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"Difficult to respond." Allin's journal entry from September 27, 1973, one week before his election.

"An unusually long wait...." Allin's account of election day, October 4, 1973.

"Quiet consideration and conversation between Ann and me." Allin writes of his decision, October 5, 1973.

"I formally accepted my election...." October 6, 1973.

"This group must continue and grow." Elected chairman, Allin writes of his hopes for the future of the Committee of Concern, 1966.

“What has happened to our society? Blind, fearful, extremist? Where is truth and justice?” Allin’s journal entry conveys his dismay after having learned about the bombing of the home of his fellow clergyman, Rabbi Perry Nussbaum, an…

July 6, 1964, Allin wrote to the leader of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU), the Rev. John B. Morris, about the announcement of the Delta Ministry in Mississippi. Allin expressed concern that "it was done without any…

"Can we contain this diversity in the Church?" Allin writes about the first "legal" ordination of a woman in January, 1977.