Douglas Glenn Adams (1945 April 12 - 2007 July 24) was professor of Christianity and the Arts at Pacific School of Religion for 31 years and member of the core Graduate Theological Union faculty. He was an international scholar in...
This is the first Graduate Theological Union student newsletter. The first issue had the title Inter-Seminary press. The holdings are incomplete (have vol. 1, no. 1-6, Feb.-May 1969; v. 2, no. 1-8, Oct. 1969-Feb. 1970; v. 2, no. 13-14, 17-18,...
Photographs taken from a kite of institutions in the GTU neighborhood in Berkeley, Calif.
Announces, beginning September 1962, the GTU, a cooperative program of five theological seminaries offering the degree of Doctor of Theology. Lists the member institutions. Contains broadside, application form, and newspaper article.
The collection contains the research files from which Arthur Carl Piepkorn's four volume reference work, Profiles in Belief was published posthumously in 1977, edited by John H. Tietjen. Included are extensive correspondence with religious bodies included in the book, religious...
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...
Collection contains five letters and two photographs. Written 1956-1964, these are thank you letters from Schweitzer to the Atkinson Foundation for monetary gifts to the general hospital and leper village in Lambaréné, Gabon. Four of the letters are addressed to...
Collection contains personal and professional files, photographs, slides, negatives, and political, meeting, and gay issues buttons.
Organizing proposal; study papers; memos, brochure
organizing proposal; study papers; memos, brochure.
Contains a short history, newsletters, and brochures for an extension school which operated 1959-1969. It was directed by Muriel James and offered six-week courses for serious study of the nature and relevance of the Christian faith and the expression of...
This collection includes Ms. Bennett's papers which have to do with her interest in peace issues and the movements to end the war in Vietnam; and, following the end of the war, the issues of women's ordination -- the place...
The Berkeley Free Church (South Campus Community Ministry), 1967-1972, Richard York, Pastor, operated a service ministry to the Berkeley, CA, Telegraph Ave. area transients, runaways and hippies. Services included a referral switchboard, counseling, health care, crash pads, and free food....
Contains administrative records, correspondence, financial records, resident records, newsletters, architectural plans.
This collection contains organization records of the Berkeley-Albany Church Women United: scrapbooks and folders with newspaper clippings, minutes, bulletins, reports, fliers and other indications of activities.
The numbered leaves give narrative explanations for the 29 un-numbered leaves of maps and graphs providing population statistics and percentages on churched and unchurched, denominational preferences, church attendance, race, age, and income.
The GTU Bibliographical Center existed from 1963-69. It was essentially a centralized book ordering, cataloging and processing center for the GTU schools. Subgroup C contains all existing records of the Center. The records appear to be far from complete and...
Correspondence; reports; procedures; minutes.
Collection contains correspondence, committee meeting minutes, and reports.
Collection contains correspondence, procedures, committee meeting minutes, and reports.
The bishop and the pastoral relationship -- The christian in the modern world -- The Fellowship of Reconciliation (2 editions) -- Lambeth and unity -- The Liberal evangelicals message in our church today -- No escape from decision -- Reunion...
Art and other special exhibits have been displayed at the Graduate Theological Union Library since it was opened in 1981. This collection contains records from the the Trustees Aesthetics Committee and the art curator's office. Materials include flyers, slides and...
Richard F. Boeke served as minister of the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, California, 1973-1995. During his ministry, he was involved in the Howard Thurman Educational Trust, the International Association for Religious Freedom, and the Uniquest Foundation among other groups...
This collection contains working files, personal papers, correspondence, newsclippings, periodicals, audiotapes, videotapes, photographs, computer disks.
This is a critique of the ideas and practices of the Oakland, Calif. based Christian Philosophical Institute and its leader, Wilbert LeRoy Cosper, and presents possible responses San Francisco Bay Area Protestant churches may have wanted to consider.
Donald G. Brockett, 1937-1986, was a Congregational minister. While a seminarian at Andover Newton Theological School, Brockett participated in efforts to integrate the Boston public schools, volunteering as a teacher in the Freedom School Movement in 1964. He served various...
