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Inventory of the Mary McMillan Papers, 1936-1997 and undated (bulk 1952-1991)

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Descriptive Summary

Title

Mary McMillan Papers, 1936-1997 and undated (bulk 1952-1991)

Creator

McMillan, Mary

Extent

8.1 Linear Feet,
2277 Items

Repository

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Language

English.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

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.

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], Mary McMillan Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Mary McMillan Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 1997.

Processing Information

Processed by Erin Lawrimore

Completed July 25, 2002

Encoded by Erin Lawrimore, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico

Accessions 1996-0163 and 1997-0193 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

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Biographical Note

1912 Nov. 26	Born, Pensacola, Fla.
1934	Graduated from Florida State College for Women with a degree in literature and history
1934-1937	Taught in Northwest Florida high schools
1939	Graduated from Scarritt College in Nashville with a Masters degree in Christian Education
1939 Aug. 31	Arrived in Japan
1941 Feb. 29	Forced to return to the United States
1942	Took courses in Japanese language at the University of California, Berkeley, and lived in the International House
1943	Taught at the Topaz Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah
1944	Graduated from the Nashville School of Social Work with a Masters in Social Science
1945	Served as a child welfare worker in Escambia County, Fla.
1947 Jan. 7	Became the first Protestant missionary to return to Hiroshima after World War II
1948 Jan. 19	Held the first service of the Ushita Christian Church in her home
1952 Dec.	Mother died
1980	Named Professor Emerita at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College Named the sixth Special Honorary Citizen of Hiroshima
1980 May 26	Left Hiroshima for a six-month furlough prior to her official retirement
1980 Dec. 1	Officially retired from service
1984 Aug.	Returned to Hiroshima as a special guest of the city and took part in the memorial ceremony at Peace Park
1991 July 19	Died in Lake Chautauqua, N.Y., at a missionary's conference

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Collection Overview

The Mary McMillan Papers, 1936-1997 and undated (bulk 1952-1991), consist chiefly of journals and printed material, but also include correspondence, writings and speeches, photographic material, scrapbooks, clippings, videocassettes, audio cassettes, and memorabilia. Arranged in nine series based primarily on the format of the material, the papers illuminate the personal life and professional work of McMillan, a United Methodist missionary and teacher at the Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College in Hiroshima, Japan. In addition to her work as a teacher, the collection documents McMillan's service to the Kyodan, a unifying organization for Christian missionaries in Japan, and to the hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as her peace activism. Also included are materials related to the Topaz Relocation Center, a Japanese-American internment camp in Utah where McMillan worked in 1943. The papers are mostly in English, but include some Japanese language materials.

The bulk of the collection consists of the Journals Series, whose 43 journals contain almost daily accounts of McMillan's work at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College, her involvement with the Ushita Christian Church, and her encounters with friends and other people. Also included are her personal thoughts about world events, particularly those related to peace and nuclear disarmament. Beginning on Aug. 11, 1939 with the final preparations for her initial departure, McMillan records her activities through her first year and a half in Japan. The 1939 and 1940 journals document in depth McMillan's adaptation to life in Japan, including her training in the Japanese language and customs, her first visits to various cities throughout the country, and the difficulties she faced as an American woman in pre-World War II Japan. After she and other American workers in Hiroshima were forcibly evacuated on Feb. 29, 1941, journal entries are scarce; however, the almost-daily entries resume in 1952 and continue until the day of McMillan's death on July 19, 1991.

In addition to the journals, McMillan's professional work as a United Methodist missionary and teacher at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College is well documented through the Correspondence Series, Writings and Speeches Series, and Printed Material Series. The Biographical Material Series includes McMillan's handwritten autobiographical notes, as well as newspaper and magazine clippings and booklets documenting McMillan's work at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College, and with the Ushita Christian Church, which McMillan helped found in 1948. McMillan's correspondence also sheds light on her work through "mission letters," mass mailings which she wrote periodically as a way of updating her supporters in the United States on her work in Hiroshima.

McMillan also was a staunch advocate of world peace and nuclear disarmament, and after her retirement from the United Methodist Church in 1980, she spent much of her time writing letters and speaking in churches throughout the United States promoting her cause. McMillan's role as a pacifist is well well documented throughout the entire collection by her correspondence, photographs of demonstrations and marches, printed materials, and items in the Clippings Series. Much of the material in the Writings and Speeches Series and the Printed Material Series is related to peace activism, and covers topics such as the lingering effects of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and that city's fight for peace, the first-hand accounts of bomb survivors, and the United Methodist Church's pacifist stance.

Also contributing to an understanding of McMillan's life, the Photographic Material Series and the Memorabilia Series offer visual and three-dimensional documentation of her activities as a missionary, teacher, and friend to the Japanese.

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Subject Headings

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Detailed Description of Collection

Biographical Material Series, 1938-1992 and undated

Contains biographical material related to Mary McMillan and her work. Included are autobiographical writings, personal and work-related papers, newspaper and magazine clippings, and printed materials documenting her life. Arranged in chronological order.

