tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52615630905707393232024-03-04T22:16:31.162-08:00Graduate Theological Union Special CollectionsNotes from the ArchivesSpecial Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-7347678906236181712014-05-27T11:21:00.005-07:002014-06-03T11:28:36.370-07:00Religion and Community in Japanese Internment Camps<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> The Minidoka Churchman</i>, Vol II, No 25, Saturday, October 9,1943</span><br />
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GTU's Archives and Special Collections has a few unique resources on the Japanese Internment religious experience.<br />
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While our collections reflect Christianity, a significant number of the population of each camp were Buddhists or followers of Shinto.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Malgun Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">We recently received a request from </span>Carol
S. Ash, Chief,
Interpretation and Education, Hagerman
Fossil Beds National Monument and Minidoka
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Malgun Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Hagerman,
Idaho, regarding one of our Japanese Internment Collections. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Malgun Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Ash was looking for church bulletins or newsletters to supplement an exhibit on this year's theme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Malgun Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Malgun Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Minidoka
National Historic Site is one of the sponsors for an annual symposium on civil liberties held in Idaho. This year the event is on <a href="http://www.csi.edu/calendar/viewEvents.asp?ID=10883)" target="_blank">The Struggle for Religious Freedom, Yesterday and Today</a>, June 19-20, 2014, (also see <a href="http://www.csi.edu/civillibertiessymposium/" target="_blank">flyer</a>). This takes place right before the annual pilgrimage to Minidoka. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Malgun Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Our collection contains most of the issues of <i>The Minidoka Churchmen</i> from October 1943 through December 1945. The bulletin features particularly complete letters from church members who had left the camps for
schools, jobs, or to serve in the armed forces. In response to the request, a digitized copy of what we have was provided.</span><br />
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During World War II, the library director of Pacific School of Religion (PSR), J. Stillson Judah (1911-2000), established and coordinated a project to set up small theological libraries for the Japanese ministers in the War Relocation Authority internment camps. Some of the ministers were graduates of PSR. He enlisted eleven theological seminaries from the Bay Area and nationally to contribute books from their respective libraries to circulate 1,200 volumes through the camps on a rotating basis. <br />
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Besides PSR, the other local seminaries who participated were Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, Starr King School for the Ministry (Unitarian), San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Episcopalian). From outside the Bay Area, Union Seminary was one of the participants. They were among those who loaned books to Minidoka. <br />
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Either in return or on request, seven of the camps sent their church bulletin and newsletters to PSR. These were donated to the GTU archives in 1994. Since then, the collection has been accessed frequently by scholars.<br />
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Judah left the library and entered the service in 1944, learning Japanese in order to become a translator and interpreter. He served in post-World War II
Japan in that capacity before returning to PSR, Years later he became the first library director at Graduate Theological Union. <br />
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Our related collections include:<br />
<ul>
<li>Japanese-American Internment Camp Church Bulletins and Newsletters Collection, 1942-45, <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3b69q4qz/" target="_blank">GTU 94-9-02</a>. Material received by the Pacific School of Religion Library from seven of the internment camp churches.</li>
<li>The J. Stillson Judah: Japanese Camp Books Collection, 1942-46, <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt038nc599/" target="_blank">GTU 2001-3-01</a>. Records from a project where seminaries lent religion and theology books for internment camp church ministers and members to use. The project was coordinated by the librarian at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif. </li>
<li>The Gordon K. Chapman: Protestant Church Commission for Japanese Service Collection, 1942-47, <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7w102506/" target="_blank">GTU 2002-9-01</a>. Records of a cooperative project for the Protestant denominations in California to coordinate needed programs and services in the internment camps. Gordon Chapman was the Executive Secretary.</li>
<li>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 (<a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf867nb2kb/" target="_blank">GTU 97-5-02</a>)
includes sermons delivered by Protestant ministers prior to the forced
evacuation of Japanese
and Japanese Americans on the
West Coast to Relocation Camps. The sermons are online. </li>
<li>Lester E. Suzuki Collection, <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8tm78gd/" target="_blank">GTU 2000-11-02</a>. The collection consists of three drafts of his doctoral thesis Ministry in the Assembly and Relocation Centers of World War II, as well as books and other research materials donated by Suzuki. The thesis describes daily life and worship in the Japanese relocation centers. </li>
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The library's current archival exhibit is <i>The Life and Times of Edith Stein: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross</i>. This will be on display until February 28, 2014.<br />
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The Edith Stein Collection was donated to the Graduate Theological Union by Susanne M. Batzdorff, a niece of the saint. One of the foremost experts on Edith Stein, she assumed responsibility of the collection from her mother, Dr. Erna Biberstein (1890-1978). Beginning shortly after the end of World War II, her mother began sharing insights into her sister and made sure facts regarding her family were correct. <br />
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Susanne, who moved to Santa Rosa from the East coast, decided to donate her collection on her aunt, Edith Stein, to the Graduate Theological Union in 2002. Instrumental in the decision were Dean Margaret Miles, her assistant Eloise Rosenblatt, and archivist Lucinda Glenn. <br />
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During the discussion, Lucinda wrote to Susanne on September 11, 2001: "At the GTU, we respect Edith Stein for all she was and is, a woman, a Jew, a scholar, a philosopher, a nun, a saint, and more. We respect and appreciate the whole person, her whole thought, and all of her gifts."<br />
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Susanne and her husband Alfred delivered the collection to the GTU on June 19, 2013. Eloise Rosenblatt, still a Sister of Mercy, but also a busy family law attorney, joined in the hand off. The collection, which included 3 boxes of manuscript materials and 6 boxes of books, was meticulously organized. (May all archival collections arrive already organized by a librarian.)<br />
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To celebrate the donation and to thank Susanne, we quickly processed the collection, created an exhibit in the display cases and held a dedication ceremony. Along with Susanne there were a number of speakers from different perspectives: Eloise Rosenblatt, PhD; Rev. Dr. Thomas Devereaux; Emily Leah Silverman, PhD; Justin Gable, OP; Rev. Dr. Louis Weil; and Rev. Dr. John Sullivan, OCD (written remarks). A video of the event is located on the <a href="http://gtu.edu/events/life-times-edith-stein-st-teresa-benedicta-cross-archival-exhibit-october-1-2013-january-30" target="_blank">GTU site</a>. Below is Susanne's very moving talk to close the event:<br />
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There is an enormous amount written about Edith Stein, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. The uniqueness of this archival collection is that it captures her family's view of Edith Stein, follows Edith Stein's search for the truth in philosophy and religion, and provides a quick synopsis in the amount of attention that she has received since her beatification in the way of memorials, conferences, journals, art and performance art.<br />
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If you are even slightly interested and in the San Francisco Bay Area, please visit the library for the exhibition, which will be on view in the library through February 18, 2014. For hours go to the <a href="http://gtu.edu/library/information/hours-and-directions" target="_blank">GTU website</a>.<br />
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The finding aid is on <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86w9ckx/" target="_blank">Online Archive of California</a>. To access the collection, please contact the archivist at archives@gtu.edu.<br />
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "New York","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Among the works are a 4000 page dream journal, titled <i>Night
Journeys:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Complete Dreams of Dr.
