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| Size | 6.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4,800 items) |
| Abstract | Silas McBee (1853-1924) was a native of North Carolina, active Episcopal layman, author, editor of The Churchman and founder of The Constructive Quarterly. The collection includes McBee's correspondence with leaders in the Christian and other faiths, statesmen, diplomats, educators, and philanthropists; much of it written in connection with his work as editor of The Churchman and The Constructive Quarterly, and as vice president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The papers reflect McBee's interest in social, political, religious, and intellectual questions, particularly his concern with Christian world unity, foreign missions, church architecture, and the propagation of the social gospel in American politics and international affairs. Correspondents include James Bryce, Alfred Thayer Mahan, William Thomas Manning, John R. Mott, Gifford Pinchot, Jacob August Riis, Theodore Roosevelt, Speck von Sternberg, and William Howard Taft. |
| Creator | McBee, Silas, 1853-1924. |
| Language | English |
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Silas McBee (1853-1924) was a native of North Carolina, active Episcopal layman, author, editor of The Churchman and founder of The Constructive Quarterly, and vice president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. McBee was married to Estelle Sutton of Jackson, Miss., and later to Louise Post.
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The collection includes Silas McBee's correspondence with leaders in the Christian and other faiths, statesmen, diplomats, educators, and philanthropists; much of it written in connection with his work as editor of The Churchman and The Constructive Quarterly, and as vice president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The papers reflect McBee's interest in social, political, religious, and intellectual questions, particularly his concern with Christian world unity, foreign missions, church architecture, and the propagation of the social gospel in American politics and international affairs. Correspondents include James Bryce, Alfred Thayer Mahan, William Thomas Manning, John R. Mott, Gifford Pinchot, Jacob August Riis, Theodore Roosevelt, Speck von Sternberg, and William Howard Taft. Letters between McBee and Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1919, discuss American and international military affairs including the second Boer War and World War I; questions of race and racial tension, including some discussion of lynching and the Brownsville, Tex., race riots, 1906; and political matters including Roosevelt's campaign and election and the Progressive Movement.
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Silas McBee Papers, 1872-1923 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, March 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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