The Living Church. Publication

Identity elements

Cote

AO-00-R0352

Name and location of repository

The Archives of the Episcopal Church

Niveau de description

Fonds

Titre

The Living Church. Publication

Date(s)

1878- (Création/Production)

Extent

33.5 cu.ft. (18 boxes and approximately 171 volumes)

Nom du producteur

Living Church Foundation, The

(1928-)

Histoire administrative

The Living Church Foundation, Inc. began in 1928 as the Church Literature Foundation. This non-profit religious corporation was established with two purposes: to publish Episcopal literature and, more specifically, to support The Living Church in the years the publication operated at a loss.

In the Spring of 1952, after over two decades of this financial relationship, Morehouse-Gorham Co. transferred ownership of the publication to the Church Literature Foundation. Clifford Morehouse resigned as editor on April 30, ending fifty-two years of his family’s editorial oversight, and on May Day of that year, The Living Church became the Foundation’s flagship publication.

Eleven years later, in 1963, the Church Literature Foundation changed its name to The Living Church Foundation, Inc. to reflect its continuing stewardship of The Living Church. It still operates today as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that publishes twenty issues of the magazine a year.

Content and structure elements

Portée et contenu

This collection is primarily composed of bound volumes and single issues of The Living Church magazine. The bound volumes, which begin with Volume 3 (May 6, 1880-April 30, 1881) and continue through Volume 245 (July-December, 2012), were bound for and explicitly donated to the Archives as preservation copies by The Living Church Foundation. Single issues begin with Volume 246, number 1 (January 6, 2013), and continue through the present day. The Archives also holds Volume 1 (November 2, 1878-October 30, 1879) and Volume 2 (November 6, 1879-May 6, 1880) on microfilm only.

System of arrangement

Microfilm, 1878-1880
Bound, 1880-2012
Single Issues, 2013-present

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions d’accès

Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.

Technical access

Conditions governing reproduction

The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.

Languages of the material

anglais

Scripts of the material

Language and script notes

Finding aids

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Historique de la conservation

Accruals

Related materials elements

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related archival materials

Young Churchman/Living Church Publishing. Records