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Guide to the Church Council of Greater Seattle Records
1913-2003



 
Manuscript Collection No.:1358
Creator:Church Council of Greater Seattle, creator
Title:Church Council of Greater Seattle records
Date Span:1913-2003
Quantity: 120 cubic feet (99 cartons, 5 boxes, 1 roll)
Languages:Collection materials are in English.

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.



Historical Note

The Seattle Federation of Churches was founded in 1919, at a time when such ecumenical councils were being organized across the country and world wide. The constitution of the new federation stated as its purpose "to promote the welfare, comity and cooperation of the churches and to foster religious movements and Community betterment."

In 1928 two state-wide ecumenical organizations, the Inland Empire Council of Christian Education and the Western Washington Council of Religious Education merged and became known as the Washington-Northern Idaho Council of Christian Education. The Rev. Gertrude Apel was elected general secretary in 1929 and served until 1958. The Rev. Apel also served as secretary to the Seattle Federation of Churches, which functioned as a local branch. During these years there occurred mergers and consolidations of many state and local ecumenical programs, and an eventual blurring of the separation between the programs of the regional council and the Seattle federation.

From the beginning the church council supported local churches in such pastoral endeavors as Christian education and chaplaincy programs. Community involvement addressed a wide range of issues, from personal morals and civic betterment to international issues of justice, peace, and disarmament.

World War II brought with it several areas in the community where the Council saw a mission. Two major programs were the Armed Forces Ministry Service center, housed at the YMCA, which offered a "home away from home" for servicemen stationed in the Seattle area, and various Japanese-American support programs.

By 1957 confusion over the roles of the regional and local councils, and a high budget deficit prompted a self study. In 1959, following the recommendations of a study by the National Council of Churches (the Sanderson Field Survey Report), the existing organization was formally separated into two councils. Gertrude Apel resigned her position during this time (July 1958).

The two new councils were the Greater Seattle Council of Churches, headed by the Rev. Lemuel Petersen, and the Washington-Northern Idaho Council of Churches, headed by the Rev. Ralph Turnindge. The mission of the new Seattle council was to provide churches with an instrument for cooperative ministry to the larger community; it also provided leadership training and other services to local congregations.

A major effort for the new Seattle council was participation in the Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) in the summer of 1962. Involvement included financing and administration for the "Christian Witness in Century 21" pavilion and a children's pavilion, which offered activities and childcare.

The 1960s also brought continued involvement in the socio-political areas of race relations, civil rights, and human service. In 1968 a Task Force for Redesign was appointed to recommend an administrative structure that could more efficiently "meet new and pressing urban problems." It was felt that the ability to address the problems of a rapidly growing urban community was hampered by the tradition-bound philosophy and departmental structure of the existing council.

In May 1969 the Greater Seattle Council of Churches celebrated 50 years of work in the community. At the close of the year, the organization was formally dissolved and replaced with the new Church Council of Greater Seattle. The new council was structured to be more flexible, with a short-term, task-focused orientation that was designed to review priorities, plan strategies, and mobilize resources to address the rapidly changing needs of the community. The emphasis shifted from aid to individual churches toward providing a forum for a concerted effort to combat major social problems.

Apart from the task forces of the council, which were designed to be flexible and changing, a subsidiary "Church Services Agency" was established to maintain such ongoing pastoral care programs as the Friend to Friend Nursing Home Visitation Program, the Chore Services Volunteer Program, and Hospital Chaplaincy and Youth Service Center Programs.

The Rev. William B. Cate became the president-director of the new organization and served until his retirement in 1990. The new council was immediately faced with a major challenge. Severe Boeing Aircraft Company layoffs threw the Seattle economy into a depression and left thousands of people hungry. The Neighbors in Need food bank program was developed by Seattle churches as a response to the crisis. The success of this program led to its replication in other communities.

In 1971 the council identified the promotion of peace as its second highest priority and experimented with a coalition task force made up of community peace organizations. The Seattle Ecumenical Religious Peace Action Coalition (SERPAC) was created as a vehicle to explore ways of continuing the momentum of Vietnam war protests. The coalition model proved very successful and SERPAC became the official peace task force of the council.

Arrangement

Arranged in 11 accessions:

Scope and Content

Records document the Church Council of Greater Seattle from its founding in 1919 through 2003. Included are records of some organizations that existed separately for a time and then merged with the Seattle or Washington-Northern Idaho councils. Also included are records of the state, regional, and national councils or other councils with which the Seattle council had close ties. Records include correspondence, minutes, speeches and writings, reports, statements, financial records, newsletters, news releases, scrapbooks, and ephemera.

Persons represented in the records include Gertrude L. Apel, William B. Cate, Lemuel Petersen, Roy Bergen Guild, Jessie Kinnear Kenton, Raymond G. Hunthausen, and David C. Bloom. Additional organizations reflected significantly in the records include the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, the American Friends Service Committee, Neighbors in Need (Seattle), the Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches and Christian Education, the Washington Association of Churches (Seattle), the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and the 1982 Target Seattle conference.

Restrictions on Access

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Preferred Citation

[Title of item], [date of item if known], [box/folder number], Church Council of Greater Seattle records, [Accession No.], University of Washington Libraries.

Processing Info

The collection is partially processed.


