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Preliminary Inventory of the Stanley Hauerwas Papers, 1962-2005 and undated

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Stanley Hauerwas Papers, 1962-2005 and undated
Creator
Hauerwas, Stanley
Extent
91.55 Linear Feet
56767 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Parts of the collection are closed during the donor's lifetime except with his permission.
Also, patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
In addition, some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Stanley Hauerwas Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Collection received as a gift from Stanley Hauerwas in 1995-2008.
Processing Information
Processed by Paula Jeannet
Completed August 24, 1998
Additions minimally processed by Don Sechler; Lisa Stark; Ruth E. Bryan; Danielle McGregor; Elizabeth Arnold; Douglas Brown; Ed Philpot; John Mayrose; and other RBMSCL staff
Last Updated July 2, 2008
Encoded by Don Sechler; Danielle McGregor; Ruth E. Bryan; Joshua A. Kaiser; Douglas Brown; Ed Philpot; John Mayrose
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
            

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Biographical Note

1940Born
1965
B.A. Southwestern University
B.D. Yale University
1968Ph.D.. Yale University
1970-1984Assistant Professor and Professor Notre Dame University
1985-presentProfessor at Duke University

Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics in the Duke divinity School as well as Professor in the Duke School of Law. He came to Duke in 1984 after serving on the faculties of the University of Notre Dame and Augustana College. He has published ten books and many articles dealing with a variety of topics, many of them interdisciplinary, centering on moral discourse within the contemporary Christian community. Two recent books are A Better Hope: Resources for a Church Confronting Capitalism, Democracy, and Postmodernity (2000) and Dispatches from the Front: Theological Engagements with the Secular (1994). His work is typically non-denominational and often provocative and controversial.

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Collection Overview

Letters to Hauerwas (28,403 items, 52.25 linear feet; dated 1972-2000) from Paul Ramsey discussing points of theology and Christian ethics; correspondence, addresses and writings, clippings, and notes relating to Hauerwas's work as a Christian ethicist; a copy of Ramsey's work Speak Up for Just War or Pacifism that contains an epilogue by Hauerwas, and Ramsey's letters to Hauerwas regarding the completion of the book; other papers on the ethical questions surrounding the issue of Christianity and war; 19 essays on Ramsey by various authors; and subject files focusing on conferences, workshops, topical subject areas, and writings and speeches by Hauerwas and others. There is also correspondence regarding the work of students and colleagues; university committees; events; publications; reviews of Dispatches from the Front; and miscellaneous materials. Container lists exist for a portion of this material. (88-017, 89-035, 95-111, 98-419, 99-003, 00-296, 00-333)
The addition to the collection (2001-0138) (939 items, 1.5 linear feet; dated 1991-1999) includes professional correspondence and recommendations for graduate students he mentored; drafts and finished essays by Hauerwas, his colleagues, graduate students, and those published in The Hauerwas Reader (Duke University Press, 2001); and materials relating to Hauerwas' conference attendance (ca. 1991-1999). There are also 39 electronic documents originally on three 3.5" diskettes and migrated to the Special Collections server. A container list was not created for this accession.
The addition to the collection (2001-0181)(2175 items, 3.4 linear feet; dated 1993-1999) comprises primarily incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence with students, former students, and colleagues, including drafts of essays. Also includes material on conferences Hauerwas attended.
The addition (2002-0236) (3325 items, 5.2 linear feet; dated 1962-2002) is comprised of Hauerwas' lectures and course materials, professional correspondence, printed material, and reviews of his publications. Also includes his graduate student and event files.
The addition (2003-0116) (2175 items, 3.4 linear feet; dated 1990-2003) is chiefly comprised of incoming professional correspondence, including commentary on the religious aspects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; also includes recommendations written by Hauerwas; drafts and finished essays by Hauerwas and others; and correspondence, essays, and other materials relating to conferences Hauerwas attended.
The addition (2003-0144) (3150 items, 5.0 linear feet; dated 1992-2003) contains mainly essays received by or written by Hauerwas; as well as incoming and outgoing correspondence with former students, colleagues and others.
Additions (07-082 and 07-083)(2100 items, 2.8 lin. ft.; dated 1991-2003) contains files related to former students and colleagues, as well as information about conferences. The files primarily include correspondence, drafts of essays, doctoral exams, and recommendations.
The addition (2008-0123) (13500 items; 19 lin. ft.; dated 1995-2005) contains subject files, correspondence and other professional files collected while Sarah Freedman was Hauerwas' assistant.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
  • Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940- .
  • Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940- . Correspondence.
  • Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940- . Hauerwas reader.
  • Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940- . Dispatches from the front.
  • Ramsey, Paul.
  • Ramsey, Paul. Speak up for just war or pacifism.
  • Duke University--Faculty.
  • Duke University--Divinity School.
  • Christian ethics.
  • Christian ethics--Study and teaching.
  • Theologians--United States--Correspondence.
  • War--Religious aspects--Christianity.
  • Machine-readable records.
  • September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Religious Aspects.
List of Series in Collection
Accession 95-111
Accession 2000-0296
Accession 2000-0333
Accession 2001-0181
Accession 2002-0236
Accession 2003-0116
Accession 2003-0144
Accession, 2004 (2007-0082)
Accession, 2005 (2007-0083)
Accession, 2008 (2008-0123)
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection

