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urn:taro:smu.00008 Ermance Rejebian papers A Guide to the Collection Finding aid prepared by Amanda Coleman, 2005 DeGolyer Library

P. O. Box 750396 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275-0396

Finding aid encoded by Lara Corazalla 2005 Finding aid written inEnglish. Description based on DACS March 2006 14 slides, 22 audio tapes, a second group of speeches, and essays from Rejebian’s radio shows were added to the collection. The new material was processed and encoded by Lara Corazalla. Overview DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University Rejebian, Ermance Ermance Rejebian papers 1906-1991 8 boxes, including 2 oversize boxes (9 linear feet) Ermance Rejebian (1906-1989) was a respected lecturer, author, and book reviewer. She was born in Bursa, Turkey to Armenian parents and immigrated to the United States at the age of 14. She reviewed hundreds of books (both fiction and non-fiction as well as classics and 20th century bestsellers) and presented these reviews to women's groups called "Rejebian Clubs" in Dallas and the southwest. During these reviews, Rejebian spoke from memory for one hour. She did not take questions and the groups did not focus on discussion of the books. Rather, the emphasis in these clubs was on hearing her summaries and critiques of the books. For seven years, from 1945 to 1952, Rejebian delivered summaries of important news stories of the day on a weekly broadcast on WFAA Radio, Dallas, Texas. Her papers include her book reviews and speeches, essays for live delivery on her radio shows, notes, photographs and correspondence, audio tapes, and newspaper clippings. A2003.0002 and A2003.0002x Material is predominantly in English Biographical Note

Ermance Rejebian (1906-1989) was a respected lecturer and author in the Southwest. She reviewed hundreds of books, and presented them to audiences in Dallas and Houston, mainly to women’s groups called Rejebian Clubs. During these presentations, Rejebian spoke from memory for one hour. She did not take questions and the groups did not focus on discussion of the books. Rather, the emphasis in these clubs was on hearing Ermance Rejebian’s summaries and critiques of the books. The first of these Rejebian Clubs was organized in 1936, and eventually there were forty all together.

In 1906, Ermance Varsaverian was born to an Armenian Christian couple in Bursa, Turkey. She experienced the persecution of the Armenians there until she immigrated to the United States in 1920, at fourteen years of age. Rejebian attended Los Angeles High School and earned an elementary teaching certificate at UCLA. In 1928 she married Vahram Rejebian, who was also an Armenian immigrant from Turkey. The couple eventually had two children, Myron and Mary Rejebian. Vahrem was a successful businessman, selling Oriental rugs. The two remained very involved members of the Highland Park United Methodist Church into their old age.

As she became better known, Rejebian began to give book reviews and news commentaries on local radio. Rejebian provided the background of the news in a weekly broadcast for seven years on WFAA Radio, Dallas, Texas. She maintained a schedule of 170 to 300 speaking engagements per year. In 1951, she was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 7 most influential women of the Southwest. Rejebian was also the first recipient of the Americanism Medal awarded by the Jane Douglas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in recognition of the many contributions she has made as a naturalized citizen. Additionally, Rejebian wrote two short books describing her immigration to America, her husband's, and their life thereafter, titled Pilgrimage to Freedom and Testament of Faith. She was a devout Christian throughout her life, and eventually her studies on the Bible were published under the title The Book: the Bible Studies of Ermance Rejebian. She also published a book of her letters titled, Abroad with the Rejebians.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Ermance Rejebian papers consist of her reviews, photographs, drafts of speeches, essays for live delivery on her radio shows, notes, correspondence, audio recordings, and newspaper clippings related to her life. The collection also contains a scrapbook created for Rejebian by a member of the Libris Book Club.

Rejebian wrote the majority of her reviews about classic literature. However, she also reviewed her own books, and lesser known works. Rejebian spoke at many public events about topics ranging from her travels to the history of Oriental rugs. Copies of these speeches have been preserved for this collection. For seven years, from 1945 to 1952, Rejebian delivered summaries of important news stories of the day on a weekly broadcast on WFAA Radio, Dallas, Texas. These essays are also included in the collection. Expressions of gratitude from the many people who appreciated and enjoyed Rejebian's work are also included in this collection. Eventually, Rejebian made an agreement with a publisher to record some of her reviews on audio tapes for sale. There are 21 of these recordings included in the collection. There are also slides of a celebration held in Rejebian’s honor in 1962 by members of her Book Review Clubs in Dallas.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is organized into five series:

Series 1: Book Reviews, 1937-1985 Series 2: Speeches and Radio Shows, 1945-1978 Series 3: Slides and Audio Tapes, 1962, 1983 Series 4: Personal Documents, 1906-1988 Series 5: Scrapbook Access to Collection:

Collection is open for research use.