Inventory

 
Accession No. 1358-007
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1913-1992
50 cubic feet, including textual materials, photographs, and 1 sound cassette (49 cartons, 5 flat boxes, 1 roll)
Arrangement
Arranged in 8 series:
  • Organizational Records (Early Period), 1915-1969
  • Council-Related Organizations (Early Period), 1919-1969
  • External Organizations (Early Period), 1913-1969
  • Organizational Records (Later Period), 1970-1992
  • Council-Related Organizations and Individuals (Later Period), 1966-1990
  • Council Task Forces, Programs, Committees (Later Period), 1970-1992
  • External Organizations (Later Period), 1963-1989
  • Other Councils, 1928-1990
Scope and Content
Records document the Church Council of Greater Seattle before and after its major reorganization in 1969. This accession includes the earliest records of the council. Records include correspondence, minutes, speeches and writings, reports, statements, financial records, newsletters, news releases, film, scrapbooks, and ephemera.
Acquisition Info
Source: Seattle Council of Churches, 5/26/1970, 6/30/1983, 6/20/1990, 7/10/1991, 9/10/1992; William B. Cate, 1/2/1991, 5/26/1970.
Processing Info
Processed in 1993.
Box/Folder Date
Organizational Records (Early Period)1915-1969
1/1Organizational Information1957-1969, undated
1/2Constitutions--Council of Churches, Seattle1934-1969, undated
1/3Constitutions--Others1968
1/4Incoming Letters1935-1969, undated
1/5Outgoing Letters1919-1969, undated
1/6Outgoing Letters--Memos to Ministers1959-1964
1/7Interdepartmental Correspondence1919-1969, undated
1/8General Correspondence of Roy B. Guild1916-1939
Notebooks
Scope and Content: A large portion of the council records are in these notebooks. This organizational scheme was developed by the council and was retained during the processing of the collection. The notebooks contain minutes, financial records, statements, resolutions, and news releases.
1/9-221923-19451923-1945
2/1-131946-19541946-1954
3/1-4/121955-19691955-1969
4/13Minutes1943-1944, undated
4/14-15Speeches and Writings1964-1969, undated
Reports
4/16Sanderson Field Survey Report1959
4/17Miscellaneous1934-1967
5/1-2Reports of Others1948-1967
5/3Statistical Study1962
5/4Annual Meetings and Annual Reports1920-1968
5/5Statements1943-1969, undated
5/6 Statements of Others1949-1964, undated
5/7 Resolutions1941-1969
Financial Records
5/8Financial Reports1958-1963
5/9-10Ledgers1915-1917, 1920-1923
5/11Finance Campaign1936-1960
5/12-14Individual Gifts Campaigns1959-1969, undated
5/15Corporate Gifts Campaigns1959-1960
5/16-19Miscellaneous1920-1969, undated
6/1-3Case File--University of Washington "Bible As Literature" Case1966-1968, undated
6/4-6/35Refugee Files1954-1962, undated
Directories
7/1-7"Churches and Ministers of the Greater Seattle Area"1935-1969
7/8Miscellaneous1957-1959, undated
7/9-10Directory Data1964-1968, undated
Newsletters
7/11Seattle Council of Churches Bulletin1951-1952
7/12Newsletter--Greater Seattle Council of Churches1959-1964
7/13The Council in Action1967-1969
7/14Newsletters of Others1935-1969
7/15News Releases1941-1962
7/16News Releases of Others1968-1969
7/17Brochures1955-1964, undated
7/18Brochures of Others1959-1961, undated
7/19Publications1940-1960, undated
7/20-22Religious Tracts1961-1962, undated
7/23Pledging Materialsundated
8/1Vitae1964, undated
8/2Plaque1951
Scrapbooks
Box
48Council of Churches, Seattle    OVERSIZE1943-1955, undated
47Christian Youth Council    OVERSIZE1931-1936, undated
47Regarding Gipsy Smith    OVERSIZE1940
Rosters and Lists
Box/Folder
8/3Church Council Officers and Board of Directors1935-1969
8/4-7Miscellaneous1931-1968, undated
8/8Notesundated
8/9-15Clippings1940-1969, undated
Box
49Clippings    OVERSIZEundated
Box/Folder
8/16Ephemera1942-1967, undated
Subject Files
9/150th Anniversary of Seattle Church Council1969
9/2Alaska Steamship Company1951-1959
9/3American Bible Society1961-1962
9/4Black Manifesto1969
9/5Burial for Indigent Protestants1960-1966, undated
9/6Building Plans1950, 1954
9/7Church Buildings1958-1969, undated
9/8Crosen (Carl E.) Memorial Chapel1954-1966, undated
9/9Easter Sunrise Service1969
9/10Evangelical United Brethen Church1948-1961, undated
9/11Friends of Youth1960, undated
9/12"Gathering of Peace for Christian Unity"1964-1965, undated
9/13Holy Week and Easter Services
9/14General Correspondence1937-1955
9/15Programs1939-1957
9/16-39Yearly Records1935-1957
10/1Publicity1956-1957, undated
10/2Lists--Service Speakers1927-1951
10/3-8Clippings
10/9Hospital Chaplaincies1965-1968, undated
10/10Lettering/John Ashmore1957, undated
10/11Office Supplies1964, undated
10/12Selma, Alabama, Civil Rights Drive1965, undated
10/13Separation Agreement between Seattle Council of Churches and Washington-Northern Idaho Council of Churches1959-1965, undated
10/14Sustaining Memberships1956-1965, undated
10/15Washington-Northern Idaho Council/Seattle-King County Council Joint Material1953-1964, undated
10/16Miscellany1964-1967, undated
Council-Related Organizations (Early Period) 1919-1969
Armed Forces Ministry
10/17Organizational Information1942, undated
General Correspondence
10/18Chester S. Ramsey1942-1945
10/19Miscellaneous1942-1944, undated
10/20Minutes1943-1944, undated
Writings
10/21Songsundated
10/22Poetryundated
10/23Miscellaneous1942-1944, undated
10/24Reports1943-1945, undated
Conferences and Conventions
10/25Inter-Racial Clinic1945
10/26First Inter-Church Conference (Seabeck)1943
10/27Third Inter-Church Conference (Seabeck)1945
10/28Miscellaneous1939, 1942
10/29Statement1942
10/30Resolutions1944
10/31Directories1943, undated
10/32Newsletters1942-1946, undated
Bulletins
10/33Army-Navy YMCA Bulletin1942-1945, undated
10/34Army-Navy YMCA Program Services Office Bulletin1943-1944
45"What's Doing in Seattle for Servicemen"1942-1945
10/35Miscellaneous1942-1945, undated
10/36News Releases1944
10/37-38Test Materialundated
10/39Brochures1942-1945, undated
10/40Lists1943-1944, undated
10/41Notesundated
10/42Clippings1944, undated
10/43Ephemera1944, undated
Subject Files
11/1Christian Commission for Camp and Defense Communities1943-1944, undated
11/2Civilian Public Services1944-1946, undated
11/3Council of Churches Service Center Buildingundated
11/4Daily Record--Council of Churches1944
11/5Financial Campaign--Seattle Council of Churches1943-1945, undated
11/6-9Hostess House1942-1946, undated
11/10Marriage Serviceundated
11/11Musical Record Notesundated
11/12Navy Relief Societyundated
11/13Pension Fund1942, undated
11/14Post-war Worldundated
11/15Rehabilitation of Returning Service Men1944-1945
11/16Seabeck1944, undated
11/17United Service Organizations Center Opening1943-1944, undated
11/18United Service Organizations Operational Policies1940-1943, undated
11/19Yanks Service Bureauundated
11/20Young Men's Christian Association--Deskundated
11/21Young Men's Christian Association--Hostesses' Instructionsundated
11/22Young Men's Christian Association, National Council, Army and Navy Department--Social Services and Welfare1941-1942, undated
11/23Miscellany
11/24United Service Organizations, Seattle Council1944-1945
11/25United Service Organization, Seattle Council, Operating Committee1943-1946, undated
Board of Directors
11/26General Correspondence1968-1969, undated
11/27Minutes1965-1969
11/28Miscellany1965-1969, undated
11/29Building Committee1951-1954, undated
Christian Witness in Century 21
11/30Organizational Information1961-1963, undated
11/31By-laws1960
11/32Incoming Letters1959-1965, undated
11/33Outgoing Letters1961-1965, undated
11/34Outgoing Letters--Mailings1959-1963
11/35Interdepartmental Correspondence1959-1964, undated
11/36Minutes1959-1962, undated
11/37Writings1960-1962, undated
Reports
11/38Daily Reports1962
11/39Miscellaneous1961-1962
11/40Proposals1961-1962
11/41-42Financial Records1961-1965, undated
12/1Newsletters1961-1962
12/2News Releases1961-1962, undated
12/3Fact Sheets1962
12/4Statistics1962
12/5Memorabilia1962, undated
Box
48Memorabilia    OVERSIZE1962
Box/Folder
12/6Brochures1962, undated
Box
48Publication    OVERSIZE1962
48Drawings    OVERSIZE1961, undated
48Film    OVERSIZEundated
Box/Folder
12/7Job Descriptions1961-1962
12/8Forms1960-1962
12/9-10Rosters and Lists1959-1962, undated
12/11Notes1959-1962, undated
12/12Clippings1960, 1962
12/13Ephemera1960-1963, undated
Subject Files
12/14Bible in Century 21 Week1962, undated
12/15Building--Architect and Contractor1961-1963, undated
12/16Children's Center1961-1962, undated
12/17Christian Witness Pavilion--Stained Glass1961-1962, undated
12/18"The Dynamics of Christian Witness in a World's Fair" (slide presentation)1961-1962
12/19Hospitality Testimonials (overseas)1962, undated
12/20Incorporation1961-1962
12/21Sacred Design Associates1961-1963, undated
12/22-23"Sound and Light" (film presentation)1961-1963, undated
12/24Staff1962
12/25Miscellany1961-1962, undated
12/26Church Planning and Strategy Department1951-1959, undated
12/27Civic and Public Affairs Committee1950-1956, undated
12/28Communications Division1964-1965, undated
12/29Communications Department1967, undated
