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Edwin T. Randall Papers

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
DG.281
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
4.7 linear ft. (11.5 manuscript boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] in the Edwin T. Randall Papers (DG 281), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Date:
1942-1994 (bulk)
Abstract:

Friendly World Broadcasting Co.; headquartered in Wallingford, Pennsylvania; founded ca. 1957 by Ed Randall (Edwin T. Randall, 1896-1975). Randall broadcast a positive, inclusive message, which he considered his "ministry." He teamed with the American Friends Service Committee to develop radio programs. His broadcast programs were important in promoting racial integration in the Southern United States. For more information, consult "Edwin T. Randall and Friendly World Broadcasting: Radio and White Racial Liberalism in the Age of Mass Protest" in Radio and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South by Brian Ward (Gainesville Florida: University Press of Florida, 2004).

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.

Transfer from Friends Historical Library (Swarthmore College) - gift of Irwin Hott (SCPC acc. 2019-078)

This collection was processed by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, December 2019; finding aid completed February 2020.

Related materials may be found by searching the library's online catalog.

Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.

Use Restrictions

None.

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Biographical information.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. "The Busy Man's Bible" and "Holy Bible".
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Scope and Contents

inscribed by ET in 1916, Bible gifted by parents in 1917

Archival Resource Key. Personal correspondence.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Script of speech for AFBF Resolution Committee.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Writings: draft articles.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Form letters by Edwin Randall, 1951.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Scope and Contents

while working for AFSC

Archival Resource Key. Form letters by Edwin Randall, 1952, undated.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Scope and Contents

while working for AFSC

Archival Resource Key. Form letters by Edwin Randall, 1953-1954, undated.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Scope and Contents

while working for AFSC

Archival Resource Key. Form letters by Edwin Randall, 1955-1965, undated.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Reports for Ray Newton, 1950-1951.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts and involvements; miscellaneous.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: famine relief in Europe through Christian Rural Overseas Program, circa 1950.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: 4-H Clubs, 1952.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: farmers (Farmers Union, 4-H, farm youth exchange, etc.), 1953-1954.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Scope and Contents

includes correspondence

Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: International Farm Youth Exchange (IFYE), 1953-1954.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: India, 1954.
Box 1 [SCPC-6625]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT), 1950-1952.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Scope and Contents

see also Correspondence

Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT):press releases written for Senate by Edwin Randall.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): mailings written and sent by Edwin Randall.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): summary of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and UMT.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Scope and Contents

handmade chart

Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): reports of Field Workers.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): letters to/from Congress by constitutents, 1950-1952.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): questionnaire filled out by constituents, 1952.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): unpublished articles and documents.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): manuscript on.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Scope and Contents

with handwritten revisions

Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): notes and chart re: UMT "platters".
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts re: Universal Military Training (UMT): incomplete transcription (of hearing?).
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Contacts for peace workshops in Massachusetts and North Carolina, 1953.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts: workshop on international understanding, Worchester, Massachusetts, September 29, 1953.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Efforts: workshop of Peace Among Rural People, University Farm, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 11, 1954.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous.
Box 2 [SCPC-6626]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: Edwin Randall efforts, miscellaneous.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: survey, 1947-1948 circa.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) [includes film].
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: re: Universal Military Training.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: Friendly World Broadcasting.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: Friendly World Broadcasting -- fundraising.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: program "Following the Sun".
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: programs "This is a Friendly World" and "Toward a More Friendly World".
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: programs "This is Our World" and "The World We Live In".
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: program "A Yankee in the Heart of Dixie".
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: scripts.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Scope and Contents

includes 1955 sample by Charles Walker

Archival Resource Key. Radio: grant application for the University of Texas -- by Edwin Randall, et al?.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: efforts re: TRAFCO (Methodist Television, Radio, and Film Communications Division) -- correspondence, 1965-1969.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Radio: lists of stations, 1952-1962.
Box 3 [SCPC-6627]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1942.
Box 4 [SCPC-6628]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1950.
Box 4 [SCPC-6628]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1951.
Box 4 [SCPC-6628]
Scope and Contents

3 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1952.
Box 4 [SCPC-6628]
Scope and Contents

4 folders, more folders in Box 2 and 3

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1952.
Box 5 [SCPC-6629]
Scope and Contents

8 folders, more folders in Box 1 and 3.

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1952.
Box 6 [SCPC-6630]
Scope and Contents

3 folders, more folders in Box 1 and 2

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1953.
Box 6 [SCPC-6630]
Scope and Contents

3 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1954.
Box 7 [SCPC-6631]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1955.
Box 7 [SCPC-6631]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1956.
Box 7 [SCPC-6631]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1957.
Box 7 [SCPC-6631]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1958.
Box 7 [SCPC-6631]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1959.
Box 7 [SCPC-6631]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1960.
Box 7 [SCPC-6631]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1961.
Box 8 [SCPC-6632]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1962.
Box 8 [SCPC-6632]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1963.
Box 8 [SCPC-6632]
Scope and Contents

3 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1964.
Box 8 [SCPC-6632]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1965.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1966.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1967.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1968.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1969.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Scope and Contents

2 folders

Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1970.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1972.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1973.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1994.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, undated.
Box 9 [SCPC-6633]
Archival Resource Key. Family papers, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Notes made while on trip from Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas to Pike's Peak, Colorado, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Notes for talk given to Pottawatomie County teachers, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Notes for talks given to the Epworth League, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Notes for talks given re: America (July 4th, etc), undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Notes for talks given re: war and its effects, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Notes made for miscellaneous talks given, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Notes from meetings; etc.; lists of calls to make, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Sermon notes on women in the Bible, and on the Church and womanhood, 1920-1929 circa.
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: pamphlet series, "Bible Heroes".
Box 10 [SCPC-6634]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: miscellaneous.
Box 11 [SCPC-6635]
Scope and Contents

4 folders

Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Alabama.
Box 11 [SCPC-6635]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: form letters from overseas.
Box 11 [SCPC-6635]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: International Radio Program at Wilmington College -- scripts, etc.
Box 11 [SCPC-6635]
Scope and Contents

removed from 1951 correspondence

Archival Resource Key. Reference material: U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service, 1949-1954.
Box 11 [SCPC-6635]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: radio station contacts; periodical "The Journal of the AER" (Association for Education by Radio), January-March 1951.
Box 11 [SCPC-6635]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Universal Military Training (UMT).
Box 12 [SCPC-6636]
Scope and Contents

4 folders

Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Universal Military Training (UMT) -- resolutions by various 0rrganizations, 1945-1947.
Box 12 [SCPC-6636]
Scope and Contents

compiled by Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) (?)

Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Universal Military Training -- additions/updates to FCNL's compliation of resolutions, 1945-1952 circa.
Box 12 [SCPC-6636]
Scope and Contents

Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)

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