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John C. Fletcher paper, MSS.0522
No full textAbstract: Transcript of a presentation by John C. Fletcher at the Alabama Clergy Conference, 1970, on the impact of industrial society and the post-industrial revolution on the youth of AmericaScope and Content Note: The collection contains the transcript of a presentation titled "The Two Revolutions," given by Fletcher at the Alabama Clergy Conference, 14 May 1970, at Camp McDowell in Nauvoo, Alabama, on the impact of industrial society and the post-industrial revolution on the youth of America.Biographical/Historical Note: John C. Fletcher, son of Robert and Estelle Fletcher, was born on 1 November 1931 in Bryan, Texas. He attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., and graduated with a B.A. in English literature in 1953. He completed a Masters in Divinity degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1956 and was ordained in the Episcopal Church. In 1956 to 1957, he attended the University of Heidelberg on a Fulbright scholarship, translating Deitrich Bonhoeffer's Creation and Fall into English. In 1969, he earned a PhD degree in Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He married Adele Davis Woodall in September 1954. (His younger sister is Louise Fletcher, the winner of the Best Actress Academy Award in 1975 for portraying Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.)After ordination, he was assistant rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He was subsequently appointed Chaplain of Washington & Lee University while serving as rector at the Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington. He later became a member of the faculty at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, where his interest in medical ethics was first passed on to his many students. In 1987, Dr. Fletcher became the Founding Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In 1999, he retired as Kornfeld Professor of Biomedical Ethics but continued to speak and write in the field of biomedical ethics. He was elected Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Ethics in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia in 1999. Fletcher authored many texts in the field of medical ethics, including An Introduction to Clinical Ethics. He received many awards for his work and dedication to his field. The University of the South, his alma mater, awarded Dr. Fletcher an honorary degree of Civil Laws in 1993. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities in 2000. Dr. Fletcher drowned (suicide) on 27 May 2004 in Keswick, Virginia
C. Scott Fletcher Papers
No full textAustralian-born C. Scott Fletcher came to educational and instructional broadcasting via Encyclopedia Britannica Films, where he oversaw the creation of films and filmstrips for the classroom. In 1951, Fletcher became president of the Fund for Adult Education, a part of the Ford Foundation. For the next ten years, Fletcher helped establish the first thirty noncommercial television stations in the United States. He also helped fund the first educational television program service, the National Educational Television and Radio Center (NETRC). In 1964, he served as consultant to the Educational Television Stations (ETS) division of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. In this capacity, he convened a national meeting in 1964 to discuss the long-range financing of educational broadcasting. This conference resulted in the formation of the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television and led to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. The collection chronicles Fletcher's involvement in the Fund for Adult Education, the Educational Television Stations division of the NAEB, and other positions in the public broadcasting field. Types of documents include awards, clippings, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, notes, reports, speeches and writings
Robert C. Fletcher album, 1910s-1920s (AL-188)
No full textPhotograph album from Gallaudet University Archives, originally compiled by Robert C. Fletcher. Includes photos of campus buildings, student body, sports and student events, Washington, D.C., sights, and family photos.This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s)
Chronicle: the family of Percy Robinson Fletcher and Essie Blanche Weaver Fletcher
No full textFamily history as written by Dorothy Fletcher Steele concerning the Fletcher and Weaver families
Walter L. Fletcher, Funeral service bulletin, December 28, 1982
No full textFuneral service bulletin Walter L. Fletcher held at the Theo. C. Auman, Inc. in Reading, P.A. on December 28, 1982. Insert included reads: "Walter Lawrence Fletcher. Son of Blanche and Percy Fletcher. Married Alberta Taylor. Parents of Marlene F. Book, Darlene F. Bishop, Diane Fletcher and Walter Fletcher Jr.
Book review: Contemporary Scottish plays, edited by Trish Reid
No full textBook review: Contemporary Scottish plays, edited by Trish Reid. London:
Bloomsbury, 2014; ISBN: 9781472574435 (£17.99)Publisher PD
Fletcher, H C, NX60103
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/385501Surname: FLETCHER. Given Name(s) or Initials: H C. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: NX60103. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 42711.235295
Item: [2016.0049.17794] "Fletcher, H C, NX60103
Fletcher, R C, 3786922
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/385478Surname: FLETCHER. Given Name(s) or Initials: R C. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 3786922. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: SEA-1300.235249
Item: [2016.0049.17771] "Fletcher, R C, 3786922
Fletcher, A C, QX13533
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/385509Surname: FLETCHER. Given Name(s) or Initials: A C. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: QX13533. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 46938.235311
Item: [2016.0049.17802] "Fletcher, A C, QX13533
Fletcher, C, NX45491
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/385498Surname: FLETCHER. Given Name(s) or Initials: C. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: NX45491. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 34506.235289
Item: [2016.0049.17791] "Fletcher, C, NX45491
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