Series 1. Correspondence 1940-2008
Bishops (incoming only) 1953-1976
Black Methodists for Church Renewal 1969-1976
Willie Brown 1956-1995
Bayview District Superintendent 1976-1982
Civil Rights 1946-1989
Colleges (incoming only) 1940-1971, 1991, 2000
San Francisco Conference on Race and Religion 1963-1964
"Heartbreak File" (regarding Central Christian Advocate) (incoming only) 1956-1963
Interdenominational Relationships (incoming only) 1950-1970, 1983
Jones Memorial 1947-1976
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1957-1970
Labor Relationships (incoming only) 1946-1965, 1990
NAACP/ Urban League/ Council of Churches 1943-1974
Negro Church, statements on (outgoing only) 1977
Negro Condition, statements re: (incoming only) 1956, 1959
Personal Letters (incoming only) 1943-1992, 2000-2002
Personal Letters (to Booker T. Anderson and James McCray) (outgoing only) 1957-1958
Politics (incoming only) 1949-1979
Prison Relationships (incoming only) 1949-2001
Prison Relationships (outgoing only) 1951-1969, 1993
Prison Relationships: George Holman (San Quentin) 1950-1954
Prison Relationships: Wesley Robert Wells 1953-1976
San Francisco Housing Authority (incoming only) 1948-1973
San Francisco Community Relationships (incoming only) 1951-1972
United Methodist Church (incoming only) 1943-1993
United Methodist Church (outgoing only) 1953-1971
Youth Work and Influence 1956-1964, 1971
Methodist Church "Gad- Fly Issues" 1957, 1970
Wiley College 1943-60, 1988-2008
Bethel Trinity and Bowen Memorial Methodist Churches (incoming only) 1943-1947
Jones Memorial Homes and Housing Commission 1946-1970
Police 1951-1972
Employment (outgoing only) circa 1969-1970
Retirement 1982
Unknown and miscellaneous correspondence 1931, 1963, 1969, 1982, undated
Series 2. Writing 1939-1995
Class papers: Comparative Religion course 1939-1941
Class papers: New Testament Study 1941
Class papers: Old Testament Theology circa 1941
Class papers 1942
Class papers undated
USC Master's Thesis: "Some Aspects of the Race Problem in the Social Gospel" 1943
First sermon: "Serving God by Serving Man" 1939
Eulogies undated
Eulogies circa 1951-1991
Speeches and sermons circa 1957-1964
Proposals and remarks circa 1957-1971
Invocations circa 1961-1986
Sermons and cabinet devotions circa 1976-1982
Daily Prayer (CA Assembly) 1990-1994
Book of Sermon Outlines 1995, undated
Pulpit Voice column, The California Eagle (clippings) 1944-1946
Pulpit Voice column, SF Sun Reporter (clippings) 1953-1957
Unedited column articles 1954-1955
"A-Phi-A's Threefold Aim: An Education for Citizenship Address" (Alpha Phi Alpha bulletin) circa 1953
"How to Stay Married" (The Message Magazine) 1958
"Reflections on a Classic" (MSS essay about Huckleberry Finn) 1962
Series 3. Career and personal life 1930-2009
The Spectrum, Compton Union High School Yearbook (Compton, CA) 1930
Compton Union High School diploma 1932
"Know Your Bible" study series, by Roy L. Smith circa 1939
Preacher's License, Methodist Episcopal Church 1939
United Methodist Church- certificates for Deacon and Elder status 1941, 1943
Surveys of Methodist Churches for Black residents in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, and Seattle 1942-1946
Bethel Trinity and Shaw Methodist Church documents 1941-1943, 1963, 1983, undated
Bowen Memorial Methodist Church- programs and booklets 1943-1947, 1971-1973, 1993
Bowen Memorial Methodist Church- Langston Hughes lecture 1945
Jones Memorial Methodist Church- booklets and pamphlets 1956-19931930
Jones Memorial- committee, board, and other documents 1956-1970
Jones Memorial- credit union 1971-1981
Jones Memorial- childcare program proposal undated
Jones Methodist Church- posters for youth choir concert undated
United Methodist Church (UMC)- conferences and documents 1946-1995
UMC- conference proceedings 1947, 1970, 1972
UMC- conference proceeding and H.T.B. retirement 1982
UMC- convocation, "Celebrating the Call" 1990
George Holman clemency case (San Quentin state prison)- official documents 1951-1952
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity- certificates 1956, 1986, 2004
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity- documents 1983-1985
