Guide to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on the Revision of the Book of Common Worship Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on the Revision of the Book of Common Worship Records

Inclusive Dates

1928-1933

Call Number

RG 66

Creator(s)

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on the Revision of the Book of Common Worship.

Quantity

1.00 cubic foot

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

At the suggestion of the Rev. Henry Jackson Van Dyke, the 140th General Assembly (PCUSA) (1928) appointed a special committee to consider and if necessary to undertake revision of the Book of Common Worship, which had been in use throughout the Presbyterian Church since 1906. Dr. Van Dyke had chaired the 1903 Committee on Forms of Service which had published the original Book of Common Worship, and he was appointed chairman of the Special Committee on the Revision of the Book of Common Worship. Louis Fitzgerald Benson and other surviving members of the original committee joined Van Dyke in forming the nucleus of the new committee. The revised Book of Common Worship was published in 1932.

Collection Overview

Record Group 66 contains minutes, reports, correspondence and manuscripts relating to the work of the committee and the publication of the revised Book of Common Worship.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, 1928-1933
SERIES 2: ROBERT HASTINGS NICHOLS CORRESPONDENCE, 1928-1932
SERIES 3: MANUSCRIPTS AND PROOFS, 1930-32, ND

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and guide prepared in 1970 by Frederick M. Schalow.

Notes added to finding aid September, 1991 by 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. Worship.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906)

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1932)

Topical Subject

Worship programs.

Personal Added Name

Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933.

Corporate Added Name

Nichols, Robert Hastings, 1873-1955.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 66; Introductory material

		SERIES 1: ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, 1928-1933

1	2	Organization, Minutes and Reports of the Committee
	3	List of members of the Committee
	4	Correspondence, 1928
	5	Correspondence, 1929
	6	Correspondence, 1930
	7	Correspondence, 1931
	8	Correspondence, 1932
	9	Questionnaire of 1928 (?) and responses to it
	10	Title duplication correspondence, 1932-1933
	11	Letter of October 11th, 1929 with replies
	12	Meeting of November 12th, 1929--

		SERIES 2: ROBERT HASTINGS NICHOLS CORRESPONDENCE, 1928-1932

1	13	Henry Jackson Van Dyke, 1928-32
	14	Lewis Seymour Mudge, 1928-32
	15	Henry Barraclough, 1929-32
	16	Charles R. Erdmann, 1929-32
	17	Henry Jackson Van Dyke's copy of the 1926 Book of Common Worship with his amendments and emendations
	18	Examples and samples of Orders of Service

		SERIES 3: MANUSCRIPTS AND PROOFS, 1930-32, ND

1	19	Order of Morning Service
	20	Order of Evening Service
	21	Baptism and Holy Communion
	22	Prayers
	23	Litanies
	24	The Burial of the Dead
	25	Miscellaneous Orders of Service
	26	Page and Galley Proofs
	27	Miscellaneous correspondence, manuscripts and proofs
	28	Book of Common Worship
	29	Pamphlet #2, the Book of Common Worship
	30	Trial proofs, 1930
	31	The Psalter
	32	Corrected final proofs, 1931
	33	Bound volume of Final proofs, 1932

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Guide to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on the Revision of the Book of Common Worship Records

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