UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. MINNESOTA CONFERENCE:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	United Church of Christ. Minnesota Conference, creator.
	Title:	Conference records.
	Dates:	1856-1996.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Correspondence, subject files, minutes, financial records, annual meeting and committee files, and records of and about individual congregations, all documenting the Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ (formed in 1957) and its merged predecessors, the Congregational Conference of Minnesota and the Northern Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
	Quantity:	68.0 cubic feet (67 boxes, 1 volume in a partial box, and 1 oversize folder, unboxed).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The United Church of Christ was established in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States. Each of these was, in turn, the result of a union of two earlier traditions.

The Congregational Churches were organized when the Pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation (1620) and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629) acknowledged their essential unity in the Cambridge Platform of 1648.

The Reformed Church in the United States traced its beginnings to congregations of German settlers in Pennsylvania founded from 1725 on. Later, its ranks were swelled by Reformed immigrants from Switzerland, Hungary and other countries.

The Christian Churches sprang up in the late 1700s and early 1800s in reaction to the theological and organizational rigidity of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches of the time.

The Evangelical Synod of North America traced its beginnings to an association of German Evangelical pastors in Missouri. This association, founded in 1841, reflected the 1817 union of Lutheran and Reformed churches in Germany.

The national headquarters of the United Church of Christ is located in New York City. It is divided into conferences, each headed by a conference minister. The Minnesota Conference of the UCC was established in a 1957 merger of the Congregational Conference of Minnesota and the Northern Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The Minnesota Conference is headquartered in Minneapolis.

Most of the information for the above historical sketch was taken directly from the web site of the United Church of Christ.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The records document the work of staff and voluntary leaders of the conference, and the functioning and evolution of its administrative structure. Beneath the conference level, the records document the work of regional bodies and the experiences of individual congregations.

There is information about congregational building programs and anniversaries, the denomination's stands on social and other issues, and its ecumenical endeavors. Correspondents include conference ministers Carl A. Hansen, Francis X. Pirazzini, Jeffrey N. Stinehelfer, and Murdale C. Leysath; local ministers and parishioners; and officials of other denominations.

The records also document the conference's operation of the Calhoun Beach Manor (1960- 1989) in Minneapolis as United Church Homes, a residence for seniors.

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ARRANGEMENT

These records are divided into the following sections:


	Accession 12,031
		Northern Synod, Evangelical and Reformed Church
		Congregational Conference of MN and MN Conference of the UCC
		Women's organizational records
		Department of Lay Life and Work
		Layman's Committee/Layman's Fellowship
		Twin Cities Ministers Association
		Christian education
		Our Christian World Mission and related foreign missionary activity
		Board of Home Missions (or Homeland Ministries)
		Meetings of General Council of the Congregational Church
		Meetings of the General Synod of the Congregational and E & R Churches
		Church camps/retreats
		Ecumenical program records
		Merger files
		Association records
		Files on individual congregations: Living churches
		Files on individual congregations: Dead churches
		Miscellaneous files
		Miscellaneous records
	Accession 12,439
		Miscellaneous subject files
	Accession 12,332
		Miscellaneous subject files
	Accession 13,802
		Fifth Congregational Church (Minneapolis)
		Minnesota Conference
		Records of individual congregations and groups
		Western Association of Minnesota UCC. Conference Minister files (Meissner)
	Accession 14,845
		United Church Homes: Calhoun Beach Manor
	Accession 15,339
		Subject files
		Files on individual congregations
	Accession 8303
		Congregational Conference of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Papers, 1856-1954
	Accession 10,506
		Congregational Conference of Minnesota. Minneapolis. Papers, 1956-1959
	Accession 16,828
		Anne A. Hage historical files on individual congregations

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. United Church of Christ. Minnesota Conference. Conference Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 8303; 10,506; 12,031; 12,332; 12,439; 13,802; 14,654; 14,845; 15,339; 16,828

Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson; Dennis E. Meissner; David B. Peterson

Catalog ID number: 990017350000104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

ACCESSION 12,031

Records of Northern Synod, Evangelical and Reformed Church

Location

Box

152.K.4.5B

Minutes of Synod Council, 1939-1963. 1 volume.

Conference minutes, 1939-1962. 2 volumes.

Minutes of Annual Synod meetings (published abstract), 1939-1962. 18 booklets.

Minutes and Treasurer's records for the 5 Regions composing the Northern Synod, 1940-1954. 5 volumes.

Board of Examiners records, 1940-1954.

Annual Meeting program booklets, 1939-1962. 25 booklets.

Location

Box

152.K.4.6F

Synod Treasurer's record, 1955-1962. 1 volume.

Twin City Capital Circuit. Treasurer's Record, 1943-1962. 1 volume.

Records of Women's Guild:

Handbook and program, First General Meeting of E&R Women's Guild, 1941. 1 volume.

Minute books, Tri-state Region, 1941-1961. 2 volumes.

Treasurer's records, Tri-state Region, 1941-1963. 1 volume.

Secretary's record, Northern Synod, 1957-1963. 2 volumes.

Treasurer's record, Northern Synod, 1948-1956. 1 volume.

Scrapbook, Northern Synod, 1948-1956. 1 volume.

Check Register, Tri-state Region, undated.

Check Register, Northern Synod, 1951-1955.

Newsletter, Northern Synod, 1951-1955.

Assorted yearbooks and programs from Individual Women's Guilds in Synod, 1951-1961.

Location

Box

152.K.4.7B

Annual and quadrennial reports of Women's Guild, E&R Church, 1949-1963. 10 booklets.

Programs of Biennial Meetings of Synod Women's Guild, 1954-1962. 5 booklets.

Miscellaneous papers of Synod Women's Guild, undated, 1952-1962.

Records of youth organizations:

Youth Fellowship Cabinet minutes, 1948-1962.

Youth Fellowship newsletter, 1957-1959.

Youth Fellowship Conference programs, 1950-1954.

Sunday School and League Conventions, 1925-1942, 1946, 1951. 2 folders.

Young Peoples' League. Minutes, 1918-1924. 1 volume.