Autobiography and Autobiographical Notes Subseries, 1980-1981, undated

Box 1

1980 Sept., In Retrospect: My Life as a Teacher, Part I

1981 Sept., In Retrospect: My Life as a Teacher, Part II

undated, "Mary's Memoirs - Post World War II"

undated "Reflections, 1939-1980"

Personal Papers Subseries, 1938-1992

Work-related papers, 1943-1963

Printed Materials Subseries, 1980-1992, undated

1980 Mar., "Mary McMillan" (in Japanese)

1991 Aug. 11, The Methodist Witness, Vol. 93, No. 32, published by the Pensacola First United Methodist Church

1991 Sept. 29, The Methodist Witness, Vol. 100, No. 39, published by the Pensacola First United Methodist Church

1992 Apr., "Mary McMillan and Japan: A Salute and a Tribute," published by the Pensacola First United Methodist Church

1992 July 19,Ushita Church Memorial Service bulletin

undated, "Hiroshima No Kodama Ni: Mary McMillan" (in Japanese)

Clippings Subseries, 1949-1992, undated

Journals Series, 1939-1991

Contains 43 journals maintained by McMillan during her time in Hiroshima and her retirement, documenting in great detail her daily life and work as well as her travels throughout East Asia. She also noted her thoughts and concerns about world events and her peace activism. Many entries describe visits by her students and friends in Japan and provide a revealing look at Japanese social life and customs. The journals are arranged chronologically. Many small groups of loose materials were found laid into the beginning or end of the journals; these were removed and placed in a separate folder following the journal; some of these items appear to be unrelated to the journals in which they were found.

1939

Journal

Material removed from 1939 journal

1940

Box 2

Journal

Material removed from 1940 journal

1952

Journal

Material removed from 1952 journal

1953

Journal

1954

Journal

1955

Journal

Material removed from 1955 journal

1956

Journal

Material removed from 1956 journal

Journal, 1956 Apr. 6-1956 Apr. 11

1957

Box 3

Journal

1958

Journal

1959

Journal

1960

Journal

1961

Journal

Material removed from 1961 journal

1962

Journal

Material removed from 1962 journal

1963

Box 4

Journal

Material removed from 1963 journal

1964

Journal

1965

Journal

Material removed from 1965 journal

1966

Journal

Material removed from 1966 journal

1967

Journal

Journal, 1967 Dec. 9-1967 Dec. 31

1968

Journal

1969

Box 5

Journal

Material removed from 1969 journal

1970

Journal

Material removed from 1970 journal

1971

Journal

Material removed from 1971 journal

1972

Journal

Material removed from 1972 journal

1973

Journal

Material removed from 1973 journal

1974

Box 6

Journal

Material removed from 1974 journal

1975

Journal

Material removed from 1975 journal

1976

Journal

Material removed from 1976 journal

1977-1979

Journal

Material removed from 1977-1979 journal

1980-1981

Journal

Material removed from 1980-1981 journal

Box 7

Journal, 1980 June 6-1980 July 21

1981

Journal

Material removed from 1981 journal

1982

Journal

Material removed from 1982 journal

1983

Journal

Material removed from 1983 journal

1984

Journal

Material removed from 1984 journal

1985

Journal, 1985 Jan. 1-1985 Sept. 7

Journal, 1985 Sept. 8-1985 Dec. 31

Material removed from 1985 Sept. 8-1985 Dec. 31 journal

1986

Box 8

Journal

Material removed from 1986 journal

1987

Journal

Material removed from 1987 journal

1988

Journal

Material removed from 1988 journal

1990

Journal

Material removed from 1990 journal

1991

Journal

Material removed from 1991 journal

Correspondence Series, 1948-1997 and undated

Personal and professional correspondence of Mary McMillan, divided into outgoing and incoming subseries and arranged in chronological order. The Outgoing Correspondence primarily contains letters sent by McMillan to churches or individuals in the United States who had supported her work in Japan. These "mission letters" describe McMillan's work at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College and Ushita Christian Church as well as her beliefs in world peace and disarmament. Some of the Incoming Correspondence, particularly in the early 1980s, is in Japanese. The majority of the letters are to McMillan from friends, missionaries, and former students in Japan after her retirement in 1980. Also included in a small third subseries is other correspondence that was neither to nor from McMillan. Many of these letters were written to Jane Greenwood, McMillan's sister, from individuals and organizations expressing their condolences over McMillan's death. A few pieces of correspondence have photographs clipped to them.

[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]

Outgoing Correspondence Subseries, 1948-1990 and undated

Box 9

1948-1990

[Oversize material removed to Oversize Container 1.]

undated

Incoming Correspondence Subseries, 1949-1991 and undated

1949-1979 (1 folder)

[Oversize material removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1980-1991 and undated (13 folders)

[Oversize material removed to Oversize Container 1.]

