Washington Association of Churches records

Washington Association of Churches records, approximately 1920-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Washington Association of Churches

Title

Washington Association of Churches records

Dates

approximately 1920-1996 (inclusive)
1935-1996 (bulk)

Quantity

113 cubic feet

Collection Number

1567, 5426

Summary

Papers of an ecumenical church organization

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages

English

Sponsor

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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Washington Association of Churches is thought to have existed in some form since 1919. The name was originally the Washington-Northern Idaho Council of Christian Education, changing in 1935 to the Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches. The name was shortened to Washington-Northern Idaho Council of Churches in 1959. In 1968 the state council title was changed to Washington State Council of Churches; in 1975, it was renamed the Washington Association of Churches.

The Council of Churches of Washington and Northern Idaho was created by a group of Protestant churches as their agency for cooperative planning, Christian fellowship and united action. Its membership was composed of participating denominations in Washington and Northern Idaho and accredited local councils of churches. In 1966, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle joined the Greater Seattle Council of Churches.

The Council's work was divided into three major divisions: 1) Christian Education, including children's work, youth work, campus ministry, adult work and family life, and pastoral conferences 2) Christian Missions, including evangelism, church planning and strategy, town and country, migrant work, Church world service, faith and order, and 3) Christian Social Relationships, including legislation, church and economic life, social welfare and institutional ministry, international relations, religious liberty, racial and cultural relations. In addition to the divisions, three commissions, Budget and Finance, Public Relations, and Research were constituted to implement the program of the Council. The Departments of United Church Women and United Church Men were formed to "promote and interpret" the program. Each division, commission and department was responsible to the General Board of the Council. An Executive Committee was empowered to act for the Board between its meetings. The General Secretary was the foremost staff member and provided continuity to the Council. This position was held by Gertrude Apel from 1930 until 1958. She was succeeded by Ralph Turnidge, 1959-1964, and Clement Hahn, 1964-1966.

The Washington Association of Churches (WAC) continues to serve as an association of 10 Christian denominations and 11 ecumenical organization which work together on the task of ecumenism in Washington State. Since 1975, WAC has served as a focal point for dialogue, advocacy, action and reflection, facilitating meetings between member churches and forming partnerships with a diverse range of organizations and communities.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Organizational records documenting the ecumenical mission of the Washington Association of Churches and their efforts to establish and administer social programs. Includes correspondence, reports, bulletins, minutes, lists, legislation, subject series, committee records, financial records, conferences and conventions, clippings, programs, ephemera; 1920-1996 (bulk 1935-1996).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation or publication. Contact Special Collections for more details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in 3 accessions:

Accession No. 1567-001, Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches and Christian Education records, 1920-1969 (bulk 1940-1966)
Accession No. 1567-002, Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches and Christian Education records, 1922-1968 (bulk 1940-1968)
Accession No. 5426-001, Washington Association of Churches records, 1935-1996

Related Materials

Sea also the Church Council of Greater Seattle records, Collection No. 1358 in the Repository.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 1567-001: Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches and Christian Education records, circa 1920-1969 (bulk 1940-1966)Return to Top

12 cubic feet (12 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged in 3 series:

Administrative records
Subject series
Committees and groups

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, ephemera.