13/1Directors of Christian Education Fellowship1956-1963, undated
Executive Committee
13/2Interdepartmental Correspondence1959
13/3Minutes1953-1969
13/4Lists1919-1957
13/5Miscellany1942-1963, undated
Finance Commission
13/6Interdepartmental Correspondence1959-1962, undated
13/7General Correspondence1958-1963
13/8Minutes1959-1961
13/9Comparative Financial Summaries1959-1961
13/10Budget1962
13/11Miscellany1953-1964
Finance and Personnel Department
13/12Interdepartmental Correspondence1967-1969, undated
13/13General Correspondence1967-1969, undated
13/14Minutes1967-1969
13/15Department Manual1966
13/16Balance Sheets/Cash Summaries1967-1969
13/17Income and Expense Reports1967-1969
13/18-20Miscellany1966-1969, undated
House of Delegates
13/21Organizational Information1961-1964, undated
13/22Interdepartmental Correspondence1964-1969, undated
13/23General Correspondence1965-1969
13/24Minutes1964-1969
13/25Speeches and Writings1967-1969, undated
13/26Reports1965-1966, undated
Meetings
13/27-28Annual1962-1969
13/29Spring1964-1969
13/30Fall1964-1969
13/31Statements1969, undated
13/32Resolutions1966-1969
13/33Financial Records1964-1967, undated
13/34News Releases1966, 1969
13/35Lists1964-1966, undated
13/36Clippings1968, undated
13/37Notes1965-1966, undated
13/38Ephemera1963-1967, undated
13/39Miscellany1964-1969, undated
14/1Nominating Committee1941-1969, undated
14/2-4Personnel Committee1957-1969, undated
Redesign of the Council Task Force
14/5Organizational Information1968-1969
14/6Outgoing Letters1966-1968, undated
14/7Interdepartmental Correspondence1968
14/8Minutes1968-1969
14/9 Writings1968
14/10Reports1967-1969
14/11Lists1968
14/12-13Interim Structure for Seattle Council of Churches1969
14/14Miscellany1968-1969
14/15Social Ministries Division1965, undated
14/16United Church Men's Committee1946-1957, undated
14/17United Church Overseas Relief Committee1948-1957, undated
Box
45United Church Overseas Relief Committee    OVERSIZE1946
External Organizations (Early Period)1913-1969
Inland Empire Council of Christian Education
General Correspondence
14/18County Officers1927
14/19Presidents1927
14/20Publishers1926-1927
14/21Secretaries1925-1927
14/22States1925-1927
14/23Treasurers1926-1927
14/24Miscellaneous1926-1927
14/25Minutes1923-1927
14/26Conferences and Conventions1925-1927
14/27Annual Meeting1926
14/28-31School Records1925-1929
14/32Newsletter1926
14/33Publication1927
14/34-35Listsundated
Subject Files
14/36Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP)undated
Box
47Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP)    OVERSIZE1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder
14/37County Institutes1927-1930
14/38County Organization1928
14/39Leadership Training1928
14/40Organized Classes1926-1927
14/41Sunday School Merger1928-1929
14/42Vatican Schools1925-1927
14/43Miscellanyundated
14/44Education Committee1926
14/45Executive Committee1927
Japanese American Relocation
Historical Note : The council maintained that internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry was an act of racial prejudice. There were three phases of activity resulting from this position. The first was to lobby against evacuation. The second was the organization and promotion of religious, social, and educational programs among evacuees, particularly in the assembly centers. The final phase provided assistance to Japanese Americans returning from internment camps, through the operation of a relocation hostel. There were three organizations that corresponded to the three types of activities undertaken by the council.
Processing Info: These records were filed together in the council office and have been kept together.
15/1-2General Correspondence1942-1947, undated
15/3Minutes1942-1945
15/4 Writings1943-1944, undated
15/5Reports1942-1944, undated
15/6Conference--Joint Conference on Future of Japanese Church Work, Resettlement, and Return1945
15/7Statements1943, undated
15/8Resolutions1942-1945
15/9Legislation1942-1943
15/10Newsletters1942-1945
15/11News Releases1941-1945, undated
15/12Publications1942, 1944
15/13Lists1941-1945, undated
15/14Clippings1942-1944, undated
Subject Files
15/15Administration of Japanese Work Committee1945
15/16Evacuee Service Council1945
15/17Japanese Character1942
15/18Japanese Christmas Projects1942-1944
15/19Japanese Permit Request1942
15/20Kitagawa, Joseph1945, undated
15/21Puyallup Center's Visitors Agreement Regulations for Religious Purposes1942
15/22Reception at Camp Harmony1942
15/23Returning Japanese of Seattle Area1945-1946, undated
15/24United Church Hostel1941-1945, undated
15/25War Relocation Authority Project Stories1942-1943
15/26Miscellany1942-1945, undated
15/27-28Council of Churches, Seattle, Emergency Committee on Aliens1941-1942, undated
15/29Council of Churches, Seattle, United Church Ministry to Returning Japanese1945
15/30-31Protestant Church Commission for Wartime Japanese Service, Western Area1942-1945, undated
15/32King County Sunday School Association1914-1923, undated
15/33Pacific Northwest Council on Theological Education1965-1969
Puget Sound Church Committee on Radio-Television
15/34By-lawsundated
15/35General Correspondence1960-1966, undated
15/36Minutes1965-1966
15/37Financial Records1966
15/38News Releases1966, undated
15/39Newsletters1966
15/40Brochures1966, undated
15/41Lists1965, undated
15/42Notesundated
15/43Clippings1963, 1966
15/44Ephemera1966, undated
Subject Files
15/45Broadcasters Survey1966
15/46"Tangled World"1966, undated
15/47Miscellanyundated
Seabeck
15/48General Correspondence1923-1928
15/49Speeches and Writingsundated
Conferences and Conventions
15/50-53Missionary Education Movement Conferences1916-1918
15/54-64Missionary Training Conferences1919-1928
15/65First Inter-church Conference 1943
15/66Second Inter-church Conference1944
15/67Miscellaneous1915-1925
15/68Financial Records1922-1923
16/1Newsletters1922-1928
16/2Brochures1914-1928
16/3Notesundated
16/4Clippings1921, 1924
16/5Ephemera1922-1924, undated
16/6-7Missionary Education Movement1915-1926, undated
16/8Seattle Fellowship Evangelism Mission1947-1948, undated
Box
46Seattle Fellowship Evangelism Mission    OVERSIZE1947-1948, undated
Box/Folder
16/9Seattle Ministerial Association1928-1937, undated
16/10Seattle Sunday School Superintendents Union1908-19
16/11-12Western Washington Sunday School Association1913-1923, undated
Organizational Records (Later Period)1970-1992
Historical Information
16/13Changing Values in Ecumenical Strategy in the Greater Seattle Area: 1919-1984, by Jessie Kinnear Kenton1985
Scope and Content: The author's thesis.
16/14Historical Handbook of the Church Council of Greater Seattle, by Jessie Kinnear Kenton1984
16/15-16Organizational Information1973-1991, undated
Box
50Organizational Information    OVERSIZEundated
Box/Folder
16/17Constitutions1971-1992
16/18Constitutions of Others1980-1987, undated
Incoming Letters
16/19American Civil Liberties Union, Washington1981-1989
16/20American Friends Service Committee1983-1988
16/21Catholics, Archdiocese of Seattle1984-1989
General Notes: see also: Subject File--United Way/Planned Parenthood
16/22El Centro de la Raza1983-1988
Hunthausen, Raymond
General Notes: see: Catholics, Archdiocese of Seattle; Subject Files--United Way/Planned Parenthood
16/23Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Community Relations Council1985-1989
16/24Lowry, Mike1982-1987
16/25Methodists, United Methodist Church1976-1989
16/26San Francisco Theological Seminary1978-1985
16/27United Church of Christ1978-1988
16/28United Church of Christ, Washington North Idaho Conference1983-1990, undated
16/29United Nations Association of the United States of America1983-1989
16/30-36Miscellaneous A-G1970-1990, undated
17/1-19Miscellaneous H-Z, Unidentified1970-1990, undated
17/20-19/5Outgoing Letters1970-1990
19/6-7Outgoing Letters--Mailings1970-1990, undated
Outgoing Letters
19/8Amnesty International1978
19/9Budget Issues and Welfare Work Programs1986
19/10-11Cate (William B.) Statements1988-1990
19/12Civil Rights1983
19/13Criminal Justice1983
19/14Downtown Land-Use Project1984
19/15Ecumenical Agencies1978-1980
19/16Ecumenical Religious Concerns1978-1979
19/17Lebanon1982
19/18Legislation1979-1981
19/19Pakistan1982-1983
19/20Proposition 1: Farmlands1978
19/21References1980-1990
19/22Todd Shipyards1981
19/23Outgoing Letters of Jessie Kinnear1970-1980
19/24-25Interdepartmental Correspondence1970-1990, undated
19/26Minutes1979-1989, undated
19/27Speeches and Writings of William B. Cate1982-1988, undated
19/28-32Speeches and Writings of Others1970-1989, undated
19/33Reports1971-1989
19/34-20/2Reports of Others1970-1990, undated
Conferences and Conventions
20/3"Filling the Gap"1982
20/4"Inflation in Seattle: A View from the Bottom Up"1980
20/5National Association of Ecumenical Staff (Williams Bay, Wisconsin)1984
20/6National Association of Ecumenical Staff (Northfield, Minnesota)1987
20/7-8United Methodist Church, Pacific Northwest Annual Conference1976-1990
20/9-10Washington State White House Conference on Families1980
