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- Collection Description & Creator Information
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Moore, Robert H.
- Title:
- Robert H. Moore, Jr. Files on Ernest Gordon
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/kw52jb62w
- Dates:
- 1979-2015
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of Robert Moore's files on Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), WWII veteran, author, and former Presbyterian dean of the Princeton University chapel, including correspondence, applications, programs, clippings, and other materials relating to Moore's nomination of Gordon for the 2002 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion; the motion picture "To End All Wars" (2001) based on Gordon's book "Through the Valley of the Kwai" (1962) (including the DVD); Gordon's death; and CREED (Christians Efforts for the Emancipation of Dissidents). Correspondents include Gordon and other notable figures.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
Consists of Robert Moore's files on Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), WWII veteran, author, and former Presbyterian dean of the Princeton University chapel, including correspondence, applications, programs, clippings, and other materials relating to Moore's nomination of Gordon for the 2002 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion; the motion picture To End All Wars (2001) based on Gordon's book Through the Valley of the Kwai (1962) (including the DVD); Gordon's death; and CREED (Christians Efforts for the Emancipation of Dissidents). Correspondents include Gordon and other notable figures.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gifts of Robert H. Moore, 2015 (AM 2015-57, AM 2016-14)
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2015 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in February 2015. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in February 2015.
This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in February 2015. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in February 2015.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Digital and audio materials in this collection are restricted.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection includes a CD, DVD, one 3.5" floppy disk (1.44 MB, IBM formatted) of a Word document, 2001, and 2 audiocassettes.
- Credit this material:
Robert H. Moore, Jr. Files on Ernest Gordon; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/kw52jb62w
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
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- Subject Terms:
- College chaplains -- United States -- 20th century.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Thailand -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. - Genre Terms:
- Clippings -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 20th century - Names:
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly.
Gordon, Ernest, 1916-2002
