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Library of Virginia 2008 Jessica Tyree Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Peter Mellette Papers, 1945-1993 39459 37.2 cubic feet (78 boxes) English Mellette, Peter, 1920-1993 Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Peter Mellette Papers, 1945-1993. Accession 39459. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

The collection is made up of two accessions. The original accession (comprising almost the entire collection) was purchased from Crown Collectibles, Richmond, Virginia, on 10 April 2001 (Accession 39459). A handful of additional materials was donated to the Library on 3 December 2002 by Sommer Wickham, Richmond (Accession 40332). The two accessions have been combined and are filed here jointly as Accession 39459.

 Biographical Information

Peter Augustus Mellette was born in Latta, South Carolina, on 10 January 1920, to parents Frank Mellette (1892-1944) and Floy Bethea Mellette (d. 1953). Although born in Latta, where his mother had family connections, Mellette spent his earliest years in Watkins Glen, New York. The family relocated to Latta in 1923, the first of several moves to various South Carolina towns (also including Lone Star, Boykin, and Sharon). He completed his undergraduate education at Furman University in 1940, then moved to Pennsylvania to attend Crozer Theological Seminary. It was during his time in Pennsylvania that Mellette met (Mary) Sue Jackson (1922-2000), whom he married on 16 June 1943.

After Mellette's graduation from Crozer in 1944, the couple moved to Columbus, Ohio. Sue Mellette worked on her medical degree at the University of Cincinnati while Peter served as pastor of a federated Baptist-Presbyterian church in Johnstown. Beginning in 1947, he pastored the United Church in Garrettsville, Ohio, while pursuing a master's degree in history at Case Western Reserve University. Upon completion of the degree in 1949, the Mellettes moved to New York City, where Peter earned a doctorate in education at Columbia University in 1951.

After a brief stint as pastor of Speed Memorial Church in Speed, Indiana, Peter Mellette accepted a position as assistant director for the St. Louis (Mo.) area of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) in 1952. The next year, he moved to Richmond to become the director of the organization's Virginia region. Here he spent the remainder of his career, taking on additional roles as field director for the Carolinas, Kentucky, and Tennessee in 1973 (later adding Ohio and Indiana); national vice president in 1975; and senior vice president in 1978. He entered partial retirement in 1981, stepping down from his Virginia directorship but continuing with his national-level responsibilities until retiring fully in 1982.

The NCCJ formed in 1928, when reactions to the presidential candidacy of Al Smith revealed a powerful strain of anti-Catholic sentiment in America. Aiming to combat such religious bigotry, the organization's founding focus was the promotion of interreligious cooperation and understanding, particularly among Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. Over the years, as the struggle against racial bias took precedence on the national stage, the NCCJ had to decide whether to advocate for interracial as well as interreligious harmony.

Mellette, heading up a Southern branch of the organization in the tumultuous decades of the Civil Rights Movement, fielded criticism from people on both sides of the issue. His papers highlight this variety of opinions and pressures, containing for example letters from individuals denouncing NCCJ for recommending even obliquely pro-integration literature, and others decrying the lack of diversity in the faces pictured in NCCJ publications. He was also frequently called upon to defend the organization's emphasis on education rather than activism.

At the end of his career, Mellette was praised for having a calming yet progressive influence during a difficult era. The various programs with which he was most closely associated--including Youth Seminars on Intergroup Relations, Dialogue groups, and Police-Community Relations workshops--were designed to bring people of various groups together to discuss human relations problems in an open and civil manner.

Mellette died of a heart attack on 3 February 1993. He was survived by his wife, Susan (a professor of medical oncology and director of the Cancer Rehabilitation Program at the Medical College of Virginia), their daughter, Susan Mellette Lederhouse, and son, Peter Mason Mellette.

Some of the above biographical information was taken from Peter Mellette's memoirs, Some of Life's Moments, which can be found at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va. (Call number CT275 .M48)

 Scope and Content

Papers, 1945-1993, of Dr. Peter Mellette (1920-1993), longtime director of the Virginia region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ). Almost all of the papers in the collection relate to Mellette's work with the NCCJ, and include correspondence; general NCCJ files, such as administrative reports, committee and local chapter files, manuals, news releases, and newsletters; outreach and program files, including brochures, discussion guides, manuals, resource packets, scripts for radio and television spots and plays, sound recordings, syllabi, and other materials from programs such as Brotherhood Week, Rearing Children of Good Will, and Police-Community Relations, as well as various awards programs; subject files reflecting Mellette's interests in education, race relations, religion, school desegregation, social justice, and other topics; financial papers including budget projections, financial statements, and fundraising files; and an extensive collection of clippings.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Series I. Correspondence Series II. NCCJ general files Series III. NCCJ outreach and program files Series IV. Subject files Series V. NCCJ financial papers Series VI. Clippings and magazines Contents List Series I. Correspondence, 1945-1993. 1-8 Extent: 8 boxes.

