Guide to the Barbara Roche Papers

This collection contains audiovisual materials, correspondence, photographs and photograph albums, printed materials and publications, research materials, scrapbooks, writings (including speeches) and other materials that document the personal life and professional endeavors of Barbara A. Roche. These items pertain to Horizons and Concern magazines, Scott Anderson, a dissertation on Margaret Flory, Roche's time abroad in India, and her ecumenical work. 

Scott Anderson article files:

Roche wrote about Scott Anderson, the first openly gay minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) and how he was publicly outed by members of his congregation. These files include interviews on microcassette tapes, materials pertaining to the 1991 lawsuit in which she was named a defendant following the article's publication in Christianity and Crisis and Roche's attempts to get herself legally covered, background papers, drafts of her article in Christianity & Crisis and the responses it garnered. 

Dissertation files:

A bulk of Roche's collection is dedicated to the dissertation written on Margaret Flory for her Doctor of Ministry degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary. Roche has included a multitude of resources used, from bibliography cards to annotated readings. Many interviews were conducted and the preparation notes, audiocassette tapes, and transcripts can be found in these files. Correspondence between members of staff at the Theological Seminary and with Flory herself has also been compiled and collected.

Professional files:

Files contain writings and publications, correspondence, photographs, general files, a scrapbook, honors and accolades earned during her time as editor at Concern and Horizons. This also includes letters in celebration of her retirement. 

India study abroad files:

Files contain photographs, slides, a scrapbook, correspondence, and writings of her trip abroad. Included are her notebooks from the United Theological College, the diary Roche kept, along with a few publications picked up on her trip.

Additional materials include scrapbooks that cover Roche's road trip, ordination into ministry, and travels abroad. A signed Horizons poster is stored in an oversize folder.