Guide to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education Council on Church and Society Records
Open for research.
The functions of the Council on Church and Society were: to be advisory to the boards, agencies and judicatories of the Church in implementing the actions of the General Assembly in the area of Church and Society; to prepare background materials for the General Assembly's Standing Committee on Church and Society; to assist the Standing Committee on Church and Society in the preparation of policy declarations to be submitted to the General Assembly; to report to the General Assembly annually on the emerging issues in Church and Society, and to review the state of the social involvement of the United Presbyterian Church; and to commission and release studies on related aspects of issues addressed by previous General Assembly policy declarations.
Record Group 78 includes papers, studies, articles and correspondence from the Council on Church and Society.
The Presbyterian Historical Society holds additional resources related to this collection:
Researchers should also consult RG 52 (United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education Office of Church and Society Records) for additional information related to the Office of Church and Society.
Researchers should also consult RG 540 (Advisory Council on Church and Society Records) for additional information related to the Office of Church and Society.
Researchers should consult the card catalogue for further materials on the Board of Christian Education.
These records have never been properly processed. The following topical groupings of records, intended as an aid to the researcher in locating materials, can be noted throughout the collection:
UPCNA Race Survey Tabulation, 1957 Box 1
Social Progress Box 2-3
Correspondence with Conscientious Objectors Box 3
White House Conferences Box 3
World Council of Churches (WCC) Box 5
Conference on Church and Society Box 5
WCC Conference on Church and Society Box 6-7
Seminars Box 6-8
NY Office of International Affairs Box 8-9
Special Field Project Box 9
WCC Commission on US Participation in Areas of Rapid Social Change Box 9-10
Race Issues Pilot Project Box 10-11
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 78 | |
| 2 | Dramas | ||
| UPCNA RACE SURVEY TABULATION, 1957 | |||
| 1 | 3 | New York Synod | |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Synod | ||
| 5 | Iowa Synod | ||
| 6 | California Synod | ||
| 7 | Nebraska Synod | ||
| 8 | Plains Synod | ||
| 9 | Second Synod | ||
| 10 | Columbia Synod | ||
| 11 | First Synod of the West | ||
| 12 | Ohio Synod | ||
| 13 | Illinois Synod | ||
| 14-15 | Pamphlets - Temperance | ||
| 16-17 | Pittsburgh - Xenia Leadership School | ||
| 18 | Temperance Sermons, 1956 | ||
| 19 | Temperance Sermons, 1957 | ||
| 20-21 | Assembly Committee on Temperance Education minutes | ||
| 22-23 | Religious Liberty | ||
| 2 | 1 | Vatican | |
| 2 | Church and State--Dixon, NM Case Correspondence, Papers | ||
| 3 | Dixon, NM--Background Papers | ||
| 4-7 | Church and State | ||
| 8-10 | White House Conference on Aging, 1961 | ||
| 11-14 | Assassination of President Kennedy, 1963 | ||
| 15-17 | Consultation on the Role of Federal Government, 1966 | ||
| SOCIAL PROGRESS | |||
| 2 | 18 | Social Progress | |
| 19 | Comments (Reinhold Niebuhr letter) | ||
| 20-21 | Comments | ||
| 3 | 1-4 | Comments | |
| CORRESPONDENCE WITH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS | |||
| 3 | 5 | A-G | |
| 6 | H-I | ||
| 7 | M-Z | ||
| 8 | A-I, 1964-65 | ||
| WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCES | |||
