Guide to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A./United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education Division of Field Program Counseling Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A./United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education Division of Field Program Counseling Records

Inclusive Dates

1955-1973

Call Number

RG 113

Creator(s)

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. General Division of Field Services. Division of Field Program Counseling.

Quantity

10.00 cubic feet

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

In 1960, the Board of Christian Education was reorganized. The Division of Field Program Counseling was created during this reorganization and was placed under the newly expanded General Division of Field Services. The Rev. W.H. Vernon Smith, who had been secretary of the old Division of Field Services, became the first secretary of Field Program Counseling. Field Program Counseling was created to consult with and counsel judicatory educational staffs and committees on the design and implementation of educational strategy.

In recognition of the need to keep before the Church the highest standards of insight into education, and to maintain an awareness of the relationship between education and mission, the Board was reorganized again in 1970. Field staff were now attached to synods and presbyteries as "Christian Education consultants," with supervision of work entrusted to the judicatories.

Ghost Ranch was a national adult study center owned and operated by the Board and used for conferences, institutes and family programs. The General Division of Field Services developed and maintained the ranch and its programs as an educational service to the Church.

Collection Overview

Record Group 113 contains records from the General Division of Field Services, its Division of Field Program Counseling, and Ghost Ranch. The records include conference materials, reports, correspondence, resource materials and minutes. The bulk of the collection dates from the mid-1960s, although there are some older records on Ghost Ranch.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

This collection was not given a high quality of processing. Researchers will have to read the container list carefully when looking for specific items. The following headings should serve as a guide:
Ghost Ranch Box 1
Associates in Educational Development Box 4
Designs for an Educational System (DES) Boxes 5-6
Christian Faith and Action/DES Box 7
The Association of United Presbyterian
Christian Educators Box 8
Subject File (alphabetical) Boxes 9-10

Collection processed and container list prepared: February 1975
Jane Ramsay, Assistant Records Researcher

Notes added to finding aid: November 1991
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Division of Field Program Counseling.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Division of Field Services

Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, N.M.)

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Development of Educational Systems.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Publications. aat

Minutes. aat

Reports. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 113

		GHOST RANCH

1	2	1955-56
	3	Minutes, 1955-56
	4	Correspondence and Memos, 1955-57
	5	Program Suggestions, 1955-61
	6	Committee Minutes, 1955-71
	7	Ghost Ranch Committee, 1956
	8-9	Correspondence and Memos, 1957-61
	10	Correspondence re Pictures, 1960-61
	11	Correspondence and Memos, 1961-63
	12	1965-66
	13	Field Staff Meeting, 1968
	14	Procedures
	15	Wildlife Sanctuary
	16	Summer Employment
	17	Brochures--Soil and Water Conservation
	18	by Year
	19-20	Publicity
	21	College Staff, Handbook, Graduate Fellowship
	22	Reports
	23-24	Program Committee

2	1-5	Lend-Lease Counseling Program and Service, 1957-69
	6	Memos to Ghost Ranch Field Staff, 1965-69
	7-8	Parish Education Division, Objectives and Projects, 1969-70
	9	Council of Southern Mountains, 1963-69
	10	Lay Education, 1967-68
	11	Joint Conference on Planning, 1967
	12	Executive Committee--Task Group on Definition of Mission and Evangelism, 1969
	13	Task Group on Contemporary Understanding of Mission and Evangelism, 1970
	14	Committee on Nurture and Renewal of the Church, 1971
	15	Media, Planning Projects, Task force on Field Representation from Media Division, 1970-71
	16	Microteaching and Mini-Courses, 1968
	17	5th Protestant Church Leadership Lab (NCC), 1960
	18	Plan for Office of Development, 1969
	19	State of Mission, 1969-70
	20	Joint Meeting of UPCUSA and PCUS Boards
	21	Miscellaneous, 1963-69

3	1-3	GDFS (General Division of Field Services)--"New Directions," Long-Range Planning, 1967-73
	4	Cooperative Educational Projects (Field Staff), 1968
	5	Educational Systems Coordinating Committee, 1967-68
	6	Report, "The PCUSA and Public Schools," 1956
	7	GDFS--Cabinet and Reports, 1965-67
	8	Cabinet, 1967-69
	9-10	Joint Conference on Planning, 1964-66
	11	Staff Meeting, UPCUSA/UCC, 1968
	12	Judicatory Committee Handbook, 1967-68

		ASSOCIATES IN EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

4	1	Arrangements for Regionals, Progress Reports, Summary of Evaluation Responses, 1966-67
	2-3	Regional Seminars, 1966
	4-5	Synods, 1966
	6	Teacher Education, Region 1--Follow-Up Reports, 1967
	7	Teacher Education, Region 2--Synod Plans, SE Area, 1967
	8	Teacher Education, Region 3--Reports, 1967
	9	Teacher Education, Region 4, 1967
	10	Teacher Education, Region 5, 1967; Addresses of Aides

		DESIGNS FOR AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

5	1-12	Papers and Memos

6	1-10	Papers and Memos

		CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ACTION/DESIGNS FOR AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