Publication Rights:

Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the DeGolyer Library.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms.

Rejebian, Ermance. Rejebian Club. Women critics--Texas--Dallas. Armenian Americans--Texas--Dallas. Literature--Book reviews. Book clubs (Discussion groups)--Texas--Dallas. Related Materials

This is one of the collections in the Archives of Women of the Southwest.

Preferred Citation

Ermance Rejebian papers, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

Acquisition Information

Gift, Mary Rejebian Northern, 2003, 2006.

Processing Information

The Ermance Rejebian papers were received in no discernable order. During processing, the collection was divided into separate files for book reviews, speeches, personal documents, audio cassettes, and the scrapbook. Folded documents were flattened, and the papers were arranged chronologically by topic, placed in acid-free folders, and stored in acid-free boxes.

In 2006, more than 200 speeches and essays were added, as well as a few audio cassettes and some slides. The materials were grouped by type with speeches and essays separated. The essays were grouped by year and organized in chronological order. The audio cassettes were stored in an original display box. The slides were in a sealed envelope. Paperclips were removed and each speech or essay was placed in a separate acid-free folder and placed in acid-free boxes. The audio cassettes were kept in their original display box and placed inside an acid-free oversize box. The slides were placed into a clear, slide protector sheet and placed inside an acid-free folder.

Processed by

Amanda Coleman, 2005

Encoded by

Lara Corazalla, 2005

Revision Description

14 slides, 22 audio tapes, a second group of speeches, and essays from Rejebian’s radio shows were added to the collection. The new material was processed and encoded by Lara Corazalla in March, 2006.

Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: Book Reviews, 1937-1985 2 boxes

This series contains the numerous book reviews of Ermance Rejebian. Before she spoke to any group, Rejebian would memorize the entire review so that she could speak without notes. In these reviews, Rejebian gives both an assessment of the book's quality and a summary of the events and characters. The reviews are arranged alphabetically by book title and stored in separate folders. The dates following the titles indicate the month and year Rejebian presented these reviews to an audience.

11Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg, Dec 1940/Feb 1949 12Act One by Moss Hart, Jan 1960 13The Acts of the Apostles, Feb 1966 14Address Unknown by Kressmann Taylor, Mar 1939 15Advice and Consent by Allen Drury, Oct 1960 16After the Fall by Arthur Miller, May 1964 17The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, Oct 1961 18Ali and Nino by Kurban Said, Nov 1971 19Amadeus by Peter Schaffer, Nov 1981 110The American by James Truslow Adams, Nov 1948 111America: the Promised Land by Ermance Rejebian 112America and the Americans by Steinbeck and Adams, Feb 1967 113Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette, Nov 1955 114The Angelic Avengers by Pierre Andrezel, Mar 1947 115Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Feb 1948/Nov 1977 116Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson, May 1949/1971 117Apartment in Athens by Glenway Wescott, May 1949 118Apollo and Miss Agnes by Bob and Alice Banner, Nov 1963 119The Apostle by Sholem Asch, Oct 1943 120Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque, Mar 1946 121Aristotle Onassis by Fraser, Jacobson, Ottoway, and Chester, Oct 1978 122Armageddon by Leon Uris, Nov 1964 123The Authentic Revolution and Its Challenge by Erwin D. Conham, Jan 1952 124Band of Angels by Robert Penn Warren, Oct 1955 125A Bell for Adano by John Hersey, May 1944 126Beloved Friend by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara Van Meck, Feb 1937/Oct 1958 127Ben Franklin in Paris by Sidney Michaels, Jan 1967 128Beyond Desire by Pierre La Mure, Apr 1957 129The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas, Jan 1949 130The Book by Ermance Rejebian, 1955/1976 131The Book of Esther, Feb 1970 132The Book of Exodus, Feb 1963 133The Book of Genesis, Feb 1961/1980 134The Book of Hosea, Feb 1968 135The Book of Isaiah, Mar 1957 136The Book of Job, Mar 1956/Feb 1973 137The Book of Psalms, Feb 1959/1977 138The Book of Revelation, Feb 1962/1979 139The Bright Promise by Richard Sherman, Nov 1947 140Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner, May 1962 141Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger, Apr 1945 142Catherine: Portrait of an Empress by Gina Kauss, Jan 1944 143Catherine of Aragon by Garrett Mattingly, Jan 1942 144Centennial by James A. Michener, Oct 1975 145Children of God by Vardis Fisher, Oct 1939 146Cleopatra: The Story of a Queen by Emil Ludwig, Mar 1938/1948; Jan 1962 147Colonel Burr of Richmond Hill compiled from Wandell and Sexton, Mar 1941 148Communism and the Conscience of the West by Fulton J. Sheen, Nov 1948 149The Covenant by James Michener, Apr 1981 150Crown Matrimonial by Royce Ryton, Apr 1971 151Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, Nov 1950/Apr 1984 152Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, May 1951/1960/1985 153David the King by Gladys Schmitt, Oct 1946 154Dearly Beloved by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Jan 1963 155Desiree by Annemarie Selinko, Oct 1953 156Destiny of the Door compiled from current periodicals, Jan 1950 157A Diary from Dixie by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Oct 1983 158The Diary of Anne Frank by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Nov 1957 159Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, Jan 1959 160Don’t Go Near the Water by William Brinkley, Nov 1956 161Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck, March 1942 162Dream West by David Nevin, Oct 1984 163Drums of Destiny by Peter Bourne, Apr 1948 164The Eagles Die by George R. Marck, Nov 1974 165Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham, Feb 1945 166Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash, Oct 1972 167The Enemy Gods by Oliver LaFarge, Spring 1937 168Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Apr 1979 169The Exile and the Fighting Angel by Pearl S. Buck, Spring 1937/Apr 1969 170Fall of the Peacock Throne by William H. Forbis, Oct 1980 171Famine by Liam O’Flaherty, Nov 1937 172The Female by Paul Wellman, Apr 1980 173Ferdinand and Isabella by Hermann Kesten, Feb 1947 174Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, Jan 1966 175First Lady by Katherine Dayton and George S. Kaufman, Oct 1952 176Florence Nightingale by Cecil Woodham-Smith, Feb 1952 177The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel, Nov 1952; May 1968/1981 178The Four Seasons of Manuela by Victor W. Von Hagen, Feb 1953/Apr 1977 179Gideon by Paddy Chayefsky, Oct 1962 180Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, May 1955 181The Golden Fleece by Bertita Harding, Spring 1937 182The Golden Summit by Grace Noll Crowell 183Good-bye, My Son by Marjorie Coryns, May 1944/1957; Apr 1978 184Good Morning, Miss Dove by Frances Gray Patton, Feb 1955 185Good Night Sweet Prince by Gene Fowler, Apr 1944 186The Gospel of John, Feb 1964 187Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Gouge, Oct 1944 188Green Margins by E.P. O’Donnell, Spring 1937 189Heloise and Abilard by George Moore, Mar 1952 190Hanta Yo by Ruth Beebe Hill, Nov 1979 191Hawaii by James Michener, Nov 1960 192He Looked for a City by A.S.M. Hutchinson, Apr 1941 193Hearken Unto the Voice by Franz Werfil 194Hound-Dog Man by Fred Gipson, Apr 1949 195The House that Hitler Built by Stephen H. Robert, Apr 1938 196The Human Comedy by William Saroyan, Apr 1943 197I Ask You, Ladies and Gentlemen by Leon Z. Surmelian, Nov 1945 198I Do, I Do by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, May 1967 199The Immortal Lovers by Francis Winwar, Oct 1950/Apr 1963 1100Immortal Wife by Irving Stone, Jan 1945/Apr 1956 1101Imperial Wisdom by Pearl Buck, Oct 1956 1102A Dark Garden by Frank G. Slaughter, Jan 1947 1103In the House of Brede by Rumer Godden, Jan 1970 1104Jacobowsky and the Colonel by Franz Werfel, Dec 1944 1105Jennie by Ralph S. Martin, Oct 1969 1106Jeremiah, Feb 1965 1107Jerusalem compiled from Lionel … and G.G. Atkins, Feb 1969 1108Joan of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson, May 1947 1109John Brown’s Body by Stephen Vincent Benet, May 1953/Apr 1975 1110Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, Dec 1939 1111The Keys of the Kingdom by A.J. Cronin, Oct 1941 1112The King and I by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd , Nov 1951 1113The King from Ashtabula by Vern Sneider, Jan 1961 1114The King Ranch by Tom Lea, Jan 1958 1115The King’s General by Daphne Du Maurier, Feb 1946/1954 1116Lead, Kindly Light by Vincent Sheean, Nov 1949 1117Life of Christ by Hall Caine, Dec 1938/Mar 1945 1118The Life of Andrew Jackson by Marquis James, Nov 1938 1119A Lion is in the Streets by Adria Locke Langley, Oct 1945 