WAB: National Council Of Churches Records, 1948-1973
The Burke Library Archives, Columbia University Libraries,Union Theological Seminary, New YorkWilliam Adams Brown Ecumenical Archives GroupFinding Aid forNational Council of Churches Records, 1948 – 1973Source: National Council of the Churches Website, 2012.Accessed 28 January 2013 at http://www.ncccusa.org/.Finding Aid prepared by: Tenny Thomas, June 2009.Reviewed and updated with additions by Kristen Leigh Southworth, February 2013 and BrigetteC. Kamsler, 2014 with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation.Summary InformationCreator:National Council of Churches of Christ USATitle:National Council of Churches PapersInclusive dates:1948 – 1973Bulk dates:1953 – 1969Abstract:Administrative records, correspondence, newsletters, and reports from thefirst two decades of the National Council of Churches of Christ USA (NCC),a community of 37 faith traditions that has been a leading force in theChristian ecumenical movement in the United States. \ Bulk of materials incollection are from the Division of Foreign Missions, along with papers fromthe Faith and Order, International Relations, and Ecumenical Relationsdivisions.Size:31 boxes, 15 linear feetStorage:Onsite storageRepository:The Burke LibraryUnion Theological Seminary3041 BroadwayNew York, NY 10027Email: burkearchives@library.columbia.edu
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-19732Administrative InformationProvenance:The NCC records were originally part of the independent MissionaryResearch Library (MRL), which moved to the Brown Memorial Tower ofUnion Theological Seminary in 1929. The records were accessioned to theBurke Library archives in 1976 with the closure of MRL. As Rev. FrankWilson Price was both Director of MRL and Secretary of the ResearchCommittee of the Division of Foreign Missions of NCC, the existence of thesmall group of NCC Foreign Missions records in the Missionary ResearchLibrary is deduced to result from Price’s donation of those papers to MRL.This large group of mixed unidentified papers was the result of unprocessedaccessions during the 1930-1976 period to the Missionary Research Libraryand also to the separate William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library at UnionTheological Seminary. NCC records covering a range of departments nowform a single accessible collection within the William Adams BrownEcumenical archives group. An addition was made in 2014.Access:Archival papers are available to registered readers for consultation byappointment only. Please contact archives staff by email toburkearchives@library.columbia.edu, or by postal mail to The Burke Libraryaddress on page 1, as far in advance as possibleBurke Library staff is available for inquiries or to request a consultation onarchival or special collections research.Access Restrictions: The collection is unrestricted to readers. Please note that certain materialsare in a fragile condition, and this may necessitate restriction in handlingand copying.Preferred Citation: Item description, William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library Archives:National Council of Churches Records, series #, box #, folder #, The BurkeLibrary at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City ofNew York.HistoryThe National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) is an ecumenical fellowship of37 Christian faith groups in the United States. Its member communions include MainlineProtestant, Orthodox, African-American, Evangelical, and historic Peace churches. Driven bythe conviction that Christian faith demands social action, the NCC has worked nationally andinternationally to promote brotherhood between Christians and non-Christians through crosscultural understanding, peace, human rights, and anti-poverty measures.The NCC was founded in 1950 as a cooperative agency of Christian churches in the Unitedstates, when the Federal Council of Churches merged with several other existing ecumenicalorganizations including the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, the Home MissionsCouncil of North America, the International Council of Religious Education, the MissionaryEducation Movement of the United States and Canada, the National Protestant Council onHigher Education, the United Council of Church Women, and the United Stewardship Council.Tenny Thomas, 2009; Kristen Leigh Southworth, 2013; Brigette C. Kamsler 11/11/15