This collection consists of Evelyn Berger Brown's professional papers from the mid-1960's to her retirement in the mid-1970's. There is very little personal material. A large portion of the collection consists of material concerning her extensive community lecturing, from the...
Robert McAfee Brown, 1920-2001, was a Christian theologian, ethicist, teacher, author, preacher, and advocate for peace and justice in social, economic, and gender issues. The collection contains published and unpublished material by R.M. Brown and by various other authors.
The bulk of the collection reflects Bruner's collecting material in his retirement, ca. 1960's-1978. The Correspondence series provides extensive information through personal narrative from Protestant missionaries with various denominations all over the world.
The material had no original order. It is here arranged chronologically. This collection represents a part of Buchler's total original material. Further materials are located: 1) (P. O. Box 77603, San Francisco, CA 94107: 415-882-7092): interviews covering experiences in Vienna...
This collection of minutes and annual reports was donated to the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) by the American Baptist Seminary of the West in May of 2005. Files pertaining to the development of the Baptist church in California were selected...
This small collection includes photographs of the family members, material concerning the Throop Church, a book recording the marriages performed by Rev. Henry in Maine, Massachusetts, and California, 1906 - 1929, and other items.
Administrative records, meeting minutes, correspondence, conference planning files and proceedings, collected articles, newsletters and journals, brochures, lectures, presentations, audiotapes (cassettes), and videotapes (VHS).
The collection was packed in boxes and shipped by Center staff when the Center moved office locations in 1995. The order here is representative of the inherent order in the Center office. The sections titled here "Early Organization Files, 1977-81"...
This collection documents the history of the Center for the Study of New Religious Movements from 1977-1983.
The collection came to Archives from the Center in the order preserved here. The CWR office kept their records chronologically by academic year then alphabetical within each year. The records were kept by a succession of staff persons, therefore the...
The Protestant Church Commission for Japanese Service was set-up in response to Executive Order 9066 ordering all Japanese-American citizens and aliens evacuated from the U.S. West Coast and relocated to centers in the interior. The Commission acted as a conduit...
Small collection of correspondence and notes from early meetings of five Protestant seminaries to negotiate the foundation of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif. Charles McCoy was a member of the faculty at the Pacific School of Religion and...
Contains minutes, correspondence, reports collected by Charles McCoy on Graduate Theological Union faculty and curriculum re-organization, 1968-69 including the Coordinating Council on Basic Theological Education. Also contains work on the Goals and Structures Committee of the GTU, 1972-73; and planning...
Request from Library Reference Desk.
The collection contains records about evangelical Christians and the Jesus movement in Berkeley from 1970 through the eighties. Materials primarily represent the Christian World Liberation Front (CWLF) and the Spiritual Counterfeits Project (SCP), but also include materials on the Bay...
Pamphlets, position papers, journal articles, and reports from faculty, students, university administrators, and clergy people on the events concerning the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley, September through October 1964 and how to respond theologically. Position papers...
The collection contains Hill's administrative correspondence as President of the seminary and sermons preached where he served as pastor. Correspondents include, among others, pastors, missionaries, prospective students, alumni, administrators, faculty, and donors. Specfic correspondents include Sanford Fleming, BBDS faculty, BBDS...
Correspondence, manuscripts, sermons, lectures, photographs, personal records.
Albert Gleaves Cohen served as campus minister with United Ministries in Higher Education at California State University Fullerton (1965-69) and California State University in Los Angeles (1969-97). The collection contains his activities on campus and off for civil rights, minority...
The collection contains bibliographies, journal and newspaper articles, a study packet, and other resources which examine the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage from the Native American perspective, dealing with such topics as cultural imperialism and colonialism. The resources were collected...
Written by an unidentified woman, this appears to be a report, but to whom or what is unknown. It lists missions with brief histories of how and when they were organized. With the exception of William C. Pond, all the...