Young Peoples' League. Convention minutes, 1948-1962. 1 volume.

Miscellaneous Treasurer's records, 1948-1963. 1 folder including 1 volume.

Records of the Congregational Conference of Minnesota and of the Minnesota Conference of the UCC

Location

Box

152.K.4.7B

Board of Directors and Executive Committee:

Minutes, 1929-1962. 4 volumes.

Minutes and correspondence, 1948-1962. 6 folders.

Personal files of Chairman Floyd Nelson, 1955-1957. 3 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.4.8F

Financial records:

Miscellaneous financial records, 1934-1950. 1 volume.

Ledger, 1931-1932. 1 volume.

Account book, 1951-1959. 1 volume.

Location

Box

148.C.3.5B

Receipts and disbursements, 1952-1963. 1 volume.

Location

Box

152.K.6.12F

Receipts and disbursements, 1959-1966. 1 volume.

Account book, 1960-1964. 1 volume.

Location

Box

148.C.3.6F

Apportionment records, 1932-1967. 3 volumes.

Per capita dues, 1952, 1958. 1 volume.

Location

Box

152.K.4.9B

Annual reports/audits, 1947-1975. 30 booklets.

General budget files, 1934-1958. 3 folders.

Investment files (special account, Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis):

Annual investment statements, 1953, 1955-1959. 6 booklets and 1 folder.

Investment Committee files, 1944-1957. 3 folders.

Investment miscellany, 1957, 1963-1966.

Miscellaneous mortgage and security records, 1940-1966.

Property files:

Minnesota Statutes regarding real estate sale, 1941.

Property Committee file, 1953-1962. 2 folders.

Sale of Church property, 1918-1937.

Parsonages, 1943-1953.

4701 Colfax Ave., South Minneapolis, 1947-1968.

1362 Albany Ave. S., Minneapolis, 1959.

1700 4th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 1950-1961.

320 17th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 1951-1959.

169 Orlin Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, 1949-1973.

4929 5th Ave. South, Minneapolis, 1958-1974.

4849 Sheridan Ave. South, Minneapolis, 1958-1973.

13011 Fairfield Road, Minnetonka, 1965-1973.

Brooklyn Center, 1954-1956.

Rochester Parsonages, 1947-1964.

People's Church, Brainerd, 1929-1931.

Location

Box

152.K.4.10F

Holdingford, Minn. Presbyterian Church, 1908-1942.

Bemidji, Minn. First Congregational Church, 1907-1945.

Worthington, Minn., 1927-1934.

Sandstone, Minn. Scandinavian Mission Church, 1904, 1939, 1957.

Zumbro Falls, Minn. Congregational Society, 1937, 1965.

Cotton Lake, Minn. Cottage, 1935-1946.

Arcola, Albert Stations, and Ceylon, Minn., 1930, 1939-1940, 1965.

Olson property, Benson County, N.D., 1909-1955.

Capital Funds Drive, 1964-1966. 12 folders and 1 volume.

Centennial Funds Drive. Ledger, 1955-1963. 1 volume.

Estate papers:

Florence J. Jennison, 1930.

Nallie M. Grant, 1920-1926.

A. K. Voss, 1934-1943, 1961.

A.K. Voss Fund (loans), 1939-1943.

Miscellaneous financial records:

Miscellaneous financial statements, 1946-1950.

Cancelled notes, 2nd Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, 1950-1954.

Promissory note, Oscar Jacobson to CC of Minnesota, 1939.

Church Builders' Club, 1957-1958.

Congregational Ministers Credit Union, 1945-1951.

Annuity fund, 1934-1962. 2 folders.

Leo Baldwin (director of finance and development), 1960-1962.

Special gifts, 1932-1950, 1961-1962. 2 folders.

Women's Organizational records

Woman's Home Missionary Union and Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior, Minnesota Branch, merged in 1930 and were incorporated as the Congregational Woman's Missionary Society. In 1940 the organization was incorporated as the Congregational Women of Minnesota.

Location

Box

152.K.4.11B

Woman's Home Missionary Union. Minutes, 1888-1917, 1925-1929. 2 volumes.

WHMU? Board of Directors Minutes, 1904-1917. 2 volumes.

WHMU. Roll Call of Board Meetings, 1908-1917. 1 volume.

WHMU. Annual reports, 1888-1926. 1 volume and 3 folders.

After 1911 reports are unbound and are included with reports of Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior.

Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior. Annual reports, 1888-1926. 5 folders.

"Early history of the Minnesota Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior," undated.

Mission studies: Woman's work in foreign lands, 1921-1922. 2 folders.

This is a national publication of the Women's Board of Missions of the Interior.

Minnesota Congregational Woman's Missionary Society. Annual reports, 1926-1927.

MCWMS/Congregational Women of Minnesota. Minutes of Board meetings, 1937-1948. 1 volume.

Congregational Women of Minnesota:

Annual reports, 1946, 1951-1956, 1958, 1962, 1963. 2 folders.

Correspondence, 1951-1957.

Papers relating to historical exhibit at State Conference, 1956.

Program packets prepared by State Board, 1959-1962. 3 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.4.12F

Articles of incorporation, charters, and bylaws, 1930-1965.

Minutes, 1947-1965. 9 folders.

President's file, 1951-1965. 4 folders.

Miscellany:

Fellowship Camps, 1957-1966.

Associational records, 1957-1962.

Thank offering records, 1939-1963.

Nervs letter, 1958-1963.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1963-1966.

Financial records, 1958-1965. 2 volumes.

Miscellaneous legal and financial records, 1895, 1912, 1930-1965. 3 folders.

Women's Capital account, 1964.

Miscellaneous Women's Work, 1941-1944.

"The Ladies Aid": Sheet music, 1923.

Record of the Department of Lay Life and Work

Location

Box

152.K.4.13B

Minutes, 1963-1972. 1 volume.

Correspondence, 1962-1973. 2 folders.

Area Meeting Papers, 1962 1962.

Associational Papers, 1966-1967.

Adult-Youth Encounter, 1964-1966.

Skills training workshop, approximately 1960s.

