Hogue (Harland E.) Oral History Collection, 1930-1998

Summary

Title:

Harland E. Hogue oral history collection

Dates:

1930-1998

Creators:

Hogue, Harland E. (Harland Edwin), 1908-1999 and Adams, Doug (Douglas G.), 1945-2007

Abstract:

Harland E. Hogue, 1908-1999, was professor of homiletics and church history at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. His oral history interviews discuss his life, career, experiences, people, and general observations at PSR beginning in 1954. The interviews also include his experiences as a student at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, as a proferssor at the founding of the Graduate Theological Union, and his review of seminary education in the 20th century.

Extent:

.5 linear feet (1 5 inch box); 8 audio files

Language:

Languages represented in the collection: English

Preferred citation:

Harland E. Hogue oral history collection, Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

The original collection consisted of 8 audiotapes and transcripts from an oral history interview of Harland Hogue by Doug Adams. An additional 11 audio cassettes of sermons, lectures and events were added on June 22, 2010, from the Doug Adams Collection.

Biographical / historical:

Harland E. Hogue, 1908-1999, was Carl Patton Professor of Homiletics at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, from 1954 to 1975 and served as chair of the doctoral faculty at Graduate Theological Union in the fields of History and Worship, Preaching and the Arts. A highly respected scholar in American church history, he was also well known as an outstanding preacher.

Hogue received a BS from Monmouth College, a BD from San Francisco Theological Seminary, a PhD from Columbia University and a DD from Monmouth College. He served as pastor of First United Presbyterian Church in San Diego (1933-37) and First Presbyterian Church in Pomona (1937-42.He taught for 12 years at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School (1942-54) before coming to PSR.

After retiring, Hogue served as interim pastor at Skyline Community Church, was pastor emeritus at Orinda Community Church, and taught at Patten College in Oakland.

Hogue wrote two volumes on the history of PSR. His successor in the Carl Patton chair, Doug Adams, was a former student and became a very close friend. Adams interviewed Hogue for the oral history, creating a dynamic interchange between the two. His oral history interviews discuss his life, career, experiences, people, and general observations there beginning 1954. The interviews also include his experiences at the San Francisco Theological Seminary where he had earlier been a student, and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, after its incorporation in 1962.

Acquisition information:

Oral history tapes and transcripts donated October 31, 1997. Additional audio casettes transferred from Doug Adams Collection on June 10, 2010.

Arrangement:

Materials are arranged as oral history and then as sermons and lectures by chronology.

Physical location:

4/C/1

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

His books include the following:

Christian Faith and the Campus Mind. New York: Abbingdon, 1949.

Christian Seed in Western Soil : Pacific School of Religion through a Century. Berkeley, Calif. : Pacific School of Religion, 1965.

Christian Seed In Western Soil. / Part 2, Pacific School Of Religion 1966-1983. Berkeley, Calif. : Pacific School of Religion, 1987.

Prophets And Paupers : Religion In The California Gold Rush, 1848-1869. San Francisco, Calif. : International Scholars Publications, 1996.

Additional collection guides:

Douglas G. Adams Collection, GTU 2008-1-01

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Faculty--Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, Calif.)
Scholars--Biography.
Oral history.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

David Stiver

Date Prepared:

© 2011

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid created by David Stiver. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: April 19, 2011.

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