The collection comprises the personal and professional papers of Pamela Pauly Chinnis, primarily from her time serving as President of the House of Deputies from 1991-2000. It includes speeches, sermons, writings, correspondence, notes from various committees served on, and notes from various conventions and conferences attended. Within the Subject Files are numerous files on women’s participation in The Episcopal Church. Also included are family photographs and personal papers dating back to Chinnis’ youth, as well as some professional papers from the 1980s.

The papers of Charles Radford Lawrence and Margaret Morgan Lawrence document Charles’s activities as a sociologist, professor, civil rights activist, and President of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church. The archive contains lectures, sermons, addresses, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, news clippings, and awards and honoraria from 1936 through 1986 with some earlier collected works and photographs. Margaret Lawrence’s work and research, which centered on the long-term effects of racism on the health of black families, is also featured in the collection.

This series documents the work of the Legislative Committees of the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops. Records include membership rosters, hearing documentation, information for referred resolutions.

These records contain memorials and petitions that were submitted to the General Convention, via either the House of Bishops or the House of Deputies, between 1853 and 1949. Memorials and petitions urge the Church to commend or commemorate a person, event, or other matter, or to take a stance on an issue that could result in official legislative action.

Materials include printed material made available on-site at Convention as well as official publications of the General Convention office.

Session Records document the planning, coordination and activities that took place before, during and immediately following the General Convention triennial legislative meetings for the 61st General Convention (1964) through the 70th General Convention (1991).

These records primarily document Dr. Clifford P. Morehouse's six-year tenure as President of the House of Deputies (1961-1967) and include correspondence and General Convention meeting materials. A smaller group of materials including correspondence and reports documenting Morehouse’s involvement as a member of Executive Council rounds out the collection.

The papers of Nigel Renton document his longstanding commitment to Episcopal liturgical revision and governance. Significant materials include records of his service as a deputy to General Convention (1982–2006), and his involvement with the Standing Liturgical Commission, the Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission, and the Association of Diocesan Liturgy and Music Commissions. Additional documentation reflects his formative work in liturgical experimentation at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley, and his writings for The Pacific Church News and Open. Together, the collection offers rare insight into the role of lay leadership in shaping Episcopal liturgy in the late twentieth century.