The Constituting Convention for the National Council of Churches took place in Cleveland, Ohio, November 28-December 1, 1950. The program states: "Behind this gathering lie ten years of continuous discussion of the best procedure for bringing about fuller fellowship and...
The collection contains minutes of board meetings, administrative records, and program files of the Cooperative Ministries in Higher Education of Northern California and Nevada.
The collection seems to have come from Elsie Thomas Culver to the Center for Women and Religion at the GTU ca. 1979. In 1992, the collection was transferred from CWR to the GTU Archives still in its original boxes and...
The majority of the collection are handwritten sermons arranged chronologically. The remainder of the collection is correspondence from Gordon to his son. Some of the letters written in 1861 discuss various aspects of slavery, seccession, and the beginning of the...
Manuscript and audio visual collection of Dody H. Donnelly (June 29, 1920 - ), a professor at several seminaries within Graduate Theological Union and Catholic leader in women's rights, organization and prison reform. In 1971 she became the first full...
Contains organization documents, correspondence, statements and addresses, press releases, and the Society newsletter. The newsletter is incomplete. Included is an address by Martin Luther King, Jr. given on October 12, 1964 to an ESCRU dinner meeting in St. Louis.
Contains minutes, correspondence, reports on faculty and curricular re-organization.
Two studio portraits of Flora Lamson Hewlett. One, black and white, was taken about 1965. The second, color, was taken about 1975.
Pt. 1. A holy alliance: the new seminarian. -- pt. 2. A holy alliance: devotion and diversity. --
The collection originated as the Frankl Library and Memorabilia founded by Robert C. Leslie in 1975. Leslie, Foster Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Counseling, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, (1954-82) had met and studied with Frankl in 1961. He...
Chris Glaser (1950 - ) is an activist for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights, especially within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). As writer and speaker, his topics include the church, the Bible and homosexuality: the spiritual gifts of the...
The collection contains personal papers, correspondence, speeches, sermons, newsletters, and pamphlets. There is very little material prior to 1950. The bulk of material dates from Bruner's retirement years when he collected newsletters, pamphlets, and other materials. The materials include information...
This pamphlet is a collection of five articles by Benton on theology, the church, and homosexual liberation. Each article has an introduction which sets its context, providing information about Benton's activities, local events, and local groups. Two of the essays...
The material is arranged as received from the donor. File folders retain the original headings, with the exception of loose materials received February 24, 2009. Nearly all items reflect Prof. Gold's personal involvement in the GTU. GTU 90-5-03, GTU Oral...
Collection contains correspondence documenting the work of the Commission on behalf of the Japanese and Japanese-American Protestant clergy and lay people interned in U.S. relocation centers during World War II. The collection includes correspondence with those individual clergy, denominational headquarters...
Commissioned by the GTU Development Office as part of the Capital Campaign to raise funds for the completion of the GTU Library, the tape was produced, written and narrated by George Conklin and Linda McFadden. It includes interviews, information, history,...
Cassette 1. Religion: source of conflict, source of hope, pt. 1 (1 hr., 25 min., September 19, 1993, held at first Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, CA) - contains presentations by a panel on international issues, an open discussion by audience and...
This collection contains the accreditation files for the Graduate Theological Union from 1966 on.
The collection contains the papers and 17 audiotapes (bulk are 1975-1976) presented by faculty and students at the Area sponsored twice-monthly colloquia.
Collection contains the winning student essays written on issues of religion and ethics, particularly economics, for an award given at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif. by the Lionel Chan Family Endowment Fund. Includes biographical material on some of the...
Programs and events at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif., discussing and protesting the war in Vietnam.
The Graduate Theological Union granted its first degree in 1966. Since then, lists of candidates for degrees have been produced by the Dean's Office to submit to the Board of Trustees for the final award. The early lists contained the...
Collection contains files and correspondence concerned with operating the library department in the library's formative years. Included are procedures on how to integrate the contributing seminary library collections to form one common library.
GTU Library annual reports from the Office of the Library Director.
