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Guide to the Collection of Materials Relating to the Pacific Unitarian Church 056
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Contributing Institution:
Palos Verdes Library District, Peninsula Center Library. Local History Center.
Title: Collection of Materials Relating to the Pacific Unitarian Church
Identifier/Call Number: 056
Physical Description:
4 Folders
Date (inclusive): 1963 - 1965
Abstract: Collection documents the month-long series of events to dedicate the Pacific Unitarian Church.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: SC 5
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[Name of item], Collection of Materials Relating to the Pacific Unitarian Church (Collection 56). Local History Center, Peninsula
Center Library, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.
The Pacific Unitarian Church started in February 1957 as the Pacific Unitarian Church Society. Rev. Dr. Harry Andrew Shuder,
a retired Unitarian minister, served as a volunteer charter minister and was instrumental in getting the Church started.
In 1959, the church registered as a California nonprofit, changing its name to Pacific Unitarian Church.
For eight years, the congregation held services in rented space in the South Bay including Walteria Park, Torrance and Miraleste
School. The Church purchased the land for its current site in 1962. The modern design structure by architect Carleton M.
Winslow, Jr. who specialized in ecclesiastical design opened in 1965.
Included in the Church opening and dedication was establishing the Harry A. Shuder Memorial Library to house the sermons and
writings of Dr. Shuder.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title; thereunder chronologically.
Includes brochures and public relation files.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Local History Center by Jeannette Mucha.
Initial rehousing and stabilization of materials by Local History Center volunteers. Final arrangement and description by
Michele Fricke and Monique Sugimoto, September, 2023.
Local History Center Subject and Biographical File Collection (Heading: Churches -- Pacific Unitarian Church.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pacific Unitarian Church (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)
Pacific Unitarian Universalist Church (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)
Pacific Unitarian Church (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.)--History