Guide to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions Department of Strategic Services Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions Department of Strategic Services Records

Inclusive Dates

1945-1973

Call Number

RG 301.2

Creator(s)

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Strategic Services.

Quantity

20.50 cubic feet (21 boxes)

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Digital Content

To browse this collection's digitized content visit Pearl.

Materials marked "Digital" in the Collection Inventory may not have been digitized in their entirety.

Repository

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

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

The United States population increased in record numbers between 1940 and 1950. The corresponding boom in residential construction increased the demand for survey guidance in determining the size of constituency for which denominations needed to plan. Although field survey work had been going on under various departments of the Board for some years, by 1953 this work had escalated to such an extent that it required its own office. Thus the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church USA created the Office of Field Survey in 1953.

Field survey staff responsibilities were to travel across the country studying various cities, towns and communities to determine their congregational needs. Field survey personnel conducted interviews of local Presbyterians and pastors, studied local demographics and on a return to headquarters wrote reports based on their findings. Staff also studied the developments of cities and towns over time, keeping track of the changing needs of the population and the changing trends in domestic life. During its first year, Field survey handled 52 separate projects, many in the field of city and industrial work.

Everett Perry headed the Office for Field Survey. He reported to the Administrative Secretary of the Board, and was one of several secretaries of departments under the Division of Missionary Operation.

In 1959 Field Survey was placed under the new General Department of Program and General Services. In 1962, as part of a general reorganization of the Board, it became the Institute of Strategic Studies and began to function as such in 1963. For the most part, Field Survey staff continued with their work; projects they had begun under Field Survey they concluded under Strategic Studies.

Strategic Studies was intended to be "a central, coordinated program to analyze the objectives and services of the Board in relation to the changes in contemporary culture." It was to provide technical guidance and service to other, more mission-oriented units of the Board. Broadly, Strategic Studies was responsible for mission planning, scholarly review and interpretation of materials, general research, field survey, action research or experimental projects, continuing education.

By 1965, Strategic Studies had become the major focal point for mission planning within the BNM. This central position ensured Strategic Studies a key role in relationships between the BNM and the synods and in the 1971-73 general restructure of the BNM. Strategic Studies was responsible for gathering information and producing reports to be studied, discussed and acted upon by members on the Board's administrative staff.

Beginning in 1971, the BNM underwent months of self-examination and study. By 1973 it was fully reorganized and renamed the Program Agency.

Collection Overview

Record Group 301.2 includes the records of the Office of Field Survey and the Institute/Department of Strategic Studies. They break down into two large series, with slight overlap between them (see the Processing Information note in the Administrative Information section of this guide for elaboration).

Series I: Office of Field Survey Records, 1945-1964
These files contain correspondence, notes, working papers, interview transcripts, draft reports, and final reports. The series is divided into two subseries: 1) Studies--Geographical, 1945-1962 and 2) Studies--Topical, 1950-1964.

Series II: Institute/Department Of Strategic Studies Records, 1962-1973
These records include cabinet minutes, reports, notes, working papers and correspondence. Subseries 1, Cabinet Minutes, 1963-1971, is arranged chronologically. Subseries 2, Staff Files, 1963-1973 is arranged alphabetically. Subseries 3, Project Files, 1962-1971, is as follows:

Area Evaluating Cabinets, 1963-1968
These were set up and coordinated by Frederick Maier, director of Strategic Studies. The country was divided into seven regions lettered A-G. Strategic Studies Staff were responsible for distilling the results of the cabinet process into policy development for the total national missions enterprise, and to provide feedback to the judicatories and operating units on the Board.

Interview Project for the Review and Evaluation Cabinet, 1971
This project was undertaken in 1971 at the request of the Review and Evaluating Cabinet. It asked Strategic Studies to gather as much information as possible on exactly what and how much the BNM was doing. This was largely done through interviews. This material consists of transcripts of those interviews and some background material detailing the project. The information gathered in this project was used in determining the restructure of the Board.

State of the Mission Reports, 1965-1970
These reports were sent in to Strategic Studies by synods and presbyteries. The synods and presbyteries were divided by region to correspond to the Area Evaluating Cabinets. The files include these reports (sometimes extensive supporting documents as well) and the summary reports written by Strategic Studies.

Study Projects, 1962-1971
The Church and the Aging was a 1966-67 study on ministry to the aging. The General Council commissioned Strategic Studies to do the study, under an advisory committee from Health, Education and Welfare.

Local Church Mission Study was a summer 1970 project completed by two students under the auspices and supervision of Strategic Studies. They concentrated on the Philadelphia Area.

Southwest Interparish Ministry (Chicago, IL) Report was written by Lloyd Rediger of the Wisconsin Council of Churches in 1970. Strategic Studies and other BNM offices served in and advisory and editorial capacity.

Spanish-American Research Project was undertaken 1967-68 by a special committee from Spanish Department and Strategic Studies, chaired by Everett Perry.

Task Force on Contemporary Understanding of Mission and Evangelism, 1969-1971
This task force was created in 1969. Ganse Little was hired by the BNM specifically to chair this task force; his position was administratively within Strategic Studies. The task force was made up of about 70 members, half clergy and half lay. Its purpose was to examine the current position of the church in society and try to see how it could deal more effectively with the great changes which had come about during the 1960s. Vietnam, race relations, technology and such issues were discussed.

Organization and Arrangement

Alternative Formats

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Occasionally a project begun under Field Survey was concluded under Strategic Studies; if 90% of the work was done under Field Survey it was concluded that the records relating to the project be kept together rather than separated. By the same token, if most of the work was done under Strategic Studies, it is filed in those records, and the starting date will be earlier than 1963.

