Overview
| Repository: |
Yale University Divinity School
Library
409 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511 Email: divinity.library@yale.edu Phone: (203) 432-5301 |
| Call Number: | Record Group No. 107 |
| Creator: | Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry |
| Title: | Archives of the Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry, |
| Dates: | 1956-2000 |
| Physical Description: | Total archival boxes 15; total linear footage 7' |
| Language(s): | Materials in English. |
| Summary: | The Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry (CESCM) was founded in 1987 to "in order to create new opportunities for involving students and campus ministries in the work to rebuild an ecumenical student Christian ministry in the United States." This record group contains material related to predecessor organizations and administrative files from CESCM from its inception in 1987 to 2000. The CESCM grew out of the National Ecumenical Student Christian Council (NESCC), which was preceeded by the National Ecumenical Student Conference (NESC) and the National Interim Committee (NIC). It has a relationship with global ecumenical student organizations through affiliate membership in the World Student Christian Federation. |
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of CESCM
Information about Access
Open to qualified researchers.
Cite As
Archives of the Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry, Record Group No. 107, Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
Biographical Sketch
| 1981 Aug 11-22 | WSCF General Assembly in CA |
| 1981 Aug 21-25 | National Ecumenical Student Conference (NESC) meets in Berkeley, CA |
| 1981 | National Interim Committee is formed |
| 1983 Aug 11-15 | 2nd National Ecumenical Student Conference meets at University of Maryland, College Park |
| 1983 Aug | National Ecumenical Student Christian Council (NESCC) is formed |
| 1985 Jul-Aug | NESCC General Assembly meets at DePaul University, Chicago |
| 1986 Feb 12-16 | Leadership Development Conference sponsored by NESCC |
| 1986 Mar | NESCC collapsed in March 1986, shortly after the WSCF Mexico General Assembly; the North America Regional Committee (NARC) was disbanded; WSCF North America region effectively ceased to exist. |
| 1987 | Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry is formed |
| 1988 | CESCM recommends that WSCF North America staff be retained for two year interim. |
| 1990 Dec 28 - 1991 Jan 1 | "Celebrate" Conference (1) |
| 1994 Dec 28 - 1995 Jan 1 | "Celebrate" Conference (2) |
| 1995 | CESCM was affiliated with the WSCF as a member movement, joining student Christian movements from more than 80 countries |
| 1998 Dec 30 - 1999 Jan 3 | "Celebrate" Conference (3) |
Description of the Papers
I. Predecessor and Related Organizations
II. Celebrate Conferences
III. CESCM Administrative Files
The records document ecumenical student Christian work in the United States and are valuable for the way in which they complement other archival collections at the Divinity Library. Added to papers of Ruth Harris, Margaret Flory, John R. Mott, Clarence P. Shedd, Robert Wilder, Luther Wishard, Henry Burt Wright and others, as well as the archives of the World Student Christian Federation, Student Volunteer Movement, Student Christian Movement in New England, New England Commission for United Ministries in Higher Education, National Campus Ministry Association and YMCA Student Division, the CESCM archives provide a detailed picture of the development of religious work among college and university students in the United States.
Series I contains background material and documents of the predecessor organizations of the CESCM, including the National Ecumenical Student Christian Council. Series II documents the "Celebrate" conferences - ecumenical student conferences coordinated by the CESCM. See YDSL Record groups 46A anad 46B for additional documentation of the World Student Christian Federation North America Region, with which the CESCM was affiliated.
Series III contains general adminstrative records of the CESCM: committee records, financial reports, staff reports, etc. It is divided into several subseries: Subseries 1: CESCM in formation; Subseries 2: Partners group; Subseries; 3: Steering and Administrative Committees; Subseries 4: Financial Records; Subseries 5: Staff Reports; Subseries 6: Program Activities; Subseries 7: CESCM Publications; Subseires 8: Correspondence files.
There is some overlap between the various subseries because the records came from the files of different individuals, particularly Ruth Harris and Gayla Spicknall. Gayla Spicknall was the primary CESCM staff member in its New York office from 1987 until 1992, when she was stricken with cancer. Ruth Harris was a CESCM "partner" representing the United Methodist Church.