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-19733The work of the NCC was originally carried out through four main divisions: the Division ofChristian Education, the Division of Life and Work, the Division of Home Missions, and theDivision of Foreign Missions. It provided support to its member groups through consultation,conferences, workshops, publications, public lobbies, and service agencies.NCC’s Division of Foreign Missions (DFM) continued the work of the Foreign MissionsConference of North America (FMCNA), and like its predecessor, was organized into “areacommittees” based on geographic location, “functional committees” that provided services inspecialized fields such as literacy, education, audiovisual communication, medical, agriculturalwork, and “standing committees” that carried out the executive administration of the DFM,including administration of the Missionary Research Library until 1967.The DFM continued holding annual assemblies until 1965, when it merged with Church WorldService (CWS) – an independent overseas relief and development organization – to form theDivision of Overseas Ministries (DOM). The DOM became the largest unit of the NCC bothfinancially and administratively, continuing the work of the DFM’s area committees throughregional departments that had both a “mission” director, representing the interests of the DFM,and a “service” director, representing the interests of CWS. The work of the DFM’s functionalcommittees was continued under the DOM’s Department of Specialized Ministries.Robert C. Dodds served as General Director of the NCC Planning Committee until 1965, whenhe spearheaded the Ecumenical Affairs Committee. This committee was established in additionto the already existing “Department of Faith and Order Studies,” which began in 1959 torespond to the call for unity and affirm the oneness of the Church of Jesus Christ.During the 1970s, social instability, suspicion of corporatism and authority, and demands forminority rights, along with theological trends including feminist and liberation theologies, the riseof Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, and an increasing focus among mainlinedenominations on alleviating oppression and interreligious dialogue, led to a slow but overalldecline in the NCC’s influence, particularly in the area of foreign missions. The Division ofOverseas Ministries published its final triennial report in 1987.Today, the main work of the NCC is carried out through five main program commissions: Justiceand Advocacy, Communication, Interfaith Relations, Education and Leadership Ministries, andFaith and Order.Sources: From the materials in the collection, as well as:National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, “NCC at a Glance: Who Belongs, What WeDo, How We Work Together,” National Council of Churches USA, Accessed 28 January2013 at http://www.ncccusa.org/about/about ncc.html.Norgren, William A. Faith and Order in the U.S.A., Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. EerdmansPublishing Co., 2011.Presbyterian Historical Society, “Historical Note,” Guide to the National Council of the Churchesof Christ in the United States of America Division of Overseas Ministries Records 19141972, NCC RG 8, Philadelphia: National Archives of the PC(USA). Accessed 28 January2013 at ds/inventory/ncc8.pdf.Tenny Thomas, 2009; Kristen Leigh Southworth, 2013; Brigette C. Kamsler 11/11/15
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-19734Van Horne, Marion, ed., Division of Overseas Ministries of the National Council of the Churchesof Christ in the USA 1985-1987 Triennial Report, New York: Kutztown PublishingCompany, 1987.Collection Scope and Content NoteThis series has been organized into five series: Series 1: General Divisions and Departments, 1950-1972 (3 boxes, 1.25 linear ft.)This series contains resolutions, policy statements, pronouncements, and reports of theNational Council of Churches from its first two decades. Also included are minutes,reports, and correspondence from a number of divisions, departments and committeeswithin the council, most notably the Department of Church and Economic Life, alsoknown as the Department of Social Justice; and the Department of International Affairs,along with its 1966 Advisory Committee on Peace that passed a number of resolutionsexpressing concern over the situation in Vietnam and church action for worlddevelopment. Series 2: Faith and Order Commission, 1953-1973 (3 boxes, 1.50 linear ft.)The Department of Faith and Order was established within the National Council ofChurches to continue the work and concerns of the 1957 North American Conference onFaith and Order held in Oberlin, Ohio. As of 2013 it remains a functioning commission ofthe National Council of Churches. This series contains correspondence and minutes forthe commission’s Advisory Committee during its first decade, as well as studies andreports on various topics including the situation in Israel in 1969, the ecumenicalsignificance of the NCC, the Eucharist Ecumenical Movement, black liberation theology,and bilateral conversations. Series 3: Planning Committee, 1961-1970 (2 boxes, 1.00 linear ft.)Robert C. Dodds served as the Director of Planning for the NCC from 1961-1965. Hisinvolvement in the civil rights movement is highlighted particularly in this series throughhis personal correspondence and extensive summaries of his consultations withProfessor Philip Rieff, an influential American sociology scholar and cultural critic. Theseries also contains Dodds’ correspondence with Aaron Henry, a civil rights leader inMississippi, and transcribed conversations with Joseph Oldham, a Scottish-Indianmissionary who authored a book entitled Christianity and the Race Problem, in whichDodds describes the strategic difficulties he faced in trying to overcome racism in thechurches through the work of the NCC Planning Committee. Series 4: Committee on Ecumenical Affairs, 1964-1969 (2 boxes, 1.00 linear ft.)This series contains reports, speeches, drafts, and correspondence relating to the workof Robert C. Dodds as Director of Ecumenical Affairs from 1965 until 1970, including hisproposals for Ecumenical Study Desks and reports on consultations with RomanCatholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Evangelical churches and leaders. Also included in thisseries is Dodd’s diary from his visit as a delegate to the fourth session of the SecondVatican Council in 1965.Tenny Thomas, 2009; Kristen Leigh Southworth, 2013; Brigette C. Kamsler 11/11/15