Other Correspondence Subseries, 1958-1997 and undated

Writings and Speeches Series, 1958-1993 and undated

Reports, essays, and other unpublished material, divided into three subseries containing writings by Mary McMillan, writings by other individuals, and audiovisual materials. All items are ordered chronologically within the subseries. The BetaMax and VHS video cassettes in the audiovisual materials subseries require use copies; the audio cassettes have use copies already available.

[Technical Services needs to arrange for outsourced reformatting for use copies of video tapes before access is made available. Contact Research Services.]

Writings By Mary McMillan Subseries, 1959-1988 and undated

Primarily handwritten and personal essays documenting peace activism and the nuclear disarmament movements in the United States and Japan.

Box 10

1959, "An Appraisal of my Participation in the Conference against A and H Bombs"

1959 Sept., "Some Rambling Thoughts After a Spring and Summer Busy with Peace Activities"

1981, "Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days"

1981, "Peace"

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1984, "Reflections upon my Recent Return to Hiroshima"

1984 Aug., "A Journey of and for Mutual Encouragement"

1988 Oct. 9, "Let There be Peace,"

undated, "At This, my First Advent - Christmas Season"

undated, Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College essay

undated, "On June 28, 1984"

undated, "Recent State of Anti-Nuclear Movements in the United States"

undated, To "Voice of the People"

undated, [Handwritten notes]

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

Writings By Others Subseries, 1959-1993 and undated

Contains reports and essays documenting the peace movement, as well as the growth of the Christian Church in Japan and the works of the Kyodan, the organization which unified the missionaries of the various Protestant denominations in Japan. Also included are poems and other creative works written by McMillan's friends that explore peace and Church activism, as well as tributes to McMillan.

1958 Nov., "Radiation and Human Welfare: Why Japan Objects to Nuclear Weapons Testing, " Fusa Asaka

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1959 Aug. 1, "General Report to the Preliminary Session of the 5th World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs," Professor Kaoru Yasui

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1959 Aug. 7, "The Movement Against A and H Bombs in the Cultural Sphere in Hiroshima," Koichiro Tanabe

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1959 Aug. 7, "The Report in Literature and the Problem of Peace," no author

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1959 Aug. 1-1959 Aug. 8, "Fifth World Conference against A and H Bombs: A Survey of the Conference Itself, the Christian Participation and Suggestions for Further Participation," by "a group of foreign Christians who reside in Hiroshima and who participated in the 5th conference"

1966 Oct. 15, "Movements of the Kyodan Interpreted," Kazo Kitamori

1969 Jan. 1, "Statistics of Kirisutokyo Nenkan 1969," no author

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

[1969?], "Toward a Reconciled Humanity," no author

1969 Dec. 6, "A Response to the Reports of the Black Staff Task Force and the Youth," Arthur Gamblin, Mark Reames, Ruth Sarto, and Randolph Thrasher

1970, "A Dramalogue for the 25th Year of the Nuclear Age," no author

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1971, "Kuala Lumpur Report," Jack Hasegawa

1971 Jan., "What is Going to Happen to our Kyodan?," Kiyoshi Ii, Takeshi Takasaki, and Yoichi Harada

1971 Feb. 22-1971 Feb. 23, "Magazine Overview," Yoshikazo Sakamoto

1972 Apr. 20-21, "Statement on Maintaining Missionary Personnel in Japan, Adopted by the 56th Council of Cooperation General Meeting"

1975 June, "Educational Evangelism in Japan," Nobuo Kobayashi

1975 June, "Misfortune and Death," R.W. Brownlee

1976 Jan. 20, "An Appeal from a Hiroshima A-Bomb Survivor," Shinichi Kato

[1976?], Message from the scroll presented to Mary McMillan on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Hiroshima Jo Gakuin

1978 Feb. 26,Hiroshima Union Church sermon by Doris Hartman

1980 May 29, "Searching," Dorothy A. Stroup

1981 Feb. 12, "Moments with Mary become Special Memories," Melody Kirchner

1981 Aug. 9, "I Take Hiroshima Personally," Patricia J. Patterson

1982 Jan. 20, "Confessions of Responsibility during World War II," revised English translation

1982 June 24, "Statement by Takeshi Araki, Mayor of Hiroshima on the Occasion of the Second Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament"

1988 Aug. 12, "An Echo from Hiroshima," Jane McMillan Greenwood

1989 Nov. 10, "Lawrance Thompson Memorial Service"

1991 July 24,Eulogy delivered by Mitsuko Iguchi at the memorial service for Mary McMillan

1991 July 24, "The Service of Resurrection for Mary Connely McMillan"

1992-1993 Winter, "The Story of Sadako," no author

undated, "Atomic Bomb Casualties in Hiroshima (II): Physical Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima," Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Research Group

undated, "Christians and Peace," Maurine Parker

undated, "Cora Julia Harrison," no author

undated, Food resource quiz, no author

undated, F.O.R. Policy Statement on Indochina by the Fellowship of Reconciliation

undated, "He Set his Face Steadfastly," Anna Bell Williams

undated, "In the Autumn Wind by Dorothy Stroup: Review of Novel," no author

undated, "Jonah," no author

undated, "The Kyodan of Tomorrow," Masahisa Suzuki

undated, "Missionary Relationships in my Kyodu," no author

undated, "Mary," Sue Severn

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

undated, "My Life in Hiroshima," Doris Hartman

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

undated, "Negotiation Now, a Petition Circulated by Vietnam Summer Japan, a New Group in Tokyo and Hiroshima, Concerned About the War in Vietnam"

