Summary Information
Biosophical Institute Records
1929-1972
Mss 794
13.0 c.f. (33 archives boxes and 1 card box)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records, mainly 1938-1957, of the Biosophical Institute, an ethical reform movement founded by Frederick Kettner in 1928. Prior to its dissolution in the late 1950s the institute's programs included an educational community center at its New York City headquarters, experiments in communitarian living, and efforts in behalf of world peace. Collected and preserved by members Robert and Diane Langer, the records include are historical and background material concerning Kettner's development of Biosophy from the ideas of Spinoza; copies and originals of Kettner's correspondence; extensive mimeographed correspondence from institute members that was distributed within the group for spiritual self-study; and subject files. Extensive expressions of the biosophical philosophy are present in poetry, lectures, and in published newsletters and journals such as the Biosophical Review and the Neo-Christian. Activity files concern ethical improvement classes and meetings and efforts during the 1930s and 1940s to advance proposals such as a national secretary of peace.
English
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Biography/History
The Biosophical Institute was an educational center, a utopian community, and an ethical reform movement. The Institute had its origins in the ideas of Frederick Kettner, an educator and philosopher born in Czernowitz, Austria, in 1886. As a young man Kettner was influenced by the ethical philosophy of Spinoza, and his dissertation completed in 1919 was entitled “The Unity of the Five Books of Spinoza's Ethics.” In his teaching Kettner began to develop a personal philosophy of world improvement based upon the spiritual growth and development of individuals; he named this philosophy Biosophy. In 1926 Kettner came to the United States in order to practice his ideas about spiritual self-education and character development in a free society.
Kettner's ideas rapidly attracted a following among students of the City College who began meeting at his home. This group was more formally organized first as the Spinoza Club and then in 1928 as the Spinoza Institute. In 1930 Kettner attracted the attention of artist Nicholas Roerich who offered space at his Roerich Museum. There the group became known as the Spinoza Center of the Roerich Society. Later the name was changed to the Biosophical Institute.
About the same time many of Kettner's adherents gradually began an experiment in community living in order to more fully practice his ideas. This first consisted of an apartment at the Roerich Museum where seven women lived, and later of neighboring apartment units, with some shared housekeeping and eating facilities. There were separate communities for men and women, and the communities included several married couples. The communities later consolidated at the Hotel Dauphin.
From its headquarters in New York City the Institute operated programs including the School for Biosophical Peace Research Within Man, the Institute for Cultural and Spiritual Values, and the Inter-American Friendship Center. The group held frequent lectures and classes and published a variety of titles promoting biosophical views. In 1936 Kettner and the Institute began advocating the idea of a secretary of peace. In 1939 it sponsored the documentary film “World Leaders on Peace and Democracy” that was exhibited at the New York World's Fair. As a result of these activities Kettner's admirers grew to include such prominent individuals as Will Durant, Felix Adler, Upton Sinclair, and John Haynes Holmes. Branches in Chicago, Cleveland, White Plains, and Washington, D.C. were also established, and at its peak Biosophy boasted several thousand followers.
During the 1950's Kettner suffered from declining health, but no method of sharing leadership was developed. As a result, Kettner's death in 1957 marked the virtual end of the movement.
Scope and Content Note
Despite its title, the collection does not actually represent the records of the Biosophical Institute; rather it consists of a voluminous quantity of messages, “sharings,” letters, and other mimeographed literature distributed by the Institute that was collected by Robert and Diane Langer, two early members of the movement. In addition, the Langers collected some of Kettner's original letters, as well as original typed minutes of the Biosophicum, the Worker Group, and of college classes offered by the Institute. There is no evidence in the papers to explain when or why these original documents came into the Langers' possession. Because of this background, the collection contains a great deal of information about the philosophy of Biosophy and the spiritual condition and strivings of its adherents, but there is very little about the Institute's administrative and organizational structure or its internal operations.
The material was originally filed in chronological order by the Langers and placed in 85 three-ring notebooks. To facilitate access, the material was rearranged in the archives into five functional series: History and Background, Correspondence, Subject Files, Activities, and Publications and Writings.
The HISTORY AND BACKGROUND section consists of general introductory material, biographical information about Kettner, research material and a history of the Institute prepared by the Langers' daughter in 1972, and several miscellaneous items dating to the early days of the movement (a Spinoza Center scrapbook, 1929-1932, and two group journals). The material collected by Barbara Langer in 1972 includes two folders of questionnaires completed by former members of the Institute about the impact of Biosophy on their lives. Also here is a letter from Robert Langer concerning his desire to donate the collection to the University of Illinois which explains some of the provenance of the papers. This letter refers to some Kettner diaries then also in the Langer's possession but not part of the collection. One of the few documents in the collection that concerns Biosophy as an experiment in group living can be found in the introductory material. Photographs of Kettner received with the papers are available in the Name File of the Visual Materials Archive.
