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Finding Aid to the United Church of Christ, Northern California Conference Records, 1961-1986
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Series I:  Northern California Conference Office, 1965-1976

Extent: 14 folders

Scope and Content

The bulk of the collection is in this series, which includes correspondence about the Conference, farm laborers, and small growers as well as letters between the Conference Minister and leaders of affiliated organizations. Also included are the files from the Goshen Project and the Tulare County Community Development Project.
 

Board of Directors

Box 1, Folder 1

Resolutions, 1966

Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence, 1965-1970

Box 1, Folder 3

Financial Records, 1966

Box 1, Folder 4

Report, 1965

 

Conference Minister

 

Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 5

1965-1967

Box 1, Folder 6

1968-1969

Box 1, Folder 7

1970-1976

 

Assistant Conference Minister

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence, 1965-1972

 

Tulare County Community Development Project

 

Administrative Committee

Box 1, Folder 9

Minutes, 1965

Box 1, Folder 10

Recommendations, 1965

 

Pastor

Box 1, Folder 11

Field Reports, 1965

Box 1, Folder 12

Proposals, circa 1965

Box 1/, Folder 13

Newsletter, 1964-1965

 

Commission on Social Concern

Box 1, Folder 14

Newsletter, 1965

 

Series II:  United Church of Christ Board for Homeland Ministries, 1965-1985

Extent: 5 folders

Scope and Content

This series consists of information packets sent from Board for Homeland Ministries to the Conference and publications of the Board.
 

Resource Material

Box 1, Folder 15

1965 November-1973 April

Box 1, Folder 16

1973 August-1974 July

Box 1, Folder 17

1974 June-1976 August

Box 1, Folder 18

1976 December-1985 March

Box 1, Folder 19

Publications

 

Series III:  Affiliated Organizations, 1965-1985

Extent: 131 folders

Scope and Content

This series is comprised of the records of the California Church Council, the Committee for Economic Justice in the Agricultural Community, National Farm Workers' Ministry, Northern California Ecumenical Council, California Rural Legal Assistance, and the United Farm Workers. Included in these records is information about the selective-buying grapes in 1968. In addition, the information packets from the National Farm Workers' Ministry, known as the California Migrant Ministry before 1972, contain information about the worker-priest program as do the correspondence files.
 

California Church Council

Box 1, Folder 20

Correspondence, 1968-1972

Box 1, Folder 21

Proposal, 1966

Box 1, Folder 22

News Release, 1966

 

Committee for Economic Justice in the Agricultural Community

Box 1, Folder 23

Minutes, 1966-1968

Box 1, Folder 24

Correspondence, 1966-1968

Box 1, Folder 25

Report and Proposals, 1966-1972

Box 1, Folder 26

EJAC Diary, 1967-1969

Box 1, Folder 27

Resource Material, 1966-1970

 

National Farm Workers' Ministry

 

Commission on the California Migrant Ministry

Box 1, Folder 28

Minutes, 1965-1968

 

Executive Committee

Box 1, Folder 29

Minutes, 1965-1966

 

Ad Hoc Group for the California Migrant Ministry

Box 1, Folder 30

Minutes, 1973

 

Chairman

Box 1, Folder 31

Report, undated

 

Director

Box 1, Folder 32

Reports and Proposals, 1965-1969

 

Resource Material

Box 1, Folder 33

1966-1968

Box 1, Folder 34

1969-1972

Box 1, Folder 35

1973-1985

Box 1, Folder 36

Newsletter, 1963-1969

Box 1, Folder 37

1970-1985

 

Northern California Ecumenical Council

 

Board of Directors

Box 1, Folder 38

Minutes, 1976

Box 1, Folder 39

Financial Records, 1976

Box 1, Folder 40

Resolutions, 1965

Box 1, Folder 41

Farm Labor Resolution, 1968

 

President

Box 1, Folder 42

Correspondence, 1965-1966

 

Commission on the Church and Economic Life

Box 1, Folder 43

Report, 1966

Box 1, Folder 44

Study Papers, 1973

Box 1, Folder 45

Annual Report, 1964, 1968

Box 1, Folder 46

Newsletter, 1961, 1965

 

California Rural Legal Assistance

Box 1, Folder 47

Activities Summaries, 1967-1971

 

United Farm Workers

Box 1, Folder 48

Resource Material, 1965-1985

Box 1, Folder 49

Newsletter, 1972

Box 1, Folder 50

Grape Boycott 1984-1985

 

Series IV:  Northern California Conference Information Files, 1964-1986

Extent: 8 folders

Scope and Content

In this series are the articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, papers, and reports that the Conference collected about the agricultural communities in California.
 

Papers and Reports

Box 2, Folder 1

1964

Box 2, Folder 2

1965-1966

Box 2, Folder 3

1964-1985

Box 2, Folder 4

Publications, 1966-1973

Box 2, Folder 5

Newsletters, 1965-1985

Box 2, Folder 6-8

Newspaper Clippings (3 folders)