There were many materials in the records of the Office of Field Survey which predate its inception in 1953. This is because field survey work had been going on for years, but only in 1953 was a special office created for it. Previously, these types of projects had been done by staff members or consultants working with other BNM departments. Everett Perry and Charles Thorns undertook much of this work before 1953; when they moved to the new Office for Field Survey, they took their files with them. When Field Survey staff drew up a list of its study projects in 1961 (see Box 1 Folder 2), they included many of these pre-1953 studies. These materials have been left in this collection because the Field Survey staff clearly considered them part of the official records. The researcher should note, however, that it will be essential to check Record Group 301.7 (United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions Department of Mission Development Records) for further studies and reports. Much of the field survey work prior to 1953 was done under the aegis of Town and Country Church and Indian Work (RG 301.7, Series I) or under City, Immigrant and Industrial Work (RG 301.7, Series II). Records may appear in either collection or in both.

Collection processed and Finding Aid prepared: July 1993
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Guide edited: April 2014
Bill Brock, Collection Managment Archivist

Catalog Headings

Corporate Subject

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Strategic Services.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Institute of Strategic Studies.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office of Field Survey.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office for Field Survey.

Topical Subject

Demographic surveys.

Church statistics.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Interviews. aat

Reports. aat

Surveys (documents) aat

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office for Field Survey.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office for Field Survey.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office of Field Survey.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Institute of Strategic Studies.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 301.2

		SERIES I: OFFICE OF FIELD SURVEY, 1945-1964

1	2	List of Surveys Done by OFS, 1961

		Subseries 1: Studies--Geographical, 1945-1962

		By State and Town
1	3	Alabama, Birmingham, 1950
1	4	Alabama, Florence, 1962
1	5	Alabama, Huntsville, 1959-60
1	6	Alaska, 1958
1	7	Alaska, 1960
1	8	Alaska, Background Materials for Survey Team, 1960
1	9	Alaska, Child Welfare Needs; Haines House, 1955
1	10	Alaska, Ketchikan, 1955
1	11-12	Arizona, 1942-55
1	13	Arizona, Chinle, 1960
1	14	Arizona, Ganado Mission, 1960
1	15	Arizona, Navajo Work, 1960
1	16	Arizona, Phoenix and Maricopa County, 1950-60
1	17	Arizona, Phoenix and Maricopa County, 1961
1	18	Arizona, Tucson, Pima County, 1940-56
1	19	Arizona, Tucson, Pima County, 1961
1	20	Arkansas, 1946
1	21	Arkansas, Hot Springs, 1945
1	22	Arkansas, Little Rock
1	23-24	California, 1947-62
1	25	California, Fresno, 1959
1	26	California, Larkspur, 1957
1	27	California, Los Angeles County, 1946-47
1	28	California, Los Angeles County, Inner City Clinic, 1952
1	29	California, Los Angeles County, Inner City Clinic, 1953
1	30	California, Los Angeles County, Urban Churches Workshop, 1957
1	31	California, Oakland, 1957
1	32-33	California, Sacramento, 1957, 1959
1	34	California, San Diego, 1947
1	35-38	California, San Francisco, 1951, 1953-59
1	39-44	California, Presbyterian Inner City Council, 1959-61
1	45	California, Presbyterian Inner City Council, 1919, 1946
1	46	Colorado, 1954-59

2	1	Colorado, Denver, 1945-58
2	2	Connecticut, Groton, 1962
2	3	Delaware, 1950-58
2	4	Delaware, Wilmington, 1950, 1958
2	5	Florida
2	6	Florida, Boca Raton, 1958
2	7	Florida, Brevard County/Cape Canaveral, 1961
2	8	Florida, Casselberry, 1962
2	9	Florida, Deland, 1962
2	10	Florida, Fort Lauderdale, 1950-58
2	11	Florida, Jacksonville, 1950
2	12	Florida, Miami, 1950-58
2	13	Florida, Ocala, 1950
2	14	Florida, Sarasota, 1957
2	15	Florida, St. Petersburg, 1947-58
2	16	Florida, West Palm Beach, 1953-57
2	17	Georgia, 1955-56
2	18	Georgia, Brunswick, 1949, 1956
2	19	Idaho, 1921, 1958
2	20	Idaho, Idaho Falls, 1956-57
2	21-25	Illinois, 1937, 1940-62
2	26	Illinois, Aurora/Elgin, 1949-53
2	27	Illinois, Bloomington/Normal, 1949-58
2	28	Illinois, Bloomington, 1949
2	29	Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, 1948
2	30	Illinois, Chicago
2	31	Illinois, Chicago First Church, 1955-62
2	32	Illinois, Chicago--Second Church, 1956
2	33	Illinois, Chicago--Local Churches, 1958-59
2	34	Illinois, Danville, 1948
2	35	Illinois, Decatur, 1955
2	36	Illinois, East St. Louis, 1950-53
2	37	Illinois, Jasper County, 1945
2	38	Illinois, Madison
2	39	Illinois, Madison and St. Clair Counties, 1954
2	40	Illinois, Monmouth, 1962
2	41	Illinois, Peoria, Pekin and Washington, 1955-56

3	1	Illinois, Peoria and Tarzwell Counties, 1948
3	2	Illinois, Ravenswood/Lakeview, 1956
3	3	Illinois, Rochelle, 1953
3	4	Illinois, Rockford, 1956
3	5	Illinois, Springfield, 1951-53
3	6	Illinois, Wabash County, 1953
3	7-9	Indiana, 1956-62
3	10	Indiana, Acton, 1957-58
3	11	Indiana, Columbus, 1953-60
3	12	Indiana, Elkhart, 1954-56
3	13	Indiana, Evansville, 1955
3	14	Indiana, Fort Wayne, 1949-61
3	15	Indiana, Franklin, 1958
3	16	Indiana, Greenwood, 1957
3	17-21	Indiana, Indianapolis, 1951-58
3	22	Indiana, South Bend, 1956-60
3	23	Indiana, Terre Haute, 1956
3	24-25	Iowa, 1946-62
3	26	Iowa, Cedar Rapids, 1953
3	27	Iowa, Council Bluffs, 1952
3	28	Iowa, Des Moines, 1947-58
3	29	Kansas, 1956-61
3	30	Kansas, 1950-52
3	31	Kansas, Kansas City, 1960
3	32	Kansas, Manhattan, 1956-57
3	33	Kansas, Topeka, 1952-54
3	34	Kansas, Wichita, 1948
3	35-36	Kentucky, 1954-62, undated
3	37	Kentucky, Covington, 1954
3	38	Kentucky, Covington, 1957
3	39	Kentucky, Eastern KY, 1960
3	40	Kentucky, Mountain Churches, 1962
3	41-42	Kentucky, Frenchburg, 1960-62
3	43	Kentucky, Louisville, 1953-61

