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University of Chicago Library
Guide to the Robert W. Spike Papers 1838-2005
© 2017 University of Chicago Library
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Spike, Robert W. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1838-2005 |
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| Size: | 23.75 linear feet (29 boxes) |
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| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
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| Abstract: | The Reverend Doctor Robert Warren Spike (1923-1966) was a minister, theologian, and activist who served as the first Executive Director of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches and Professor of Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. A leader in mobilizing church involvement in the civil rights movement, Spike was murdered less than a year after assuming his post in Chicago. |
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Information on Use
Access
The collection is open for research. Series VIII contains restricted student records which are closed for 80 years from date of record creation, and legal correspondence which is closed indefinitely.
Restrictions on Use
Series VI, Audio-Visual, does not include access copies for the audiotape, the film reel, or the VHS tape. Researchers will need to consult with staff before requesting these items.
Citation
When quoting material from
this collection, the preferred citation is: Spike, Robert W. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Biographical Note
The Reverend Doctor Robert Warren Spike (1923-1966) was a minister, theologian, and activist who served as the first Executive Director of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches and Professor of Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. A leader in mobilizing church involvement in the civil rights movement, Spike was murdered less than a year after assuming his post in Chicago.
Robert Spike was born on November 13, 1923 in Buffalo, New York to Warren and Lucy Spike. After graduating from Denison University in Ohio, he went on to attend Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. He then earned his doctorate from Columbia University in 1954. He married Alice Coffman in 1945, with whom he had two sons, Paul and John Spike.
Spike served as an associate minister of the First Baptist Church in Granville, Ohio from 1946 to 1948, and from 1949 until 1956 he was the minister of Judson Memorial Church in New York City. At Judson, Spike worked to integrate community action into the church. He also served as a chaplain at Youth House, a detention home for adolescents in New York City. Following his time at Judson, Spike began his career at the National Council of Churches. He became the General Secretary of The Board of Homeland Ministries of the United Church of Christ, as well as the Chairman of the Committee for a Christian Ministry in the National Parks. He also served on the Commission on a Christian Ministry with People in Leisure-Recreation. His ecumenical work was extensive, and extended to a role in the World Council of Churches.
Spike was thrust onto the national stage when he became the first Executive Director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, created in June 1963 “to mobilize the resources of all units of the National Council and its member denominations in a planned strategy against all forms of racial injustice in American life.” In this role, Spike was prominent in the civil rights movement, organizing Protestant participation in civil rights protests and marches across the country and working closely with the White House as an advocate on the formation and implementation of civil rights legislation. He was also involved in the National Council of Churches’ ministry and activism in Mississippi, and continued to work for the funding of programs, such as the Child Development Groups of Mississippi (CDGM), even after his appointment as the Director of the pioneering Doctor of Ministry Program in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago before his death in 1966.
In addition to his teaching and ministry, Spike was known as a successful speaker, delivering speeches and addresses at conferences and on college campuses around the country, as well as preaching at a range of religious institutions. In addition to numerous speeches and sermons, Spike was the author of the books Tests of a Living Church, Safe in Bondage, To be a Man, and The Freedom Revolution and the Churches. He also wrote many articles, and served on the editorial board of the journal Christianity and Crisis.
Scope Note
The collection contains correspondence, sermons, articles, essays, audiotape recordings, and other materials relating, among other subjects, to the history of the Christian church and social activism, ecumenism, and the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. A more detailed description of its contents can be found in the series descriptions at the start of each series in the inventory section of this guide. The collection contains material from 1838 to 2005, though most of the material falls between 1950 and 1966. Series VIII contains restricted student records and legal correspondence, which are respectively closed until 2043 and indefinitely.
The collection is organized into eight series:
I. Personal
II. Correspondence
III. Writings
IV. Professional
V. Writings by Others
VI. Audio-Visual
VII. Oversize
VIII. Restricted
I. Personal: Contains material pertinent to Spike's early life from his childhood and education - such as essays from his high school through his doctoral study - and to his death - such as memorials and obituaries. This series contains genealogical material, scrapbooks, journals, appointment calendars, essays, biographies, obituaries, memorials, and newspaper clippings. Notably, it also contains an original program from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It ranges in date from 1828 to 1977, but mostly falls between 1935 and 1966.
II. Correspondence: Contains the personal and professional correspondence of Robert Spike. It also contains condolence telegrams and correspondence to Mrs. Alice Spike, Dean Jerald Brauer of the University of Chicago Divinity School, and Dr. Howard Moody of Judson Memorial Church after Spike’s murder. Telegrams, many with extended messages, include those from Martin Luther King, Jr., Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Stokley Carmichael, Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and Victor Reuther. There are also telegrams from various groups in Mississippi, including the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), with whom he was very active up to his death. The material in this series covers from 1936 to 2005, but mostly falls between 1950 and 1966.
III. Writings: Contains material related to the development of Spike's published and unpublished written work, as well as sermons and speeches. This includes notes, outlines, manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, publicity, and reviews. Subjects range from the role of the church in social action, to race and the civil rights movement. Material ranges in date from 1941 to 1966; it mostly falls between 1955 and 1966.
IV. Professional: Contains reports, newsletters, correspondence, articles, pamphlets, memos, minutes, agendas, and syllabi from throughout Robert Spike’s professional career. Subseries include Judson Memorial Church, The American Baptist Convention, The Protestant Council of the City of New York, Leadership in Political Organizations, Board of Homeland Ministries of the United Church of Christ and the National Council of the Churches in Christ, The World Council of Churches, the White House Conference “To Fulfill These Rights,” the Child Development Groups of Mississippi (CDGM), and Teaching. Spike’s most prominent role is represented by his time as the first Executive Director of the ecumenical Commission on Religion and Race; this is located under National Council of the Churches in Christ. This series ranges in date from 1946 to 1990; the bulk of the material falls between 1950 and 1966. A description of each subseries is found under the Series Description for Series IV below.