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity- documents 1986, 1990-1995, 2001
Alpha Phi Alpha memorial resolution 2007
Wiley College- honorary doctor of divinity 1956
Wiley College- Alumni documents 1995-2000
Wiley College- Great Debaters film 2007-2009
The Real Great Debaters of Wiley College film poster 2008
Programs for invocations and speeches 1958-1998
Resumes and biographical information circa 1960-2003
California Assembly Chaplain 1965, 1986, 1990
Businesses 1968, 1999
Programs for tributes to Boswell 1976-1993, 2007-2008
Golden wedding anniversary program 1989
Special election, First Union Baptist Church 1992
Estate of Doris Boswell Anderson 1992-2003
Prison file- information sheets and figures circa 1992-1999
Book and documentary project circa 1999-2001
Memorial motions and letters from Congress for H.T.B. passing 2007
California Senate Memorial Resolution 2007
California Assembly Memorial Resolution 2007
Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County. Boswell memorial resolution (No. 2007/274) 2007
Hamilton T. Boswell Foundation- events and publications 2009
Readings and research circa 1956-1983
Miscellaneous 1981, 2007, undated
Certificates 1966-2008
California Legislature resolutions honoring Boswell 1963-1994
SF Housing Authority certificate of appointment 1964
Congressional Record- House of Representatives. Boswell Tribute Dinner speech by Hon. John L. Burton 1976
Certificate of Appreciation for Dr. Hamilton Boswell, founder of Bowen Memorial United Methodist Church. County of Los Angeles 1983
City of Los Angeles resolution honoring Boswell 1983
Press clippings 1945-2002
Press clippings- Jones Memorial Homes 1961-1963
Methodist Ritual and Prayer Books 1946, 1964
Traveling baptism kit undated
Plaque from Jones Methodist Church 1983
Guestbook circa 1954-1965
Hamilton Boswell memorial service guestbook 2007
Eleanor Boswell memorial service guestbook 2007
Daily organizers (The Daily Suggester, by United Methodist Publishing House) 1940-2007
California State Legislature. Certificates of Recognition for Eleanor Boswell- Raine 2008
Series 4. Photographs 1932-2002
Portraits of Hamilton Boswell 1932-1974
Stoic Club social event, Los Angeles, Home of Mr. and Mrs. James Akers 1932
Bethel Trinity Methodist Church undated
Bowen Memorial United Methodist Church circa 1946
Jones Memorial United Methodist Church circa 1947-19724
Pictures with Rep. Johh Burton, Mayor Joseph Alioto, Judge Joseph G. Kennedy, and Gov. Goodwin Knight 1948, 1969, undated
Picture with Mayor Joseph Alioto undated
With Ronald Reagan, Christmas Seals Tuberculosis campaign circa 1950s
Doctorate of divinity from Wiley College 1956
Speeches- Civil Rights circa 1956-1964
With Martin Luther King Jr. 1964
Political rally, presidential primary 1964
Speeches for US-UN Commemorative Stamp ceremony and MUNI Flynn division 1965, 1989
SF Housing Authority swearing- in ceremony with Mayor John Shelley 1964
SF Housing Authority circa 1968
SF Housing Authority undated
Appointed chaplain of SF Police, with Chief Thomas Cahill circa 1969
Black Methodists for Church Renewal- conference tribute dinner for Boswell 1975
With Willie Brown circa 1980s-1990s
Receiving Certificate of Honor from City of San Francisco undated
Wiley College Alumni gathering undated
With other clergy, possible Council of Churches undated
CA Assembly resolution honoring Boswell undated
Family photos- Hamilton and Eleanor Boswell wedding 1939
Family portraits circa 1940s-1990
Family photos circa 1940s-1990
Family photos (color slides) 1960-1968
Family photos circa 1960-1969
Family photos circa 1970s
Family photos- Mexico circa 1966-1971
Family photos- Egypt circa 1971
Family photos- Hong Kong, Okinawa, and Taiwan 1971
Family photos- Israel/Palestine and Greece 1973
Family photos- Greece and China 1971, 1973
Family photos- Alaska and British Columbia 1978
Family photos circa 1980-1995
Family photos circa 1995-2002
Other clergy 1952, 1956, undated
Miscellaneous undated
Untitled images circa 1940s-1960s
Series 5. Audiovisual material circa 1960-2013
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Compact audio cassettes 1970-2008
Microcassettes circa 1992-1993
VHS tapes circa 1993-1994
Kodachrome Movie Film 1960s
Digitized films 1976-2013