Timothy James Larson</i>. These cover the years from 1950 to 2010. We have just posted the finding aid to <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8qz2cnh/" target="_blank">Online Archives of California</a>. In addition, the Prologue and Afterward to <i>Night Journeys</i> are posted <a href="http://cdm16061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15008coll2/searchterm/Larson/order/nosort" target="_blank">here</a>. For those with additional interest, please contact Special Collections at archives@gtu.edu.</span></span></span>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-35502451759135039892012-08-30T16:02:00.000-07:002012-08-31T13:52:40.515-07:00Roots of the Russian Pentecostal Movement in Berkeley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Earlier this month <span class="st">Vladimir <span class="st">Franchuk, a Ukranian Christian historian, </span></span>the author of this book on the Russian Pentecostal movement and John (Ivan) E. Voronaev (or Varonaeff), visited the library to review some of the early 20th century Baptist publications in our collection. Last year marked the 90th anniversary of the Pentecostal movement in Russia. He donated a copy of the book and signed it as follows:<br />
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"This is just a very simple book about the great man of God, the first Pentecostal missionary in Russia, who emigrated from Russia to the USA, who lived in San Francisco, who studied in the Baptist Seminary in Berkeley, who was a pastor in Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, who went to Soviet Russia in 1920, who started the Pentecostal movement in the former USSR, and became the martyr in Siberia in 1932."</blockquote>
Varonaeff, a graduate of Berkeley Divinity School (now American Baptist Seminary of the West) in 1913, later became a Pentecostal minister in New York. He returned to Russia and founded the Pentecostal movement there. He was arrested in 1930 for his ministry and died in a Siberian prison camp in 1932.<br />
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<span class="st"><span class="st">Franchuk</span></span>, along with his wife and entourage, continued on their pilgrimage to the Potrero Hill area in San Francisco, Voronaev's home, and most likely the Russian Baptist Church location, is listed as 1109 Wisconsin, according to the San Francisco Baptist Association Annual Publication for 1913.<br />
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This was our first contact with Franchuk, pictured below with his wife. Previously, Dony K. Donev has also been in contact with us and in pursuit of the story behind Voronaev. Helped by Franchuk's research, last year he published<i></i>, <i>The Life and Ministry of Rev. Ivan Voronaev</i> (English).<i> </i> <br />
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<br />Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-68090150706940537512012-02-23T11:35:00.011-08:002012-02-24T12:10:36.203-08:00The Elephants in God's Living Room: Clergy Abuse and Clericalism, Volume 1: Theoretical IssuesRuth Krall, retired Professor of Religion, Nursing and Psychology at Goshen College, just sent us a hard copy of the first volume of her work on clergy abuse: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Elephants in God's Living Room: Clergy Abuse and Clericalism, Volume 1: Theoretical Issues</span>. The book can be viewed online on her <a href="http://ruthkrall.com/?page_id=42">website</a>.<br /><br />Krall has studied and worked in the area of sexual violence for over 30 years. While she is a part of the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition, her book focuses on the issues that developed since 1984 in the Roman Catholic communion. She began donating her papers and manuscript collection to the GTU archives in 2004. Related collections in the archives include <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7n39n96k/">Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence Collection, 1977-1992</a> and two interviews featuring James A. Donahue, GTU President, on the sex abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States during April 2002.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-71751820581499335682012-02-23T10:08:00.005-08:002012-02-23T11:34:50.180-08:00Stephen De Staebler, Memorial Exhibits and Retrospectives<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhw66dSAkWAMUw5MNW8_afEjaQhAYo6xbqYSy0W-ZKkMWCarZnPC3N5E7iQyDChHIfCwHzWfnTi9kt2-4NSlkjE3ceHljmADz3nDgjs0xN2aphRfU33iRwvfvVLITexM2O__r0UWQ8Znr/s1600/destaebler-crop.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhw66dSAkWAMUw5MNW8_afEjaQhAYo6xbqYSy0W-ZKkMWCarZnPC3N5E7iQyDChHIfCwHzWfnTi9kt2-4NSlkjE3ceHljmADz3nDgjs0xN2aphRfU33iRwvfvVLITexM2O__r0UWQ8Znr/s400/destaebler-crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693922082849843330" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">Stephen de Staebler in his studio, October 1992. Below, with Jane Dillenberger. From the slide collection of Jane Dillenberger.</span></blockquote>Stephen de Staebler (1933-2011), one of the artists associated with Graduate Theological Union since at least 1978, has had one memorial exhibit this year and a larger one that is currently beautifully displayed at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.<br /><p>The first one featured bronze sculptures from his last works and was on display at the Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, which went through January 28.<br /></p><p>The larger retrospective, <em>Matter + Spirit: The Sculpture of Stephen De Staebler</em>, is on display at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, January 14 -April 22, 2012. One room shows scale models of his work, figures and other sculptures and an impressive wall of masks. A second display area is peopled with his ceramic statues,<br /></p><p>A panel discussion on De Staebler's work is set for Saturday, <span class="date">February 25, at 1 pm, in the Koret Auditorium at the museum. Moderated by </span>John Handley, a doctoral candidate at the GTU, the panel includes Timothy Anglin Burgard, Ednah Root Curator in Charge of American Art for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Nancy M. Servis, Executive Director of the Richmond Art Center; and John Toki, a noted Bay Area sculptor and former assistant to Stephen De Staebler. for more information see <a href="http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/special-panel-discussion-artist-stephen-de-staebler-1933-2011">www.deyoung.famsf.org</a>.</p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5DWQ7ZHaJI7r7KKgwTujdanYoIWEvvQJ1YZxukSNJ3yxM_JMQuwnIxCxeAGn4qUHOrLzqm8xwD1im5L1JezgDfwDLHvy005e4b9Vcs-8AXMziSLm-GyX7DrTS-kl8m3UnBmKfoCJy_-E/s1600/janeanddestaebler-crop-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5DWQ7ZHaJI7r7KKgwTujdanYoIWEvvQJ1YZxukSNJ3yxM_JMQuwnIxCxeAGn4qUHOrLzqm8xwD1im5L1JezgDfwDLHvy005e4b9Vcs-8AXMziSLm-GyX7DrTS-kl8m3UnBmKfoCJy_-E/s400/janeanddestaebler-crop-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693921564101936082" border="0" /></a>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-75423867077939024742011-08-31T18:57:00.000-07:002011-09-01T10:44:01.565-07:00Jane Newhall (1913 - 2011)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgObOmKTJoV6ycTLNjSKjLcp8AUVfYca1IIDDoZgCnCjQEX87j1JmvsXj0acUbfat5bmWBDpgr_k34wuDyxkHGlRVpYAmPlhPDKiK-nUapTvxJXz2MyFeT4AIrpijBHpFgBzkDnIR1iKLH/s1600/newhall-1990.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgObOmKTJoV6ycTLNjSKjLcp8AUVfYca1IIDDoZgCnCjQEX87j1JmvsXj0acUbfat5bmWBDpgr_k34wuDyxkHGlRVpYAmPlhPDKiK-nUapTvxJXz2MyFeT4AIrpijBHpFgBzkDnIR1iKLH/s400/newhall-1990.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647444571109431170" border="0" /></a>
<br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><small>Jane Newhall, around 1990</small></div><p>Jane Newhall passed away in late July at her summer home in West Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard. A San Francisco resident, she was known for many benevolent acts, including establishing the endowment that funds the Newhall Fellows at GTU. She began serving on the Board of Trustees in 1968, was named a Life Trustee in 1995 and a Trustee Emerita in 1999.</p><p>Each year the Graduate Theological Union recognizes a group of doctoral students as Newhall Scholars, providing the opportunity to work collaboratively with core faculty to develop and teach new courses, lead research, and expand the boundaries of innovative scholarship. Hundreds of students at GTU have benefited from her endowment.</p><p>This photograph is from the GTU Photograph Collection. For a more personal perspective of her life, see her<a href="http://mvgazette.com/article.php?31319"> obituary</a> in the Vineyard Gazette.
