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13 cm of textual records
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Ernest Marshall Frazer Howse (1902-1993), minister, author, and journalist, was born in Twillingate, Newfoundland and educated in Belleville, Ontario, and at Dalhousie University (B.A. 1929), Pine Hill Divinity College (B.D. 1931), Union Theological Seminary (S.T.M. 1932), and the University of Edinborough (PhD 1934). He served charges in Beverly Hills, California (1934-1935), Westminster United Church in Winnipeg (1935-1948), and Bloor Street United Church in Toronto (1948-1970). He served as Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1964-1966). Howse was the author of several books including, 'Saints in politics' (1952), 'Spiritual values in Shakespeare,'(1955) and 'Roses in December,'(1981). His journalism appeared in several major Canadian newspapers, including the Toronto Star and Toronto Telegram, the Winnipeg Free Press and Victoria Sun-Times. In addition, he wrote columns for the United Church Observer, and served on the editorial board of the Christian Century.
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Series consists of records relating to Howse's interest and support in social issues, 1936-1979. Files include records documenting Howse’s support for Japanese Canadians interned during the War, material relating to the Canadian Church Relief Abroad organization, and includes a good deal of correspondence between Howse and German post-war refugees whom he had met there in the later 1940s. There is also material relating to the attempt to legislate hate laws in Canada in the 1960s, and material on freedom of speech and of the press.