Some of the early correspondence in this series was created by Clarence Wagner and Joseph Murphy, Peter Mellette's two predecessors in the position of director of NCCJ's Virginia region. Reflecting the progress and the struggles of the fledgling division, these letters reveal efforts to build the reputation of the organization in the area, raise funds, develop new programs, establish relationships between local representatives of the various religions, and explain and defend the NCCJ's mission and methods. There are also a handful of letters from Mellette's brief tenure as associate director of the St. Louis (Mo.) region.

When he took the helm of the Virginia region in 1953, Mellette faced many of the same challenges that Wagner and Murphy had encountered. These included concern among religious leaders that the NCCJ aimed for assimilation rather than simple cooperation, impatience with its focus on education instead of activism, and differing viewpoints on how the organization should respond to the Civil Rights Movement. Of note here is a September 1956 letter from Virginius Dabney, editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. In it, Dabney offered his opinion that the NCCJ would have trouble garnering support in the South if they drifted from a focus on interfaith relations to a more general emphasis on the brotherhood of man.

On the whole, correspondence is fairly routine and administrative in nature, showing both the planning of and follow-up to various NCCJ programs, Mellette's work cultivating contacts in the religious, business, government, and education communities, NCCJ staff news, travel arrangements, fundraising, and updates on the organization's finances. A substantial collection of memos from the national office can be found among these materials. Also included are letters, 1947-1989, from a binder kept by Mellette. Several of the items here come from notable figures including Dwight Eisenhower, Brooks Hays, J. Lindsay Almond, and Harry F. Byrd, Jr., and reference either involvement with or requests to participate in NCCJ programs.

General correspondence is arranged chronologically. In some cases, Mellette kept separate folders for correspondence with specific individuals; these have been maintained and are filed after the general correspondence. Please note that additional letters from these individuals may appear in the general correspondence files.

 Correspondence, 1945-1946 1 1 Correspondence, 1947 1 2 Correspondence, 1948-1949 1 3 Correspondence, 1950-1951 1 4 Correspondence, 1952 1 5 Correspondence, 1953 1 6-7 Correspondence, 1954 1 8 Correspondence, 1955 1 9-10 Correspondence, 1956 1 11-12 Correspondence, 1956, cont'd. 2 1-2 Correspondence, 1957 2 3 Correspondence, 1958 2 4-5 Correspondence, 1959 2 6 Correspondence, 1960 2 7-8 Correspondence, 1961 2 9-10 Correspondence, 1962 2 11-12 Correspondence, 1963 3 1-2 Correspondence, 1964 3 3-4 Correspondence, 1965 3 5-6 Correspondence, 1966 3 7-8 Correspondence, 1967 3 9-10 Correspondence, 1968 3 11 Correspondence, 1968, cont'd. 4 1 Correspondence, 1969 4 2-4 Correspondence, 1970 4 5-6 Correspondence, 1971 4 7-9 Correspondence, 1972 4 10 Correspondence, 1973 5 1 Correspondence, 1974 5 2 Correspondence, 1975 5 3 Correspondence, 1976 5 4-6 Correspondence, 1977 5 7-9 Correspondence, 1978 5 10 Correspondence, 1979 5 11 Correspondence, 1980 6 1-2 Correspondence, 1981 6 3-4 Correspondence, 1982 6 5 Correspondence, 1983-1986 6 6 Correspondence, 1987-1989 6 7 Correspondence, 1991-1993 6 8 Correspondence, Andrew Gottschall, 1961-1977 6 9 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1953 6 10 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1954 6 11 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1955 6 12 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1956 6 13 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1956, cont'd. 7 1-2 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1957 7 3-4 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1958 7 5-6 Correspondence, Bill Tipton, 1959 7 7 Correspondence, Clarence Wagner, 1945-1948 7 8 Correspondence, Everett Clinchy, 1950-1958 7 9-10 Correspondence, Gordon Lovejoy, 1953-1962 7 11-12 Correspondence, Herbert Seamans, 1952-1968 7 13 Correspondence, Sterling Brown, 1950-1972 7 14-15 Correspondence, undated. 8 1-2 Miscellaneous notable correspondence (deconstructed binder), 1947-1989 8 3-4 Series II. NCCJ general files, 1945-1986. 8-17 Extent: 10 boxes.

