"40th Alameda Co. C. E. Convention, First Baptist Church, Berkeley, March 4-5-6, 1927" Ribbon
Softcover
1927
by Anonymous
Berkeley, CA: s. n., 1927. Softcover. Paper ribbon; 6 x 1 3/4; single sheet, recto only; light green stock, printed in darker green; 3 small pinholes to upper margin; a few creases; very good condition.An interesting Bay Area piece of ephemera, the ribbon commemorated the 40th Christian Endeavor Convention in Berkeley, California. The organization, being the first national church youth one, was founded in 1881 in Portland, Maine, by the well-known clergyman Francis Edward Clark (1851 รข 1927). Considered the forerunner of the modern denominational "youth fellowship," it began with as just a small group of youth, but by 1906, it had over four million members. (Inventory #: 001989)