Until 1958 the Washington-Northern Idaho Council shared offices, staff and budget with the Seattle Council of Churches. Dr. Gertrude Apel served as Executive leader of both. In December 1958 the two councils divided their assets and liabilities and established separate budgets. The records in this accession are primarily those of the Washington-Northern Idaho Council but include records of the Seattle Council as well. No attempt has been made to separate the records of the two groups.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Council of Churches, Washington State, March 22, 1971.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Administrative records
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	1567-001	Historical records	undated
1/2-9	1567-001	Organizational records	undated
		Incoming letters
Box/Folder	Accession
1/10-15	1567-001	A-L, miscellaneous	1937-1966
1/16-18	1567-001	National Council of Churches of Christ	1951-1965
1/19	1567-001	M-N, miscellaneous	1943-1966
1/20	1567-001	Protestant Church, Central United	1949-1964
1/21	1567-001	Protestant Church, United	1944-1966
2/1-3	1567-001	O-V, miscellaneous	1943-1966
2/4	1567-001	Washington State	1937-1964
2/5-6	1567-001	W-Z, miscellaneous	1937-1966
Box/Folder	Accession
2/7-16	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1935-1966
2/17	1567-001	General correspondence - Council of Churches	1949-1965
2/18-20	1567-001	Memos	1937-1966
		Minutes
Box/Folder	Accession
2/21-3/5	1567-001	General	1936-1966
3/6	1567-001	Executive Meeting	1950
3/7	1567-001	State Regional Meeting	1952
3/8	1567-001	Triennial Meeting	1960
3/9	1567-001	Vancouver, B.C. Meeting	1956
3/10	1567-001	Other minutes	1922-1966
Box/Folder	Accession
3/11-12	1567-001	Financial records	1936-1963
3/13-4/2	1567-001	Reports	1942-1966
4/3	1567-001	Speeches and writings	undated
4/4	1567-001	News releases	1952-1965
4/5-7	1567-001	Newsletters and bulletins	undated
4/8-9	1567-001	Programs	undated
4/10	1567-001	Notes	undated
4/11-5/1	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
5/2-4	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
5/5-9	1567-001	Clippings	undated
5/10	1567-001	Photographs	undated
		Subject series
Box/Folder	Accession
5/11	1567-001	Campus Ministry	1964-1966
5/12	1567-001	Church Choir Workshop	1953
5/13-20	1567-001	Conferences and conventions	1946-1965
5/21	1567-001	Elk Plain Church	1949
5/22	1567-001	General assembly	1960
5/23	1567-001	Inner city	1960-1965
5/24	1567-001	Itineraries	1965
5/25	1567-001	Leadership education	1950
5/26-6/3	1567-001	Maps regarding churches	undated
6/4	1567-001	Miscellaneous churches - Constitution drafts	1949-1956
6/5-6	1567-001	Pastors' convocation	1950-1952
6/7	1567-001	Policy regarding projects	1956, 1966
6/8	1567-001	Post Evanston Team	1954
6/9	1567-001	Pullman	1951
6/10	1567-001	Radio, television. workshop	1959
6/11	1567-001	Recommendations and resolutions	1939-1965
6/12	1567-001	Religious education of children	1945
6/15	1567-001	Richland - United Protestant Church - Constitution drafts	1949-1960
6/14	1567-001	Skagit retreat	1964-1965
6/15	1567-001	South Park Methodist relocation	1958
6/16	1567-001	Spokane Weekday Church Schools	1940
6/17	1567-001	Town and Country convocation	1951
6/18	1567-001	United Church Hostel	1945
6/19	1567-001	Urban Ministry	1966
6/20	1567-001	Vacation Church schools	1953
6/21-23	1567-001	West coast directors' workshop	1953-1958
6/24	1567-001	Yakima Indian churches	1948-1965
		Committees and groups
Box/Folder	Accession
6/25	1567-001	Activities Commission--Minutes	1943-1944
Box/Folder	Accession
6/26	1567-001	Audio-Visual Committee--General correspondence, minutes, report, ephemera	1945, 1951-1958
		Budget and Finance Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
6/27	1567-001	Organization	undated
6/28	1567-001	Incoming letters	1949-1959
6/29	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1949-1964
6/30	1567-001	Minutes	1953-1966
6/31-32	1567-001	Reports	1956-1965
6/33	1567-001	Notes and miscellany	undated
		Bible Conference Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
6/34	1567-001	Incoming letters	1953-1958
6/35	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1952-1958
6/36	1567-001	Financial records	1952
6/37-38	1567-001	Reports	1952-1957
7/1	1567-001	News releases and newsletters	1951-1952
7/2	1567-001	Programs	1958
7/3-4	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
7/5	1567-001	Clippings	undated
7/6	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
		Church and Economic Life Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
7/7	1567-001	Incoming letters	1960-1963
7/8	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1960-1966
7/9	1567-001	Reports	1963-1966
7/10	1567-001	Ephemera and miscellany
		Church Planning Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
7/11	1567-001	General correspondence	1965-1966
7/12	1567-001	Minutes and reports	1965
		Church World Service Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
7/13	1567-001	Incoming letters	1955-1966
7/14	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1955, 1960-1966
7/15	1567-001	Interoffice correspondence; memos	1963-1964
7/16	1567-001	Minutes	1963-1966
7/17	1567-001	Reports	1965-1966
7/18	1567-001	News releases	1956-1957
7/19	1567-001	Newsletters	1960-1964
7/20	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
7/21	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
7/22	1567-001	Subject files - Resolutions, proposals	undated
		Columbia Basin Project Committee Biographical/Historical Note: The Columbia Basin Project and the subsequent growth of the area affected by this project presented a unique opportunity in cooperative church planning. In 1951, the Council undertook to survey the area in order to predict the number and size of new communities, the population increase of existing communities and project church needs for the next ten years. Guided by its study the Council assigned to certain denominations areas in which they would be responsible for coordinated and planned development. By substituting friendly cooperation for inter-church rivalry they hoped to match secular community building with "spiritual engineering."
Box/Folder	Accession
7/23	1567-001	Incoming letters	1946-1951
7/24	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1947-1951
7/26	1567-001	Reports	1936, 1946, 1950, 1960
7/27-28	1567-001	Reports (published)	1945
7/29	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
7/30	1567-001	Clippings	undated
7/31	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
7/32	1567-001	Maps	undated
		Columbia Basin Water Festival
