Archives of theUniversity Christian Movement in New England, 1918-1990

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Archives of theUniversity Christian Movement in New England, 1918-1990

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The papers include correspondence,reports and minutes, printed material, and financial material. They constitutethe official archive of the organization from its formation in 1967. The paperscontain information about the local Christian ministries' programs of variouscolleges and universities in New England and document issues that were ofconcern to college students during the turbulent late 1960s and 1970s. Thesepapers fit into a line of documentation at YDSL of religious work among collegeand university students, including the archives of the YMCA-Student Division,Student Christian Movement in New England, New England Commission for UnitedMinistries in Higher Education, National Campus Ministry Association, andUnited Ministries in Higher Education. The University ChristianMovement in NewEngland is anon-denominational campus ministry organization formed in 1967 tocontinue the work of the Student Christian Movement in New England. TheStudentChristian Movement was formed in 1934 by the YMCA, YWCA, and variousProtestant denominations to promote cooperative religious work among collegeand university students.

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Student Christian Movement in New England

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The Student Christian Movement was formed in 1934 by the YMCA, YWCA and various Protestant denominations to promote cooperative religious work among college and university students in New England. In 1967, a reevaluation of the aims and future of the SCMNE resulted in a decision to change its name to University Christian Movement in New England and all member groups were to change their affiliation to the UCMNE. From the description of Papers of the Student Christian Movement in New ...

University Christian Movement in New England.

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The bulk of this addendum to Record Group 88 documents the University Christian Movement in New England from 1975 to 1996. The Reverend Christine Blackburn was hired as director of the UCMNE in 1978 and under her leadership the organization flourished, sponsoring Winter, Spring and Fall Conferences annually, as well as Summer workshops, on specific, relevant "hot topics" of the time. In the last quarter of the 20th century alone, UCMNE organized more than fifty major conferences, at...