4	1	Kentucky, Louisville, 1952-53, 1961-63
4	2	Kentucky, Menifee County
4	3-4	Kentucky, Ows-Lee (Owsley) Parish, 1955-57
4	5	Kentucky, Paducah, 1951
4	6	Kentucky, Upper Big Sandy Parish
4	7	Louisiana, 1950
4	8	Maine
4	9	Maryland, 1956-61
4	10-12	Maryland, Baltimore--Inner City Study, 1961-62
4	13-16	Maryland, Baltimore, 1945, 1960, undated
4	17	Massachusetts, Boston, 1959
4	18	Massachusetts, Boston, 1956
4	19	Massachusetts, Worcester, 1957
4	20	Michigan, 1954-59
4	21	Michigan, 1944-58
4	22	Michigan, Detroit
4	23	Michigan, Detroit 1958
4	24	Michigan, Detroit, 1958
4	25	Michigan, Lansing
4	26	Minnesota, 1951-60
4	27	Minnesota 1954-60
4	28	Minnesota, St. Paul, 1952, 1957-58
4	29	Mississippi, 1952-56
4	30	Mississippi, West Point--Mary Holmes Jr. College, 1956
4	31	Missouri, 1956-61
4	32	Missouri, 1946-61
4	33	Missouri, Springfield, 1957
4	34	Missouri, St. Joseph, 1961
4	35	Missouri, St. Louis, 1954

5	1	Montana, 1953-58
5	2	Nebraska, 1954-61
5	3	Nebraska, Lincoln, 1952-62
5	4	Nebraska, Omaha, 1952-56
5	5	New Jersey, 1954-60
5	6	New Jersey, Arlington/North Arlington, 1944-49
5	7	New Jersey, Bergen County, 1949
5	8	New Jersey, Bloomfield, 1945
5	9	New Jersey, Bridgewater, 1959
5	10	New Jersey, Burlington/Lamington, 1956
5	11	New Jersey, Eatontown, 1956
5	12	New Jersey, Hudson County, 1959-61
5	13-14	New Jersey, Paterson, 1945-58
5	15	New Jersey, Philipsburg/St. Cloud, 1951-58
5	16	New Jersey, Rahway, 1960
5	17	New Jersey, Trenton, 1945-56
5	18	New Mexico, 1956-60
5	19	New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1947-59
5	20	New Mexico, Alamagordo, 1951-57
5	21	New Mexico, Aztec, 1957-58
5	22	New Mexico, Bloomfield, 1956
5	23	New Mexico, Carlsbad, 1951-57
5	24-26	New Mexico, Embudo Hospital, 1958-59
5	27	New Mexico, Farmington/Kirtland, 1956-58
5	28	New Mexico, Gallup, 1956, 1959
5	29	New Mexico, Grants, 1956-57
5	30	New Mexico, Las Cruces, 1949-56
5	31	New Mexico, Pecos, 1947
5	32	New Mexico, Roswell, 1951-57
5	33	New Mexico, San Juan Basin, 1962
5	34	New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1951-55
5	35-36	New Mexico Schools run by BNM, 1954-57
5	37	New York, 1954-61
5	38-40	New York, Albany, 1944-51
5	41	New York, Binghamton, 1948-60
5	42	New York, Blasdell, 1959
5	43	New York, Elmira, 1948-60
5	44-45	New York, Nassau County, 1947-57
5	46	New York, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, 1954
5	47	New York, Niagara Falls, 1958
5	48	New York, New York City--Brooklyn, 1945, 1956
5	49	New York, New York City--Brooklyn, 1946-56

6	1	New York, New York City--Bronx, 1954-56
6	2	New York, New York City, 1944
6	3	New York, New York City--correspondence, 1953-61
6	4	New York Rochester, 1948-58
6	5	New York, Rockland County, 1954-58
6	6	New York, Selden/Centereach, 1956
6	7	New York, Syracuse, 1952-56
6	8-9	New York, Utica, 1952-55
6	10	New York, Westchester County, 1946-48
6	11	New York, Westchester County, 1953
6	12	New York, West Greece, 1957
6	13	New York, Yonkers, 1956
6	14	North Carolina, 1953, 1957
6	15	North Carolina, Charlotte, 1952-59
6	16	North Carolina, Greensboro, 1957-62
6	17	North Carolina, Madison County, 1950
6	18	North Carolina, Salisbury, 1957
6	19	North Carolina, Swannanoa--Warren Wilson College, 1953
6	20	North Carolina, Winston-Salem, 1961
6	21	North Dakota, 1952-58
6	22	Ohio, 1949-57
6	23	Ohio, 1957
6	24	Ohio, 1958-61
6	25	Ohio, Alliance, 1961
6	26	Ohio, Ashtabula, 1961
6	27	Ohio, Athens, 1960
6	28	Ohio, Canton, 1956-62
6	29	Ohio, Chillicothe, 1956
6	30-31	Ohio, Cincinnati, 1944-59
6	32	Ohio, Cleveland, 1946-57
6	33-34	Ohio, Columbus, 1931-51, undated
6	35-36	Ohio, Dayton, 1942-61
6	37	Ohio, Highland County, 1945
6	38	Ohio, Lorain, 1958-59
6	39	Ohio, Newark, 1945
6	40	Ohio, Springfield, 1950-51
6	41	Ohio, Toledo, 1946-50
6	42	Ohio, Warren, 1950
6	43	Ohio, Youngstown, 1949-59
6	44	Ohio, Zanesville, 1958
6	45	Oklahoma, 1954-61
6	46	Oklahoma, Bartlesville, 1961
6	47	Oklahoma, Enid, 1957
6	48	Oklahoma, Muskogee, 1961
6	49	Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1949-57
6	50-51	Oklahoma Rural Church Survey, 1952

