Visual materials from the Moral Re-armament records

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Visual materials from the Moral Re-armament records

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Title: Visual materials from the Moral Re-armament records
Creator(s): Moral Re-armament (Organization),
Related Names:
Initiatives of Change (Organization). Initiatives of Change records.
Date Created/Published: between ca. 1880-1970, bulk 1920-1970.
Medium: whole collection 68,302 items.
27,713 photographs : most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 22 x 28 cm and smaller.
91 photographs and prints : most b&w, a few color photographs, posters, clippings ; various sizes, most 51 x 61 cm and smaller, some as large as 92 x 122 cm. oversize
30,294 photographs : b&w negatives 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
6 photographs : b&w glass negatives 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
172 photographs : b&w negatives 12 x 18 cm or smaller (5x7 format)
560 photographs : b&w negatives 20 x 25 cm and smaller (8 x 10 format)
3,636 photographs : b&w negatives 35mm format.
16 photographs : b&w negatives 35mm glass slide format.
928 photographs : color transparencies 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
68 photographs : color transparencies 20 x 25 cm and smaller (8 x 10 format)
4,793 photographs : color transparencies 35mm slide format.
25 albums : b&w and some color photographs ; 36 x 46 inches or smaller.
Summary: Moral Re-armament (MRA) was a global social and spiritual movement organized by Reverend Frank Buchman. The collection documents MRA activities, facilities, and visits with the public, royal dignitaries, celebrities, and political figures for events and productions around the world. The group included members of numerous denominations and races. Supporters of the organization included prominent African American civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune and the group's membership also included celebrities such as tennis star H.W. "Bunny" Austin and various figures of political and international prominence such as Burmese President and Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant and former first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Konrad Adenauer. MRA was prolific in its production of film, theatrical, radio, and print entertainment thanks to members like Peter Howard and Alan Thornhill who scored, wrote, and directed many of the MRA productions. MRA produced many feature films such as The Crowning Experience, Decision at Midnight, and Freedom that featured actors and singers such as Martin Landau, Muriel Smith and Cecil Broadhurst, as well as many theatrical productions such as Space Is So Startling, The Drugstore Revolution, and The Tiger. MRA's international presence included regional offices, production studios, and headquarters across the country and the world, primarily on Mackinac Island, Michigan where the organization filmed and produced many of their productions. MRA also hosted large events at its estate in Caux, Switzerland.
Reproduction Number: ---
Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For general information see: "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...,"(https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.195.copr)
Access Advisory: Collection is open for research. Access restrictions apply. The collection is stored offsite and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Researchers are advised to contact us prior to visiting, https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.contact Due to safety regulations, nitrate negatives can't be served to the public.
Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes:
- Arrangement: Collection is organized into 7 LOTs. LOT 15476: loose photographs and contact sheets about the early Oxford Group and activities, as well as Moral Re-armament (MRA) events, members, facilities, and travels. LOT 15477: biographical file documenting MRA members. LOT 15478: event and geographical file documenting MRA locations, events, and gatherings. LOT 15479: productions and publications file related to MRA plays, films, television, radio, and print publications. LOT 15480: albums documenting MRA members, friends, events, and milestones. LOT 15481: carte de visite album containing tintypes, possibly images of members or relatives of members. LOT 15482: oversize prints, posters, and photographs. Negatives and color transparencies were processed into LC-MR## series based on format size. Large format panoramic photographs were processed into the PAN SUBJECT - GROUPS no. 342, no. 354, and no. 355 and PAN SUBJECT - EVENTS no. 169, no. 170, and no. 171.
- Moral Re-armament (MRA) was a social and spiritual movement organized by Reverend Frank Buchman in the early to mid-twentieth century. Originally called the Oxford Group (also known as First Century Christian Fellowship), the movement was transformed and adopted the new name, spreading worldwide as a non-denominational spiritual and moral reawakening in the aftermath of World War II. In 2001, the name of the organization changed to Initiatives of Change.
- Collection title devised by Library staff.
- Most photographs have captions.
- Many images have been retouched, cropped, or otherwise marked for publication.
- Items from accessions DLC/PP-1977:092 and DLC/PP-1983:161 were integrated into PR 06 CN 669. Accession DLC/PP-1977:202 might also be included.
- Supplementary archive portion of the collection contains a card catalog, samples of printing plates, and some miscellaneous manuscript material. Duplicates are in PR 09.
- Transfer; Manuscript Division; 2011 (DLC/PP-1977:092; DLC/PP-1977:202; DLC/PP-1983:161; PR 06 CN 669).
- Finding aid available online https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp022003
Subjects:
Format:
Collections:
- Guide Records
Part of: Moral Re-armament (Organization) Moral Re-armament records
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Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For general information see: "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.195.copr
Reproduction Number: ---
Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
Medium: whole collection 68,302 items.
27,713 photographs : most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 22 x 28 cm and smaller.
91 photographs and prints : most b&w, a few color photographs, posters, clippings ; various sizes, most 51 x 61 cm and smaller, some as large as 92 x 122 cm. oversize
30,294 photographs : b&w negatives 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
6 photographs : b&w glass negatives 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
172 photographs : b&w negatives 12 x 18 cm or smaller (5x7 format)
560 photographs : b&w negatives 20 x 25 cm and smaller (8 x 10 format)
3,636 photographs : b&w negatives 35mm format.
16 photographs : b&w negatives 35mm glass slide format.
928 photographs : color transparencies 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
68 photographs : color transparencies 20 x 25 cm and smaller (8 x 10 format)
4,793 photographs : color transparencies 35mm slide format.
25 albums : b&w and some color photographs ; 36 x 46 inches or smaller.

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Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
Medium: whole collection 68,302 items.
27,713 photographs : most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 22 x 28 cm and smaller.
91 photographs and prints : most b&w, a few color photographs, posters, clippings ; various sizes, most 51 x 61 cm and smaller, some as large as 92 x 122 cm. oversize
30,294 photographs : b&w negatives 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
6 photographs : b&w glass negatives 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
172 photographs : b&w negatives 12 x 18 cm or smaller (5x7 format)
560 photographs : b&w negatives 20 x 25 cm and smaller (8 x 10 format)
3,636 photographs : b&w negatives 35mm format.
16 photographs : b&w negatives 35mm glass slide format.
928 photographs : color transparencies 10 x 13 cm or smaller (4x5 format)
68 photographs : color transparencies 20 x 25 cm and smaller (8 x 10 format)
4,793 photographs : color transparencies 35mm slide format.
25 albums : b&w and some color photographs ; 36 x 46 inches or smaller.
Access Advisory: Collection is open for research. Access restrictions apply. The collection is stored offsite and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Researchers are advised to contact us prior to visiting, https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.contact Due to safety regulations, nitrate negatives can't be served to the public.

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