Harlow, S. Ralph (Samuel Alpha), 1885-1972
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1885 - 1972
Biographical Statement
Samuel Ralph Harlow was a clergyman and Christian missionary to the Near East with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He also served as professor of religion and Biblical literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Harlow's life and career were characterized by his work as a pacifist, civil rights activist, Zionist, international lecturer, and author of A Life After Death and several other books on religion, social action, and paranormal phenomena. A chronological timeline of Harlow's life can be found in a pdf file attached to the Samuel Ralph Harlow papers at http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=114.
Citation:
Author: Lester G. Sullivan Jr.Citation:
Samuel Ralph Harlow papersFound in 1 Collection or Record:
Samuel Ralph Harlow papers
Collection
Identifier: 167
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the life, career, and interests of Samuel Ralph Harlow, who was a Congregational clergyman, missionary to the Near East, and professor of religion and Biblical literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The collection is comprised largely of correspondence (ca. 3800 items), along with diaries, sermons, poems, prayers, manuscripts of Harlow's books, other writings, scrapbooks, and other papers that relate to Harlow's interest in the afterlife and...
Dates:
Created: 1862-1970; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1977
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Samuel Ralph Harlow papers