V. Writings by Others: Contains publications, books, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, magazines, and brochures written by other authors from 1937 to 1966.
VI. Audio-Visual: Contains photographs, photographic negatives, one film reel of home movies from 1946 to 1958, one reel-to-reel audiotape, and a VHS tape. The photographs range from 1860 to 1966, with most of them falling between 1955 and 1966. Folder 11 contains photographs taken at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The audiotape reel is of particular interest, as it is a recording of three lectures Robert Spike gave several months before his death in 1966. This series does not include access copies for the audiotape, the film reel, or the VHS tape. Researchers will need to consult with staff before requesting these items.
VII. Oversize: Contains a broad range of materials from 1901 to 1966, though the bulk of the material falls between 1955 and 1966. Personal materials include sheet music composed by Robert Spike’s grandmother, genealogical material, and a family photo album of Alice and Robert Spike. There are also articles and photographs from Robert Spike’s professional career. This series also notably contains a series of commemorative prints for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
VIII. Restricted: Contains restricted student records from Robert Spike’s sons, John and Paul Spike, which are closed until 2043, and legal correspondence for Robert and Alice Spike regarding real estate, which are closed indefinitely.
Related Resources
The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/select.html
Blakemore, William Barnett. Papers
Brauer, Jerald. Papers
Commission on Race and Housing. Records
Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference. Records
Pitcher, W. Alvin. Papers
University of Chicago. Committee on Education, Training, and Research in Race Relations. Records
University of Chicago Divinity School. Records
Wells, Ida B. Papers
Subject Headings
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Moody, Howard, 1921-2012
- Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003
- Spike, John T.
- Spike, Paul, 1947-
- Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011
- Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
- American Baptist Convention
- Child Development Group of Mississippi
- Delta Ministry of Mississippi
- Judson Memorial Church (New York, N.Y.)
- National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
- National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
- Protestant Council of the City of New York
- United Church of Christ
- University of Chicago. Divinity School
- World Council of Churches
- Civil rights movement
- Ecumenists
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963: Washington, D.C.)
- Sermons, American 20th century
- Youth--Religious life
- Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
INVENTORY
Series I, Personal, ranges in date from 1828 to 1977, but mostly falls between 1935 and 1966. This series is divided into two subseries arranged primarily in chronological order:
Subseries 1, Family History, contains genealogical materials collected by Robert Spike's grandmother Lucy Harrington Johnson, or Mrs. A. B. Johnson, who was a poet and composer. It also contains some material from Robert Spike's wife, Alice, and his sons. This subseries includes articles, notes, essays, family trees, poetry, and letters.
Subseries 2, Personal History, contains material pertinent to Spike's early life from his childhood and education - such as essays from his high school through his doctoral study - and to his death - such as memorials and obituaries. This series consists of scrapbooks, journals, appointment calendars, essays, biographies, obituaries, memorials, and newspaper clippings. Notably, it also contains an original program from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Subseries 1: Family History |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Family Correspondence, 1828-1914 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | The Harrington Family, 1848-1937 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | The Van Deusen Family, 1878, 1937 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | The Jordan Family [1/2], undated, 1908-1927 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | The Jordan Family [2/2], undated, 1935 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | The Manchester Family, undated, 1914 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | The Johnson Family Reunion – Notes and Correspondence, 1916-1936 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Lucy Harrington Johnson (also known as Mrs. A. B. Johnson) – Poetry and copyrights with ephemera, circa 1917-1918 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | The Allerton Family, circa 1920 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | The Holmes Family and Ancestors, undated, circa 1920 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | The Moses Family, 1922 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | The Doty Family, undated, 1925 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Early Ancestors – Ferris, McDonald, Niles, Purdy, undated, 1928 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | The Dyer Family, undated, 1932 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Genealogical Notes and Essays – Compiled and written by Lucy Harrington Johnson, circa 1935-1937 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Spike Family Ephemera, 1936 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Alice Spike – Personal ephemera, 1941-1964 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | John and Paul Spike – Childhood ephemera, 1957-1961 |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Warren Spike – Obituary and ephemera, 1961 |
Subseries 2: Personal History |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | Baby Book, 1923-1924 |
| Box 1 Folder 21 | Autograph Book, 1933-1936 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | "Five-Year Diary," 1935-1938 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Brockport Elementary and High School – Transcripts, 1935-1940 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | "Ancestors" Album with ephemera, 1936 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | New York State Baptist Young People's Assembly - "The Pioneer" – Class in Writing Religious Drama, 1938 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Brockport High School – Essay – "Lucy Harrington Johnson," 1940 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Brockport High School Graduation, 1940 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Sugar Creek Baptist Church – Jamestown, Ohio – Directory with ephemera, 1938 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | First Baptist Church – Rochester, New York – Orders of service, pamphlets, and ephemera, 1940-1951 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Denison University – Annual Catalogue, 1898-1899 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Denison University – Programs and directories, 1940-1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Denison University – Student publications, 1940-1941 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Denison University - Essays, 1942-1943 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Denison University – Theater – Prompt book and stage setting, 1943 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Denison University – Alumni newsletter and correspondence, 1943-1950 |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Denison University – Folder identified as 'College Address Book', circa 1944 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Denison University – Transcripts and correspondence, 1944 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Denison University Graduation, 1944 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | "Log for the Summer in New York City" – Journal in two volumes, 1944 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Summer in New York City Essay, 1944 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Memorabilia and Pamphlets, 1944-1960 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Colgate-Rochester Divinity School – Materials and correspondence – Includes Robert Spike's ministerial record, 1944-1953 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Colgate-Rochester Divinity School – Course material, circa 1945-1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Colgate-Rochester Divinity School – Essays, 1945-1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Graduation, 1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | First Baptist Church – Brockport, New York, 1945-1949 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | First Baptist Church – Brockport, New York – Robert Spike's Ordination – Program, correspondence, and statements, 1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Rhode Island Baptist Youth Camp Year Book, 1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Columbia University – Materials and records – Teachers College – Doctor of Education, 1948-1949 |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Columbia University – Dissertation proposal drafts on youth and religion – Teachers College – Doctor of Education, circa 1949 |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | Columbia University – Dissertation research materials and correspondence – Teachers College – Doctor of Education, 1947-1954 |