<br /></p>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-90687872586190540702011-04-13T14:40:00.000-07:002011-04-25T14:15:50.312-07:00Earth Day 2011On some afternoons, there appears to be far more children from day care on the Pacific School of Religion campus than students in divinity school. This Earth Day post is for the parents and the children. (Please click on the image for a full spread.)<br /><br />"We give thanks for the earth and its creatures and are grateful from A to Z."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHMn7-V_cCyYtDvbqAnqfm34umum_tN5sBa94kn5o0uDmI7Q-zlWAPUyKgt_bpDXX_IRn6ng5zahZAkrdN4bZzSFA4XgrYxrg9Li8seE0AItHiTmhHtZktgN077PF7qczv0KTQrdJri6J/s1600/Nn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHMn7-V_cCyYtDvbqAnqfm34umum_tN5sBa94kn5o0uDmI7Q-zlWAPUyKgt_bpDXX_IRn6ng5zahZAkrdN4bZzSFA4XgrYxrg9Li8seE0AItHiTmhHtZktgN077PF7qczv0KTQrdJri6J/s320/Nn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595186831764330690" border="0" /></a>From Gary Kowalski, <span style="font-style: italic;">Earth Day: An Alphabet Book</span>. Boston: Skinner House Books, 2009. Design and illustrations by Rocco Baviera. These two pages are shared, courtesy Gary Kowalski.<br /><br />Thanks to some wonderful donors, we have several alphabet books and a number of prayer books for children in our graduate theological library.<br /><br />Gary Kowalski's <span>book</span> is a simple yet exquisite reminder of the wonders that we need to respect and steward.<br /><br />A number of our archival collections document the struggles for intelligent stewardship of nature within religious traditions. These include the<a href="http://grace.gtu.edu/search%7ES0?/XStarhawk&SORT=D/XStarhawk&SORT=D&SUBKEY=Starhawk/1%2C16%2C16%2CB/frameset&FF=XStarhawk&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C"> Starhawk Collection</a>, <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5w1035rd/">Dody H. Donnelly Collection</a>, and <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt109nd6gg/">Albert Cohen Campus Ministry, Social Justice and the Environment Collection</a>. We also manage the <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4p3003kj/">Thomas Starr King Collection</a>. King, among many gifts, was one of the most eloquent of nature writers in the 19th century.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:RED;"><strong></strong></span></strong>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-2548072915001299482011-02-18T11:44:00.000-08:002011-02-22T11:33:45.371-08:00Space for Faiths<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpnFM6Cm_SUbysmQPwxaZxubKCg0f8NbkIj29WBAQ4rttfYeljOO9iYZWI_0I9MKIQBYs130rEOsmMSG7dH-oLmHjJMe63GhJ0J4CLV8MkRjL0vy6EFZWaUQlxumH6HVDFOCvFLqA3ADm/s1600/space-2-1000-1300.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575121804234229266" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 246px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpnFM6Cm_SUbysmQPwxaZxubKCg0f8NbkIj29WBAQ4rttfYeljOO9iYZWI_0I9MKIQBYs130rEOsmMSG7dH-oLmHjJMe63GhJ0J4CLV8MkRjL0vy6EFZWaUQlxumH6HVDFOCvFLqA3ADm/s320/space-2-1000-1300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><em>Space for Faiths: Stephen De Staebler's Winged Figure</em> is contained in the most recent issue of <em>arts: Arts in Religious and Theological Studies.</em> One of the last major projects of the late Professor Doug Adams, the work is a collection of invited essays on the sculpture that was placed at the center of the GTU library.</p><p>The project was completed by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. The Center for the Arts, Religion and Education (CARE) provided financial support for the publication (it's over a hundred pages).</p><p>Originally, the atrium of the library was empty. Richard Peters, the architect who completed the building, had considered at one point a "pendant piece" to hang down in the atrium and play on the theme of light. In 1978, unsolicited, De Staebler had prepared a site plan model to be incorporated at the entrance of the library. This was not realized. He remained in close contact with Jane Dillenberger and Adams. In early 1993, De Staebler felt that the piece he was working on was for the library. He offered to donate the sculpture to the library. The GTU board accepted after a vigorous discussion. Adams with CARE arranged to cover the $60,000 cost of the installation: the sculpture sits on a 24 foot bronze covered plinth with an additional six feet embedded in the bedrock below. </p><p>The dedication of the <em>Winged Figure</em> took place on September 18, 1993, at the 30th anniversary of the GTU and the inauguration of the fifth president, Glenn R. Bucher. Doug Adams closed the ceremony with these words:</p><blockquote><p>Stephen De Staebler's sculpture embodies incompleteness (one leg, a partical torso, one arm...) an incompleteness which allows us to remember that we are incomplete. Such rememberance evokes empathy for others. Let our experience of this sculpture WINGED FIGURE increase our empathy for others.</p><p>His sculpture does not detail the head for he has learned that we too easily focus on the head and neglect the body. His sculpture draws our attention to our connection to the earth. Let this scuplture increase our care for the body and the earth.</p><p>Stephen's work is frontal and evokes a commitment akin to conversation at a dinner table where we face others at length in contrast to cocktail part chatter where we stand at oblique angles to others and avoid engagement. Let this sculpture increase our commitment with others.</p><p>The concave wing provides space and suggests a transformation into an as yet unknown form. There is room for our new thoughts and the different thoughts of<br />others who may dream new dreams. Let this sculpture increase our thoughts and faiths and hopes and dreams unseen.</p><p>Amen.</p><br /></blockquote><p>To see the essays, please view the issue in our current periodicals. For more information on Doug Adams, see the <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9870414x/">finding aid</a> for his collection and request access to his archives at the library. Archives and Special Collections are open from 8:30 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday.</p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhz9A21pnqc-3ccBYIFthTKn6d4UutZIjEME_7Hj0q0YC9EP34vy1d_nH6sp8PZ55PmLEmBT1RDZ5s5bo4WrBuTuQtYFtuVggsnAVT6fRYpNr0V7nlmwFL3E3u9Bj8-dj4SAoR76HPaQVr/s1600/destaebler-install.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhz9A21pnqc-3ccBYIFthTKn6d4UutZIjEME_7Hj0q0YC9EP34vy1d_nH6sp8PZ55PmLEmBT1RDZ5s5bo4WrBuTuQtYFtuVggsnAVT6fRYpNr0V7nlmwFL3E3u9Bj8-dj4SAoR76HPaQVr/s320/destaebler-install.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576598233617356194" border="0" /></a>Stephen De Staebler installing the <span style="font-style: italic;">Winged Figure</span>, one of the images referenced in Jane Dillenberger's article.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-20145741014718206702010-09-21T08:27:00.000-07:002010-09-28T14:43:07.379-07:00Ecumenism: Catholic Inclusion in the GTUThe Spring 2010 issue of <span style="font-style:italic;">U.S. Catholic Historian</span> explores ecumenism in the 20th century. Bishop John S. Cummins, second Bishop of the Diocese of Oakland (1962-1971) contributes a wonderful article on the Catholic involvement with the Graduate Theological Union, "Bishop Floyd L. Begin's Bold and Steady Service in the Development of the Graduate Theological Union: A Personal Reflection."<br /><br />This article and others in the issue not only provide an excellent supporting reference to our Oral History of the GTU Collection but also to the Robert McAfee Brown Exhibit (October 1 through January 15) that is being installed in the library this week. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieXzqlygq4aiibA-q4Y7UhPhxYsiEUuc-Q6y0GjFX4TsY5H6GyXH5Z5ylK37x81SgLBH8O0vzjk6wLWpnInFyM9zWAli7Pp_pN6HFygVmUzwoNZzLOaTXKVy4mh73IxNY0jaFo5l30KI3/s1600/BrownWeigel-ca1964-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieXzqlygq4aiibA-q4Y7UhPhxYsiEUuc-Q6y0GjFX4TsY5H6GyXH5Z5ylK37x81SgLBH8O0vzjk6wLWpnInFyM9zWAli7Pp_pN6HFygVmUzwoNZzLOaTXKVy4mh73IxNY0jaFo5l30KI3/s400/BrownWeigel-ca1964-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522079028606796306" /></a> Jesuit Gustave Weigel and Presbyterian Robert McAfee Brown, 1964 <span style="font-style:italic;"></span><br /><br />Brown (1920-2001) is remembered as one of the Protestants that the Catholics could turn to for ecumenical support. He wrote with Gustave Weigel (1906-64), <span style="font-style:italic;">An American dialogue : a Protestant looks at Catholicism and a Catholic looks at Protestantism</span> (1960). These and other articles and talks in part discuss differences and common ground as well as address the issue of John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, running for president.