1120The Little Minister by James N. Barrie, Mar 1953 1121Little World of Don Camillo by Giovanni Guaresehi, Jan 1951 1122The Living Reed by Pearl Buck, Jan 1964 1123Love is Eternal by Irving Stone, Oct 1954 1124Love is a Wild Assault by Elithe Hamilton Kirkland, Oct 1967 1125Love Story by Erich Segal, Jan 1971 1126Madame Curie by Eve Airie, Jan 1938/Mar 1944/Apr 1967 1127Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, Nov 1967 1128Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig, Oct 1937/Apr 1947 1129Marta of Muscovy by Phil Stong, Jan 1946 1130Mary by Sholem Asch, Mar 1950 1131Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Stefan Zweig, Mar 1943/Apr 1951 1132Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser, Apr 1970 1133Mary Todd Lincoln by Justin G. Turner and Linda Turner, Oct 1973 1134Men on Bataan by John Hersey, Nov 1942 1135The Miracle Worker by William Gibson, Feb 1960 1136Mission to Moscow by Joseph E. Davies, Apr 1942 1137The Moneyman by Thomas B. Costain, Oct 1947 1138The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck, May 1942 1139Moses by Sholem Asch, Apr 1952 1140Misses ’Arris goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, May 1959 1141The Murder of Lidice by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Jan 1943 1142My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner, Feb 1957 1143My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara, Feb 1942 1144My Heart Belongs by Mary Martin, Oct 1976 1145My Son, My Son! by Howard Spring, Oct 1938 1146My Uncle Jan by Joseph Auslander and Audrey Weirdemann, May 1948 1147Napoleon and Josephine by Frances Mossiker, Jan 1965 1148The Nazarene by Sholem Asch, Jan 1940 1149Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie, Jan 1968 1150No Time for Sergeants by Ira Levin, May 1956 1151The Nun’s Story by Kathryn Hulme, Oct 1957 1152One Life by Dr. Christiaan Barnard and Curtis Bill Pepper 1153One Passion, Two Loves by Lynne and Gray Poole, May 1969 1154Or I’ll Dress You in Mourning by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, Nov 1968 1155The Origin by Irving Stone, Nov 1980 21Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald 22The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone, Oct 1971 23The Patriot by Pearl S. Buck 24Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie, Oct 1981 25Phantom Crown by Bertita Harding, May 1958 26Pilgrimage to Freedom by Ermance Rejebian, Nov 1972 27Pocahontas by Frances Mossiker, Oct 1977 28A Portrait of Albert Schweitzer by Robert Payne and George N. Marshall, Apr 1968 29The Prince and the Lily by James Brough, Nov 1975 210The Promised Land: An American Credo by Ermance Rejebian, Nov 1970 211Queen Anne Boleyn by Francis Hackett, Nov 1939 212The Queen’s Necklace by Frances Massiker, May 1961 213Quietly my Captain Waits by Evelyn Eaton, Oct 1940/Mar 1955 214Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Mar 1951/Apr 1973 215Romey by Jack Farris, Mar 1954 216Red Masquerade by Angela Calomiris, Feb 1951 217Reminiscences by Douglas MacArthur, Oct 1964 218Report from Tokyo by Joseph C. Grew, Feb 1943 219The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas, Dec 1942 220The Rockefellers by Collier and Horowitz, Nov 1976 221The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter Shaffer, Apr 1972 222Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Apr 1965 223Running of the Tide by Esther Forbes, Oct 1949 224Saint Joan of Arc by Victoria Sackville West and Marina Warner 225Sawdust Caesar by George Seldes, Jan 1940 226Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mar 1949/Apr 1971 227A Sea Island Lady by Francis Griswald, Apr 1940 2281776 by Peter Stone, Nov 1969 229The Sermon on the Mount, Mar 1958/Feb 1972 230Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence, Fall 1936/Jan 1957 231Shenandoah by James Lee Barrett, Apr 1976 232The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L. West, Oct 1963 233Sister by Glenn Allen Smith, May 1963 234The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfil, Oct 1942 235The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein—Lindsay and Crouse, May 1960 236The Source by James A. Michener, Oct 1965 237Sparks Fly Upward by Lawrence and Lee, May 1966 238The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh, Jan 1954 239Spring Symphony by Eleanor Painter, Feb 1941/Apr 1953/May 1970 240Stagestruck by Maurice Zolotow, May 1965 241State of the Union by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, Oct 1946 242The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman, Nov 1983 243Sunrise at Campobello by Dore Schary, Nov 1958 244The Super Americans by John Bainbridge, Apr 1962 245Take Heed of Loving Me by Elizabeth Gray Vining, Apr 1964/1985 246A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Feb 1950 247Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, May 1950 248The Teahouse of the August Moon by John Patrick, Nov 1954 249Tell No Man by Adela Rogers St. Johns, Oct 1966 250The Tempered Blade by Monte Barrett, May 1946 251Testament of Faith by Ermance Rejebian, copyrighted Mar 1962 252There Shall Be No Night by Robert E. Sherwood, Jan 1941/May 1952 25313 Days to Glory by Lon Tinkle, Apr 1958 254This Is the Hour by Loin Feuchtwanger, Oct 1951 255Thomas Jefferson by Fawn Brodie, Oct 1974 256Tolstoy by Henri Troyat, Oct 1968 257Tomorrow the World by James Gow and Arnaud d’Usseau, Feb 1944 258Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith, Oct 1948 259The Treasures of the Bible, Feb 1971 260A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, Dec 1943 261True Grit by Charles Protis, Jan 1969 262Victory by Oliver Warner, 1958 263Victory by Oliver Warner and Emma Hamilton by Norah Lofts, Oct 1979 264War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Feb 1956 265The War Goes On by Sholem Asch, Spring 1947 266Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman, Dec 1941 267The Way to Peace by Vincent Sheean, Apr 1983 268What Every Woman Knows by James M. Barrie, May 1954 269The Wild Swan by Monica Stirling, Apr 1966 270The Windsor Tapestry by Comptan Mackenzie, Feb 1939 271Winston Churchill by Rene Kraus, May 1941 272The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman, Dec 1945 273Why Europe Fights by Walter Millis, Nov 1940 274Why They Behave Like Russians by John Fischer, Jan 1948 275Witness by Whittaker Chambers, Jan 1953 276Woodrow Wilson and the Lost Peace by Thomas W. Bailey, Nov 1944/Feb 1958 277The Young Cosima by Henry Handel Richardson, May 1939/Apr 1950 278Zelda by Nancy Milford, Oct 1970 Series 2: Speeches and Radio Shows, 1945-1978 5 boxes