Accession 95-111

Box 1
Correspondence
Jan. 1977 - Dec. 1984.
Box 2
Jan. 1985- Oct. 1986.
Box 3
Oct. 1986- Dec. 1987
Box 4
Jan. 1988- Dec. 1988
Box 5
Jan. 1989- Mar. 1990
Box 6
Mar. 1990- Dec. 1990.
Box 7
Jan. 1991- Dec. 1991.
Box 8
Jan. 1992- Oct. 1992.
Box 9
Nov. 1992- July 1993.
Box 10
Aug. 1993- Jan. 1994.
Invitations
Travel Expenses
Correspondence: Duke faculty position for which Hauerwas was hired
Box 11
Manuscripts received
A-G.
Box 12
G-M.
Box 13
M-V.
Box 14
W
Miscellaneous letters and manuscripts
Box 15-23
Subject Files
The Subject Files contain materials relating to subject areas, writings and speeches, and conference or educational events. Each subject file container is arranged in internal alphabetical order by topics, personal names, or institutions.

Accession 2000-0296

Files Regarding Various Persons
Box 1
Heide, Gale
Heymans, Steve
Barns, Ian
Bartley, Michael R.
Bryant, Robt.
Byrne, Julie
Kings College, Canada-Trokcak, Ron
Lind, Marcia
Campbell, Dean Dennis
Fagar, Charles
Fekete, David
Cowlings, Neil
Gaita, Raimond
Breeneman, James
Files Regarding Academic, Committees, et al.
Provost and Distinguished Professors
APT-Student Evaluations
Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure
Davidson Group on Arts and Humanities
American Theological Society
Between Times Stuff
Dean Search Committee
Faculty Planning and Appointments Committee
Duke University Press
Fiscal-Stan
Center for Ethical and Political Theory-Gillespie and Flanagan
Chaplains in the Military
Editorial Advisory Board
Con't Ed and Lectures Committee
Greenwall Foundation RFP Fellowship Program in Health Policy and Bioethics
Graduate Program-Our Religion Dept.
Chafe Review
Incompletes
Advisors
Files Regarding Events, Lectures
Illinois College- 1994 Oct. 26
Cultural Christianity
Alzheimer's: The Theological Disease
Hauerwas Colloquium on the Law-Notre Dame, IN- 1994 Jan. 30-31
Murdoch Conference-University of Chicago- 1994 May 11-13
New Testament and Ethics Conference-Richard Hayes-Duke University- 1995 Mar. 30-Apr. 1
Neibur Lectures, Elmhurst College- 1995 Apr.
Bioethics Meeting-Duke and UNC-Monthly
Gospel and Our Culture Network-Atlanta, GA- 1995 Feb. 20
Files Regarding Written Works: Published and Unpublished
"For Christ's Sake:" The Independent
In Good Company- Reviews
In Good Company-Acknowledgments
Dispatches from the Front (Duke University Press)-Review File   (Folder 1 of 2)
Box 2
Dispatches from the Front (Duke University Press)-Review File   (Folder 2 of 2)
But Was It Just- Reviews
Doctrine: Relations of Doctrine and Ethics (Cambridge Press)-Companions
In Good Company-Contract
In Good Company-Rights and Permission
"The Church with the Soul of a Nation" -Review of George Mardsen's Book
"Canon, Critique, and Constitution" by Dennis O'Brien
"Democracy Prospers with Nationalism" by George Wills (Durham Herald Sun)
Christian Bioethics Subscriptions
Christian Existence Today by Stanley Hauerwas
Chronicle-Letter
"The Pope Pits Theology Back into Moral Theology" - Commonweal
"Culture Wars: A Response" - Soundings
Gustafson Festschrift
Box 3
Greenway Response for Koinonia
McInerny Festschrift
Mennonites on Hauerwas
Milbank-Jensen
Naming the Silences- Reviews
"Against the Nation" -Reviews
Peaceable Kingdom