7	1	Oklahoma, Southeastern Larger Parish, 1952
7	2	Oklahoma, Tulsa, 1946
7	3-4	Oregon, 1949-59
7	5	Oregon, Corvallis, 1957
7	6	Oregon, Eugene, 1949
7	7	Oregon, Grant's Pass, 1949
7	8	Oregon, Medford, 1949
7	9	Oregon, Portland, 1949
7	10	Oregon, Roseburg, 1949
7	11	Oregon, Salem, 1949-51
7	12	Ozarks, 1959-61
7	13	Pennsylvania, 1948-57
7	14	Pennsylvania, 1958-59
7	15	Pennsylvania, 1960-62
7	16	Pennsylvania, Allentown/Bethlehem, 1947-54
7	17	Pennsylvania, Blue Ridge Summit, 1951
7	18	Pennsylvania, Carlisle, 1951
7	19	Pennsylvania, Dravosburg, 1951
7	20	Pennsylvania, Erie, 1948-56
7	21	Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 1951
7	22	Pennsylvania, Indiana County, 1950-59
7	23	Pennsylvania, Lancaster, 1956
7	24	Pennsylvania, Lebanon, 1948-52
7	25	Pennsylvania, New Castle, 1957
7	26-28	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1956-60
7	29-30	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia--Germantown, 1961-62
7	31	Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
7	32	Pennsylvania--Rural Church Survey
7	33	Pennsylvania, Scranton, 1950-53
7	34	Pennsylvania, Seneca, 1952
7	35	Pennsylvania--Slovak-American Churches, 1948
7	36	Pennsylvania, State College, 1954-58
7	37	Pennsylvania, Williamsport, 1952-60
7	38	Puerto Rico, 1958-61
7	39	Rhode Island, 1956-62
7	40	South Carolina, Charleston, 1952-53
7	41	South Carolina, Columbia, 1961
7	42	South Carolina, Irmo--Harbison College, 1950-55
7	43	South Dakota, 1954-63
7	44	Tennessee, 1951-54
7	45	Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1951-60
7	46	Tennessee, Knoxville
7	47	Tennessee, Maryville, 1946
7	48	Tennessee, Nashville, 1950-59
7	49	Tennessee, Oak Ridge, 1954
7	50	Texas, 1954-60
7	51	Texas, Amarillo
7	52	Texas, Dallas
7	53	Texas, El Paso
7	54	Texas, El Paso and San Antonio

8	1	Texas, Fort Worth
8	2	Texas, Houston, 1957
8	3	Texas, Port Arthur
8	4	Texas, San Antonio
8	5	Texas, Wichita Falls
8	6	Utah, 1956-59
8	7	Vermont, Burlington, 1953-54
8	8	Virginia, 1948-63
8	9	Washington, 1958-59
8	10	West Virginia, 1954-60
8	11	West Virginia, 1935-63
8	12	Wisconsin, 1936-59

		By Synod and Presbytery
8	13	Alton Presbytery, 1936
8	14-15	Atlantic Synod, 1952-56
8	16	Baltimore Presbytery, 1956
8	17	Beaver Presbytery, 1950-59
8	18	Blairsville Presbytery, 1951
8	19	Buffalo/Niagara Presbytery, 1945-51
8	20	California Synod, 1952-59
8	21	California Synod--Southern Area, 1963
8	22	Catawba Presbytery, 1951
8	23-24	Catawba Synod, 1949-62
8	25	Chesapeake Synod, 1952-58
8	26	Chicago Presbytery, 1948-59
8	27	Chicago Presbytery, 1955-56
8	28	Choctaw Presbytery, 1945
8	29	Cincinnati Presbytery, 1944-59
8	30	Florida Synod, 1953-58
8	31-33	Mattoon Presbytery, 1950-53
8	34	Mid-South Synod, 1955-59
8	35	New Albany Presbytery, 1960
8	36	New Brunswick Presbytery, 1944
8	37-38	New England Synod, 1956-60
8	39	New Mexico Synod--National Missions Committee, 1956
8	40	Pittsburgh Presbytery, 1962
8	41	Texas Synod
8	42	Union and Holston Presbyteries, 1959

		Subseries 2: Studies: Topical, 1950-1964

		African-Americans
9	1	A survey of Negro Work in the South, 1950
9	2	New Church Development for Negroes in NC, 1959
9	3-5	United Presbyterian Church Work among Negroes in the South--interviews, preliminary report, 1961

		Appalachia
9	6	Southern Appalachia Study--correspondence, 1958-62
9	7	Southern Appalachia Study--schedules
9	8-9	Southern Appalachia Study--survey results

		The City Church
9	10	Bibliography on Intermediate City Church
9	11	Case Studies, 1960-61--Alliance, OH
9	12	Case Studies, 1960-61--Bartlesville, OK
9	13	Case Studies, 1960-61--Columbus, IN
9	14	Case Studies, 1960-61--Grand Island, NE
9	15	Case Studies, 1960-61--Manitowoc, WI
9	16	Case Studies, 1960-61--Muskogee, OK
9	17	Case Studies, 1960-61--Rochester, MN
9	18	Case Studies, 1960-61--Santa Barbara, CA
9	19	Case Studies, 1960-61--Sheboygan, WI
9	20	Case Studies, 1960-61--Williamsport, PA
9	21	Case Studies, 1960-61--Final Report
9	22	Committee on the Inner City--correspondence, 1958-61
9	23	Committee on the Inner City--minutes, reports, 1954-59
9	24	Committee on the Intermediate-Sized City, 1959-61
9	25-27	Draft Reports, 1961-62
9	28	Final Report, undated
9	29	Membership Study--questionnaire
9	30	Self-Study Guide for the City Church, 1956
9	31	Self-Study Guide for the City Church, 1960
9	32	Self Study Guide for the Intermediate City, 1960
9	33	Self Study Guide for the Intermediate City, 1961
9	34	Statistics on Intermediate City Churches
9	35	Survey on National Missions Urban Projects, 1962-63