| 3 | 9-12 | Pennsylvania, 1960-1961 | |
| 13-14 | Child Welfare | ||
| 15-16 | US Government Loyalty and Investigations--McCarthy | ||
| 17 | Comments on the Letter to Presbyterians, 1953 | ||
| 4 | 1-4 | US Government Loyalty and Investigations | |
| 5 | United Nations: Commission on Status of Women | ||
| 6-7 | United Nations: Charter | ||
| 8 | United Nations: Attacks On UNESCO | ||
| 9 | United Nations: Attacks On | ||
| 10 | US Government Loyalty Oaths | ||
| 11 | Pennsylvania Loyalty Oath, "Pechan Bill" | ||
| 12-16 | US Government Loyalty Security | ||
| WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES | |||
| 5 | 1-4 | World Council of Churches | |
| 5 | Cooperation of Men and Women | ||
| 6 | Amsterdam Meeting, 1948 | ||
| 7-8 | Evanston Assembly, 1954 | ||
| 9-10 | New Delhi Assembly, 1961 | ||
| 11 | Uppsala Assembly, 1968 | ||
| 12 | CCIA | ||
| 13 | CCIA Reports 1949-1966: (incomplete) | ||
| 14 | Conferences | ||
| CONFERENCE ON CHURCH AND SOCIETY | |||
| 5 | 15 | 1963 | |
| 16 | 1964 | ||
| 17 | 1965 | ||
| 18 | Meeting with Paul Abrecht, 1965 | ||
| 19 | Papers given by participants, 1966 | ||
| 20 | 1966 | ||
| WCC CONFERENCE ON CHURCH AND SOCIETY | |||
| 6 | 1 | 1965 | |
| 2 | Barron's article, January 9, 1967 | ||
| 3 | Papers by participants, 1966 | ||
| 4 | UPCUSA Task Force, 1964 | ||
| 5 | UPCUSA Task Force, 1965 | ||
| 6 | UPCUSA Task Force, 1966 | ||
| 7 | Orientation for UP delegates | ||
| 8 | Task Force, 1967 | ||
| 9 | WCC Development emphasis | ||
| 10 | Rapid Social Change | ||
| SEMINARS | |||
| 6 | 11-13 | General and Miscellaneous | |
| 14-15 | Information | ||
| 16-17 | Churchmen's Washington | ||
| 18 | February 24-27, 1953 | ||
| 19 | 1955 | ||
| 20-21 | 1956-57 | ||
| 22 | February 4-7, 1958 | ||
| 23 | February 27-March 2, 1962 | ||
| 7 | 1 | International Affairs | |
| 2 | May 1-2, 1962 | ||
| 3 | International Affairs | ||
| 4 | Nature of the Ministry | ||
| 5 | Rural, February 5-7, 1957 | ||
| 6 | Rural, February 4-7, 1958 | ||
| 7 | Rural, February 3-5, 1959 | ||
| 8 | Rural, 1960 | ||
| 9 | Rural, January 31- February 2, 1961 | ||
| 10 | Rural, February 6-8, 1962 | ||
| 11 | Rural, February 5-7, 1963 | ||
| 12 | Rural | ||
| 13 | Correspondence, 1955-1956 | ||
| 14 | Seminary, November 28, 1958 | ||
| 15 | Seminary, November 28, 1959 | ||
| 16 | Seminary, November 28, 1960 | ||
| 17 | Staff on UN, Feb 2-3, 1956 | ||
| 18 | UN Staff March 10-11, 1957 | ||
| 19 | Staff March 19-20, 1962 | ||
| 20-23 | Urban Affairs | ||
| 7 | 24 | October 24-26, 1960 | |
| 25 | March 6-9, 1961 | ||
| 26 | with AIP, November 25-30, 1961 | ||
| 27-28 | October 14-18, 1962 | ||
| 8 | 1-2 | 1963 | |
| 3 | with AIP, 1963 | ||
| 4 | UN Seminar for Editors of Church magazines for Children, May 3, 1961 | ||
| 5 | World Affairs, 1957 | ||
| 6 | World Affairs, 1958 | ||
| 7 | World Affairs, April 27-30, 1959 | ||
| 8 | World Affairs, February 23-26, 1960 | ||
| 9 | World Affairs, March 21-24, 1960 | ||
| 10 | World Affairs, September 11-13, 1962 | ||
| 11 | Other (NY Office) | ||
| NEW YORK OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | |||
| 8 | 12 | Plan for International Affairs Office | |
| 13-14 | Office correspondence, memos, papers | ||
| 15 | NY Office of International Affairs | ||
| 16 | Correspondence, 1962-1963 | ||
| 17 | Reports, 1962-1964 | ||
| 18 | 1964-1966 | ||
| 19 | Program Committee | ||
| 20 | International Economic Assistance Study--NY Office, December 13-14, 1965 | ||
| 21 | Resource material--UN | ||
| 22 | Committee on Status of Women--Correspondence, Papers, 1967-1968 | ||