Accession 2000-0333

Fourteen diskettes were removed from this accession and replaced by separation sheets. Their contents were migrated to the Special Collections server. Please contact a Reference Archivist for assistance.
Box 1-2
Files on individual students and colleagues   (38 files)
Includes correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous materials. Names include Tommy Langford and Desmond Tutu.
Box 2-3
Correspondence (primarily outgoing), 1995 March-1998 December   (54 files)
Box 3-4
Files regarding publications   (13 files)
Box 4
Committee and Department files   (4 files)
Box 4-5
Files regarding "Trips to Events"   (61 files)
Box 5-6
Writings   (25 folders)
Box 6
Miscellaneous

Accession 2001-0181

This accession contains sensitive information. Patrons must sign a release form before using the material in this accession.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1993-1999
Miroslav Volf
Brent Walters   (2 folders)
Sondra Wheeler
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Bob Wells, DUMC Communications
George Wiegal
Micheal Walzer
David Yeago   (2 folders)
Rowan Williams
Catherine Miles Wallace   (2 folders)
Box 2
Correspondence and Conferences Attended
Correspondence, 1995-1999
Catherine Miles Wallace
Kate Wallace II   (3 Folders)
Rusty Reno   (2 folders)
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Conferences Attended, 1998
Includes: Social Bioethics, Contemporary Religious Thought, Genetics, Intervarsity, Metheseco, Bluffton.
Box 3
Conferences Attended and Correspondence
Conferences Attended, 1998
Includes: Sin Death Devil (Minn), Berkman Class (D.C.), Good Shepard Families (Bronxville), University of Richmond, Thomas Moore College, Oglethorpe University (Atlanta), University of Pacific (CA), Society of Christian Ethics.
Correspondence, 1994-1999
Theology Division
Richard Steele
Joel Shuman   (2 folders)
Gary Petrillo
Keith Pavlischek
Al Neiman
James Lewis
John Milbank
Debra Dean Murphy
Box 4
Correspondence, 1994-1999
Modern Theology
Martha Nussbaum
Ken Craycraft   (2 folders)
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Center For Study Of Applied Ethics
Lloyd Bailey
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Duke Admissions Committee, Dept. Of Religion
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Scott Davis and Richmond Warcraft   (3 folders)
Scott Davis   (2 folders)
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Box 5
Correspondence and Financial Sheets
Correspondence, 1994-1999
Hutter Reinhard
Bruce Kaye   (2 folders)
Alan Johnson
Financial Sheets   (2 folders)
Includes: Grants, Balance Sheets.
Correspondence, 1994-1999
Pew Evangelical Scholars
Richard Miller
Curtis Freeman   (2 of 3 folders)
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Box 6
Correspondence, 1996-1998
Curtis Freeman   (3rd of 3 folders)
Sam Fleischacker
Micheal Gillespie
Attention: Contains sensitive information.
Tom Harvey
Dan Hardy
Thomas Heilke
Gail Hamner
Attention: Contains sensitive information.

