Inventory of the Westview Presbyterian Church records

Finding aid prepared by Maaya Abe and Kay Ueda

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Westview Presbyterian Church records

Date (inclusive): 1903-approximately 1990

Collection Number: 2019C136

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Japanese and English

Physical Description: 18 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes (10.98 Linear Feet)

Creator: Westview Presbyterian Church (Watsonville, Calif.)

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 22 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2021.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Westview Presbyterian Church records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Presbyterian church in Watsonville, California with a predominately Japanese-American congregation for much of the twentieth century

Scope and Content of Collection

Church records, bulletins, photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Church buildings

California -- History

Watsonville (Calif.)

Japanese Americans

Religious life

Westview Presbyterian Church (Watsonville, Calif.)

Biographical file

box 1, folder 1

伝道開始60年記念1(60th anniversary of missionary) 898－1958

box 1, folder 2

1964-65 yearbook and directory

box 1, folder 3

Documents including centennial celebration report Japanese Christian Mission in North America 1977

box 1, folder 4

A Centennial Legacy : History of the Japanese Christian Missions in North America 1877-1977

box 22

Scroll: 伝道開始70周年 (70th anniversary of missionary), Rev. 甲賀純男Koga Sumio and 会員代表日浦勝巳 (member representative Katsumi Hiura) 1968 October 13

Access

Box 22 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Church records: executive committee minutes