Layman's Committee/Layman's Fellowship

Name changed from Layman's Committee to Layman's Fellowship in 1955.

Location

Box

152.K.4.13B

Correspondence and minutes, 1946-1963. 4 folders and 1 volume.

Laymen's packet, 1958-1959.

Fund Raising Campaign. Financial records, 1951-1954.

Laymen's Retreats, 1960-1967, 1972. 3 folders.

Institutes, 1960-1963.

Lay preaching: Training and supply, 1956-1962.

Laymen's Sunday: "Spiritual Invasion," 1960.

Men's Work Day (Pilgrim Point), 1962-1970.

Churchmen's fellowship, 1959-1963.

Scattered issues of newsletter.

Twin Cities Ministers Association

Location

Box

152.K.4.13B

Secretary and Treasurer's record, 1925-1949. 1 volume.

Minutes, 1949-1973. 1 volume.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1959-1971.

Christian Education materials

Location

Box

152.K.4.14F

Pilgrim Fellowship/Youth Fellowship/Minnesota United Church Youth:

PF. Minutes, 1945-1963.

PF/YF. Joint minutes, 1959-1963.

PF. Annual Meetings, 1953-1963.

MUCY. Newsletter, 1963-1967.

PF. Newsletter, 1960-1963 1960-1963.

Power Line.

PF. Program Helps, 1950-1963.

PF. Financial records:

Receipts and disbursements, 1957-1963. 1 volume.

Miscellaneous, 1956-1963.

Lake Ida Youth Assembly Grounds, 1938-1944.

Christian Education Committee/Department:

Minutes, 1931-1947, 1962-1969 . 1 folder and 1 volume.

Correspondence, 1955-1972. 2 folders.

Newsletter, 1967-1969.

Pilgrim Foundation:

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1947-1958. 3 folders.

Building plans, contracts, and related materials: 1700 4th St. S.E., Minneapolis, 1950-1957.

Campus ministry. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1959-1972. 2 folders.

United Christian Campus Fellowship records:

Minnesota Commission on United Campus Christian Ministries. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1963-1969.

Bemidji Campus, 1966, 1969.

Duluth Campus, 1962-1968.

Mankato Campus, 1960-1967.

Marshall Campus, 1965-1966.

Moorhead Campus, 1965, 1970, 1973.

Morris Campus, 1965-1968, approximately 1976.

St. Cloud Campus, 1965-1968.

Winona Campus, 1967-1968.

St. Paul Campus, 1952-1962.

Metro Area, 1959, 1963-1969.

Location

Box

152.K.5.1B

Caravans (student summer service), 1949-1965. 8 folders.

Carleton College files:

Board of Trustees records, 1949-1958. 2 folders.

Executive Committee minutes, 1944-1954. 2 folders.

Relations with Congregational Churches, 1950-1953.

Miscellaneous, 1911-1962.

Northfield Student Workers, 1948, 1950-1952.

University of Minnesota files:

Campus Ministry (Northrup Club), 1934-1947, 1976.

Student Work Advisory Committees, 1956-1958.

Congregational, Student Center Drive, 1951.

General, 1959-1964.

Scholarship and student loan records:

Inactive, 1948-1956.

Loan applications, 1957-1962.

Scholarship loans, 1948-1956.

Student loans, 1951-1952.

David Schoen Scholarship file, 1961.

Gegner and Paskewitz loan files, 1969-1974.

Christian Higher Education Fund:

Every Church Visitation, 1959-1960.

Statewide Committee. Minutes, correspondence, and related materials, 1958-1959.

Organization of Minister-Lay meetings, 1958.

National materials (mimeo notices and reports), 1957-1961.

Location

Box

152.K.5.2F

Conference Office correspondence, 1957-1962 .

General correspondence, 1959-1966.

Church remittances and distributions from National CHEF to Minnesota Conference, 1960-1964. 2 folders.

Meeting guide for filmstrip, "The Truth will make you free," undated.

Department of Church and Ministry. Minutes, 1964-1974. 1 volume.

Our Christian World Mission and related foreign missionary activity records

Location

Box

152.K.5.2F

Minnesota Congregational Missionary Societies. Directors' minutes, 1892-1912. 1 volume.

American Board. Correspondence, 1954-1961.

Missions Council, 1946-1961.

Minnesota OCW reports, 1953-1956, 1959-1962. 6 folders.

Missionary speakers, 1958-1966.

John Scott (missionary), 1958.

Committee on Missionary Education and Stewardship, 1950-1961. 2 folders.

Missionary information and interpretation, 1964, 1966-1967.

Missionary Education and Interpretation Committee, 1967-1969.

OCWM Minutes, 1962-1973. 1 volume.

OCWM Record by Churches, 1964-1965. 1 volume.

OCWM General, 1966-1969. 3 folders.

Association meetings, 1965-1966.

Breakthrough Program, 1965.

Christian enlistments, 1966.

Christian enlistment consultants, 1967.

Christian enlistment workshops, 1967.

Biennial emphasis, 1962-1963.

Goals and promotion, 1964-1969.

Stewardship, 1973-1974.

Miscellaneous, 1966-1968.

Board of Home Missions (or Homeland Ministries) records

Location

Box

152.K.5.3B

Division of Health and Welfare Services, 1960, 1962. 2 folders.

Department of Town and Country, 1957-1962.

Department of City Work, 1956-1958.

Department of Research, 1955-1961.

Urban Church Department, 1957-1959.

Division of Church Extension and Evangelism, 1956-1962.

Ministerial Relief Division, 1950-1962. 3 folders.

Church Building Department, 1951, 1955-1956.

Church Finance Advisory Service, 1953-1962.

New Church Development, 1959-1962.

Ministerial Qualifications Board, approximately 1936, 1939-1952.

Free Church Unity and Polity Committee, 1951-1953.

Aid to Churches, 1950-1951.

Truman B. Douglas, 1951-1966.

Joseph W. Merchant, 1958-1962.

Meetings of General Council of the Congregational Church

Location

Box

152.K.5.3B

Executive Committee minutes, 1953-1960. 2 folders.

Delegates, 1946-1950, 1952-1954, 1956-1958. 6 folders.

