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UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 5 switched to being kept individually and were found throughout the accessioned material. Thus, these later sermons are listed chronologically by year below with their titles. Where dates are uncertain, they are organized alphabetically. Note also that Subseries 1A includes a few of Shriver’s sermons as well. Series 2: Research, 1953-2011 (15 boxes, 6.75 lin. ft.) This series consists of a collection of notes, clippings, and other research materials, covering a number of Shriver’s scholarly projects. Particularly well represented is material that corresponds thematically to Honest Patriots. Of note is the material from Shriver’s year at the American Academy in Berlin. Series 3: Learning and Teaching, 1952-2003 (17 boxes [1 oversize], 9.5 lin. ft.) This series contains three groups of papers, separated into three subseries. The first collects papers from Shriver’s student career; the second, papers from his teaching career; and the third, papers from his career as an administrator at universities. Broadly, this series complements the first two series, mirroring the concerns pursued in his publications and research. For instance, the research for his books and publications often appears in his teaching materials; and many of the themes in his publications appear early in his notes as a students. o Subseries 3A: Shriver’s Student Notes and Papers, 1952-1963 (6 boxes [1 oversize], 4.5 lin. ft.) This subseries is comprised of the substantial amount of material Shriver kept from his studies at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, Yale, and Harvard. Included here are course notes, readings, a number of his term papers, both his masters and doctoral theses, and other study material. Of note in this series are the papers from courses with noted academics like Talcott Parsons, Richard Reinhart Niebuhr, and Paul Tillich. Also of interest are the oversize diagrams of Christian intellectual and church history drawn up by Shriver for a course he took at Union Theological (VA). o Subseries 3B: Shriver’s Course Notes and Materials, 1962-2003 (7 boxes, 3.25 lin. ft.) This series contains lecture notes, course readings, case studies, and many other forms of teaching material from the length of Shriver’s teaching career. Significantly, there is the substantial amount of material from Shriver’s business ethics courses taught with Columbia business professor, James Kuhn, which shaped their jointly published book. Also of note are course notes for classes he taught based on his own book, Ethic for Enemies. o Subseries 3C: Administrative Papers, 1955-2001 (4 boxes, 1.75 lin. ft.) This subseries contains papers relating to the various administrative roles Shriver played during his long career, including at North Carolina State, the Candler School of Theology, Union Theological Seminary, and as an elected member of the Presbyterian Church’s (USA) Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy. Notably, it contains a significant collection of official reports, newspaper clippings, Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 6 and other documents relating to Shriver’s time as director of both the Experimental Study of Religion and Society (1964-1968) and the University Program in Science and Society (1978-1971) at North Carolina State. Also included here is a folder of papers from Shriver’s time as an alternative delegate to the contentious 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Series 4: Shriver’s Travels, 1969-2013 (3 boxes, 1.25 lin. ft.) This series contains an assortment of papers and ephemera from Shriver’s professional and academic travels, including tours abroad taken while president of UTS and programs and notes from international conferences he attended. The papers from conferences at which he read a paper or made an address are filed in Subseries 1A; everything in this subseries is from conferences where it appears he was not presenting. Series 5: Personal and Family Papers, 1946-2010 (6 boxes, 2.75 