Box/Folder	Accession
7/33	1567-001	General correspondence; minutes; miscellany	1952
7/34	1567-001	Clippings	1952
Box/Folder	Accession
7/35	1567-001	Council Structure Committee--Outgoing letters	1965
7/36	1567-001	Denominational Executive Advisory Committee - Minutes	1964
		Division of Christian Education
Box/Folder	Accession
7/37	1567-001	General correspondence	1957-1969
7/38	1567-001	Minutes; reports; ephemera	1962
		Division of Christian Missions
Box/Folder	Accession
7/39	1567-001	Incoming letters	1935-1965
7/40	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1957-1965
7/41	1567-001	Minutes	1958-1966
7/22	1567-001	Reports	circa 1958-1960
		Division of Christian Social Relations
Box/Folder	Accession
8/1	1567-001	Incoming letters	1960-1965
8/2	1567-001	Outgoing letters; memos	1960-1965
8/3	1567-001	Minutes	1959, 1966
8/4	1567-001	Reports	1960-1965
8/5-6	1567-001	Notes; ephemera; miscellany	undated
8/7	1567-001	Subject files - Policy; resolutions	circa 1964
		Evangelism Department
Box/Folder	Accession
8/8	1567-001	Organization	undated
8/9	1567-001	Incoming letters	1946-1965
8/10	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1943, 1946, 1960-1965
8/11	1567-001	Minutes	1959-1965
8/12	1567-001	Reports	1965
8/13	1567-001	Ephemera; miscellany	undated
		Faith and Order Planning Conference
Box/Folder	Accession
8/14	1567-001	Incoming letters	1963-1965
8/15	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1964-1966
8/16	1567-001	General correspondence	1965
8/17	1567-001	Minutes	circa 1965
8/18	1567-001	Financial records	circa 1965
8/19	1567-001	Reports; speeches and writings	circa 1965
8/20	1567-001	Notes; ephemera	undated
8/21	1567-001	Subject files - Registration	circa 1965
Box/Folder	Accession
8/22	1567-001	Federated Churches Committee--General correspondence; minutes; miscellany	1950, 1958-1959
8/23	1567-001	Historical Committee--General correspondence	1960
8/24	1567-001	Home and Marriage Committee--Organization; general correspondence; minutes; reports; ephemera	1936-1941
8/25	1567-001	Home Missions and Comity Committee--General correspondence; minutes; miscellany	1935
8/26	1567-001	International Justice and Goodwill Committee (State)--Organization; legal documents	1953
		International Relations Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
8/27	1567-001	Incoming letters	1962-1964
8/28	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1963-1965
8/29	1567-001	Minutes; reports; newsletters	1949, 1965
8/30	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
8/31	1567-001	Interpretation Committee--General correspondence; minutes	1964
		Laboratory School Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
8/32	1567-001	General correspondence	1941-1945, 1949
8/33	1567-001	Financial records; reports; news releases	1946-1949
8/34	1567-001	Ephemera; clippings	undated
8/35	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
		Legislative Committee Biographical/Historical Note: The Program Section on Legislation was part of the Division of Christian Social Relations. The function of this Program Section was to provide expression to the Christian concerns of its members and for "such legislation as will serve the needs of all the people". The Section formulated a set of "Legislative Principles" which represented the consensus of Council opinion on current social issues. The Council also held Legislative Conferences each biennium concurrent with sessions of the State Legislature, published a newsletter, ALERT, and sent a Legislative Representative to Olympia during sessions. By such means the Council sought to influence Legislation in areas such as tax reform, civil rights, liquor control, narcotics, gambling, Sunday laws, marriage laws, pornography, capital punishment, penal reform, migrants and child welfare.
Box/Folder	Accession
8/36	1567-001	Incoming letters	1937-1965
8/37-8	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1937, 1949, 1958-1966
8/39	1567-001	Interoffice correspondence	1962-1965
8/40	1567-001	Minutes	1958-1965
8/41-42	1567-001	Reports; news releases: programs	1956-1965
8/43	1567-001	Speeches and writings	undated
8/44	1567-001	Legal documents	1956-1962
8/45	1567-001	Notes	undated
9/1	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
9/2	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
		Migrant Affairs Committee Biographical/Historical Note: The Ministry to Migrants was a longtime concern and interest of the Council of Churches. Previously, the work had been carried on by the Council of Christian Education under the leadership of Gertrude Apel. In the early 1940s the Committee for Migrant and Resettlement Work functioned under the joint auspices of the Council and the North American Home Missions Council. The primary purpose of the Ministry was to provide for the spiritual needs of migrant laborers but it also undertook to meet their immediate material needs. A Council minister visited the labor camps to conduct services and bible classes and eventually a mobile chapel was purchased by the Council. The Migrant Committee maintained a summer staff which coordinated and encouraged the efforts of local communities to operate "Friendship Centers" and to supply food, clothing, bedding, adult classes, and day care for the migrant families.
Box/Folder	Accession
9/3	1567-001	Organization (by-laws)	undated
9/4	1567-001	Incoming letters	1941-1965
9/5	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1940-1966
9/6	1567-001	General correspondence	1940-1965
9/7	1567-001	Minutes	1940-1966
9/8	1567-001	Financial records	1941-1963
9/9	1567-001	Reports	1965-1966
9/10	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
		Subject files
Box/Folder	Accession
9/11	1567-001	Recommendations, resolutions	1959
9/12	1567-001	Special subcommittee	1963
Box/Folder	Accession
9/13	1567-001	Morals and Temperance Committee--Organization; outgoing letters; minutes	1944
9/14	1567-001	Nominating Commission--Organization; general correspondence; reports	1965
		Northern Idaho Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
9/15	1567-001	General correspondence	1954-1955
9/16	1567-001	Reports; ephemera	1955-1956
Box/Folder	Accession
9/17	1567-001	Pastoral Committee--Minutes; reports	1960-1961
		Personnel Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
9/18	1567-001	Organization	undated
9/19	1567-001	Incoming letters	1956-1959
9/20	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1956-1959
9/21	1567-001	Minutes	1957-1958, 1964-1965
9/23	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
