Inventory of the Association For Clinical Pastoral Education, Pacific Region Records, 1967-98
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Xiuzhi Zhou
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Inventory of the Association For Clinical Pastoral Education, Pacific Region Records, 1967-98
Accession number: GTU 89-5-06
Shelf location: 2/A/2, 2/J/2
The Graduate Theological Union Archives
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Graduate Theological Union Archives
- 2400 Ridge Road
- Berkeley, California, 94709
- Phone: (510) 649-2507
- Fax: (510) 649-2508
- Email: lglenn@gtu.edu
- URL: http://www.gtu.edu/library/archives.html
- Processed by:
- Lucinda Glenn Rand
- Date Completed:
- 4/9/1999
- Cataloged:
- 4/19/1999
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1999 Graduate Theological Union. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Association For Clinical Pastoral Education, Pacific Region Records,
Date (inclusive): 1967-98
Accession number: GTU 89-5-06
Shelf location: 2/A/2, 2/J/2
Creator:
Association For Clinical Pastoral Education, Pacific Region
Size: 6 boxes; 2 ½ ft.
Type of material: Organizational files, correspondence, photographs, videotapes
Repository: The Graduate Theological Union.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Source and Date
ACPE, Pacific Region; ca. 1976-77, 1998
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing
to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Association For Clinical Pastoral Education, Pacific Region Records, GTU 89-5-06, The Graduate Theological
Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.
Access Points
Pastoral counseling - History - Sources
Pastoral counseling - Study and teaching - History - Sources
Theology - Study and teaching - History -- Sources
Psychology and Religion - History -- Sources
Chaplains, Hospital - History -- Sources
Cedarleaf, J. Lennart
McGiffert, Arthur Cushman, 1892-
Boisen, Anton T. (Anton Theophilus), 1876-1965
Biographical/Historical Description
Although official formation of the Pacific Region occurred in 1967, its roots are found in clinical ministry education initiatives
of the 1920's by pioneers William Keller in Cincinnati, Richard C. Cabot in Boston, and Anton T. Boisen in Worcester, Massachusetts.
As more students sought these learning experiences two organizations emerged in the 1930's and 1940's to provide and promote
clinical education as a challenging complement to classical academic theological education. The Council for Clinical Training
of Theological Students was organized in 1930 in Boston, and after a few years some of the group located in New York City,
becoming the Council for Clinical Training (CCT). Those remaining became in 1937 the New England Theological Schools Committee
on Clinical Training, reorganizing in 1944 as the Institute of Pastoral Care (IPC).
Interest and support grew as theological students and ministers enrolled in clinical training programs within hospitals and
prisons. Chaplains whose theological education was enriched with psychological understanding supervised these programs. Students,
engaged in actual clinical ministry, reported their experiences in verbatims and case studies for discussion in small groups
with peers, and with their supervisor. Didactic seminars with resource persons from the clinical setting expanded student
learning.
Pastoral education organizations developed in the 1950's and 1960's as certified supervisors established new training centers.
The first West Coast program was in the summer of 1951 at Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR, supervised by Chaplain H. George
Randolph, connected with the Institute of Pastoral Care. Pastoral education started in California following Anton T. Boison's
visits in the late 1940's as special lecturer at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, and other Bay area seminaries. He
also met with the Superintendent/Medical Director at Napa State Hospital, Imola, convincing him to have a clinical training
program. Consequently the second West Coast program began in March 1952 at Napa with Chaplain Herman Eichorn, Council for
Clinical Training supervisor. With additional programs in California a type of regional structure began in 1957. This enabled
CCT supervisors to meet for mutual support, provide mid-summer student conferences, and extend national activities of certification,
accreditation and seminary affiliations.
Another dimension emerged in these years of growth, cooperation and competition of CCT and IPC when two denominations, Lutherans
and Southern Baptists formed new pastoral education organizations. Representatives of all four organizations met for several
years, culminating November 17, 1967 with the merger creating the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. (ACPE).
This merger created nine regions, with the Pacific Region including Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Regional functions include formation of governance structures, sharing with national committees
for standards, accrediting new education centers, new supervisor certifications, promoting student enrollments, and developing
seminary affiliations. The region uses periodic self-studies to improve its structure and programs, seeking balance among
national, regional and local priorities. In 1967 the Region began with 1
8 training centers in two states, and 6 affiliated theological seminaries. Regional growth continued and by the end of the
20th century certified supervisor and accredited centers functioned in all states. From 1967-1999 clinical education centers
existed at times in 94 locations, and four of the original 18 centers continue. At least 140 certified supervisors were active
in the region in these years, and affiliations were established with 19 seminaries. The Pacific Region launched creative initiatives
to develop new CPE programs in urban and rural environments, fosters continuing education and peer review for supervisors,
provides periodic newsletters, and arranges mid-summer conferences for students. Regional membership reflects gender and social
inclusiveness, promoting multi-cultural and interfaith education initiatives within its centers and programs.
William F. Adix, Chair, ACPE Pacific Region History Committee.
Resources consulted:
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Hall, Charles E.:
Head and Heart: "The Story of the Clinical Pastoral Education Movement",
Journal of Pastoral Care Publications, Inc., 1992.
-
Powell, Robert C.; "CPE: Fifty Years of Learning Through Supervised Encounter with Living Human Documents." The Association
for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. 1975.
- Pacific Region, ACPE, documents.
