The Sunday Before collection, 1942, 1945

Summary

Creators:

Hunter, Alan A. and Binford, Gurney

Abstract:

"The Sunday Before: Sermons by Pacific Coast Pastors of the Japanese Race on the Sunday before Evacuation to Assembly Centers in the Late Spring of 1942" includes sermons delivered by Protestant ministers prior to the forced evacuation of Japanese and Japanese Americans on the West Coast to Relocation Camps.

Extent:

.1 linear feet (2 folders) 1 PDF file (49 pages)

Language:

Languages represented in the collection: English

Preferred citation:

The Sunday Before collection, GTU 97-5-02. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

The Sunday Before: Sermons by Pacific Coast Pastors of the Japanese Race on the Sunday before Evacuation to Assembly Centers in the Late Spring of 1942 was not published until 1945.Edited by Allan A. Hunter and Gurney Binford, with a Preface by E. Stanley Jones and an Introduction by Allan A. Hunter, Binford states that the sermons had been "prepared for presentation in the summer of 1942, but conditions prevented their publication." The booklet contains biographical information of each of the pastors along with their sermons. There is an extended biography for Lester Suzuki, the others are short.

Biographical / historical:

The Collection consists of a single manuscript of sermons by Japanese and Japanese American ministers prior to the evacuation into relocation camps.

Contents: Forward, Gurney Binford; Preface, E. Stanley Jones; Introduction, Alan E. Hunter; Chapter 1 - Facing Evacuation, Rev. Lester E. Suzuki; Chapter 2 - The Tie That Binds, Rev. Donald K. Toriumi; Chapter 3 - Reweaving Our Lives, Rev. Royden Susu-Mago; Chapter 4 - The Babylonian Exile and the Love of God, Rev. Hideo Hashimoto; Chapter 5 - Abraham, The Migration Leader, Rev. Sohel Kowta; Chapter 6 - New Pilgrims, Rev. Kengo TaJima; Chapter 7 - We Shall Have Our Easter, Rev. John M. Yamazaki.

For further information on the individual ministers, and general background reading see: Ministry in the Assembly and Relocation Centers of World War II by Lester E. Suzuki. Yardbird Publishing Co.: Berkeley, CA, 1979. GTU Library call number: BR563 J35 S89.p>

Acquisition information:

Donated by Ruth Colburn in 1997.

Physical location:

3/E/3

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Japanese Americans --Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945 --Sermons
Japanese Americans --Religious life --California
Japanese Americans --California --Sermons

Indexes:

Names

Binford, Gurney, 1895-
Hashimoto, Hideo, 1911-
Hunter, Allan A. (Allan Armstrong), 1893-
Jones, E. Stanley (Eli Stanley), 1884-1973
Kowta, Sohei
Susu-Mago, Royden
Suzuki, Lester E.
Tajima, Kengo
Toriumi, Donald K.
Yamazaki, John W.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Photocopy is used instead of original.

Terms of access:

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:

The Sunday Before collection, GTU 97-5-02. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Location of this collection:

Graduate Theological Union

2400 Ridge Road

Berkeley, CA 94709, US

Contact:

(510) 649-2523/2501

archives@gtu.edu

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