The GTU library building was constructed in two phases: Phase I (1979-1981), during which the basement and level one were built, and Phase II (1985-1987), during which levels two and three were completed. The library was renovated in 2000-2001 and...
Collection contains files and correspondence concerned with operating the library department in the library's formative years.
Photographs are taken by and for the Graduate Theological Union to use in various school publications and to document events, buildings, and persons.
Contains print copies of the three statements issued at the press conference, and three copies of the audiocassette recording of the conference.
minutes; constitution; announcements; financial statements; correspondence.
This collection contains original papers, correspondence, photocopies, publications, manuscripts, audiotapes, videotapes, photographs by and about Bede Griffiths.
This collection consists of: 1) a flyer announcing a celebration, "Gay Liberation of the Church" led by Sally Gearhart and Bill Johnson; 2) a worship bulletin from that celebration, held February 15, 1974 (the bulletin announces "a GTU Gay Caucus...
Collection contains newsletters published by the Graduate Theological Union Library. Title varies, GTU Library News, Check it out, Library bulletin, Gatherings. Library notes, 1967-1969, is from the San Francisco Theological Seminary Library.
The student strike of May 1970 was a "unified action by the Graduate Theological Union against United States involvement in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The most recent escalation of the war and the response of students and other groups across...
The collection contains notes, interviews, correspondence, pamphlets and other materials used by Hadsell to write A Sacred Space: The Story of Westminster House, Berkeley, a history of the Presbyterian campus ministry at University of California, Berkeley in the 20th century.
Collection contains planning, task, and office files from Harlan Stelmach, a Ph.D. student at the Graduate Theological Union, 1970-77. He was involved in several groups which reflected his interests, including Christian Socialism, Latin America, advocacy for the marginalized, and radical...
The collection contains 8 audiocassette interviews recorded 1996-1998 by Doug Adams, print transcripts of the interviews, and a word-processing computer disk of the interviews.
This collection includes personal papers, working production files, photographs, slides, audio tapes, tapestries, drawings, oil paintings, watercolor paintings
Mimeographed sermon transcripts from the radio show National Vespers broadcast out of New York. Fosdick was the regular preacher, but in his absence, other preachers gave the radio sermons which are included in the collection. Each transcript includes title, date,...
This small collection consists of biographical materials of the Henry family (C.F. Henry, Rena M. Henry, his wife, Helen Henry, daughter and other family members), and Henry's records of marriages, correspondence, sermons, class lectures and information on Throop Memorial Universalist...
This collection contains correspondence, financial correspondence, addresses, notes and sermons
Harland E. Hogue, 1908-1999, was professor of homiletics and church history at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. His oral history interviews discuss his life, career, experiences, people, and general observations at PSR beginning in 1954. The interviews also...
These cards have been collected by Library Staff from books donated as gifts to the GTU Library. If, while processing the book for inclusion in the library collection, a holy card is found, it is added to the collection. There...
This is a segment about the Graduate Theological Union on a local news-magazine television show aired December 14, 1974. The reporter and producer are unidentified. The tape begins with a short section on "Ma Bell", a segment to be aired...
The collection consists of photocopies of documents arranged by early writings, 1956-63; philosophical writings; theological writings; political essays; works in English translation; writings on the works of Ellacuría and Zubiri; and unpublished writings divided into early 1956-66, province retreat talks,...
Printed copy of lecture; event flyer; event program; newsletter articles describing the lecture; printed handout, excerpts from the constitution of the United States; 2 digital video cassettes of the lecture that have no sound.
These materials came to the GTU Archives from two offices, the IRCCE Office and the GTU President's Office, and were merged to create this collection. It consists mainly of correspondence, meetings minutes, committee documents, and reports relating to or created...
The collection contains planning files for the program.
Collection contains two interviews of James A. Donahue, President of the Graduate Theological Union. Audiocassette of interview from a radio program, KCBS radio 74.0 San Francisco, Calif., April 21, 2002, interviewer and program title unknown. A typed transcript of the...