CORRESPONDENCE consists of Kettner's letters, both original and mimeographed, a small file of administrative correspondence, and a large file of intra-group letters and communications. Kettner's correspondence consists of four compilations of mimeographed letters which cover the period 1934 to 1944, as well as loose chronological correspondence covering the longer period 1931 to 1957. The two types of correspondence have not been compared for duplication.
The function of the small, chronologically-arranged administrative correspondence file is not clear; but it is probably the correspondence of Doris Snyder, who served as secretary of the Institute. An additional file of her letters to Kettner is included in the Subject Files.
The Intra-Group correspondence begins in the early 1930s although this type of material did not become extensive until later in the decade; eventually it came to represent one of the largest categories of material in the collection. The Intra-group correspondence consists of chronologically-arranged mimeographed letters and messages written by various members of the movement that were meant to be circulated widely within the group for spiritual self-study and educational purposes. Generally this correspondence concerns individual spiritual struggles and revelations rather than particular events in the lives of members.
The alphabetically-arranged SUBJECT FILES also consist of fragmentary correspondence, together with various other types of documents. This section provides rapid, although not necessarily complete, access to information about many of the Institute's activities and projects. In addition, there are interesting files of several members such as Edith Montlack and the artwork and concerts which she gave to benefit the Institute and some information on the Walt Whitman Fellowship with which Langer was also associated after his move to Chicago.
The ACTIVITIES files are arranged alphabetically by activity type, together with a general file of announcements that provides overall chronological access to the Institute's programs. Most valuable here are the files on the Institute's peace efforts. These include information on the Four Freedom Center, the Peace University proposal, the motion picture made for the 1939 World's Fair, and the campaign for a Secretary of Peace. Documentation present includes correspondence, publicity, and speeches. However, no print of the film “World Leaders on Peace and Democracy” is available as part of the collection.
Other documented activities include instructional materials, handouts, and detailed typed minutes from college classes held at the Institute during the 1940s and typed minutes on lectures and discussions of the Biosophicum and of meetings of the Worker Group. There are also similar typed proceedings for meetings with Kettner and other guests and speakers.
PUBLICATIONS AND WRITINGS are alphabetically arranged as clippings, lectures, newsletters and journals, notes, and poetry. Although the collection includes extensive representations of the biosophical philosophy, it does not include a copy of Kettner's book Biosophy and Spiritual Democracy: A Basis for World Peace. The newspaper articles consist of both printed releases issued by the Institute and its various programs, as well as other printed material by others about the Institute. Although many of the lectures are not identified, they seems to consist primarily of Kettner's work. Because he lectured widely around the country, this section probably represents only a small portion of the public expression of his philosophy. Similarly the material identified as poetry and meditations probably consists largely of Kettner's writings. During its lifetime the Institute and its members produced a large number of publications. These ranged from newsletters (frequently referred to as “Awakeners”) that were briefly issued by individual members to a well-respected quarterly that attracted articles by Nicholas Murray Butler, Albert Einstein, John Haynes Holmes, Cordell Hull, Edgar Lee Masters, Henry Morgenthau, Ezra Pound, Leverett Saltonstall, Francis B. Sayres, Booth Tarkington, Henry A. Wallace, Wendell Willkie, and others. These publications are arranged together alphabetically by title under the heading Publications.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Diane and Barbara Langer, Forest Park, Illinois, September 13, 1980. Accession Number: M80-494
Processed by Caroline Gilderson-Duwe (Intern), 1991.
