These records provide information about organizational and policy development. The earlier records primarily concern the Council for Clinical Training. Activities leading toward the formation of the ACPE are also documented. The reports, documents and correspondence of Series I are not those of specific committees, training centers or conferences. Rather they provide an overview of structure and policy which is fleshed out by the more extensive records of the following series. A number of papers and interviews tracing the history of the CPE movement are available in this series.
Series I is divided into the five subseries. In all subseries, the historical files of documents are arranged chronologically. Correspondence, consisting mostly of letters to or from the central office of the organization, is arranged alphabetically.
Subseries 1: Council for the Clinical Training of Theological Students/Council for Clinical Training
Historical file of official documents, policy statements, and reports, as well as Council for Clinical Training correspondence.
Subseries 2: Institute for Pastoral Care
Historical file of official documents, policy statements, reports.
Subseries 3: Southern Baptist Association for Clinical Pastoral Education/Association of Clinical Pastoral Educators
Historical file of official documents, policy statements, and reports
Subseries 4: Joint Activities Moving toward Merger
Correspondence, reports, and other materials.
Subseries 5: Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
Contains a historical file of official documents, policy statements, reports, as well as several narrative documents examining the history of C.P.E., This subseries also includes correspondence and a complete run of ACPE's official newsletter for ACPE members, supervisors, accredited centers, and member seminaries. At the end of this subseries are files related to ACPE's applications for accreditation from bodies such as the Council of Specialized Accrediting Agencies, the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, and the U.S. Department of Education
Box Folder Description Dates SERIES I: ORGANIZATIONAL AND POLICY RECORDS Subseries 1: Council for Clinical Training Historical file of official documents, policy statements, reports: 1 1 Including articles of incorporation, report of A. T. Boisen 1930 306 1 Articles of incorporation, board meetings, statement of purpose 1930-1939 306 2-3 Annual catalogs 1930-1955 1 2 Analysis of CCTTS students 1932 1 3-4 Bylaws, descriptive statement, corporate resolutions 1933-1934 306 4 Policies and Programs 1933-1936 1 5 Descriptive statement, report 1935 1 6 By-laws, descriptive statement, statistics 1936 306 5 CPE and theological education 1936-1961 1 7 Descriptive statements, report 1937 1 8 Analysis of CCTTS students 1937 1 9 Miscellaneous 1938 306 6 President's annual report 1938 1 10 Incl. change of name from CCTTS to CCT 1939 306 7 Financial crisis 1940 1 11 Incl. historical report, statistics, financial analysis 1940 1 12 Incl. descriptive statements, material re: financial crisis, plan for reorganization 1941 1 13 Promotional brochure, list of officers, reports 1942 1 14 Report, lists 1944 1 15 Report, list, memoranda 1945 2 16 Statement of purpose by supervisors, descriptive statement 1946 306 8 Assembly of Supervisors 1946-1949 2 17 Statistics 1947 2 18 Annual catalog, plan for parish training, misc. 1948 2 19 Annual catalogs and misc. 1949 306 9 Manual for supervisors 1949 2 20 Annual catalog, descriptive statement 1950 2 21 Annual catalog, statistics 1952, 1954 306 10 Standards and bylaws 1952-1962 306 11 Accreditation 1953-1958 306 12 Regional organization plans and reports 1954-1965 2 22 Annual catalog, bylaws, proposed regional organization plans, re. new director, "Clinical Training", by Wayne E. Oates, Certificate of Election of Officers, Corporate Resolutions 1955 2 23 Quarterly announcements, bylaws, application forms 1956 2 24 Incl. re. seminary