| Box 3 Folder 16 | Columbia University – Holograph dissertation draft – Teachers College – Doctor of Education [1/2], circa 1953-1954 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Columbia University – Holograph dissertation draft – Teachers College – Doctor of Education [2/2], circa 1953-1954 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Columbia University – Typescript dissertation draft – Introduction – Teachers College – Doctor of Education, circa 1954 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Columbia University – Typescript dissertation draft – Partial – Teachers College – Doctor of Education, circa 1954 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Columbia University Graduation – Teachers College – Doctor of Education, 1954 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Bills, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1955-1960 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Alice Spike – Passport and work contracts, 1957-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Certification of Birth for Robert Spike, 1958 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Pilgrim Hymnal – Monogrammed, 1959 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | National Council of Churches – Pension and insurance, 1959-1964 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | United Church of Christ – Certificate of Enrollment as a Minister, 1961 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Royalties – Robert Spike books, 1962-1972 |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Memorabilia – "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" – Lincoln Memorial Program, 1963 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Moravian College – Commencement speaker and honorary degree, 1964 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | Budget and Notes, 1964-1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | Biographical Information, 1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 16 | Apartment Lease – Chicago, Illinois, 1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 17 | University of Chicago – Insurance, 1966 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Calendars [1/3], 1951-1955 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Calendars [2/3], 1960-1962 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Calendars [3/3], 1963-1965 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Scrapbook – Robert Spike [1/2], 1955-1961 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Scrapbook – Robert Spike [2/2], 1961-1964 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Newspaper Clippings and Memorials, 1955-1966 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Memorial Services, 1966, 1977 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Obituaries, 1966 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Monographed Notepad, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Wire-bound Notebooks – Notes and lists, undated |
Series II: Correspondence |
Series II, Correspondence, contains material from 1936 to 2005, but mostly falls between 1950 and 1966. This series is divided into two subseries:
Subseries 1, Correspondence, contains the personal and professional correspondence of Robert Spike, arranged alphabetically and with folders ordered chronologically. Aside from the broad range of subjects under General Correspondence, which are work-related and personal, Folder 23 may be of particular interest as it contains letters Spike retained specifically under the label 'Personal' that range from family letters to employment, as well as a letter specifically referencing Spike's support for a clergyman accused of being a Communist. Folder 31 is also of particular interest, as it contains a letter from Robert Spike to Lee Rainwater regarding his article on the Moynihan controversy in which Spike addresses what he sees as a misunderstanding of the role of the churches in the civil rights movement.
Subseries 2, Condolence and Memorial Fund Correspondence, contains condolence telegrams and extensive condolence correspondence to Mrs. Alice Spike, Dean Jerald Brauer of the University of Chicago Divinity School, and Dr. Howard Moody of Judson Memorial Church after Robert Spike's murder. Telegrams, many with extended messages, include those from Martin Luther King, Jr., Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Stokley Carmichael, Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and Victor Reuther. This subseries also contains telegrams from various groups in Mississippi, including the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), with whom he was very active up to his death.
Subseries 1: Correspondence |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | General Correspondence – A, 1951-1952 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | General Correspondence – B, 1945-1951, 1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | General Correspondence – C, 1950-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | General Correspondence – D, 1953-1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | General Correspondence – E, 1963-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | General Correspondence – F, 1951-1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | General Correspondence – G, 1965-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | General Correspondence – H, 1951-1952 |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | General Correspondence – I, 1950-1951 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | General Correspondence – J, 1950 |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | General Correspondence – K, 1965-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | General Correspondence – L, 1951, 1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | General Correspondence – M, 1951-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | General Correspondence – N, 1965-1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | General Correspondence – P, 1952-1955 |
| Box 6 Folder 16 | General Correspondence – Q, 1951 |
| Box 6 Folder 17 | General Correspondence – R, 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 18 | General Correspondence – S, 1936-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 19 | General Correspondence – W, 1965-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 20 | Spike Family Correspondence – With ephemera, 1943-2005
- This folder contains a letter to David Dixon from John Spike regarding Dixon's research into Robert Spike for Dixon's volumes on religion and the civil rights movement.
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| Box 6 Folder 21 | Ministers and Missions Benefit Board – Pension Fund, 1951 |
| Box 6 Folder 22 | The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers, 1956-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 23 | 'Personal' (Original Label) – With ephemera, 1956-1966
- This file contains letters to and about family, as well as letters related to employment. It also contains a letter from the General Secretary of the American Baptist Convention regarding Robert Spike's signature on a 1951 Supreme Court brief in defense of "communist clergyman" William Howard Melish, and a 1961 newsletter from the First Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona addressing claims that Protestant clergy were communists.