		Distribution Studies
9	36	PCUSA Church Distribution Study, 1956
9	37	PCUSA Church Distribution Study, 1960
9	38	PCUSA Church Distribution Study, 1962

		Larger Parishes
9	39	Background of study, notes, etc, 1953-55
9	40	Draft report, 1954-55

		The Local Church
9	41	Discussion Guide for Self-Evaluation, 1959

10	1	Exploration, 1962

		Graphs and Maps
10	2	Graphs and Maps, 1957-61

21	1	Pittsburgh Presbytery--maps of selected churches [oversize material], 1962
21	2	Population Characteristics [oversize material], 1963

		Native Americans
10	3	Dakota--Dakota Indians in Today's World, 1962
10	4	Navajo--Sourcebook; Arizona and Utah Churches, 1960
10	5	Nez Perce--A Survey of Nez Perce Religion; Preliminary Report, 1963
10	6-8	Nez Perce--A Survey of Nez Perce Religion; Manuscript and Addenda, 1964
10	9	Nez Perce--A Survey of Nez Perce Religion; Final Report, 1964
10	10	Oklahoma Indians and United Presbyterian Churches, 1963
10	11	Sac and Fox--Study of Mission in Tama, IA, 1960
10	12	Washington--Indian Work in Washington, 1954

		New Church Development
10	13	Study, 1963
10	14	Selection of Areas for New Church Development, 1954
10	15	Selection of Areas for New Church Development, 1959

		Radio Listeners
10	16	Beaver Falls, PA--radio survey, 1957-58
10	17	Radio to the Sand Hills, NE, 1960
10	18	Sitka, AK--Radio Station KSEW, 1959
10	19	"Research, Strategy and Change"--seminar report, 1962

		The Southeast
10	20	Exploration of Work in North Carolina, undated
10	21	Exploration of Work in South Carolina, 1962

		Students in Survey Work
10	22	Committee on Students in Survey Work, 1962-63

		Town and Country Church Studies
10	23-24	Committee on Study of Town and Country Church, 1957-61

		Town and Country Church Study Project, 1959-1961
10	25	Composite report
10	26	Questionnaire
		Surveys--by State and Town:
10	27	Arizona, Chinle
10	28	California, Avenal
10	29-30	California, Fresno
10	31	California, Gustine
10	32	California, Strathmore
10	33	California, Terra Bella
10	34	California, Yettem
10	35	Iowa, Argo
10	36	Iowa, Argyle
10	37	Iowa, Bettendorf
10	38	Iowa, Mechanicsville
10	39	Iowa, Montrose
10	40	Iowa, Morning Sun
10	41	Iowa--Mount Pleasant
10	42	Iowa, Tipton
10	43	Maine, Leeds
10	44	Missouri, Cyrene
10	45	Missouri, La Plata

11	1	Missouri, New Cambria
11	2	New Hampshire, Antrim
11	3	New York, Clinton
11	4	New York, Lyons Falls
11	5	New York, Verona
11	6	North Carolina, Charlotte
11	7	North Carolina, Huntersville
11	8	North Carolina, Mount Ulla
11	9	North Dakota, Bowbells
11	10	North Dakota, Flaxton
11	11	North Dakota, Portal
11	12	North Dakota, Stanley
11	13	North Dakota, White Earth
11	14	Pennsylvania, Centre Hall
11	15	Tennessee, Cokeville
11	16	Washington, Coulee City
11	17	Washington, Entiat
11	18	Washington, Ephrata
11	19	Washington, Marlin
		Surveys--by Synod and Presbytery:
11	20	Catawba Presbytery
11	21	Catawba Synod
11	22	Cumberland Mountain Presbytery
11	23	Huntingdon Presbytery
11	24	Kirk Presbytery
11	25	Minot Presbytery
11	26	Montana Synod
11	27	New England Synod
11	28	San Joaquin Presbytery
11	29	Southeast Presbytery
11	30-31	Utica Presbytery, 1954, undated
11	32	Wenatchee Presbytery
11	33	"Dynamic Town and Country Society," 1958
11	34	Presbytery in Relation to Town and Country Churches, 1960
11	35	Survey of UPCUSA in Town and Country, 1961
11	36	"Surviving and growing Church in Town and Country"

		SERIES II: INSTITUTE/DEPARTMENT OF STRATEGIC STUDIES, 1962-1973

11	37	Structure and Function of Institute, 1962-68; Staff Roster, 1967
11	38	ISS Handbook, Profile of the ISS, 1966
11	39	ISS Handbook, Part 1--Organizational and Background Papers
11	40	ISS Handbook, Part 2--Personnel
11	41	ISS Handbook, Part 3--Cabinet, General Department, Budget
11	42	ISS Handbook, Part 4--Work Assignments
11	43	ISS Handbook, Part 5--Library and Scholarly Review
11	44	ISS Handbook, Part 6--Long Range Planning (Joint Planning & Research)
11	45	ISS Handbook,Part 7--Policy Source Book
11	46-48	Quarterly Reports of Progress, 1967
11	49	Semiannual Report, 1967
11	50	Reorganization/Redefinition of Strategic Studies, 1971-73

		Subseries 1: Cabinet Minutes, 1963-1971

		Institute of Strategic Studies Cabinet
11	51-60	1963 Minutes, meetings 1-10
11	61-72	1964 Minutes, meetings 11-20, 23-24
11	73-83	1965 Minutes, meetings 25-35

12	1-11	1966 Minutes, meetings 36-45
12	12-18	1967 Minutes, meetings 46-47, 49-50, 52-55
12	19-25	1968 Minutes, meetings 56-62
12	26-33	1969 Minutes, meetings 63-70
12	34-38	1970 Minutes, meetings 72-76

