearson Conference, the American Friends Service Committee, and the U.N. (non-governmental organizations).

 Arrangement

The collection is divided in nine series:

Biographical material Correspondence, 1950-87 Diaries, 1961-82 Speeches and seminar presentations, 1960-84 Published articles, 1950-85 Kettering Foundation, 1969-82 AFSC, 1979-84 Other activities, 1976-85 Miscellaneous ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donor: Theresa K. Read, 1987

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], James Morgan Read Papers, RG 5/128, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

Read, James Morgan, 1908-1985 Quakers -- United States Quakers -- Diaries--20th century Quakers -- International relations Quakers -- Education Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees American Friends Service Committee Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio) Charles F. Kettering Foundation Lester B. Pearson conference on the Canada-United States Relationship (5th: 1981: Ontario) Dartmouth Conference (XIII: 1981: Moscow) Dartmouth Conference (XIV: 1984: Dartmouth) Soviet-American Writers Conference (3: 1979) Communism and international relations United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union United States -- Relations -- Canada DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Biographical Material, 1954-1985 General, 1954-1985 1 President of Wilmington College, 1960-69 Inauguration/Resignation, 1960-69 1 Communist Speaker Controversy, 1962 1 2. Correspondence, 1950-1987 Letters arranged chronlogically, 1950-1984: Business, Letters Received 1978 1 Business, Letters Sent 1978-79 1 Christmas, Letters Received, 1961-78 1 Christmas, Letters Sent 1950-76 1 Family, Letters Received 1965-71 & 1977-84 1 Family, Letters Sent 1970 & 1977-79 1 Personal Letters Received 1962-76 & 1977-84 1 Personal Letters Sent 1977-79 1 Letters arranged by subject, 1965-1984 : Immigration Reform 1965-70 1 Writers' Conference 1977-78 1 World Hunger Education Service 1979-81 2 Earth Aid Society 1981 2 Albert Einstein Institution 1984 2 Program on Non-Violent Sanctions 1984 2 “Women and Men”: Raymond Lloyd 1980-83 2 William Huntington 1982-83 2 Shepherd Stone 1983 2 Reference Letters & Resumes 1978-81 2 Miscellaneous 1962-79 2 Ser. 3. Diaries, 1961-1982 Diary 1961-64 2 Diary 1965-75 3 Diary 1979 3 Diary 1981-82 3 Ser. 4. Speeches and Seminar Presentations.

Files contain manuscript copies of articles, author's notes, and some research material.

 Speeches While President of Wilmington College 1960-69 9 folders 4 “Reflections on the Last Two Decades of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1962-83,” 1984

For the International Studies Association in Atlanta, Georgia.

 Correspondence 1981-84 5 Speeches Delivered at Conference 1984 5 Articles by Irwin Abrams 1945-83 5 Prize Nominations by AFSC 1975-84 5 Acceptance Speeches: Red Cross 1917, 1944, 1963. 5 Acceptance Speeches: UNICEF 1966. 5 Acceptance Speeches: Amnesty International 1977 5 Misc. pamphlets and clippings 1974-84 5 “HICOG and Higher Education,” 1984-1985

For the Aspen Institute-Berlin.

 Correspondence 1984-85 5 Agenda and Proceedings 1984 5 Articles & Clippings 5 Ser. 5. Published Articles, 1950-1985

Files contain manuscript copies of articles, author's notes, and some research material.

 Early published articles 1950-67 6 “Distinctives of a Quaker College,” Friends Journal, 1963and unfinished sequel. 6 “Birth of an Island Nation,” Worldview October 1980 Research Materials, Grenada & St.Lucia 6 “The Best Kept Secret,” Friends Journal October 1981 6 “United Nations Seminar,” Quaker Life 1982 6 “Non-Use of Force,” Friends Journal 1982 6 Releases, 1980-1985: Releases 4/80-4/81 6 Releases 4/81-11/81 6 Releases 3/82-4/82 6 Releases 1/83-10/83 6 Releases 8/84-2/85 7 Releases 8/84-2/85 7 Annual Reports, 1981-84 7 Correspondence, 1981-83 7 Quaker UN Office Releases, 1983-85 7 Miscellaneous Articles & Notes. 7 Ser. 6. Kettering Foundation, 1969-1982

These files, arranged chronologically by project, include reports and related correspondence.

