Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hadsell, John S. (John Sydney), 1921- and Westminster House
- Abstract:
- The collection contains notes, interviews, correspondence, pamphlets and other materials used by John Hadsell to write A sacred space : the story of Westminster House, Berkeley, the Presbyterian campus ministry alongside the University of California, Berkeley.
- Extent:
- .5 linear feet (1 archives box)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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John S. Hadsell Westminster House collection, GTU 2006-7-02. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains the book A Sacred Space: The Story of Westminster House, Berkeley; notes; clippings; pamphlets; newspaper and magazine articles; correspondence; and interviews.
- Biographical / historical:
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The collection contains reference materials used by John S. Hadsell during the writing of A Sacred Space: The Story of the Westminster House, Berkeley. He was unable to find a publisher. The book was self-published in 2000 with financial support from various contributors.
Westminster House is the Presbyterian Student Center at University of California, Berkeley. The Presbyterian Synod of California established a campus ministry in 1911. The next year they purchased a 12-room house at 2700 Bancroft Way. Initially, the house served as the home for the campus minister. In 1915, the facility opened to student housing. Originally called the Presbyterian House, it was renamed Westminster, honoring the Westminster Confession of Faith produced by the Westminster Assembly in England in the 17th century. From the beginning, ministers and students were active in the campus and community. The most turbulent period took place during the sixties and seventies. Students were active in many of the causes for social justice and briefly founded a commune.
Hadsell grew up in Berkeley and attended the University of California. Following his graduation in 1943, he served as an officer on the USS Washington. After the war, he worked for the Boy Scouts of America. He received a bachelor's of divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary and a doctorate in education from Columbia University. Hadsell served as Presbyterian campus minister at San Francisco State from 1955-59 and at UC-Berkeley from 1959-70. He taught at the San Francisco Theological Seminary from 1970 to 1987.
Hadsell has writen several other books. With Richard Coote,he wrote San Francisco Theological Seminary : the shaping of a western school of the church, 1871-1998 and wrote and edited several histories of local Presbyterian churches.
- Acquisition information:
- John S. Hadsell donated the collection in July 2006.
- Physical location:
- 7/G/4
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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John S. Hadsell Westminster House collection, GTU 2006-7-02. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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2400 Ridge RoadBerkeley, CA 94709, US
- Contact:
- (510) 649-2523/2501