Coffin Committee, 1939–1960

Part of Collection — Box: 212, Folder: 7-9

Call Number: LWL MSS 20, Series II

Scope and Contents

The files hold correspondence and documents and material on William F. Buckley's controversial book God and Man at Yale (Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1951) and some earlier papers on the topic of loyalty oaths.

Dates

1939–1960

Creator

From the Collection: Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979
From the Collection: Kilby, Clyde S., 1902-1986
From the Collection: Roach, Marilynne K., 1946-

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

In English.

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

This material is open for research.

Boxes 183-185: Restricted. For further information consult the director.

Boxes 343-355: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the director.

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

An advisory committee of alumni and Yale Corporation members was appointed by Yale President A. Whitney Griswold to survey "the intellectual and spiritual welfare" of the university, its students, and its faculty; the chair was the Reverend Henry Sloane Coffin (Yale College Class of 1897).