lin. ft) This series is comprised of assorted papers from Shriver’s early and family life, including correspondence, school papers (both his and his children’s), photos, and other ephemera. It was originally scattered throughout the broader collection of papers, and has been organized here chronologically. o Subseries 5A: Correspondence and Ephemera, 1946-2010 (4 boxes, 1.75 lin. ft.) This subseries includes personal ephemera relating to Shriver’s early life, including some his first forays into academic writing as a high school student. Also contained here are assorted photos, certificates, and other memorabilia, including mementos from the 2009 ceremony for his Grawemeyer award. The subseries is rounded out by a broad collection of Shriver’s correspondence, both personal and academic which he collected in folders by year. o Subseries 5B: Family Papers, 1951-2010 (2 boxes, 1 lin. ft.) Included among Shriver’s accessioned papers are a significant amount of material from his wife and children. Included here are a small collection of Peggy Shriver’s personal and professional papers, including a full series of the journal EcuLink, which she edited, and a number of diaries from travels she took with her husband. Also included here are ephemera from Shriver’s children’s childhood and a rather lengthy series of correspondence with their daughter, the award-winning novelist Lionel Shriver. Series 6: Audiovisual Materials, 1951-2009 (7 boxes, 3.25 lin ft.) This series contains all the audiovisual material found among Shriver’s paper, including photos, audio and video recordings, and computer storage materials. Of note in this collection are the many family and personal photos. Also included are backup disks for both Ethic for Enemies and Honest Patriots. Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 7 Processing Metal clips and staples were removed from materials and folded items were flattened. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Acidic items were separated from one another by interleaving with acid-free paper as needed. Any items in an advanced state of deterioration were placed in Mylar envelopes. Further Sources A handful of Shriver’s other papers are also held at North Carolina State University in two collections. The Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1965-1969 contains three sermons or essays by Shriver during his time at NC State, including one related to his participation in the 1968 Democratic Convention. Other papers related to Shriver’s career can be found in the NC State collection University Program on Science and Society Records, 1964-1971, of which Shriver was the director for a few years. Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 8 Contents list Series 1: Writings, Speeches, and Sermons, 1954-2017 Subseries 1A: “Pub File”: Academic Publications and Speeches, 1954-1991 Series Box Folder Contents 1A 1 1 “A Charge to Graduates,” UTS Commencement, 1991 1A 1 2 “Academic Discipline as Predictive of Faculty Religiosity,” with E.C. Lehman, Jr. Social Forces 47:2, 1968 1A 1 3 “Accountability of Theological Education to the Mission of the Church,” Theological Education, 1980 1A 1 4 “Advertising as Smoke Screen,” unpublished op-ed, 1988 1A 1 5 “Against School Prayer, New York Times op-ed, 1982 1A 1 6 “Religious Argument against School Prayer,” USA Today, 1984 1A 1 7 “Agenda of Southern Presbyterians: 1950-2000,” Response-ability, 1982 1A 1 8 Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Merger Convention, Prayer and Opening Remarks, 1976 1A 1 9 “America Remembers,” Sermon, Duke University, 1975 1A 1 10 “American Christians and World Development,” [1972] 1A 1 11 “America’s Need for Research Statesmen,” [1971] 1A 1 12 “Another Remedy Than Revenge,” Statement at Statue of Liberty, 1979 1A 1 13 “A Prayer For Peace,” 1991 1A 1 14 “As We Forgive Our Debtors,” Sermon, James Chapel, UTS, 1984 1A 1 15 “At the Threshold of God’s House: Church Unity and Human Community,” Address to Annual Assembly of Maryland Churches United, 1982 1A 1 16 “Between Scrooge and St. Francis,” undated 1A 1 17 “Beyond