		Department of Strategic Studies Cabinet
12	39-45	1970-71 Minutes, meetings 77-86
12	46	Summaries of Cabinet Actions, 1963-68; indexed

		Subseries 2: Staff Files, 1963-1973

		ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, ASSOCIATE CHAIRMAN FOR SPECIAL STUDIES, 1966-1969

12	47	Job Description of Associate Chairman, 1966
12	48	Article, "Confession of 1967"
12	49	Conference on Evangelism and Christian Unity, 1966-67
12	50	Memos and Reports, 1967
12	51	Presbyterian/Christian Scientist Relations Project, 1967-68
12	52	Presbyterian/Jewish Relations Project, 1967-69
12	53	Presbyterian/Mormon Relations Project, 1967
12	54	Report on Ecumenical Sect Groups, 1965-66

		GRACE GOODMAN, OBSERVER/REPORTER, 1966-1971

		Reports--by State and Town
12	55	California--Los Angeles Ecumenical Structure, 1970
12	56	California, Los Angles--Indian Welcome Center, 1967
12	57	California--Marin City Inter-Community Ministry, 1967
12	58	Colorado, Boulder, 1968
12	59	Connecticut--Elm Haven Housing Project Ministry, 1965
12	60	Georgia, Atlanta, 1967
12	61	Georgia--Local Church and Community Studies, 1966
12	62	Illinois, Chicago--Business Industrial Project, 1966
12	63	Illinois, Chicago--CAM Academy, 1967
12	64	Illinois, Chicago--Church Federation Legal Advice Clinic, 1967
12	65	Illinois, Chicago--Community Arts Foundation, 1967
12	66	Illinois, Chicago--Ecumenical Relationships, 1967
12	67	Illinois, Chicago--Ecumenism, 1970
12	68	Illinois, Chicago--Grace Church Study, 1965
12	69	Illinois, Chicago--Metropolitan Lay Ministry, 1967
12	70	Illinois, Chicago--Ministry to Field of Corrections, 1967
12	71	Illinois, Chicago--North Side Cooperative Ministry, 1967
12	72	Illinois, Des Plaines, 1967
12	73	Minnesota, Burnsville, 1966
12	74	Missouri--Kansas City Metropolitan Interchurch Agency, 1970
12	75	New Jersey, Glassboro, 1967
12	76	Newark--Ecumenism, 1970
12	77	New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1968
12	78	New York, Albany--Capitol Hill Churches, 1969
12	79	New York City--Ecumenism, 1970
12	80	Experimental Apartment Ministry, 1965
12	81	Rochdale Village, Queens, Ministry, 1965
12	82	Rochester--Ecumenism, 1970
12	83	NW Ecumenical Ministry, 1969
12	84	Ohio, Cleveland, 1970
12	85	Edgewater Apartment Experiment, 1966
12	86	Columbus--Ecumenical Structure, 1970
12	87	Oregon--Greater Portland Council of Churches, 1971
12	88	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia--West Creek Public Housing Ministry, 1965
12	89	State College, 1967
12	90	South Carolina--Local Church and Community Studies, 1966
12	91	Mayesville, 1966
12	92	Vermont, Burlington, 1966
12	93	Washington, DC--Ecumenism in the 1960's, 1970
12	94	Wisconsin--Milwaukee Organization of Organizations, 1967
12	95	Wyoming, Caspar, 1966

		Reports--by Synod and Presbytery
12	96	Atlantic Synod--Visit to Fields, 1966
12	97	Catawba Synod--General Impressions, 1966
12	98	Visit to NC Fields, 1966
12	99	Visit to VA Fields, 1966
12	100	San Francisco Presbytery--Progress toward Community Involvement, 1966

		Reports--by Title
12	101	By All Means Mission, 1968
12	102	The Church and the Apartment House
12	103	Condominium Housing, 1967
12	104-112	Congregation in Mission Studies 1-4, 6-10, 1967-68
12	113	Congregations in Community Ministry--Chart, 1970
12	114	Cooperative Housing for Middle Income Families, 1966
12	115-116	Ecumenical Cooperation for Mission in Metropolitan Areas, 1966 and 1967

13	1	Jackman Relocation Program--First Year Report, 1964	Digital
13	2	Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination--Memphis Journal, 1968
13	3	Nez Perce Presbyterians, 1966
13	4	So You Want To Sponsor Nonprofit Housing, 1967

		EVERETT PERRY/FREDERICK C. MAIER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR, 1963-1973

13	5	Perry Correspondence, 1969

		Churchwide Planning
13	6	Census Access for Planning in the Church, 1969-72
13	7	Presbytery Planning and the Church Distribution Study, 1964
13	8	Strategy Studies, 1969-70

		Cluster Ministries
13	9	Models of Cluster Ministries--drafts, 1971
13	10	Models of Cluster Ministries--notes and memos, 1971

		Committees/Task Force/Other BNM Departments
13	11	BNM Department of Mission Development
13	12-13	Policy Sourcebook, 1969
13	14	Policy Sourcebook, 1971
13	15	Committee of Fifteen, 1971
13	16-17	Council Relationships to the BNM and General Assembly, 1970
13	18	Interim Budget Committee, 1972
13	19	Long Range Planning Committee, 1967-72
13	20	Mission Strategy Cabinet--resource papers, 1971
13	21	Task Force on Computer Operation, 1967
13	22	Task Force on Congregational Studies, 1971-72
13	23	Task Force on Relationships to Other Agencies, 1971

		Congregation Studies
13	24	Consumer Depth Study of Low Church Attendance, 1966
13	25	Congregation in Mission Study--Cincinnati, 1972
13	26	Congregational Benevolence Study, 1972
13	27	"Congregational Involvement in Low/Moderate Income Housing," 1972
13	28	Growing Church Study, 1970-71
13	29-31	Informal Involvement in Protestant Congregation, 1968-71
13	32	Planning Techniques for Local Congregations, 1967
13	33	Belleville, MO--Strategy, 1969
13	34	Bergenfield, NJ, 1971
13	35-36	Detroit--Westminster Church Survey, 1969-72
13	37	St. Louis--2nd Church, Membership Survey, 1972
13	38	Springfield, IL--Membership Survey, 1966-70

