Inventory of the Gustav Schultz Sanctuary Collection, 1971-72, 1981-90
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Inventory of the Gustav Schultz Sanctuary Collection, 1971-72, 1981-90
Accession number: GTU 90-5-01
Shelf location: 2/G/3 - 4
The Graduate Theological Union Archives
Berkeley, California
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Gustav Schultz Sanctuary Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1971-72, 1981-90
Accession number: GTU 90-5-01
Shelf location: 2/G/3 - 4
Creator:
Schultz, Gustav H., 1935-
Size: 3 boxes, 1 folio
3 1/2 ft.
Type of material: Correspondence; working, events, and task files; published material
Repository: The
Graduate Theological Union
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Source and Date
Gustav Schultz, 1990
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the
Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological
Union 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 by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gustav Schultz Sanctuary Collection, GTU 90-5-01, The Graduate
Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.
Access Points
Subjects
Sanctuary Movement --United States
Refugees, political --Central America
Church work with refugees --United States
Christianity and justice --United States
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 --Moral and ethical aspects
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 --Religious aspects
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 --Desertions --United States
Names as Subjects
Schultz, Gustav H., 1935-
Biographical Description
Gustav H. Schultz was born 1935 in Foley, Alabama, receiving his education at Concordia
Theological Seminary and Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He served pastorates in
Georgia and Illinois before becoming pastor of the University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley,
California in 1969. This period saw a growing movement against participation in the
Vietnam Conflict as an immoral, illegal, and undeclared war, and the increasing identity
of the church with the moral and ethical issues of choice within the individual
conscience. Responding to this, the University Lutheran Chapel, under Schultz's
leadership, with the support of other churches in the area and the city of Berkeley,
declared a formal resolution of sanctuary. Sanctuary offered "the availability of shelter
and sustenance to military personnel who are conscientiously unable to continue their
participation in the armed forces or in combat duties." (Resolution, Nov. 7, 1971: See,
Box 1 ff 9)
A similar movement for sanctuary emerged a decade later due to the civil and economic
instability in Central America, particularly El Salvador, exacerbated in part by historic
and current U.S. policies in the area. In the early 1980's there was a large displacement
of peoples from civil war, military aggression and terror, and subsequent personal and
economic hardship. Refugees began to travel north to camps, and further through Mexico to
the United States. The U.S., due to its policies in Central America and concerning
asylum, did not recognize Central Americans, or El Salvadorans, as qualifying for refugee
status. Those caught were deported and returned to their countries. Becoming aware of the
complexities of the situation, churches began to respond to the needs of the refugees.
Again, the idea and use of the concept of sanctuary became the impetus for a movement
among churches in the United States.
While work was being done and the movement taking form in the Tucson area, Gus Schultz
had helped form the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant from among the Sather Gate Churches in
Berkeley. March 24, 1982 was the second anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop
Oscar Romero, a key figure in El Salvador murdered by the military as he was saying mass.
That day, reminded "of our obligation to our religious heritage, to each other, and to
you", formal sanctuary was declared by the University Lutheran Chapel giving "support,
protection and advocacy for undocumented Central American refugees who were fleeing for
their lives." (Reaffirmation, March 24, 1988: See, Box 1 ff 9)
Schultz worked in many capacities within the Sanctuary Movement, making trips to Central
America, assisting with sanctuary for refugees in the Bay Area, and helping to found, or
being a member of, several sanctuary-related organizations including the National
Sanctuary Defense Fund, SHARE, Salvadoran Humanitarian Aid, Research and Education, and
others.
The Sanctuary Movement included those who sought to offer humanitarian aid seeing this as
a part of one's religious sensibilities. The Movement also included those who perceived
this as a political opportunity to expose and work against U.S. policies in Central
America, a position also informed by religious sensibilities. No matter the emphases of
the Movement, the U.S. government saw it as subversive and illegal. The government
carried out surveillance of involved persons, churches, and organizations resulting in
indictments, trials, and convictions in 1985-86.
Scope and Content
The
majority of the collection concerns the sanctuary movement for Central American refugees.
Sanctuary for military personnel is a small, though significant, part of the collection. This collection was obtained from
the donor's office. Material was received in 3-ring
binders, file folders, and loose. See container listing for arrangement notations.
Recommended Background Reading
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God and Caesar at the Rio Grande: Sanctuary and the Politics of Religion, Hilary Cunningham (Univ. of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis, 1995). BV4466.C86 1995
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Sanctuary: A Story of American Conscience and the Law in Collision, Ann Crittenden (Weidenfeld & Nicolson: NY, 1988). HV645.C75 1988
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Women in the Sanctuary Movement, Robin Lorentzen (Temple Univ. Press: Philadelphia, 1991). BV4466.L67 1991
Military Personnel, 1971-72, 1988, 1990
Box Box 1 , Folder ff 1-10
Material from 3-ring binders (arranged as taken from binders) on issues for soldiers and sailors seeking sanctuary to avoid
active duty during the Vietnam War. Includes: correspondence, information papers, newsclippings, flyers. The 1988 material
pertains to troops sent to Central America. The 1990 material pertains to the Gulf War.
Box Box 1 , Folder ff 11-28
Material from 3-ring binders (arranged as taken from binders) on sanctuary issues involving refugees from El Salvador and
Central America. Includes correspondence, information papers, flyers, reports, press releases, news clippings, conferences,
lawsuits, tape transcripts, grant proposals, meeting notes, worship services.