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| Box 6 Folder 24 | Ben Moring (Alvin Lester ben-Moring), 1962-1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 25 | Invitation to Lyndon B. Johnson's Inaugural Ball, 1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 26 | Invitation to Martin Luther King, Jr. Reception – From the U.S. and Norwegian Representatives of the United Nations, 1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 27 | Related to Robert Spike's Resignation from the Commission on Religion and Race – With ephemera, 1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 28 | West Coast Urban Training Center – Includes proposal, 1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 29 | Eugene Foley – Assistant Secretary of Commerce – Includes transcription of his speech at the Consultation on Equal Opportunity in Employment – National Council of Churches in Christ, 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 30 | Financial, 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 31 | Lee Rainwater and "The Sources of the Moynihan Controversy," 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 32 | National Association of Real Estate Boards –"Statement of Accord" between the NAREB and Religious Organizations Regarding Segregation, 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 33 | National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities – National Council on the Humanities – Robert Spike, Member – With ephemera, 1966
- This folder contains correspondence about the founding of the National Council on the Humanities, as well as ephemera related to proposed projects, budgets, and a copy of Hubert Humphrey's speech to the American Council of Learned Societies in 1966.
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| Box 6 Folder 34 | Stanley G. Roat – Chaplain/Captain Infantry Division Artillery – Discussion of Theologian's Protest of the Vietnam War, 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 35 | Terrence Hallinan – Accounts of National Council of Churches civil rights work and arrests of Northern activists in Mississippi – To the Committee of Bar Examiners in California, 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 36 | William Maness - With ephemera, 1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 37 | Envelope – Theatre Arts, undated |
Subseries 2: Condolence and Memorial Fund Correspondence |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Condolence Telegrams – Mrs. Alice Spike, 1966
- Among others, this folder includes telegrams from Martin Luther King, Jr., Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Stokley Carmichael, Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and Victor Reuther. It also contains telegrams from various groups in Mississippi, including the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), with whom he was very active up to his death.
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| Box 7 Folder 2 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [1/12], 1966 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [2/12], 1966 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [3/12], 1966 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [4/12], 1966 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [5/12], 1966 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [6/12], 1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [7/12], 1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [8/12], 1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [9/12], 1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [10/12], 1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [11/12], 1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – October [12/12], 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – November [1/3], 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – November [2/3], 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – November [3/3], 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – December, 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike – Includes genealogical photographs, 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Condolence Correspondence – Mrs. Alice Spike, 1967 |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Condolence Correspondence – National Council of the Churches of Christ, 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Condolence and Memorial Fund Correspondence – Dean Jerald Brauer – University of Chicago Divinity School, 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Memorial Fund Correspondence – Dr. Howard Moody – Judson Memorial Church, 1966-1967 |
Series III, Writings, ranges in date from 1941 to 1966; most of the material falls between 1955 and 1966. This series is divided into five subseries and then organized chronologically within each:
Subseries 1, Collected File Copies of Writings, contains copies of articles and speeches that had been collected in five binders. A file-card index of these writings is also included. It contains titles not represented in the subseries below.
Subseries 2, Articles and Essays, contains material related to the development of Spike's published and unpublished articles. This includes notes, manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, publicity, and reviews. Of special interest in relation to Spike's assessment of the civil rights movement and its internal divisions is the article found in Folder 19, "Fissures in the Civil Rights Movement."
Subseries 3, Books, contains materials related to the published and unpublished books of Robert Spike and includes notes, research materials, drafts, and publisher correspondence.
Subseries 4, Sermons and Services, contains copies of sermons in holograph and typescript, notes for sermons, orders of service, prayers, and other ephemera, covering a range of subjects.
Subseries 5, Speeches, contains drafts of speeches and addresses, as well as notes that range in subjects from "The Tension between Social Action and Cultural Analysis in Protestantism" to "The Horrors and Glories of Secularism."