		Consultant Studies
13	39	The Consultant in the Exploration of Mission, 1969
13	40	Consultant Study Questionnaire
13	41	Study of Congregations' Use of Consultants, 1973

		Hodge/Carroll Studies
13	42	Background, Questionnaires, Correspondence, 1970
13	43-44	Church Members' Opinion Survey, 1969-72
13	45	Religiosity and Prejudice in Northern and Southern Churches, 1972
13	46-48	Sources of Conflict over Forms of Mission in the Church (Hodge and Sarfaty), 1972-73
13	49	Sources of Conflict over Priorities in the Church, 1972
13	50	Views of Suburban Laymen on Proper Priorities of the Church, 1971

		Metropolitan or Area Profiles, 1969
13	51	Background
13	52	Louisville, KY
13	53	San Francisco
13	54	Washington, DC
13	55	Final Report

		New Church Development
13	56	Goal Subversion in New Church Development, 1965

14	1	Goal Subversion in New Church Development, 1964-68
14	2	Correspondence--Metz and Justice Studies, 1963-68

		Other Session Removals, Philadelphia Presbytery
14	3	Background, Notes, Questionnaires, 1969
14	4	Correspondence
14	5	Report, 1969
14	6	Summary and Conclusions, 1969

		Regional Studies
14	7	Allegheny County, PA, 1963
14	8	Area Planning Council F--Input Papers, 1970
14	9	Long Range Planning in Northeastern MN, 1969
14	10	Ohio Synod Study Project, 1963-69
14	11	Regional Synods--Correspondence, draft report, 1964-67
14	12	Region and Metropolis--preliminary papers, 1964

		Southeast Exploration Development
14	13	Book 1--Atlantic, Catawba, Mid-South, 1961-63
14	14	Book 2, 1961-62
14	15	Book 3, 1961-63
14	16	Book 4--Florida Synod Correspondence, 1964
14	17	Correspondence, 1962-65
14	18	Synod of the South, 1971-72
14	19	Synod Ranking and Presbytery/Synod Maps, 1968-70

		Transition of BNM into Program Agency Consultation on Transitional Funding
14	20	Denver, 1972
14	21	St. Louis, 1971-72
14	22	Report, 1972
14	23	General Secretaries' Special Conference, 1971-72
14	24	Invested Funds--correspondence, 1972
14	25-26	National Staff Meetings, 1968-70

		White Racism
14	27	Conversations with Academic Community on the Church and White Racism
14	28	Pilot Study on White Racism, correspondence, 1968-69
14	29	Pilot Study on White Racism, questionnaire, 1968-69
14	30	Pilot Study on White Racism, final report, 1968
14	31	Pilot Study on White Racism, final report, 1969
14	32	Rationale and Strategy for Development of New Congregation in Racial Reconciliation
14	33	The White Problem, 1970

		Alphabetical
14	34-35	Church Use of Public Funds--Interview Notes, Memos, Correspondence, Report, 1967-68
14	36	Coding Systems for Church Studies, 1962-64
14	37	Community Organization, 1971
14	38	Continuing Education--reference manual, 1963-66
14	39	Ecological Models--A Critique, 1965
14	40	Economics--Church Economics Project, 1971-72
14	41-42	Ecumenical Relations--Presbyterian Participation, 1965
14	43	Electronic Data Processing Committee, 1967-70
14	44	Electronic Storage--correspondence, 1964
14	45	Human Resources Discovery Project, St. Louis, 1972
14	46	Minority Presbyterian Clergy, 1968
14	47	Mission--Exploration of Mission
14	48	Guide to Exploration of Mission, 1970-71
14	49	Your Church's Mission, 1965

15	1	Native American Study correspondence, 1972
15	2	New Forms--Hutchinson Study, 1968-70
15	3	Organizational Development, 1969-70
15	4	Radio--"God Is Alive" announcements, study and correspondence, 1966-67
15	5	San Francisco Listeners Response Study, 1964
15	6	Religious Beliefs--Studies on Its Flexibility, 1969
15	7	Religious Commitment--Berkeley Study, 1969
15	8	Seminars and Survey Workshops Notebook
15	9	Staff Study--forms and correspondence, 1969
15	9a	Steps to Revolution by Meryl Ruoss, 1963
15	10-12	Youth--Study on European Youth, 1967-69

		Subseries 3: Project Files, 1962-1971

		AREA EVALUATING CABINETS, 1963-1968

15	13-14	1963--Area Evaluating Cabinet I (Northeast)
15	15-16	1963--Area Evaluating Cabinet II (Southeast)
15	17-18	1963--Area Evaluating Cabinet III (Midwest)
15	19-20	1963--Area Evaluating Cabinet IV (Southwest)
15	21	1963--Area Evaluating Cabinet V (Northwest)
15	22-23	1963--Area Evaluating Cabinet VI (North Central)
15	24-25	1964--Area Evaluating Cabinet I
15	26-27	1964--Area Evaluating Cabinet II
15	28-29	1964--Area Evaluating Cabinet III

16	1-2	1964--Area Evaluating Cabinet IV
16	3-4	1964--Area Evaluating Cabinet V
16	5-6	1964--Area Evaluating Cabinet VI
16	7	Feedback Reports
16	8	1965--Area Evaluating Cabinet I
16	9	1965--Area Evaluating Cabinet II
16	10	1965--Area Evaluating Cabinet III
16	11	1965--Area Evaluating Cabinet IV
16	12	1965--Area Evaluating Cabinet V
16	13	1965--Area Evaluating Cabinet VI
16	14	Recommendations, summary, minutes, findings
16	15	Summaries, Cabinets I-III
16	16	Summaries, Cabinets IV-VI
16	17-18	1966--Area Evaluating Cabinet II
16	19	1966--Area Evaluating Cabinet V
16	20	1966--Area Evaluating Cabinet VI
16	21	1965-66--Summary of State of Mission in Six ABC's
16	22	1967--Area Evaluating Cabinet BC

