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| | WHMC-Columbia--Holt, Ivan Lee, Papers, 1835-1966 (C2553)--INVENTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Ivan Lee Holt was born in DeWitt, Arkansas, on 9 January 1886, to Mr. |
 | | Holt held office as president of the Federal Council of Churches in America (1935-1936), the World Methodist Council (1947-1956), and the Board of Pensions of the Methodist Church (1948-1956). |
 | | Holt's correspondence from the 1930s documents the Federal Council of Churches stance on the Sino-Japanese War, religious freedom in Germany, the Italo-Ethiopian War, race relations in the United States, the increasing threat of war in Europe, and accusations of communism within the organization. |
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