		Planning and Strategy Committee Biographical/Historical Note: The Department of Church Planning and Strategy (later the Program Section on Church Planning and Strategy) was responsible for conducting research and consultation in the field of church extensions and adjustments in order that resources be wisely used, and "competition, duplication and overlapping of efforts" by churches and denominations be eliminated. Membership in the Planning and Strategy Department was composed of representatives of each constituent denomination. All actions and recommendations regarding assignment of responsibilities or allocations of territories of any given area to a church denomination or any agency were submitted to Planning and Strategy for final adoption. Before the Department could make any recommendations a survey of the field was authorized to discover the religious needs of the constituents. Surveys were also made on a city, county or region wide basis for the purpose of long range planning of church extension needs. Some of these surveys are also filed as Report in the main body of the records, as well as in this series.
Box/Folder	Accession
9/24-26	1567-001	Organization	undated
9/27-35	1567-001	Incoming letters	1935-1966
9/36-10/4	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1935-1966
10/5-7	1567-001	Intraoffice correspondence; memos	1943-1967
10/8-20	1567-001	Minutes	1935-1966
11/1	1567-001	Minutes (miscellaneous)	1946-1965
11/2-5	1567-001	Reports	1933-1967
11/6	1567-001	Notes	undated
11/7	1567-001	Ephemera; clippings	undated
11/8	1567-001	Miscellany	undated
		Subject files
Box/Folder	Accession
11/9-11	1567-001	Applications for allocation	1957-1960
11/12	1567-001	Applications for change of status	1955
11/13	1567-001	Applications for relocation	1956-1962
11/14	1567-001	Maps	undated
11/15	1567-001	Policy, recommendations	1945-1955
11/16	1567-001	Requests to establish parishes	1964
11/17	1567-001	Survey	1958
Box/Folder	Accession
11/18	1567-001	Public Relations Committee--General correspondence	circa 1965
		Puget Sound Radio and Television Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
11/19	1567-001	Organization	circa 1966
11/20	1567-001	General correspondence	1966
11/21	1567-001	Minutes; reports	1966-1967
11/22	1567-001	News releases; notes; ephemera	1966
		Religions Liberty Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
11/23	1567-001	General correspondence	1960-1965
11/24	1567-001	Minutes; reports	1964-1965
11/25	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
		Research Committee (State)
Box/Folder	Accession
11/26	1567-001	Organization	undated
11/27	1567-001	Incoming letters	1950-1961
11/28	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1945, 1955, 1960-1961
11/29	1567-001	Minutes	1955-1958
11/30012/6	1567-001	Reports	1920, 1930, 1940-1953, 1961-1962
12/7	1567-001	Forms	1960-1961
Box/Folder	Accession
12/8	1567-001	Returning Japanese Mission--General correspondence; reports Biographical/Historical Note: The Ministry to the Returning Japanese was primarily concerned with integrating Japanese Americans returning, in 1945, from relocation camps into established denominational churches in the city. The Ministry also maintained two hostels to provide temporary shelter.	1945
12/9	1567-001	Rural Church Commission--General correspondence; ephemera	1951, 1955
		Seabeck Christian Conference Committee Biographical/Historical Note: Seabeck was purchased in 1914 by Lawrence J. Colman and George Colman and administered in perpetual trust by representatives of the Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches, the YMCA and YWCA. It was maintained as a non sectarian camp in order to provide facilities in a pastoral setting for the use of religious groups and conferences. The Seabeck Committee of the Council planned the annual Inter-Church Conference at Seabeck, (Inter-Denominational after 1949) the first of which was held in 1943. The Conference brought together officers and members of Councils of Churches, church leaders, executives, ministers, laymen, laywomen and youth from all parts of the state for business, study, meditation, recreation, and the development of a "united Protestant strategy."
Box/Folder	Accession
12/10	1567-001	Organization	undated
12/11	1567-001	General correspondence	1948-1963
12/12	1567-001	Minutes	1947-1956
12/13	1567-001	Financial records	1948-1949
12/14	1567-001	Notes; miscellany	undated
12/15	1567-001	Ephemera	undated
		Social Welfare Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
12/16	1567-001	Incoming letters	1961-1963
12/17	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1962-1963
12/18	1567-001	Minutes; reports	1960-1963
12/19	1567-001	Ephemera; miscellany	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
12/20	1567-001	State Civic and Public Affairs Committee--Minutes; ephemera; clippings	1944
		State Institutions Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
12/21	1567-001	Incoming letters	1940-1951
12/22	1567-001	General correspondence; legal documents; ephemera; clippings	1945-1955
Box/Folder	Accession
12/23	1567-001	Studies Commission--General correspondence; minutes	1965
		Town and Country Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
12/24	1567-001	Organization	undated
12/25	1567-001	Incoming letters	1957-1962
12/26	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1957-1962
12/27	1567-001	Minutes	1956-1958
12/28	1567-001	Ephemera; miscellany	undated
		United Church Men, Managers Board
Box/Folder	Accession
12/29	1567-001	Organization	undated
12/30	1567-001	Incoming letters	1959-1964
12/31	1567-001	Outgoing letters	1960-1966
12/32	1567-001	Minutes; ephemera; miscellany	1960-1962
		United Church Ministry Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
12/33	1567-001	Organization	1949-1950
12/34	1567-001	General correspondence; minutes	1949-1950
12/35	1567-001	Reports	1949-1950
		United Church Overseas Relief Committee Biographical/Historical Note: A state committee was formed in 1946 to assume responsibility for promoting overseas relief work. Their activities consisted primarily of collecting clothing, raising funds, purchasing and shipping surplus food to war stricken countries.
Box/Folder	Accession
12/36	1567-001	General correspondence; minutes	1946
12/37	1567-001	Reports; miscellany	1946
Box/Folder	Accession
12/38	1567-001	United Church Women's Department--General correspondence; minutes; miscellany	1959-1962
12/39	1567-001	United Church Youth Movement Committee--Organization; general correspondence; miscellany	1963
12/40	1567-001	Youth Work Committee--General correspondence; minutes; reports	1958, 1962

