Berkeley-Albany Church Women United, 1933-2001

Summary

Creators:

Berkeley-Albany Church Women United and Lew, Evelyn C.

Abstract:

This collection contains organization records of the Berkeley-Albany Church Women United: scrapbooks and folders with newspaper clippings, minutes, bulletins, reports, fliers and other indications of activities.

Extent:

2 linear feet (2 archives boxes and 2 folios)

Language:

Languages represented in the collection: English

Preferred citation:

Berkeley-Albany Church Women United, GTU 91-8-03. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of scrapbooks and folders with newspaper clippings, minutes, bulletins, reports, flyers and other indications of activities. One folio is a scrapbook with newspaper clippings from 1967-1977. The other folio is a scrapbook with newspaper clipping and related materials from 1968-1969. The scrapbooks contain records in multiple formats in chronological order, per the recommendation of the national organization to local group historians.

Biographical / historical:

Berkeley-Albany Church Women United served as an ecumenical community of Christian women to help resolve social and ethnic issues in Berkeley, Albany and the Bay Area. The organization facilitated local observance of three annual international worship services: World Day of Prayer, May Fellowship Day, and World Community Day.

The Berkeley-Albany organization traces its roots to local mission activities by women in the early 1900s. The first formal name is recorded in 1911 as Council of Women for Home Missions. In 1929, the group became the Berkeley Council of Church Women, part of a national organization. In 1941, this group merged with several other national interdenominational organizations, becoming United Council of Church Women (UCCW). From 1950 to 1966, the organization became United Church Women (UCW), part of the National Council of Churches of Christ.

In 1966, the national organization became Church Women United (CWU). The CWU became self-governing and unrelated to any denomination or movement. This enabled CWU to expand its membership to include participation from Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and other Christian women. While the national organization is still active, there is no record of local organization activity after 2005.

Acquisition information:

Evelyn C. Lew, historian of Berkeley-Albany Church Women United, donated materials in 1991 and 2001.

Physical location:

1/D/2

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Separated material:

Four duplicate issues of The Church Women from 1982 and 1983 were discarded.

Additional collection guides:

The archives of the national and some local organizations of CWU are managed by the Archives of the United Methodist Church, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. Their catalog does not list any materials from California.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Women in church work--Berkeley.
Women in church work--Albany.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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:

Berkeley-Albany Church Women United, GTU 91-8-03. 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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