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

undated, "Peace," Joan Woodward

undated, "A Poem," no author

undated, "A Précis of the Main Points of Sister Carolyn Jean?s Talk," no author

undated, "Questions for the Article on what Christian Organizations, Institutions, and Individuals in Hiroshima are Doing for Disarmament and Peace," no author

undated, "Report of Survey Deputation to Evaluate the Relief Needs of Atomic Bomb Victims," no author

undated, "Some High Points in the Life of Mary McMillan," written by teachers and students at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College

undated, "A Sorrowful Tale of Elephants," Yukio Tsuchiya

undated, "Tribute," Shiro Abe

undated, "Witness for Shalom," no author

Audiovisual Material Subseries, 1979-1990 and undated

Videotapes, audio cassettes, and one phonograph record containing recordings of speeches and debates regarding the future of Japan, the history of Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College, and the continued effects in Hiroshima of the atomic bomb. Also included is a video of McMillan's farewell ceremony prior to her retirement, as well as an LP recording of the song "A Message for Tomorrow." Arranged in original order. Use copies are available for the audio cassettes. Master audio cassette tapes are filed immediately following the use copies.

[Technical Services needs to arrange for outsourced reformatting for use copies of video tapes and phonograph record before access is made available. Contact Research Services.]

1979, Mary McMillan, Fall 1979, Tape 2, Copy 1 (use copy) (audio cassette)

undated, "War and Peace, Lectures by Dr. Sigeaki Hirohara" and "The Mourning for the Dead by A-Bomb" (use copy) (audio cassette)

undated, "A-Bomb Survivors Recollect and Try to Express" (use copy) (audio cassette)

MASTER copies of previous recordings (3 audio cassettes)

1980 Spring, " Mary Departing Japan" (BetaMax videotape)

1986, "1886-1986: Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College Commemoration," (VHS videotape)

1990 Aug. 6,A-Bomb Anniversary Programs (VHS videotape)

1990 Aug. 25, Excerpts from Debate: "Approaching 21st Century, Where?s Japan Heading?" (VHS videotape)

undated, "A Message for Tomorrow," made by Hiroshima-Nagasaki Publishing Company (phonograph record)

Photographic Material Series, 1943-1967 and undated

Divided into two subseries for photographs and for slides; the material is further organized by subject matter. There are images of the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah, Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College, McMillan's friends, former students and their families. Other images document her travels throughout East Asia, including trips to China and Taiwan. The bulk of the material consists of black-and-white and color casual snapshots of McMillan, her Japanese friends, and her former students with their families. These photographs document Japanese wedding traditions and other ceremonies as well as various marches and activities promoting peace and nuclear disarmament. There are ten images taken at the Topaz Japanese internment camp; most of the photographs were labeled with names and sometimes dates. The slides are in color and consist chiefly of images from McMillan's travels. All materials are arranged in chronological order

[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]

Photographs Subseries, 1943-1965 and undated

Box 11

1943,Topaz Relocation Center

1947-1965, undated,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College

undated, Former students, their families, and friends

undated, Other photographs from Japan

Slides Subseries, 1947-1967 and undated

1947, undated,China and Taiwan

1966, undated,Hiroshima

1966-1967, undated,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College

undated, Inland Sea of Seto

undated, Japan (3 folders)

undated, Rural life in Japan

undated, Tea Ceremony

Scrapbooks Subseries, 1940-1982

Contains two bound volumes: a guest book kept by McMillan from 1940 to 1982, which lists the names and addresses of her visitors, and a scrapbook of notes and photographs, compiled by the students and staff at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College and presented to McMillan upon her retirement in 1980.

[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]

Box 12

Guest book, 1940-1982

Retirement scrapbook, 1980

Printed Material Series, 1936-1997 and undated

Consists primarily of newsletters, pamphlets, flyers, and church bulletins. It is divided into five subseries, based on the primary subject content of the material: Hiroshima and Japan, Topaz Relocation Center, Church, Peace Activism, and Other Activism. Material is arranged chronologically within the subseries. Also included in the list are three books that have been cataloged separately and are housed in the Special Collections stacks. Items in Japanese have been noted in the list below.

Hiroshima and Japan Subseries, 1936-1991 and undated

Includes biographies or memoirs of Japanese citizens or others influential in Japanese society, books and pamphlets about the history of Hiroshima, numerous college catalogs from Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College, and journals and newsletters documenting the life of Japanese-Americans.

