An Inventory of the William Hubben Papers, 1906-1976

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 An Inventory of the William Hubben Papers, 1906-1976

Table Of Contents
Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 4
Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Physical Location ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Limitations on Accessing the Collection .................................................................................................. 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition ............................................................................................................. 5
Arrangement ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Biographical / Historical ........................................................................................................................... 5
General ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Preferred Citation ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Scope and Contents ................................................................................................................................... 6
Copyright and Rights Information ............................................................................................................ 6
Administrative Information ........................................................................................................................... 6
Collection Inventory ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Ser. 1. Biographical material, 1922-1932, n.d. .......................................................................................... 7
Articles and clippings ............................................................................................................................ 7
Diary, 1922-1932 ................................................................................................................................... 7
List of publications ................................................................................................................................ 7
Klaus and Herbert Hubben (sons of William) ....................................................................................... 7
Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1906-1976 and n.d. ............................................................................................. 7
Correspondence, 1906-1976, n.d. .......................................................................................................... 7
3. Manuscript writings of William Hubben, 1934-1964, n.d. .................................................................... 8
“Attending Meeting for Worship.” ........................................................................................................ 8
“Bericht von Wilhelm Hubben uber seinen Besuch in Paris Ostern 1928, zur Franosischen
Jahrversammlung.” ................................................................................................................................ 8
“The Church of the Needle's Eye.” Philadelphia., n.d. .......................................................................... 8
“Die Formelemene in Hauptmann's `Webern', der `Versunkenen Glocke', dem `Bogen des Odysseus'
und dem `Weissen Heiland'.” Lansdowne, Pa., 1934 ............................................................................ 8
“German Catholicism and the Rise of Hitler.” ...................................................................................... 8
“Gretchen, Dorothea, und Lotta.”, 1935 ................................................................................................ 8
“Das katholisch-christliche Element in Grillparzers Dramen.” Wallingford, Pa.; Pendle Hill,, 1934 ....
8
“Katholische Rebellion in der USA” ..................................................................................................... 8
“Klopstock und der Pietismus.” George School, Pa., 1935. .................................................................. 9
“The Making of the Russian Mind.” 304p. RESTRICTED. ................................................................. 9
“The Masses.” ........................................................................................................................................ 9
“Meine Grossmutter and die Schopfungsgeschichte.” .......................................................................... 9
“Miracles of Indifference,” by Theophile Delaporte? ........................................................................... 9
“Professor Bemme.” George School, Pa., n.d. ....................................................................................... 9
“Pseudo-Quakerism in the 17th and 18th Century[!] in Germany.” Wallingford, Pa., Pendle Hill,, n.d.
................................................................................................................................................................ 9
“`Der Quaker': Monatchrift der Deutschen Freunde,” [by] Leonhard Friedrich ................................... 9
“The Religion of Jean Jacques Rousseau.” Wallingford, Pa., Pendle Hill, 1940. ................................. 9
“The Revolution of Youth.” 3p. (also with typescript draft) ................................................................. 9
“Die Rolle des Gefuhls in der `Penthsilea.' ” Wallingford, Pa.; Pendle Hill,, 1934 ............................ 10
“Russia.” .............................................................................................................................................. 10
“Should Theology concern Friends?”, 1964 ........................................................................................ 10
“Tolstoy and Gandhi.” Philadelphia, n.d. ............................................................................................ 10
“The Varieties of the Christian Churches," with evaluations .............................................................. 10
“Was wir alle suchen.” ......................................................................................................................... 10
“Who Are These Friends?”, [1947?] ................................................................................................... 10

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“[It is Customary to Consider].”, n.d. .................................................................................................. 10

4. Published writings, 1924-1970 and n.d. .............................................................................................. 10
Major articles, 1936-1963, mostly in non-Quaker publications: ......................................................... 11
Articles in German., 1924-1963 .......................................................................................................... 13
Articles in English., 1931-1970. .......................................................................................................... 13
Ser. 5. Editorials from Friends Intelligencer and Friends Journal ........................................................... 13
Incomplete file of Hubben's editorials. ................................................................................................ 13
Ser. 6. Reviews, ca. 1929-1952, n.d. ....................................................................................................... 13
Reviews of William Hubben's writings: .............................................................................................. 13
Reviews by William Hubben of the writings of others ....................................................................... 13
Ser. 7. School material ............................................................................................................................. 14
Reports and articles regarding religious life at George School and William Penn Charter School. ... 14
Ser. 8. Speeches ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Program announcements and reports of speeches by William Hubben ............................................... 14
Ser. 9. Notes, 1962, n.d. ........................................................................................................................... 14
Quotations, phrasebooks compiled by William Hubben ..................................................................... 14
Ser. 10. Scrapbook, 1929 ......................................................................................................................... 14
“Frankreichfahrt Magdeburger Lehrer, 1929.” .................................................................................... 14
Ser. 11. Pictures ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Ser. 12. Memorabilia ............................................................................................................................... 14
Miscellaneous memorabilia ................................................................................................................. 14
Ser. 13. Reference material ...................................................................................................................... 14
Articles and clippings collected by Hubben about Russia, Vatican Council, religious and
miscellaneous ....................................................................................................................................... 14