This collection contains mimeographed church worship bulletins and newsletters.
Collection consists of Sunday worship bulletins and/or newsletters from churches in seven of the WWII internment camps. The bulletins and newsletters provide orders of worship for Sunday services, articles, announcements, notices of baptisms, mariages, deaths, and other items of interest...
The collection contains personal papers, correspondence, speeches and lectures, articles, video and audio cassettes, typed manuscripts of three of McNeill's books, and research materials on Maurice Blondel.
Project files; correspondence.
The collection consists of correspondence and book lists sent between Judah and Felter at Pacific School of Religion, the seminary libraries participating in loaning the books, and representatives in the camps coordinating the book collections in their respective camps. The...
Thomas Starr King (1824 - 1864) was a Unitarian and Universalist minister and popular lecturer. Son of a Universalist minister who served in New York and Massachusetts, he also served churches in the Boston area. He accepted a call to...
Assembled by the Library Reference staff in the 1970s, the resources are mimeographed, unpublished papers. Thirteen papers, written by various authors ca. 1971-76, were distributed by the Jesuit Project for Third World Awareness, Chicago, Ill. Five papers were translated and...
Some of the letters from von Hugel have been published in Baron Friedrich von Hugel, Selected Letters, 1896-1924, Bernard Holland, editor (1933 edition). The correspondence with Maritain centers around bringing him to the University of Chicago to give a lecture...
v.l. La fé -- v.2-3. La revelación y de la ciencia -- v.4. La fé y la razón -- v.5. El milagro ante el tribunal de la ciencia. Actas de los procesos de beatificación y canonización de San Benito José...
Collection contains programs, photographs, flyers, articles, newsclippings, and correspondence.
These studies were done in 1971. The master plan "addresses itself to questions that are social, educational, political, organizational, economical, technical, urban, architectural, and ecological, for a theological institution." It seeks to "develop an organizational concept which can foster vitality...
Marna McKenzie was hired in 1984 to direct the Developing Ministries project for the Cooperative Ministries in Higher Education of Northern California and Nevada. She coordinated resources to create campus ministry programs with local church support in schools within Northern...
This collection includes personal papers, correspondence, speeches, articles both about and by J. McNeill, typed manuscripts of three books, Blondel research and thesis, video and audio cassettes, engagement calendars, books and computer discs.
The collection contains photocopies of significant 18th century Methodists hymnals with notes and indexes of the hymns by Professor of Music Church Music Norman Carleton Mealy.
Item 1: 4 mss p., 1 double leaf; 53 x 35 cm. on vellum; with illuminated initials; texts of hymns and chants without musical notation. -- Item 2: 2 mss p., 1 leaf; 63 x 42 cm. on vellum; with...
Minutes of an all-day meeting held at the Pacific School of Religion, January 28, 1939, attended by faculty representatives from Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Pacific School of Religion, Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry,...
The collection contains the working, task, project, and correspondence files and materials concerning the career and ministry of Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, an English professor and advocate of women's and gay and lesbian rights. Raised a fundamentalist Christian, she became active...
Poster designed by Lance Hidy announcing the naming of the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, May 6, 1987. Commissioned by the Development Office as part of the GTU Capital Campaign. Representation of the library on a dark blue background; above, a...
The collection of working files collected by Dr. Lebacqz in her capacity as a member of the Commission, came directly from the donor and was contained in one file cabinet and several boxes. The cabinet contained the Commission's working files,...
original papers (carbon copies, photocopy); transcripts of taped discussions; published proceedings; correspondence.
Original papers (carbon copies, photocopy); transcripts of taped discussions; published proceedings; correspondence.
Records of a national organization which raised funds to provide legal defense for sanctuary workers and refugees from Central America, particularly El Salvador and Guatemala, arrested and indicted during the 1980s for violating federal immigration laws. Board members included Gustav...
The National Sanctuary Defense Fund was established in 1984 to raise funds for the legal defense of sanctuary workers and refugees from Central America. Immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala in particular were arrested and indicted during the 1980s for...