Series consists of files pertaining to the administration, organization, and promotion of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, with an emphasis on Peter Mellette's Virginia region. Materials include brochures and other informational literature, newsletters, news releases, files on local chapters, papers relating to various committees and boards, and training manuals. See Series III for files on the programs offered by the NCCJ, and Series IV for information on the organization's fundraising activities and finances.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Brotherhood magazine, 1951-1952 8 5 Building Brotherhood in Your Community pilot project 8 6 By-laws 8 7 Catholic list (special), Richmond 8 8 Commission on Community Organizations, 1946-1949 8 9 Commission on Community Organizations, 1950-1954 8 10 Commission on Community Organizations, 1955-1960, 1967-1968 8 11 Commission on Educational Organizations, 1946-1948 8 12 Commission on Educational Organizations, 1950, 1952 8 13 Commission on Educational Organizations, 1953, 1955 9 1 Commission on Educational Organizations, 1956-1957 9 2 Commission on Educational Organizations, 1958 9 3 Commission on Educational Organizations, 1959, 1961 9 4 Commission on Mass Communications, 1952-1955 9 5 Commission on Religious Organizations, 1947-1953 9 6 Commission on Religious Organizations, 1954-1958 9 7 Commission on Religious Organizations, undated 9 8 Conference magazine, 1945-1950 9 9 The Dialogue bulletin, 1959-1961 9 10 The Dialogue bulletin, 1963-1969 10 1 Field and Program Service Bulletin, 1953 10 2 Field and Program Service Bulletin, 1954 10 3 Future Action Planning Committee, 1977 10 4 A Futures Study for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Part II, 1973-1975 10 5-6 Harrisonburg chapter 10 7-8 Martinsville chapter 10 9-10 Membership drives, 1956-1957 10 11 Membership lists and directories 10 12 Miscellaneous administrative papers 11 1 Miscellaneous staff biographies 11 2 National Staff Committee, 1974 11 3 National Staff Committee, 1975-1976 11 4 National Staff Committee, 1977 11 5 National Staff Committee, 1978-1984 11 6 National Staff Conference, 8-12 January 1967 11 7

See also an oversize group photograph (rolled) taken at the National Staff Conference, 9 January 1967. To see this photograph, request Box 78.

 National Staff Conference, 6-9 January 1969 11 8 National Staff Conference, 6-9 January 1970 11 9 National Staff Conference, 26-29 March 1972 11 10 NCCJ 20th anniversary, 1948 11 11 NCCJ 50th anniversary, 1978 11 12 NCCJ Advisory Board 11 13 NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1945-1953 11 14 NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1954-1956 12 1 NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1959-1965 12 2 NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1968-1978 12 3 NCCJ annual meetings, board meetings, etc., 1982, 1986 12 4 NCCJ brochures and general information 12 5-9 NCCJ brochures and general information, cont'd. 13 1-8 NCCJ name change debate, 1951 13 9 NCCJ news releases, 1946-1967 13 10 NCCJ news releases, 1968-1982 and undated 13 11 NCCJ newsletters, 1948-1949 13 12 NCCJ newsletters, 1950-1953 14 1 NCCJ newsletters, 1954-1959 14 2 NCCJ newsletters, 1960-1963 14 3 NCCJ newsletters, 1964-1965 14 4 NCCJ newsletters, 1966-1968 14 5 NCCJ newsletters, 1969 14 6 NCCJ newsletters, 1970-1979 14 7 NCCJ newsletters, 1980-1982 14 8 Norfolk chapter 14 9-10 Norfolk chapter, cont'd. 15 1-3 The Organization and Development of New Chapters, 1959 15 4 Peninsula chapter 15 5 President's Council, 1976-1981 15 6 Protestant list (special), Richmond 15 7 Report: How Can We Improve NCCJ's Public Relations?10 November 1959 15 8 Report: The National Conference: Self-Evaluation, ca. 1957 15 9 Resources for speakers and discussion leaders 15 10-11 Resources for speakers and discussion leaders, cont'd. 16 1-3 Richmond chapter 16 4-5 Roanoke chapter 16 6-7 Southern Staff Conference, 4-5 March 1966 16 8 Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council, 1970 16 9-10 Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council, 1971 16 11 Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council, 1972 17 1-2 Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council / National Staff Committee, 1973 17 3 Staff Relations/Representative Advisory Council / National Staff Committee, undated 17 4 Staff training 17 5-6 Suffolk chapter 17 7-8 Virginia Beach chapter 17 9 Virginia region 17 10 Your Job with NCCJ, 1963 17 11 Series III. NCCJ outreach and program file, 1946-1988. 18-44 Extent: 27 boxes.

