Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Terence William Barker fonds
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
F0262
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1908-1984, 1953-1984 predominant (Creation)
- Creator
- Barker, Terence William
Physical description area
Physical description
5.7 m of textual records
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Terence William Barker was a teacher and minister in the Jehovah Witness Church in Toronto (1962-1972), and later joined the Process Church of the Final Judgement. At Magdalen College, Oxford University, he conducted studies on apocalyptic sects and gnosticism. The Process Church was founded in 1963 as a prophetic sect under the leadership of Robert de Grimston, and was virtually defunct by 1978.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds documents Terence William Barker’s activities as minister in the Jehovah Church.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Terence William Barker in 1982 and 1985.
Arrangement
S 1. Correspondence and papers, 1953-1975, consists of material related to the Assemblies of the Jehovah's Witnesses (1961-1972), correspondence, reports and newspaper clippings concerning the issue of blood transfusions, the disassociation of Barker from the Witnesses, and records of his ministry with 'Watchtower,' magazine. There is also material on the Process Church of the Final Judgement, which consists of correspondence between Barker and other members, records of the Toronto chapter steering committee, contact list of Ontario members and followers, copies of articles for publication in their journal, and a typewritten copy of an unpublished article byBarker, 'Is the Process Church of the Final Judgement Christian? A possible approach,'[1971?].
S 2. Speeches of T.W. Barker, 1965-1968, were all delivered while he was engaged in the Jehovah Witness program, and consists of talks on religious topics.
S 3. Printed material, 1908-1984, consists of copies of the 'Yearbook of the Jehovah's Witnesses,' (1945-1976); several editions of 'New World translation of the Holy Scriptures,' (1955-1970), and several Witness tracts. There are also copies (incomplete runs) of 'Awake,' (1949-1984) including bound volumes (1961-1972 - complete runs), and of 'Informant,' (1949-1954), 'Kingdom ministry,' (1957-1972), and 'The watchtower,' (1936-1984 - incomplete) and bound copies (1961-1972 - complete runs). In addition, there are reports of the Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses (1946-1969), as well as song books, pamphlets and related material. For the Process Church of the Final Judgement, there are copies of 'Foundation,' and pamphlets including 'The Processeans,' [newsletter] (1972-1974).
S 4. Manuscripts, 1971-1975, consists of a photocopied, corrected (in hand) typewritten manuscript by Barker, 'The time of the end: on the trail of the Final Age: Victorian to Aquarian,' (1971-1973), and Barker's 'The king of the North and the king of the South: apocalypticism and international politics,'(1972-1975), also a photocopied, typewritten manuscript, both of which were unpublished.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Access is restricted. Written permission to view closed files must be obtained from Terence W. Barker and be directed via the University Archivist.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
The fonds comprises the following accessions: 1982-003, 1988-005. Further accruals may be expected.
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2020/04/02 MS. Migrated to AtoM.
2020/04/02 MS. Post-migration metadata clean-up. Addition of GMD and accession numbers. Published description and generated finding aid.
2003/04/15 Shannon MacDonald. Added URL for online finding aid. Updated wording in accruals.
2002/03/22 Jizi Chen. Word Perfect (Creation).
2002/03/22 Awaiting review by the Data Collection Archivist.