Southern California church publications collection, 1950-1993

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Summary

Abstract:
Approximately 70 publications from various Southern California churches dating from the 1950s to the 1990s. Types of publications include books and pamphlets celebrating church anniversaries, programs for building dedication ceremonies, annual reports, directories, yearbooks, promotional pamphlets, and periodicals. The majority of the publications in the collection were published by churches in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, including in Pasadena, Pomona, and Covina. However, the collection also documents a significant amount of churches in and around San Diego and at least one in Santa Barbara. Religious affiliations represented in this collection include Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox (Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek, and others), Episcopal, Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Mormon, and Presbyterian. Specific institutions that published material in this collection include the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, First African American Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, the New Walker Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sinai Temple (Los Angeles), the Polish Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, Immanuel Armenian Congregational Church, and the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara.
Extent:
1.25 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Southern California church publications collection, Collection no. 7079, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

Approximately 70 publications from various Southern California churches dating from the 1950s to the 1990s. Types of publications include books and pamphlets celebrating church anniversaries, programs for building dedication ceremonies, annual reports, directories, yearbooks, promotional pamphlets, and periodicals. The majority of the publications in the collection were published by churches in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, including in Pasadena, Pomona, and Covina. However, the collection also documents a significant amount of churches in and around San Diego and at least one in Santa Barbara. Religious affiliations represented in this collection include Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox (Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek, and others), Episcopal, Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Mormon, and Presbyterian. Specific institutions that published material in this collection include the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, First African American Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, the New Walker Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sinai Temple (Los Angeles), Polish Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, Immanuel Armenian Congregational Church, and the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Claremont School of Theology, December 10, 2018.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Southern California church publications collection, Collection no. 7079, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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