Accession No. 1567-002: Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches and Christian Education records, 1922-1968 (bulk 1940-1968)Return to Top

26 cubic feet (26 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged in 3 series:

Administrative records
Subject series
Committees and groups

The arrangement of the Committees and Groups series reflects the three major divisions of the Council's work, various committees within those divisions, commissions, departments and special committees. The Council's filing system was kept as much as possible; therefore, records of one committee are often filed with another committee when the subject matter overlaps.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, bulletins, lists, legislation, subject series, financial records, conferences and conventions, programs, ephemera; 1922-1968 (bulk 1940-1968).

The final series, Pacific Northwest Council On Theological Education, consists of records of this Portland organization. Its relationship to the Council is not clear.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Council of Churches, April 25, 1974

Processing Info: This accession was partially processed in 1991 and sometime previously. The material in the Committees and Groups series has not been processed. The Executive Committee and General Board files contain similar and overlapping material and should be used together. For financial information, see both the financial records files in box 4 and the Financial (Fund Raising) Committee files in boxes 10 and 11.

Because the Washington-Northern Idaho Council of Churches shared offices, staff and budget with the Seattle Council of Churches until 1958, there may be some records of the Seattle Council in these.

Processing Info: Approximately 200 black and white photographs were relocated to the photography collection in the Special Collections Division. They include portraits of church groups and officials; many document the work of United Church Overseas Relief regarding relief supplies for Europe and Korea.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Administrative records
Box	Accession
1	1567-002	Historical features	1933, 1950, 1956, undated
1	1567-002	Organizational features	1945, 1949, 1967, undated
1	1567-002	Constitution and by-laws	1935, 1958-1962 1967, undated
1	1567-002	Outgoing letters	1945-1958
		Incoming letters
Box	Accession
1	1567-002	Bayne, Stephen F.	1958
1	1567-002	Fletcher, Helen L.	1956-1957
1	1567-002	Seattle Symphony	1950-1951
1	1567-002	Letters to Everett Jensen when selected as General Secretary	1961
1	1567-002	Regarding UCYM [United Christian Youth Ministry?]	1958-1961
1	1567-002	Miscellaneous A-Z	1946-1957, 1960
		General correspondence
Box	Accession
1	1567-002	Barnett, Arthur	1955-1957
1	1567-002	Blake, Eugene C.	1955-1957
1	1567-002	Brace, Steve C.	1957
1	1567-002	Central Labor Council, Seattle	1957
1	1567-002	Chamber of Commerce, Seattle	1951, 1957
1	1567-002	Regarding Champaign (Illinois) weekday church school case	1947-1948
1	1567-002	Regarding Church membership in Washington State	1966
1	1567-002	Church of the Brethren, General Brotherhood Board (Zunkel, Dr. Charles E.)	1949, 1956-1958, 1967
1	1567-002	Clinton, Gordon S.	1949-1958
1	1567-002	Connolly, Thomas A. (Archbishop of Seattle)	1952
1	1567-002	Regarding consultations with local councils	1960, 1966-1967
1	1567-002	Coon (Owen L.) Foundation	1947-1948
1	1567-002	CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program)	1952-1953
1	1567-002	Regarding denominations	1948-1949
1	1567-002	Regarding divisions of the Washington-Northern Idaho Council of Churches	1959
1	1567-002	Dulles, John Foster	1949-1950
1	1567-002	Foster and Kleiser Co. (advertising)	1947-1954
1	1567-002	Hubbard, Russell H.	1954-1957
1	1567-002	Regarding installation of Ralph Turnidge	1960
1	1567-002	Keister, E. E. (advertising)	1945-1947, undated
1	1567-002	King County Planning Commission	1946-1957
1	1567-002	Magnuson, Warren G.	1956, 1967
1	1567-002	National Council of Religious Features	1952
1	1567-002	Regarding new college [Evergreen State College]	1967
1	1567-002	Nominations	1963
1	1567-002	Regarding Public Relations	1944, 1949
1	1567-002	Seattle Public Appeals Board	1948-1951
1	1567-002	Regarding staff	1966-1967
1	1567-002	Regarding Standing Committees	1957-1961, undated
1	1567-002	Sunset Outdoor Advertising Co.	1942-1958
1	1567-002	Taft, Charles P.	1954, 1958
1	1567-002	Thompson, R. Franklin (College of Puget Sound President)	1950, 1953, 1957
1	1567-002	Tollefson, Thor C.	1949
1	1567-002	Turnidge, Ralph	1956-1957
1	1567-002	Regarding Turnidge, Ralph -- Ecumenical visits/speaking engagements with local councils	1962
1	1567-002	United Church Canvass (Pleasant, Earle B.)	1947-1952
1	1567-002	Washington Liquor Control Board	1947, 1957
1	1567-002	Washington, prison terms and Paroles Board	1951, 1953
1	1567-002	Yates, Riley and MacDonald	1954-1955
1-2	1567-002	Miscellaneous chronological	1923-1968
2	1567-002	Miscellaneous A-Z	1944-1967
Box	Accession
2	1567-002	Interdepartmental correspondence - Lowry, Frederick S.	1967
		Inter-organizational correspondence
Box	Accession
2	1567-002	Local councils Arrangement: Unsorted.	1947, 1959-1967
2	1567-002	Local councils -- appointments	1964, 1967
		National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
		Christian Education Division, General Christian Education Commission
Box	Accession
2	1567-002	Roberts, A. L.	1957
2	1567-002	Curriculum Development Department	1952-1954
2	1567-002	Religion and Public Education Department	1953-1954
		Christian Life and Work Division
Box	Accession
2	1567-002	Church and Economic Life Department (Hall, Cameron P.)	1956-1957
2	1567-002	International Justice and Goodwill Department (Lefever, Ernest W.)	1953-1954
Box	Accession
2	1567-002	Field Administration Director	1953-1958
2	1567-002	Ministry Department (Million, Elmer)	1957
2	1567-002	Stewardship and Benevolence Department (Regarding Every Member Canvass)	1957
2	1567-002	United Church Women General Department	1954-1955
Box	Accession
2	1567-002	Northern California -- Nevada Council of Churches (Book, Dr. Abbott)	1957-1958
		Council files Arrangement: Arranged by city, county or region in Washington State.
Box	Accession
2	1567-002	Council of Churches, Central Columbia Basin	1951-1960
2	1567-002	Council of Churches, Grand Coulee Dam area	1943, 1956, 1959
2-3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Greater Seattle	1959-1961
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Seattle	1930-1933