Constitution and bylaws, 1952, 1960-1962.

Claremont (Calif.) meeting, 1952.

Per capita dues, 1953-1962.

1961 Meeting.

Meetings of General Synod of the Congregational and E&R Churches

Location

Box

152.K.5.3B

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1957-1969. 6 folders.

Rev. Tom Goodwin correspondence, 1949-1962.

Records Relating to Church Camps/Retreats

Location

Box

152.K.5.4F

General Camps correspondence, 1956-1969. 16 folders.

Camp schedules, 1959-1967. 9 folders.

Camping Committee. Joint minutes (CC/E&R), 1954-1958.

Camp Site Committee, 1955-1958.

Camp File summary sheet, 1950-1955.

Centennial Fund (camp-related correspondence), 1955-1964. 5 folders.

Youth camping, 1931-1935, 1942-1946. 2 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.5.5B

Camp staff, 1959-1963.

Camp dedication, 1960.

Staff recruitment, 1963-1966.

Lake Ida Name Subcommittee, 1959-1960.

Summer Camp publicity, 1946-1963.

Family camping, 1959-1963.

Women's Retreat, 1967.

Missionary education, 1961-1963.

Mathunny Isaac, 1962.

Marvin Hansen, 1959-1962.

Ecumenical Program Records

Location

Box

152.K.5.5B

Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches:

Miscellaneous printed materials, 1955-1957.

Minutes and bulletins, 1958.

Department of Church Planning and Location, 1953-1962.

Preaching missions, 1937-1941.

Christian Giving Foundation. Printed material, 1958.

Citizens Commission on Alcoholism. Printed materials, 1955.

Stage Play: "At the Manger."

Temple Bar College, Minneapolis, 1941-1944.

Minneapolis Church Federation. "Minneapolis Churches: A Brief Study of Their Institutional Aspects." 1 volume.

Inner City Protestant Parish, 1959-1962.

Greater Urban Parish of the Twin Cities, 1962-1968. 3 folders.

Minister of the Metropolitan Ministry/Mission, 1963-1971. 2 folders.

Minnesota Council of Churches:

Department of Budget and Finance, 1950-1962. 3 folders.

Miscellaneous, 1955-1962.

Inner City Protestant Parish, 1959-1962.

Greater Urban Parish of the Twin Cities, 1962-1968.

Minister of the Metropolitan Ministry/Mission, 1963-1971. 2 folders.

Minnesota Council of Churches:

Department of Budget and Finance, 1950-1962. 3 folders.

Department of Planning and Adjustment, 1958-1962. 4 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.5.6F

Department of Town and Country Churches, 1958-1962.

Babbit, Silver Bay, and other taconite area developments, 1951-1958. 2 folders.

Minnesota Pastors' Conference, 1951-1953.

Minnesota Association of Denominational Executives, 1950-1952.

General Information, 1950-1969. 7 folders.

Minnesota Council on Religion and Race:

Project Equality, 1966-1974. 2 folders.

General, 1964-1971.

Minutes, 1970-1971. 1 volume.

Minnesota Headwaters Parish Project, 1967-1972. 2 folders.

Minnesota Protestant Center, Minneapolis, 1953-1963. 2 folders.

National Council of Churches, 1950-1960.

National Christian Teaching Mission, Minneapolis Division, 1949-1950.

World Council of Churches, 1954-1956.

Merger Files

Location

Box

152.K.5.7B

Basic merger information (Includes a good deal of data on the history and comparative organization of CC and E&R churches), 1955-1961.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1942-1964. 2 folders.

Plymouth Church, Minneapolis. Correspondence regarding merger, 1956-1962.

UCC constitutional correspondence, 1958-1962.

Merger Vote. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1961-1962.

Agreement of Consolidation. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1962.

Minnesota Conference of UCC. Bylaws, 1963.

Maps of CC/E&R/UCC Associations, undated.

Procedures for joining UCC, 1961.

Association Moderators and Registrars, 1961-1962.

Joint Board (CC/E&R) minutes, 1962-1963.

Joint Board correspondence, 1962.

Conference Planning Committee, 1960-1962. 1 volume and 1 folder.

Interim Executive Committee records, 1962.

Committee on Permanent Headquarters, 1962.

Friends of Church Union records, 1955-1956.

Iowa Association of Congregational Christian Churches, 1964.

Association Records

Location

Box

152.K.5.7B

Twin Cities Association of UCC and its UCC and CC predecessors and preceding component organizations:

Index to records of Anoka Conference, Minneapolis Conference, Minneapolis Association, and Twin Cities Association, 1890-1962. 1 volume.

St. Paul Association. Records, 1918-1938. 1 volume.

Anoka/Minneapolis Conference and Minneapolis Association:

Minutes, 1924-1933. 1 volume.

Treasurer's record, 1925-1934. 1 volume.

Miscellaneous materials. 1 volume.

Location

Box

152.K.5.8F

Minutes, 1890-1925. 1 volume.

Treasurer's record, 1896-1925. 1 volume.

Twin Cities Association:

Account Book, 1945-1963. 1 volume.

Records, 1939-1963. 5 volumes.

Miscellaneous, 1940-1948. 1 volume.

Location

Box

152.K.5.9B

Twin Cities East Association:

Minutes, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers, 1963-1974. 2 volumes.

Twin Cities West Association:

Records, 1964-1973. 3 volumes.

Check registers, 1966-1969, 1973-1974.

Duluth Conference/Association:

Records, 1897-1932. 2 volumes.

Check registers, 1966-1969, 1973-1974.

Rainy River Association:

Constitution and minutes (incomplete), 1913, 1922-1962. 2 folders.

Treasurer's record, 1942-1974. 1 volume.

Birchdale. Woman's Home Circle. Record, 1925-1929. 1 volume.

Birchdale. Ladies' Aid. Record, 1929-1932. 1 volume.

Northern Pacific Association:

Constitution and minutes (incomplete), 1947-1962.

Northern Pacific Association of Congregational Women. Minutes, 1937-1963. 1 volume.