Subseries 1: Collected File Copies of Writings |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | File Copies of Writings – Volume I [1/2], 1955-1956 |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | File Copies of Writings – Volume I [2/2], 1956-1957 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | File Copies of Writings – Volume II [1/2], 1957 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | File Copies of Writings – Volume II [2/2], 1957-1959 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | File Copies of Writings – Volume III [1/2], 1960-1961 |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | File Copies of Writings – Volume III [2/2], 1961 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | File Copies of Writings – Volume IV [1/2], 1962 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | File Copies of Writings – Volume IV [2/2], 1962-1963 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | File Copies of Writings – Volume V, 1963-1964 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Index – File Copies of Writings – From Card File – A-N, 1955-1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Index – File Copies of Writings – From Card File – O-Z, 1955-1963 |
Subseries 2: Articles and Essays |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | "Drugs" – Typescript article drafts, 1951 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | "A Ministry to Intellectuals" – Article printed in Christianity and Society (vol. 18, no. 2), 1953 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | "Needed: A New Kind of Christian Witness" – Article printed in Advance: Congregational Christian Journal (vol. 149, no. 17), 1957 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | "Prophetic Preaching Today" – Article printed in Social Action (vol. 24, no. 4), 1957 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | "The Beat Bit" – Article published in Christianity and Crisis (vol. 28, no. 7), 1958 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | "Evangelism and Culture" – Article printed in The Christian Century (vol. 76, no. 26), 1959 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | "Books: The Black Muslims in America" – Review of Eric Lincoln's The Black Muslims in America (Beacon Press, 1961) – Printed in Christianity and Crisis (vol. 21, no. 9), 1961 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | "New Times, New Churches" – Article printed in Renewal in the Inner City (vol. 2, no. 6), 1962 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | "The Courage to Be…" – Typescript article for Country Beautiful, 1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | "Creativity or Triviality? The Tension between Mission and Leisure" – Article printed The Church Woman (vol. 29, no. 6) – Includes typescript of original speech for the tenth anniversary of Christian Ministry in the National Parks, 1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | "James Baldwin's Confession" – Article printed in Christianity and Crisis (vol. 23, no. 1), 1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 14 | "The United Church: In Search of a Special Calling" – Article printed in The Christian Century (vol. 80, no. 8), 1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 15 | "Who was Lou Marsh?" – Article printed in Youth (vol. 14, no. 10) – With ephemera about Louis Marsh, 1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 16 | "Mississippi – An Ecumenical Ministry" – Article printed in Social Action (vol. 31, no. 3), 1964 |
| Box 11 Folder 17 | "Civil Rights Involvement Model for Mission: A Message to Churchmen" – No. 9 in a series of Occasional Papers on Christian Faith and Industrial Society – Detroit Industrial Mission, 1965 |
| Box 11 Folder 18 | Publisher Correspondence – Articles, 1965 |
| Box 11 Folder 19 | "Fissures in the Civil Rights Movement" – Article printed in Christianity and Crisis (vol. 26, no. 2) – Includes typescript and holograph drafts, 1966 |
| Box 11 Folder 20 | "The Need for a New Working Liberal Political Movement" – Typescript articles for Christianity and Crisis – Includes typescript and holograph drafts, 1966 |
| Box 11 Folder 21 | "The Riots as Communication" – Article printed in Christianity and Crisis (vol. 26, no. 15) – Includes typescript drafts, 1966 |
| Box 11 Folder 22 | "Christian Imperative for Political Action" – Holograph draft, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 23 | "The Importance of Christian Controversy" – Holograph draft, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 24 | A Doctrine of the Church and Local Church Practice – Book project correspondence, 1954 |
| Box 11 Folder 25 | To Be a Man – Article with excerpts that become this book in the Forum of the Association of Secretaries of the Y.M.C.A. – Includes ephemera, 1960 |
| Box 11 Folder 26 | Tests of a Living Church – Publisher Correspondence, 1960-1961 |
| Box 11 Folder 27 | Book proposal on the theological criticism of the authors Edward Albee, James Baldwin, Philip Roth, William Styron, and possibly J.D. Salinger – Publisher correspondence and partial typescript drafts and notes, 1962-1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 28 | Book on the theological criticism of the authors Edward Albee, James Baldwin, Philip Roth, William Styron, and possibly J.D. Salinger – Research materials on James Baldwin, 1962 |
| Box 11 Folder 29 | The Freedom Revolution and the Churches (New York: Association Press, 1965) – Printed Reviews, 1965 |
| Box 11 Folder 30 | The Freedom Revolution and the Churches (New York: Association Press, 1965) – Excerpt printed in Social Action (vol. 33, no. 5), 1967 |
Subseries 4: Sermons and Services |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | Sermons [1/5], 1941-1943 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | Sermons – With feedback forms and ephemera [2/5], 1943-1948 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | Sermons [3/5], 1949-1951 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Sermons [4/5], 1951-1955 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | Sermons [5/5], 1964-1966 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | Sermon – Brown University Baccalaureate, 1966 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | Collected Sermons and Prayers – Written by others, 1940-1951 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | Collected Orders of Service – Denison University and Granville Baptist Church – Includes Robert Spike preaching – With notes and ephemera, 1941-1945 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | Clippings, Pamphlets, and Notes for Services, 1943-1950 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | Prayers, Services and Calls to Worship, 1943-1966 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | Collected Orders of Service – Robert Spike preaching, 1948-1966 |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | Sermon Questionnaire, 1952 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Speeches and Addresses - Holograph and typescript [1/2], 1956-1959 and undated |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Speeches and Addresses - Holograph and typescript [2/2], 1962-1966 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Notes - Holograph, 1966 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | Notes - Holograph - With ephemera, undated |
Series IV, Professional, ranges in date from 1946 to 1990; the bulk of the material falls between 1950 and 1966. This series is divided into nine subseries, organized roughly in chronological order, and then organized chronologically within each:
Subseries 1, Judson Memorial Church (New York City, New York), contains reports, newsletters, correspondence, and articles related to Robert Spike's time as minister there and the church's active role in the community, as well as with students and disadvantaged youth. Folder 7 contains essays about Judson and urban evangelism by Robert Spike, including a description of one of his "typical" days as an urban minister.
Subseries 2, The American Baptist Convention, contains pamphlets, articles, essays, and correspondence related primarily to Spike's work for an ecumenical Free Church and its theological basis.
Subseries 3, The Protestant Council of the City of New York, contains correspondence and reports on Christian social action and Youth House, where Robert Spike served as chaplain.
Subseries 4, Leadership in Political Organizations, contains correspondence, memos, and reports from political organizations in New York City.
Subseries 5, Board of Homeland Ministries of the United Church of Christ and the National Council of the Churches in Christ, contains material from a variety of boards and commissions from the most public time of Robert Spike's career, and is arranged chronologically. This subseries includes memos, reports, and publications from his time as General Secretary of The Board of Homeland Ministries of the United Church of Christ, as well as reports, memos, articles, and correspondence from his time as Chairman of the Committee for a Christian Ministry in the National Parks and on the related Commission on a Christian Ministry with People in Leisure-Recreation. Spike's most prominent role is represented by his time as the first Executive Director of the ecumenical Commission on Religion and Race, through which Spike organized Protestant participation in civil rights protests and marches across the country. In addition to a 1965 report from Robert Spike on the Commission, this subseries contains a scrapbook of the Commission's work on civil rights that was sent to Mrs. Alice Spike after Robert Spike's death. The National Council of Churches also formed the Delta Ministry of Mississippi; letters regarding some aspects of this controversial work in detail can be found in Series II: Correspondence, Subseries 1, Folder 35.