1936, Gaines Sensei: Missionary to Hiroshima Samuel M. Hilburn

[Material catalogued and housed separately]

1952, "Peace City Hiroshima," no author

1956 Oct., "The Story of Hiroshima Jo Gakuin," Kaizo Odagiri

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1958 Mar., "Ei Bun Gakkai Kai Ho" (in Japanese)

1959 Aug. 6, "Peace Memorial ceremonies program"

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1961 Aug., "A Crane that Cannot Come Back," Nanako Seto

1961 Nov., Hiroshima, the Atom, and the World, Earle L. Reynolds

1962, "Japan for Christ - Christ for All Japan," United Church of Christ in Japan

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1962 Apr. 10, "The Torch, Vol. 1, No. 9," student newspaper of Hiroshima Jo Gakuin

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1964 Nov., The Rivers of Hiroshima, no author

1968,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog (in Japanese)

1968, Dr. Takuo Matsumoto and Hiroshima, Takuo Matsumoto

1969 June, "Goodbye to Hiroshima: Barbara Reynolds," YMCA Hiroshima

1970, "Hiroshima Declaration," 1970 Hiroshima Conference

1971,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog (in Japanese)

1973 Mar.,Hiroshima Citizens Congress to Prevent French Nuclear Testing statement

1976,United Church of Christ in Japan budget

1977,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog (in Japanese),

1977 July, "Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum," Hiroshima Appeal Committee

1978 Aug., "The Outline of Atomic Bomb Damage in Hiroshima," Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

1979,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog (in Japanese)

1980 Mar. 15, "Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College Dagaku Sotsugyo" (in Japanese)

1980 May, Hiroshima Signpost

1981, City Planning of Hiroshima

1982,Statement made by Hitoshi Motoshima, Mayor of Nagasaki, at the NGO Session of the U.N. General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament

1982 Aug. 6, "No More Hiroshimas" flyer

1982 Dec. 31, "Devotion of Hiroshima to the Cause of Peace," City of Hiroshima

1983, Hiroshima Surgeon Tomin Harada

[Material catalogued and housed separately]

1984 June, YUWA, by the Japan section of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation

1984 Dec., Asian Rural Institute Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 1

1985,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog (in Japanese)

1986, The Legacy of Hiroshima: Its Past, Our Future, Naomi Shohno

[Material catalogued and housed separately]

1986 Sept. 30, "Do So Sei No Yo Be" (in Japanese)

1986 Nov. 3, "Memorial service for the late Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto" (program)

1989, "Hando Bukko," (in Japanese)

1989 Apr. 1, 1989-1990 Mar. 31, "Asian Rural Institute: Annual Report on the 1989 Rural Leaders Training Program"

1989 Apr. 16,Church bulletin (in Japanese),

1989 July, ARI Newsletter, Asian Rural Institute

1990, "There is a Spirit:" The Nayler Sonnets, Sonnets on Courtship, Marriage, and FamilyKenneth Boulding, translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa (in Japanese)

1990,Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog (in Japanese)

1990 Jan., NJAHS Focus, Vol. 6, No. 1, National Japanese American Historical Society

1990 July, NJAHS Focus, Vol. 6, No. 4, National Japanese American Historical Society

1990 Sept. 29, "Hiroshima Jo Gakuin Chu Gakko Kosha" (in Japanese)

1991 May 29,Gen dai ni i kiru... (in Japanese)

undated, "Death Data of the Victims from August 1959 to May 1960," no author

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

undated, "God be with you Till we Meet Again," Jeremiah Eames Rankin

undated, "Hiroshima: For Picture Postcard," author unknown

undated, Hiroshima Girls School catalog

undated, Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog

undated, Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College catalog (in Japanese)

undated, "Hiroshima: Peace Memorial City," Hiroshima Peace Culture Center

undated, "Hiroshima Peace Park and Rally in Tokyo," no author

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

undated, "History of Ushita Church" (in Japanese)

undated, "Map of Hiroshima"

[Removed to Oversize Folder 1.]

undated, Schedule for the International Christian Peace Conference

undated, The Japan Cultural Society of Northwest Florida Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 3

undated, Japan Studies: New Focus on the Japanese Mind and Culture, Vol. 1, Nos. 7-9, 11

undated, "The Japanese American Experience," National Japanese American Historical Society

undated, "Memorial Cathedral for World Peace," published by the Catholic Church

undated, "Mission School in Hiroshima," author unknown

undated, "Program to Promote Solidarity of Cities Towards the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons," City of Hiroshima and the City of Nagasaki

undated, "To the Mothers and Wives of the United States, from Japanese Women"

undated, "To the Representatives who are Gathered in Hiroshima from Around the World to Attend the 5th Anti-A and H-Bombs World Conference," by the Hiroshima Committee for Protecting Children

undated, "Ho Shi Dan Towa?" (in Japanese)

undated, "Kotobaki - Nakagawa, Kishi" (in Japanese)

undated, "Hiroshima Jo Gakuin Genbaku Giseishya Meibo" (in Japanese)

undated, "Heiwa No Uta" (in Japanese)

undated, Postcards of Hiroshima

Topaz Relocation Center Subseries, 1988

Contains two programs published in conjunction with the 1988 reunion held by those who were interned at the camp.