Northern Pacific Association of Congregational Women. Treasurer's record, 1937-1962.

Central Association:

Annual Meeting programs and miscellaneous papers (including constitution), 1945-1962.

Western Association:

Annual Meeting records, 1874-1919. 2 volumes.

Location

Box

152.K.5.10F

Southwestern Association:

Mankato Conference records, 1881-1902. 1 volume.

Annual Meeting records, 1921-1962. 2 volumes and 1 folder.

Treasurer's record, 1930-1945. 1 volume.

Southeast Association:

Minutes, programs, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers, 1938-1954.

Treasurer's record (per capita dues, ministerial standing), 1832-1962. 1 volume.

St. Paul Congregational Union (a less formal alliance than the above organizations):

Minutes, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers, 1950-1965.

Financial records, 1957-1959. 1 folder and 1 volume.

Loans to Member Congregations:

St. Paul Park.

Hazel Park.

Parkview.

New Brighton.

Minneapolis Congregational Union:

Board and Annual Meeting minutes, 1902-1937, 1942-1964. 6 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.5.11B

Treasurer's reports, 1944, 1947, 1949-1963 .

Superintendent's Reports, approximately 1918-1929.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1905-1965. 3 folders, plus 0.1 cubic feet unfoldered.

Constitution, publicity brochures, and miscellaneous papers, 1902-1964.

Constitutions and bylaws of various Minneapolis Churches, undated, 1958-1962.

Directors' experience questionnaires, 1963-1964.

EdinaLots, correspondence concerning, 1942-1945.

UCC Associations:

General:

Associations. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1962-1969.

Associational alignments under UCC, 1962.

Northeast Association:

Check registers, 1961-1969. 1 folder including 1 volume and 1 register.

General correspondence, meeting programs, and miscellany, 1957-1974. 3 folders.

Executive Committee correspondence, 1963-1973.

Annual Meeting announcements, 1962-1973.

Association Meeting correspondence, 1962-1970.

Constitution and Bylaws (revision), undated.

Department of Christian Education. Annual reports, 1954-1971.

Department of Church and Ministry. Annual reports, 1956-1971.

Department of Church and Ministry. Correspondence, 1964-1971.

Ecclesiastical Councils. Minutes, 1948-1965.

Financial statements to Annual Meetings, 1958-1969.

Department of Human Concerns. Annual reports, 1970.

Department of Lay Life and Work. Correspondence, 1965-1967.

Department of Lay Life and Work. Annual reports, 1963-1969.

Letters missive, 1959-1970.

Ministerial Members, 1960-1968.

Minnesota Conference, correspondence with, 1956-1970.

Minnesota Conference Board. Representative reports, 1962-approximately 1966.

Nominating Committees reports, 1955-1969.

Department of Our Christian World Mission. Annual reports, 1962-1970.

Department of Our Christian World Mission. Correspondence, 1967-1969.

Rainy River Association:

Minutes (incomplete), 1961-1972.

Correspondence, 1963-1974.

Northern Pacific Association:

Correspondence, 1963-1974.

Location

Box

152.K.5.12F

Western Associations:

Treasurer's record, 1969-1970. 1 volume.

Check register, 1973.

Minutes and related material, 1970-1973.

Laymen's Christian Leadership Conference, 1965.

Department organization, 1965-1967.

"Binder Twine" (newsletter), 1968-1973.

Incomplete.

Miscellaneous "Church and Ministry," 1968-1973.

Correspondence, 1963-1972. 2 folders.

Southwest Association. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1963-1973.

Southwest Association. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1963-1974. 2 folders.

Central Association. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1963-1971. 3 folders.

Twin Cities West Association. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1964-1967.

Twin Cities East Association. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1963-1967.

Files on Individual Congregations

The Minnesota Conference's records--mostly correspondence--of individual congregations (CC/UCC) filed alphabetically under the heading of either living or dead churches. There is one folder for each congregation, many of which contain photographs of church property and/or members. Evangelical and Reformed congregation files prior to 1963 are located in the United Theological Seminary.

Location

Box

152.K.5.12F

Living churches:

Ada. Faith United, 1945-1962, 1970.

Aitkin. First Congregational, 1943-1962.

Aldrich. First Congregational, 1948, 1963.

Albert Lee (prospective church survey), 1958-1959, 1962.

Alexandria. First Congregational, 1936-1967.

Anoka. First Congregational, 1931-1957.

Appleton. First Congregational, 1938-1971.

Austin. First Congregational, 1931-1961.

Barnesville. St. James, 1947-1959.

Bassett, 1936-1961.

Baudette. First Congregational, 1933-1962.

Bejou, 1932-1948.

Benson. Pilgrim Congregational, 1936-1961.

Bertha. Faith UCC, 1947-1963.

Birchdale, 1930-1967.

Biwabik. Community Congregational, 1937-1962.

Location

Box

152.K.5.13B

Bloomington. St. Mark's, 1954-1965.

Brainerd. First Congregational, 1928-1972.

Burtrum, 1932-1962.

Brownton, 1937-1971.

Callaway, 1937-1961.

Cambria. Federated Church, 1949-1965.

Campbell. Faith Community Church, 1937-1961.

Cannon Falls. First Congregational, 1938-1960.

Comfrey. First Congregational, 1931-1962.

Cottage Grove, 1943-1974.

Detroit Lakes. First Congregational, 1936-1972.

Dodge Center. First Congregational, 1932-1961.

Duluth. United Protestant Church of Morgan Park, 1918, 1944-1962.

Duluth. Peace Church, 1965-1972.

Duluth. Pilgrim Congregational, 1937-1965.

Edina. Chapel Hills, 1951-1965. 5 folders.

Edina. Colonial Church, 1944-1962. 2 folders.

Edina. Edina-Moringside Community Congregational, 1931-1961.

Eitzen. St. Luke's, 1953-1954, 1961.

Elk River. Union Congregational, 1931-1962.

Ellsworth. Federated Church, 1935-1965.

Excelsior. First Congregational, 1936-1971.

Excelsior. Minnewashta Church, 1948-1962.

Eyota. St. Paul's, 1953-1954.