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Lewis County	1952-1955
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Olympia	1951, 1955-1956
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Spokane	1949-1956, 1967
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Tacoma -- Pierce County	1943, 1954-1960
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Tri-Cities	1967
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Vancouver	circa 1946-1956
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Wenatchee	1955, 1959-1960
3	1567-002	Council of Churches, Yakima	1946-1955
Box	Accession
3	1567-002	Membership	1932-1933, 1954-1961
3	1567-002	Speeches and writings	1937-1967
3	1567-002	Conferences and conventions Scope and Content: Includes Annual Meetings	1931-1967
4	1567-002	Financial records Scope and Content: Includes correspondence regarding finances	1958-1962
4	1567-002	Reports Scope and Content: Includes Annual Reports	1946-1967
4	1567-002	Maps	1943
4	1567-002	News releases	1958-1959, 1967
		Newsletters
Box	Accession
4	1567-002	The Ecumenical Reporter	1964-1966
4	1567-002	Reporter	1959-1960
4	1567-002	The Link	1967
Box	Accession
4	1567-002	Programs	1955, 1960
4	1567-002	Notes	1948, 1963, undated
4	1567-002	Ephemera	1922-1968
4	1567-002	Miscellany	1935, 1950, 1962-1963, undated
5	1567-002	Clippings	1946-1967
		Subject series
Box	Accession
5	1567-002	Academic freedom	1949, undated
5	1567-002	Advertising -- Washington newspapers and radio stations	1966, undated
5	1567-002	Alcohol -- sale and distribution on Sunday	1967
5	1567-002	Alcohol education	1945-1947
5	1567-002	Alcohol Studies -- summer session at Yale University	1938-1954
5	1567-002	Alcoholism	1946-1951
5	1567-002	American Bible Society	1954-1958, undated
5	1567-002	Armed forces, Ministry to	1942, 1946
5	1567-002	Ashrams	1945, 1948
5	1567-002	Atlantic Charter (poster)	undated
5	1567-002	Atomic bomb	1945
5	1567-002	Back-to-church movement	1941
5	1567-002	Baptists--People's Institutional Baptist Church (Seattle)	1945-1946, 1953
5	1567-002	Barosin art exhibit	1957
5	1567-002	Beaver Lake Resort	undated
5	1567-002	Bequests	1949, undated
5	1567-002	Bible study	circa 1961
5	1567-002	Bill of Human Rights Scope and Content: Submitted by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America to United Nations Human Rights Commission.	1947
5	1567-002	Bonsall, E. H., Reverend -- death of	1954
5	1567-002	Branstrator Truck Engineering Co. (Chapel Car)	1949-1957
5	1567-002	"Breakthru" (children's television program)	1962
5	1567-002	Brethren's Pension Board	1963-1964
5	1567-002	Camp regulations	1954
5	1567-002	Camp sites and conference grounds	1954-1957
5	1567-002	Camp sites and conference grounds -- survey	1961
5	1567-002	Camp rental survey	undated
5	1567-002	Cemeteries	1943, undated
5	1567-002	Census of church membership, Seattle -- King County	1949-1950
5	1567-002	Chavez, Cesar	1967
5	1567-002	Chinese exclusion laws -- petition to Congress to modify	undated
5	1567-002	Christian Children's Fund (National Council of Churches)	1957-1958
5	1567-002	Christian Science churches in Washington	1953-1954
5	1567-002	Church and state	1946-1947, 1952
5	1567-002	Church buildings	1949
5	1567-002	Churches and social welfare -- national conference	1954-1957
5	1567-002	Civil defense	1953-1961, undated
5	1567-002	Community churches, Pacific Northwest Fellowship of	1955-1957, undated
5	1567-002	Congregationalists-- Magnolia Congregational Community Church (Seattle)	1947-1949, 1956 undated
5	1567-002	Congregationalists--Westminster Congregational Church (Spokane)	circa 195-?-196-?
5	1567-002	Conscientious objectors	1940-1946
5	1567-002	Conscription	1945-1947
5	1567-002	Conscription -- Post War Resolution by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America	1944
5	1567-002	CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances Everywhere, Inc.)	1953-1954
5	1567-002	Council of Churches of Christ In the USA, World Literacy and Christian Literature Committee	1949-1953
5	1567-002	Denominational appointments	1955-1968
5	1567-002	Denominational materials	1961-1963
5	1567-002	Denominational membership (state)	1963, 1968
5	1567-002	Denominations	1962
5	1567-002	Ecumenical Letter	1959-1960
5	1567-002	Education	1965
5	1567-002	Elk Plain Community Church (Elk Plain, Washington)	1949-1950
5	1567-002	Episcopalians--Trinity Episcopal Church (Seattle)	1945, 1947
5	1567-002	Fauntleroy Community Church (Seattle)	1952-1957, undated
5	1567-002	First Christian Church (Seattle)	1956
5	1567-002	Flynn, John	1949-1950
5	1567-002	Forward Thrust	1967
6	1567-002	Girl Scouts -- God and Country Award	undated
6	1567-002	Goodman, Reverend Edward	1956
6	1567-002	Goslin, Dr. Martin L.	1954, 1957
6	1567-002	Group Health Cooperative	1948
6	1567-002	Harrison Hot Springs	1956
6	1567-002	Heifer Project	1967, undated
6	1567-002	Helfferich, Dr. Reginald H.	1957
6	1567-002	Holy Land	1967
6	1567-002	Housing -- segregation	1958-1960
6	1567-002	Housing -- segregation -- covenants	circa 1968?
6	1567-002	Housing -- segregation -- literature	1959-1960
6	1567-002	Human values in a society of advancing technology (project)	1966
6	1567-002	Hutchins, Charles (Bird Man)	1949, undated
6	1567-002	Ichihara, Kaoru (Seattle Council of Churches Secretary)	1944
6	1567-002	Interchurch Center plans	1962-1963
6	1567-002	Irwin, Dr. Donald	1957
6	1567-002	Issaquah Community Church (Issaquah, Washington)	1956
6	1567-002	Jaffarian, Reverend P. H. Scope and Content: Audiovisual materials.	1949-1950
6	1567-002	Japan International Christian University	1951-1960
6	1567-002	Japanese relocation -- general	1942-1946
6	1567-002	Japanese relocation -- Christmas gifts for Japanese children	1944
6	1567-002	Japanese relocation -- final record of United Christian Ministry to returning Japanese	1946
6	1567-002	Japanese relocation -- resolutions and related material	1944
6	1567-002	Japanese relocation -- survey of Nisei in Seattle	1945-1946
6	1567-002	Jensen, Reverend Harold V. (First Baptist Church, Seattle)	1953-1954
6	1567-002	Jensen, Everett J. -- installation as General Secretary	1967
6	1567-002	Langlie, Arthur B.	1952
6	1567-002	Legislation	1959-1963
6	1567-002	Libraries	1963, 1966-1967
6	1567-002	Lilje, Bishop Johannes	1959, undated
6	1567-002	Long, Judge William J. (Juvenile probation and parole)	1950
6	1567-002	Luncheons -- financial campaign kickoff	1949
6	1567-002	Lutherans	1966-1967
6	1567-002	Marshall Co. (Payette, Idaho) (church furniture)	1955
6	1567-002	Martin, William C. (Bishop)	1953, undated
6	1567-002	Meals for Millions Foundation	1952-1958
