bMS 694

Smith, John I. Papers, 1949-1980.

Summary Information:

• Call Number: bMS 694
• Title: Smith, John I. Papers, 1949-1980.
• Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
• Quantity: 21 boxes

Administrative Information:

• Acquisition Information: Gift of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, ca. 1990.
• Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Biographical Information:

John I. Smith (1920-1981) was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He received his BA from Gordon College in 1942, his BD in 1945, STM in 1956, and DMin in 1972, all from Andover Newton Theological School. Smith also completed some graduate work at the Boston University School of Theology from 1950 to 1952. He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1946 at Quinsigamond Baptist Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. Smith served pastorates at Fayville Baptist Church in Fayville, Massachusetts, from 1942 to 1945 and Quinsigamond Baptist Church in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1945 to 1957. In 1947, he was named chaplain of the Worcester State Hospital and held this position until his retirement in 1980. He was also licensed as a psychologist in 1973. In 1957, Smith was named executive secretary of the Institute for Pastoral Care, a national organization focused on clinical pastoral training that eventually merged with three other groups to form the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). In 1967, he became the joint director of the Institute of Pastoral Care and the Council for Clinical Training, and later that year he was elected as the first president of the ACPE. He also served as the director of ACPE's Northeast Region.

Scope and Content Note:

The first 10 boxes of this collection contain records pertaining to the Clinical Pastoral Education program at Worcester State Hospital from 1949 to 1980. These records are organized chronologically, and they contain photographs of participants in the program; their "first impressions" of the program and philosophies of clinical pastoral education; weekly schedules; correspondence; worship services; drafts of lectures given to the students; and descriptions of the program. The remainder of the collection (boxes 11-21) is arranged in a rough alphabetical order. This material contains records of John Smith's involvement with various conferences and organizations related to chaplaincy and pastoral counseling; records related to classes he taught; biographical information (boxes 16-17), and reprints of articles related to clinical pastoral education.

See related collections: bMS 688, the papers of Austin Philip Guiles; bMS 690, the papers of John Billinsky; and bMS 542, the records of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.

Container List:

• bMS 694/1 (1): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, 1949-1951
• bMS 694/1 (2): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1951 
• bMS 694/1 (3): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1952
• bMS 694/1 (4): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1953
• bMS 694/1 (5): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1954
• bMS 694/1 (6): Schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1955
• bMS 694/1 (7-8): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1956
• bMS 694/1 (9): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1957
• bMS 694/1 (10-11): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1958
• bMS 694/2 (1): Correspondence, fall and spring, 1958-1959
• bMS 694/2 (2): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1959
• bMS 694/2 (3-4): Schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1959-1960
• bMS 694/2 (5): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1960
• bMS 694/2 (6): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1961
• bMS 694/2 (7-9): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," counseling and welfare agencies in Worcester, summer, 1961
• bMS 694/3 (1): "First impressions," summer, 1962
• bMS 694/3 (2-4): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1962
• bMS 694/3 (5-9): Schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1963
• bMS 694/4 (1-3): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1964
• bMS 694/4 (4): Chaplain internship, 1964-1965
• bMS 694/4 (5-9): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1965
• bMS 694/4 (10): Chaplain internship, 1965-1966
• bMS 694/4 (11): Schedule, correspondence, etc., summer, 1966
• bMS 694/5 (1-4): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1966
• bMS 694/6 (1): Administrative documents and articles, summer, 1966-1967
• bMS 694/6 (2-5): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1967
• bMS 694/6 (6-9): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1968
• bMS 694/6 (10): Chaplain internship, 1968
• bMS 694/7 (1-4): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1969
• bMS 694/7 (5): Chaplain internship, 1969-1970
• bMS 694/7 (6-10): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1970
• bMS 694/8 (1-5): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1971
• bMS 694/8 (6): Correspondence, reports, 1971-1972
• bMS 694/8 (7-10): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1972
• bMS 694/8 (11): Chaplain internship, reports, correspondence, etc., 1972-1973
• bMS 694/9 (1-4): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1973
• bMS 694/9 (5-7): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1974
• bMS 694/9 (8-9): Chaplain internship, 1974-1975
• bMS 694/9 (10-13): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1975
• bMS 694/9 (14): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1976
• bMS 694/10 (1-3): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1976
• bMS 694/10 (4): Chaplain internship, 1976-1977
• bMS 694/10 (5-6): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1977
• bMS 694/10 (7): Chaplain internship, 1977-1978
• bMS 694/10 (8-10): Photograph, schedule, correspondence, "first impressions," etc., summer, 1978
• bMS 694/10 (11): Chaplain internship, 1978-1979
• bMS 694/11 (1): American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Accreditation Committee, 1964-1978
• bMS 694/11 (2): American Baptist Chaplaincy, 1959-1980
• bMS 694/11 (3): American Corrective Association
• bMS 694/11 (4): Association of Mental Health Chaplains (AMHC), address on 25th Anniversary of the Association
• bMS 694/11 (5): AMHC, "Devotional Literature Portfolio" (Sample Devotional Leaflets)
• bMS 694/11 (6): AMHC, Documents, 1970-1974
• bMS 694/11 (7): AMHC, Long-Range Planning Committee
• bMS 694/11 (8): AMHC, Minutes, 1970-1972
• bMS 694/11 (9): AMHC, Nominations for "Anton Boisen" Award
• bMS 694/12 (1): AMHC, President's Newsletters, 1972-1979, (Smith was President 1972-1974)
• bMS 666/12 (2-5): Psychopathology class, Andover-Newton, class notes, handouts, etc., 1968-1969
• bMS 694/12 (6): Committee on Basic Ideas Underlying Religion and Health, 1962-1964
• bMS 694/12 (7): Anton Boisen, writing and photograph
• bMS 694/12 (8): Anton Boisen, negative
• bMS 694/12 (9): John Billinsky, correspondence, 1964-1979
• bMS 694/12 (10): Chaplaincy: conferences, papers, brochures
• bMS 694/12 (11-12): Chaplaincy: papers, pamphlets, philosophy and history of CPE
• bMS 694/13 (1-4): Clergy Training for Service to Youth, (CTSY), articles, photographs, finance committee documents
• bMS 694/13 (5): Clinical pastoral education, articles
• bMS 694/13 (6): CPE, diplomas and student evaluation forms from other schools
• bMS 694/13 (7): CPE, methods and philosophies, methods and philosophies
• bMS 694/14 (1): CPE, papers on training
• bMS 694/14 (2): CPE, research, 1965-1972
• bMS 694/14 (3): Conference of Clergy & Psychiatrists, summary report, 1947