Fairmont. First Congregational, 1932-1963.

Fairmont. St. John's, 1949-1961.

Faribault. First Congregational, 1931-1962.

Faribault. St. Luke's, 1956-1957.

Faribault. St. John's.

Folder empty; a few pencilled notes on cover.

Fergus Falls. Federated Church, 1920-1960.

Freeborn, 1919, 1935-1961.

Freeburg. Peace Church, 1953-1962.

Garvin. First Congregational, 1945-1961.

Gaylord, 1948-1961.

Glencoe. First Congregational, 1930-1962.

Glenwood. United Parish, 1934-1962.

Glyndon. First Congregational, 1939-1959.

Grace, 1931, 1938.

Graceville. First Congregational, 1938-1961.

Granada.

Grand Marais. First Congregational, 1929-1970.

Grand Meadow, 1939-1961.

Granite Falls, 1935-1961.

Location

Box

152.K.5.14F

Hackensack. Union Congregational, 1933-1962.

Hancock. First Congregational, 1929-1962.

Hopkins. Mitzpah Congregational, 1943-1963.

Hutchinson. First Congregational, 1943-1962.

Indus, 1937-1945.

International Falls. Faith United Church, 1913, 1918, 1937-1976.

Lac Qui Parle, 1942.

Lake City. First Congregational, 1938-1962.

Lake Elmo. St. Lucas, 1954-1962.

Le Sueur. Zion (E&R), 1953-1962.

Little Falls. First United Church, 1943-1958, 1976.

Long Prairie. Zion (E&R), 1953-1962.

Longville. Community Church, 1935-1963.

Madison, 1954-1961.

Mahnomen, 1932-1962.

Mankato. First Congregational, 1912, 1945-1962.

Mapleton, 1918, 1937-1962..

Marietta-Nassau. First UCC, 1932-1962.

Medford. Congregational. UCC, 1946-1961.

Mendota Heights, 1957-1962.

Minneapolis. Como Congregational, 1945-1962.

Minneapolis. Faith UCC, 1952, 1958.

Minneapolis. First Congregational, 1931-1958.

Minneapolis. Forest Heights Congregational, 1930-1948.

Minneapolis. Fremont Avenue North Congregational, 1935-1955.

Minneapolis. Linden Hills, 1932-1969.

Minneapolis. Lyndale Congregational, 1934-1959.

Minneapolis. Lynnhurst Congregational, 1946-1960.

Minneapolis. Mayflower Community Congregational, 1935-1961.

Minneapolis. Minnehaha Congregational, 1939-1959.

Minneapolis. Pilgrim Heights, 1947-1960.

Minneapolis. Pilgrim, 1946-1954.

Minneapolis. Plymouth, 1945-1971.

Minneapolis. St. John, 1939-1963.

Minnesota Lake. Peace UCC, 1948, 1958.

Minnesota Lake. St. Paul's, 1953-1968.

Montevideo. First Congregational, 1951-1962.

Moorhead. First Congregational, 1943-1962.

Morris. Federated Church, 1939-1961.

New Albin, Iowa. St. John's, 1951.

New Brighton, 1925-1962.

New Richland, 1946-1961.

New Ulm, 1947-1965.

New York Mills. First Congregational, 1937-1962.

Northfield. First Congregational, 1948-1967.

Norwood. Church of Peace, 1949-1964.

Norwood. St. John's, 1953, 1960.

Oak Mound, 1945-1962.

Ogema, 1917-1962.

Ortonville, 1947-1955.

Owatonna. Associated Church, 1918, 1957-1963.

Pelican Rapids. First Congregational, 1940-1952.

Perham. Zion, undated, 1955, 1962.

Plato. St. Paul's, 1950, 1958.

Plymouth. New Venture, 1962.

Princeton. First Congregational, 1937-1959.

Remer. Mason Memorial Church, 1935-1962.

Richfield. Emerson Avenue Congregational, 1947-1959.

Location

Box

152.K.6.1B

Robbinsdale. First Congregational, 1938-1967.

Rochester. Peace, 1957-1958.

Rochester. Congregational, 1948-1962.

Rose Creek. First Community Congregational, 1946-1962.

St. Charles. First Congregational, 1941-1962.

St. Cloud. Church of Peace UCC, 1967.

St. Louis Park. Union Congregational, 1935-1958.

St. Paul. St. Anthony Park Congregational, 1936-1967.

St. Paul. Falcon Heights Congregational, 1941-1962.

St. Paul. Hazel Park Congregational, 1933-1975.

St. Paul. Macalester-Plymouth, 1933-1961.

St. Paul. Olivet Congregational, 1943-1961.

St. Paul. People's Highland Park Church, 1938-1959.

St. Paul Park. Community Congregational, 1941-1961.

Sandstone, 1931-1962.

Sauk Centre. First Congregational, 1942-1967.

Scambler. Union Church, 1937, 1945.

Sherburn. First Congregational, 1938-1962.

Sleepy Eye. Union Congregational, 1936-1963.

South St. Paul. Clark Memorial, 1934-1960.

Staples, 1938-1960.

Stillwater. St. Peter's, 1954, 1962.

Tintah. First Congregational, 1935-1962.

Wabasha. First Congregational, 1937-1960.

Wadena. First Congregational, 1938-1961.

Walker. Community Church, 1917-1962.

Waseca. First Congregational, 1948-1962.

Waubun. First Congregational, 1936-1963.

Wayzata. Community Church, 1941-1961.

White Bear Lake. Parkview, 1955-1965.

Williams. Pilgrim, 1931-1965.

Winona. First Congregational, 1946-1961.

Winthrop. Faith Church, 1934-1973.

Zumbrota. First Congregational, 1939-1960.

Dead churches:

Akeley, 1930-1945.

Arco, 1930-1931.

Argyle, 1932-1937.

Backus, 1929-1955.

Bagley, 1946-1960.

Bayport. People's Congregational, 1937-1962.

Belgrade, 1931-1932.

Belview, 1951-1962.

Big Lake, 1930-1966.

Cass Lake, 1930-1966.

Cedar Spur, 1931-1932.