Scope and Content
A collection had been given to the GTU Library ca. 1976-77, but there was no documentation on the original gift. Efforts to
contact the leadership of the Pacific Region to confirm the gift of the collection were unsuccessful until 1997 when William
Adix, Chair of the History Committee, contacted the GTU Archives. Subsequently the Pacific Region gift was confirmed in 1998
resulting in a collection of materials compiled according to the "Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Guidelines for
Archival Materials."
NOTE: The repository for the records of the national ACPE and some regional associations is the Archives and Manuscripts Department,
Pitts Theological Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322: Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Records (RG 001).
Container List
Box Box 1
Pacific Region Minutes and Reports
Chronological by year, 1967-87.
Box Box 2
Pacific Region Minutes and Reports (continued)
Chronological by year, 1988-93.
Pacific Region Minutes and Reports (continued)
Box Box 3, Folder ff 1-6
Chronological by year, 1993-97.
Pacific Region: Documents. Alphabetical.
Folder ff 7
Alaska CPE Project Report, 1989
Folder ff 8
Bibliography for CPE, 1st edition, 1997
Folder ff 9
Correspondence, miscellaneous, various dates, 1957-94
Box Box 4, Folder ff 1
CPE Centers Lists, 1980, '87, '90
Folder ff 2
Governance: Proposed Restructuring, 1990
Folder ff 3
National ACPE Documents, 1989
Folder ff 4
Regional Director Task Force Report, 1985-87
Folder ff 5
Videotapes: oral/video histories. Tapes stored with videotapes in Southeast Corner of Library Basement Storage Room.
Tape 1: Cushman McGiffert, 1986.
Tape 2: Len Cedarleaf, Gerry Walcutt, Jerry Davis, and Charles Teel, 1988.
Pacific Region Newsletters
Box Box 5, Folder ff 1-7
Accreditation Committee Files and Centers' Histories
Alphabetical. Various dates, 1981-95.
Arizona Health Sciences Center
Billings Deaconess Hospital, MT, 1984
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 1991
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1987, 1990
Community Hospitals of Central California, Fresno, CA, 1988
Contra Costa County Health Service, CA, 1983
Crystal Cathedral Congregation, Garden Grove, CA, 1987
Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane, WA, 1988
Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR, 1983, 1990
Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, 1988
Hawaii State Hospital, 1984, 1992
Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, 1987
Interfaith Ministries of Hawaii, 1988, 1990
Intermountain Clinical Pastoral Education Center, Boise, ID, 1986
Kings View Center, Reedley, CA, 1983, 1990
Landberg Center for Health and Ministry, San Francisco, CA, 1986, 1989
Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA, 1983, 1989
Long Beach Memorial Hospital, CA
Methodist Hospital of Southern California, 1992
Pomona Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center, CA, 1987, 1990
Oregon State Hospital, 1983, 1989
Presbyterian Hospital/Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 1984
Providence Medical Center, Portland, OR, 1986
San Diego Hospital/Sharp Healthcare, CA, 1986
Santa Rosa Hospital, CA, 1990, 1994
Stanford University Hospital, CA, 1987, 1988, 1995
St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 1990
St. Joseph's Hospital, Tacoma, WA, 1989
Sutter Community Hospital, Sacramento, CA 1986, 1993
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1992
Tri-Cities Chaplaincy, kennewick, WA, 1985, 1994
UCLA Medical Center, 1988, 1990
University of California, Davis, 1988, 1992
University of California, San Francisco, 1983, 1989
VA Hospital, Martinez, CA, 1988
Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA, 1985
Western State Hospital, Ft. Steilacoom, WA, 1981, 1984, 1992
Yuma Regional Medical Center, AZ, 1990
Len Cedarleaf Files.
Additional Note
John Lennart Cedarleaf, 1915-93, graduated from the University of North Dakota, 1942, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago,
1944, and Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis, 1954. He married Agnes Swanson, 1943, and was ordained in the Evangelical Mission
Covenant Church, 1946. After receiving clinical training and serving as chaplain in various institutions in the Midwest, he
came as Chaplain to the Northern Reception Center (juveniles) in Sacramento, CA. He directed the clinical pastoral education
program there until his retirement in 1978. During these years, he was active in developing chaplaincy and clinical pastoral
education centers in California, first for the Council for Clinical Training and then, after the 1967 merger, for the ACPE.
He served on most major ACPE committees, and was president 1978-79. He was Regional Director of the Pacific Region, 1980-88.
For a more complete biography, see Box 6, ff 1.
Folder ff 12
Regional Director Report, ca. 1984
Folder ff 2
Northern Reception Center Clinic (Calif.) Accreditation Review, 1977
Folder ff 3-7
Chapel Sermons (on Christmas, New Year's, Easter)
Folder ff 8
Misc. articles and information
Pacific Region History Scrap Book, 1975.
Folder ff 9-10
Compiled by George Tolson containing papers, photographs, and brochures sent in by the participating institutions indicating
their involvement in ACPE Pacific Region.
2 oral/video history interviews. Southeast Corner, Library Basement Storage Room.
tape Videotapes, tape Tape 1
Arthur Cushman McGiffert, Jr. Interviewers: Earl Cooper, Herman Eichorn, and Len Cedarleaf. Discussion of Dr. McGiffert's
life and work, and his work with Anton T. Boisen. Taped at the Claremont Theological Seminary, April 24,1968.
tape Tape 2
J. Lennart Cedarleaf, Gerry Walcutt, Jerry Davis, and Charles W. Teel. Interviewer: Earl Cooper. Each discusses his own life
and work, then discuss their experiences with ACPE and the Pacific Region, its programs, and individual students. Teel comes
in later in the interview. Taped at the Loma Linda Medical Center, California, February 9, 1988.