Collection contains lectures and notes on lectures given by early 20th century theologians, 1907-1927, 1948, advocating anthroposophical interpretations of Jesus. They were collected by Nellie Holbrook.
The collection pertains almost exclusively to the New Religious Movements. There is a small amount of personal material that reflects Dr. Judah's interest in tennis and ballroom dancing. The 1994 interview is contained in the personal material. This interview is...
The Vertical Files Collection forms part of the New Religious Movements Research Collections in the Graduate Theological Union Archives. They were collected over a 22-year period by successive library staff people. The collection includes such materials as correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets,...
Consists of administration files for the Graduate Theological Union Library special collection in new religious movements. The collection was organized to support the mission of the Center for the Study of New Religious Movements at the GTU 1977-1983. The staff...
newsclippings.
A collection of public and background materials concerning the No on Proposition 14 campaign in California waged by several church bodies and political organizations. Included are materials on race relations, nonviolence, and the civil rights movement.
There is political campaign material (pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, monographs, flyers, bumper stickers) directly related to Proposition 14 from church bodies and political organizations. Also included are materials on race relations and the civil rights movement throughout the United States.
Noffke's papers include administrative materials along with 2,000 audiotapes and cassettes that reflect his role as producer and radio host.
The North Phoenix Corporate Ministry was a group of Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant Congregations in northern Phoenix, AZ who worked together in areas of education, worship, social concern, creative arts, and communication. Included are administrative files, program files, financial records,...
Contains administrative and program files, photographs, slides, audiotapes, 1 video.
Administration, organization, and financial records.
There are centralized files from 1981-1983, but the bulk of the collection consists of files compiled by individuals active in the organization between 1974-1980. The contents include correspondence, minutes, organizational documents, financial records, and brochures and other resource materials.
Contains records of the office and the programs.
This collection consists of GTU photographs taken and collected primarily for the purpose of publishing them in the GTU newsletters Ecumenical Associates News and later Currents, as well as other publications such as the GTU View Book and GTU Catalog,...
This collection has been taken from the files of the Dean's Office and made a separate collection due to the unique place of the series and its material in the history of the GTU. File folders 1 - 9, 1976-85,...
John Dillenberger became assistant dean of the GTU in 1963 and served as dean from June 1, 1963 to July 1971. He held the additional title of GTU President from 1967 until he left these administrative posts in 1971. The...
The collection was given originally to the GTU Library in the late 1970's by Daniel O'Hanlon. It was not officially deeded to the GTU Archives until 1992. Originally in cardboard cartons, the collection was reboxed and moved at least twice...
Organizational papers, events files, correspondence, photographs.
This is a tape of the dedication and naming ceremony for the Flora Lamson Library at the Graduate Theological Union. The date on the label, May 5, is incorrect; the correct date is May 6, 1987. Martin Skewes-Cox and Michael...
The class sought to interview persons who were instrumental in the formation and early years of the GTU. These persons were all living in Berkeley or California at the time of the interviews. When the collection was given, Ms. Zikmund...
The collection contains papers presented at two meetings of the World Council of Churches. The first was a meeting held by the World Council of Churches, Department on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church, Family, and Society, in...
This collection was put together in 1977 at the Graduate Theological Union Library by then Acting Librarian David Green. He published a letter in Episcopal diocesan newspapers stating that the Library was collecting on this important subject, and requesting any...
Organization files, program files, resource files (papers, articles, periodicals, and monographs), photographs, slides, audiotapes, videotapes, computer disks.
Collection contains organization, program, and resource files; photographs; audiotapes; videotapes; and computer disks.
The full Pacific Coast Theological Society Papers collection, of which these papers form a part, includes papers presented at the meetings since 1939. Box 1 contains an incomplete run of meeting programs, a list of paper titles 1939-1999, and short...
The collection is a compilation of published material, pamphlets, brochures, etc. from religious, denominational, civic, and political groups active in the promotion of peace, 1937-40 which Pease used to research his M.A. thesis.