Center Chain, 1948.

Chatfield, 1935.

Clearwater, 1929-1954.

Cloquet. Finnish Congregational, 1932-1960.

Cloquet. First Congregational, 1961-1971.

Cook. First Congregational, 1921-1961.

Correll, 1934.

Crookston, 1884-1950.

Custer, 1928, 1930.

Danvers. First Congregational, 1941-1946.

Dawson, 1929-1930.

Dexter, 1878. 1928.

Douglas, 1931-1946.

Dugdale, 1939-1940.

Duluth. Fond du Lac Church, 1913-1956.

Eveleth, 1944-1946.

Federal Dam, 1929, 1941.

Fertile, 1927, 1957-1969..

French Lake. Happy Corner Church, 1954-1956.

Freedom, 1935.

Groveland, 1933.

Hawley. Union Congregational, 1948-1976.

Ham Lake, 1895, 1928-1961.

Happyland, 1947.

Hollandale, 1933-1966.

Hibbing, 1940-1944.

Hay Creek, 1944.

Hasty, 1942-1960.

Kasota, 1940-1945.

Lakeside, 1956, 1958.

La Crescent, 1961.

Lake Beauty, 1934-1938.

Lake Hattie, 1933-1945.

Lakeland, 1935-1961.

Lake Park, 1930-1951.

Lyle, 1941-1953.

Location

Box

152.K.6.2F

McIntosh, 1893, 1936-1940.

Marine-on-St. Croix, 1960-1961.

Marine-on-St. Croix. Square Lake Church, 1961-1962.

Matawan, 1941-1942.

Mankato, 1937-1941.

Marshall. Federated Church, 1929-1964.

Mantorville, 1947-1957.

Mentor, 1932-1960.

Mazeppa, 1914, 1929-1930.

Mineral Center, 1936-1946, 1961.

Millville. Grace Church, 1952-1965.

Milaca, 1936-1951.

Melrose, 1936-1951.

Minneapolis. 5th Avenue Congregational, 1940-1971.

Minneapolis. Lake of the Isles Church, 1931-1933.

Minneapolis. Lowry Hill, 1960.

Minneapolis. Open Door Congregational, 1937-1962.

Minneapolis. Vine Congregational, 1940-1951.

Monticello, 1932-1957.

North Branch, 1936-1939.

Oak Grove, 1939-1956.

Pemberton, 1943-1962.

Palo, 1941-1962.

Pitt, 1926-1953.

Plainview, 1933-1959.

Poplar, 1932-1955.

Roosevelt, 1934-1943.

Rosewood, 1930, 1947, 1970.

Round Prairie, 1939-1961.

Ruffy Brook, 1966.

Sand Lake, 1959-1968.

Saratoga, 1947-1964.

Sawyer, 1931.

Sauk Rapids. First Congregational, 1921-1964.

Sauk Rapids, 1940, 1947-1948.

Sauk Centre, 1956-1963.

St. Paul Atlantic Congregational, 1946-1950.

St. Paul. Cyril Congregational, 1932-1963.

St. Paul. Immanuel, 1932-1948.

St. Paul. Pacific, 1883, 1926-1946.

St. Paul. Riverview, 1934-1955.

St. Paul. University Ave., 1944-1956.

Shevlin, 1900, 1932-1963.

Silver Lake, 1937-1962.

Spring Valley, 1935-1962.

South Elmdale, 1931-1962, 1970.

South Bend, 1904, 1934-1941.

Sterling, 1967.

Stephen, 1935-1936.

Stewart, 1938-1966.

Stewartville, 1937-1950.

Stony Brook, 1937, 1964.

Sunrise, 1924, 1929, 1966.

Swanville, 1936-1958.

Taopi, 1940-1945.

Tyler, 1884, 1932-1958.

Vawter, 1942, 1954.

West Dora, 1930.

Winona. Lakeside Church, 1929-1956.

West Concord, 1954-1961.

Waterville, 1931-1934.

Watertown. Community Congregational, 1938-1968.

Walnut Grove, 1937-1958.

Warroad, 1931-1962.

Zumbro Falls, 1935-1942.

Miscellaneous Files

Location

Box

152.K.6.2F

Conference staff study, 1957-1958. 1 volume and 1 folder.

Transportation records, 1953-1961. 5 folders.

Miscellaneous Records

Location

Box

152.K.6.3B

Constitution (printed copy) of Congregational Conference of Minnesota as amended May 13, 1952. 3 folders.

Also miscellaneous associational and individual church constitutions.

Miscellaneous Committee files:

Committee Reports Presented to Annual Meeting of CC/UCC, 1945-1964. 2 folders.

Incomplete.

Committee on Church Extension and Aid, 1950-1965. 5 folders.

Business Committee (program committee for annual meeting), 1951-1957. 2 folders.

Committee on the Ministry, 1952-1962. 3 folders.

Committee on Church Union, 1962.

Committee on Revision of Bylaws, 1950-1951.

Committee on Evangelism and Devotional Life, 1955-1957.

Committee on Conference Staff, 1954-1958.

Standing Committees, 1962-1963.

Committee on Recruitment, 1957-1962.

Committee on Care for the Aging, 1956-1968.

Western Pastoral Relations Committee, 1955.

United Church Committee on Indian Work, 1954-1963.

Conference Committee on Social Action, Twin Cities Association, 1956-1957.

Conference Committee on Social Action, 1955-1965. 4 folders.

United Theological Seminary Constitution Committee, 1962-1963.

Congregational Christian Service Committee, 1950-1958. 2 folders.

Town and Country Committee, 1957-1962. 1957-1962.

Evangelism Committee, 1953-1962.

Minnesota Migrant Committee, 1943-1957.

Location

Box

152.K.6.4F

Miscellaneous address:

Annual Meetings, 1967-1972.

Carl Hansen, 1967-1968.

Miscellaneous, 1962, 1969-1970.

Annual Meeting programs:

Women's organizations, 1932-1958. Incomplete.

Miscellaneous Associational Meetings, 1928, 1946, 1954.

Twin Cities East Association, 1967.