This series contains drafts of speeches and talks Ermance Rejebian planned to give and essays that she read on her radio program.

The speeches are not book reviews. Many outline Rejebian's experiences as an immigrant in America and reflect on her travels throughout the world. As Rejebian was held in high esteem throughout Texas, she was asked to speak at many diverse events, and, as she did with her reviews, she intricately planned out these speeches. Dates are included after the speech’s title when available. Most of the speeches are undated. The speeches are divided into two separate groups based on the date of acquisition. Both groups are arranged in alphabetical order.

The series also contains bound notebooks that contain essays and speeches for live delivery and radio broadcasts. Each notebook contains her writings for one or two years. Arrangement of the notebooks is chronological by year.

Finally, the series contains the individual essays on current event topics that were delivered on her radio show from 1945 to 1952. These essays are arranged chronologically.

2791945 Notebook 2801946 Notebook 2811947 Notebook 2821948 Notebook 2831949 Notebook 2841950-1951 Notebook 2851952 Notebook Speeches 31Address at the Opening of Activities Building 32Americanism 33Armenia and the Church 34Armenia: Its History, Religion, and Culture 35A Bicentennial Program at Middle School 36A Brief History of Dallas 37A Brief History of Early Dallas 38China Today, Sep/Nov 1978 39The Community Chest 310Faith for These Times 311Here it Began, Nov 1966 312History of the Rejebian Club 313Impressions of My Trip to Turkey, May 1978 314Impressions of the Caribbean, Dec 1977 315Legacy of Greece, Nov 1965 316Light of the Years 317A Message and a Lesson, Oct 1959 318Message of the Seven Churches of Asia, Feb 1959/1974 319Oriental Rugs 320Party of the Year, 1959 321Personal Journey, Nov 1953 322Personal Reflections on the Soviet Union, Nov 1959 323Pilgrimage, Apr 1954 324Rainbow in the West, Nov 1941 325Response, Mar 22, 1987 326Saint Joan of Arc, Nov 1936 327Saint Paul and His World, Apr 1960/Feb 1978 328Stalin over Russia, Jan 1939 329That Other Way of Life, Nov 1962 330World Day of Prayer, Feb 1952 331Unidentified Writings 71The Authentic Revolution and Its Challenge by Erwin D. Canham 72Brotherhood Week 73Echoes from the Wallace Case 74Freedom and Labor 75Glimpses on the Middle East 76India 77Letter from Grosvenor Square – Disillusionment – spoken by Dr. David Lefkowitz over station WFAA Sunday, Nov. 30, 1947 78The Palestine Question 79La Reunion 710UN – Road to Peace 711United Nations Day 712Untitled (Dallas) 713World Opinion of US Radio Shows 51San Francisco Conference, Apr. 25, 1945 52German Atrocities, Apr. 29, 1945 53Mussolini, May 6, 1945 54Poland, May 20, 1945 55Memorial Day, May 27, 1945 56Middle East, June 3, 1945 57Flag Day, June 10, 1945 58Russia, June 17, 1945 59Eisenhower, June 24, 1945 510San Francisco UN Charter, July 1, 1945 511Russia v. Turkey, July 8, 1945 512France, July 15, 1945 513Potsdam, July 22, 1945 514Churchill, July 29, 1945 515La Reunion, Aug. 5, 1945 516Hirohito, Aug. 12, 1945 517Peace, Aug. 19, 1945 518China, Aug. 26, 1945 519Japan, Sept. 2, 1945 520Council of London, Sept. 16, 1945 521MacArthur, Sept. 9, 1945 522War Fund Campaign, Sept. 23, 1945 523Russia, Sept. 30, 1945 524War Fund Campaign, Oct. 2, 1945 525Nimitz, Oct. 7, 1945 526Labor, Oct. 14, 1945 527Argentina, Oct. 21, 1945 528Palestine, Oct. 28, 1945 529Book Exposition, Nov. 4, 1945 530China, Nov. 11, 1945 531Thanksgiving, Nov. 18, 1945 532Iran, Dec. 2, 1945 533Cordell Hull, Dec. 9, 1945 534Pat Hurley, Dec. 16, 1945 535Christmas, Dec. 23, 1945 536New Year’s - US Responsibility, Dec. 30, 1945 537Alaska, Jan. 6, 1946 538Labor, Jan. 13, 1946 