20/11-12Miscellaneous1976-1990, undated
20/13-18Annual Meetings and Annual Reports1971-1989
20/19-25Fall Assemblies1970-1989, undated
21/1Statements1970-1989
21/2Statements of Others1976-1989, undated
21/3Resolutions1981-1988, undated
21/4Resolutions of Others1977-1989, undated
21/5Proposals1979-1989, undated
21/6Proposals of Others1981-1989, undated
21/7Proclamations1972-1987
Financial Records
21/8Cash Summaries/Financial Reports1972-1983
21/9-21Miscellaneous1970-1990, undated
21/22Agreements1974-1984
21/23Agreements of Others1982, undated
21/24Legislation1979-1988, undated
21/25Court Papers1988
Directories
21/26-22/2"Churches and Ministers of the Greater Seattle Area"1970-1984
22/3Miscellaneous1972-1988, undated
22/4Directory Data1977-1982, undated
22/5Task Force, Program, Committee Information1977-1989, undated
Newsletters
22/6-8Occasional News1970-1976
22/9-17The Source (formerly Occasional News)1976-1990
23/1-3Newsletters of Others1973-1990
23/4News Releases1978-1988, undated
23/5News Releases of Others1982-1989, undated
23/6Brochures1970-1990
23/7-9Brochures of Others1970-1990
Subject Files
23/1015th Anniversary Celebration of the Church Council1984
23/11Abortion1982, undated
23/12Academy for Educational Development1980, undated
23/13"Amerika" (television program)1986-1987
23/14Amnesty1972-1973
23/15Ann Frank in the World Exhibit1988
23/16Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith1985-1988, undated
23/17Barman Declaration Anniversary1984
23/18Beginning Family Ministry1983-1984, undated
23/19Bork, Robert1987
23/20Briggs, Tyrone1989, undated
23/21"But Some Say 'I Must Not Fight'" 1984
Scope and Content: Oral history on conscientious objection.
23/22Catholic Community Services1986, undated
23/23Chile1981-1989
23/24Chinook Learning Center (Whidbey Island)1982-1986, undated
23/25Christian-Muslim Relations1989, undated
23/26Christic Institute1987, undated
23/27Church Computer Users Network1987, undated
23/28Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon and Cults1981-1982
23/29Church World Service1972-1987
23/30Citizens for Justice (Steve Carey case)1983-1984
23/31Coalition Against Discrimination1970-1971
23/32Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution1987
23/33Common Ground1980-1983, undated
23/34Computer Networking1985-1986
23/35Cooperative Housing1986, undated
23/36Costigan, Giovanni1984, undated
23/37Crime and Delinquency1984
23/38Death Penalty1983-1988
23/39Disability Employmentundated
23/40Drug Education1971-1973, undated
24/1Economic Justice1988-1990, undated
24/2Ecumenical Assessment1984
24/3Espy, Edwin1989, undated
24/4Ethics in Volunteering1976
24/5Evangelicals for Social Action1982-1986
24/6Family Religious Value Education1978-1980
24/7Fundamentalists Anonymous1987-1988, undated
24/8Gray Panthers of Seattle1983-1988, undated
24/9Health Care Insurance1986
24/10HJR-7 1981, undated
Scope and Content: Proposed amendment to Washington State Constitution.
24/11Holocaust Remembrance1979-1983, undated
24/12Hunthausen, Raymond G.1987, undated
24/13Initiative 13 (regarding gay rights)1978
24/14Initiative 99 (regarding presidential preference primary)undated
24/15Initiative 109 (regarding abortion information)1989, undated
24/16Initiative 518 (regarding minimum wage)1988
24/17Initiative--"Children's Initiative"1988
24/18Initiatives--Miscellaneous1978-1984
24/19Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA)1983, undated
24/20Interfaith Network for Economic Justice1987-1988
24/21Interfaith Night at the Kingdome1980-1981
24/22Interfaith Peace and Justice1985, undated
24/23Interfaith Witness1984, undated
24/24Iran1978-1981, undated
24/25Japanese Redress1981-1984
24/26Jewish-Arab Relations1982, undated
24/27Jewish-Christian Dialogue1978-1985
24/28Jewish-Christian Relations1978
24/29Job Performance Evaluationundated
24/30Jobs, Peace and Freedom March1983
24/31Joyspell1977-1982, undated
24/32King (Martin Luther) Commission1985-1986
24/33Landmark Preservation1980-1981
24/34Law-of-the-Seaundated
24/35Lebanon1982
24/36Legs Against Arms1983, undated
24/37Literacy1985-1986, undated
24/38Lockheed Lockout1987
24/39"The Mediators"1986
24/40Middle East1983-1987, undated
24/41Mondragon West1988, undated
24/42National Conference of Christians and Jews1987
24/43National Crime Prevention Councilundated
24/44National Urban Fellows1982-1983
24/45New Quarters1973
24/46"Offbeat" Churches (unlisted in Church Inquiries directory)1978-1979, undated
24/47Office Spaceundated
24/48Operation Nightwatch1977-1978
24/49Peace Concerns--Trident1982
24/50Peace Education1983
24/51Phillipines1987-1989, undated
24/52Prayer in School1984
24/53President-Director Transition1990
24/54Puget Sound Conversion Project1980-1981
24/55Puget Sound Cooperative Federation1984, undated
24/56Puget Sound Work-Education Council1978
24/57-58Racism Questionnaire1982
24/59Recycling1982-1984
24/60-62Redlining1976-1977, undated
24/63-64Religion and Public Schools1974-1990
25/1Ruppert, Ray1983
25/2Seabeck Family1983-1984
25/3Seattle, University1989
25/4-5Seattle 2000 Commission1973
25/6Seattle Access Charge Hearingsundated
25/7Seattle Interreligious Task Force on Religious Freedom in the Soviet Union1984, undated
25/8Seattle Public Schools, Work Training Program1985
25/9 Senior Citizen Jobsundated
25/10Sharing Circle Project1983-1984, undated
25/11Slough, Fredrick1989
25/12South American Refugee Resettlement1979-1982
25/13Speaking Engagementsundated
25/14Stevens (J.P.) Boycott1978-1980
25/15Streetfair1985
25/16Target Seattle1982, undated
25/17Taxes1975-1982
25/18Teenage Pregnancy1983, undated
25/19Trust Accounts1976-1977
25/20United Nations Association of the United States of America1986-1989
25/21U.S. Internal Revenue Service (regarding Charles Meconis)1981
25/22U.S. Naval Task Force1984, undated
25/23United Way/Planned Parenthood1988
25/24Vernier, Harvey1990, undated
25/25Veterans Rehabilitationundated
25/26Visiting Soviet Christian Leaders1984-1985
25/27Wagesundated
25/28Washington Humanities Commission1981-1982, undated
25/29Washington, University1970, undated
25/30-32Washington State Centennial Religious History Project ("Roots and Branches")1986-1988
25/33Western Area Ecumenical Staff1986
25/34"Woza Albert" (play)1982-1983, undated
25/35-37Publications1975-1990, undated
25/38Invitations1973, undated
25/39Vitae1978-1985, undated
25/40Questionnaires1974-1986, undated
Lists
25/41Church Council Officers and Board of Directors1970-1990
25/42Miscellaneous
26/1-2Notes1980-1989, undated
26/3-5Clippings1970-1990
26/6-9Ephemera1970-1990
26/10-15Miscellany1970-1990
Council-Related Organizations and Individuals (Later Period)1966-1990
Board of Directors
26/16Interdepartmental Correspondence1970-1988, undated
26/17General Correspondence1973-1989, undated
26/18-28/2Minutes1970-1989
28/3Miscellany1970-1989, undated
Church Community Organizer for Criminal Justice Issues
Scope and Content: Records from Ray Malonson.
28/4Organizational Informationundated
28/5Interdepartmental Correspondence1975-1977
28/6General Correspondence1975-1977
Minutes
28/7Police/Community Relations Task Force1975-1976
28/8Synod Criminal Justice Task Force1977
28/9-10Speeches and Writings1970-1977, undated
28/11Reports1972-1976, undated
28/12Conferences and Conventions1975-1976
28/13Statements1975, undated
28/14Financial Records1975-1977
28/15Newsletters1974-1977
28/16Newspapers1976-1977
28/17Brochures1973-1975, undated
Subject Files
28/18American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, County Jail Project1973
28/19Catholics1971-1975, undated
28/20Church of the Brethen1975-1976, undated
28/21Firlands Correction Center1975-1976
28/22Funding Sources1976-1977
28/23Jail Christmas Project1976
28/24Jail Commission1974, undated
28/25Medina Foundation Proposal1972-1976, undated
28/26Morality of Punishment1971, undated
28/27National Council on Crime and Delinquency1974-1975, undated
28/28"The Punishment Should Fit the Crime" (article by Christopher T. Bailey)1975
28/29Sexual Offenders/Western State Hospital1974-1976
28/30Trident Submarine Base1973, 1975
28/31United Church of Christ, Racial Justice Commission1973-1976
28/32United Way Proposal1976-1977
28/33Washington State Chaplains Association1975-1977
28/34Washington State Council on Crime and Delinquency1975-1976, undated
28/35Weyerhaeuser Proposal1974-1975
28/36What in the World Is Going On, Chris Bailey?1977, undated
Scope and Content: Crash course on current trends in Washington's criminal justice system.
28/37Woman Offender Corrections1974-1976, undated
28/38Women's Jail Project1976-1977
28/39Youth Service Center Chaplaincy1975-1977, undated
28/40Lists1975-1976
28/41Notesundated
28/42Clippings1958-1977
28/43Ephemeraundated
28/44Miscellanyundated
28/45Criminal Justice Task Force1975-1977
28/46-49Church Services Agency1981-1987, undated
Executive Committee
29/1Interdepartmental Correspondence1978-1987, undated
29/2General Correspondence1970-1990, undated
29/3-27Minutes1970-1989
29/28-29Miscellany1978-1989, undated
Finance Committee
30/1Interdepartmental Correspondence1971-1989
30/2General Correspondence1979-1988, undated
