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Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Mich. records, 1930-2008

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Episcopal student chaplaincy established in 1945 as the Episcopal Student Foundation to minister to University of Michigan students. The activities of the ministry were centered in Canterbury House (various locations). The Canterbury House ministry functioned both as a coffee house and as a performance hall for folk and jazz artists. The record group divides into three series. History and background materials include histories, promotional materials, and newspaper articles. The Episcopal Student Foundation Board of Trustees series consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, and files relating to building facilities. The Canterbury series documents non-administrative activities, including staffing, chaplain activities, and programs and performances sponsored. This series also includes photographs, sound recordings, and files relating to the Institute of Public Theology and the conferences sponsored by it.

The Canterbury House records contain the records of the Episcopal Student Foundation and the Canterbury House, the Episcopal Campus Church at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The records are divided into four series, History and Background Materials, Episcopal Student Foundation Board of Trustees, Staff, and Canterbury.

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The Canterbury series (3 linear feet) contains the non-administrative activities of the Canterbury House organization. This series includes five sub-series, Programs, Institute of Public Theology, Topical Files, Photographs, and Sound Recordings. The Programs sub-series contains the records of the famous Coffee House that Canterbury ran from 1966 to 1971. The records of the performers are arranged alphabetically by artist. After 1971, the records are arranged by event. These records show the types of programs held at Canterbury throughout the years in an effort to reach out to University students. The Institute of Public Theology sub-series represents the work of Canterbury House in bringing a dialog about the meaning of religion in 1990s. This sub-series contains the founding and sustaining documents of the Institute and the programs sponsored by the Institute. Topical Files contains 6 folders of material gathered by Canterbury House for their own research. Photographs are arranged chronologically by subject. Finally, the Sound Recordings sub-series contains 33 reel-to-reel tapes from 1964 to 1972. These tapes include recorded performances at the Coffee House, musical religious services, and other religious services.

Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Mich. records, 1930-2008
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