17	1	1967--Area Evaluating Cabinet E
17	2-3	1967--Area Evaluating Cabinet G
17	4	Summary Report
17	5	1965-67--Concern and Program Item Forms
17	6	Preparations for 1968
17	7	1968--Area Evaluating Cabinet A (Northwest)
17	8	1968--Area Evaluating Cabinet BC (Southwest)
17	9	1968--Area Evaluating Cabinet D (North Central)
17	10	1968--Area Evaluating Cabinet E (Midwest)
17	11	1968--Area Evaluating Cabinet F (Southeast)
17	12	1968--Area Evaluating Cabinet G (Northeast)

		REVIEW AND EVALUATION CABINET, 1971

17	13	Interview Project--Background and Purposes
17	14	Structure of BNM Departments and Divisions
		Interviews with Staff:
17	15	Interviews with Council on Church and Race
17	16	Interviews with Department of Mission Development
17	17	Interviews with Department of Program Services
17	18	Interviews with Department of Strategic Studies
17	19	Interviews with Division of Church Building Aid
17	20	Interviews with Division of Evangelism
17	21	Interviews with Division of Mass Media
17	22	Interviews with Health, Education and Welfare
17	23	Interviews with Office of Administration and Personnel
17	24	Interviews with Office of General Secretary
17	25	Interviews with Voluntary Service, Overseas Volunteer Service
17	26	Interviews with Women's Division
17	27	Miscellaneous Interviews
17	28	Minutes of Review and Evaluation Cabinet
17	29	Reports, miscellaneous
17	30	Reports, Office of Institutional Development; Administration and Personnel
17	31	Reports, Synods--Area A (Northwest)
17	32	Reports, Synods--Area B (Southwest)
17	33	Reports, Synods--Area D (North Central)
17	34	Reports, Synods--Area E (Midwest)
17	35	Reports, Synods--Area F (Southeast)
17	36	Reports, Synods--Area G (Northeast)
17	37	Reports, Synods--Correspondence and Outline

		STATE OF THE MISSION REPORTS, 1965-1970

17	38	1965--Area BC
17	39	1965--Area D
17	40-42	1965--Area E
17	43	1965--Area F
17	44	1966--Area A (Northwest)
17	45	1966--Area BC (Southwest)

18	1	1966--Area D (North Central)
18	2	1966--Area E (Midwest)
18	3	1966--Area F (Southeast)
18	4	1966--Area G (Northeast)
18	5	1967--Background, Procedures, List
18	6	1967--Area A
18	7	1967--Area BC
18	8	1967--Area D
18	9-10	1967--Area E
18	11	1967--Area F
18	12-14	1967--Area G
18	15	1967--Summary of Area Reports
18	16	1968--Area A
18	17-18	1968--Area BC
18	19-20	1968--Area D
18	21	1968--Area E
18	22	1968--Area F
18	23-24	1968--Area G
18	25	1968--Summaries of Area Reports
18	26	1969--Area A
18	27	1969--Area BC
18	28	1969--Area D
18	29	1969--Area E

19	1	1969--Area F
19	2-3	1969--Area G
19	4	1969--Correspondence
19	5	1969--Summary of Area Reports
19	6	1970--Area A
19	7	1970--Area BC
19	8	1970--Area D
19	9	1970--Area E
19	10	1970--Area F
19	11-12	1970--Area G
19	13	1970--Summary of Area Reports

		STUDY PROJECTS, 1962-1971

		The Church and the Aging, 1966-1967
19	14	Correspondence
19	15	Minutes--Advisory Committee
19	16	Proposal
19	17	Questionnaire, Results
19	18-20	Reports--drafts, final report

		Local Church Mission Study, 1970-1971
19	21	Board of Christian Education Report on Congregations
19	22	Case Studies of Philadelphia Churches
19	23	Correspondence, Notes and Working Papers
19	24	Follow-Up Discussion
19	25	Preliminary Discussion
19	26	Questionnaires
19	27	Report
19	28	Task Force on Local Congregational Studies

		Southwest Interparish Ministry, 1970-1971
19	29	Correspondence
19	30	Draft Report and Comments
19	31	Notes and Bibliography
19	32	Final Report

		Spanish-American Research Project
19	33	Background Papers, 1966-68
19	34	Correspondence, 1967-70
19	35	Drafts for Study, Notes, 1967-69
19	36	Minutes, 1967-68
19	37	Minutes and Memos, 1965-68
19	38	Proposals, 1968
19	39	Proposals, and Reports, 1962-68

		TASK FORCE ON CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF MISSION AND EVANGELISM, 1969-1971

19	40	Creation, Purposes, Hiring of Ganse Little as Chair, 1969
19	41	Budget and Expenses, 1970-71
19	42	Chairman Ganse Little–correspondence, 1969
19	43-44	Chairman Ganse Little–correspondence, 1970
19	45	Chairman Ganse Little–correspondence, 1971
19	46	Concerns to be discussed--Laymen's Replies, 1969
19	47	Concerns to be discussed--Ministers' Replies, 1969
19	48	Concerns to be discussed--Replies from the Pew, 1970-71

20	1	Correspondence, 1970-71
20	2	List of Task Force Members and Advisory Staff, 1969
20	3	Meetings, 1970--Subgroup and Arena Assignments, 1970
20	4	Meetings, 1970--Albuquerque
20	5	Meetings, 1970--Chicago
20	6	Meetings, 1970--Denver
20	7	Los Angeles
20	8	Minutes--Advisory Committee Minutes, 1970
20	9	Executive Committee Minutes, 1969
20	10	Working Staff Team, 1969
20	11	Report--Final Task Force Report (by G. Little), 1971
20	12	Correspondence, 1971

Guide to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions Department of Strategic Services Records

Newsletters & Blogs Sign Up