Philothean Fellowship Collection
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Title: Philothean Fellowship Collection
Dates: 1947-1961
Collection Number: CFT00137
Creator/Collector:
Fuller, Grace Payton
Fuller Theological Seminary
Philothean Fellowship
Extent: 4 Boxes, 3.46 linear feet
Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: The Philothean Fellowship Collection, 1947-1961 consists of access and original copies of scrapbooks and notebooks kept by
members of the Fuller Theological Seminary student wives’ group, the Philothean Fellowship. The scrapbooks include photographs,
postcard invitations to Seminary social events and lectures, Fuller Seminary convocation and commencement brochures, and the
newsletter The Broadcaster.
The Philothean Fellowship was an organization initiated by Grace Payton Fuller and Mary Jane Smith for the training, community,
and spiritual growth of the women at Fuller Theological Seminary. The original community in 1947 consisted of student, staff,
and faculty wives, and grew to include all women of the Seminary staff and student body by the 1960s.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. Philothean Fellowship Collection. Collection Number: CFT00137. Fuller Theological Seminary-David
Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Biography/Administrative History
The Philothean Fellowship was an organization initiated by Grace Payton Fuller and Mary Jane Smith for the training, community,
and spiritual growth of the women at Fuller Theological Seminary. The original community in 1947 consisted of student, staff,
and faculty wives, and grew to include all women of the Seminary staff and student body by the 1960s. The group stayed active
until 1974-1975, when its name transitioned to the “Women’s Institute” (1974-1980), and the Office of Women's Concerns opened
to monitor all programs and decisions concerning female staff, students, and faculty of Fuller Seminary in 1976.
Subsequent support groups for Fuller student spouses included a steering committee (1980-1993), FOCUS (1990-1999), Fuller
Wives Fellowship (1993), SUPPORT (1994-c.2015), and CONNECT (c.2015 - ).
Scope and Content of Collection
The Philothean Fellowship Collection, 1947-1961 consists of access and original copies of
scrapbooks kept by members of the Fuller Theological Seminary student wives’ group, the
Philothean Fellowship. The scrapbooks include photographs, postcard invitations to Seminary
social events and lectures, Fuller Seminary convocation and commencement brochures, and the
newsletter The Broadcaster.
Students
Women in higher education
Theologians' spouses
Teachers' spouses
Spouses of clergy
Missionaries' spouses