Outreach and program files, 1946-1988, reflect the NCCJ's focus on educational efforts rather than direct activism. In general, materials include program syllabi and agendas, planning materials, annual and program reports of the national office and various regional offices, and manuals articulating policies and describing past programs. Several of the programs with which Mellette was more directly involved are represented in greater volume than others. These include Rearing Children of Good Will, Police-Community Relations, various youth programs, and NCCJ's signature program, Brotherhood Week.

Perhaps the most visible and far-reaching of the NCCJ's efforts, Brotherhood Week was designed to promote the organization's guiding ideal of the "brotherhood of mankind under the fatherhood of God." Typically falling during the week of George Washington's birthday, the program consisted of media promotions in radio, television, newspapers, and movie theater newsreels; lectures, the showing of films, panel discussions, and other programs at schools and colleges, places of worship, and community organization meetings; billboards; high-profile chairpersons; mayoral, gubernatorial, and presidential proclamations; awards banquets; concerts; and other events. Observances were organized at both the local and national level.

Brotherhood Week materials gathered here include agendas; brochures and other promotional literature; committee reports; correspondence; guides for speakers; invitations and programs; invoices; photographs; posters; press kits with suggested editorials, public service announcement scripts, etc.; press releases; resource lists; speech transcripts; and other items. Included are copies of Brotherhood Week addresses, statements, and proclamations made by William Tuck, Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, John S. Battle, Dwight Eisenhower, Thomas B. Stanley, John F. Kennedy, J. Lindsay Almond, Albertis Harrison, Lyndon Johnson, Mills Godwin, Linwood Holton, and Brooks Hays, among others. Also included is an audio recording of several brief radio spots for the 1965 observance of Brotherhood Week, one of which features the voice of Mitch Miller.

Also included in this series are papers relating to various awards bestowed by the NCCJ. The accompanying dinner events served as one of the main sources of funds to keep the organization in operation. Peter Mellette is credited with founding the National Brotherhood Citation Dinner in Richmond in 1963, and later bringing it to other cities around the state.