1988 Sept. 16-1988 Sept. 18,Topaz reunion program

1988 Sept. 16-1988 Sept. 18,Topaz reunion booklet of photographs and addresses

Church Subseries, 1937-1997 and undated

Primarily documents the work of the Methodist Church as well as the National Christian Council of Japan and the Kyodan in the Japanese society. Church bulletins, from Japan and the United States, are also included. Primary publications represented include "The Methodist Witness, " "Japan Christian Activity News, " "Kyodan Newsletter, " and "The Kyodan Missionary Bulletin." Arranged in chronological order.

Box 13

1937 Dec., The Lifesharer, Christmas Issue, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Students of Scarritt College for Christian Workers

1942 Jan. 16,First Congregational Church (Berkeley, Calif.) bulletin

1943 Oct. 24,The University Church Bulletin

1949 Oct.-Dec.,The Methodist Youth Fund Bulletin

1954 Apr. 16, "No Man Can Serve Two Masters," author unknown

1955 Aug., "Peaceful Coexistence: The Christian Obligation" Kathleen Linsdale, published by the East-West Relations Committee of the Religious Society of Friends

1958 Feb. 22, "Does the Bible Sanction War?," M. Guy West, published by the Church of the Brethren

1959 July 15, Japan Christian Activity News, No. 150, Commission on Public Relations of the National Christian Council of Japan

1963, Fall, Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 2, Ecumenical Department, Research Institute on the Mission of the Church, United Church of Christ in Japan

1968 July, "Policy Statements and Statistics of the United Church of Christ in Japan (Kyodan)," author unknown

1970 Mar. 6,World Day of Prayer flyer

1971 Oct. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, United Church of Christ in Japan

1974 Jan.-Feb., The Upper Room, Vol. 39, No. 6

1974 Mar. 1, World Day of Prayer service bulletin

[Removed to Oversize Container 1.]

1978 July 28, Japan Christian Activity News, No. 539, Commission on Public Relations of the National Christian Council of Japan

1979 Mar. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 133, United Church of Christ in Japan

1979 Apr. 27, Japan Christian Activity News, No. 548, Commission on Public Relations of the National Christian Council of Japan

1980 Sept., The Kyodan Missionary Bulletin, No. 300, United Church of Christ in Japan

1981 Aug. 6,Hiroshima Remembered bulletin

1981 Sept. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 158, United Church of Christ in Japan

1981 Nov.-Dec., The Kyodan Missionary Bulletin, No. 312, United Church of Christ in Japan

1981 Dec. 10, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 160, United Church of Christ in Japan

1982 Apr. 29, "Pastoral Letter by the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church"

1982 Aug. 22, Japan Christian Activity News, No. 588, Commission on Public Relations of the National Christian Council of Japan

1983 Feb. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 172, United Church of Christ in Japan

1983 Mar. 22; 1983 May 25; 1984 Jan. 20, Japan Christian Activity News, Nos. 595, 597, 605, Commission on Public Relations of the National Christian Council of Japan

1984 Sept. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 188, United Church of Christ in Japan

1985 Mar. 1, Church Women United Bulletin, Church Women United of the United States of America

1985 Sept., The Kyodan Missionary Bulletin, No. 350, United Church of Christ in Japan

1986, In Defense of the Creation: The Nuclear Crisis and a Good Peace, United Methodist Council of Bishops:

Foundation Document

Pastoral Letter

Guide for Study and Action

1986 Dec. 10, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 210, United Church of Christ in Japan

1988, They That Hope in God, Margaret Warren

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1988 Apr. 20, May 20; 1990 Jan. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, Nos. 224, 225, 241, United Church of Christ in Japan

1990 Mar.-Apr., The Kyodan Missionary Bulletin, No. 386, United Church of Christ in Japan

1990 Mar. 20, June 20, Kyodan Newsletter, Nos. 243, 246 United Church of Christ in Japan

1990 June-July, The Kyodan Missionary Bulletin, No. 388, United Church of Christ in Japan

1990 July 20, Oct. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 247, 249 United Church of Christ in Japan

1990 Nov.-Dec., The Kyodan Missionary Bulletin, No. 390, United Church of Christ in Japan

1990 Dec. 20, Kyodan Newsletter, No. 250, United Church of Christ in Japan

1990 Dec. 20, Koinonia Newsletter, No. 250

1991 Oct. 18-Oct. 19,AL West FL Conference, United Methodist Women, 19th Annual Meeting Program

1995 July 16; Aug. 6, 13, 20; Sept. 10, The Methodist Witness, Vol. 174, Nos. 34, 37-39, 42, Pensacola First United Methodist Church

