Guide to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Office of Institutional Chaplains Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Office of Institutional Chaplains Records

Inclusive Dates

1951-1965

Call Number

RG 301.5

Creator(s)

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Office of Institutional Chaplains

Quantity

2.50 cubic feet

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

In 1950 the General Assembly made the Board of National Missions responsible for the development of a program to further the ministries in hospitals, prisons and other institutions. A part-time and limited work was carried on by an Institutional Ministry Committee until the Office of Institutional Chaplaincy was created in 1956 to coordinate the work of all Presbyterians serving as institutional chaplains. The Office assisted in setting regulations and standards for chaplaincy work and in the enlistment and training of new chaplains. A scholarship fund was established to aid ministers and seminary students to receive training for chaplaincy work. The Office prepared literature to assist parish ministers in hospital ministry.

In the reorganization of 1972 the responsibility for institutional chaplaincy was assigned to the Program Agency (PA). After the merger of 1983 the function was given to the Social Justice and Peacemaking Ministry Unit (SJP).

Collection Overview

The collection consists of correspondence between institutional chaplains and the Office of Institutional Chaplains and the Office of Health and Welfare, applications of chaplains for scholarships for clinical pastoral training, applications for classification and accreditation, and annual reports of chaplains. There are records related to professional organizations and concerning chaplain training programs, scholarships and regulations and standards for institutional chaplaincy.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, APPLICATIONS, REPORTS, 1951-1965
Subseries 1: Chaplains: Correspondence, 1951-1965
Subseries 2: Chaplains: Correspondence, Applications, Reports, 1952-1962
Subseries 3: Retired or Deceased Chaplains: Correspondence, Applications, Reports, 1950-1960
Subseries 4: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1955-1959

SERIES II: PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, 1955-1961

SERIES III: PROGRAMS AND REGULATIONS, 1952-1963

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared, April 1992
Glenn Colliver, Assistant Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Topical Subject

Institutional missions United States.

Chaplains United States.

Chaplains, Hospital United States.

Chaplains, Prison United States.

College chaplains United States.

Chaplains Training of United States.

Genre-form

Administrative regulations aat

Job applications aat

Reports aat

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Institutional Ministry Committee.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 301.5

		SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, APPLICATIONS, REPORTS, 1951-1965

		Subseries 1: Chaplains: Correspondence, 1951-1965

1	2	Acrey-Erb
1	3	Farrell-Johnson
1	4	Kandle-Moye
1	5	Nabors-Robinson
1	6	Sawyier-Turney
1	7	Udell-Weeston
1	8	Widmann-Zingg
1	9	Correspondence, 1961-1965
1	10	Correspondence and Annual Reports, 1951-1962

		Subseries 2: Chaplains: Correspondence, Applications, Reports, 1952-1962

1	11-22	Alexander-Carlson
1	23-35	Carpentar-Foulkes
1	36-42	Golden-Hewlett

2	1-13	Houston-Layman
2	14-23	Maguire-Rotenberry
2	24-33	Sammon-Tracy
2	34-42	Urie-Wilson

		Subseries 3: Retired or Deceased Chaplains: Correspondence, Applications, Reports, 1950-1960

2	43	Anthony-Bryan
2	44	Buchholtz-Guthrie
2	45	Haight-Lowry
2	46	Macaulay-Mooore
2	47	Muunay-Reiter
2	48	Reynolds-Sherwin
2	49	Sibilio-Zimmerman

		Subseries 4: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1955-1959

3	1	The Chaplain Advisory Committee re Classification and Accreditation, 1956-1957
3	2	The Committee on Chaplains and Service Personnel, 1955, 1956, 1959
3	3	The Presbyterian Church in the US (PCUS) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1955-1957

		SERIES II: PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, 1955-1961

		American Protestant Correctional Chaplains' Association
3	4	Correspondence, 1956-1961
3	5	By-Laws, Reports, Newsletters, 1956-1961

		Association of Mental Hospitals
3	6	Correspondence, 1955-1959
3	7	Handbook, Officiaries, 1957-1959, n.d.

		Association of Protestant Hospital Chaplains
3	8	Constitution, Instructions for Accreditation, 1958, n.d.

		SERIES III: PROGRAMS AND REGULATIONS, 1952-1963

3	9	Chaplains Training Program: Correspondence, 1952-1962
3	10	Chaplains Training Program: Minutes and Reports, 1956-1958, n.d.
3	11	Scholarship Aid Program: Correspondence, 1956-1963
3	12	Regulations and Standards for Institutional Chaplaincy: Reports and Correspondence, 1952-1962

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