6	1567-002	Mental health (Washington, Institutions Department)	1967
6	1567-002	Methodists	1948-1949, 1967 undated
6	1567-002	Methodists--First Free Methodist Church (Seattle)	1944-1947, 1956
6	1567-002	Methodists--First Methodist Church (Seattle)	1949-1957
6	1567-002	Methodists--Grace Methodist Church	1944, 1955
6	1567-002	Metro	1958
6	1567-002	Ministers file	1953
6	1567-002	Mitchell, Hugh B.	circa 1955
6	1567-002	Mobile chapel tour	1952
6	1567-002	National Federation of Constitutional Liberties	1945
6	1567-002	National Safety Campaign	1967
Box	Accession
6	1567-002	Native Americans	1960, 1964, undated
6	1567-002	Native Americans -- land use	1957
6	1567-002	New affiliations and councils	1959-1961
6	1567-002	Office move	1964-1965
6	1567-002	Operation Abolition	1960-1961
6	1567-002	Organs -- Allen Organs advertising	circa 1955
6	1567-002	Peace and Vietnam War	1967-1968
6	1567-002	Pickus, Robert -- luncheon	1963
6	1567-002	Powell, Adam Clayton	1967
6	1567-002	Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Washington Synod	1947, 1956-1957
6	1567-002	Presbyterians -- Christian education	1957
6	1567-002	Presbyterians -- Sunday school missions	1955, 1957
6	1567-002	Presbyterians--First United Presbyterian Church (Seattle)	1945
6	1567-002	Presbyterians-University Presbyterian Church (Seattle)	1949, 1962
6	1567-002	Project Equality	1965-1966
6	1567-002	Property values	1959
6	1567-002	Reference materials	circa 1967-1968
6	1567-002	Reformation -- 450th anniversary	1967
6	1567-002	Religious Emphasis Week (University of Washington)	1955
7	1567-002	Religious News Service	1955, 1958
7	1567-002	Reporter and other publications	1958-1960
7	1567-002	Rowe, Reverend Dewey	1953
7	1567-002	Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Spiridon (Seattle)	1952
7	1567-002	St. Andrew's House	1966-1967
7	1567-002	Seabury House	1951, undated
7	1567-002	Seattle -- city government	1954
7	1567-002	Seattle Public Library	1945
7	1567-002	Seattle Public Schools	1953-1954
7	1567-002	Shuman, Reverend George	1958
7	1567-002	Skagit County (Washington) -- religious situation	1960, 1967
7	1567-002	Ski resorts, Protestant services at	1966
7	1567-002	Swedenborg Church (Church of New Jerusalem)	1957-1958
7	1567-002	Tax exemption	1958
7	1567-002	Transit system -- advertising	1950-1958
7	1567-002	Travel -- Volunteer Travel Fund	1965
7	1567-002	Turnidge, Ralph -- installation as General Secretary	1960
7	1567-002	UNICEF	1967
7	1567-002	United Protestant Church (Richland, Washington), Trinity United Protestant Church (Starbuck, Washington) and United Protestant Church (Mesa, Washington)	1950-1958
7	1567-002	Universal Military Training	1947
7	1567-002	Washelli Easter Sunrise Service	1957-1958
7	1567-002	Welfare	1967
7	1567-002	Wesley Gardens	circa 1955
7	1567-002	Wilson, Harry E.	1955-1956
7	1567-002	World Calendar	1944, undated
7	1567-002	World Council of Churches -- press releases	1967
7	1567-002	World Literacy and Christian Literature Committee ("Lit-Lit")	1967, undated
7	1567-002	World Neighbors and related materials	1953
7	1567-002	YWCA, Seattle -- rededication	1954
		Committees and groups
Box	Accession
7	1567-002	Associated Council Secretaries Committee	1958-1966
7	1567-002	Bible Committee	1954-1957
7	1567-002	Bishop's Commission For Ecumenical Affairs	1961, 1966
7-8	1567-002	Christian Education Division	1944-1967
7-8	1567-002	Campus Ministry	1960-1968
8	1567-002	Christian Witness in Century 21	1960-1963
8	1567-002	Church World Service	1958-1967
		Conferences and conventions
Box	Accession
8	1567-002	The Church and the Aging Workshop	1966-1967
8	1567-002	Church Building and Architecture	1960
8	1567-002	Church and Minority Peoples	1943-1944
8	1567-002	Communications Seminar	1964-1965
8	1567-002	Extremist Conference	1965-1966
9	1567-002	Faith and Order Conference	1960-1963
9	1567-002	International Missions Conference	1960-1961
9	1567-002	International Sunday School Convention	1955
9	1567-002	Kawaga Seminar	1936, 1941
9	1567-002	Legislative Conference	1956-1967
9	1567-002	Minority Peoples Conference	1944
9	1567-002	Northwest Christian Missions Conference	1967
9	1567-002	Pastoral Conference	1961-1964
9	1567-002	Planning Conference	1962-1963
9	1567-002	Post Madras Conference	1939
9	1567-002	Seabeck Ecumenical Conference	1958-1967
9	1567-002	Urbanization Conference	1967
9	1567-002	Youth Conferences	1947-1955
Box	Accession
9-10	1567-002	Alcohol Problems Association	1960-1963
10	1567-002	Christian Social Relations Division	1965-1967
10	1567-002	Christian Unity, Division Of	1967
10	1567-002	Constitutional Revision Committee	1958, 1967
10	1567-002	Denominational Executives Committee	1966-1967
10	1567-002	Division By Laws Committee	1958
10	1567-002	Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry	1967
10	1567-002	Executive Committee	1919-1967
10-11	1567-002	Financial (Fund Raising) Committee	1930-1935, 1946-1968
11	1567-002	General Board	1933-1943, 1950-1962
11	1567-002	Inter-Faith Advisory Committee	1958-1959
11	1567-002	Interim Administration Committee	1958
11	1567-002	International Relations Program Section	1959-1961, 1966-1967
11	1567-002	Joint Committee	1922-1928, 1962-1964
11	1567-002	Lutheran Pacific Northwest Synod Executive Board	1966-1968
11	1567-002	Missions Division	1957-1959
11	1567-002	Missions In The '70's Committee	1967
12	1567-002	Personnel Commission	1963-1967
12	1567-002	Church Planning and Strategy Program Section	1945, 1952, 1955-1967
12	1567-002	Presbyterians--Presbytery of Seattle	1966
12	1567-002	Public Relations Committee	1961-1966
12	1567-002	Local Arrangements Committee (Civic Luncheon)	1959
12	1567-002	Racial and Cultural Relations Program Section	1960-1963, 1967
12	1567-002	Religious Emphasis Committee	1952
12	1567-002	Religious Liberty Committee	1960-1966
12	1567-002	Research Commission	1960-1961
12	1567-002	Social Welfare and Institutional Ministry	1958-1961, 1966
12	1567-002	Temperance Committee	1937-1944
12	1567-002	Town and Country Program Section	1958-1962, 1968
13-14	1567-002	Evangelism Mission	1936-1943, 1947-1957
14-15	1567-002	Migrant Ministry	1955-1967
15-16	1567-002	Legislative Committee	1943-1958, 1966-1967
17	1567-002	United Church Men	1950-1967
17	1567-002	Urban Ministry Committee	1966-1967
17	1567-002	Unsorted material	undated
18	1567-002	United Church Women	1950-1967
19	1567-002	Youth Ministry	1959-1967
19	1567-002	Council of Churches (National)	1951-1967
19	1567-002	Council of Christian Education, Western Washington	1922-1929
20-26	1567-002	Pacific Northwest Council On Theological Education (Portland)	1963-1969