membership 1957 306 13 Seminary membership 1957 2 25 Incl. analysis of Council structure and function 1958 2 26 Lists, form 1959 306 14 Training center descriptions 1960s 2 27 Incl. proposed bylaws, lists, certificate of business 1960 2 28 "Basic folder" 1960 2 29-30 Poll of supervisors on procedures and policies 1960 3 31 Proposed administrative handbook 1960 3 32 Bylaws, lists, re. Proposed National Association on Clinical Pastoral Education 1961 3 33 Basic folder 1961 3 34 Bylaws, lists, Standards Handbook 1962 306 15 Membership plan 1963 3 35 Lists 1963, 1964 306 16 Report of ATS commission on CPE 1964 306 17 Executive director reports and correspondence 1964-1965 306 18 President's reports, 1964-1967 3 36 Lists, historical statement by Carroll Wise, by-laws 1965 306 19 Foreign affiliation 1965-1967 3 37 Lists, Statement of Standards 1966 306 20 Membership 1966 3 38 Lists 1967 306 21 List of training centers and supervisors 1967 3 39 Incl. policy and descriptive statements, forms undated 306 22 Nature of CPE in the 1940s and 1950s Correspondence 4 40-54 Newsletters to Supervisors 1932-1956 5 55-70 Newsletters to Supervisors 1957-1967 6 71 Newsletters to Members circa 1941 6 72 Newsletters to Students l949-1959 6 73 Newsletters to Alumni circa 1941-1960 6 74 Newsletters to Seminaries 1958, 1960, undated 7 75 A- 1940-1952, 1959, undated 7 76 B- 1935-1945 7 77 Beatty, Donald 1940-1954 7 78 Bigham, Thomas 1941-1943 7 79-83 Boisen, Anton 1945-1963 7 84 Bonacker, Ralph D. 1940-1945, undated 7 85-91 Bruder, Ernest E. 1943-1967 7 92 Bryan, William A. 1939-1941 7 93 C- 1941-1955 7 94 Cassler, Henry H. 1944-1954, 1963 7 95 Compton, Dillon and Clark - Lawyers 1939 7 96 D- 1941-1945 7 97 Dunbar, Helen Flanders 1934-1946 7 98 Duncan, Hubert 1936-1943 7 99 Dunn, Harris 1940-1942 8 100 E- 1939-1945 8 101 Eastman, Fred 1944-1945 8 102 Edwards Richard H. 1936-1944 8 103 F- 1954 8 104 Fletcher, Joseph F. 1939-1944 8 105 Fosdick, Harry Emerson 1941 8 106 G- 1955 8 107 H- 1936-1945 8 108-114 Hall, Charles E., Jr. 1954-1968 8 115 Hill, Lewis B. 1942-1947 8 116 Hiltner, Seward 1937-1945 8 117 Howe, Reuel 1945 8 118 Hoyt, Mrs. John Sherman 1937-1949 8 119 J- 1954-1955 8 120 K- 1942-1955 8 121 Kempson, Obert 1943-1945 8 122-123 Knight, Augustus S. 1936-1940 8 124-137 Kuether, Frederick C. 1934-1955, undated 9 138 L- 1941-1954, 1961 9 139 Lewis, Henry 1937-1945 9 140 M- 1942-1963 9 141 McGiffert, Arthur C., Jr. 1944-1948 9 142 McPeek, Francis W. 1943-1944, undated 9 143 Massachusetts, Commonwealth of (see also: Series VII, Box 215) 1938-1965 9 144 Mays, Benjamin E. 1940-1941 9 145 N- 1942-1954 9 146 New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society 1947 9 147 P- 1941-1965 9 148 R- 1954 9 149 Rice, Otis R. 1941-1946 9 150 Riseling, Maurice 1944-1945 9 151-152 re: Rubinow, Raymond 1940-1942 9 153 S- Incl. Stone Foundation 1940-1955, 1966 9 154 Symington, Charles J. 1935-1948 9 155 T- 1954 9 156-157 Van Dusen, Henry P. 1935-1942 9 158 W- 1941-1954 9 159-164 Wise, Carroll A. 1939-1959, 1965 9 165 Y- 1955 9 166 Z- 1937 9 167 Zabriskie, Edwin G. 1933-1942 Subseries 2: Institute of Pastoral Care Historical file of official documents, policy statements, reports: 10 168 Constitution and by-laws, annual report 1944-1945 306 23 Constitution 1944-1958 306 24 Letter to Rollin Fairbanks from Paul Johnson about Michigan situation 1946 10 169 Constitution and by-laws, minutes, sample of summer school program 1946-1951 10 170 Brochures, constitution and by-laws, lists, minutes 1953-1958 306 25 Training committee and training announcements 1953-1966 306 26 New England group meeting 1956 10 171 Supervisor's Handbook 1958 306 27 Report to board on IPC-CCT committee on merger 1958 10 172 Annual meeting, lists, research project proposal 1959 306 28 Reports of executive secretary and president 1959-1966 10 173 Brochures, lists 1960-1962 306 29 Newsletters 1962, 1965 10 174 Incl. brochures, lists, annual meeting 1963-1964 306 30 Finances 