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Summary Information

Library: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Creator: Hubben, William, 1895-1974
Creator: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Creator: Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924
Creator: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
Creator: Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevish, 1853-1900
Creator: Andrews, C. F. (Charles Freer), 1871-1940
Creator: Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
Creator: Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974
Creator: Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990
Creator: Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948
Creator: Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965
Creator: Tolstoy, Alexandra, 1884-1979
Creator: George School (Bucks County, Pa.)
Creator: Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Creator: William Penn Charter School
Title: William Hubben Papers
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-068
Date: 1906-1976
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language: English

Overview
William Hubben (1895-1974) was a prominent Quaker educator, speaker, editor, and author. Born in
Germany in 1895, William Hubben joined the small but growing movement of German Quakers in 1923 and
participated in a number of international religious and peace conferences. His political involvement with the
Social Democratic Party caused his dismissal in 1933 by Hitler's government. He emigrated to the United
States with his wife, Maria, and children soon afterward, and went on to be heavily involved with Quakerism
there. The collection contains correspondence (1906-1976), manuscript and published writings (1924-70),
editorials, reviews, speeches, notes, pictures and memorabilia, and reference materials of William Hubben.
Part of the collection is in German.

Physical Location
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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Limitations on Accessing the Collection

Collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Gift of Trudy Hubben, 1975-1983

Gift of Ann B. Hubben, 1986

The collection was given by his widow, with additions from Ann Hubben in 1986.

Arrangement
The collection is divided into thirteen series:

Biographical
Correspondence
Manuscript writing
Published articles
Editorials
Reviews of his works
School material
Speeches
Notes
Scrapbook
Pictures
Memorabilia
Reference material

Biographical / Historical
William Hubben (1895-1974) was a prominent Quaker educator, speaker, editor of Friends Intelligencer and,
later, Friends Journal, and author of books and articles in the fields of religion and literature. Before
emigrating from Germany in 1933, he had been the editor of the German Quaker Monthly, Der Quaker. Born
in Germany in 1895, William Hubben joined the small but growing movement of German Quakers in 1923
and participated in a number of international religious and peace conferences. In 1928 he was appointed
principal of one of the largest public schools. His political involvement with the Social Democratic Party
caused his dismissal in 1933 by Hitler's government. He emigrated to the United States with his wife, Maria,
and children soon afterward, and in 1935 was named Director of Religious Interests at George School in
Pennsylvania. He became the editor and manager of Friends Intelligencer in 1943 and remained as editor of
its successor, Friends Journal, until 1963, and as contributing editor until his death in 1974. He was chosen
by Friends World committee as Quaker observer to the Vatican Council in 1962. He also taught from 1963 to
1973 at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. His autobiography, Exiled Pilgrim, was published
in 1943.

1895 Born, September 27, Krefeld, Germany. Son of William and Maria (Fehrenschild) Hubben.

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1912-14 Student, Kgl. Lehrerseminar Cornellmunster, Germany

1920-22 Student, Heilpadagogiches Seminar, Dusseldorf, Germany
1922 Married Maria Feckes, October 5.
1924-33 Editor of Der Quaker, monthly periodical of German Friends
1928 Principal of a public high school in Magdeburg, Germany
1931 Exchange teacher at Westtown School
1933 Dismissed as principal under Hitler, emigrated to U.S.
1933 Student at Woodbrooke College, Birmingham, England; also at Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pa.
1935-56 Director of Religious Interests, George School.
1943-55 Editor and manager, Friends Intelligencer
1943 Publication of autobiography Exiled Pilgrim (Macmillan).
1952 Publication of Four Prophets of Our Destiny (Macmillan).
1955-63 Editor, Friends Journal
1957 Wife Maria dies, November 27.
1958 Married Trudy Baum
1962 Selected by Friends World Committee as Quaker observer to Vatican Council
1963-73 Resident Quaker scholar and part-time teacher of German at William Penn Charter School.
1963-74 Contributing editor, Friends Journal
1974 Died, September 8.