Tolerance: the Challenge of World Pluralism,” Address to Women’s Committee, Japan Int’l Christian Univ. Foundation, 1978 1A 1 18 “Bible and Southern Ethics,” Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 1976 1A 1 19 “Bible’s Role in Public Affairs,” Christian Century 103:13, 1986 1A 1 20 “Greetings,” Conference on Black Theology and the Black Church, 1989 1A 1 21 “Bonhoeffer Remembered,” UTS, 1984 1A 1 22 “Business Ethics and Religious Ethics, Religion in Life 37:3, 1968 1A 1 23 “Can Ethics Be Taught in Graduate School?” with J. Kuhn, 1987 1A 1 24 Consultation on “Global Environment, Limits to Growth, and Social Justice,” World Council of Churches, Cardiff, 1972 1A 1 25 “Case of the Constant Customers,” with R.S. Robinson, Jr., Harvard Business Review, 1968 1A 1 26 “Charge to the Class of 1986,” UTS, 1986 1A 1 27 “Christian Faith and the American Experience: Our Legacy from Bonhoeffer,” Word & World 1:3, 1981 1A 1 28 Christian Faith and Public Choices, unpublished book review, [1984] 1A 1 29 “Church and its Community,” Lectures, Cliff Temple Baptist Church, 1980 1A 1 30 “Church as a Free Space for a More Human Society: Reflections on the German and American Experiences,” [1990] 1A 1 31 “Church Has Changed,” Presbyterian Outlook, 164:39 (1982) Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 9 Series 1: Writings, Speeches, and Sermons, 1954-2017 Subseries 1A: “Pub File”: Academic Publications and Speeches, 1954-1991 Series Box Folder Contents 1A 1 32 “Church Perspectives on American Influence in South Africa,” Trinity Institute, 1985 1A 1 33 “Churches and the Future of Racism,” Theology Today 38:2, 1981 1A 1 34 “Case Study: the Computer,” 1972 1A 1A 2 2 1 2 1A 2 3 1A 2 4 1A 1A 1A 1A 2 2 2 2 5 6 7 8 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 2 2 2 2 2 9 10 11 12 13 1A 1A 2 2 14 15 1A 1A 2 2 16 17 1A 2 18 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 2 2 2 2 2 19 20 21 22 23 1A 2 24 “Construction Ahead: Buyer Beware,” unpublished op-ed, 1985 “Consumer, Underconsumers, and Superconsumers,” American Society for Engineering Education, 1974 “Continuity and Change in Society and Technology,” Theology Today 25:4, 1969 “Conversation with Harold Schilling,” Experimental Study of Religion and Society, 1965 “Corporate Social Responsibility,” draft of chapter with J. Kuhn1 “Corporations and their Critics: Three Metaphors of Justice,” 1991 “Courage to Know Our Neighbors,” UTS Convocation, 1989 “On Max Stackhouse’s Creeds, Society, and Human Rights,” This World 13, 1986 “Death Be Not Total: In Memory of Hopewell and Bloy, Jr.,” 1985 “Disarmament,” New York Times op-ed, 19822 “Duties of Hope: Politics for Trying Times,” Center Circles 15, 1986 “Economics,” 1990 “Education of an Ecumenically Minded Church,” Office for Church Life and Leadership of the United Church of Christ,” 1980 “Emerging Issues in Urban Ethics,” [1980] “Error Not to Be Repeated: Hiroshima Twenty Four Years Later,” Presbyterian Outlook, 1969-19703 “Ethical Discipline and Religion Hope in the Investment Industry,” [1987] “Ethics and Energy: Social Implications of the Energy Crisis,” Georgia Institute of Technology, 1974 “Ethic for Growth: the Case of Electric Power,” American Society for Engineering Education,” 1973 “Ethics in the Investment Industry,” 1987 “Ethics of Safety,” [1965] “Ethics of Tenure,” [199?] Faith and Philanthropy, book review, [1990] “Faith, Politics, and Secular Society: Legacy of Bonhoeffer for Americans,” International Society for Bonhoeffer Archive and Research, 1980 “Fights, Games, and Debates,” 19834 I think this is a draft of a chapter that went into Beyond Success. The title was original to Shriver’s folder and does not match the title of the chapter, which makes me think it was an earlier title of the book. 2 Title original to folder. 3 This folder contained two publications: both “Error,” and “A Memory and A Hope: Hiroshima After a Quarter Century,” Science and Public Affairs, 26:7, 1970. 