Newsletters, Church Council minutes, correspondence, photographs.
Hand-tinted photographs, book.
Material gathered or generated for researching, compiling, and writing "Profiles in Belief" including: correspondence, drafts of material written by Piepkorn, copies of information from books or other sources, brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, periodicals, periodical and newspaper articles, photographs, bibliographies, etc.
Administrative and project records, financial records, collected print resources, photographs
Contains administrative and project records, financial records, collected published resources, and photographs from the Pledge's National Resource Center. The bulk of materials are 1985-89.
Print copies of Kay lecture and Semel response; CD of lecture; CD of response; event program; and event article with photographs.
From the Acknowledgement: "The following study on the subject of race relations in the City of San Jose was prompted by a desire on the part of the Race Relations Class at the San Jose State College to learn first...
working and organization files, correspondence, published material (monographs, periodicals, pamphlets), newsclippings, photographs
Contains a short history of the Area at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., files on faculty teaching in the Area, Area events and other information.
This extensive oral history includes interviews from 79 scholars who discuss the founding of the Graduate Theological Union and issues in theological education before, after and during the 1960s. The interviews were conducted in 1993-94 by Ray F. Kibler III,...
Seminar presented under the auspices of the East Bay Religious Fellowship in conjunction with the National Conference of Jews and Christians. Includes summaries of papers presented and round table discussions.
Collection consists of newspaper articles, periodical articles, and sermons reporting or commenting on the Jonestown mass suicide in Guyana, November 1978. The Graduate Theological Union Library staff solicited and collected donations from various sources.
Collection consists of newspaper articles, periodical articles, and sermons reporting or commenting on the Jonestown mass suicide in Guyana, November 1978 . The Graduate Theological Union Library staff solicited and collected donations from various sources.
Papers, printed matter, sermons, correspondence, audio and video cassettes, and photographs collected during Richard Boeke's ministry.
Collection contains diaries (1885-86, 1889-1944), correspondence, essays, articles, poetry, pamphlets, and periodicals. The bulk of the collection dates 1917-1944.
Videotape of musical stage play thought to have been performed in San Francisco, CA, ca. 1996-97. A broad parody of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" performed in drag. Written and directed by Ruby Toosday, produced by...
An oral history of the sanctuary movement based on interviews with religious and lay leaders in the Bay Area conducted by Eileen Purcell during 1997-1998. The interviews cover the beginning of the sanctuary movement during the Vietnam Conflict (1971-1972) and...
Rev. Winfred B. Schaller was a leader in the creation of the Church of Lutheran Confession (CLC). He served as editor of the CLC's first periodical, , from June 1958 until he was forced to resign in August 1970. He...
The material was collected from the donor's office. Material was received in 3-ring binders, file folders, and loose. See container listing for arrangement notations. The majority of the collection concerns the sanctuary movement for Central American refugees. Sanctuary for military...
The Scientology at the Marina records include administrative correspondence, handwritten notes, financial records, institutional records, educational courses, pamphlets, typescript manuscripts, transcripts of lectures, certificates, lists, newsletter copy, periodicals, published materials, and ephemera, including flyers.
Papers presented at a Faculty Forum held at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif. February 20, 2002. The forum was held to reflect on the role of religious scholars in a world shaken by the events of September 11, 2001....
Collection contains organization files, correspondence, forms, and all other working documents.
Includes index.
Collection consists of journal articles, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings; complete issues of magazines and journals; calendars; posters; audio/visual materials; glossaries; bibliographies. Limited correspondence to Spretnak. Limited notes made by Spretnak.
There are 2 sets of prints on the alphabet, each print a letter. All prints are signed by the artist. Both sets are incomplete. The first set of 11 prints, 17 1/2" X 23", depicts the letters in script. The...
Starhawk is a pioneer in and advocate of the revival of earth-based spirituality and Goddess religion; a peace and justice activist; and a veteran and continued organizer in progressive movements, committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality...