Contents List
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Series: Background Information
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Box
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1
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General historical information
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Group diary on the meaning of Biosophy, 1938-1939
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Box
1
Folder
3
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“Biosophy and the Biosophical Institute,” by Barbara Langer, 1972
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Box
1
Folder
4-5
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Research questionnaires and notes for Langer paper
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Kettner biographical information, 1914-1956
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Box
1
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7
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Spinoza Center scrapbook, 1929-1932
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Box
1
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8
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Spinoza Center group diary, 1932
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Series: Correspondence
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Kettner
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Compiled letters
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1938 compilation (, 1934-1938)
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Box
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9
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Vol. 1
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Vol. 2
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Box
2
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2
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1942 compilation (, 1941-1942)
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Box
2
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3
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1948 compilation (, 1938-1941)
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Box
2
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4
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1950 compilation (, 1941-1944)
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Loose correspondence, “sharings,” and messages
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Box
2
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5-8
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1931-1941
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Box
3
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1-13
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1942-1952
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Box
4
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1-4
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1953-1957
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Box
4
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5-9
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Administrative correspondence, 1938-1957
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Intra-group correspondence
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Box
4
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10-13
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1932-1939
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Box
5
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1-6
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1940-1941
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Box
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1-7
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1941, continued-1942
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Box
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1-7
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1942, continued-1945
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Box
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1-7
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1946-1948
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Box
9
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1-7
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1949-1950
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Box
10
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1-6
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1951-1954
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Box
11
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1-7
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1954, continued-1956
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Box
12
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1-3
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1956, continued-1960, 1966, undated
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
12
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4
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A, 1950-1955
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Box
12
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5
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ABCs, 1949, undated
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Box
34
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ABC cards
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Box
12
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6
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Attributes, 1946-1952
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Box
12
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7
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Awards and diplomas, 1940
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Box
12
Folder
8
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B, 1939-1954
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Bible, 1946-1949
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Biosophical Institute, 1934
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Biosophical Review, 1939-1954
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Box
12
Folder
12
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Biosophicum, 1938-1943
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Biosophy Club, undated
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Box
12
Folder
14
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Book about biosophy, 1943
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Box
12
Folder
15
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Boys' meeting, 1947
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Box
12
Folder
16
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C, 1953-1956
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Box
12
Folder
17
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Calendars, 1934-1954
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Box
12
Folder
18
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“Chicago story,” 1945
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Classes, 1940-1950
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Box
13
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2
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Congresses, 1953, 1955
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Box
13
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3
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Contests, 1953
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Box
13
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4
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Creative hour, 1950-1954
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Box
13
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5
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Culture of Nations Center, 1940
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Box
13
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6
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Curfew law, 1942
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Box
13
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D, 1947
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Box
13
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8
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Democratic Action Union, 1943
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Dictionary (inclusion of biosophy), 1940-1953
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Discipline cards, 1947-1954
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Box
13
Folder
11
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Dormitory floor plan, 1948
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Box
13
Folder
12
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Dues and fees, 1941-1942
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Box
13
Folder
13
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Dynamic Litho Press, 1948
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Box
34
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Poetry cards, 1948
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Box
13
Folder
14
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E-F, 1953
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Box
13
Folder
15
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Ex Unit, 1942
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Box
13
Folder
16
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Garnett, John, 1958
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Box
13
Folder
17
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Good Morning Club, 1947-1948
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Box
13
Folder
18-19
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Good Morning book, 1946-1947
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Box
13
Folder
20
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Greeting cards, circa 1945
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Box
13
Folder
21
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Group government, 1942
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Box
13
Folder
21a
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Hotel Dauphin, undated
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Box
13
Folder
22
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H-I, 1940-1954
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Box
13
Folder
23
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Index of terms, undated
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Box
13
Folder
24
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Institute for the Advancement of Cultural and Spiritual Values, 1943
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Box
13
Folder
25
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Integration Unit, 1941
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Box
13
Folder
26
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K-L, 1953-1955
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Box
13
Folder
27
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Langer, Robert and Diane, 1943, 1955
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Box
13
Folder
28
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Leaders' Group, 1938-1939
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Box
13
Folder
29
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Library, 1952-1954
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Box
14
Folder
1
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“Life and Spirit” poems, 1948
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Long Island project, 1946
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Box
14
Folder
3
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M, 1951-1954
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Box
14
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4
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Members, 1941-1949
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Box
14
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5
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Merchant, Francis, 1945
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Box
14
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6
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Miscellany, 1934-1951
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Box
14
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Montlack, Edith, 1941-1946
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Box
14
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8
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Montlack, Sol, 1943
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Box
14
Folder
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N, 1953-1955
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Newcomer Problem Unit, 1952
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Box
14
Folder
11
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News releases, 1940-1953
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Box
14
Folder
12
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O, 1950-1954
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Box