539G I Rebellion, Jan. 20, 1946 540Charles De Gaulle, Jan. 27, 1946 541Housing, Feb. 3, 1946 542Greece, Feb. 10, 1946 543Harry Hopkins, Feb. 17, 1946 544Russia, Feb. 24, 1946 545Red Cross, Mar. 3, 1946 546Spain, Mar. 10, 1946 547Russia & Fear, Mar. 17, 1946 548Russia & Turkey, Mar. 24, 1946 549Food for Europe, Mar. 31, 1946 550Roosevelt, Apr. 7, 1946 551UN, Apr. 14, 1946 552Easter, Apr. 21, 1946 553Tito, Apr. 28, 1946 554Germany, May 5, 1946 555Labor & Strikes, May 12, 1946 556John L. Lewis, May 19, 1946 557UN, June 30, 1946 558Can We Get Along With Russia, Sept. 1, 1946 559Japan, Sept. 8, 1946 560Germany, Sept. 15, 1946 561James F. Byrnes, Sept. 22, 1946 562Public Opinion, Oct. 6, 1946 563China, Oct. 13, 1946 564The Dardanelles, Oct. 20, 1946 565The Statue of Liberty, Oct. 27, 1946 566The Quest for Peace, Nov. 10, 1946 567Molotov, Nov. 3, 1946 568The Crisis in Our Nation’s Schools, Nov. 17, 1946 569Thanksgiving, 1946, Nov. 24, 1946 570The Coal Strike and Mr. Lewis, Dec. 1, 1946 571Miguel Aleman, Dec. 8, 1946 572Spain, Dec. 15, 1946 573The Personality of Jesus, Dec. 22, 1946 5741946, Year of United Nations, Dec. 29, 1946 61Americanism, Jan. 12, 1947 62General George C. Marshall, Jan. 19, 1947 63Juvenile Delinquency, Jan. 25, 1947 64China, Feb. 2, 1947 65Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1947 66Crisis in Britain, Feb. 16, 1947 67Dilemma of Palestine, Feb. 23, 1947 68Denazification, Mar. 2, 1947 69The Red Cross and the Needy of the World, Mar. 9, 1947 610The Underlying Issue of the Greek Crisis, Mar. 16, 1947 611The Moscow Conference, Mar. 23, 1947 612Democracy – American v. Russian, Mar. 30, 1947 613Labor and Rising Prices, Apr. 20, 1947 614Mr. Wallace and Freedom of Speech, Apr. 27, 1947 615The Moscow Conference, May 4, 1947 616Mother’s Day, May 11, 1947 617Food, Politics and Germany, May 18, 1947 618Memorial Day, May 25, 1947 619American Mood, Sept. 7, 1947 620General Wainwright, Sept. 14, 1947 621As the United Nations Reconvenes, Sept. 21, 1947 622Fiorello H. La Guardia, Sept. 28, 1947 623Interview with Anna Lord Strauss, Oct. 5, 1947 624Aid for Europe, Oct. 12, 1947 625The Best Seller of All Time, Oct. 19, 1947 626The Comintern, Oct. 26, 1947 627A Moral Responsibility, Nov. 2, 1947 628The Children of Europe, Nov. 9, 1947 629Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, 1947 630The French Crisis, Nov. 30, 1947 631Woodrow Wilson and the Lost Peace, Dec. 14, 1947 632The Spirit of Christmas, Dec. 21, 1947 633A Year for Decision, 1948, Jan. 4, 1948 634The Crisis in Greece, Jan. 11, 1948 635Moscow’s Aim in Germany, Jan. 18, 1948 636The Freedom Train, Jan. 25, 1948 637Our Heritage and Responsibility, Feb. 1, 1948 638Mohandas Gandhi, Feb. 8, 1948 639The Boy Scout Movement, Feb. 29, 1948 640Tragedy in Czechoslovakia, Mar. 7, 1948 641Complexities of the Palestine Question, Mar. 15, 1948 642A Man and his Dream, Mar. 21, 1948 643The Symbolism of Easter, Mar. 28, 1948 644UN Road to Peace, Apr. 4, 1948 645Our Sunday Schools, Apr. 11, 1948 646The Italian Election, Apr. 18, 1948 647The Strike and Mr. Lewis, Apr. 25, 1948 648Tolerance, May 2, 1948 649The Festival of Home, May 8, 1948 650Russian Attitude, May 16, 1948 651The Fight against Communism, May 23, 1948 652Commencement Thought, May 30, 1948 653The Conflict over Germany, Sept. 27, 1948 654The Community Chest, Oct. 3, 1948 655As the United Nations Meets, Oct. 10, 1948 656The Presidential Campaign, Oct. 17, 1948 657Our Democratic Right, Oct. 31, 1948 658Strengthening Foundations of Freedom, Nov. 7, 1948 659Debacle in China, Nov. 14, 1948 660Thanksgiving, 1948, Nov. 21, 1948 661The Recovery of Europe, Nov. 28, 1948 662Communism and the West, Dec. 5, 1948 663Christmas, 1948, Dec. 19, 1948 664New Year, 1949, Dec. 26, 1948 665Victorian to