WAUJapaneseChristianChurchFederationSeattleWash4438.xmlGuide to the Japanese Christian Church Federation Records 1911-1942Japanese Christian Church Federation RecordsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2007 (Last modified: 8/3/2022)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections4438Japanese Christian Church Federation (Seattle, Wash.)Japanese Christian Church Federation records1911-19422.75 cubic feet (3 boxes)Collection materials are in EnglishJapanese.Administrative papers of an organization of Japanese Christian churches in Washington

The Japanese Episcopal Mission in Seattle was founded in 1906 under the impetus of Trinity Episcopal Church rector (and UW professor) Herbert Henry Gowen, under the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Olympia. The mission evolved into the congregations of St. Peter's, Seattle and St. Paul's, White River Valley.

Source: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341724&p=2299612

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 4438-001, Japanese Christian Church Federation records, 1911-1942Accession No. 4438-002, Japanese Christian Church Federation records, 1926-1940

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, ephemera, reports, newsletters, church records, photographs, including records of St. Peter's Japanese (Episcopal) Mission in Seattle.

No restrictions on access.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Esther Mary McCullough papers (2236-001) includes scrapbooks about her missionary work with the Japanese-American community in the Seattle area.

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Japanese Americans--Washington (State)Home missions--Washington (State)Japanese Americans--ReligionJapanese Christian Church Federation (Seattle, Wash.)--ArchivesEpiscopal Church. Diocese of Olympia (Wash.)Episcopal Church--Washington (State)St. Peter's Japanese Mission (Seattle, Wash.)ReligionPhotographsJapanese Americans

 

Accession No. 4438-001: Japanese Christian Church Federation records, 1911-19422.56 cu.ft. (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, financial records, ephemera, reports, newsletters, church records, photographs, scrapbooks, including records of St. Peter's Japanese (Episcopal) Mission in Seattle; 1911-1942.

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use

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

Series 1Japanese Christian Church Federation1/14438-001General Correspondence1915-1916

Scope and Content: Major correspondents: The Deno-Dan (Japanese Interdenominational Board of Missions), San Francisco and Masasuke Kabayashi)

1/24438-001Meeting Minutes of Ministers of Japanese Christian Churches in Seattle1911-19161/3-54438-001Miscellaneous Minutesapproximately 1915-19301/6-74438-001Financial Recordsapproximately 1915-19281/84438-001Donation Records1931-19421/94438-001Budget Report19171/104438-001Receipts1/114438-001Notebooks1/124438-001Programs1/134438-001Note Cards1/144438-001Address Books1/154438-001EphemeraSeries 2Episcopalians, St. Peter's Japanese Mission1/164438-001Historical Features19121/174438-001General Correspondenceapproximately 1913-1942

Scope and Content: Major correspondent: Episcopalians, Protestant Episcopalian Church, Diocese of Olympia

1/184438-001Incoming Letters to Reverend U. G. Murphy1918, 19261/19-204438-001Prayer Group Meeting Minutesapproximately 1911-19221/214438-001Society of St. Peter's Japanese Episcopal Church Minutes1913-19221/224438-001Income, Contributions, Accounting Records19141/234438-001Brotherhood of St. Andrew Financial Records1919-19201/24-2/74438-001Miscellaneous Financial Recordsapproximately 1911-19422/84438-001Budget Report19162/94438-001Receipts2/104438-001Board of Mission Reports2/114438-001Sunday School Reports1915-19272/124438-001Miscellaneous Reports1914-19242/134438-001Campaign Materials19242/144438-001Attendance Records1919-19202/154438-001Daily Records19162/164438-001Sunday School Records2/174438-001Lists of Names and Addresses2/184438-001Committees19402/194438-001Programs2/204438-001Newsletters1928-19412/214438-001Photographs2/22-234438-001Miscellaneous2/244438-001Diocese of Olympia1922-19422/254438-001Junior ChurchAccession No. 4438-002: Japanese Christian Church Federation records, 1926-19400.23 cubic feet (1 box)Material Described Separately:

Separated Material: Dee Goto Oral History Project (Mss 2647)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, receipts, and ephemera relating to the Japanese Christian Church Federation, primarily written in Japanese.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

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

Acquisition Info: These materials appear to have been collected as part of an oral history project conducted by Dolores "Dee" Goto in the early 1970s.