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-1973 5Series 5: Division of Foreign Missions, 1950-1973 (21 boxes, 10.25 linear ft.)The Division of Foreign Missions (DFM), which became the Department of OverseasMinistries after 1965, is the largest series within this collection. The series is arrangedalphabetically in accordance with the original 1950 bylaws that organized the workinggroups of the DFM into standing, functional, and area committees.The executive committee documents include original pamphlets describing the scope andwork of the DFM, reports from DFM’s annual meetings from 1952-1959 and 1961, budgetproposals, correspondence, and records from the executive board, staff council, andpolicy and strategy committee.Among the standing, functional, and special committees, the bulk of materials are fromthe Research Committee, which include several studies that were carried out inconjunction with the Missionary Research Library. Study report topics include: A ChristianStudy of Islam, A Study of Missionary Salary and Allowances, Transportation Costs,Lessons Learned from the Experience of Christian Missions in China, What Constitutes aFair Basis of Missionary Support, Policy on Furloughs, Theological Education in YoungerChurches, Missionaries and Income Taxes, Devolution and Responsibility, and WhyChristians Should Study Marx-Leninism. This section also contains a large collection ofstudy papers prepared for the Willingen Conference on the subject of the missionaryobligation of the church, written by H. Richard Neibuhr, R. Pierce Beaver, C. StanleySmith, J. W. Heikkinen, Carl Michaelson, Louise Pettibone Smith, In addition, thestanding committee on Christian Missions and the Problem of Communism contains anumber of reports and study materials related to the Christian response to communism,as well as teaching documents and course materials for a Study Fellowship on theChristian Approach to Communism.Area committee materials are arranged into large sections by geographic region, and arearranged at the folder level alphabetically by country, project title, or subject. The AfricanCommittee section contains news articles, reports, and correspondence related to thework of the DFM’s Africa Department, including planning documents and reports from the1952 North American Assembly on African Affairs, and extensive materials related toApartheid in South Africa. This section also contains Directors Reports from theInternational African Institute.The Committee on Cooperation in Latin America (CCLA) section contains minutes,correspondence and reports from various subcommittees of this committee, along withnews articles and reports on the situation in Cuba, fact sheets compiled in 1971 on everyLatin American country, British lists of publications on Latin American from 1967-1971,and materials related to the 1972 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.The Far Eastern Joint Office comprises the work of the China, Japan, Korea, Philippines,and Southeast Asia committees, and the Taiwan subcommittee, and this section of theseries contains primarily minutes and reports from the annual meetings of thesecommittees. The Committee on Southern Asia and the Near East Committee comprisedthe Southern Asia and Near East Joint Office, and this section contains reports,Tenny Thomas, 2009; Kristen Leigh Southworth, 2013; Brigette C. Kamsler 11/11/15
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-19736correspondence, and minutes related to these committees, as well as copies of reportsfrom the National Christian Council’s Committees on Ceylon, India, and Pakistan and theUnited Christian Mission in Nepal.ProcessingMetal clips and staples were removed from materials and folded items were flattened. Materialswere placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Acidic items were separated from one anotherby interleaving with acid-free paper as needed. Any items in an advanced state of deteriorationwere placed in Mylar envelopes.Some of the materials in this collection were pulled from a large amount of unprocessedmaterial housed by the Burke Library Archives, which were then integrated with the existingrecords collection, much of which has been re-processed.An addition was made in 2014 which added boxes 26-31. The boxes are placed in order withinthe contents list, but the box numbers were kept in their continuous numbering sequence.Further