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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft5v19n8ht No online items Inventory of the New Religious Movements Organizations: Vertical Files Collection, ca. 1955-1998 Processed by The Graduate Theological Union Archives staff. Graduate Theological Union Archives 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, California, 94709 Phone: (510) 649-2523/2501 Email: [email protected] URL: http://gtu.edu/library/information/special-collections © 2001 The Graduate Theological Union. All rights reserved. Note Arts and Humanities--Religion--Religion GeneralArts and Humanities--Religion--Sects and Cults Arts and Humanities--Religion--Asian Religions Arts and Humanities--Religion--Islam GTU 99-8-1 1 Inventory of the New Religious Movements Organizations: Vertical Files Collection, ca. 1955-1998 Accession number: GTU 99-8-1 Shelf location: 5/A/1 - 5/C/3, Record Group 4, Subgroup I The Graduate Theological Union Archives Berkeley, California Contact Information: Graduate Theological Union Archives 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, California, 94709 Phone: (510) 649-2523/2501 Email: [email protected] URL: http://gtu.edu/library/information/special-collections Processed by: The Graduate Theological Union Archives staff Date Completed: 9/2001 Cataloged: 10/2001 Encoded by: UCSC OAC Unit © 2001 Graduate Theological Union. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: New Religious Movements Organizations: Vertical Files Collection, Date (inclusive): ca. 1955 - 1998 Accession Number: GTU 99-8-1 Collector: Center for the Study of New Religious Movements, Graduate Theological Union Extent: 44 boxes; 44 linear ft. Repository: Graduate Theological Union 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, California 94709 Abstract: The Vertical Files Collection is part of the New Religious Movements Research Collections in the Graduate Theological Union Archives. These materials were collected over a 22-year period by successive library staff people. The collection includes such materials as correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, events flyers, promotional material, newsclippings, or research papers. Shelf Location: 5/A/1 - 5/C/3, Record Group 4, Subgroup I Language: English. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation GTU 99-8-1 2 [Identification of item], New Religious Movements Organizations: Vertical Files Collection, GTU 99-8-1, The Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA. Acquisition Information Transferred to the GTU Archives in 1999. Agency History California has historically been a center for the development and practice of non-traditional or alternative religious movements. In the 1960s, there was a large growth of new religious ideas, philosophies, groups, and organizations. The Graduate Theological Union, a consortium of nine Protestant and Catholic seminaries in Berkeley, California, focused early on the study of this phenomenon establishing the Center for the Study of New Religious Movements in 1977. The Center's purpose was to study as an academic discipline the developing religious movements and groups which were new to the United States or had grown significantly since 1960. To this end, the Center in cooperation with the Graduate Theological Union Library developed an alternative religions resource library and brought research scholars to the GTU. Materials for the resource library were collected from and about hundreds of groups and organizations in California and across the United States. Periodicals and books were also added to the resources. The Center sponsored inter-disciplinary conferences, symposia, and forums recording the proceedings in print and/or audiocassette tape form. Grants were provided for individual scholars to come use the resource library and write research papers in Berkeley. (See also: The Center for the Study of New Religious Movements Collection, GTU 91-9-3.) When the Center closed in 1983, the GTU Library Reference Staff continued to collect from and about new religious movements until 1998 when the decision was made to cease collecting. Books and periodicals were added to the general GTU Library catalog, GRACE. Files were set up for over 800 groups and organizations. These files were arranged alphabetically by organization name and kept in locked file cabinets on the main floor of the Library. It is these files which form the New Religious Movements Organizations Vertical Files Collection. Scope and Content The Vertical Files Collection is part of the New Religious Movements Research Collections in the Graduate Theological Union Archives http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/gtu/nrm/ . The materials were collected over a 22-year period by successive library staff people. The staff received material in various ways through that period, either directly from organizations, or given to the GTU Library by interested persons who had collected on specific organizations. The collection includes such materials as correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, events flyers, promotional material, newsclippings, or research papers. Each file varies as to the included amount, type, and dates of material. Files may include a very few items, or be more extensive. No file is comprehensive for any organization. Files do not include internal organization records (i.e., administrative files, financial records, legal documents, etc.) Significant donations of collected materials were made by William Noffke and Arthur Carl Piepkorn. Will Noffke (1929-1997), was a radio-host whose lifework documents the cultural and religious changes which began to emerge in the 1960s in California. (See also: William ("Will") Noffke Collection, GTU 2001-8-01). Arthur Piepkorn (1907-1973) was the author of the four volume Profiles in Belief: The Religious Bodies of the United States and Canada (See also: Arthur Carl Piepkorn Collection, GTU 89-5-015). The Library Staff transferred selected materials from these donations to the Vertical Files. Where a significant amount of original Noffke or Piepkorn donated material is found in an individual file, their name will appear on the file folder and in the container listing below. Arrangement This collection is organized into two series: Organization files; and Subject files. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Piepkorn, Arthur Carl, 1907-1973 Noffke, Will (William), 1929-1997 Buddhism--United States--20th Century Cults--United States--History--Sources Hinduism--United States--20th Century Islam--United States--20th Century Metaphysical Movements--20th Century Neopaganism--United States--20th Century Occultism--United States--20th Century GTU 99-8-1 3 Satanism--United States--20th Century Scientology--History--Sources Sects--United States--History--Sources Sikhism--United States--20th Century Sufism--United States--20th Century Taoism--United States--20th Century Yoga--Religious aspects Zen Buddhism--United States Zen Buddhism--20th Century Unification Church--History--Sources United States--Religion--1965- Series 1: Organization Files, 1960-2000 Physical Description: Boxes 1-41 Scope and Content Note The collection includes such materials as correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, events flyers, promotional material, newsclippings, or research papers. Each file varies as to the included amount, type, and dates of material. Files may include a very few items, or be more extensive. No file is comprehensive for any organization. Files do not include internal organization records (i.e., administrative files, financial records, legal documents, etc.) Arrangement Boxes 1-41 are arranged alphabetically by organization name. 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