30/3-8Minutes1971-1990
30/9Audit1977
30/10-15Miscellany1971-1988, undated
30/16-31/7Forum Foundation1972-1989, undated
Historical Note : The Forum Foundation was founded by Dick Spady (of Dick's Drive-In Restaurants).
General Notes: These materials are from Dick Spady.
House of Delegates
31/8General Correspondence1975-1981
31/9-13Mid-winter Meetings1983-1986, undated
31/14Lists1984-1987, undated
31/15Miscellany1972, undated
31/16Membership Committee1970-1988, undated
31/17-20Nominations Committee1979-1990, undated
31/21-25Personnel Committee1973-1990, undated
Planning Committee
31/26Interdepartmental Correspondence1973-1990, undated
31/27-28General Correspondence1973-1990, undated
32/1-5Minutes1970-1990
32/6-7Reports and Proposals1971-1989, undated
32/8-11Miscellany1970-1990, undated
32/12-15Public Relations Committee1981-1989, undated
Historical Note : Formerly Community Information Committee.
Source Advisory Board
32/16Organizational Information1981, undated
32/17Interdepartmental Correspondence1979-1986, undated
32/18General Correspondence1978-1988, undated
32/19Minutes1980-1990, undated
Writings
32/20President-Director1982-1988, undated
32/21Miscellaneous1982-1988, undated
32/22-23Financial Records1982-1990
32/24Production Projections1984-1990
Subject Series
32/25Audit1985
32/26Lierance (Kathy Johnson) Article/Men and Women in the Church1981, 1984
32/27We Still Have a Dream (Committee for Jobs, Peace, Freedom)1983-1984
32/28Women's Concerns1982-1983
32/29Women's Religious Convocation1985
32/30Miscellany1979-1989, undated
32/31Urban Ministry1982-1987, undated
32/32-33Cate, William B. Personal1970-1990, undated
33/1-9Kinnear, Jessie Personal1966-1983, undated
Council Task Forces, Programs, Committees (Later Period)1970-1992
Aging Task Force
33/10Organizational Informationundated
33/11Interdepartmental Correspondence1982
33/12General Correspondence1983
33/13Minutes1980-1988
33/14Financial Records1983-1988
33/15Publication1979
33/16Volunteer Payee/Guardian Program1983-1984, undated
33/17Miscellany1979-1986, undated
33/18-19American Foreign Policy Task Force1982-1984, undated
33/20Baldwin-Raburn Tragedy Task Force1984
Central American Task Force
33/21Organizational Informationundated
33/22Interdepartmental Correspondence1983, 1986
33/23General Correspondence1980-1990, undated
33/24Minutes1984-1989, undated
33/25Writings1976, undated
33/26Reports1983-1987, undated
33/27Proposalsundated
33/28Notes1984, undated
33/29Clippings1981-1987, undated
33/30Ephemera1985-1989, undated
33/31Central America Information Center1984, undated
33/32Miscellany1983-1986
33/33Church Counsel Program1973-1974
Church Racial Audit Committee
33/34Interdepartmental Correspondence1972-1973, undated
33/35General Correspondence1972-1973, undated
33/36Minutes1973
34/1Reports1973
Church Racial Audits
34/2African Methodist Episcopal Church1973, undated
34/3American Baptist Church1970-1973, undated
34/4Christian Churchundated
34/5Church Council of Greater Seattle1971-1973, undated
34/6Episcopal Church1971-1973, undated
34/7Lutheran Church in America1973
34/8Roman Catholic Church1973
34/9United Church of Christ1973, undated
34/10United Methodist Church1970-1973, undated
34/11United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.1973, undated
34/12Miscellany1973, undated
34/13Cluster Ministry Program1984, undated
34/14Downtown Emergency Services Center1982-1984, undated
34/15Drama Task Force ("Crossroad")1978-1985, undated
Ecology and Economics Task Force
34/16Interdepartmental Correspondence1976
34/17General Correspondence1974-1976, undated
34/18Minutes1974, 1978
34/19Writings1972-1979, undated
34/20Reports1978, undated
34/21Statements1973, undated
34/22Miscellany1971-1988, undated
34/23Ecology and Theology Task Force1986-1989, undated
34/24Ecumenical Volunteer Ministry Task Force1982-1983, undated
34/25-26El Salvador Task Force1980-1989, undated
34/27-28Emergency Feeding Program1976-1989, undated
Employment Project
34/29Organizational Information1979-1982, undated
34/30Interdepartmental Correspondence1979-1980
34/31-34General Correspondence1978-1983, undated
Minutes
34/35Oversight Board1979-1980
34/36Miscellaneous1979-1982
34/37Writings1979
34/38Reports1979-1980, undated
34/39Statementundated
35/1Proposals1979, undated
35/2-4Financial Records1979-1984, undated
35/5Agreementsundated
35/6News Releases1979
35/7Photographsundated
35/8Vitae and Resumesundated
35/9Questionnaires1980, undated
35/10Lists1979, undated
35/11Notes1979, undated
35/12Ephemera1979-1980, undated
Subject Files
35/13Allocations Committee1979-1980, undated
35/14Catholic Charities1979-1980, undated
35/15Central Area Program1979-1980, undated
35/16Community Organizations1978-1980, undated
35/17Model for Operations1979, undated
35/18Program Committee1979-1980, undated
35/19Promotion1979-1980, undated
35/20Southeast Component1979-1980, undated
35/21Together in Employment (TIE)1978-1979, undated
35/22Volunteer Counselor Training1980, undated
35/23West Seattle1979, undated
35/24Workshop1980, undated
35/25Work-Study--University of Washington1979
35/26Miscellany1979-1980, undated
Energy and Ecology Task Force
35/27Organizational Information1980-1983
35/28Interdepartmental Correspondence1977-1983
35/29General Correspondence1977-1983, undated
35/30Agenda1979-1980
35/31Writings1970-1980, undated
35/32Reportundated
35/33Statements1973
35/34Resolutions1975-1980
35/35Miscellany1973-1980, undated
35/36Ethiopian Hunger Committee1985
35/37Euthanasia Study Committee1989
35/38-41Family Life Task Force1978-1990, undated
35/42Farm Worker Support Task Force1988-1989
36/1Food For All Task Force1981-1985, undated
36/2Foreign Policy Task Force1983-1984
36/3Gospelarama1973
36/4Health Care Task Force1983-1984, undated
36/5Homelessness Project1988
36/6Home Owners' Insurance and Minority Groups Task Force1972, undated
36/7-8Hunger Task Force1975-1988, undated
36/9-10Impact Aid1982-1983, undated
36/11Irish Peace Day Task Force1975, undated
36/12Jewish-Christian Task Force1983-1990, undated
36/13-14Labor and Justice Task Force1970-1983, undated
Lesbians and Gay Men Task Force
36/15Organizational Information1978-1985, undated
36/16Interdepartmental Correspondence1976-1978, undated
36/17General Correspondence1976-1989, undated
36/18Minutes1977-1988, undated
36/19Speeches and Writings1972-1987, undated
36/20Reports1976, undated
36/21Statements1976-1986, undated
36/22Financial Records1978, undated
36/23News Releases1977-1978
36/24Brochures1975-1986, undated
36/25Publications1975-1986
36/26Questionnaires1978, undated
36/27Audiocassette--"Changing Times: the Church and Homosexuality," by Sister Margaret Farleyundated
36/28Lists1976-1978, undated
36/29Clippings1976-1988, undated
36/30Ephemera1983, undated
Subject Files
36/31Biblical Interpretations/Denominational Statements1977-1978, undated
36/32Gay Rights/State Law1977-1978
36/33Homosexuality/Initiative 131978-1980, undated
36/34Pray-in1978
36/35Position Against Initiative 131978, undated
36/36Royal (Raymond) Lawsuit1978-1980, undated
36/37Miscellany1977-1989, undated
36/38Mental Health Task Force1977-1989, undated
Native American Task Force
36/39Organizational Information1988
36/40By-laws1988-1989
36/41Interdepartmental Correspondence1986-1990
36/42-44General Correspondence1975-1990, undated
37/1Minutes1982-1989
37/2Writingsundated
37/3Reports1971-1989, undated
37/4Statements1970, 1988
37/5Resolutions1982-1992, undated
37/6Proposals1976-1989
37/7Newsletters1977-1990
37/8News Releases1981-1988
37/9Lesson Plan1981
37/10Listsundated
37/11Notesundated
37/12Clippings1988-1990, undated
37/13Ephemeraundated
37/14-15Miscellany1976-1989, undated
Neighbors in Need
37/16Interdepartmental Correspondence1975
37/17General Correspondence1971-1975, undated
37/18Minutes1971-1973, undated
37/19Writings1970-1973, undated
37/20Reports1970-1972, undated
37/21Financial Records1971-1975, undated
37/22Agreements1971, 1975
37/23News Releases1970
37/24Lists1970-1975, undated
37/25Clippings1970-1972, undated
37/26Miscellany1970-1975, undated
37/27New Community of Women and Men1983-1985
37/28-31Pastoral Care Committee (also Friend To Friend)1974-1989, undated
37/32-34Peace Task Force1973-1989, undated
37/35Police/Community Relations Task Force 1973-1983, undated
General Notes: see also: Church Community Organizer for Criminal Justice Issues
Promoting the Potential of the Handicapped Task Force
37/36Organizational Information1983
37/37Interdepartmental Correspondence1982-1984
37/38General Correspondence1982-1986
37/39Minutes1982-1984
37/40Financial Records1984-1987
37/41Lesson Plan1981
37/42Lists1982, undated
37/43Ephemera1982-1983, undated
37/44Miscellany1982-1985, undated
37/45Public Education Task Force1987-1990, undated
Racial Justice in Education Task Force
37/46Organizational Informationundated
37/47Interdepartmental Correspondence1976-1986, undated
38/1-2General Correspondence1976-1986, undated
38/3Minutes1975-1981
Speeches and Writings
38/4Without a Court Order: the Desegregation of Seattle's Schools, by Ann L. Siqueland1981
38/5Miscellaneous1975-1976, undated
38/6-7Reports1974-1986