1963-1967 10 175 Lists, annual meeting, letter re: regional representatives 1965 10 176 Business meeting, brochure, annual meeting 1966-1967 10 177 Brochures undated 10 178 Newsletters to Chaplain Supervisors and "in care" members 1963-1967 306 31 List of supervisors and centers 1967 306 32 Schools of pastoral care directory 1967 306 33 Charles Hall notes from IPC archives undated 306 34 History article by James Burns and Paul Johnson undated 306 35 Suggestions for a national board of accreditation undated 306 36 Supervisor's handbook undated Subseries 3: Southern Baptist Association for Clinical Pastoral Education/Association of Clinical Pastoral Educators Historical file of official documents, policy statements, reports: 10 179-183 Reports, minutes 1959-1967 306 37 Miscellaneous 1965-1966 306 38 List of Baptist supervisors and centers 1967 Subseries 4: Joint Activities Toward Merger 306 39 CCT/IPC moves toward merger 1948-1965 11 184a Re. early Lutheran interest in merger 1949, 1952 11 184b-186 CCT/IPC correspondence 1945-1965 11 187-190 Correspondence re: Stone Foundation Grant 1963-1967 11 191 Correspondence re: Hiring John I. Smith as Joint Executive Director 1966-1967 11 192 Progress report on joint CCT and IPC standards 1965 306 40 Lutheran CPE 1964, 1967 11 193 Working document on proposed organizational structure for ACPE 1966 11 194 Memoranda concerning merged organization 1966 306 41 List of Lutheran Council supervisors 1967 11 195 Report on Standards 1967 11 196 Memoranda, correspondence. and newsletters of John I. Smith, Joint Executive Director 1967 306 42 Joint executive director report on regional meetings 1967 Subseries 5: Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Historical file of official documents, policy statements, reports: 12 197 Proposed constitution and bylaws 1967 Proposed ACPE forms #1-7 1967 306 43 Charter and designation in New York 1967 306 44 List of accredited centers 1967 12 198 Constitution and bylaws, with index 1968 12 199 Founding membership lists, organizational charts 1968 12 200 Memoranda, report of Interim Executive Director 1968 306 45 Interim executive director reports 1968 306 46 Standards 1968 306 47 Executive director negotiations and application 1968 306 48 Statistics 1968-1983 306 49 Executive director's reports 1968-1971 12 201 Constitution and bylaws, Standards guide, forms 1969 306 50 List of House of Delegates members and committees 1969 306 51 Timkin report on certification 1969 306 52 Presidential addresses 1969, 1973 12 202 Constitution and bylaws, Presidential address 1970 12 203 Presidential address, Executive Director report 1971 306 53 Legal papers 1971-1992 12 204 Constitution, bylaws, standards, forms, Executive Director's reports 1972 306 54 Executive director's reports 1972-1976 12 205 Executive Director's report, Presidential report 1973 12 206 Addendum to Constitution, bylaws, standards, forms 1973 12 207 Standards 1974 12 208-209 President's reports 1974-1975 12 210 Constitution and bylaws, Standards and procedures for accreditation, Executive Director's reports 1975 12 211 Notice of Georgia Articles of Inc. Executive Director report; material re: Executive Director position 1976 13 212 Standards and procedures for accreditation, Presidential report, forms, fees 1977 306 55 Executive director reports 1977-1979 306 56 Executive director consultation at Oral Roberts University 1978 13 213 Lists of officers, heads of committees and regions, forms 1978, undated 306 57 Executive director monthly reports 1979-1983 13 214 Constitution and bylaws, Standards, procedures and guidelines 1980 307 1 Executive director reports 1980-1986 307 2 Executive director search 1983 307 3 Plans for computerizing ACPE office 1983-1984 307 4 By-laws and constitution 1983-1991 307 5 Officers and committees 1984 307 6 Executive director reports to personnel committee 1984, 1990-1992 307 7 Standards 1985-1987 307 8 Accreditation manual development 1987-1989 307 9 