Researchers should also consult Series I, as much of the correspondence filed there deals with NCCJ programs.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Anytown workshops 18 1 Brotherhood Awards, 1953-1964 18 2 Brotherhood Awards manual, 1959 18 3-4 Brotherhood Awards, 1960, 1965-1969 18 5 Brotherhood Awards, 1970-1976, 1980 18 6 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1961-1962 18 7 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1963 18 8 Brotherhood Citation Dinner, 11 December 1963 18 9-10 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1964-1965 18 11 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1966 18 12 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1967 19 1 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1968 19 2-4 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1969 19 5-6 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1970 19 7 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1971 19 8 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1972-1973 19 9 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1974 20 1-2 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1975-1976 20 3 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1977-1979 20 4 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1980-1982 20 5 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, 1987-1988 20 6 Brotherhood Citation Dinners, undated 20 7 Brotherhood Dinners/Banquets, 1946-1959 20 8 Brotherhood Dinners/Banquets, 1966-1971 20 9 Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1946 20 10 Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1947 20 11 Brotherhood Week, 22-29 February 1948 20 12 Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1949 21 1-2 Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1950 21 3-4 Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1951 21 5-7 Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1952 21 8-9 Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1952, cont'd. 22 1-2 Brotherhood Week, 15-22 February 1953 22 3-6 Brotherhood Week, 21-28 February 1954 22 7-9 Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1955 23 1-2 Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1956 23 3-5 Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1957 23 6-8 Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1958 23 9-10 Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1958, cont'd. 24 1 Brotherhood Week, 15-22 February 1958 24 2-4 Brotherhood Week, 21-28 February 1960 24 5-8 Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1961 24 9-11 Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1961, cont'd. 25 1-2 Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1962 25 3-8 Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1963 25 9-10 Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1963, cont'd. 26 1 Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1964 26 2-4 Brotherhood Week, 21-28 February 1965 26 5-8 Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1966 26 9-11 Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1966, cont'd. 27 1 Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1967 27 2-4 Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1968 27 5-6 Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1969 27 7 Brotherhood Week, 22 February - 1 March 1970 27 8-9 Brotherhood Week, 14-28 February 1971 27 10 Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1972 27 11 Brotherhood Week, 18-25 February 1973 27 12 Brotherhood Week, 17-24 February 1974 27 13 Brotherhood Week, 16-23 February 1975 28 1 Brotherhood Week, 15-22 February 1976 28 2 Brotherhood Week, 20-27 February 1977 28 3 Brotherhood Week, 19-26 February 1978 28 4 Brotherhood Week, 18-24 February 1979 28 5 Brotherhood Weeks 1980, 1982 28 6 Brotherhood Week, undated 28 7-9 Case Examples of Successful Regional Programming, 1969-1970 28 10 Case Examples of Successful Regional Programming, 1970-1971 28 11 Case Examples of Successful Regional Programming, 1972-1973 28 12 Charles Evans Hughes Award 28 13 Dialogue groups - Peninsula, Norfolk 28 14-15 Dialogue groups - Richmond 29 1-4 Educational films (advertisements, lists, etc.) 29 5-6 Educational literature and resource lists 29 7-8 Educational plays and skits (scripts) 29 9-10 Good Neighbor Awards, 1968 30 1 Human relations programs and literature, 1946-1948 30 2 Human relations programs and literature, 1950-1952 30 3 Human relations programs and literature, 1953 30 4 Human relations programs and literature, 1954 30 5 Human relations programs and literature, 1955 30 6 Human relations programs and literature, 1956-1957 30 7 Human relations programs and literature, 1960-1964 30 8 Human relations programs and literature, 1965-1968 30 9 Human relations programs and literature, 1969 30 10 Human relations programs and literature, 1970-1976 31 1 Human relations programs and literature, undated 31 2-4 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1951-1952 31 5 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1953-1954 31 6 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1956-1959 31 7 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1960-1963 31 8 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1964-1967 31 9 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1968-1969 31 10 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, 1970-1977 32 1 Labor-Management / Equal Employment Opportunity, undated 32 2 Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1953-1959 32 3 Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1961-1966 32 4 Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1967-1969 32 5 Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1970-1974 32 6 Miscellaneous NCCJ awards, 1976-1981 and undated 32 7 Miscellaneous NCCJ programs, 1948-1959 32 8 Miscellaneous NCCJ programs, 1962-1969 32 9 Miscellaneous NCCJ programs, 1970-1978 and undated 32 10 Moral and Spiritual Resources Project, 1953, 1956 32 11 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1950-1954 32 12 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1955-1957 33 1 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1958-1959 33 2 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1960-1967 33 3 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1968 33 4 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1969 33 5-6 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1970-1978 33 7 NCCJ annual/program reports, 1981-1987 33 8 NCCJ program director diaries, February 1976 33 9 NCCJ Program Manual: Policy 34 1 NCCJ program planning, 1950's-1960's 34 2 NCCJ program planning, 1970's and undated 34 3 NCCJ program planning resources 34 4-5 Police-Community Relations, 1955 34 6 Police-Community Relations, 1956-1959 34 7-8 Police-Community Relations, 1960 34 9 Police-Community Relations, 1961 35 1-2 Police-Community Relations, 1962 35 3 Police-Community Relations, 1963 35 4-5 Police-Community Relations, 1964-1965 35 6 Police-Community Relations, 1966 35 7-8 Police-Community Relations, 1967 35 9-10 Police-Community Relations, 1968 36 1 Police-Community Relations, 1969 36 2-4 Police-Community Relations, 1970 36 5 Police-Community Relations, 1971 36 6-7 Police-Community Relations, 1972 36 8 Police-Community Relations, 1973-1977, 1980, 1982 36 9 Police-Community Relations, undated 36 10 Police-Community Relations, undated, cont'd. 37 1-3 Radio and television 37 4-5 Radio and television: Brotherhood at Work 37 6 Radio and television: Human relations programming, WLVA-TV Lynchburg, 1960-1963 37 7 Radio and television: Miscellaneous scripts 37 8-9 Radio and television: The Moral Challenge transcripts, 1960 37 10 Radio and television: New Horizons in Human Relations, 1955 37 11 Radio and television: New Horizons in Human Relations, 1955, cont'd. 38 1-2 Radio and television: New Horizons in Human Relations: A Thirteen Week Television Series, 1960 38 3 Radio and television: Operation Understanding, 1960 38 4-5 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1954-1959 38 6 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1960 38 7 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1961-1963 38 8 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1964 38 9 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1965 38 10 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1966 39 1 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1967 39 2 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1968-1969 39 3 Rearing Children of Good Will, 1970-1971, 1975-1976 39 4 Rearing Children of Good Will, undated 39 5-6 Rearing Children of Good Will: Promising Practices in Rearing Children of Good Will 39 7 Rearing Children of Good Will series discussion guides 39 8 Rearing Children of Good Will: A Study and Discussion Guide for Parents 39 9 Rearing Children of Good Will: A Thirteen Week Television Series 39 10 Religious Freedom and Public Affairs 39 11 Religious Freedom and Public Affairs, cont'd. 40 1-7 Religious News Service 40 8-10 Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1954-1956 41 1 Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1957-1960 41 2 Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1966-1967 41 3 Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1968-1969 41 4 Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1970 41 5 Wildacres Institute on Human Relations, 1971, 1976 41 6 Youth programs, 1940's 41 7 Youth programs, 1950-1951 41 8 Youth programs, 1952 41 9 Youth programs, 1953 41 10 Youth programs, 1954-1955 41 11 Youth programs, 1956 42 1 Youth programs, 1957 42 2 Youth programs, 1958-1959 42 3 Youth programs, 1960 42 4 Youth programs, 1961 42 5-6 Youth programs, 1962 42 7-8 Youth programs, 1963 42 9 Youth programs, 1963, cont'd. 43 1 Youth programs, 1964 43 2-3 Youth programs, 1965 43 4-5 Youth programs, 1966 43 6 Youth programs, 1967 43 7 Youth programs, 1968 43 8 Youth programs, 1969 43 9-10 Youth programs, 1970 43 11 Youth programs (Ruth Blair files), 1970-1973 44 1-2 Youth programs, 1971 44 3 Youth programs, 1972 44 4 Youth programs, 1973 44 5 Youth programs, 1974 44 6 Youth programs, 1975 44 7 Youth programs, 1976 44 8 Youth programs, 1977 44 9 Youth programs, undated 44 10-12 Series IV. Subject files, 1941-1993. 45-65, 78 Extent: 22 boxes.

