"40th Alameda Co. C. E. Convention, First Baptist Church, Berkeley, March 4-5-6, 1927" Ribbon

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 – 1927). Considered the forerunner of the modern denominational "youth (truncated) fellowship," it began with as just a small group of youth, but by 1906, it had over four million members. (Inventory #: 001989)