Accession 2002-0236

Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this accession.
Contains sensitive material (personal health information, recommendations, student files). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services staff.
Box 1
Contents of Box 1:
Correspondence, 1990-1999
Travis Kroeber
David Aers
Jones, Logan
Kyle Childers
James Burtchaell
David Burrell
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
[Contains sensitive information (personal health information, recommendations, student files). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Correspondence, 1988-2001
Arne Rasmusson
Michael Quirk
John Berkman
Fritz Bauerschmidt
Michael Baxter
Graduate student files, 1988-1997
Box 3
Contents of Box 3:
[Contains sensitive information (student files). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Correspondence/graduate student files, 1994-2002
David Cloutier
Treci Lysaught
Event files, 1999 (conferences, presentations, etc.)
Printed material, 1971-1998
Box 4
Contents of Box 4:
[Contains sensitive information (student files). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Printed material, 1971-1998 (cont.)
Hauerwas publication files (articles, interviews), 1995-1996
Correspondence, 1988-1993
Reinhard Hutter
Course/seminar information files (syllabi, exams, etc.), 1973-1975, 1996 and undated
Box 5
Contents of Box 5:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint or other brittle paper before use.]
[Contains sensitive information (student grades). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Loose material: course reading lists, 2000
Reviews/correspondence files regarding Hauerwas publications, 1980-1985 and undated
Course/presentation information files (outlines, grades, etc., largely concerning ethics), 1969-1982 and undated
Box 6
Contents of Box 6:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint or other brittle paper before use.]
[Contains sensitive information (student grades, papers). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Course/presentation information files (notes, student papers and grades, largely concerning ethics), 1969-1985 and undated
Loose material: course information, 1999
Box 7
Contents of Box 7:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint or other brittle paper and process materials in envelopes before use.]
[Contains sensitive information (student grades, papers). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Course/presentation information files (notes, student papers and grades, largely concerning ethics), 1962-1987 and undated
Reviews/correspondence files regarding Hauerwas publications, 1993
Subject file, 1985 and undated
Professional ethics
Box 8
Contents of Box 8:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint or other brittle paper and process materials in envelopes before use.]
[Contains sensitive information (student grades, papers). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Yale Institute information, 1977-1978
Subject files, 1975-1977 and undated
Abortion
Obscenity
Loose material: notes, clippings, articles, journals, course information, 1973-1998 and undated
Course/seminar information files, 1998 and undated
Loose material: correspondence, drafts of Hauerwas’s Prayers Plainly Spoken, 1998 and undated
Box 9
Contents of Box 9:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint or other brittle paper before use.]
[Contains sensitive information (student grades, papers). Patrons must sign a waiver concerning privacy rights. Contact Research Services.]
Prayers (student writings?), 2001 and undated
Reviews of Hauerwas publications files, 1974-1990 and undated
Course/seminar information files (notes, syllabi, etc.), 1986-1997 and undated
Duke MALS course information

Accession 2003-0116

Accession requires screening for third party privacy rights before use.
Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this accession.
Box 1
Contents of Box 1:
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1990-2001
Essays written or received by Hauerwas, 1990-2001
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1990-2001
Essays written or received by Hauerwas, 1990-2001
Correspondence, notes, and records regarding lectures and conferences, 2001
Box 3
Contents of Box 3:
Correspondence, notes and records regarding lectures and conferences, 2000
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1990-2001
Essays written or received by Hauerwas, 1990-2001
Box 4
Contents of Box 4:
[Attention: Contains pictorial material.]
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1990-2001
Records regarding lecture in Japan, 2000
Essays written or received by Hauerwas, 1990-2001
Box 5
Contents of Box 5:
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1990-2001
Essays written or received by Hauerwas, 1990-2001
Box 6
Contents of Box 6:
Essays written or received by Hauerwas, 1990-2001
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, including commentary on the religious aspects of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001, 2001