Biographical / Historical

General
Exiled Pilgrim (New York, 1943)

Preferred Citation
[Indicate the cited item or series here], William Hubben Papers, RG5/068, Friends Historical Library of
Swarthmore College

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence (1906-1976), manuscript and published writings (1924-70),
editorials, reviews, speeches, notes, pictures and memorabilia, and reference materials of William Hubben.
Correspondents include C.F. Andrews, Pearl S. Buck, Henry J. Cadbury, Richard L. Cary, Fritz Eichenberg,
Rufus M. Jones, Clarence Pickett, and Alexandra Tolstoy. Topics covered in his manuscript writings include
German Catholicism and the rise of Hitler, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Russian Quakerism, Kafka, Dostoevsky,
Kierkegaard, Soloviev, Russia, Vatican Council, and many other topics. Part of the collection is in German.

Copyright and Rights Information

Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other
exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.

Administrative Information
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Publication Statement
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 19081

friends@swarthmore.edu
http://www.swarthmore.edu/friends

Controlled Access Headings

Catholic Church -- Germany
Friends Journal
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933
Quaker authors
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries
Quakers -- Education
Quakers -- Germany
Quakers -- Pennsylvania
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

Collection Inventory
Ser. 1. Biographical material, 1922-1932, n.d.

Articles and clippings

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

Diary, 1922-1932
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

List of publications
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

Klaus and Herbert Hubben (sons of William)

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1906-1976 and n.d.

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1906-1976, n.d.

Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically with undated items first. Includes letters received from C. F. Andrews,
Pearl S. Buck, Henry J. Cadbury, Richard L. Cary, Fritz Eichenberg, Rufus M. Jones, Clarence
Pickett, and Alexandra Tolstoy. Partially cataloged.

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3. Manuscript writings of William Hubben, 1934-1964, n.d.

Scope and Contents
Arranged alphabetically by title.

“Attending Meeting for Worship.”

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
2p.

“Bericht von Wilhelm Hubben uber seinen Besuch in Paris Ostern 1928, zur Franosischen
Jahrversammlung.”
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
6p.

“The Church of the Needle's Eye.” Philadelphia., n.d.

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
17p.

“Die Formelemene in Hauptmann's `Webern', der `Versunkenen Glocke', dem `Bogen des Odysseus'
und dem `Weissen Heiland'.” Lansdowne, Pa., 1934
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
17p.

“German Catholicism and the Rise of Hitler.”

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
5p.

“Gretchen, Dorothea, und Lotta.”, 1935

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
21p.

“Das katholisch-christliche Element in Grillparzers Dramen.” Wallingford, Pa.; Pendle Hill,, 1934
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
14p.

“Katholische Rebellion in der USA”

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
4p.

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“Klopstock und der Pietismus.” George School, Pa., 1935.

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
18p.

“The Making of the Russian Mind.” 304p. RESTRICTED.

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Trudy Hubben has retained literary rights to “The Making of the Russian Mind” during her lifetime.
May be consulted for research, but permission for publication must be obtained directly from her.

“The Masses.”
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
2 draft typescripts

“Meine Grossmutter and die Schopfungsgeschichte.”

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
4p.

“Miracles of Indifference,” by Theophile Delaporte?

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
5p.

“Professor Bemme.” George School, Pa., n.d.

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
5p.

“Pseudo-Quakerism in the 17th and 18th Century[!] in Germany.” Wallingford, Pa., Pendle Hill,, n.d.
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
3p.

“`Der Quaker': Monatchrift der Deutschen Freunde,” [by] Leonhard Friedrich

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
4p.

“The Religion of Jean Jacques Rousseau.” Wallingford, Pa., Pendle Hill, 1940.
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

“The Revolution of Youth.” 3p. (also with typescript draft)

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

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“Die Rolle des Gefuhls in der `Penthsilea.' ” Wallingford, Pa.; Pendle Hill,, 1934
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)

“Russia.”
Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
typescript
Scope and Contents
Possibly an excerpt from "The Making of the Russian Mind."

“Should Theology concern Friends?”, 1964

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
13 p.