Subject files reflect Peter Mellette's interests in religion, race relations, education, ethics, Richmond, and various other topics. Materials gathered here include correspondence, newsletters, informational literature, programs, clippings, partial drafts of Mellette's memoirs (a full version of which, entitled Some of Life's Moments, are in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond), miscellaneous coursework from Mellette's graduate studies, and speeches. The speech files chiefly consist of printed copies of speeches made by other individuals, including Adlai Stevenson, Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Eugene McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Henry R. Luce, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Arthur Ashe, Judge Robert R. Merhige Jr., Henry Ford II, Lee Iacocca, and various NCCJ figures. Also included are a number of unsigned drafts of speeches that were likely Mellette's own.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Note that the entry for "Miscellaneous objects" is listed here in alphabetical order, but the box itself (Box 78) is filed at the end of the collection because of its odd size.

102 True Stories from the Greater St. Louis Community Chest, 1953 45 1 Abortion 45 2 Adult Leadership Training, Virginia State College 45 3 Agency Professionals of Richmond 45 4 American Jewish Committee 45 5-6 American Shores Patrol 45 7 Anti-Semitism 45 8-9 Anytown USA 45 10 Appointment calendars, 1963, 1970-1974 45 11 Appointment calendars, 1975-1979 45 12 Arab-Israeli conflicts 45 13 Arab-Israeli conflicts, cont'd. 46 1 Attacks on the NCCJ 46 2-3 Better Business Bureau 46 4 Biographical info and c.v.'s on various individuals 46 5 Black-Jewish relations 46 6 B'nai B'rith 46 7-9 Book lists 46 10-11 Books for Brotherhood 46 12 Brown, G. W. C. (Norfolk Division, Virginia State College) 47 1 Building for Brotherhood 47 2 Bulletin of Temple Beth-El (Richmond, Va.), 1958-1972 47 3 Canada-United States Friendship Committee 47 4 Catholic: Clergy (Richmond) 47 5 Catholic: Miscellaneous 47 6 Catholic: Vatican II 47 7 Christian Science 47 8 Christian Yellow Pages 47 9 Church-State issues 47 10-12 Citizens' Community Study (Richmond, Va.), ca. 1972-1973 47 13 Civil Rights Act of 1964 48 1 Civil rights/race relations/African American issues 48 2-7 Clinchy, Everett R. 48 8 Colgate Divinity School 48 9 Commission on Human Relations (Richmond, Va.) 48 10 Communism 48 11 Comparative Cultures and World Community course (Oberlin College), 1950 48 12 Congregation Beth Ahabah (Richmond, Va.) 48 13 Constants and Variables in Southern Culture, Gordon Lovejoy, 1954 48 14 Crozer Theological Seminary 49 1 Crucifixion debate 49 2 The Curricular Approach to Religious Prejudice, J. Howard Howson, 1945 49 3 Declaration of Moral Principles for General Assembly candidates, 1967 49 4 Draft statement re: Martin Luther King assasination, 1968 49 5 Drugs 49 6 Ecumenical Social Concerns Alliance / VISCA 49 7 Emergency School Assistance Advisory Committee 49 8 Fair campaigns 49 9 Fair campaigns: Presidential election of 1960 49 10 Fisk University Institute of Race Relations, 1957 49 11 Fraternal Order of Police 49 12 Fundamentalism (Christian) 49 13 Furman University 49 14-15 Ginter Park P.T.A., 1962-1966 49 16 Grassroots Ecumenism program materials 49 17 Greek Orthodox 49 18 Holocaust studies 50 1-2 Homosexuality 50 3 Housing (fair/open) 50 4 Housing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.) 50 5 Institute for American Democracy 50 6 Institute on Social Change in a Democratic Society, 1965 50 7 Inter-Commission Committee on the Problems of Integration and Education in Community Life, 24-25 November 1958 50 8 Intercultural education 50 9 Interfaith relations 50 10-11 Intergroup education 50 12-13 Intergroup education, cont'd. 51 1-8 Intergroup relations 51 9-10 Intergroup relations, cont'd. 52 1-9 International Council of Christians and Jews 52 10 Islam 52 11 Israel, Jews, and Judaism 52 12 Israel, Jews, and Judaism, cont'd. 53 1-4 Jewish-Christian relations 53 5-8 Jewish organizations, publications 53 9-10 Johnstown, Ohio 53 11-12 Key 73 54 1 Ku Klux Klan 54 2-3 May, Irving 54 4 Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee (Charlotte, N.C.) 54 5 McIntire, Carl 54 6 Memoirs (Peter Mellette) 54 7-8 Miscellaneous 54 9-14 Miscellaneous, cont'd. 55 1-2 Miscellaneous course materials and writing assignments 55 3 Miscellaneous objects 78