38/8Statements1970-1983, undated
38/9Resolutions1977-1979
38/10Court Papers1977-1978
38/11Newsletters1976-1983, undated
38/12News Releases1977-1979, undated
38/13Brochures1980-1981, undated
38/14Lists1976-1978, undated
38/15Notesundated
38/16Clippings1977-1986
38/17Ephemera1981-1988, undated
Subject Series
38/18-19"Desegregation: What's Best for All of Our Children" Project1977-1980, undated
38/20Seattle Public Schools, Voluntary Racial Transfer Program1976
38/21Miscellany1975-1985, undated
38/22Racism Task Force1973-1986, undated
38/23Rainbow Jubilee Task Force1980-1984, undated
38/24Refugee Committee1982
38/25Religion and the Arts Task Force1981-1985, undated
38/26Religious Education Task Force1975
Seattle Religious Peace Action Coalition (SeRPAC/CALC)
38/27Interdepartmental Correspondence1981-1986
38/28General Correspondence1971-1987
38/29Minutes1982-1987
38/30Writing1970
38/31Statements1971-1986, undated
38/32Resolutions1979-1987, undated
38/33Ephemera1972-1987, undated
Subject Files
38/34"Our Ties with Asia" (educational program)1977
38/35"Quest for Peace" Project1982-1983
38/36Miscellany1972-1988, undated
38/37Single Adults Task Force1975-1978, undated
Southern Africa Task Force
38/38-39Incoming Letters1979-1989, undated
38/40-41Outgoing Letters1979-1989, undated
39/1Interdepartmental Correspondence1979-1989
39/2Minutes1979-1989, undated
39/3Speeches and Writings1979-1988
39/4Reports1979-1989, undated
39/5Conferences and Rallies1979-1988
39/6Resolutions and Petitions1977-1987
39/7Financial Records1986
39/8Newsletters1988-1989, undated
39/9News Releases1984-1988, undated
39/10Brochures and Pamphlets1977-1987, undated
39/11Notes1986-1987, undated
39/12Clippings1977-1988
39/13Ephemera1979-1988, undated
39/14Miscellany1981-1988, undated
39/15South American Refugee Program1979-1980
Tax Redirection Project
39/16Organizational Information1987, undated
39/17Interdepartmental Correspondence1987-1988, undated
39/18General Correspondence1987-1988, undated
39/19Minutes1987-1988
39/20Writings1978-1987, undated
39/21Newsletters1986
39/22News Releases1988
39/23Brochures1987, undated
39/24Lists1987, undated
39/25Notes1987, undated
39/26Clippings1987, undated
39/27Ephemera1987, undated
Subject Files
39/28Budget1988, undated
39/29Conscience and Military Tax Campaign1986-1988
39/30Funding Requests1987
39/31Seattle Catholic Diocese1987-1988
39/32Timeline1987-1988
39/33World Council of Churches1986-1988
39/34-35Urban Development Task Force1976-1990, undated
39/36Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program1985-1986
39/37Violence and Social Fragmentation Task Force1984
Women and Religion Task Force
39/38Interdepartmental Correspondence1973-1977, undated
39/39General Correspondence1974-1979
39/40Minutes1975-1979, undated
39/41Writings1971-1975, undated
39/42Statements1972-1978, undated
39/43Resolutions1975, 1979
39/44Proposalsundated
39/45Newsletters1975-1983
39/46Brochuresundated
39/47Lists1976-1979, undated
39/48Notesundated
39/49Ephemeraundated
Subject Files
39/50Womanspeakundated
39/51Women's Half-way House1982-1983, undated
39/52Miscellany1974-1978, undated
Youth Chaplaincy Program
39/53Organizational Information1987-1988, undated
39/54By-lawsundated
39/55Interdepartmental Correspondence1976-1989, undated
39/56General Correspondence1979-1989, undated
39/57-58Minutes1980-1990, undated
40/1Reports1980-1990, undated
40/2Statementsundated
40/3Proposals1973, undated
40/4Financial Records1982-1990, undated
40/5Newsletters1980-1987, undated
40/6News Release1982
40/7Job Descriptionsundated
40/8Lists1979-1989, undated
40/9Notesundated
40/10Clippingsundated
40/11Miscellany1982-1990, undated
40/12Miscellaneous Task Forces1973-1989, undated
External Organizations (Later Period)1963-1989
40/13Bellevue Ecumenical Social Concerns Committee1982-1984, undated
40/14-16Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Commission1977-1986, undated
40/17-18Christian Century Lecture Committee1981-1989, undated
40/19Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes1981-1986, undated
40/20The Dorian Group1981-1982, undated
40/21Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, Seattle-King County1983-1985, undated
40/22Holocaust Studies Project Steering Committee1982-1983, undated
40/23Market Cafe1981-1984, undated
40/24National Urban Fellows1979-1980, undated
40/25-28Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center1981-1989, undated
Seattle Rumor Center
40/29Organizational Information1969, undated
40/30By-lawsundated
40/31General Correspondence1963-1978, undated
40/32Minutes1968-1972
40/33Reports1970-1972
40/34Financial Records1968-1972, undated
40/35Agreements1971-1972
40/36Lists1969-1973, undated
40/37Clippings1969, undated
41/1Ephemeraundated
41/2Miscellany1968, undated
41/3Target Seattle1982-1983, undated
Washington State Convention Center Coalition
41/4Organizational Informationundated
General Correspondence
41/5State Legislature1983-1984
41/6Miscellaneous1983-1984, undated
41/7Speechesundated
41/8Testimonies1983-1985
41/9Position Papers1983-1984, undated
41/10Newsletters1983, undated
41/11News Releases1982-1985
41/12Flyers1984, undated
41/13Notesundated
Clippings
41/14State Legislature1983
41/15Miscellaneous1982-1983
Subject Files
41/16Allies--Community Groups1982-1983
41/17Allies--Unions1983
41/18American Legion Surveyundated
41/19Bonds1982-1983
41/20Candidate's Night1983
41/21Endorsement Formsundated
41/22-23Legal Issues1983-1985
41/24Noise Variance1985, undated
41/25Public Disclosure1983-1984
41/26-27Seattle City Council1983-1984
41/28Seattle Council, Urban Redevelopment Committee1984-1987
41/29Seattle Hearing Examiner1984-1985
41/30-32Sites1981-1983, undated
41/33Zoning Text Amendment1984
41/34Executive Committee1983-1985, undated
41/35Steering Committee1983-1985, undated
Other Councils1928-1990
42/1Council of Christian Education, King County1931-1935, undated
Council of Christian Education, Washington, Northern Idaho
42/2General Correspondence1931-1935
42/3Minutes1931-1934
42/4Financial Records1931-1934, undated
42/5Lists1934, undated
42/6Council of Christian Education, Western Washington1928-1929, undated
Council of Churches, Washington-Northern Idaho
42/7Organizational Information1950
42/8General Correspondence1941-1965, undated
Minutes
42/9Annual Business Sessions1938-1949
42/10Executive Committee1939-1949
42/11Miscellaneous1941-1965
Reports
42/12"A Comprehensive Plan for Providing Religious Institutions in Rural King County"1955
42/13"The Columbia Basin Project Area and its Churches"1950
"A Study of Washington Churches--the Baptists"1954
42/14Miscellaneous1951, 1965
42/15-18Annual and Biennial Meetings1943-1965
42/19Proposal1962
42/20Financial Records1956-1965
Newsletters
42/21-22Council Clarion1936-1956
42/23The Ecumenical Reporter1961-1966
42/24Bulletin1952
42/25News Releaseundated
42/26Brochure1962
42/27Program1931
42/28Questionnaire1969
42/29Plaqueundated
42/30Lists1936-1958
42/31Miscellany1931-1935, undated
42/32Religious Broadcasting Commission1967
Washington Association of Churches
42/33Organizational Informationundated
42/34Interdepartmental Correspondence1977-1990, undated
General Correspondence
42/35Council of Churches, Seattle1982-1990
42/36Miscellaneous1982-1990
42/37Minutes1986-1990
42/38Writings1989-1990
42/39Reports1983-1989, undated
43/1Statements1981-1990, undated
43/2Resolutions1977-1986
43/3Proposal1987
43/4Financial Records1987-1990
43/5Newsletters1985-1990
43/6News Release1982
43/7Lists1987-1989, undated
43/8Clippings1990
43/9Subject Series--Mount Baker Apartment Community Project1984, undated
43/10Miscellany1979-1990, undated
43/11Ecumenical Hunger Task Force, Lifestyle Committee1977, undated
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
43/12Organizational Information1961, undated
General Correspondence
43/13Council of Churches, Seattle1961-1988
43/14Miscellaneous1961-1989
43/15Minutes1960-1961
43/16Speeches and Writings1953-1961
Reports
43/17-18Biennial Reports1952, 1954
43/19Miscellaneous1960-1989
Conferences and Conventions
43/20Second General Assembly (Denver)1952
43/21-23Fifth General Assembly (San Francisco)1960
43/24Statements1961
43/25Resolutions1950-1989, undated
43/26Financial Records1961
43/27Newsletters1950-1989
43/28News Releases1986-1988
43/29Committee Information1960-1963
43/30Brochuresundated
43/31 Publications1960-1961
43/32Lists1960-1984, undated
43/33Clippings1961
43/34Ephemeraundated
43/35Miscellany1988-1990, undated
World Council of Churches
43/36Organizational Information1959, undated
43/37General Correspondence1984-1988
43/38Minutes1947
Conferences and Conventions
43/39Conference Mondiale de la Jeunesse Chretienne1939
43/40-44/2First Assembly of the World Council of Churches (Amsterdam)1948
44/3-11Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches (Evanston, Illinois)1954
44/12-13Sixth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (Vancouver)1983
44/14News Release1985
44/15Publications1952-1958, undated
Subject Files
44/16"Community of Women and Men in the Church" Study1979
44/17Study of Women's Concerns1983
44/18Miscellanyundated