• bMS 694/14 (4-7): CPE, articles and papers about the history of the clinical pastoral education movement
• bMS 694/15 (1-2): Institutional Chaplaincy, standards, articles, etc.
• bMS 694/15 (3): Institute for Pastoral Care, correspondence, 1957
• bMS 694/15 (4): Massachusetts Council of Churches, 1965-1973
• bMS 694/15 (5): Mental health pamphlets: Bibliography, 1965
• bMS 694/15 (6-7): National Conference on clinical pastoral training, 1958
• bMS 694/15 (8): "Pastoral Certification from a Developmental Perspective," by Thomas A. Summers, c. 1979
• bMS 694/15 (9): Pastoral Counseling: Handbooks on alcoholism
• bMS 694/16 (1): Pastoral Counseling Seminars, letters and information, 1956-1976
• bMS 694/16 (2): Reprint, "Report of Chaplain of the Retreat for the Insane," 1842
• bMS 694/16 (3): Reprint, "The Chaplain from the Mental Patients Point of View," n.d.
• bMS 694/16 (4): Reprint, Clergy Workshop, 1964
• bMS 694/16 (5): Reprint, "Clinical Classification of Mental Disorders," n.d.
• bMS 694/16 (6): Reprint, "Control Over Policy by Attendants in a Mental Hospital," 1961
• bMS 694/16 (7): Reprint, "The Council for Clinical Training & the Institute for Pastoral Care"
• bMS 694/16 (8): Reprints on counseling, 1960s
• bMS 694/16 (9): Reprint, "Evangelistic Results of Effective Counseling," n.d.
• bMS 694/16 (10): Reprint, "Governor's Conference on Action for Mental Health, Report of the Committee on Institutional Services to the Mentally Ill," n.d.
• bMS 694/16 (11): Reprint, "If I Had to Live My Life Over" and "The Tunnel," n.d.
• bMS 694/16 (12): Reprint, "Community & Social Psychiatry" by Conrad Nadeau, n.d.
• bMS 694/16 (13): Reprint, Dr. Pollack's Lecture on "Adolescence," c. 1965
• bMS 694/16 (14): Reprint, "Technique for Dodging a Problem," n.d.
• bMS 694/16 (15): John Smith, Chaplain of the Year Award, 1966
• bMS 694/16 (16): John Smith, curriculum vitae, photographs, awards, etc.
• bMS 694/17 (1): John Smith, "Man's Guilt and His Concept of God," master's thesis for STM degree, Andover Newton Theological Seminary, 1956
• bMS 694/17 (2): John Smith, institutional biography of John Smith
• bMS 694/17 (3): John Smith, lectures, addresses on psychoanalysis and an address to the Chaplains Association
• bMS 694/17 (4): John Smith, photographs
• bMS 694/17 (5): John Smith, personal and professional memorabilia
• bMS 694/17 (6): Supervision guidelines, 1965–77
• bMS 694/17 (7): Theological Reflection on Counseling
• bMS 694/17 (8): Therapeutic "Feedback"
• bMS 694/17 (9): Venerini Sisters, Leadership Training Group, 1971-1972
• bMS 694/17 (10): "Worcester Area Post-Graduate Pastoral Counseling Seminars," 1957
• bMS 694/18 (1): Worcester Chaplain's Meetings, 1967-1971
• bMS 694/18 (2): Worcester Pastoral Counseling Center, administrative documents and pamphlets, 1974-1980
• bMS 694/18 (3): Worcester Pastoral Counseling Center (WPCC), administrative documents and counseling reports
• bMS 694/18 (4-6): WPCC, case conference materials, 1976-1977
• bMS 694/18 (7): WPCC, forms, records, correspondence
• bMS 694/18 (8): WPCC, information packet
• bMS 694/18 (9-11): WPCC, pamphlets, minutes, news clippings, etc.
• bMS 694/19 (1): WPCC, supervisory group, 1979-1980
• bMS 694/19 (2): Worcester State Hospital (WSH), articles by Anna Polcino
• bMS 694/19 (3): WSH, Chaplain's Manual, 1977-1978
• bMS 694/19 (4): WSH, Chapel service handouts
• bMS 694/19 (5): WSH, CPE handbook, summer 1978
• bMS 694/19 (6): WSH. CPE orientation papers, 1968-1979
• bMS 694/19 (7): WSH. CPE, self evaluation forms (blank)
• bMS 694/19 (8): WSH. CPE, supervision: articles, guidelines, etc.
• bMS 694/20 (1): WSH. Policies on commitment, admissions, and patient rights
• bMS 694/20 (2): WSH. "Family & Couple Counseling" Training Program
• bMS 694/20 (3): WSH. "Family Developmental Stages"
• bMS 694/20 (4): WSH. Family Therapy Support Group, 1979
• bMS 694/20 (5): WSH. Film notes and film schedules for nurses
• bMS 694/20 (6): WSH. Group therapy, articles and pamphlets
• bMS 694/20 (7): WSH. Handouts, historical and humorous
• bMS 694/20 (8): WSH. Handouts and schedules, 1969-1973
• bMS 694/20 (9): WSH. Interviewing techniques and psychiatric nursing pamphlet
• bMS 694/20 (10): WSH. Institutional history, and material related to the search for a new chaplain after John Smith's retirement, 1980
• bMS 694/20 (11): WSH. Pastoral services plan and other documents
• bMS 694/20 (12): WSH. Pastoral services training programs, 1975-1977
• bMS 694/21 (1-3): WSH. Pastoral services manuals, correspondence, reports, 1973-1977
• bMS 694/21 (4): WSH. Procedures of Department of Pastoral Services
• bMS 694/21 (5): WSH. Pastoral Care 201, syllabus and handouts
• bMS 694/21 (6): WSH. Theological diagnosis: articles and interviews
• bMS 694/21 (7): WSH. Worship service program
• bMS 694/21 (8): Youth conference, 1965-?

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