Chaplaincy Services at UCSF MSS.2022.03
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chaplaincy Service Materials
Pamphlets and Booklets
Funding
Chaplaincy Facility Space
Chaplain Elmer Laursen
Correspondence 1958-1982
Photographs
21st Anniversary
Rabbi Services
Finding Aid written by Alexzandria Simon
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
July 6, 2022
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
libraryarchives@ucsf.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Chaplaincy Services at UCSF
Creator:
Elmer Laursen, Reverend
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2022.03
Physical Description:
0.209 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1958-1982
Language of Material:
English
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the University of California, San Francisco established a Pastoral Clinical Educational
Program. With the help of the guidance of thefirst Chaplain at UCSF Medical Center, Reverend Elmer Laursen, S.T.M., the program
developed to offer pastoral services to patient care and provide an educational program for students who wanted to work in
pastoral clinical care.The correspondence tracesdiscussions around the implementation and continuation of the program and
showcases the role Reverend Laursen played in the process.
The 21st Anniversary Celebration of Chaplaincy Training event took place in 1982. Correspondence between the organizer and
allthe Pastoral Clinical Education Programsinvited. Programs responded with condolences of not being able to attend, however
their letters include news about their programs, celebrated individuals, newspaper clippings, and photographs of significant
members.
Chaplains
Chaplaincy Service, Hospital
Theology
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