Standards 1989-1990 307 10 Executive director paper on ACPE future issues 1990 307 11 Standards 1991-1993 307 12-14 Membership statistics 1991-1995 307 15 Transition to new governance 1992 307 16 By-laws and governance manual 1992-1997 307 17 Standards 1995-1997 307 18 Provisional manual for reviewing appeals 1996-1997 307 19 Consultant's reports 1997 13 215 Brochures, fees schedule undated 13 216 Sample forms #1-7 undated 307 20 Constitution and by-laws undated Documents examining the history of C.P.E.: 14 217 Comprehensive Study of CCT and IPC by Kenneth E. Reed; "Historical Perspectives of the Council for Clinical Training," by Maurice C. Clark; list of historical articles 1963, 1967, undated 14 218 "Historical Perspectives of the Institute of Pastoral Care" by John I. Smith 1967 14 219 "ACPE - Fifty Years of Learning through Supervised Encounter with Living Human Documents" by Robert C. Powell 1975 14 220 "Early Southern Baptist CPE Beginnings" by Wayne Oates; "The Beginnings of CPE in the Southwest Region" by Herman Cook; "Clinical Training at Greystone Park State Hospital, N. J." by Robert Preston 1975 14 221 "The Historical Context of the Origins of CPE" by H. B. Hammett; "After Fifty Years" by John L. Florell (see also: Series II, Research Committee re: study by Florell on ACPE membership, 1975) 1975 14 222 "History of the Council for Clinical Training" - oral history tape transcriptions 1976 14 223 Oral history account by J. L. Cedarleaf; Paper re: Ernest Bruder by Charles E. Hall, Jr. 1977 14 224 "Survey of the ACPE Fathers" - project of the ACPE Special Study Comm. 1977 14 225 "Emerging Themes During the First Ten Years of ACPE" - papers by R. Sellers and K. Keidel; "The Growing Edge in CPE" by Charles E. Hall, Jr. 1977, 1978? 307 21-25 Files on CPE founders Anton T. Boisen, Richard C. Cabot, Helen Flanders Dunbar, Austin Philip Guiles, Carroll A. Wise. undated 307 26 Reflections by ACPE past presidents 1992-2000 307 27 "A Snap Shot History of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education," John R. Thomas 2000 Newsletter: 14 226 Newsletter/ACPE News 1967-1968 14 227-232 ACPE News 1969-1974 15 233-241 ACPE News 1975-1983 307 28-33 ACPE News 1984-1986 308 1-18 ACPE News 1987-2000 Correspondence: 16 242 Cassler, Henry 1974 16 243-247 Cedarleaf, J. Lennart 1975-1979 16 247A Elliot, Robert E. 1969 308 19 Executive director correspondence re: committees 1974-1977 308 20-23 Executive director correspondence with foundations 1968-1982 16 248-249 Gerkin, Charles V. 1969-1972 16 250 Gibbons, James L. 1971-1972 16 250A Manley, Wilford C. 1977 16 251-252 Meiburg, Albert 1972-1974 16 253-258 Oglesby, William B. 1974-1977 309 1 Parker, Duane 1984-1994 309 2-3 Patton, Helen 1987-1989 17 258A Powell, Robert C. 1974-1978 309 4-14 President's correspondence 1975-1979 17 259 Smith, John I. 1968-1969 17 260-261 Thomas, John R. 1978-1980 17 261A Wendel, Lulu 1976 309 15 Correspondence w/ accreditation commission chair 1986-1989 309 16 Correspondence re: ACPE archives 1982-1987 309 17 Correspondence w/ attorney 1982-1984 309 18 Correspondence re: central office problems 1977 17 261B Correspondence re: chaplains in institutions for the aged 1972-1977 309 19 Correspondence w/ denominations and faith groups 1983 17 261C Correspondence re: historical celebrations of 1975 1975 309 20-22 Correspondence re: legal issues 1968-1983 309 23 Correspondence re: merger 1965 309 24-26 Correspondence re: move to Decatur office 1983-1984 309 27 Correspondence w/ seminary liaisons 1969-1981 310 1 Correspondence w/ W. Clement Stone re: merger grant 1964-1967 Accreditation and eligibility files: 310 2 American Council on Education 1981 310 3 Council of Specialized Accrediting Agencies 1982-1984 310 4-7 Council on Postsecondary Accreditation 1975-1982 310 8-10 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1963-1982 310 11-14 U.S. Department of Education 1973-1986
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