Objects include a medal featuring the name of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the word "Brotherhood," and an outline map of the world; a cardboard cutout showing a cartoon man and a message supporting civil defense, and a school calendar noting religious holidays for 1954-1955. Also included is a medal-like object with a relief image of a man (possibly a Biblical figure) and another man with angel wings who appears to be crying over a book that is open to a page with "1938" written on it. The reverse is engraved to read "In the union of faiths we are fortified to serve mankind."

Miscellaneous organizations and programs 55 4-10 Moll, William J. 55 11 Morton, Sidney G. 55 12 National Association of Intergroup Officials 56 1 National Conference for Religious Freedom, 23-24 October 1986 56 2 NCCJ and race issues 56 3 NCCJ meeting with President Kennedy, 21 November 1961 56 4 NCCJ response to bombings of religious buildings, 1958, 1960 56 5 Nelson, Claude D. 56 6 Northside Community Council / Northside Community Association 56 7 Notes 56 8-12 Obituary and eulogy notes for Peter Mellette, 1993 56 13 Ohef Sholom Temple (Norfolk, Va.) bulletins, 1965-1979 56 14 One Nation Under God: A Report on Our Moral and Spiritual Resources for Brotherhood, 10 November 1954 57 1 Operation Metropolitan - Chicago Project 1956 57 2 Our Moral and Spiritual Resources for International Cooperation, Reinhold Neibuhr, 1956 57 3 Personal travel 57 4-5 Photographs 57 6

See also an oversize group photograph (rolled) taken at the National Staff Conference, 9 January 1967. Located in Series VII.

 Planned Parenthood 57 7 Prayers 57 8 Prejudice 57 9 President's Committee on Government Contracts 57 10 Problems in the Economic and Social History of the U.S. course 57 11 Protestant (miscellaneous) 57 12 Psychology of Social Change course, Columbia University, 1950 57 13 Quality Integrated Education Conference, 1972 57 14 Race 57 15 Racism 58 1 Real Estate Committee 58 2 Religion and Education in a Pluralistic Society: A Discussion Guide and Resource Book, 1961 58 3 Religion and Freedom, 1958 58 4 Religion and public education 58 5-8 Religion and traffic safety 58 9-10 Religious discrimination in advertising legislation, 1952, 1954 59 1 Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1968 59 2 Richmond 59 3-4 Richmond Area Clergy Association 59 5 Richmond Area Community Council / Richmond Area Safety Council 59 6 Richmond Area Ministers Association 59 7 Richmond International Council 59 8 Richmond Public Schools 59 9-10 Richmond Urban League, 1956, 1967 59 11 Rockwell, George L. (American Nazi Party) 59 12 Rotary Club 59 13-14 Rotary Club, cont'd. 60 1-4 Rotary Club: U.S. - Canada Exchange, 1977 60 5-6 School desegregation 60 7-10 School desegregation, cont'd. 61 1 Sharon High School (Sharon, S.C.) c/o 1936 reunion, 1986 61 2 Social Science Conference, 2-3 November 1966 61 3 Soviet Jewry 61 4 Special Report of the National Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility, 27 April 1979 61 5 Speeches 61 6-12 Speeches, cont'd. 62 1-9 Speeches, cont'd. 63 1-6 Speed Memorial Church (Speed, Ind.) 63 7-9 Torch Club of Richmond 63 10 Travel 64 1-2 Unitarian 64 3 United Way 64 4 U.Va. Institute of Public Affairs, 1952-1953 64 5 Urban issues 64 6 VCU conferences on urban education, 1969-1970 64 7 Vickery, William E. 64 8 Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers 64 9 Virginia Council on Human Relations 64 10 Virginia Operational Survival Plan 64 11-12 Virginia Retail Merchants Association Award, 1960 64 13 Virginia/Richmond Area Committee for Public Schools 64 14 The Virginian 65 1-2 Watkins Glen, N. Y. 65 3 Welfare 65 4 White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1970 65 5 Wills (Peter and Susan Mellette) 65 6 Women 65 7 Women in Religion, 1941 65 8 Working with Religious Groups, Clarence Wagner, 1947 65 9 World Brotherhood 65 10-11 World hunger 65 12-14 Series V. NCCJ financial papers, 1945-1982. 66-72 Extent: 7 boxes.