14
Folder
13
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“Open Letter to Pope Pius XII,” 1953-1954
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Box
14
Folder
14
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P, 1946-1954
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Box
14
Folder
15
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Pamphlets, 1944-1945
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Box
14
Folder
16
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Plays, undated
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Box
14
Folder
17
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Pledge, undated
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Box
14
Folder
18
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Prayer Unit, 1940-1941
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Box
14
Folder
19
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Programs, 1937-1953
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Box
14
Folder
20
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Quotations, undated
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Box
14
Folder
21
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Radio and television broadcasts, 1939-1950
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Box
14
Folder
22
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Reiser, O.L, 1946-1954
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Box
14
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23
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1953-1954
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Box
14
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24-25
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Scrapbooks, 1940-1946, undated
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Box
14
Folder
26
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Sharma, M.L., 1939-1958
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Box
14
Folder
27
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Spinoza, 1946-1955
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Box
14
Folder
28
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Stationery, undated
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Box
14
Folder
29
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Snyder, Doris, 1953-1953
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Study packets on World War II, undated
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Thankfulness Minority, 1944-1945
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Box
15
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3
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V-W, 1946-1955
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Box
15
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4
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Walt Whitman Fellowship of Chicago, 1955-1963
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Box
15
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5
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Warnack, James, undated
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Box
15
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We Are Unit, 1945
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Box
15
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7
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“What Is Biosophy?” booklet, 1954
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Box
15
Folder
8
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Youth groups, 1944-1953
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Series: Activities
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Announcements of events
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Box
15
Folder
9-16
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1938-1945
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Box
16
Folder
1-9
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1946-1961
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Biosophicum services
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Box
16
Folder
10-12
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1943-1944
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Box
17
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1-7
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1944, continued-1947
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Box
18
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1-8
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1947, continued-1949
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Box
19
Folder
1-7
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1949, continued-1958
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Classes
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Box
19
Folder
8-9
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N. Richard Stiles' notes, 1940-1942
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Miscellaneous instructors' notes, 1940-1942
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College classes
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Box
19
Folder
11-15
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1942-1943
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Box
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1-7
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1944-1949, 1955
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Meetings
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Box
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8-21
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1931, 1936, 1940-1952
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Box
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1953-1957, undated
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Peace
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Four Freedoms Center
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Box
21
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6
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Correspondence, 1942-1943
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Box
21
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Publicity, 1942-1943
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Box
21
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8
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Speeches and statements, 1943
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Box
21
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9
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Peace University proposal, 1938-1957
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Secretary of Peace
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Box
21
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10
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General, 1938-1957
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Box
21
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11
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Activities, 1937-1945
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Box
21
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12
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Articles and news releases, 1936-1955
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Box
21
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13
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Correspondence, 1938-1945
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Box
21
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14
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Lectures and speeches, 1945-1948
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Box
21
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15
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Meetings and conferences, 1938-1945
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Box
21
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Pamphlets, circa 1937-1946
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Box
21
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“World Leaders on Peace and Democracy,” 1939
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Worker Group
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Box
22
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Meeting summaries, 1932-1942, undated
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Box
23
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Leadership record, 1940-1941
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Series: Publications and Writings
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Clippings
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Box
23
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2-18
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Newspaper articles and releases, 1933-1957, undated
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Box
23
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19
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Magazine articles, 1944-1948
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Lectures
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Box
23
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20
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1930-1934
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Box
23
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Compilation, 1941
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Box
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22
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1943-1956
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Box
24
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, Undated lectures (including Intuition and Integration)
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Publications
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Box
24
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Academy of Democracy
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Box
24
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3
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American Vision Awakener
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Box
24
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Attribute Awakener
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Box
24
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Attributes of God Page
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Box
24
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Back to the Nameless One
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Box
24
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Beam
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Box
24
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8
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Beyond Awakener
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Box
24
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Bible Awakener
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Box
24
Folder
10-11
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Bible Pioneer
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Box
24
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12
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Bible Studentship Awakener
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Box
24
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13
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Biocratic Minority
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Box
24
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14
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Biocratic Pioneer
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Box
24
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15
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Biosophic Studentship
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Box
24
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16
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Biosophical Age
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Box
24
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17-20
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Biosophical Awakener
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Box
24
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21-22
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Biosophical Bulletin
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Box
25
Folder
1
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Biosophical Bulletin, continued
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Box
25
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2
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Biosophical Essay Series, no. 1-3
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Box
25
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3
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Biosophical Explanations
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Box
25
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4-5
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Biosophicum Cultivator
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Box
