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This Day in Unitarian Universalist History
1944 - Franklin Chester Southworth, who served churches in Duluth Minnesota and Chicago Illinois, died on this day. He was president of Meadville Theological School, then in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Southworth was one of the first seminary presidents to realize the need to associate with a university. He worked for years to move the college to Chicago, where it stands today. He was active in international Unitarianism and spent time in Japan and India. Read more about Franklin Chester Southworth.
Reprinted with the permission of Skinner House Books. This Day in Unitarian Universalist History by Frank Schulman is available at (800) 215-9076 or www.uua.org/bookstore.
Holiday Gift Book: The Unitarian and Universalist Invention of Christmas & An Anthology of Historic Unitarian Christmas Stories
An essay on the role of Unitarians and Universalists in establishing the practice of Christmas celebrations in the United States is followed by an anthology of historically interesting Christmas stories authored by Unitarians. Order the paperback here; Order the Kindle ...
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A Gift from Harvard Square Library: Add “This Day in UU History” to your website or blog
Add a side bar to your website or blog that changes daily, offering an important date in Unitarian Universalist history and related graphic, exactly like that on the front page of our Harvard Square Library site. Click here for complete ...
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