1995 Sept. 17,Pensacola First United Methodist Church bulletin

1995 Oct. 1; 1997 July 27, The Methodist Witness, Vol. 174, No. 45; Vol 177, No. 30, Pensacola First United Methodist Church

undated, "Affirmation of Faith," author unknown

undated, "Celebrating the Birth of Christ," Alternatives Christmas Campaign

undated, "Japan Listens for a Voice," Baker James Couthen, published by the Baptist Foreign Mission Board

undated, "Kyodan Newsletter Presents the Problem of Church Renewal in Japan Today," Masahisa Suzuki

undated, Scarritt-Bennett Center brochure

undated, "Seirei En" flyer, no author

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undated, "Serve God in Japan," Council on Cooperative Mission

undated, "Who Will Build the World Anew?," Thomas C. Clark and Richard Redhead

Peace Activism Subseries, 1959-1997 and undated

Consists primarily of newsletters from organizations promoting world peace and nuclear disarmament, such as the Alternative World Foundation, the Center for Defense Information, the Council for a Livable World, War Resisters' League, and the World Friendship Center. Arranged chronologically.

1959 June-July, No More Hiroshimas!: The News of the Japan Council Against A and H Bombs, Vol. 6, Nos. 4, 5

1959 Aug. 12, FCNL Action, No. 22, Friends Committee on National Legislation

1967 Dec., Information Bulletin of the Christian Peace Conference, No. 43

1968 Mar., A Quaker Action Group Newsletter, No. 10

1970 May 9, "You Don't Have to Buy War, Mrs. Smith," Bess Myerson Grant

1970 June,Draft resistance brochure

1970, "Another Mother for Peace: Summer Summary"

1970 Sept-Oct., WRL News, No. 161, War Resisters League

1974 June, "Center Report," Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

1977 Feb.,Another Mother for Peace flyer

1977 Winter,World Friendship Center bulletin

1977 Mar. 7, WFC Minutes, World Friendship Center

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1978 Mar. 6,Kobe Union Church bulletin

1978 Summer, Winter,World Friendship Center bulletin

1980 Mar. 3, WFC Minutes, World Friendship Center

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1980 July, Disarming Notes, Vol. II, No. 9, published by the Riverside Church

1982 June, "We Appeal to the Whole World," Kazumitsu Aihara

1983 Jan. 28, "Peacemaking: A Musical Play," Ruth Taylor Saito and Margaret L. Warren

1983 Feb., "Communism, the Churches, and the Peace Movement: A Response by the Fellowship of Reconciliation"

1983 Spring, The Mobilizer, Vol. 3, No. 1, published by Mobilization for Survival

1983 May,Union of Concerned Scientists pledge bulletin

1983 Summer, WPTF Newsletter, Vol. X, No. 2, published by the National Campaign for a World Peace Tax Fund

1984, The Defense Monitor, Vol. XIII, No. 6, published by the Center for Defense Information

1984 Summer, Legislative Alert, published by the National Peace Academy Campaign

1984 Fall,World Friendship Center bulletin

1984 Sept.-Oct., WRL News, No. 244, published by the War Resisters League

1984 Dec.,Union of Concerned Scientists pledge bulletin

1986, "1986-87 F.O.R. National Council Ballot," published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation

1986 Summer, Peace Tax Fund Newsletter, No. 3, published by the National Campaign for a World Peace Tax Fund

1990,World Friendship Center bulletin, Vol. 3 and 4

1990 Mar.,Council for a Livable World newsletter

1990 Aug., "Daniel Kahikina Akaka of Hawaii," published by the Council for a Livable World

1990 Aug., The Reporter for Conscience Sake, Vol. XLVII, No. 7, published by the National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors

1990 Sept., CFU International, Vol. 10, No. 3

1991 Jan.-Feb., Social Questions Bulletin, Vol. 81, No. 1, published by the Methodist Federation for Social Action

1991 Apr., The Reporter for Conscience Sake, Vol. XLVIII, No. 4, published by the National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors

1992, World Friendship Center Newsletter, No. 85, Vol. 2

1993; 1995 Nov.-Dec., The Defense Monitor, Vol. XXII, Nos. 8-9; Vol. XXIV, No. 9, published by the Center for Defense Information

1996 Jan., Peace Pac Newsletter

1997 May and July,Council for a Livable World newsletters

1997 June, The Defense Monitor, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, published by the Center for Defense Information

undated, "The Civilized Defense Plan," published by the Alternative World Foundation

undated, "Freeze Lobby Action Alert Network," published by the National Freeze Campaign

undated, "Gifts of the Holy Spirit," Harriett Miller

undated, "Join a National Peace Organization," author unknown

undated, "New Zealand: An Ally for the Peace Movement," published by the New England Pacific Coalition

undated, "O Innocent Child," Thich Nhat Hanh

undated, "An Orientation to a World Beyond War," author unknown

undated, "Reflections on Daniel Berrigan: Upon Seeing the Picture of his Capture," Robert McAfee Brown

undated, "A Time to Act," published by the National Council for a World Peace Tax Fund

undated, "The United States Already has 26,000 Nuclear Warheads," published by the Council for a Livable World

undated, "We Object to the Peace Declaration," published by the Hiroshima Citizens Group

undated, "World Friendship Center Bulletin"

undated, "World Peace Pledge," published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation

Other Activism Subseries, 1971-1997 and undated

Contains material documenting McMillan's other activism efforts, including the promotion of justice and literacy. This subseries consists primarily of issues of the Washington Spectator, a liberal activists' publication produced by the Public Concern Foundation, an organization which reports on political activities in Washington, D.C. Arranged in date order.

