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Collection Title: McPherson, Aimee Semple: Scrapbook
Dates: 1923-1976
Bulk Dates: 1930
Identification: CFT00006
Creator:
Gage, Alice
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Physical Description: 0.50
Repository:
David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
135 N. Oakland Avenue
Pasadena, CA, 91182-0002
URL: http://library.fuller.edu/archives/
Email: archives@fuller.edu
Phone: (626) 584-5311
Fax: (626) 584-5613
Founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Aimee Semple McPherson was ordained in 1909 by William Durham
with whom she toured on evangelistic campaigns for several months, before being called to the mission field in China with
her husband Robert Semple. After his death from malaria she returned, with their daughter, to the US. In 1911 she married
Harold McPherson who became her advance man in organizing the evangelistic campaigns which made Aimee famous. In 1917 she
began to publish The
Bridal Call where she put her teachings into published form. In 1919 she was ordained by the Assemblies of God as an evangelist. On the
basis of her popularity as a preacher she undertook the construction of Angelus Temple in Los Angeles. Its cornerstone shows
that the temple was dedicated to “the cause of interdenominational and world-wide evangelism.” It is from this pulpit that
Aimee became not only an evangelist and church founder, but a celebrity.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Pentecostalism
Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.
Supervised use only.
The Collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Alice Gage, full of clippings from magazines and newspapers on the celebrated
comings and goings of Sister Aimee, as well as collected ephemera such as a postcard and a photo signed by Aimee. The Scrapbook
emphasizes Aimee’s use of the media, beginning with a clipping announcing her starring role in a “talky,” and ending with
a much publicized trip to the Holy Land by Aimee and her daughter. The entire June 1930 issue of
Bridal Call is included in the scrapbook. A sacred opera written by Aimee,
Regem Adorate (Worship the King) is also part of the scrapbook. The collection also includes a number of Sister McPherson’s books and pamphlets
and books related to her ministry, listed below.
The David Allan Hubbard Library also holds a number of fascicles of The
Bridal Call and
The Foursquare Crusader, as well as most of Aimee Semple McPherson’s writings. Also see Small Collection 12.33, Angelus Temple 80th Anniversary CD.