 Personnel 1969-80 7 Travel and Expense Accounts 1977-78 7 Dartmouth Conferences, 1979-84

The Dartmouth Conferences were a series of off-the-record informal talks between leading citizens of the US and USSR, initiated at the suggestion of President Eisenhower and administered and co-sponsored by the Kettering Foundation.

 Dartmouth Conference X 1976 7 Dartmouth Conference XI 1977 7 Dartmouth Conference XII 1979Williamsburg, Virginia 7 Dartmouth Conference XIII 1981Moscow 8 Dartmouth Conference XIV 1984Dartmouth College 8 Related Organizations 8 Citizen Exchange Corps 1979 8 UN Assoc.-Soviet/US Relations 1979 8 Miscellaneous Related Materials 1977-79 8 Writers Conferences, 1977-80

The Soviet-American Writers Conferences were an outgrowth of the Dartmouth Conferences. The Kettering Foundation co-sponsored and administered the first two, in 1977 and 1978. James Read acted as Rapporteur for Kettering in 1979 when sponsorship was transferred to the Kennan Institute. In 1980, he was an observer for Kettering and wrote a report.

 Writers Conference II, USA 1978 8 Writers Conference I, USSR 1977 9 Writers Conference Preliminary Meeting, Austria 1978 9 3rd Soviet-American Writers Conference, USSR 1979 9 4th Soviet-American Writers Conference, California 1980 9 5th Soviet-American Writers Conference, USSR 1982 9 Related Articles 1978-82 9 Canada Project/Council on Foreign Relations, 1977-84

Read was a Delegate to the Lester B. Peason Conference (V) on the US-Canada Relationship and wrote a report for Kettering.

 Correspondence 1977-80 9 Pearson Conference 1981 10 Pearson Conference 1982-83 10 Pearson Conference 1984 10 Canada-Mexico Project 1978 10 US-China Writers Conference, 1982-83 10 US-China Writers Conference 1982 10 US-China Writers Conference 1983 10 Related Articles 10 Miscellaneous, 1978=1982 10 World Without War 1978-79 10 Glenn Paige 1979-80 10 Esalen Institute 1981-82. 10 Ser. 7. American Friends Service Committee, 1979-1984 General: 1979-85 Memos 10 Minutes 10 Nominations and Staff Lists 10 AFSC and Canada 10 East-West Consultation, 1977-83 10 1977 Discussions 10 1977 1981 Discussions 10 1981 1983 Discussions. 10 1983 Miscellaneous 10 IDEC (International Division Executive Committee) 1981-85 11 Biographical Sketches, Subcommittee Lists 11 Correspondence 11 Memos & Intra-Committee Correspondence. 11 Minutes & Agendas 11 Information and Interpretation Committee 1977-84 Correspondence 11 Memos & Intra-Committee Correspondence. 11 Minutes & Agendas 11 Reports. 11 Quaker United Nations Committee, 1978-1985

The Quaker United Nations Offices in New York are sponsored by FWCC in its capacity as an international non-governmental organization (NGO) at the UN, and administered by the AFSC. Read was Clerk of the QUNC. He discovered the existence of a Special Committee appointed by the General Assembly of the UN to deal with the question of the non-use of force, and wrote two articles for Friends Journal. See Series 2, Published Articles. Correspondence, 1973-77.

 Membership & Sub Committee Lists 1982-85 11 Memos & Intra-Committee Correspondence 1979-85 11 Minutes & Agendas 1983 11 Reports 1978-79 11 Miscellaneous, 1983-84 11 United Nations 1983-84 11 FWCC 1983-84 11 8. Other Activities, 1976-1985 UN Institute for Training and Research 1978-79 11

Read was involved with the US Committee for the UN Institute for Training and Research.

 UN Institute for Training and Research 1980-83 11 Crosscurrents 1983-84 11 Council on Religion and International Affairs (CRIA) 1979-85 4 folders 12

CRIA is concerned with the interrelationship of ethics and foreign policy and sponsors regular seminars (CRIA Conversations) which bring together authorities and policy makers for presentations and discussion. James Read was an Associate and wrote an article for their magazine, Worldview. See also Series 2, Published Articles.

 Dayton Friends Meeting 1976-82 12 National Council on Philanthropy 1978 12 SUN (Symphony for United Nations) 1978-79. 12 Refugees, 1964-1982 General 1982 & n.d. 12 Shmukler 1982 12 UNHCR (Genie Soffe) 1964-73 12 Peace Academy/AC DA Education 1979-84 12 9. Miscellaneous Manuscripts 12