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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Gordon K. Chapman: Protestant Church Commission for Japanese Service
Dates:
1941-1947
Collection number:
GTU 2002-9-01
Collector:
Chapman, Gordon K.
Collection Size:
1 box
1 linear ft.
Repository:
The Graduate Theological Union. Library.
Berkeley, CA 94709
Abstract:
The Protestant Church Commission for Japanese Service was set-up in response to Executive Order 9066 ordering all Japanese-American citizens and aliens evacuated from the U.S. West Coast and relocated to centers in the interior. The Commission acted as a conduit of information among the camp churches, various denominational headquarters, and the wider American culture. Toward the end of the War, the Commission's main activity was to aid returning evacuees, clergy in resuming their interrupted ministries, and lay people with their lives. Gordon K. Chapman, a Presbyterian minister with extensive Japanese missionary experience, was the Executive Director from start to finish.
Physical location:
Shelf Location 5/I/3
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
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