<br /><br />For more information, see the Spring 2010 <span style="font-style:italic;">U.S. Catholic Historian</span> in the library. For more information on Brown, visit the exhibit in the library starting next week, view the <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4n39s02c/">finding aid</a> or view the <a href="http://www.gtuarchives.org/rmb-start.html">online exhibit</a>.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-57494791580765211592010-04-26T10:36:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:09:58.728-07:00Earth Day 2010, Thomas Starr King<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIYMOhd3yGAMgcflTDDRqBSwc4dHgyVft75eAB5rVHw6zUwB5_-m-OrXrC8a5Yt78dqSy66rf7zA1i_n06zC0EBmNrWH7clYONT020kAJx62ItmSLlDUZAoc4o3OgUxXi8SPchAFdG9EZ/s1600/TSK-01291849-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIYMOhd3yGAMgcflTDDRqBSwc4dHgyVft75eAB5rVHw6zUwB5_-m-OrXrC8a5Yt78dqSy66rf7zA1i_n06zC0EBmNrWH7clYONT020kAJx62ItmSLlDUZAoc4o3OgUxXi8SPchAFdG9EZ/s400/TSK-01291849-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464502930869775170" /></a><br /><blockquote>Emerson gave us last Monday evening the most brilliant lecture I ever listened to from any mortal. It was on the identity of the laws of the mind with the laws of nature. He proved conclusively that man is only a higher kind of corn, that he is a squirrel gone up into the first class, that he is a liberated oyster fully educated, that he is a spiritualized pumpkin, a thinking squash, a graduated sun-flower, and inspired turnip. Such imagery, such wit, such quaint things said in a tone solemn and sublime! I have the most profound respect henceforth for every melon-vine as my ancestor (melancholic thought). I look upon every turtle as of kin. Tonight he lectures again. I fear I may lose it. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Page 3 of letter from Thomas Starr King to Randolph Ryer, January 29, 1849.</span></blockquote><br />Thanks to Erika Hewitt for requesting a copy.<br /><br />For further information about King, see our <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4p3003kj/">finding aid</a>, which links to our <a href="http://callimachus.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=Thomas%20Starr%20King&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/p15008coll2,/p15008coll4,/p15008coll5&t=s">Digital Content Site</a>.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-71823387877069074892010-04-16T08:53:00.000-07:002010-05-04T08:56:26.397-07:00John Pairman (Jock) Brown (5/16/23 - 4/5/10)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbshLy-X9HZUXfHSGgrCvV1rcy2O5xK890QNTji1BQbNtMUujm8YerkrfePxSC5Nd2v8lPIjwaYpyS-Vfqo1IyvvwaoySfwDyxq0fnggUFBFK7YH4B8tWXI5jvQJJXSy6XbxgyG4ITTG88/s1600/GTU_103.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbshLy-X9HZUXfHSGgrCvV1rcy2O5xK890QNTji1BQbNtMUujm8YerkrfePxSC5Nd2v8lPIjwaYpyS-Vfqo1IyvvwaoySfwDyxq0fnggUFBFK7YH4B8tWXI5jvQJJXSy6XbxgyG4ITTG88/s400/GTU_103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464473692880017314" /></a><br />John Pairman (Jock) Brown passed away on April 5, 2010. He was a lecturer at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in the sixties, a visiting scholar at GTU and active in Friends of the Library for many years. In addition to his scholarly efforts, much of his activities supported peace and justice through such organizations as the Ecumenical Peace Institute, an arm of Clergy and Laity Concerned. <br /><br />Brown initiated the Sacred Text lectures at the library in 1993, providing the very first address: <span style="font-style:italic;">What Makes a Text Sacred?</span> The lecture continues as one of GTU's most interesting annual events.<br /><br />Son of two mathematicians (Eleanor Pairman and Bancroft Brown), he studied mathematics and the classics at Dartmouth and Harvard, served in the US Army Air Corp, and received a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary in New York. He taught classics at the American University in Beirut and then returned to the US. <br /><br />Brown was a mentor for Richard York, directing minister of the Berkeley Free Church, which ran from 1967 to 1972. Brown became the resident theologian to the church, applying his profound knowledge of classical literature and the New Testament to the experimental ministry. He was beaten by police without provocation during one of the many protests in the late sixties. Such incidents and the difficulty in finding a hospital that would treat street people, led to founding the free medical clinic in Berkeley. His house became a central point for processing donations to pay legal expenses for those arrested during the initial People's Park protests. His wife Emily Waymouth Brown created and managed <span style="font-style:italic;">Win with Love</span> (4 publications 1969-1971), described as "A Comprehensive Directory of the Liberated Church including Peace organizations; Youth Switchboards; National resource groups; Immigrant aid centers in Canada."<br /><br />Beginning with a great deal of media attention and influencing the creation of support services on multiple levels in Berkeley, the Free Church collapsed in a whimper of internal struggles in 1971-72. Brown continued his work for peace and wrote his well received writings on Israel and Hellas. <br /><br />Brown's style is supremely clear. Below is a sample, addressing the need to study the past, from the preface of <span style="font-style:italic;">Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece: Religion Politics and Culture</span> (2003, p x.):<br /><blockquote>In decades when the human race faces unprecedented dangers--political, military, environmental--I propose that one necessary feature of our response is to study how we got where we are. From the civilizations of the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates we can learn most of all not to repeat their false starts; from Iran ...the dangers of imperialism. Rome, heir to both Israel and Greece, as well as of Iran and the Hellenistic empires, is here seen as a bridge to the ambiguities and dilemmas of <span style="font-style:italic;">our</span> world. In the end, then, this work is a plea for better and deeper understanding of the societies that lie behind us <span style="font-style:italic;">in our best moments</span>."</blockquote><br />Brown is well worth further study. His books and articles on Israel and Hellas are available in the library. His efforts for peace and justice, as well as liturgical reform, can be found in materials from the <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7489n8kh/">Berkeley Free Church Collection</a>, which links to images on line, and from his books, several of which are on <a href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=John%20Pairman%20Brown">Internet Archive</a>. A few images and two articles about him are at our <a href="http://callimachus.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=Berkeley%20Free%20Church&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/p15008coll2,/p15008coll4,/p15008coll5&t=a">Digital Content site</a>.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-41079235143400084892010-03-24T09:26:00.000-07:002010-03-24T10:36:47.712-07:0030th Anniversary of Assassination of Oscar Romero<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-2Svl1mqwLbGAbyCD4_BIfQNr7d98GyBY5FNLMm4mHu0QaA4ljlt05Wgfbl0rpdboWE7YbvPBVoaMuB88lqGfAxxikJSJ2ef1LkSIl_3n43NjvyAezEjYjsGjALRSwN9LedsDBccd3oY/s1600/GTU_ohsanc-010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-2Svl1mqwLbGAbyCD4_BIfQNr7d98GyBY5FNLMm4mHu0QaA4ljlt05Wgfbl0rpdboWE7YbvPBVoaMuB88lqGfAxxikJSJ2ef1LkSIl_3n43NjvyAezEjYjsGjALRSwN9LedsDBccd3oY/s400/GTU_ohsanc-010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452249889068221570" /></a><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">One of the commemorative posters from the Sanctuary Oral History Project Collection<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span></blockquote><br />Thirty years ago Oscar Romero was shot and killed while celebrating mass in the chapel of a hospital. The date prompts commemorative activities in El Salvador and across the world in recognition of his courage in confronting a repressive regime. Of course, he still has his enemies, who condemn him as a recruiter for Marxism and not as a martyr for human rights.<br /><br />In the early 1980s, refugees from Central America became the focus of the Sanctuary Movement. Faced with civil war, military aggression and terror, citizens left the country and joined refugee camps in Honduras or traveled north to Mexico and then to the United States. US policy did not recognize Central Americans, or El Salvadorans, as qualifying for refugee status. Those who were caught were deported and returned to their countries. Becoming aware of the situation, churches responded to the needs of the refugees by offering sanctuary.