Atomic Age, Jan. 1, 1949 6661949 A Year for Leadership, Jan. 2, 1949 667The United Nations, Jan. 9, 1949 668Britain and Israel, Jan. 16, 1949 669Harry S. Truman, Jan. 23, 1949 670After Chiang, Jan. 30, 1949 671Reorganization of State Department, Feb. 6, 1949 672Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 13, 1949 673Brotherhood Week, Feb. 20, 1949 674The Mindszenty Case, Feb. 27, 1949 675Civil Rights, Mar. 6, 1949 676Andrei Vishinsky, Mar. 13, 1949 677Socialization of American Life, Mar. 20, 1949 678Russian Reaction to North Atlantic Pact, Apr. 3, 1949 679Easter 1949, Apr. 10, 1949 680The United Nations as it Reconvenes, Apr. 10, 1949 681Socialization of American Life, Mar. 20, 1949 682Tito’s Challenge to Communism, Oct. 9, 1949 683United Nations Day, Oct. 23, 1949 684The Anniversary of Dallas, Oct. 27, 1949 685The Issue behind the Labor Dispute, Nov. 6, 1949 686The Method of Non-Violence, Nov. 13, 1949 687Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dec. 4, 1949 688Destiny at Our Door, Dec. 11, 1949 689A Visit to the United Nations, Dec. 18, 1949 71Russia Glorifies Stalin, Jan. 8, 1950 72China, Jan. 22, 1950 73Again Germany, Feb. 5, 1950 74Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12, 1950 75World Day of Prayer, Feb. 19, 1950 76Collectivism and American Life, Feb. 26, 1950 77An Indecisive Victory, Mar. 5, 1950 78Enduring Monuments, Mar. 12, 1950 79The Problem of the H Bomb, Mar. 19, 1950 710Liberals and Fellow Travelers, Apr. 2, 1950 711The Personality of Jesus, Apr. 9, 1950 712Roosevelt – Five Years After, Apr. 16, 1950 713World Government Week, Apr. 23, 1950 714Faith for These Times, Apr. 30, 1950 715Greek Cavalcade of Fashion, May 17, 1950 716Why We Fight, Sept. 10, 1950 717The UN and the Soviet Union, Sept. 17, 1950 718The Case of Communist China, Sept. 24, 1950 719The Challenge of Asia, Oct. 1, 1950 720United Nations Day, Oct. 22, 1950 721Germany and the Western World, Oct. 29, 1950 722Tito’s Challenge to Communism, Nov. 5, 1950 723Banting’s Miracle, Nov. 12, 1950 724Chinese Enigma, Nov. 26, 1950 725Is a Settlement with Russia Possible, Dec. 2, 1950 726The Gift of Laughter, Dec. 3, 1950 727Mao Tse-Tung, Dec. 10, 1950 728The Pilot Institute for the Deaf, Dec. 17, 1950 729And Good Will Among Men, Dec. 24, 1950 730Release from Fear, Dec. 31, 1950 731The Challenge of World Communism, Jan. 7, 1951 732General Eisenhower, Jan. 14, 1951 733What Asians Think of Us, Jan. 21, 1951 734Europe Still Our First Front, Jan. 28, 1951 735World Day of Prayer, Feb. 4, 1951 736After Condemnation – What?, Feb. 11, 1951 737Communism V. Chinese Tradition, Feb. 25, 1951 738A Moral Crisis, Mar. 4, 1951 739Germans Look at Democracy, Mar. 11, 1951 740We Need Better Leaders, Mar. 18, 1951 741Easter, 1951, Mar. 25, 1951 742Hope that Peace can be Maintained, Apr. 1, 1951 743Latin America in World Today, Apr. 8, 1951 744Peace with Japan, Apr. 22, 1951 745The Decline of Honor, Oct. 7, 1951 746Iranian Oil, Oct. 14, 1951 747Nationalism in the East, Oct. 21, 1951 748The British Elections, Oct. 28, 1951 749Pakistan, Oct. 28, 1951 750The Korean Truce, Nov. 9, 1951 751Winston Churchill, Nov. 25, 1951 752The Recovery of Europe, Dec. 9, 1951 753The Authentic Revolution, Dec. 16, 1951 754The Problem of Germany, Jan. 13, 1952 755Our Democratic Right, Jan. 20, 1952 756Eisenhower’s Views, Jan. 27, 1952 757Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 10, 1952 758Social Policy in Far East, Feb. 17, 1952 759The Defense of Western Europe, Mar. 2, 1952 760Tolerance, Mar. 9, 1952 761The Egyptian Problem, Mar. 16, 1952 762Question in Korea, Mar. 23, 1952 763China in Grip of Violence, Mar. 30, 1952 764Easter, 1952, Apr. 13, 1952 Series 3: Slides and Audio Tapes, 1962, 1983 1 oversize box, including 26 audio cassettes