| 23 | Papers | ||
| 9 | 1 | Papers | |
| 2 | Race Survey, 1967-1968 | ||
| 3 | Race Survey, 1967 | ||
| 4 | Foreign Aid Survey | ||
| 5 | Tabulations | ||
| SPECIAL FIELD PROJECT | |||
| 9 | 6 | Special Field Project | |
| 7 | Field activities, 1958-1959 | ||
| 8 | 1958-1959 | ||
| 9 | 1959-1960 | ||
| 10 | 1960-1967 | ||
| 11 | General Correspondence on the project as a whole | ||
| 9 | 12 | Lebanon, TN, 1961-1962 | |
| 13 | Arthur J. Yunker | ||
| 14 | Funds to victims of reprisals | ||
| 15 | Atlanta Planning Conference, January 1960 | ||
| 16 | Planning Conferences | ||
| 17 | Tapes; Randall | ||
| 18 | President's Committee of Equal Employment Opportunity | ||
| 19 | Disciples of Christ Commission on Rapid Social Change | ||
| WCC COMMISSION ON US PARTICIPATION IN AREAS OF RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE | |||
| 9 | 20 | Paper: "Rapid Social Change in the USA" | |
| 21 | Progress Report, Final Report | ||
| 22 | Progress Report 1955-1958 | ||
| 23 | 1956 | ||
| 24 | 1957 | ||
| 25 | 1958 | ||
| 26 | 1958 | ||
| 27 | 1959 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 1960 | |
| 2 | Papers | ||
| 3 | WCC: Migration Conference papers, June 1961 | ||
| 4 | WCC Division of Studies Central Committee #3, July 1958 | ||
| 5 | Conference--Denmark, 1958 | ||
| 6 | Working papers | ||
| 7 | Conference--Thessalonika, 1959 | ||
| 8 | Correspondence with Hans Mol re: Churches and Immigrants | ||
| 9 | Consultation on Immigration Policy, 1961 | ||
| 10 | Consultation on Immigration Policy, 1960-1961 | ||
| 11-12 | U.S. Conference | ||
| 13 | Resource Papers | ||
| 14-16 | Papers and Documents | ||
| 17 | Rapid Social Change | ||
| 18 | WCC: Papers, News Releases 1956 | ||
| RACE ISSUES PILOT PROJECT | |||
| 10 | 19 | Correspondence, Papers, 1957-58 | |
| 20 | Project Correspondence, Papers, 1957-58 | ||
| 21 | Lauranburg, NC, 1957 | ||
| 22 | Charlotte, NC, 1957 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Raleigh, NC and Roanoke, VA | |
| 2 | Sit-ins | ||
| 3 | Conferences on Strategy | ||
| 4 | P.C. Conference on the Southeast | ||
| 5 | Race Issues | ||
| 6 | Civil Rights Consultation for Synod Executives, April 1964 | ||
| 7 | De Facto School Segregation Consultation, 1964 | ||
| 8 | Consultation on Racism, 1965 | ||
| 9 | Race Issues | ||
| 10 | Peace and War and the Church | ||
| 11 | Peace and War and the Church | ||
| 12 | Peace and War and the Church | ||
| 13 | Peace and War and the Church | ||
| 14 | Northern Cities Strategy Committee | ||
| 15-16 | Crime--Gambling | ||
| 17 | Crime--Prisons | ||
| 18 | Crime--Offenses | ||
| 19 | Crime--In Ho Oh case, 1958-60 | ||
| 20 | Disarmament | ||
| 21 | Reconsiderations | ||
| 22 | Curriculum Servicing, 1966-68 | ||
| 23 | Curriculum | ||
| 12 | 1 | Opposition to McCarran--Walter Immigration Act | |
| 2 | U.S. Committee for Refugees | ||
| 3 | Immigration | ||
| 4 | Articles--Albert C. Saunders | ||
| 5 | Correspondence and articles--Albert C. Saunders Articles--Clifford Earle | ||
| 7 | Clifford Earle | ||
| 8 | Africa | ||
| 9 | Miscellaneous Papers | ||
| 10 | Agriculture | ||
| 11 | Articles--Ralph Clark Chandler | ||
| 12 | Human Rights | ||
| 13 | Human Relations | ||
| 14 | Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations newsletter 1954-1965 (incomplete) | ||
| 15 | Diaconate | ||
| 16-17 | Housing COOP | ||
| 18 | Report of Mary Holmes Junior College | ||
| 19 | Social Security, Aging, Medicare | ||
| 20 | Labor and the Church | ||
| 21 | Economics--Depressed Areas | ||
| 22 | Economics and the Church | ||
| 23 | Asia, Japan, Korea |