Miscellaneous financial papers include audit reports, budget projections and requests, and financial statements. Papers reflecting the NCCJ's fundraising include solicitation and thank-you letters, prospect lists, Special Gifts Committee correspondence, and a 1961 fundraising manual. A great deal of fundraising was done by means of awards dinners. Materials related to these events can be found in Series III.

 Financial papers, 1945 66 1 Financial papers, 1946 66 2 Financial papers, 1947 66 3 Financial papers, 1948-1949 66 4 Financial papers, 1950-1954 66 5 Financial papers, 1955-1959 66 6 Financial papers, 1960-1963 66 7 Financial papers, 1964-1966 66 8 Financial papers, 1967-1968 66 9 Financial papers, 1969-1971 66 10 Financial papers, 1972-1973 66 11 Financial papers, 1974 66 12 Financial papers, 1975 67 1 Financial papers, 1976 67 2-4 Financial papers, 1977 67 5-8 Financial papers, 1978 67 9-12 Financial papers, 1978, cont'd. 68 1 Financial papers, 1979 68 2-3 Financial papers, 1980-1982 68 4 Fundraising, 1946-1949 68 5 Fundraising, 1950 68 6 Fundraising, 1951-1952 68 7 Fundraising, 1953 68 8 Fundraising, 1954 68 9-11 Fundraising, 1955 68 12 Fundraising, 1956 69 1 Fundraising, 1957 69 2 Fundraising, 1958 69 3 Fundraising, 1959 69 4 Fundraising, 1960 69 5-7 Fundraising manual: Building Financial Support, 1961 69 8 Fundraising, 1961 70 1 Fundraising, 1962 70 2-6 Fundraising, 1963 70 7 Fundraising, 1964 70 8-9 Fundraising, 1964, cont'd. 71 1 Fundraising, 1965 71 2-4 Fundraising, 1966 71 5-6 Fundraising, 1967 71 7 Fundraising, 1968-1969 71 8 Fundraising, 1970-1979 71 9 Fundraising, undated 71 10 Fundraising, undated, cont'd. 72 1-2 Series VI. Clippings and magazines, 1945-1993. 72-77 Extent: 6 boxes.

Mellette kept an extensive collection of clippings from various newspapers and magazines, as well as complete issues of several newsletters and magazines. Topics reflected in the clippings closely mirror the interests he demonstrated in other areas of his life: religion, interreligious and interracial relations, education, and social justice causes.

 America 72 3 The Christian Century 72 4-7 Commonweal 72 8 Keeping the Dream Alive column, Don McElroy 72 9 Magazine/journal clippings, 1945-1992 72 10 Magazine/journal clippings, undated 72 11 Magazines/journals, 1950's 73 1-3 Magazines/journals, 1960's 73 4-5 Magazines/journals, 1970's 73 6-7 Magazines/journals, 1980's 74 1 NCCJ reprints of journal/newspaper articles 74 2 The New Republic 74 3 Newsletters, 1940's-1960's 74 4 Newsletters, 1970's 74 5 Newsletters, 1980's 74 6 Newspaper clippings (photocopies and reprints) 74 7 Presbyterian Outlook 74 8 The Religious Herald 74 9 Reprints distributed by Community Relations Service/American Jewish Committee 74 10 Saturday Review 74 11-12 Southern School News 74 13 Newspaper clippings, 1946-1959 75 Newspaper clippings, 1960-1969 76 Newspaper clippings, 1970-1993 and undated 77