American Association of Pastoral Counselors records, 1964-1988.

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American Association of Pastoral Counselors records, 1964-1988.

The records of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors consists mainly of material from the Executive Director's Office. These provide valuable information on the formation of the organization, its day to day operation, issues of interest and the growing concern for certification of pastoral counselors and counseling centers. The American Association of Pastoral Counselors collection is comprised of four distinct record series. They are Board of Governors, Executive Director, Administrative Staff, and Membership Reports. Series one, Board of Governors, is arranged chronologically and encompasses the years 1964 to 1986. From 1964 thru 1978 the board went by the title of the Board of Directors until it became the Board of Governors about 1979. Included in this series are meeting minutes of the Board, correspondence, lists of officers, and Association Council materials. Series two contains the records of the Executive Director and comprises the bulk of the collection. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject. It contains papers relating to the annual conferences of AAPC, the various committees of the association, as well as an extensive collection of the executive director's correspondence. Among prominent correspondents are David Bennett, John Hagedorn, H. Terry Kriesel , William B. Oglesby, John Patton and Foster J. Williams. The third series is Administrative Staff. It consists mainly of General correspondence, the correspondence of the Assistant to the Executive Director (Barbara Gyomory, 1980-1984), Administrative Secretary Subject Files, and the general correspondence of the Staff Secretaries, 1980-1984. The fourth series consists of computer generated membership reports from 1980-1987. There is a list documenting individual members and a separate list for organizational affiliates.

41 cubic ft. (109 letter archives boxes, 8 half-size letter boxes, and 3 records center cartons)

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Gyomory, Barbara.

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Kriesel, H. Terry.

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Oglesby, William B.

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Williams, Foster J.

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Patton, John, 1930-....

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Music co-ordinator of the Oakland Museum. From the description of Interview with John Patton : oral history transcript of a tape recorded interview conducted by Barbara Lashley in 1978, 1978. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26650060 ...

American Association of Pastoral Counselors.

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The American Association of Pastoral Counselors is a professional organization formed in 1964 to bring standards, order and communication to the expanding new phenomenon of pastoral counseling. Responding to the religious community's need for a form of depth ministry, pastoral counseling specialists emerged, drawing together the inspiration of the church and the wisdom of the behavioral sciences. Formal dialogue among pastoral counseling specialists began at a national c...

Ewing, James W.

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Hagedorn, B. John.

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Bennett, David S. (David Scott)

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