{"value"=>"<p>The Subject Files demonstrate Weston's wide-ranging concerns. Some subjects relate strictly to the church, while others deal with Weston's entrepreneurial, academic, or civic interests. Important church subjects include annual luncheon files, composed of event programs, planning materials, and related correspondence for this annual fundraising gala for the church, spanning 1968 to 1980. Files on the 150th anniversary of St. Philip's Church document planning for and celebrations of the anniversary, which took place in 1968. Some routine church statistics can be found in the Subjects section. Pastor Weston kept a running daily tally of those to whom he and other pastors at St. Philip's ministered. These \"day sheets\" run continuously from 1963 to 1970 and from 1975 to 1977. Weston also kept \"Sunday reports,\" which noted collection plate totals and what the weather was like each Sunday. A cache of sick call request forms record Weston's and other pastors' visits to ill and elderly parishioners in their homes and in hospitals. Weston kept his own set of Vestry files, which document meetings and operations of church officials in the 1960s and 1970s. Other pastoral administration files found in this section include a scattering of baptism, burial/funeral, marriage, and parish transfer records from 1957 through the 1970s. Files on the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the Episcopal convention connect St. Philip's and Pastor Weston to the larger church community around the New York City region, the United States, and internationally. Fundraising files track efforts to bring in money and ideas for fundraising campaigns, relating to the church in general and to specific services and programs offered through the church.</p> <p>There is some overlap among Weston's subject files relating to the church and the Church files series. In some groupings of records, gaps in one series are filled or complemented in the other. Weston kept his own files on the St. Philip's Community Service Council (CSC). These files reflect Weston's role as president of the CSC and differ from the Church Series CSC files, chiefly in their inclusion of Weston's notes and interactions with other CSC board members. Numerous files on the Community Service Council document the work of the council, primarily consisting of meeting minutes and reference material from New York City agencies, non-profit groups, and private corporations concerning children's and youth services, senior care, and real estate. There are also numerous files on the day care program, housing, and senior housing filed separately in this section. Several files on Carver Federal Savings Bank, a bank created to serve African American customers, which Weston helped to found, document his service on its board of directors from 1961 to 1978.</p> <p>Several files of photographs contain portraits of Weston over the years, portraits of visiting preachers, candid snapshots, and professionally photographed events. Examples of event photographs include a groundbreaking ceremony for the Community Youth and Cultural Center in Central Harlem and an annual luncheon attended by recently elected New York Congressman Charles Rangel. Three scrapbooks are included in this section, the first is filled with clippings dating from the early years of the church in the 1880s; the others are from 1958 and approximately 1962. An incomplete file of St. Philip's Church newsletters dating from 1960 to 1985 is present, as is a small selection of newsletters published by other organizations. Newsletters can also be found in the Church Files series.</p> <p>Under the auspices of his professorship at SUNY Albany, Weston began a scholarly study of black family histories that is documented here with project outlines, grant applications, interview transcripts, correspondence, family trees, and other materials. Weston gathered family history information on over two dozen people for this project, which appears to have been ongoing for a period of time in the 1970s, though never completed. Weston also attempted to marshal resources to publish a black encyclopedia during this same period. Files on this subject include correspondence in which Weston pitched the idea to publishers and research material.</p>"}