Collection contains one 22" x 24" pencil and pastel drawing on gray poster board of the statue in the atrium, "A Cast Bronze Sculpture for the Hewlett Library, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, Stephen De Staebler 1993"; and one 20"...
The papers document Donald C. Stone's work with Ornstein and Swencionis on the Outcome Project, and the development of his doctoral research, including his various publications on the human potential movement, up to the completion of his doctoral dissertation.
"The Sunday Before: Sermons by Pacific Coast Pastors of the Japanese Race on the Sunday before Evacuation to Assembly Centers in the Late Spring of 1942" includes sermons delivered by Protestant ministers prior to the forced evacuation of Japanese and...
Collection contains program planning files for all lectures.
Summaries of membership, Sunday School enrollment, confirmations, church support, and beneficence for the denominations: Baptist, Christian, Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Methodist South, Presbyterian, and United Presbyterian, 1895-1915. Includes short essays on each city and each denomination. The introduction states, "During...
These materials were donated to the Graduate Theological Union by Seda S. Suzuki, widow of Lester E. Suzuki. The collection consists of three drafts of his doctoral thesis Ministry in the Assembly and Relocation Centers of World War II, as...
2 issues. Spring 1976, and Winter 1977. Mark F. Fischer was the editor. Primarily poetry with a few short stories.
Margaret Palmer, 1908-2004, was born in Oakland, Calif. She was a pioneer in the field of sacred dance in America. A daughter of a Congregational minister, the family moved to Honolulu in 1917, where she learned creative dance in school....
Contains program flyer and presentations from Judith A. Berling, Ibrahim Farajaje, and Rosemary Radford Ruether. Chana Kronfeld is listed on the flyer.
This collection is the complete run, issues 1-4, 1994, of a GTU student journal edited by Gregory Loving. One file folder of correspondence concerning the journal is included. From the announcement: "This journal seeks to be a mode of communication...
This collection was processed in two separate sections. The first section had been partially processed and cataloged by library staff. The second section processed two years later when four boxes of unprocessed material were discovered after a shelf move. The...
Organizational materials, records of activities, photographs, negatives and slides.
Contains organizational, administrative, financial, photographs, negatives, and slides. Bulk of the collection dates, 1969-1998.
As a response to an appeal from the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif. to be more involved with issues of Jewish Studies, the GTU decided to hold an annual colloquium with the University of...
The staff collected published material (pamphlets, flyers, position papers, sermons, newspaper and journal articles, brochures) from government departments (United States and North Vietnam); national denominations; local, national, and international organizations; and individuals. Each item bears a yellow sticker with accession...
Collection contains photocopy or mimeograph manuscripts for lectures, readings, dramatizations, sermons, articles, essays, books, and autobiographies.
Personal and professional files, photographs, slides, negatives, and buttons relating to the personal and professional life of Aubrey Richard Weatherly.
The item is of unknown authorship. There are two charts on the single page. Eight west coast seminaries are listed for each chart. The top chart compares financial information and numbers of faculty and students. The bottom chart compares the...
Founded in June 1964, the Parish was understood as a "unique venture providing opportunity for Christian witness and encounter with the personal and social problems of the inner city to be found in West Oakland. Originally an idea conceived in...
Robert Whitaker was a Baptist minister who served churches in Seattle; Salem, Oregon; Oakland and Los Gatos, California. He was politically active throughout his ministry. participating in socialism, communism, pacifism, the labor movement, and the American Civil Liberties Union. He...
This collection had been in storage several years before processing; moved several times, and handled by various people over the years, including Wilbur's daughter Elizabeth. Materials for the collection came in groups of boxes or individual items from various sources...
This collection is reported to have come from Aaron Ungersma who was on the faculty of the San Francisco Theological Seminary. Attempts to contact Dr. Ungersma have yielded nothing, so there is no documentation on this collection. It is thought...
The collection was packed up from Rev. Yinger's garage at his home in Sun City West, AZ and shipped to the GTU Archives. The arrangement is as close to what Rev. Yinger kept as possible....