25
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Biosophical Movement Awakener
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Box
25
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7-10
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Biosophical Newsletter
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Box
25
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11
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Biosophical Outlook
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Box
25
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12-14
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Biosophical Page
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Box
25
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15
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Biosophical Poems
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Box
25
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16
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Biosophical Questions
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Box
25
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17
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Biosophical Research
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Biosophical Review
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Box
25
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18
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I
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Box
26
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II-V
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Box
31
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9
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XI, no. 1
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Box
31
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10
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Biosophical Self-Study Group
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Biosophical Series
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Box
31
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11-14
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I-IV
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Box
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Biosophical Sun
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Biosophical Studentship Papers
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Biosophical World
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Biosophical Viewpoint
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Biosophy and Spiritual Democracy
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Biosophy Speaks
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Blanche and Irene Awakener
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Bulletin
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Cecilia and Nat Pioneering Awakener
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Challenger
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Character Page
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Chicago Biosophical Bulletin
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Cleveland Group News
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Community Newsletter
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Concert Awakener
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Contribution Awakener
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Creative Columns
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Creative Experiences in the Religious Problem
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Creative Hour News
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Daily Awakener
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Destiny Awareness Awakener
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Discipline Awakener
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Door
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Essence Awakener
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Every Day
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First Biosophical Congress Awakener
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First Biosophical Discipline Bank
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First Spinoza Group
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Food for Growth
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Four Freedoms Series
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Frances and Maurice Pioneer Awakener
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Gems for Pioneering
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Gems on Silence
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Global Orientation
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Golden Keys to Soulization
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Green Bay Poems
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Harmony Awakener
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Heart Awakener
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Heroic Biosophy
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I Help Myself
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Inter Center Group News
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Journal of Experimental Biosophy
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Jubilee Poem Awakener
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Jubilee Thankfulness Awakener
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July 5 Psalm
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July 8th Psalm Awakener
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July 8th Psalm Digest
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Junior Bulletin Idealist
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Keys to Our Spiritual Essence
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Know Thyself Awakener
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Latin American Culture Series
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Letter Awakener
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Life and Spirit
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Loudspeaker: Voice of the Biosophicum
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Magnolia Poems
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Meditation Thoughts on Eternity
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Mythkee Megaphone
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Need for a Thousand Year Plan
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Neo-Christian, no. 1-7
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New Premise Awakener
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New Space Awakener
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One Group
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One Group Voice
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Open Letter to Pope Pius XII
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Our Biosophic Direction
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Our Destiny Awareness
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Our Group News
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Our New Premise
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Our Service Awakener
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Our States
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Our Struggle for Essence
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Overcome Awakener
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Peace Scout News
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Perry-Payne Reporter
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Pioneer Bulletin
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Pioneers, O Pioneers
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Poem Awakener
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Poem Question Awakener
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Poem Study
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Poem Study Digest
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Power of Co-studentship
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Practical Idealist of Cleveland
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Prayer Awakener
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Prayer Book
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Problem Awakener
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? Awakener
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Religious Problem
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Religious Problem and Science of Biosophy
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Religious Problem Awakener
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Religious Renaissance Review
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Religious Renaissance Series
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Retrovert Awakener
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Revaluation Awakener
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Reverse Ration Awakener
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Reverse Ration Echo
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Revaluation Review
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Sacrifice Festival
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Search Awakener
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Search for a Spiritual Purpose in Life
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Searcher
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Seven Steps
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Sharings
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Silence Room Awakener
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Silence Room Column
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Soul and Biosophicum Awakener
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Soul and Spirit Awakener
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Soul Awakener
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Soul Patriotism Review
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Spinoza World
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Spiritual Intelligence
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Spiritual Purpose in Life
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Strivers Pilgrimage
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Struggle for Spiritual Essence
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Studentship Awakener
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Studio Awakener
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Synthesis of Religion and Science
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Telegrams by the Doctor, 1954
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Temples
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Thankfulness Awakener
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Thankfulness Page
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This Month
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Thoughts from Soul Sunday
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To Our Friends Who Serve
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To the Soul
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Tree of Life
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Tremendous Discipline
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Universology
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Upstairs Movement
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Vacation Messages
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Valuation Awakener
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Voice of the Biosophicum
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Washington Biosophical Review
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Washington Revaluation Nucleus Awakener
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We Are One Group
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Weekly Revaluation Awakener
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What Is Biosophy?
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Within
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Wonderment Awakener
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Box
31
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World at War Series
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YFC Messenger
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Young Adults Review Religion
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Young Idealist
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Youth Friendship Journal
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Youth Looks Ahead
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Youth: Your Time for Greatness
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Notes, handouts, and miscellany, 1931-1954, undated
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Poetry and meditations by Kettner and others
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1939-1950
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