1971 Jan.-June Pax et Libertas, Vol. 36, Nos. 1-2, published by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

1980 Apr. 15, Aug. 15, Dec. 1, The Washington Spectator, Vol. 6, Nos. 7, 14, and 21, published by the Public Concern Foundation

1982 Spring, Humanities, Vol. 8, published by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy

1984 Sept. 15, The Washington Spectator, Vol. 20, No. 10, published by the Public Concern Foundation

1986, "1986 Campaign Strategy Sheet," author unknown

1989 Feb. 28,United Methodist Women Executive Committee meeting schedule

1990 Oct., Laubach Literacy International Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 3

1990 Oct. 16-Oct. 24,Peace with Justice Week flyer

1991,Chautauqua newsletter, published by the Chautauqua Institution

1991 Spring and Winter, Pendle Hill Bulletin, Nos. 380 and 383

1996 Aug. 15, Oct. 15; 1997 Mar. 15, The Washington Spectator, Vol. 22, Nos. 17, 19; Vol. 23, No. 6, published by the Public Concern Foundation

1997 Apr., ADA Today, Vol. 52, No. 1

undated, Resist pamphlet, author unknown,

undated, "An Indian Prayer," author unknown

Box 13

Clippings About Peace Activism Series, 1960-1997 and undated

Contains one folder of newspaper and magazine clippings, primarily related to peace activism. A small number of clippings are in Japanese. The clippings, which are arranged chronologically, document the lingering effects of the atomic bomb on the people of Hiroshima, the Vietnam War, the growth of the United States' Star Wars defense system, and the conflict in the Middle East.

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Box 13

Memorabilia Series, 1939-1991 and undated

Contains five folders, whose contents include three Japanese-style paper dolls, an origami crane, and other small sketches and paintings; 15 business cards, primarily printed in both English and Japanese; three buttons collected from peace rallies or United Methodist Church meetings; and certificates presented to McMillan by various organizations for her social activism. Also included is a certificate presented to her after her voyage across the Pacific during her first trip to Japan in 1939. The final folder contains donation and membership cards, and documents the array of non-profit organizations with which McMillan was involved.

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Oversize Box 1
Oversize Folder 1

Oversize Material Series, 1956-1991 and undated

Correspondence Subseries

Oversize Box 1

Outgoing Correspondence Subseries, 1972 and undated (2 items)

Oversize Box 1

Incoming Correspondence Subseries, 1959 and undated (2 items)

Writings and Speeches Subseries

Writings By Mary McMillan Subseries

Oversize Box 1

1971, "Peace"

undated, Handwritten notes

Writings By Others Subseries

Oversize Box 1

1958 Nov., "Radiation and Human Welfare: Why Japan Objects [sic] the Nuclear Weapons Testing," Fusa Asaka

1959 Aug. 1, "General Report to the Preliminary Session of the 5th World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs," Professor Kaoru Yasui

1959 Aug. 7, "The Movement against A and H Bombs in the Cultural Sphere in Hiroshima," Koichiro Tanabe

1959 Aug. 7, "The Report in Literature and the Problem of Peace," author unknown

1969 Jan. 1, "Statistics of Kirisutokyo Nenkan 1969," author unknown

1970, "A Dramalogue for the 25th Year of the Nuclear Age," author unknown

undated, "Mary," Sue Severn

undated, "My Life in Hiroshima," Doris Hartman

undated, "Negotiation Now, a Petition Circulated by Vietnam Summer Japan, a New Group in Tokyo and Hiroshima, Concerned about the War in Vietnam"

Printed Material Subseries

Hiroshima and Japan Subseries

Oversize Box 1

1956 Oct., "The Story of Hiroshima Jo Gakuin," Kaizo Odagiri

1959 Aug. 6,Peace Memorial ceremonies program

1962, "Japan for Christ - Christ for All Japan," United Church of Christ in Japan

1962 Apr. 10, The Torch, Vol. 1, No. 9, student newspaper of Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College

undated, "Death Data of the Victims from August 1959 to May 1960"

undated, "Hiroshima Peace Park and Rally in Tokyo"

Oversize Folder 1

Map of Hiroshima, undated

Church Subseries

Oversize Box 1

1974 Mar. 1,World Day of Prayer service bulletin

1988, "They That Hope in God," Margaret Warren

undated, "Seirei En" flyer, author unknown

Peace Activism Subseries

Oversize Box 1

1977 Mar. 7 and 1980 Mar. 3, WFC Minutes, World Friendship Center

Oversize Box 1

Clippings About Peace Activism Subseries 1971-1991
(9 items)

Oversize Box 1

Memorabilia Subseries

Japanese calligraphy in red ink on unidentified material: quotation on peace, undated (1 item)

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