1 Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 10 Series 1: Writings, Speeches, and Sermons, 1954-2017 Subseries 1A: “Pub File”: Academic Publications and Speeches, 1954-1991 Series Box Folder Contents 1A 2 25 “Finding an Ark,” UTS Sermon, 1976 1A 2 26 “For Those Who Sing,” UTS Convocation, 1980 1A 1A 3 3 1 2 1A 1A 1A 1A 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 1A 3 7 1A 3 8 1A 3 9 1A 1A 3 3 10 11 1A 3 12 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 3 3 3 3 3 13 14 15 16 17 1A 3 18 1A 1A 3 3 19 20 1A 1A 3 3 21 22 1A 1A 1A 4 4 4 1 2 3 4 “Forgive Them Their Debts?” 1986 “Forgiveness and Politics: Case of the American Black Civil Rights Movement,” Forgiveness and Politics Study Project, Case Study 1, 19851987 “Forgiving or Forgetting,” Presbyterian Outlook 167:23, 1986 “From Contradiction to Community,” UTS Convocation, 1985 “From Industrial to Cybernetic Man,” [1970] “From Island to Continent: Is There Room in American Politics for Both Fundamentalists and Their Enemies?” Chapter in Fundamentalist Phenomenon, 1989 “From Jerusalem to Nashville: Urban Mission of the Southern Christians,” chapter in The New Laity, 1978 “From Mapreaders to Mapmakers: Changing Ethical Standards for Adult Behavior in a Technological Society,” Bulletin of King College, 1971 “From Pastoral Care to Caring Society,” Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, 1986 “Fundamentalists and Their Critics,” Report from the Capital, 1989 “Future and a Hope: Hope and Its Relation to Judgment in Jeremiah,” 1954 “Response to Marian Bohen: Future of Mission in a Pluralistic World,” Theological Education 27:1, 1990 “Give Generously: the Poor Do,” Christian Century 105:38, 1988 “Global Calling of American Christians,” Christian Century, 101:15, 1984 “Global Message and Social Witness,” [1981] “Gunports and Windows,” UTS Convocation, 1988 “The Heart’s Love Uttered with the Mind’s Conviction,” UTS Inaugural Address, 1976 “‘He Made You Feel Like Somebody’: In Memoriam: James McBride Dabbs, 1896-1970,” Christian Century 87:28, 1970 “Honest Ministries in the Nineteen Eighties,” [1981] “How Might the Socio-Political Characteristics of Presbyterians Be Seen as Gifts of God for the Mission of A New Church?” 1983 “Humanity and Holiness,” The Pulpit, 1966 “Hunger, World,” Dictionary of Christian Ethics, 1983 Humanism and the Physician, book review, 1982 “If American Christians Were Disciplines of Jesus,” Light, 1983 “In Love Compounded: Personal Reflections on Reality and Relation,” Religion and Intellectual Life 1:4, 1984 Date from original folder. Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 11 Series 1: Writings, Speeches, and Sermons, 1954-2017 Subseries 1A: “Pub File”: Academic Publications and Speeches, 1954-1991 Series Box Folder Contents 1A 4 4 “In Praise of Places like Chicago,” unpublished article, 1986 1A 4 5 “In the Name of Humanity, Let Us Abolish Nuclear Weapons,” undated 1A 4 6 “In the School of Suffering,” Sermon, 1985 1A 4 7 “In the Week President Nixon Resigned,” Sermon, North Decatur Presbyterian, 1974 1A 4 8 “Institute for Program Evaluation,” undated 1A 4 9 “Interpersonal Factors in Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research,” American Society for Engineering Education, 1973 1A 4 10 “Interprofessional Seminar on Professional Services to the Poor,” undated 1A 4 11 “Invisible Doorway: Hope as a Technological Virtue,” ZYGON 8:1, 1973 1A 4 12 “Ivory and the Elephant: Getting Persons and Institutions Together,” Candler Review 2:1, 1975 1A 4 13 “James McBride Dabbs: Writer as Prophet,” 1990 1A 4 14 “Jeremiah, Prophet of the ‘80’s,” Baptist Review and Expositor, [1981] 1A 4 15 “Justice and Community: Theological Reflections from a World Tour,” [1980s] 1A 4 16 “Justice and Compromise at Chicago: the Case of North Carolina,” 1969 1A 4 17 “Justice and Reconciliation: Forgiveness and the American Blacks,” Studies: Irish Quarterly Review, 78:310, 1989 1A 4 18 “Learning to Do the Truth,” 1979 1A 4 19 “Leaves from the Notebooks of Tamed Tourists,” 1979 1A 4 20 Letters to the Editor, 1990 1A 4 21 “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case for Mainlanders,” 1976 1A 4 22 “Liberty for the Oppressed: A Bicentennial Meditation,” Sermon, UTS, 1976 