<br /><br />On March 24, 1982, five congregations in Berkeley and one in Phoenix, Arizona, publicly committed to "protect, defend and advocate for" men, women and children fleeing from Guatemala and El Salvador. Churches throughout the country joined in this movement. After protection was no longer necessary for Central American refugees, the movement continued, focusing on issues with immigrants from throughout the world<br /><br />For the past few months, we've been adding materials from our collections on the sanctuary movement to our digital content site. Of special note are transcripts of 12 of the leaders of the movement, part of an <a href="http://callimachus.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=sanctuary&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/p15008coll2,/p15008coll4,/p15008coll5&t=a">oral history project</a> begun by Eileen Purcell, one of the movement leaders. <br /><br />We also have two very comprehensive collections of the movement: <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2n39n5cp/">Gustav Schultz Sanctuary Collection, GTU 90-5-01</a>; <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3t1nf1gc/">National Sanctuary Defense Fund Collection, GTU 98-9-04</a>.<br /><br />This Saturday, March 27, an <a href="http://www.gracecathedral.org/calendar/overview/worship/detail/index.php?eid=1656">Archbishop Oscar Romero Commemoration</a> will be held at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, beginning at 11 am. Carla DeSola and the Omega West Dance Company will be among the performers.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-33527478336134924462010-03-02T12:19:00.000-08:002010-03-10T09:15:25.043-08:00GTU Videos<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9862505&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9862505&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9862505">The Graduate Theological Union : A Vision of Excellence, 1983</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/gtuarchives">GTU Archives</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><p>The Graduate Theological Union : A Vision of Excellence, 1983. To view enter: GTU2400.</p><p><b>The Graduate Theological Union: A Vision of Excellence </b> (1983) was commissioned by the GTU Development Office as part of the Capital Campaign to raise funds for the completion of the GTU library. The tape was produced, written and narrated by George Conklin and Linda McFadden. Among those interviewed are Mary Ann Donovan, JTSB; Benjamin Reist, SFTS; Claude Welch, academic dean; Bishop John Cummins, Diocese of Oakland; Joseph Asher, Rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco; William Herzog, ABSW; John Coleman, JTSB; Will Herzfeld, PLTS; Teruo Kawata, PSR; and Michael Blecker, president of GTU. This video, converted from a VHS tape, jumps and skips. <br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9862649&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9862649&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9862649">Voices of the GTU, 2001</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/gtuarchives">GTU Archives</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><p>Voices of the GTU, 2001. To view enter: GTU2400.</p><p><b>Voices of the GTU</b> premiered at the inauguration of James A. Donahue as President in February 2001. Produced by Kevin C. Koczela and Greg Tarin, the short film is a series of interviews with students and faculty explaining their experience at GTU. Those interviewed include Donahue; Margaret Miles, dean and vp for academic affairs; Judith Berling, former dean; John Dillenberger, former dean and president; Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, faculty; Ruth Ohm, student; Kirk Wegter-McNeilly, student; and Nancy Pineda-Madrid, student. The archives has the complete videotaped interviews of each person interviewed. </p><br /><p>These are two of the videos from the archives. We also have three others that we have not yet received permission to post, but which can be viewed within the library:<br /> <p><b>Holy Hill</b> was aired on KRON-4's local news-magazine program --30 Minutes: Assignment Four--on December 14, 1974. The report is anchored by Phil Wilson. Among the students featured are Alda Clark Marsh Morgan, wearing a headscarf, and Jacob K. Moody, with the glasses and short curly hair. Claude Welch, John Bennett and John C. Coleman are also interviewed. The original is on a Sony V-30H tape. This digital copy was transferred from the VHS show copy, which is a little jumpy.</p> <br /> <p><b>A Holy Alliance: Part 1 The New Seminarian and Part 2 Devotion and Diversity</b> ran on the CBS Sunday morning show <i>For Our Times</i> in 1984. The show was produced by Chalmers Dale and Pamela Ilott and narrated by Douglas Edwards. The show focuses on the changes in theological education at the Graduate Theological Union. There are interviews with presidents, deans, faculty and students from the various GTU member schools. Topics discussed include cooperation with University of California-Berkeley, minority clergy education, what it means to be in the ministry, the work of the church in the world and Catholic Religious Life.</p><br /><p><b> My 20th century : the Graduate Theological Union</b> aired March 30, 2001 on KTVU-TV 2, 10 o'clock news. George Watson produced and narrates this television segment which aired March 30, 2001 on KTVU-TV 10 o'clock news about the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., its history and in the present day. Shots of the present day are intercut with historical film footage about Berkeley. James Donahue, President of the GTU, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Assistant Professor of Theology and Womanist Studies, and Laura Kakis, Director of the Pacific School of Religion Choir are interviewed. The segment includes shots of the area, the GTU Library, classes in session, and a choir rehearsal.</p>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-30041818293462151622010-01-26T08:39:00.000-08:002010-01-26T10:51:26.167-08:00Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Berkeley 1994<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh-3OIcET6Yfy4eFgiQz9Onpfe2iL56gHZnzvqccRGZyFJawLjjm_keHfUnvrSzv1heCOh0lzG1DWU_xPFL91x3Ht27ClI9nUgZzC2412knMPrnjZPSoS8bBBnGZCC6cbj-eawPBczPHU/s1600-h/Aristide-Schultz1994-cr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh-3OIcET6Yfy4eFgiQz9Onpfe2iL56gHZnzvqccRGZyFJawLjjm_keHfUnvrSzv1heCOh0lzG1DWU_xPFL91x3Ht27ClI9nUgZzC2412knMPrnjZPSoS8bBBnGZCC6cbj-eawPBczPHU/s400/Aristide-Schultz1994-cr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431089681696694322" border="0" /></a><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Gus Schultz, reception at First Congregational Church in Berkeley, 1994</span></blockquote><blockquote>During my dialogue with the GTU community, I recounted the story of my meeting with a group of students in Haiti a month before the December 1990 elections. In that meeting, the students and I talked about the harsh realities that the nation was facing--an 85% illiteracy rate, a repressive military that consumes 45% of the national budget, an economy that benefits only the elite. As we spoke, one student , drawing an analogy to water, asked a profound question about the future of the country: "Can one single drop of fresh water change an entire glass of salt water?" I answered with two questions: "How many drops of water does it take to make rain? How many rivers does it take to cause a flood?"<br /><br />The answer to both questions is "many."<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Letter to Dr. Glenn R. Bucher from Jean-Bertrand Aristide, May 4, 1994</span></span></blockquote><br />Haiti's problems have always seemed to be nearly insurmountable. The January 12 earthquake resulted in a staggering lost of life (approaching 300,000 by one count) and of support structures.<br /><br />Michael Deibert writes today in the <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/DeathDevastation-Haunt/63725/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en">Chronicle of Higher Education</a> about the destruction of the university facilities in Port-au-Prince and the loss of many students and professors. Among the intellectual leaders who died were Micha Gaillard, a university professor and political activist; Myriam Merlet, founder of Enfofamn; lawyer Magalie Marcelin, who established Kay Fanm (Woman's House); and Anne Marie Coriolan, who founded the group Solidarité Fanm Ayisyen (Solidarity With Haitian Women).<br /><br />For those who have yet to send donations to support aid to Haiti, a few agencies are suggested at the <a href="http://www.gtu.edu/">GTU site</a>.<br /><br />We recently updated the finding aid for the National Sanctuary Defense Fund (NSDF) Collection in order to post it to Online Archives of California. While much of the NSDF efforts were initially to help refugees and those who were arrested for helping refugees from Central America, by the nineties the fund had broadened to include most immigrant populations into the US.<br /><br />Haiti received particular attention due to the forced removal by military of the former priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who had been elected as president, resulting in persecution of proponents of democracy and US issues with refugees.