box 1, folder 5

Church records 1903-1911

box 1, folder 6

Church records 1913 January-1924 November

box 1, folder 7

Church records 1925 January-1927 June

box 1, folder 8

Church records 1927 October-1930 November

box 2, folder 1

Church records 1930 December-1935 January

box 2, folder 2

Church records 1935 January-1936 december

box 2, folder 3

Church records 1937 January-1939 December

Minutes and church records

box 2, folder 4

日記 (journal) Church records 1912-1917

box 2, folder 5

日記 (journal) Church records 1918-1921

box 2, folder 6

小会記録 small meeting minutes 1909 April-1924 December

box 3, folder 1

総会記録 General meeting notes 1933 January

box 3, folder 2

総会役員会記録 General meeting notes 1935 March

Women's society

box 3, folder 3

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1920-1926

box 3, folder 4

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1927-1932

box 3, folder 5

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1933-1937

box 3, folder 6

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1938-1940

box 3, folder 7

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1940-1942

box 4, folder 1

婦人会 Women's society rules and minutes 1951-1960

box 4, folder 2

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1961-1969

box 4, folder 3

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1983-1995

box 4, folder 4

婦人会 Women's society minutes 1995-1999

Young people's meeting minutes

box 4, folder 5

Young people's executive meeting 1924-1941

box 5, folder 1

Young people's executive meeting 1937-1938

box 5, folder 2

Young people's executive meeting 1955-1958

box 5, folder 3

Teacher's meeting minutes 1936-1939

Ledgers, receipts, and accounting

box 5, folder 4

Details of receipts 1902-1905

box 5, folder 5

Ledger 1919-1925

box 5, folder 6

Ledger 1919-1922

box 6, folder 1

Ledger 1922-1927

box 6, folder 2

Ledger 1927-1932

box 6, folder 3

Treasury Japanese Presbyterian Church of Watsonville 1937-1938

box 6, folder 4

Ledger 1938-1957

box 6, folder 5

1957 Christmas Offerings

box 6, folder 6

Budget 1923

box 7, folder 1

Ledger 1947-1949

box 7, folder 2

Ledger 1951-1953

box 7, folder 3

Ledger 1956 - 1959

box 7, folder 4

Ledger 1958

box 7, folder 5

Ledger 1949 - 1960

box 8, folder 1

Ledger 1969

box 8, folder 2

Ledger 1971-1972

box 8, folder 3

Ledger, undated 1960-1979

box 8, folder 4

Accounting notebook 1975-1978

box 8, folder 5

Accounting notebook 1979-1982

box 8, folder 6

Accounting notebook 1982-1986

box 9, folder 1

Young People Treasury 1940

box 9, folder 2

Junior members membership fees 1938-1939

box 9, folder 3

Church building fund 1954

box 9, folder 4

25年記念事業収入簿 (25th anniversary commemorative event revenues) No. 1 1924

box 9, folder 5

25年記念事業収入簿 (25th anniversary commemorative event revenues) No. 2 1924

box 9, folder 6

会堂教育館建築会計簿 (Accounts of the hall construction) 1929-1930

box 10, folder 1

Treasurer's reports 1940-1959

box 10, folder 2

パハロバレー信用組合預金者代名簿 (List of depositors of Pajaro Valley Credit Union) 1935

box 10, folder 3

Various activities and expenses 1940

box 10, folder 4

Various activities and expenses 1957-1964

box 10, folder 5

Various activities and expenses 1965-1974

共励会 Mutual Support Society

box 11, folder 1

共励会記録 (Kyōreikai Mutual Support Society records) 1911-1912

box 11, folder 2

共励会記録 (Kyōreikai Mutual Support Society records) 1913-1918

box 11, folder 3

共励会記録 (Kyōreikai Mutual Support Society records) 1927-1932

box 11, folder 4

共励会記録 (Kyōreikai Mutual Support Society records) 1933-1938

box 11, folder 5

共励会記録 (Kyōreikai Mutual Support Society records) 1938-1942

Members and Guests

box 11, folder 6

維持会員名簿 (Roster of the Sustaining Members) 1913-1915

box 11, folder 7

常置委員会記録 (Standing Committee records) 1933 July 20

box 12, folder 1

Watsonville membership Issei and Nisei

box 12, folder 2

Guestbook 1944-1954

box 12, folder 3

Guestbook 1954-1967

box 12, folder 4

Guestbook 1967- 1989

Baptism, ordination, and funeral-related

box 12, folder 5

Batism records 1939-1963

box 12, folder 5

Batism records 1957

box 12, folder 5

Batism records 1940

box 12, folder 5

Batism records 1957

box 12, folder 5

Batism records 1978-1994

box 12, folder 6

Batism records 1956

box 12, folder 6

Batism records 1980-1985

box 12, folder 6

Batism records 1970-1979

box 12, folder 6

Batism records 1941-1971

box 12, folder 6

Batism records 1975-1981

box 13, folder 1

Certificate of ordination: Deacon 1985

box 13, folder 1

Certificate of ordination: Ruling Elder 1985

box 13, folder 2

"In remembrance of" 1952-1979

box 13, folder 3

"In remembrance of" 1966-1973

box 13, folder 4

Joanne Yahiro memorial offering list 1976

Office documents

box 14, folder 1

クリスマス寄付プレスビてリアン教会使用 (Christmas donations at the Presbytarian Church) 1928

box 14, folder 1

Gifts paid

box 14, folder 2

Church world service clothing drive 1961

box 14, folder 3

Radio program

box 14, folder 4

Workshops 1975-1976

box 14, folder 5

Fukutome's lecture 1980

box 14, folder 6

(Folder labeled "Joe Vasquez") Report and correspondence with Sumio Koga 1983

box 14, folder 7

(Documents including "Nichigo business") sheet music

box 14, folder 8

Pajaro Valley 1982-1983

box 14, folder 9

Deacons' meetings minutes (copies for Koga review) 1972-1973

box 14, folder 10

Annual Report ウェストヴュー長老教会 (Westview Presbitarian Church) 1966-1981

box 14, folder 11

Board meeting minutes 1970-1984

Correspondence

box 16, folder 1

Outgoing letters, copies 1981-1983

box 16, folder 2

Incoming letters

box 16, folder 3

Envelopes, "United Methodist Church" 1976

box 13, folder 5

Annual meetings 1945-1950

box 13, folder 6

The New Short and Long Basketball Score Book: Westview "Aces"

box 13, folder 7

The New Short and Long Basketball Score Book: Westview "Aces" 1964

box 13, folder 8

The New Short and Long Basketball Score Book: Westview "Aces" 1963-64

box 13, folder 9

The New Short and Long Basketball Score Book: Westview "Aces" 1961

box 14, folder 12

Church programs 1948-1989

box 15, folder 1

Weekly bulletins 1957-1959

box 15, folder 2

Roll book 1958-1960

box 15, folder 3

Church programs 1947

box 15, folder 4

子供の歌 Children's book of hymns Taisho 9 March

box 15, folder 5

Retired ministers and widows fund 1982-1983

box 15, folder 6

"Receipt with Appreciation" receipt stubs 1954

box 15, folder 7

"Issei Hhistory Project" "Histories," centennial coordinating committee notes 1976

box 15, folder 8

Oral history program of the Japanese presbyterian society

box 15, folder 9

Personal evangelism 1970-1976

box 16, folder 4

San Jose Presbyterial Society 1962

box 16, folder 5

Ever member canvass reports 1947-1949

box 16, folder 6

Administrative commissions

box 16, folder 7

Annual meeting reports and budget approval 1942-1951

box 16, folder 8

Budget, donations, miscellaneous expenses 1947-1983

box 16, folder 9

Funeral related

box 16, folder 10

CRYPCC

box 16, folder 11

Miscellaneous activities

box 16, folder 12

Administrative documents 1947-1973

box 16, folder 13

Bulletins from miscellaneous churches

57 envelopes of negatives for the centennial publication, includes member group photographs

box 17, folder 1

4x5 negative, group photo

box 17, folder 2

8x10 negative, group photo

box 17, folder 3

2 8x10 negatives, editor's postscript

box 17, folder 4

The History of Christian Churches in Canada by K. Matsuga

box 17, folder 5

Centennial Celebration News

box 17, folder 6

Correspondence regarding centennial celebration

box 17, folder 7

2 3.5x3.5 photographs, 1 3.5x3.5 negative, 1 8x10 negative of church building

box 17, folder 8

4 8x10 negatives, Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society (JEMS)