SourcesMore information can be obtained from www.ncccusa.org/about/about ncc.htmThe main repository of archival records of the National Council of Churches is The NationalArchives of the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the Presbyterian Historical Society inPhiladelphia, PA. Access the finding aids for these records aids/ncc list.cfm.The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University houses the records ofseveral persons and organizations relating to the National Council of Churches.For more information on these collections, please visit the Burke Library Archives website .html or contact archives staff by phone, fax oremail burkearchives@library.columbia.edu, as far in advance as possible.Related collections include:In William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library:Church World ServiceFederal Council of ChurchesAmerican Bilateral Conversations RecordsIn Missionary Research Library:Foreign Missions Conference of North America RecordsEmory W. Ross PapersRobert C. Dodds PapersTenny Thomas, 2009; Kristen Leigh Southworth, 2013; Brigette C. Kamsler 11/11/15
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-19737Contents listSeries 1: General Divisions and Departments, 1950 – 1972Series Box Folder Contents111Resolutions, 1950 - 1967112-3Policies and Pronouncements, 1956-1972114-6Proposals for Restructuring, 1970-1972117Commission on Missionary Education, 1950-1958118Joint Program Committee on World Justice and Development, 1969119Department of Church and Economic Life, 1957-19581110Department of Social Justice, 196811221-67-8Department of International Affairs, 1965-1969Department of International Affairs Advisory Committee on Peace, 1966111262626123General Assembly Policies, 1961-1965Interpreters Manual, 1961-1966World Study, 1965-1967Series 2: Faith and Order Commission, 1953 – 1973231-5Advisory Committee Minutes, 1959-1970236-9Administrative Papers, 1966-19712310Correspondence, 1971-1973222224444412-45-789Studies on Church Union, 1953-1959Ecclesiological Significance of Council of Churches, 1960-1965National Study Commission, 1963-1967Newsletters, 1967-1969Study on Israel, 1969-197022551-67-8National Colloquium Papers, 1966-1970Reports, 1965-1970Series 3: Planning Committee, 1961 – 1970361-2Reports and Addresses, 1961-1965363Jewish-Christian Conferences, 1966364Study Project on Middle East Issues and Relationships, 1970365-8Consultation Summaries, Robert Dodds-Philip Rieff, 1962-19643337771-567Correspondence, Robert Dodds-Philip Rieff, 1962-1964Correspondence, Robert Dodds-Aaron Henry, 1962-1964Correspondence, Robert Dodds-Joseph Oldham, 1962-1967Tenny Thomas, 2009; Kristen Leigh Southworth, 2013; Brigette C. Kamsler 11/11/15
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-19738Series 4: Committee on Ecumenical Affairs, 1964 – 1969Series Box Folder Contents481-2Robert C. Dodds Papers, 1964483-5Robert C. Dodds Vatican II Diary, 1965486-7Robert C. Dodds Reports and Speeches, 1965-1969444449999912-4567Ecumenical Study Desk Planning Documents, 1964Reports, 1964-1967Correspondence, 1965-1966Loyola Ecumenism Centennial Conference Papers, 1970Vatican Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs ConsultationList from 1965-1972, 1972Series 5: Division of Foreign Missions, 1948-1973Executive Committee510 1Pamphlets, 1952-1958510 2Foundation Papers, 1950510 3-4Committee Reports, 1950-1959510 5-6Conference Reports, 1951-1960510 7-9List of Missionaries’ Furlough Addresses, 1948-19565111-6Executive Board Records, 1950-195955555555121212121212121212345678-113rd Assembly Records, 19524th Assembly Records, 19535th Assembly Records, 19546th Assembly Records, 19557th Assembly Records, 19569th-10th Assembly Records, 1958-195912th Assembly Records, 1961Staff Council Correspondence, 1951-19585513131-78Budget Proposals, 1952-1959Policy and Strategy Committee, 1951-19585555555272727272727271234567Assembly Docket, 1952 [duplicate]Fahs Files, 1948-1955Theological Basis of Mission, 1954Meeting Minutes, 1954-1959Informational Reports, 1948-1952Mission Board Policies, 1953Financing, 1948-195255282812Annual Report, 1965Minutes, 1966Tenny Thomas, 2009; Kristen Leigh Southworth, 2013; Brigette C. Kamsler 11/11/15
WAB: NCC Records, 1948-19739Series 5: Division of Foreign Missions (Cont’d)Series Box Folder Contents528 3Reports, 1966228 4Reports and Minutes, 1967228 5Reports Given to Program Board, 1967228 6Research Roundup, 1965-1966228 7Staff Information, 1965-1966228 8DOM assembly, Nashville, 1965Standing, Functional, and Special CommitteesAssociated Medical Missions, 1955-1958Christian Missions and the Problem of Communism, 1951-1961Missionary Personnel Committee, 1954-1959Public Relations Committee, 1951-1952Radio, Visual Education, and Mass Communication Committee,(RAVEMCO), -678-9Radio, Vis
The Burke Library Archives, Columbia University Libraries, Union Theological Seminary, New York William Adams Brown Ecumenical Archives Group Finding Aid for National Council of Churches Records, 1948 – 1973 Source: National Council of the Churches Website, .
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