Subseries 6, World Council of Churches, contains agendas, minutes, papers, notes, and articles from Spike's role in the Department on Studies of Evangelism, both in the North American Working Group and in the broader sessions in Geneva. Folders 6 and 7 may be of special interest as they include working papers written by Robert Spike on the role of the church in the civil rights movement and the position of the World Council of Churches on segregation in both the United States and South Africa.
Subseries 7, The White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights," contains correspondence, planning materials, proposals, and Robert Spike's partial assessment of this controversial 1966 conference on the implementation of civil rights legislation.
Subseries 8, Child Development Groups of Mississippi (CDGM), contains correspondence, management audits, and reports about the financial and operational status of CDGM, for which Robert Spike, and then his son Paul after his death, sought to retain federal funding.
Subseries 9, Teaching, contains syllabi, correspondence, and ephemera related to Robert Spike's teaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and his brief time as a professor and Director of the pioneering Doctor of Ministry program at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago before his murder.
Subseries 1: Judson Memorial Church (New York City, New York) |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | Administrative Documents and Reports – Judson Memorial Church in the community of Greenwich Village, New York City, 1946-1960 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | Newsletters and Announcements – With ephemera, 1949-1956 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | Essays and Articles - Judson Memorial Church and its mission - Written by Robert Spike, 1953-1958 |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | Robert Spike's Resignation – Announcements and reflections, 1955 |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | Articles about Judson Memorial Church, 1957-1961 |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | Building Project – Plans and correspondence, 1957-1960 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | Howard Moody – Final sermon at Judson Memorial Church, 1992 |
Subseries 2: The American Baptist Convention |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | The Formation of the American Baptist Convention – Pamphlets and ephemera, 1948-1953 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | The Free Church – "The Crisis of the Free Church" - Written by Robert Spike – With ephemera, circa 1950 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | The Free Church – Essays, articles, correspondence, and conference ephemera, 1950-1954 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | Conference on Theology, Green Lake, Wisconsin – Papers, programs, correspondence, and notes, 1954 |
Subseries 3: The Protestant Council of the City of New York |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | Christian Social Relations Committee – Correspondence and reports, 1950-1954 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | Youth House – Correspondence and reports, 1950-1951 |
Subseries 4: Leadership in Political Organizations |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | Americans for Democratic Action – Greenwich Village Branch – Correspondence, memos, and ephemera, 1950-1953 |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | Christian Action – New York Chapter – Correspondence, Membership, and Reports, 1953-1955 |
Subseries 5: Board of Homeland Ministries of the United Church of Christ and the National Council of the Churches in Christ |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches (also known as the Board of Homeland Ministries) - Department of Evangelism – General Secretary – Reports, memos, and publications, 1955-1965 |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | Committee on the Church and Civic and Political Life, 1955 |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | Travel Itineraries, 1956-1965 |
| Box 14 Folder 12 | European Travel Itinerary - With ephemera, 1957 |
| Box 14 Folder 13 | Job Descriptions - General Secretary, 1958 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Expense Reports and Reimbursements, 1959-1965
- This folder contains reimbursement forms for both the Board of Homeland Ministries and the National Council of the Churches in Christ, as they overlap.
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| Box 15 Folder 2 | Pamphlet – "The Church and the Mass Media," 1960 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | Committee for a Christian Ministry in the National Parks – Chairman 1961-1962 |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | The Commission on a Christian Ministry with People in Leisure-Recreation [1/3], 1961-1963 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | The Commission on a Christian Ministry with People in Leisure-Recreation [2/3], 1963-1965 |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | The Commission on a Christian Ministry with People in Leisure-Recreation [3/3], 1964-1965 |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | The Commission on a Christian Ministry with People in Leisure-Recreation – Coffee House Study, 1965 |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | The Commission on Religion and Race – Executive Director – Report and ephemera, 1965 |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | The Commission on Religion and Race – Civil Rights Legislation – Scrapbook – Includes letter to Mrs. Alice Spike, 1963-1968 |
| Box 15 Folder 10 | Publication – "Sketches from the Journey: The National Council of Churches 1950-1990," 1990 |
Subseries 6: World Council of Churches |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | The Ecumenical Institute – With ephemera, circa 1947-1948 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Department on Studies in Evangelism – Meeting of the Advisory Committee – Agendas and minutes – New York, 1957 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Department on Studies in Evangelism – "Concept: Papers from the Department on Studies in Evangelism," 1963-1964 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Department on Studies in Evangelism – Enlarged Meeting of the Working Committee – Switzerland – Papers, notes, and ephemera, 1963-1964 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Department of Studies in Evangelism – North American Working Group – Study of the Missionary Structure of the Congregation – Agendas and papers, 1963-1964 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Department of Studies in Evangelism – North American Working Group – Study of the Missionary Structure of the Congregation – Correspondence and reports, 1964-1965
- Among others, this folder includes these working papers written by Robert Spike: "The Church in the Racial Revolution" and "Some Proposals on Methodology for Future Work of the Study of the Missionary Structure of the Congregation."