 
Accession No. 1358-008
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1976-1991 (Bulk: 1982-1990)
10 cubic feet (10 boxes)
Scope and Content
Correspondence, ephemera, resolutions, testimony, publicity, minutes, clippings, and related papers of the various task forces of the council, circa 1976-1991 (bulk 1982-1990).
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 8/29/1994.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.
BoxDate
1-3Seattle Displacement Coalitioncirca 1983-1990
4-9Peace Task Forcecirca 1976-1990
10Native American Task Force1982-1990

 
Accession No. 1358-009
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1988-1992
1 cubic feet, including 2 videocassettes (1 box)
Scope and Content
Correspondence, agenda, and publicity concerning the council's Leningrad-Seattle Sister Churches Program.
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 10/9/1995.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.

 
Accession No. 1358-010
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1971-1995 (Bulk: 1980-1988)
23 cubic feet (23 boxes)
Scope and Content
Correspondence, subject files, minutes, clippings, ephemera, and other records, primarily of the council's various task forces, coalitions, and similar bodies with emphasis on social and political issues, circa 1974-1995, with the bulk of the material falling between 1979 and 1994. The collection includes organizational records of the church council with minutes of the board of directors (bulk dates of this material range between 1980 and 1988), and subject files, which include files about related organizations, 1971-1995.
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 2/9/1996.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.
BoxDate
1Board of Directors Minutes1980-1986
2Board of Directors Minutes1986-1988
2Organizational Records1985-1994
3Organizational Records1984-1986
3Events1979-1990
3Committees1990-1994
4-9Subject Files1981-1994
9Task Force to Abolish the Death Penalty1988-1994
9Task Force on Aging1981-1993
9Task Force on Bosnia1992-1994
9Task Force on Death with Dignity1989-1994
9Task Force on Ecology and Theology1985-1994
10Task Force on Family Life1979-1991
10Task Force on Farm Workers Support1986-1994
10Task Force on Foreign Policy1983-1989
10Task Force on Homelessness1990-1994
10Task Force on Jail Chaplaincy1983-1986
10-11Task Force on Jewish-Christian Dialogue1977-1995
11Task Force on Latin America1983-1994
11-12Task Force on Lesbians and Gay Men1976-1994
12Task Force on Mental Health1978-1994
12-13Task Force on Native Americans--Snoqualmie Falls1989-1995
14-16Task Force on Peace1982-1993
17Task Force on Public Education1983-1991
17Task Force on Single Adults1971
17Task Force on South Africa1979-1994
18Task Force on Women and Religion1974-1983
19-21The Sharehouse Project1990-1993
22Clergy and Laity Concerned1979-1986
22Other Organizations1990-1994
23Seattle Displacement Coalition 1981-1992