1A 4 23 “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Maturity,” 1975 1A 4 24 “Loyal Have Not Vanish From the Earth,” Sermon, 1979 1A 4 25 “Man and His Machines: Four Angles of Vision,” Technology and Culture 13:2, 1972 1A 4 26 “Meditation on April 15,” undated 1A 4 27 “Meditations on Institutions,” Morality of Scarcity, 1978 1A 4 28 “Meditation on the Third Chapter of Genesis,” Sermon, 92nd Street YMCA, 1985 1A 4 29 “Memo to a Young McCarthyite from an Older One,” 1968 1A 4 30 “Memory and Hope: Hiroshima after a Quarter Century,” Science and Public Affairs, 26:7 1970 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Morals and Modern Intelligence: A Reply to Irving Kristol,” 1987 “The Most Neglected Books in Religion,” Bibelot 2:2, 1987 “My Debt to the Black Church,” AME Church Review C:318, 1985 “The New Campus Minister,” 1970 “A New Church in a New State” (Kenya), 1974 “Newsletters: University Program on Science and Society,” 1969-1970 Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 12 Series 1: Writings, Speeches, and Sermons, 1954-2017 Subseries 1A: “Pub File”: Academic Publications and Speeches, 1954-1991 Series Box Folder Contents 1A 5 7 “The New Technology and World Community,” 1968 1A 5 8 “No Longer Aliens,” Sermon, Central Pres. Church, Atlanta, 1983 1A 5 9 “No Reconciliation without Memory,” 1989 1A 5 10 “Now We Know Our Neighbor,” Presbyterian Outlook 148:34, 1966 1A 5 11 “Openness,” Christian Century 98:11, 1981 1A 5 12 “Open Letter to President Carter,” Christianity & Crisis 39:8, 1979 1A 5 13 “Our Neighbors, the Soviets,” [1984] 1A 5 14 “Our Peace,” 1983 1A 5 15 “Overcoming Hostility: Veteran’s [sic] Day Community Newsletter,” 1990 1A 5 16 “The Pain and Promise of Pluralism,” American Society of Christian Ethics address, published in Christian Century, 97:11, 1980 1A 5 17 “Pastoral Prayer,” Riverside Church, 1978 1A 5 18 “Penitence and Politics: the Way that Leads to Peace,” Sermon, St. James’ Church 1982 1A 5 19 “Place for Religious Argumentation in Public Policy,” NY Times Oct. 12, 1980 1A 5 20 “Plant Flowers in their Place,” Central Bulletin, Aug. 1980 1A 5 21 “Political Lifestyle and Agenda for Presbyterians in the Nineteen Eighties,” [1981] 1A 5 22 “The Prayer that Spans the World,” Interpretation 21:3, 1967 1A 5 23 “The Presence of the Past,” LA Times Jul. 7, 1990 1A 5 24 “Principles for Resource Allocation in Health Maintenance,” Undated 1A 5 25 “Profiles and Perspectives,” Interview, Ripon Forum, 1984 1A 5 26 “Prophetic Discipline: Some Tasks for American Ministers in the Eighties,” [1981] 1A 5 27 “Prophetic Inquiry,” Religion in Life, 40:4, 1971 1A 5 28 “The Protestant Stake in the Jewish-Christian Dialogue,” Address at Jewish Theological Seminary, 1977 1A 1A 6 6 1 2 1A 1A 1A 1A 6 6 6 6 3 4 5 6 1A 6 7 1A 6 8 5 The Public Church and Company of Strangers, Book Review, 1982 “Purpose in a School Faced with Mission to a City,” Theological Education, 1978 “The Qualities of a Minister,” 1987 “The Quest and the Questions,” [1987] “Questions Christians ask about World Hunger,” [1977] “Race, Americanism, and the Ministry of the Churches in the ‘Eighties,” 1980 Raleigh News and Observer, Editorial regarding Southeastern Baptist Theological, [1975]5 “The Realism of Peace,” Symposium on Human Violence, New York Medical Society, 1984 Title as written on folder. Andrew McLaren 2/23/2020

UTS1: Donald Woods Shriver, Jr. Papers, 1946-2017 13 Series 1: Writings, Speeches, and Sermons, 1954-2017 Subseries 1A: “Pub File”: Academic Publications and Speeches, 1954-1991 Series Box Folder Contents 1A 6 9 “Reflective Evaluations of the University Program on Science and Society,” [by Karl Ostrom], undated 1A 6 10 “A Regional Center for the Study of Public Policy,” undated 1A 6 11 “Religion, Ethics, and the Media,” Speech at Gannett Cent

Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA (B.D. 1955), Yale Divinity School (S.T.M. 1957). After graduating from Yale, where he wrote a thesis on church membership in 17 th -century England, he was ordained in the Presbyterian Church and took a ministerial position at a young