Field Education Program records, 1926 - 1971

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Divinity School. Field Education Program
Abstract:
The Field Education Program administers a full-time summer term and a part-time academic term placements of divinity and church ministries graduate students. The Program began in 1926 under the supervision of Prof. Jesse M. Ormond, but its origins may lie in James B. Duke's donations for assisting rural N.C. churches starting around 1915. The Summer Preaching Program, as it was first known, was administered by the School of Religion in cooperation with the Rural Church Section of The Duke Endowment. Administrative records from the Field Education Program of the Duke University Divinity School. The records include correspondence and reports, 1926-1971, and administrative files, 1960-1971, documenting primarily clinical training programs. English.
Extent:
4.5 Linear Feet
3000 Items
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
UA.19.03.0001
University Archives Record Group:
19 -- Divinity School
19 -- Divinity School > 03 -- Field Education

Background

Scope and content:

Administrative records from the Field Education Program of the Duke University Divinity School. The records include correspondence and reports, 1926-1971, and administrative files, 1960-1971, documenting primarily clinical training programs.

Biographical / historical:

The Field Education Program administers a full-time summer term and a part-time academic term placements of divinity and church ministries graduate students. The Program began in 1926 under the supervision of Prof. Jesse M. Ormond, but its origins may lie in James B. Duke's donations for assisting rural N.C. churches starting around 1915. The Summer Preaching Program, as it was first known, was administered by the School of Religion in cooperation with the Rural Church Section of The Duke Endowment.

Acquisition information:
The Field Education Program Records were received by the University Archives as transfers in 1956-2004.
Processing information:

Processed by Nancy T. Perry, Tim Pyatt

Completed March 2005

Note: Individual student files are confidentially disposed of 5 years after graduation or date of last attendance as per the Student Record retention guidelines approved July 2004.

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, March 2005

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[Identification of item], Field Education Program Records, University Archives, Duke University.