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| Box 16 Folder 7 | General Correspondence, Publications, and Reports – Some written by Robert Spike,1963-1964
- Subjects discussed include segregation in South Africa and the United States.
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| Box 16 Folder 8 | World Conference on Church and Society – Special Report – Written by Dr. Homer A. Jack, 1966 |
Subseries 7: The White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights" |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | "Council's Report and Recommendations to the Conference," 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | "The White House Conference: Equal Opportunity or RAT Allowances?" – Response to "Council's Report and Recommendations" by the Executive Committee of the New York City Pre-White House Conference, 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | "List of Participants," 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Correspondence and Planning Materials [1/3], 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Correspondence and Planning Materials [2/3], 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Correspondence and Planning Materials [3/3], 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | Correspondence Post Conference, 1966
- This folder includes proposals and reports for enacting civil rights legislation and encouraging political participation from conference attendees and a copy of the "Introduction to the Draft Report of the Conference." It also includes a telegram from the White House requesting "an informal (off the record) visit with the president" on June 23, 1966. Robert Spike was not able to attend.
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| Box 17 Folder 8 | Essay about the Conference and Its Proceedings – Holograph draft – Written by Robert Spike, 1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 9 | Nametags, circa 1966 |
Subseries 8: Child Development Groups of Mississippi (CDGM) |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | Citizens' Board of Inquiry into CDGM – Co-Chairman - Correspondence, articles, and reports, 1966
- Includes correspondence from Robert Spike to Sargent Shriver about the CDGM and a letter from Hubert Humphrey to Paul Spike regarding the funding of Robert Spike's Work with the CDGM after his death, as well as administrative audits and reports.
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| Box 18 Folder 1 | Union Theological Seminary, 1962-1963 |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Union Theological Seminary – The Las Vegas Strip Exploratory Ministry Project Report – Written by Rick Mawson, 1963 |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | University of Chicago Divinity School – With ephemera, 1955-1966 |
Series V: Writings by Others |
This series contains publications, books, pamphlets, newsletters, reports, magazines, and brochures written by other authors from 1937 to 1966. They are listed in chronological order.
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Publication – "Letters by a Modern Mystic" – Frank C. Laubach, 1937 |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Publication – "Christianity and Civilization" – Arnold J. Toynbee, 1940 |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Book – Paedagogus: A Manual of Fraternal Education for Pledges of Lambda Chi Alpha, 1940 |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Collected Religious Journals, 1940-1983 |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | Book – Our Dwelling Place: A Book of Private Worship, 1941 |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | Pamphlets – Christian Social Action, 1942-1963 |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | Pamphlet – "Seven Principles of Public Worship," 1945 |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | Pamphlets – Youth and Adolescence, 1946-circa 1949 |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | Book – Kuder Preference Record: Vocational Form CH – With Ephemera, 1948 |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Pamphlet – "Handbook on Volunteers" – Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, 1948-1949 |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Collected Articles and Brochures, 1948-1965 |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Newsletter – "Calvary Caller" – Calvary Baptist Church – Washington, DC, 1950 |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Report – "Greenwich House," 1950 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Report – "Village House Children's Program," 1951 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Publication – "Psychological and Social Adjustment in a Simulated Shelter" – American Institute for Research, 1960 |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Articles and Pamphlets – The Christian Faith-and-Life Community – Austin, Texas, 1962-1963 |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Magazine – Denison Alumnus, 1963 |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | Pamphlet – "American the Beautiful: Ad Address by Russel E. Train" – American Forestry Association Annual Meeting, 1965 |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | Book – The Christian Case Against Poverty – Henry Clark, 1965 |
| Box 19 Folder 11 | Journal – Theology Today – Vol. 22 No. 2, 1965 |
| Box 19 Folder 12 | Journal – United Church Herald – Vol. 9 No. 16, 1966 |
| Box 19 Folder 13 | Brochures – Peake Publications (formerly Bede House), undated |
| Box 19 Folder 14 | Map – "A New Map of the United States in Colors," undated |
| Box 19 Folder 15 | Pamphlet – "St. Luke's Chapel Trinity Parish," undated |
Series VI, Audio-Visual, contains photographs, photographic negatives, one film reel, one reel-to-reel audiotape, and a VHS tape. The film, audiotape, and VHS video-cassette are at the beginning of the series, and are followed by photographs, arranged chronologically. The photographs range from 1860 to 1966, with most of them falling between 1955 and 1966.
