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English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Southern California church publications collection
Identifier/Call Number: 7079
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1950-1993
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.
Container: 1
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for 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.
[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
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Claremont School of Theology, December 10, 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Church work -- California, Southern -- Archival resources
City churches -- California, Southern -- Archival resources
Directories
Pamphlets
Printed ephemera
Programs (documents)