Accession No. 5426-001: Washington Association of Churches records, 1935-1996Return to Top

75 cubic feet (75 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged in the original order as provided by the donor.

Scope and Content: Administrative files; 1935-1996.

Organizational records documenting the ecumenical mission of the Washington Association of Churches and their efforts to establish and administer social programs. Includes legislative files, program files, committee files, minutes, newsletters, financial records, and related materials documenting the Washington Association of Churches' involvement on the Immigration Refugee Program, Refuge Resettlement, Sanctuary Project, Native American Taskforce. Also includes records of past Denominational Executives, Reverend Loren Arnett and Reverend John Boonstra.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted. For terms of access contact Special Collections.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Gift of the Washington Association of Churches, May 3, 2005.

Processing Info: Minimally processed

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Accession
1-43	5426-001	Miscellaneous Administrative Files	undated
44-47	5426-001	Farmworker	undated
48-49	5426-001	Washington Association of Churches/Refugee Program Files	undated
50	5426-001	Washington Association of Churches/Immigrant Refugee Program and Washington Refugee Resettlement Board and Finance	undated
51-52	5426-001	Melody's C.R. Files	undated
53	5426-001	Old Legislative Files	undated
54	5426-001	Sanctuary - Joint Legislative Task Force	undated
55	5426-001	Legislative Migrant Workers	undated
56	5426-001	Legislative Concerns Committee Minutes	1980-1986
57	5426-001	History - Migrant Farmworker Legislation	1967
58	5426-001	Committee for Agricultural Workers' Legislation	undated
59	5426-001	Native American Network, Simple Justice	undated
60	5426-001	Native American Task Force Member Files	undated
61	5426-001	Hunger, teenage pregnancy, Refugee Resettlement, L. Arnett's Files	undated
62	5426-001	Church Camp and miscellaneous, Refugee Resettlement	undated
63	5426-001	MBC	undated
64	5426-001	Legislature Alert Newsletters	undated
65	5426-001	English as a Second Language, Country files	undated
66	5426-001	Pat files/Old materials	undated
67	5426-001	General information/Mobilization of resources	undated
68	5426-001	Log Jam	undated
69	5426-001	Ecumenical Reporter, constitution and by-laws	undated
70	5426-001	Washington Refugee Resettlement, Melody Salguero	undated
71	5426-001	Church Women United	undated
72	5426-001	Guest and extras	undated
73-74	5426-001	Loren Arnett's files	undated
75	5426-001	Edberg	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Local councils of churches--Idaho--History--Sources
Local councils of churches--Washington (State)--History--Sources
Local councils of churches--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

Church Council of Greater Seattle--Archives
Greater Seattle Council of Churches--Archives
Seattle Council of Churches--Archives
Washington Association of Churches (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
Washington State Council of Churches--Archives
Washington and Northern Idaho Council of Churches and Christian Education--Archives

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Apel, Gertrude L (creator)

Archives West Finding Aid

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