File 2263 - Miscellaneous administrative materials

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CA ON00389 F4-7-2-2263

Title

Miscellaneous administrative materials

Date(s)

  • 1982 - 1985, predominant 1983 (Creation)

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0.6 cm of textual records

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Name of creator

Nouwen, Henri J.M.
(1932-1996)

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University of St. Michael's College, John M. Kelly Library, Special Collections

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File consists of correspondence, office memos, and official university documents from Harvard Divinity School, from 1983 to 1985, including:

  • Nouwen's official appointment as Professor of Divinity and Horace de Y. Lentz Lecturer, dated January 17, 1983
  • Copy of the Harvard University Gazette for January 28, 1983 containing an article on Nouwen
  • Course proposals for the spring semesters of 1983 and 1984 (Nouwen did not end up teaching these courses)
  • Revised listings for school catalogue for the spring terms of 1983 - 1984 describing two courses, Introduction to the Spiritual Life and Spiritual Life and Spiritual Direction. (Nouwen did not end up teaching during the spring semester of 1983)
  • Pamphlet of Harvard Divinity School Events for 1983, including "Mission and Reverse Mission: Impressions of Peru" on Tuesday, March 15, 1983, and "In Search of a Contemporary Spirituality", on Monday, April 11, 1983
  • A class schedule for the spring semester of 1983 (Nouwen did not teach any courses that semester)
  • Issue of "The Nave: Harvard Divinity School News"
  • Pamphlet for Harvard Divinity School's Women's Studies in Religion Program
  • A typed report dated April 8, 1983 from the campus group EHDS, Evangelicals at Harvard Divinity School
  • Small typed report on the history of Harvard Divinity School from Emily Preston
  • A memo from Dottie Lewis regarding new forms that were required for travelling professors filing expense reports. This memo is dated February 23, 1984
  • Photocopies of cheques dated between September 17, 1982 to August 18, 1984
  • Five-page document listing Harvard Divinity School Committee Assignments for the academic year of 1984 - 1985. Nouwen is listed as a member of the Committee on Worship
  • Typed note from Peter Weiskel to 'Rusty' dated May 7, 1984 listing the institutional affiliations of the students of Nouwen's two classes for 1984, Introduction to the Spiritual Life and Ministry and the Spiritual Life
  • Two letters, one from Peter Weiskel, and one from Nouwen announcing Nouwen's resignation and move to Maryknoll Residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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      henri-nouwen-fonds.pdf

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      A typed page of comments by Nouwen and Nancy Jay on a senior student's paper has been removed and placed in file 2280.

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      2000 02

      Location

      Box 283

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Revised by L Joson, 15 November 2018

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