Box Box 1 , Folder ff 29-34
Box Box 1 , Folder ff 35-37
Materials on refugee camps.
Box Box 1 , Folder ff 38-40
Sanctuary Movement
Location: 2/G/3-2/G/4
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by file folder title. Materials taken from file folders and loose
papers, arranged here by processor under this subject heading.
Box Box 1 , Folder ff 41
Break-ins to sanctuary offices, 1986-87
Folder ff 43
Cities, Sanctuary Resolutions, 1984-85
Folder ff 44
Cities of Refuge, 1985-86
Box Box 2 , Folder ff 1
Jim Corbett, "The Covenant as Sanctuary", 1985
Folder ff 7
Criminal Investigation Report, 10/2/84
Folder ff 8-9
General Information and Correspondence, 1983-88
Folder ff 11
Grant: Lutheran Council, Dept. Immigration and Refugee Services to EBSC, 1983-84
Folder ff 12
Information packets, 1982
Folder ff 14
Letelier-Moffitt Memorial Human Rights Award, 9/84
Folder ff 15
Letters from churches, 1984-85
Folder ff 16
Lutheran response, 1984-85
Folder ff 21-23
Newsclippings compiled by Data Center, 1984-85
Folder ff 24
National Sanctuary Communications Council, 1985
Folder ff 25
No. Calif. Sanctuary Churches, 1983-85
Folder ff 26
Reaction from the Right, 1985
Folder ff 27
Statements/Press Releases, 1983-85
Folder ff 29
Tucson meeting, June 1985
Folder ff 31
Phil Wheaton, "Emphases within the Sanctuary Movement", ca. 1985
Folder ff 33
U.S.A. vs. Maria Aguilar, July 1986
Folder ff 35
AELC, Pacific Synod: Preparation to merge to Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America, 1985-86
Groups
Location: 2/G/4
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by file folder title. Materials taken from file folders and loose
papers, arranged here by processor under this subject heading.
Folder ff 37
Center for Constitutional Rights, 1984-85
Folder ff 38
Center for Immigrants Rights, "The Legal Rights of the Undocumented Immigrant," n.d.
Folder ff 39
Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America, 1984
Folder ff 40
Christian Urgent Action Network for El Salvador, 1985
Folder ff 41-46
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, 1983-85
Folder ff 47
Faculty for Human Rights in Central America, 1984
Folder ff 48
Federation of American Immigration Reform, Roger Conner, n.d.
Folder ff 49
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, n.d.
Folder ff 50
Jewish Sanctuary Covenant, n.d.
Folder ff 51-52
National Sanctuary Defense Fund, 1984-85
Box Box 3 , Folder ff 1-8
National Sanctuary Defense Fund (con't.), 1981-87
Folder ff 9
Rio Grand Defense Committee, 1985-86
Folder ff 10-11
Salvadoran Humanitarian Aid, Research and Education, 1983-87
Folder ff 12
Tucson Ecumenical Council Task Force for Central America, 1984-85
Newsletters
Location: 2/G/4
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box Box 3 , Folder ff 13-16
One or two issues of various newsletters on sanctuary issues.
Monographs
Location: 2/G/4
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box Box 3 , Folder ff 17
Central American Refugee Defense Network, Report, Feb. 1983
Folder ff 18
Report on Central American Information Week, Indiana, Nov.-Dec. 1983
Folder ff 19
Seeking Safe Haven: Congregational Guide to Helping Central American Refugees in the United States, ca. 1983
Folder ff 20
La Guerra en Centro America Guia a la Escalada Militar de los Estados Unidos, March 1983
Folder ff 21
Basta: Sanctuary Organizer's Nuts and Bolts Supplement, ca. 1983
Folder ff 22
Central America: Report to Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, June 1984
Folder ff 23
Witness to Political Violence in El Salvador: Testimonies of Refugees, June 1984
Folder ff 24
Peacemaking II: U.S. Religious Statements on Central America, July 1984
Folder ff 25
ACLU: The Fates of Salvadorans Expelled from the U.S., Sept. 1984
Folder ff 26
Indian Guatemala: Path to Liberation, 1984
Folder ff 27
Testimony: The Massacres of Cabanas and Chalatenango, El Salvador, 1984-85
Folder ff 28
U.S. Aid to El Salvador: An Evaluation of the Past, Proposal for the Future, Feb. 1985
Folder ff 29
Campus Sanctuary, UC Riverside, April 1985
Folder ff 30
Central America, Report II to the Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Sept. 1985
Folder ff 31
Art Auction for the Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund, Oct. 1985
Folder ff 32
Informe: Sobre la Situacion de los Derechos Humanos en Nicaragua, 1986
Folder ff 33
Despite a Generous Spirit: Denying Asylum in the U.S., Dec. 1986
Folder ff 34
Sanctuary: A Question for the Church, 1986
Folder ff 35
Untitled, 1987; re: Mesa Grande Camp
Folder ff 36
In the Shadow of Liberty: Central American Refugees in the U.S., Sept. 1988
Folder ff 37
El Salvador Chronology, August 1989
Folder ff 38
1989 Working Documents and Report, 1st National Conf., Committee for U.S. Action on Asylum Concerns
Newsclippings and Articles
Location: 2/G/4
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box Box 3 , Folder ff 40-45
Newspapers
Location: 2/G/4
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Folio Folio 1
One or two issues of various oversize newspapers 2/G/4 on sanctuary issues; 1983-85.
