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Title: Religious Embassy Scrapbook, 1950-1951

ID: MSS ReligiousEmbassy

Primary Creator: Religion in Education Foundation

Extent: 0.03 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Religious Embassy Scrapboook documents a week of activities and events with the theme, "The Sciences and Religion Search Together", held at Oregon State College in November 1950. The scrapbook was assembled by the Religion in Education Foundation, one of the sponsors of the Embassy.

The Religious Embassy Scrapbook documents a week of activities and events with the theme, The Sciences and Religion Search Together, held at Oregon State College in November 1950. The scrapbook was assembled by the Religion in Education Foundation and includes clippings, a program, correspondence, committee reports, and photographs. The photographs consist of 3 b/w and 6 color prints. The images include portrait photographs of Robert A. Millikan and J. Randolph Sasnett and snapshots of students and others with the Embassy speakers.

The Religious Embassy was held at Oregon State College on November 12-15, 1950, with the theme, The Sciences and Religion Search Together. The week's events included lectures, convocations, and forums for faculty and students that were organized by the Campus Religious Council. The Religion in Education Foundation was a sponsor of the Embassy. Speakers included Robert A. Millikan, former president of the California Institute of Technology; Robert H. Sweeney, president of the University of Portland; J. Randolph and Martena Sasnett, Religion in Education Foundation; John H. Otwell, Pacific School of Religion; and Philip S. Hitchcock, Oregon State Senator from Klamath Falls.

More Extent Information: 9 photographs ; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The scrapbook was donated to the OSU Archives in 1982 by Educational Futures, International, a successor organization to the Religion in Education Foundation.

Related Materials: Information about other Religious Emphasis Week programs at Oregon State and campus religious organizations are available in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC). The Newman Foundation of Oregon State University Records (MSS Newman) document support programs for Catholic students and faculty at Oregon State, beginning in the 1960s.

Preferred Citation: Religious Embassy Scrapbook (MSS ReligiousEmbassy), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Religion in Education Foundation
Oregon State College. Campus Religious Council

College students--Religious life--Oregon--Corvallis.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Oregon State College--Students.
Religion and science.
Religion in Education Foundation
University History

Photographic prints.
Scrapbooks.