Accession 2003-0144

Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this accession.
Box 1
Contents of Box 1:
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1994-2001
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1991-2002
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1992-1997
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1995-2002
Box 3
Contents of Box 3:
Essays by Hauerwas and others, 1999
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1992-2002
Box 4
Contents of Box 4:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat coated paper before use.]
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1995-1999
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1995-2001
Box 5
Contents of Box 5:
[Technical Services staff need to process materials in envelopes before use.]
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1996-1999
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1993-1999
Box 6
Contents of Box 6:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1995-2003
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1993-2001
Box 7
Contents of Box 7:
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.]
[Technical Services staff may need to reformat coated paper before use.]
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1995-2001
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1996-2001
Box 8
Contents of Box 8:
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1998-1997
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1998-2001
Box 9
Contents of Box 9:
Essays received by Hauerwas, 1996-1998
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1995-2001

Accession, 2004 (2007-0082)

1 Box
Addition (dated 1991-2003) contains files related to former students and colleagues, as well as information about conferences. The files primarily include correspondence, drafts of essays, doctoral exams, and recommendations.
Box 1
Student and colleague files, 1991-2003
Includes correspondence, recommendations, essays and exams.
[Contains sensitive materials. Access is restricted.]
Bahnson, Fred, 2000-2003
DeVille, Adam, 2000-2003
Ewell, Samuel, 1999-2000
Hamner, Gail, 1997-1999
Hatchell, Stephanie, 1995-1998
Kenneson, Phil, 1991-1999
Lamadrid, Lucas, 1994-1997
MacSwain, Rob, 1995-2001
Vidu, Adonis, 1997-1999

Accession, 2005 (2007-0083)

6 Boxes
Addition (dated 1991-2003) contains files related to former students and colleagues, as well as information about conferences. The files primarily include correspondence, drafts of essays, doctoral exams, and recommendations.
[Contains sensitive materials. Access is restricted.]
Box 1
Student, colleague, and subject files, 1994-2003
Includes correspondence, recommendations, essays and exams.
McCann, John
Wyatt, Rev. Lee
Woodhead, Linda
Haldane, John
Ramsey papers
Pilgrim Press
Abingdon Press
Peculiar Books and convocation
Ward, Graham
Toor, Rachel
Bailie, Gil
Rudy, Kathy - Correspondence
Box 2
Conference file, Eastern Mennonite University, 2003
JRE-Contributing Editor Essay
Notre Dame Press files and correspondence
Correspondence-Lewis V. Bradley
Declined invitations to appear/speak, 1994-1999
Miscellaneous correspondence
Correspondence-Dale Martin New Beginnings file
Student, colleague, and subject files
Frank, Arthur
Dyson, Michael Eric
Thomas, Scott
Baker, Andy
Box 3
Student, colleague, and subject files
King, Rob
MacIntyre, Alastair
Willimon, Will
Miscellaneous files
McCulley, Mark
Placher, William
Springsted, Eric
Koonz, Claudia
Southwestern University, 1995-1999
Prisoners - Deutsch
Wilderness Wanderings: Reviews
McKenny, Gerald
Box 4
Student, colleague, and subject files
Marsden, George
Willimon, Will, 1995-1999
Amato-von Hemert, Katherine
Gomez-Palacio, Enrique
Law, with Duke Law School - J. Powell, 1996-1999
Lewis, Ted, 2000-2002
Quirk
Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 5
Student, colleague, and subject files
Reno, Rusty, 2000-2002
Miscellaneous correspondence
Preller Festschrift
Laytham, Brent
Faculty Associates
Alison, James, 1996-1999
With Wells, An Ethics Companion
Box 6
Student, Colleague, and other files
Smith, Moody
Pew, Still
Vwllenga
Durham U., Durham, UK
Ellen Davis Review
Prof. Charlie Pinches, 1997-1999

Accession, 2008 (2008-0123)

12 Boxes
Addition (13500 items; 19 lin. ft.; dated 1995-2005) contains subject files, correspondence and other professional files collected while Sarah Freedman was Hauerwas' assistant.
Files are arranged alphabetically.

Box 1
A-Bellah
Box 2
Benson-Cartwright
Box 3
Catholics-Divinity School faculty
Box 4
Dorrien-Freeman
Box 5
Fueston-Hibbs
Box 6
Holloway-Jones
Box 7
Jones-McCarthy
Box 8
McCabe-Novak
Box 9
Oakes-Reiner
Box 10
Reno-Stassen
Box 11
Steele-Watts
Box 12
Waters-Yoder and miscellaneous files