Westview Presbyterian Church Weekly newsletter, 1933-1981

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Summary

Title:
Westview Presbyterian Church Weekly newsletter
Dates:
1933-1981
Creators:
Robco International Ltd and Westview Presbyterian Church (Japanese-American)
Extent:
2 Linear Feet (4 manuscript boxes)
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains copies of Westview Chimes, the weekly newsletter of Westview Presbyterian Church in Watsonville running from October 1946 until 1981, missing the year 1950. In addition to commentary and news it also covered marriages, baptisms, deaths, and other community activities and events.

There is also a bound Japanese-language publication for the Sakurayama Church in Japan from the years 1933-1935 and a small number of devotional, dedication service, and program schedule pamphlets.

Biographical / historical:

The Peninsula Chimes, later Westview Chimes was the official church paper of the Presbyterian Churches of the Monterey area, including the cities of Watsonville, Salinas, and Monterey, though its scope quickly contracted to focus on the Watsonville Church community.

First established as a Methodist Mission in 1898, the church currently known as Westview Presbyterian fell under the purview of the Presbyterians in 1901 due to an agreement between the superintendents of the Japanese Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. It changed its status to a Church in 1909 and became the Japanese Presbyterian Church.

The current building was constructed in 1930. Most of the Japanese-American residents of Watsonville were incarcerated at Poston Relocation Center in Arizona, which closed November, 1945. The Church then served as a hostel home for returnees before resuming normal functions. Reverend Howard Toriumi was the pastor in the beginning of this postwar period, before departing for San Francisco in 1949.

In 2013, the Church earned a Historic Landmark Award from the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History

--adapted from dealer description and Westview Presbyterian Church's website

Arrangement:

Materials are arranged in chronological order, with a few printed numbering errors. The volume number also jumps ahead by ten between 1967 and 1968, though dates remain regular.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff; finding aid created by Alyssa Tou
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-01-10 11:15:55 -0800 .

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Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
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Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
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