<br /><br />GTU invited Aristide to speak at the First Congregation Church in Berkeley on April 17, 1994. The City of Berkeley declared that Sunday, Haitian National Day. The NSDF sponsored the reception to raise money to support Haitians affected by the military actions. Above, Gus Schultz, minister at University Lutheran Church, and board president of the NSDF, welcomes the deposed president. Aristide spoke later that week at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco and at Stanford.<br /><br />For more information on the National Sanctuary Defense Fund (NSDF) Collection please contact the GTU archives at archives@gtu.edu or call 510-649-2507 or 2523. A few images and documents from the collection are at our <a href="http://callimachus.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/p15008coll2">digital content site</a>. The archives also has several other sanctuary related collections: <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2n39n5cp/">The Gustav Schultz Sanctuary Collection, 1971 – 1996</a> and <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7h4nf3ts/">Sanctuary Oral History Movement Collection</a>.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-25609551076502340282009-12-22T10:13:00.000-08:002009-12-22T12:07:39.774-08:00Temple of Religion and Tower of Peace, 1939 Golden Gate Exposition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaL10MX0nVsJLGNZ2CekKyPj0RRfyUzJ1q0KfXa_wfgkp1otv_btpVbnMGGzW0zXok9BXqJqSXt8yPkljykUcm3ce9tRobuil_kxGjo5yYHmrunq0mIA5Vw4YgZtdU6sqyC3UnvmrFzMi/s1600-h/temp-pamhlet-2-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaL10MX0nVsJLGNZ2CekKyPj0RRfyUzJ1q0KfXa_wfgkp1otv_btpVbnMGGzW0zXok9BXqJqSXt8yPkljykUcm3ce9tRobuil_kxGjo5yYHmrunq0mIA5Vw4YgZtdU6sqyC3UnvmrFzMi/s400/temp-pamhlet-2-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418146291102529346" border="0" /></a><br />Over seventy years ago, religious leaders in the Bay Area raised $100,00 to construct a Temple of Religion and Tower of Peace for the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition on Treasure Island.<br /><br />San Francisco's Temple represented all faiths, unlike the Temple of Religion at the 1938 World's Fair in New York City that only represented Protestants, Catholics and Jews. Also, as involvement in the second world war seemed increasingly inevitable, for the last eight Sundays of the exposition the organization sponsored a series of events and lectures to promote peace and keep America out of the conflict.<br /><br />Treasure Island was later <a href="http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist9/tiseizure.html">seized</a> from the City and County of San Francisco by the Navy for use as a base during World War II.<br /><br />We recently received a scrapbook and other materials collected by Fred D. Parr, Parr was the President of the California Church Council and Vice-President and Chairman of the Finance Committee for Temple of Religion and Tower of Peace, Inc.<br /><br />The scrapbook details the events surrounding the Temple. Besides the activities of local religious organizations, there were a number of curious crises. One mural met with great concern. The depiction of Jesus by Austrian artist Franz Bergmann seemed too dark and "lacking in spirituality and kindness" by many clergymen. Moses appeared too stern and, in a departure from usual form, mostly bald. Bergmann agreed to soften both figures.<br /><br />Among the exhibits were archeological artifacts from the Palestine Institute (now Bade Institute of Biblical Archaeology) of Pacific School of Religion, a <a href="http://www.nps.gov/archive/whmi/history/marcbio.htm">Marcus Whitman </a>exhibit from San Francisco Theological Seminary, and the John Howell exhibit of Bibles, later donated to PSR.<br /><br />For more information about the Fred D. Parr: Temple of Religion and Tower of Peace, Golden Gate International Exhibition Collection, 1938 – 1939, GTU 2009-11-01, please contact the archivist at archives@gtu.edu.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa_7v_74-1dquegW8gfyrB8LzJszkPh6SBBfyE0X3zHZlG9Xa_Gw84yJ1CU_XDLDEM8_WYop03NL8Yw7rmnvHSCu08u8QHuD_bw50FxG5XEWuCKQZ_sHU1XlD91IfxFIE0jHi4D6LJYGg/s1600-h/temp-handout-frt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa_7v_74-1dquegW8gfyrB8LzJszkPh6SBBfyE0X3zHZlG9Xa_Gw84yJ1CU_XDLDEM8_WYop03NL8Yw7rmnvHSCu08u8QHuD_bw50FxG5XEWuCKQZ_sHU1XlD91IfxFIE0jHi4D6LJYGg/s320/temp-handout-frt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418126036580047906" border="0" /></a>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-89709242291936666772009-12-04T08:18:00.000-08:002009-12-09T10:51:42.149-08:00Thomas Starr King, Apostle of Liberty, Sacramento, December 8, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrninWwwUvbq9ndEP1mSfSWiyOKpE8SteXV-Z8qajKjy0BNri7tTL_-i0hMQZK0Gj8WyXqGG30BsNCJDzirLhg6XmRXi4yNIKZDt1K5LQpM1aQXgF2UYy6pME43WdcOKEdfj3qVPMGC_iU/s1600-h/King_statue-600-1024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrninWwwUvbq9ndEP1mSfSWiyOKpE8SteXV-Z8qajKjy0BNri7tTL_-i0hMQZK0Gj8WyXqGG30BsNCJDzirLhg6XmRXi4yNIKZDt1K5LQpM1aQXgF2UYy6pME43WdcOKEdfj3qVPMGC_iU/s320/King_statue-600-1024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411417457819425618" /></a><center>Statue of Thomas Starr King as unveiled in Washington, DC, 1932</center><br /><blockquote>I hear frequently the charge that I preach politics, and that it will make trouble if I do not desist. This undoubtedly refers to the frequency of the treatment I have given, during the last year or so, to the Christian spirit and obligation of humanity, and the application I have often made of it to our responsibility as members of the American government, as entrusted in part with the destiny of an Empire. Wherever there is power there is trust and duty. The preacher’s business is with spiritual laws, and their bearing upon or their application with the duties and the action of common life. If I think and see clearly how a great spiritual principle may be honored by the method in which you can trade, or use your money or exercise your genius, or live at home, am I not bound to interpret that way, leaving it for your conscience and your insight to accept or refuse my interpretation?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Sermon at Hollis Church, Boston, 1856</span></blockquote><br /><br />The statue of Thomas Starr King, which had been on display since 1932 in Statuary Hall in the Capital as one of the heroes of California, is being dedicated at its new location in Sacramento on December 8, 2009, at 1:30 pm. The statue will greet visitors entering the Civil War Grove in Capitol Park.<br /><br />King's statue was replaced by one of a smiling Ronald Reagan in June this year. The Reagan Foundation donated $35,000 to move the King statue to Sacramento.<br /><br />King only spent four years in San Francisco before succumbing to pneumonia at the age of 39 in 1864 but his impact was tremendous. A Unitarian Universalist minister, he campaigned actively for the Union cause throughout the state during the Civil War. A small man with a commanding voice, King promoted a love of nature and a love of his fellow man. Besides his efforts to support the Union, he campaigned for support of the Sanitary Commission, a predecessor to the Red Cross, to care for sick and wounded Union soldiers. California raised about 25% of the nearly $5 million for the organization.<br /><br />In conjunction with the dedication ceremony for the statue, a Thomas Starr King exhibit is on display at the State Capitol Museum through June 30, 2010. The GTU Archives contributed a few items from the Starr King Collection: a traveling case used on his trip from New York to San Francisco, an ambrotype of his wife Julia, and a copy of his journal of the voyage to California. <br /><br />The GTU archives maintains the collection for the Starr King School of Ministry. For additional information, please contact the archivist at archives@gtu.edu or view the <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4p3003kj/">finding aid</a>. We recently put <a href="http://callimachus.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fp15008coll2">online</a> the book on the 1932 unveiling of the statue in Washington, some photographs, and a scrapbook maintained by Charles W. Wendte.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-12910428650087632522009-10-30T13:43:00.001-07:002009-10-30T14:24:48.050-07:00Dali"s Biblia Sacra<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1st4MHaKfUAQ6c4X2Nn4jLw5FYbyh5bsxwzBCKywtA-pfOBKQh6ia0Cc7jx_kQgIGTblmizAgPK7lk7R-NzqspP2cU8fBZie5HQ7Ewy7sAlHvXy_EqeMlNWcfJGF2PVcUkyqqjOSSuQe/s1600-h/rb-1b-1200-884.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1st4MHaKfUAQ6c4X2Nn4jLw5FYbyh5bsxwzBCKywtA-pfOBKQh6ia0Cc7jx_kQgIGTblmizAgPK7lk7R-NzqspP2cU8fBZie5HQ7Ewy7sAlHvXy_EqeMlNWcfJGF2PVcUkyqqjOSSuQe/s400/rb-1b-1200-884.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398506468831278754" /></a><blockquote>Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt.</blockquote><br />One of the books currently on display in the library is the Bible illustrated by Salvadore Dali printed in 1967. The full title is <span style="font-style: italic;">Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis / Sixti V pont. max. iussu recognita et Clementis VIII auctoritate edita ; imaginibus Salvatoris Dalí exornata</span>.<br /><br />The Bible is broken down into 5 volumes with 105 illustrations. Our version is number 294 of the 1499 copies of the "luxus" edition, printed on special wood-pulp paper with the Dalí watermark, interspersed with illuminated drawings and bound in natural-colored goatskin, embellished with gold.<br /><br />We have a separate collection of slides of illustrations. However a <a href="http://dalionline.com/biblia.html">website</a> does seem to include thumbnails of most of the images. Additional information on the project can be found at the <a href="http://dali.parkwestgallery.com/dali-biblia-sacra.htm?gclid=CK2DwKPV5Z0CFQ0aawodiRieLg">Park West Gallery website.</a><br /><br />The GTU library is exhibiting rare books and materials from the archives through November 25. The books create a great foreground for the C.A.R.E. art exhibit behind the cases.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEre-83CU_jnGM_ZsK_LQGLSIoWCUmRwNdVWU7xXUJjLAwplWmgaNdcm4eU_OQYOeznMMrlSslU27SCtPm41nEHNd_ULbMQf0JM63gLrFKMCgCvC_VE7uh0C33opci8rugn0na6_35ghR/s1600-h/Library-Care-exhibitOct2009-800-569.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEre-83CU_jnGM_ZsK_LQGLSIoWCUmRwNdVWU7xXUJjLAwplWmgaNdcm4eU_OQYOeznMMrlSslU27SCtPm41nEHNd_ULbMQf0JM63gLrFKMCgCvC_VE7uh0C33opci8rugn0na6_35ghR/s320/Library-Care-exhibitOct2009-800-569.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398504328848829138" border="0" /></a>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-6489240889326432092009-09-23T11:34:00.001-07:002009-09-23T12:02:34.980-07:00The Home Preacher<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zv4rEwBM0g6ptQ7DHOBTmQSWbvawEPOQaSQOJ2IIZTS47Nc6h8_G1F6RSGD7bVxm3OVjEDVr2MuVYhmZPcq_jgqlyxRB1pJ6PZpnjQ8RTOYQsF7-b4X4HgGY_ZJlk8DVX4mCrGtTSQ0f/s1600-h/homepreacher.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zv4rEwBM0g6ptQ7DHOBTmQSWbvawEPOQaSQOJ2IIZTS47Nc6h8_G1F6RSGD7bVxm3OVjEDVr2MuVYhmZPcq_jgqlyxRB1pJ6PZpnjQ8RTOYQsF7-b4X4HgGY_ZJlk8DVX4mCrGtTSQ0f/s400/homepreacher.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384739216742714226" /></a><br /><center>Turn Ye From Evil Ways<br /> (please click on image to see larger print) </center><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;">"The Home Preacher," Printed by Endicott and Co. Lith., 1857, from the Smithsonian Institute.</span></p><p>Most of our collections date from the latter part of the 20th century. Occasionally, materials within a collection hearken back to the the century before. This print is from the Lithography Collection at the Smithsonian. A young Doug Adams requested this and other prints while studying in Washington, DC, during the 1970's. </p><p> This ties in with his studies of American preaching. Adams <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(1945-2007)</span> was a longtime professor at Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union. He wrote and taught humor in the Bible and in the Pulpit as well as dance and religious art. We are in the midst of processing his collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-9374650835329368012009-08-24T12:09:00.000-07:002009-08-24T14:11:49.056-07:00300 Million! Additional Workers Looking for Work in Next 10 Years, 1974<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdp5o82V0gKQ6Ym8SDEOxI9TBnf-D3nh0FaiXSg3GnlyvRcn8ltXbHGdSFafdwh8TSc6TDx4HT2uOH95AgjgI0FsSpJsOyvUM6NfnWWZCZsNS2fGM51tf1mFw_RQlMQih5LtRHlUfjYIG4/s1600-h/un-ilo-poster-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdp5o82V0gKQ6Ym8SDEOxI9TBnf-D3nh0FaiXSg3GnlyvRcn8ltXbHGdSFafdwh8TSc6TDx4HT2uOH95AgjgI0FsSpJsOyvUM6NfnWWZCZsNS2fGM51tf1mFw_RQlMQih5LtRHlUfjYIG4/s320/un-ilo-poster-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373637183650480082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlveEhWW2QvXfJAo_EceTdaqUFTfPSH7SvTnMKydxW9PzEUkhNFAq9NI39d9dGbFHjjIuflFoxWjtz29-NVIDQhnz0wde1keUE7tsZePJsdYo1SsFnOVAWGMw2REAoE1hN8tNG1zwWf7v/s1600-h/un-ilo-poster-2-500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlveEhWW2QvXfJAo_EceTdaqUFTfPSH7SvTnMKydxW9PzEUkhNFAq9NI39d9dGbFHjjIuflFoxWjtz29-NVIDQhnz0wde1keUE7tsZePJsdYo1SsFnOVAWGMw2REAoE1hN8tNG1zwWf7v/s320/un-ilo-poster-2-500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373637084366201874" border="0" /></a><br />We recently received 60 additional posters from the sixties and seventies for the <span id="hitNum3" class="hitsection">Albert G. Cohen</span> Campus Ministry, Social Justice and Environment Collection .<br /><br />The two shown here were part of a series of 12 posters issued by the International Labour Organization, based on an animated film that they produced in 1974. The drawings were by Bjorn Frank Jensen, Toonder Studios, Netherlands.<br /><br />The issue then was "300 Million! That's the number of additional people that will be looking for work in the world during the next 10 years. The question is: Will there be enough work for them?"<br /><br />The Rev. Cohen, a campus minister for many years at California State University Los Angeles, was active in social justice causes and population and environmental issues. For additional information about his work, please see his <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?style=oac4;docId=kt109nd6gg">online finding aid</a> or contact GTU archives at either 510-647-2507 or 2523 or email archives at gtu.edu.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-58252660571534407922009-07-09T12:02:00.000-07:002009-08-24T10:25:16.658-07:00Humor in the Bible, Doug Adams<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-hlQ13G5oW-aTNSCY4YktpmgSXO_g_RYF8f5XsTnSGWDa_HHzohqT8-N5HCCgrh63pB1j_rWuTceuepKL1ZoBS6Em-p3ueT2oQadzeDuDr01cWk0AzDAJajewNEhfArGEmLkQuL5lvQe/s1600-h/dougadams-jester-500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-hlQ13G5oW-aTNSCY4YktpmgSXO_g_RYF8f5XsTnSGWDa_HHzohqT8-N5HCCgrh63pB1j_rWuTceuepKL1ZoBS6Em-p3ueT2oQadzeDuDr01cWk0AzDAJajewNEhfArGEmLkQuL5lvQe/s320/dougadams-jester-500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373576343643137826" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Walking across the Pacific School of Religion campus, I almost always think of the late Professor Doug Adams (1945-2007). I took a few art and religion classes from him in 2004-2005. He always knew how to grab an audience's attention. His way of distributing handouts was to throw them up in the air. Some of his most eloquent speeches were on how the cheese and wine that would be served at break were based on the speaker"s preference or on the topic. He always made sure that guest speakers would address what he expected them to talk about. He would also be very serious, saying that late papers were unacceptable, because how could you be late to the pulpit?<br /><br />Here is an interview on Al Kresta Show Live that took place in September 11, 1997. The topic is his book, </span></strong><strong style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">The prostitute in the family tree : discovering humor and irony in the Bible</strong>.<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.eparg.com/Adams-Kresta091197.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Permission to reproduce this broadcast courtesy of <a href="http://www.avemariaradio.net/">Ave Maria Radio</a> and the Al Kresta Show.<br /><br />For more memories of Adams, see the <a href="http://www.psr.edu/douglas-g-adams-april-12-1945%E2%80%93july-24-2007">PSR site</a>. Special Collections is in the midst of processing the Doug Adams Collection. There are a few of these priceless talks within these materials, including his magical rendition of Henry Ward Beecher. The library has this and other books by Adams. </span><br /><br /><br /></strong>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-58816022691348663892009-06-19T11:05:00.000-07:002009-07-01T13:49:12.117-07:00People's Temple<center><table><tbody><tr><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQkUN1uy7jf_Qag_oERUlco6oYgr5XCkv1Rro0IjnuUaWw5HfbsUb2xXI-d4ftuYOMBEcuh4qQM5m61KeIC_zOSZycs3MH5DLb74klBcBa9yRYZc8YNuFK9ued98srM_4EQJ-X9PFZkM1/s1600-h/hesable-1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQkUN1uy7jf_Qag_oERUlco6oYgr5XCkv1Rro0IjnuUaWw5HfbsUb2xXI-d4ftuYOMBEcuh4qQM5m61KeIC_zOSZycs3MH5DLb74klBcBa9yRYZc8YNuFK9ued98srM_4EQJ-X9PFZkM1/s200/hesable-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349102597743323234" border="1" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7Ll3a9njDAdr2nABoePyYFvVGbJtbrQOO-q9W_PHoNbrQrT1nWSjDvIEklAWPA7H4CIm5L9Sh_q0sMxpokVZVWtHq9ztHzdYM16RvtA6CUfnbsLvwv17hUVsVruInALUkF_aaiI9fbaD/s1600-h/hesable-2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7Ll3a9njDAdr2nABoePyYFvVGbJtbrQOO-q9W_PHoNbrQrT1nWSjDvIEklAWPA7H4CIm5L9Sh_q0sMxpokVZVWtHq9ztHzdYM16RvtA6CUfnbsLvwv17hUVsVruInALUkF_aaiI9fbaD/s200/hesable-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349102684807285314" border="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></center><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">He's Able, People's Temple Choir, 1973 Brotherhood Records</span></blockquote>Last year was the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown mass suicide (11/18/1978). In its rare materials, the GTU library has the record album that the People's Temple Choir recorded in 1973. We also have a small <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9z09s1rq">Responses to Jonestown</a> collection. The collection was one where library staff solicited materials related to the event. Within this collection, along with newspapers from Guyana, are copies of sermons and articles in religious publications in response to the tragedy.