Rebecca Todd Peters papers, 1963 -- 1998

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Rebecca Todd Peters papers, 1963 -- 1998

This series is open for research.

2.25 linear feet; 2.25 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains leadership and organizational materials on conferences sponsored by the Ecumenical Young Women United--North America, and reports and correspondence from the National Network of Presbyterian College Women. Included are materials related to NNPCW's pilot program to network women on various college campuses throughout the country such as memos of meetings, letters to chaplains and campus representatives, mailing lists and materials from leadership training weekends; as well as correspondence and conference materials related to the Ecumenical Young Women United-North America, a coalition between the National Council of Churches in Christ (USA) and the Student Christian Movement in Canada, which conducted conferences from May 1995 to May 1998. Also included are transcripts of the "Monday Morning Lecture Series" of January 1963 held at Union's James Memorial Chapel, belonging to Jamie Sam[uel] Peters, father of Peters.

This series is arranged roughly chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1 NNPCW memos and minutes, 1991 -- 1995


Box 1 Folder 2 NNPCW Coordinating Committee (COCO): minutes; correspondence, 1991 -- 1993


Box 1 Folder 3 Pilot program with colleges: correspondence, 1992 -- 1994


Box 1 Folder 4 Borders, NNPCW Leadership training; Correspondence with college participants, 1993


Box 1 Folder 5 Voices in the Storm, NNPCW leadership training; Conference schedules; text of workshops; ms notes; addresses, 1994


Box 1 Folder 6 Voices in the Storm: articles distributed; ms notes, 1994


Box 1 Folder 7 NNPCW COCO memos, minutes, 1994 -- 1995


Box 1 Folder 8 No Longer Strangers, leadership conference; Correspondence; information flyer; registration sheet, 1995



Box 2OS NNPCW conference tshirts, 1993 -- 1995



Box 3 Folder 1 Draft proposal to WCC US Conference re formation of Young Women's forum, correspondence, 1994


Box 3 Folder 2 WCC Young Women's Festival: Summary of conference; music; workshop materials, 1994


Box 3 Folder 3 Ecumenical young adult mailing lists, 1994 -- 1995


Box 3 Folder 4 WCC correspondence, 1994 -- 1995


Box 3 Folder 5 WCC US Young Adult pre-planning meeting: Agenda; ms notes; correspondence, 1995


Box 3 Folder 6 WCC US Young Adult Ecumenical seminar: Agenda annotated; service program; EWYU information sheet, 1995


Box 3 Folder 7 WCC ecumenical decade: information brochures and newsletters, 1994 -- 1998


Box 3 Folder 8 Correspondence, mailing lists, 1995


Box 3 Folder 9 EYWU-NA meeting: Agenda; budget 1996; ms notes; correspondence, 1996-01


Box 3 Folder 10 EYWU-NA meeting: Agenda; minutes; mailing list; correspondence; registrations; ms notes, 1996-04


Box 3 Folder 11 EYWU-NA planning committee meeting: minutes; ms notes; expenses; reservations, 1996-08


Box 3 Folder 12 Correspondence and mailing lists, 1996


Box 3 Folder 13 Correspondence and mailing lists, 1997


Box 3 Folder 14 EYWU-NA meeting: Planning committee minutes; expense sheet, 1997-05


Box 3 Folder 15 Sisters in the Spirit, Finding our Voices: EYWU-NA leadership training: Registration forms; correspondence, 1997-08


Box 3 Folder 16 Sisters in the Spirit: conference schedule; expense sheet; service music, 1997-08


Box 3 Folder 17 Sisters in the Spirit: evaluation forms, 1997-08


Box 3 Folder 18 EYWU-NA conference, 1998-03


Box 3 Folder 19 J. S. Peters' UTS Lecture Transcripts, 1963

What I Believe: transcripts of lectures, Jan 1963: What I believe it means to be saved, Jan 7, 1963: Dr. James Muilenburg, What I believe about Christ, Jan 14, 1963: Dr. Daniel J. Williams Dr. Edmund A. Steimle What I believe about the activity of the Holy Spirit and prayer, Jan 21, 1963: Dr. Douglas V. Steere Dr. Wilhelm Pauck What I believe about death and the life to come,Jan 28, 1963: Dr. Henry P. Van Dusen Rev. James M. Ault