box 17, folder 9

5x7 negative, 8x10 negative

box 17, folder 10

6 8x10 negatives, Northern California Japanese Christian Church Federation

box 17, folder 11

2 8x10 negatives, A Short History of Montebello Plymouth Congregational Church

box 17, folder 12

1 8x10 photograph, 4 8x10 negatives, Christ Presbyterian Church of Hollywood

box 17, folder 13

5x7 negative, 8x10 negative, Harris United Methodist Church

box 17, folder 14

2 8x10 negatives, 美以教会創立五十周年祝賀会記念

box 17, folder 15

8x10 negative, Epworth United Methodist Church Portland, Oregon

box 17, folder 16

5x7 negative, 2 8x10 negatives, Minnesota

box 17, folder 17

8x10 negative, Christ Church of Chicago

box 17, folder 18

4x5 negative, 2 8x10 negatives, Anaheim Japanese Free Methodist Church

box 17, folder 19

4x5 negative, 8x10 negatives, Santa Clara Valley Holiness Church

box 17, folder 20

8x10 negative, St. Peter's Epsicopal Church

box 17, folder 21

Japanese United Methodist Church, Hood River, Oregon

box 17, folder 22

2 4x5 negatives, 2 5x7 negatives, 2 8x10 negatives, Community Methodist Church, Ontario

box 17, folder 23

5 8x10 negatives, 1 4x5 negative, Southern Californian churches

box 17, folder 24

3 8x10 negatives, Northwest Japanese Presbyterian churches

box 17, folder 25

5x7 negative, 8x10 negative, Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church

box 17, folder 26

8x10 negative, Highland Park United Methodist Church

box 17, folder 27

3 8x10 negatives, Church of Christ

box 18, folder 1

4x5 negative, 2 8x10 negatives, L.A. Japanese Baptist Church

box 18, folder 2

3 8x10 negatives, ロサンゼルス自由メソジスト教会

box 18, folder 3

4x5 negative, 8x10 negatives, Covina

box 18, folder 4

2 8x10 negatives, Japanese Methodist church

box 18, folder 5

8x10 negative, Sturge Presbyterian

box 18, folder 6

5 8x10 negatives, Wesley United Methodist Church

box 18, folder 7

3 8x10 negatives, Sycamore Congressional Church

box 18, folder 8

5x7 negative, 4 8x10 negatives, Japanese Congregational Church

box 18, folder 9

8x10 negative, St. George's Church Japanese Congregation

box 18, folder 10

3 5x7 negatives, Japanese Christian Missions in Nebraska (1925-1957)

box 18, folder 11

Betsy Akikuma photographs

box 18, folder 12

3 4x5 photographs, 8x10 photographs, 8x10 negative

box 18, folder 13

Gardena/Torrence envelope

box 18, folder 14

2 5x7 negatives, 1 8x10 negative, Bethany Congregational Church

box 18, folder 15

2 8x10 negatives, Christ United Methodist Church

box 18, folder 16

3 8x10 negatives, Seabrook

box 18, folder 17

4 8x10 negatives, Christ United Presbyterian Church

box 18, folder 18

8x10 negative, Japanese Church of Christ of Sacramento

box 18, folder 19

Dedication

box 18, folder 20

Pages 188-189 envelope

box 18, folder 21

5x7 negative, 4 8x10 negatives, Japanese Presbyterian Mission

box 18, folder 22

5x7 negative, 3 8x10 negatives, Japanese Baptist Sunday School

box 18, folder 23

5 8x10 negatives, Christian newspaper clippings and Young People's Christian Conference

box 18, folder 24

First Presbyterian Church envelope

box 18, folder 25

2 8x10 negatives, Devon (デボンイエスキリスト教会)

box 18, folder 26

4x5 negative, 5x7 negative, Mayhew Community Baptist Church

box 18, folder 27

2 8x10 negatives, Christ United

box 18, folder 28

2 8x10 negatives, 河下南美以教会

box 18, folder 29

3 8x10 negatives, Aldersgate

box 18, folder 30

5x7 negative, 2 8x10 negatives, Buena Vista

box 18, folder 31

4 8x10 negatives, Calvary Presbyterian Church

box 19, folder 1-4

Japanese Christian book proofs

box 19, folder 5

Ledger 1957-1964

box 20, folder 1

Certificates of dismission and reception 1947-1949

box 20, folder 2

Certificates of dismission and reception 1952-1957

box 20, folder 3

Certificates of dismission and reception 1957-1959

box 20, folder 4

Certificates of dismission and reception 1960-1966

box 20, folder 5

Nichi Bei Times newspaper clippings

box 20, folder 6

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings

box 21, folder 1

"Guests of our Church" binder (empty)

box 21, folder 2

"In remembrance" binder (empty)