<br /><br />Most of the responses address the mass suicide as an issue of cults and false prophets. A few point to issues closer at hand. Martin P. Choate, president of the Berkeley Area Interfaith Council, December 9, 1978, concludes their statement:<blockquote>In this sad time...let it become a call to all of us to put our religious houses in order. In the words of St. Francis:<blockquote>Where there is hatred, let us sow love;<br />Where there is doubt, faith;<br />Where there is despair, hope.<br /></blockquote></blockquote><br />There is an amazing amount of material about Jonestown on the web. The music from<span style="font-style: italic;"> He's Able</span> is reproduced in full at <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/02/he_was_able_mp3.html">WFMU's Beware of the Blog.</a> The Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State created in incredible detail <a href="http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/">Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple</a>. In other mediums, at least two documentaries came out last year. Finally, the church and Jim Jones is captured in the play <span style="font-style: italic;">The People's Temple</span> by Leigh Fondakowski with Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh and Margo Hall. This was first performed by the Berkeley Reporatory Theater in 2005 and most recently ran in Chicago in 2008. The play features music from <span style="font-style: italic;">He's Able</span>.<br /><br />This post was prompted by two events. First, a chance encounter with one of the attendees to the Western Archives Institute, this year in Berkeley. He said that the National Archives and Records Administration office in San Bruno, whose building is named after Congressman Leo W. Ryan (who was killed at Jonestown), also holds his papers, which are waiting to be processed. Second, finding the album in our rare record section and discovering that the music is online.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-51774220720658543982009-06-15T12:35:00.000-07:002009-06-17T09:49:36.250-07:00Finger Prayer Book<center><table><tbody><tr><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_J8SwuxIkYCPLqc-2lwJflh6C7QHFOOCOn-oe5XQRX8nMaBfGVQmwk5vRKrubbX4oVRJ-wlz5JHexY5TY2TTvQ1mOA-GylNFTM29fzOIDmWy_6km0c56EpIRkDi_Dxt-4OunUN1r2LCcx/s1600-h/bx5145A5B66.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_J8SwuxIkYCPLqc-2lwJflh6C7QHFOOCOn-oe5XQRX8nMaBfGVQmwk5vRKrubbX4oVRJ-wlz5JHexY5TY2TTvQ1mOA-GylNFTM29fzOIDmWy_6km0c56EpIRkDi_Dxt-4OunUN1r2LCcx/s200/bx5145A5B66.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347640588570726770" border="0" /></a></td><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6N507VoTJ4d_-BX-VsYwpTIF6w-v7Tvt3U50Fuv2pRWrK-broIYNrU_NiEUv2aYhYKK0IbF6b3wq6E5EPCVQ4ZGqubE0sbsv_M4h8ZPMJjUhARXGwQQJdn1thrYIRVAEfSl3IVgyMJcx/s1600-h/bx5145A5B66-FR.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6N507VoTJ4d_-BX-VsYwpTIF6w-v7Tvt3U50Fuv2pRWrK-broIYNrU_NiEUv2aYhYKK0IbF6b3wq6E5EPCVQ4ZGqubE0sbsv_M4h8ZPMJjUhARXGwQQJdn1thrYIRVAEfSl3IVgyMJcx/s200/bx5145A5B66-FR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347640683107875794" border="0" /></a></td><br /><td><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQLFtigC2EDhXXjkYpM8_7rI8acWtKLa_GOT-v5sPRiGkggAV_f7A4yE3GtpO_GAKDgMmNA4b3iaEWZTKkBqlfntvuhyphenhyphenabAlH9TjIJSSNoW9Jy_sS6HPHS6CllNF1-6INOzXK49nsHkXw/s1600-h/bx5145A5B66-IN.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQLFtigC2EDhXXjkYpM8_7rI8acWtKLa_GOT-v5sPRiGkggAV_f7A4yE3GtpO_GAKDgMmNA4b3iaEWZTKkBqlfntvuhyphenhyphenabAlH9TjIJSSNoW9Jy_sS6HPHS6CllNF1-6INOzXK49nsHkXw/s200/bx5145A5B66-IN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347640765396981474" border="0" /></a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></center><blockquote>Finger Prayer Book, 3.5 x 1 inches, circa 1890's, Oxford Press</blockquote>In considering the comparative readability of the I-Phone versus the Kindle, this late 19th century example came to mind. Here is a finger sized Book of Common Prayer, one of the miniature books in the GTU Rare Book Collection. A few sections were not printed in order to keep the size to a minimum. Quite readable, these books were certainly a convenient size to carry.<br /><br />Miniature books in the United States are usually 3 inches in height or less, so this example is slightly taller than normal to this format. However, outside of the US the height may be up to 4 inches (90 cm). By any account, as an example of small yet readable text size, this work seems worthy of inclusion. For further information on the Internet, UCLA's Clark Library has an online exhibit on <a href="http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/Clark%20Pages/Exhibiton%20Links/Miniatures/Miniatures.html">miniature books</a>. Most of the earliest examples are religious.<br /><br />To locate additional miniature books in our collection, search under subjects in Grace: "Miniature books -- Specimens". This book is part of our extensive collection of the Book of Common Prayer.Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-50193233653527531972009-05-29T09:25:00.000-07:002009-05-29T10:07:12.567-07:00Sounds of a New RoofPart of working in archives is making sure that events that happen in the present are captured for the future. Here is what the library sounds like today. <br /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.eparg.com/roof.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261563090570739323.post-61612034026553328162009-05-26T09:27:00.001-07:002009-05-26T10:57:44.096-07:00Chagall, Exodus and Jewish Theater<table><tbody><tr><td><br /></td></tr><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Yf1hIJGnWHLbFtX7J3DyFRWsjQyrSHivnodscwz1dXHbyGCVFU2e9kTsvbMpcl2TQuP8RcCW7tXPr01RtC1RgWmq64zU3CPpKaLeRDah75RtUhdTgsPFn3q3eSeg9VNI4-hoUOu0Xlm/s1600-h/exodus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Yf1hIJGnWHLbFtX7J3DyFRWsjQyrSHivnodscwz1dXHbyGCVFU2e9kTsvbMpcl2TQuP8RcCW7tXPr01RtC1RgWmq64zU3CPpKaLeRDah75RtUhdTgsPFn3q3eSeg9VNI4-hoUOu0Xlm/s320/exodus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340170341746484258" border="0" /></a><tr><td><blockquote><br />Then the Lord sayd unto Aaron, Goe meet Moses in the Wilderness. And he went and met him in the mount of God and kissed him.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">God sends Aaron to meet Moses in the desert, </span><span>from </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Story of Exodus</span>, 1966. Detail, Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Gift of the Chiles Foundation.</blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>Having any exhibition in the Bay Area of works by Chagall is always cause for celebration. The new <a href="http://www.thecjm.org/index.php">Jewish Contemporary Museum</a> in San Francisco is currently exhibiting <span style="font-style: italic;">Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949</span>. Along with the murals and panels painted by Chagall, are videos of the performances that represent a time and place that has vanished. In addition to the theater-related objects are some of Chagall's other works from local collections. These include prints from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts and some wonderful paintings.<br /><br />We are fortunate in the library to have this color lithograph from <span style="font-style: italic;">The Story of Exodus</span>, showing Moses with the horns of light and Aaron. The picture hangs across from the elevator on the second floor.<br /><p>If you get a chance, please see the exhibit. For additional information on the theater, along with the exhibit catalog, <span style="font-style: italic;">Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater</span>, see Benjamin Harshav's, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Moscow Yiddish Theater</span>. Harshav spoke at the GTU a few years ago. He is an exceptional scholar of language and culture of modern East European Yiddish culture. </p><h1 class="parseasinTitle"><span id="btAsinTitle" style=""><br /></span></h1>Special Collectionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215162917905443892noreply@blogger.com0