 
Accession No. 1358-011
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1983-1995
3 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Scope and Content
Primarily records of the Native American Task Force, including minutes, grant application files, subject files, donor lists, financial records, newsletters, and clippings.
Also contains a substantial group of records for the Snoqualmie Falls Preservation Project. Correspondence, minutes, government documents, petitions, lists, clippings, and ephemera document the project's effort to defeat Puget Sound Power and Light's plans to expand the utility's operations at the falls, 1991-1995.
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 10/24/1996.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.

 
Accession No. 1358-012
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1988-1992
5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Scope and Content
Correspondence, notes, subject series, and related files of two of the council's task forces, circa 1988-1992. Files in Boxes 1-5 document the Task Force on Housing and Homelessness; also in Box 5 are some files of the Development Task Force.
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 4/4/1997.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.

 
Accession No. 1358-013
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1977-1997 (Bulk: 1985-1996)
8 cubic feet (8 boxes)
Scope and Content
Subject series including notes, agenda, ephemera, and letters on such topics as rent control, homelessness, urban ministry, health issues, youth, and other urban social issues. The files were created by David C. Bloom, who coordinated the council's urban ministry program.
Acquisition Info
Source: Council of Churches of Greater Seattle, 5/21/1997.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.

 
Accession No. 1358-014
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1992-1995
3 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Scope and Content
Memoranda, minutes, notes, clippings, ephemera, and related materials apparently of the council's Task Force on Housing and Homelessness.
Acquisition Info
Source: Council of Churches of Greater Seattle, 7/1/1998.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.

 
Accession No. 1358-015
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1987-2000 (Bulk: 1991-1996)
5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Scope and Content
Minutes, correspondence, reports, and related records of the board of directors as well as numerous committees and task forces.
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 3/15/2001.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.
BoxDate
Board of Directors1991-1994
1Correspondence
1Resolutions
1Church Relations1978-1983
1Development1989-1993
2Executive Committee1990-1994
2Nominationsundated
2Human Resources1982-1994
3Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families undated
3Virtue - Parent Training Projectundated
4Task Force on Agingundated
4Latin American Task Forceundated
4Planning1987-1995
4 Other Task Forcesundated
5Planning Committee1987-1994

 
Accession No. 1358-016
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1970-2000 (Bulk: 1982-1998)
9 cubic feet (9 boxes)
Scope and Content
Subject series, including correspondence of task forces and other bodies of the council or in which the council participated. Includes documentation on aging, racial justice, youth, lesbians, and gay men.
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 11/14/2003.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.
BoxDate
1Task Force on Lesbians and Gay Men1986
1Commission on Racial Justicecirca 1994-1995
1Task Force on Southern Africa1995
1Working Zone Project1997-2000
1Seattle Youth Garden Works1996-1998
1After School Programs1991-1994
2Youth-At-Risk1991- circa 1997
2Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families1992- circa 1997
3Task Force on Children, Youth, and Familiescirca 1994-1998
3Farmworkers1997-1998
3Subject Filescirca 1994-1998
3Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families1992-1996
3University District Homeless Youth Project1996
4Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families1988-1996
4Americorp / EPRUS (Ecumenical Program for Urban Services)1996-1997
4Commission on Children, Youth, and Families Strategic Plan1997
4Religious Broadcasting Commission1970-1992
5Task Force on Agingcirca 1982-circa 1988
6Task Force on Agingcirca 1989-1998
6Racial Justice Coordinating Committee1993-1999
7Racial Justice Coordinating Committeecirca 1992-1999
8Commission on Racial Justicecirca 1996-2000
8Statements and Resolutions1978-1998
9Statements and Resolutions1979-1997
9Task Force and Committee Filescirca 1985-1997

 
Accession No. 1358-017
Church Council of Greater Seattle records, 1975-2003 (Bulk: 1988-2002)
3 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Scope and Content
Includes correspondence, agendas, minutes, reports, organizational information, financial records, committee files, speeches, clippings, newsletters, and other materials related to a number of task forces and other bodies of the Church Council of Greater Seattle or in which the council participated. Also includes correspondence, reports, minutes, programs, directories, publicity, and other materials created in planning the CCGS's annual meetings between 1975 and 1999.
Acquisition Info
Source: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 2/9/2004.

Subject Terms

Personal Names:
Apel, Gertrude L.
Bloom, David C.
Cate, William B.
Guild, Roy Bergen, 1872-1945.
Hunthausen, Raymond G.
Kenton, Jessie Kinnear, d 1917-
Petersen, Lemuel.
Organizations:
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.
American Friends Service Committee.
Church Council of Greater Seattle--Archives.
Greater Seattle Council of Churches, creator.
Greater Seattle Council of Churches--Archives.
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Neighbors in Need (Organization : Seattle, Wash.)
Seattle Council of Churches, creator.
Seattle Council of Churches and Christian Education, creator.
Seattle Council of Churches and Christian Education--Archives.
Seattle Council of Churches--Archives.
Seattle-King County Council of Churches and Christian Education, creator.
Seattle-King County Council of Churches and Christian Education--Archives.
Target Seattle (1982 : Seattle, Wash.)
Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches and Christian Education.
Washington Association of Churches (Seattle, Wash.)
Geographic Names:
Idaho--Religion--20th century.
Seattle (Wash.)--Race relations.
Seattle (Wash.)--Religion--20th century.
Seattle (Wash.)--Social conditions--20th century.
South Africa--Race relations--20th century.
Washington (State)--Religion--20th century.
Subjects:
Agricultural laborers--Washington (State)
Apartheid--South Africa--Religious aspects.
Capital punishment--Religious aspects.
Christian education--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Church and social problems--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with children--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with families--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with gays--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with Indians--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with military personnel--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with older people--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with prisoners of war--West (U.S.)
Church work with prisoners--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with the homeless--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with the working class--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Church work with youth--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Criminal justice, Administration of --Washington (State)--Seattle.
Ecumenical movement--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Faith-based human services--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Homelessness--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Human ecology--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Hunger--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Religion.
International relations--Religious aspects.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Local councils of churches--Idaho.
Local councils of churches--Washington (State)
Local councils of churches--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Mental health--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Pacifism--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Peace--Societies, etc.
Protestant churches--Washington (State)
Protestant churches--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Right to die--Religious aspects.
Segregation--Religious aspects.
Segregation--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Women and religion--Washington (State)--Seattle.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.
Genre Headings:
Audiocassettes.
brochures.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
conferences.
correspondence.
ephemera.
financial records.
Lists.
minutes.
Newsletters.
Notebooks.
notes.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Publications.
Questionnaires.
reports.
resolutions.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Videocassettes.
writings.