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Commission on Christian Higher Education Research Project records
Collection
Call Number: RG 231
Overview:
These papers document the “What is a Christian College?” Research Study Project conducted by the Commission on Christian Higher Education of the Association of American Colleges, in association with the National Council of Churches. The papers include workshop information, summaries of workshop results, research study progress reports from participating colleges, manuscripts of book chapters intended for publication, and correspondence regarding the research study, workshops, and manuscripts.
Dates:
1951-1958
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 107
Overview:
The Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry (CESCM) was founded in 1987 to "in order to create new opportunities for involving students and campus ministries in the work to rebuild an ecumenical student Christian ministry in the United States." This record group contains material related to predecessor organizations and administrative files from CESCM from its inception in 1987 to 2000. The CESCM grew out of the National Ecumenical Student Christian Council (NESCC), which was...
Dates:
1956-2000
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry Records - Addendum A
Collection
Call Number: RG 107A
Overview:
This record group represents a series of addenda to the original archives of the CESCM that were received in 2000. It contains material related to predecessor organizations and administrative files from the CESCM from its inception in 1987 to its dissolution in 2009. The Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry was composed of denominational staff and college/university students from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
Dates:
1944-2008
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Council of Higher Education Ministries records
Collection
Call Number: RG 226
Overview:
The archives include minutes and financial information for the Council for Higher Education Ministries' work groups: the Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry, Higher Education Ministries Arena, and United Ministries in Higher Education.
Dates:
1988-2007
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Danforth Study of Campus Ministries Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 62
Overview:
These archives constitute the data, drafts, reports, and related material that resulted in the two volume report of the Danforth Study of Campus Ministries, The Church, the University, and Social Policy, which was published by Wesleyan University Press in 1969. The Danforth Study of Campus Ministries, sponsored by the Danforth Foundation beginning in 1963, was directed by Kenneth Underwood. Through questionnaires, studies, and analysis, the project documented...
Dates:
1962-1966
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
William H. Genné Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 79
Overview:
The papers document Genné's religious work among college and university students. Material relating to Genné's workshops and published articles describe contemporary attitudes about marriage, family life and sexuality during the 1950s-1970s, and detail his work and influence in these fields. William Henry Genné (1910-1997) was educated at Bucknell and Yale Universities and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1934. Genné was active in student religious work in various colleges and universities in...
Dates:
1917-1989
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Herluf M. Jensen papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 312
Overview:
This collection documents Herluf Jensen's work with ecumenical and student Christian organizations, including the World Student Christian Federation, United Student Christian Council, a variety of Lutheran ministries, the National Council of Churches, and others. His writings focus primarily on the relation between churches and the academy, religion on university campuses, Christian mission and ethics, ecumenicalism, and contemporary political issues such as the civil rights movement and...
Dates:
1943-2002
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
John B. Lindner Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 208
Overview:
This collection documents selected activities of John B. Lindner, including his work with the National Council of Churches US/USSR Church Relations Committee, the "By Faith" project to prepare a video and book on the history of the ecumenical Christian student movement in the US, the Frontier Internship in Mission program, and projects related to Middle East policy and ecumenical formation.
Dates:
1949-2016
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Bruce Maguire / Student YMCA Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 78
Overview:
The papers document the work of the Student Young Men's Christian Association primarily during the period when Bruce Maguire served as the Executive Secretary, 1955-1970. They provide insight into the activities and thought of American college students during this turbulent era and provide detailed information about the operations and policy of the Student YMCA as it sought to define its role in a changing society. Bruce Maguire was involved in student work for the YMCA from 1942 to 1971. From...
Dates:
1921-1985
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Helen Morton Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 133
Overview:
These papers document the later part of Helen Morton's career, particularly her work with the University Christian Movement in New England. Born to a privileged New England family in 1898, Helen Morton spent her long life engaged in ecumenical religious and social work with a variety of U.S. and international organizations.