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Film - 12.25-inch reel – Color 16 mm, 1946-1958
- Contents identified as: 1) Alice's Trip to Chicago, 1946; 2) East Rochester, 1946; 3) Florida Trip, Dec. 1947; 4) Summer, 1948; 5) Glendale Easter, 1949; 6) Summer Service Project, 1949; 7) 81 Word Day, 1949; 8) Judson, 1950; 9) Skyline Lake, 1952; 10) Deering, 1955; 11) Hatteras, 1958
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| Box 21 Folder 1 | Audiotape –7-inch reel – Speed: 3 ¾ ips– Robert Spike Lectures – With ephemera – Student Conference Sponsored by the American Baptist Convention in Green Lake Wisconsin, August 29-31, 1966
- Contents identified as: Side 1: Dr. Robert Spike, 2 Lectures; Side 2: Dr. Robert Spike, 1 Lecture
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| Box 21 Folder 2 | VHS Video-Cassette – National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA – "At the Crossroads," undated |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Photographs – Family History – With ephemera, circa 1860-1910, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Photographs – Robert Spike's parents, 1941, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Photograph – Lambda Chi Alpha, 1942-1943 |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Photograph – Colgate-Rochester Divinity School – Class photos, 1946 |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Photograph – Eastern School for Ministers – Hillsboro, New Hampshire, 1955 |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Photograph – Robert and Alice Spike – Trip to Europe, circa 1957 |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | Photographs – "Christmas 1959," 1959 |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | Photographs – National Council of the Churches of Christ – A Christian Ministry in the National Parks – 10th Anniversary Dinner, 1962 |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | Photographs – "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," 1963 |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | Photograph – Robert Spike – Moravian College Graduation – Speech and Honorary Degree, 1964 |
| Box 21 Folder 13 | Photographs – White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights" – Includes President Johnson and Vice-President Humphrey – With Ephemera, 1966 |
| Box 21 Folder 14 | Photographs – White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights" – With Ephemera, 1966 |
| Box 21 Folder 15 | Photographs – Alice Spike, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 16 | Photograph – Robert, Alice, John and Paul Spike, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 17 | Photographs – Robert Spike, undated |
Series VII, Oversize, contains a broad range of materials from 1901 to 1966, though the bulk of the material falls between 1955 and 1966. Personal materials include sheet music composed by Robert Spike's grandmother, genealogical material, and a family photo album of Alice and Robert Spike. There are also articles and photographs from Robert Spike's professional career. This series also notably contains a series of commemorative prints for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Box 24 contains newspaper articles about Robert Spike and the 1963 March on Washington.
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Sheet Music – Composed by Lucy Harrington Johnson, 1901-1905 |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | "The Glixa" – Denison University – Student Paper, 1942 |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Articles – From The New York Times Magazine and Book Review, 1949-1950 |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Columbia University – Doctor of Education – Diploma – Robert Spike, 1954 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | National Council of the Churches in Christ – A Christian Ministry in the National Parks – Tenth Anniversary Dinner – Invitation, Program, Articles, and Ephemera, 1962 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | "We Shall Overcome" – Portfolio of Commemorative Collage Prints – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963, 1963
- Six different prints by Louis Lo Monaco and an introduction letter with the facsimile signatures of James Farmer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Josephus, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney M. Young, Jr.
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| Box 23 Folder 1 | Commemorative Poster – Excerpt from Robert Spike's last official report – National Council of Churches – Commission on Religion and Race, circa 1965 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Mounted Poster – From Robert Spike's office – National Council of Churches – Commission on Religion and Race – Photograph by Ken Thompson [1/4], undated |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Mounted Poster – From Robert Spike's office – National Council of Churches – Commission on Religion and Race – Photograph by Ken Thompson [2/4], undated |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Mounted Poster – From Robert Spike's office – National Council of Churches – Commission on Religion and Race – Photograph by Ken Thompson [3/4], undated |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Mounted Poster – From Robert Spike's office – National Council of Churches – Commission on Religion and Race – Photograph by Ken Thompson [4/4], undated |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Collected Newspaper Articles about Robert Spike [1/2], 1945-1965 |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Collected Newspaper Articles about Robert Spike [2/2], 1955-1967 |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | Collected Newspaper Articles about Adlai Stevenson, 1952 |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Collected Newspaper Articles – Building and Development in Manhattan, 1957-1958 |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | Collected Newspaper Articles, 1958-1964 |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | Newspapers – President Kennedy's Inauguration, 1961 |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | "The Interchurch News: A Publication of the National Council of Churches," 1962-1964
- Includes a picture of Robert Spike with President Lyndon Johnson and of Robert Spike at the anniversary dinner of A Christian Ministry in the National Parks.
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| Box 24 Folder 8 | Collected Newspaper Articles about the Murder of Louis Marsh, 1963 |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | "The Crisis in Race Relations: A Policy Statement by the Public Affairs Committee of Freedom House, Co-Sponsored by the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A." – The New York Times, August 25, 1963
- Robert Spike's name is on the statement as Executive Director of the Commission on Religion and Race.
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| Box 24 Folder 10 | "The March: Capital's Biggest – 60,000 from NY" – New York Post, August 28, 1963
- Includes a photograph of Robert Spike at the March for Jobs and Freedom.
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| Box 24 Folder 11 | Newspapers – President Kennedy's Assassination [1/2], 1963 |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | Newspapers – President Kennedy's Assassination [2/2], 1963 |
| Box 24 Folder 13 | "Rev. R.W. Spike has Visit with Lyndon Johnson" – Press Journal, December 19, 1963 |
| Box 24 Folder 14 | White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights" – Proposed Planning Time Schedules, 1966 |
| Box 24 Folder 15 | Barnard College Women's Center – "A Woman's Place is in the World" – Poster, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 16 | Family History – The Snook Family – Photocopied photograph, 1939 |
| Box 24 Folder 17 | Family History – Family Tree of Alice Spike, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 18 | Family History – The Russell Family – Copied articles, undated |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Washington-Lee High School Graduating Class Photograph, 1941 |
| Box 26 | Family Photo Album, 1940-1947 |
| Box 26 | Includes a folder of handwritten inventories and formerly interleaved undated photographs and ephemera. |
| Box 27 | Commemorative Briefcase - The White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights" Planning Session, 1966 |
Series VIII, Restricted, contains restricted student records and legal correspondence, which are respectively closed until 2043 and indefinitely.
| Box 28 Folder 1 | John and Paul Spike – Elementary School Progress Reports, 1954-1963 |
| Box 29 Folder 1 | Legal Correspondence – Robert and Alice Spike – Real Estate, 1961 |
| Box 29 Folder 2 | Legal Correspondence – Alice Spike – Real estate, 1966, 1974-1975 |