This series contains 21 of Rejebian’s audio recordings on cassettes. These are digests of literary works prepared and voiced by Ermance Rejebian. Each tape is approximately one hour long. They were published by Literary Digest in 1983. There are duplicates of a few of the titles. The tapes are stored in an original display box.

This series also contains 14 slides from a celebration held in Rejebian’s honor by members of her Book Review Clubs in Dallas in 1962.

8 (Oversize)Audio Tapes The Acts of the Apostles The Book Cry, the Beloved Country Diary of Anne Frank (2 copies) Esther Genesis The Gospel According to John Hosea Isaiah Jeremiah Mary Queen of Scotland The Message to the Seven Churches The Miracle Worker Nicholas and Alexandra (3 copies) Psalms Revelation The Scarlet Letter (2 copies) The Sermon on the Mount Treasures of the Bible (2 copies) War and Peace The World of St. Paul 76514 slides of A Celebration to Honor Ermance Rejebian – 1962 – Dallas Country Club – Given by her Book Review Clubs in Dallas Series 4: Personal Documents, 1906-1988 1 box

This series includes important papers from Rejebian’s life, such as her birth certificate, naturalization papers, and high school and college diplomas. Her birth certificate and identity book are not in English, but all other documents are. It also includes several photographs of Rejebian as a girl and young woman. Additionally, there are gifts given to Rejebian, details of her speaking arrangements and newspaper clippings mentioning her and her husband, Vehram. Finally, a short autobiography written by Rejebian in her later life, as well as information about the Rejebian lectures held at Highland Park Methodist Church in her honor and memory, are included. Organization is chronological, whenever possible.

333Photographs 334Official documents, 1906-1928 335High school diploma, 1924 336Honors and awards, 1959-1985 337Speaking engagements and descriptions, 1960-1985 338Postcards to the Class family, June-August 1962 339Notes from travels, 1970s 340Correspondence, 1988 341Gifts to Ermance: poems, song 342Newspaper articles, 1951-1988 343Autobiography and memorial papers Series 5: Scrapbook 1 oversized box

This series contains a scrapbook made for Rejebian by the Oak Cliff chapter of the Rejebian Club. The scrapbook includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs from Rejebian's lectures.

4 (Oversize)Scrapbook