Dates:
1932-1991
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Student Christian Movement in New England Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 57
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, reports and minutes, study papers, printed material, and financial material. They constitute the official archive of the Student Christian Movement in New England (SCMNE) from its formation in 1934 to its dissolution in 1967. The papers contain information about the local Christian ministries programs of various colleges and universities in New England. These papers form part of a group of documentation at the Yale Divinity School Library of student work in...
Dates:
1926-1974
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 42
Overview:
The papers document the activities of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions and provide valuable information on various aspects of American religious life during the period 1886-1964. Religious conditions on American college and university campuses are documented. Vast files of student volunteer application, information and health examination blanks provide personal data on thousands of prospective missionaries which is of potential interest to genealogists, biographers and...
Dates:
1886-1964
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions Records - Addendum A
Collection
Call Number: RG 42a
Overview:
These records primarily document the last decade of the SVM's autonomous existence, 1949-1959, complementing the records found in Record Group No. 42. The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was an organization that sought to recruit college and university students in the United States for missionary service. In 1959, the Student Volunteer Movement, the United Student Christian Council, and the Interseminary Committee merged to form the National Student Christian Federation.
Dates:
1886-1964
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
University Christian Movement in New England Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 88
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, reports and minutes, printed material, and financial material. They constitute the official archive of the organization from its formation in 1967. The papers contain information about the local Christian ministries' programs of various colleges and universities in New England and document issues that were of concern to college students during the turbulent late 1960s and 1970s. These papers fit into a line of documentation at YDSL of religious work among...
Dates:
1918-1990
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
University Christian Movement in New England Records - Addendum A
Collection
Call Number: RG 88A
Overview:
This addendum to the main collection of the University Christian Movement in New England Records (see Record Group 88) contains all the remaining material belonging to the organization that was not submitted to Yale University in 1998. This collection, composed of historical documents, correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, printed material, financial invoices, photographs, slides, an audio tape, as well as other...
Dates:
1886-2000
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
War Emergency Council on Student Christian Work Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 99
Overview:
The records document the effect of war time emergency measures on student religious work on college and university campuses throughout the United States during the years 1942 to 1944. The War Emergency Council on Student Christian Work was established in 1942 to deal with the readjustments made necessary by the impact of World War II on college and university campuses. The Council collected and disseminated information, arranged regional consultative conferences, and worked as an intermediary...
Dates:
1941-1945
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
Robert Parmelee Wilder Papers
Collection
Call Number: RG 38
Overview:
Material documents the development of the Christian missionary movement among students in the United States and Europe, 1886-1938. Family correspondence documents the missionary work of Wilder's parents in India, 1846-1875, as well as his work in India, 1893-1902. Robert Parmelee Wilder was born in India of missionary parents in 1863. He earned the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Princeton University (1886, 1888) and the B.D. degree from UnionTheological Seminary (1891). He was a founder of the...
Dates:
1840-1940
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
World Student Christian Federation Geneva office records
Collection
Call Number: RG 46F
Overview:
Records of the World Student Christian Federation, including reports and publications, correspondence, administrative records, and materials relating to affiliated national student Christian movements and collaborating secular and ecumenical organizations.
Dates:
1895-2017, bulk 1925-2000
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
World Student Christian Federation Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 46
Overview:
This collection contains the official archives of the WSCF through 1925; later official archives were held in Geneva and now comprise RG 46F. Many documents in this collection date from after 1925. The World's Student Christian Federation was created in 1895 to fulfill its founders' vision of an international student Christian movement which could encourage and coordinate the work of existing national student Christian movements, as well as stimulate the formation of unified student movements...
Dates:
1859-2007
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library
YMCA - Student Division Records
Collection
Call Number: RG 58
Overview:
Documentation in this collection provides insight into the changing character of YMCA concerns. Extensive files of correspondence, minutes, and reports document the daily administrative routines of the executive secretary office, policy questions and the development of the Student Division. Topical files contain material on disarmament, work with Black students, preparatory school work, recruiting and training efforts, the Universal Day of Prayer and voluntary study. Documentation on regional...
Dates:
1886-1967
Found in:
Yale Divinity Library