7	1	1969 Regional Events--Introducing New 1-10 Christian Faith and Action -Materials
	2	Guidance Papers
	3	Report
	4	Design of Regional Events
	5-8	Regional Events Materials
	9	Design Committee - Minutes & Administrative Papers
	10	Introducers' Section; Teacher Educator Section; Bulletins to all Field Staff
	11	Planning: Team Captains Meetings; Visits to the 22 Regional Groups; Unit Planning; Reports
	12	"Search for Learning" Prints; Routing Directions; Evaluation Questionnaire Form; Introduction Funds
	13	General Administration; Interpretive Materials
	14	Team Training
	15	Administrative Committee
	16	Pastors' Section
	17	Planning; Team Training
	18	Regionals: Golden Gate and Sierra
	19	Kansas and Missouri
	20	Pennsylvania (Western)
	21	Pennsylvania and West Virginia
	22	Pennsylvania (Eastern)
	23	Washington-Alaska; Oregon-Idaho
	24	New England and 2 New York Presbyteries
	25	Ohio
	26	New York (Upstate)
	27	Wisconsin and Chicago
	28	Rockies; Colorado; New Mexico
	29	Dakotas and Minnesota
	30	Mid-South; South Carolina; Georgia; Florida
	31	Michigan and Indiana (Northern)
	32	Southern California and Arizona
	33	Iowa and Nebraska
	34	Oklahoma-Arkansas and Texas
	35	Kentucky and Indiana (Southern)
	36	New Jersey
	37	Chesapeake and Catawba
	38	Metropolitan New York
	39	Illinois (Except Chicago)
	40	The Presbyterian Church in Canada
	41	Planning: Teams; Meetings; Participants; Scripts; Articles
	42	Reports: Reintroduction of CFA Material; Concepts in CFA Resources, 1971; CFA Continuity and Change, 1972

		THE ASSOCIATION OF UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS (TAUPCE)

8	1-9	Annual Meetings, 1960-1968
	10	Plans for, 1970 Meeting
	11	Merger Meeting with PCUS Association of Christian Educators, 1970
	12	Committee of Nine - Reports, 1970
	13	APCE - Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (formed by merger of TAUPCE and ACE - Meeting, January 1971
	14	Support of Education in Middle Judicatories
	15	Building Relationships with MJES (Middle Judicatory Educational Staff) - Reports: AZ, Catawba, Chesapeake, CO-UT, FL, Golden Gate, ID, IN
	16	Reports: KS, KY, MI, Mid-South, MN, MO, NE, New England, NJ, NM
	17	MJES - Unit Committee - Report (for 1970 Visits)
	18	Developing Relationships with MJES - Reports, 1970: AZ, Catawba, Chesapeake, CO-UT, FL, Golden Gate, ID
	19	Developing Relationships with MJES: Springfield, IL Visit, 1971
	20	IN, KS, KY, MI, Mid-South, MN, MO, NE, New England, NJ, NY, ND, OH, 1970
	21	OK-AR, OR, PA, Rockies, Sierra, SC-GA, SD, Southern CA, WA-AK, WV
	22	Christian Faith and Life Material, 1946-48

		SUBJECT FILE

9	1	"Approach" - Christian Education Newsweekly, 1967-69
	2	Book of Order - Revision, 1968-71
	3	Children's Work, 1964
	4-5	Church Educational Services Council, 1970-72
	6	Church Officer Development
	7	Continuing Education and Counseling of Professionals, 1965-72
	8	Communication Work Group - Re Adult Education, 1971
	9	Systems Development Committee, 1970
	10	Confession of 1967 (Proposed)
	11	Angela Davis Matter, 1971
	12	Project Equip, 1970-71
	13	Educational Systems Communications - Task Force; Questionnaire on Synod Newsletters and Newspapers
	14	Field Operations Committee - Minutes and Reports 1967-70
	15	Field Operations Plan - CES Meeting - F.O. Requests, 1970; Synod School Requests; Synod Meeting Representation; General Program Requests, 1971
	16	Original Field Commitment Reports for, 1971 and Final Report of Field Commitments Circulated to CES Chairmen for Year, 1971
	17	Field Commitments - By Synods and By Dept., 1971
	18	Operations Report, 1972
	19	Director's Manual - United Presbyterian National Educational Survey, 1963
	20-21	Interchurch Agencies - Interagency Consultants Groups and Staff Consultation on Interchurch Agencies 1964, 1965, 1966
	22	Media Center (BCE) Brochure of Audio Visual Equipment and Materials Inventory, 1971
	23	MJES (Middle Judicatory Educational Consultants)--Special Mailings, 1972-73
	24	Steering Committee, 1970
	25	Miscellaneous Papers and Brochures, 1962-72
	26	Mission and Evangelism - Task Group, 1969-70
	27	through Housing, 1967

10	1	National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1972
	2	National General Mission Consultative Conference, 1969
	3	Mission Newsletters and Letter Exchange, 1971-73
	4	Brochures: The Com. on Christian Education; Adult Work, A Guide for Judicatory Committees, re. Ministry with Senior Highs; Children's Work; Enlistment for Church Vocations in Your Presbytery; Vocation and Ministry
	5	Working Papers for Consultative Conference on Leadership Development, 1957
	6	New Directions in Services to Judicatories, 1964, 1967, 1968
	7	Brochure: re UPC in the Cape Canaveral Area, Brevard County, FL - Program Analysis and Planning for Department of the Urban Church, 1961
	8	Brochure: Field Director and His Work (Working Papers Prepared and Discussed by Members of GDFS), 1962
	9	Brochure: Joint Staff Meeting - UCC and UPCUSA Boards, 1968
	10	Brochure: GDFS Staff Meeting, 1963
	11	Brochures: National Christian Education Conference, 1970-72
	12	"In Search of Understanding" - Scripts
	13-16	Transparencies for CFA/DES Regional Events
	17	CFA/DES Unit Planning in CFA Resources -- Script
	18	CFA/DES - Artwork and Transparencies
	19-20	Regionals Evaluation Printouts, 1969

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