“Tolstoy and Gandhi.” Philadelphia, n.d.

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
3p.

“The Varieties of the Christian Churches," with evaluations

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
10 p.

“Was wir alle suchen.”

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
10p.

“Who Are These Friends?”, [1947?]

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
17p.

“[It is Customary to Consider].”, n.d.

Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
Physical Facet
4 p. typescript
Scope and Contents
Talk made at dedication of meeting house at George School.

4. Published writings, 1924-1970 and n.d.

Scope and Contents
Listed by date.

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Major articles, 1936-1963, mostly in non-Quaker publications:

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

“Russian Quakerism.”, Autumn 1936

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 74-82.

“The Totalitarian Mind.”

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Religious Education, p. 172-174.

“If Conscription Comes.”, Aug. 14, 1940

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
The Christian Century.

“Religion at George School.”, Jan.-Mar. 1941,

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Religious Education, vol. 36, no. 1, p. 20-24.

“Some Future Tasks of the Private School.” p., Feb. 27, 1943
Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
School and Society, vol. 57, no. 1470, p. 230-232.

“The Virgin and the Nun” by Gottfried Keller., December 1944

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Translated and abridged by William Hubben and Elined Kotschnig. Inward Light, no. 22, p. 5-8.

“Where Are Our Adolescents?”, ca. 1947

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Religion in Life, p. 71-83.

“Kafka's Apocalyptic Message.”, October 1, 1947

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
The Christian Century, p. 1171-1173.

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“An Existentialist Prophet.”, January 1948

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Friends Quarterly, p. 13-20.

“Ahab, the Whaling Quaker.”, July 1949

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
With typed sheet of comments. The Friends Quarterly, p/ 169-181.

“Ahab, the Whaling Quaker.” p. 363-373, Summer 1949

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Religion in Life, vol. 18, no. 3, p. 363-373.

“Atomism - Not Thomism” p. 1035-1037., September 7, 1949

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
The Christian Century, p. 1035-1037.

“Dostoevsky's Holy Russia.”, July, 1952

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
The Friends Quarterly, p. 182-187.

“Kierkegaard and the Friends.”, October 1953

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
p. 230-234.

“Catholic Italy: Facts an Figures.”, April 1957

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Baptist leader, p. 9, 13.

“The Next Pope.”, June 5, 1957

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
The Christian Century, p. 704-706.

“Pilgrims from Krefeld” in “The Krefelders and Colonial Germantown”, Oct.-Nov. 1958
Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Reprinted in The American-German Review.

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“Soloviev and the Vision of Unity.”, October 1963

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
The Friends Quarterly, p. 372-384.

“Soloviev and the Vision of Unity.”, Autumn 1963

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Religion in Life, p. 609-620.

Articles in German., 1924-1963

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically but not individually listed.

Articles in English., 1931-1970.

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically but not individually listed.

Ser. 5. Editorials from Friends Intelligencer and Friends Journal

Incomplete file of Hubben's editorials.

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Arranged chronologically.

Ser. 6. Reviews, ca. 1929-1952, n.d.

Reviews of William Hubben's writings:

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

Die Quaker in der deutschen ergangenheit (Leipzig, 1929)

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

Exiled Pilgrim (New York, 1943)

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

Four Prophets of Our Destiny: Kierkeaard, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, Kafka (New York, 1952)
Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

Other writings by Hubben

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

Reviews by William Hubben of the writings of others

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

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Ser. 7. School material

Reports and articles regarding religious life at George School and William Penn Charter School.
Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Also announcements of course offerings by Hubben at Cheltenham Township Adult School.

Ser. 8. Speeches

Program announcements and reports of speeches by William Hubben

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)

Ser. 9. Notes, 1962, n.d.

Quotations, phrasebooks compiled by William Hubben

Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Some notes included from his attendance at Vatican Council, 1962.

Ser. 10. Scrapbook, 1929

“Frankreichfahrt Magdeburger Lehrer, 1929.”

Box 3 (Mixed Materials)

Ser. 11. Pictures

Box 3 (Mixed Materials)

Ser. 12. Memorabilia

Miscellaneous memorabilia
Box 3 (Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Includes examination certificates, passport, birth certificate, military papers, teacher's contracts,
delegate's card for Vatican Council, certificate of Appreciation from George School (copy).

Ser. 13. Reference material

Articles and clippings collected by Hubben about Russia, Vatican Council, religious and
miscellaneous
Box 3 (Mixed Materials)

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