Conference publications:

Conference news, 1963-1965. Incomplete.

Communicator, 1970-1974. Incomplete.

Congregational Minnesota. Correspondence concerning the publication, 1959-1961.

Retreats:

Annual Ministers' Retreat, 1943-1951.

Ministers and Wives Convocation, 1953-1962. 3 folders.

Ministers' Wives Retreat, 1965-1972.

Ministers' Retreat, 1965-1969.

Planning Committee files:

1947 Conference.

Planning Retreats, 1948-1949, 1960, 1962-1965. 2 folders.

Planning Committee, 1960-1961.

Conference Chaplains:

Rochester (hospital chaplain):

Reports, 1951-1962.

Correspondence, 1951-1962.

Armed Forces, 1950-1962.

Church Building Society files:

Church Building Society, 1935-1963. 2 folders.

Church Building Loan Fund, 1952-1959. 2 folders.

National Building Loan Fund, 1952-1959.

Department of Comity, 1935-1951.

Department of Planning (St. Paul Council of Churches), 1950-1958.

Extreme miscellany (consisting largely of single, unrelated folders):

Miscellaneous Congregational, brochures, undated, 1938-1952.

Some useful historical notes on various Congregational organizations.

Congregational work in Minnesota, 1901-1957.

More historical materials.

Associational realignment, 1953-1954.

Use of recorded music in worship, 1956.

Mrs. Lia Bramble (WWII displaced person), 1953-1957.

Congregational Club, 1937-1938.

Annual report, correspondence regarding, 1957-1959.

State Conference Meeting, 1944-1946.

National Association of Congregational, Christian Churches, 1958-1962.

Foreign Language Congregational Churches, 1930-1947.

Council Called to Examine Homer Vincent Yinger for Ordination, 1938.

Location

Box

152.K.6.5B

Minnesota Safety Council, 1960-1961.

Consultation of Faith and Order, 1966.

Chicago Theological Seminary, 1933, 1949-1962.

Associational Registrars' Meetings, 1951-1965.

National Conferences, 1961-1962.

"Crisis in the Nation," 1968-1969.

"Faith in life dialogue," 1965-1966.

John R. Scotford, 1950-1963.

Necrology, 1940-1962.

Church Vocations, 1957-1962.

Conference Office Relocation, 1950.

Additional Conference Staff Member, 1955.

Member absenteeism, 1951.

Ministerial candidates "in care of the Association," 1951-1962.

Pilgrim Circuit Rider, 1958.

Political file, 1954, 1960.

Retirement Fund for Lay Workers, 1957, 1962.

Revision of Constitution, 1938-1941.

Social Welfare: Grubenow Family (WWII refugees) Case, 1953-1954.

Ministers' Health Insurance, 1957-1962.

Pastoral relations, 1959-1962. 2 folders.

Regional Meeting, 1937-1950.

Regional Meeting, Central East, 1964.

United Temperance Movement, 1937-1960.

Yankton College, 1944-1950.

John Birch Society, 1961.

Medical expenses of Rev. Samuel Johnson, 1951-1953.

Church Federations, 1920-1931.

Edwin C. Field Memorial, 1963-1965.

Field Superintendent, 1947-1948.

Congregational Christian Midwinter Meetings, 1952-1953.

Land Grant Act Centennial, 1960.

Midwest Regional Meeting, 1943-1958.

Christian Rural Overseas Program, 1950-1952.

Endowment Fund, 1928-1940.

Missions Travel Fund, 1958.

Laura Cross (missionary to China), 1951.

Retirement home, 1955-1963.

Miscellaneous photographs, approximately 1935-1972.

Unorganized miscellany, 1929-1962.

Some of the material appears to have originally been organized alphabetically by letter writer.

Upham, Warren. Congregational Work in Minnesota (Mpls.: The Conference, 1921.), 1832-1920. 606 pages.

Location

Box

152.K.6.6F

Council for Social Action (Congregational). Board of Review, 1950-1954.

Department of Human Concerns:

Minutes and related materials, 1970-1971.

Center for Urban Encounter, 1966-1972.

Health and Welfare, 1962-1972.

Council on Religion and Race, 1971-1972.

Council on Religion and Race (King Fund), 1968.

Peace Priority, 1967-1972.

Consultation on Social Concern, 1968.

Task Force Coordinating Committee, 1966.

Metropolitan Mission:

Advisory Committee, 1964-1968.

Southside churches, 1964-1966.

Joint Urban Mission Program (JUMP), 1968, 1970-1972. 2 folders.

Urban Involvement of Laity, 1964.

Town Meeting, 1966.

Urban Training Center of Twin Cities, 1964.

Christian Forum on Metropolitan Issues, 1965-1966.

North Side Interfaith, 1967.

Miscellaneous programs, 1964-1965.

Annual Meeting reports, 1976.

Missionary information, 1958-1965.

Entertainment of missionary speakers, 1961-1969.

Missionary speakers, 1965-1971. 8 folders.

Missionary visitors, 1966-1973.

Congregational Women of Minnesota, 1963.

Reorganization: Minutes, charter, and worship services, 1963-1964. 2 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.6.7B

Delegates to General Council, 1954.

Constitutions of UCC Association, 1963-1972.

Twin Cities Association, 1965-1967.

Lay Life and Work:

Camp, May 28-31, 1971.

Skills Training Program, May 15-18, 1969.

Other Training Programs, 1968-1971. 4 folders.

Women, 1968-1971.

General, 1963-1971.

Laymen's Fellowship, 1963-1966.

Adult education, 1970-1971.

Church Women United Continuing Group, 1969-1970.

Laos Camp, 1969-1970.

Men's retreat, 1975.

Our Christian World Mission (OCWM):

Correspondence and financial reports, 1963-1974. 4 folders.

Christian Enlistment, 1968.

Allied Christian Enlistment, 1958-1959.

Stewardship project and consultants, 1963, 1970-1971. 2 folders.

Bus tours and mission interpreters, 1969-1971.

Designated giving, 1970-1971.

Goals and promotion, 1970-1972.

Minutes, 1962-1969, 1970-1973. 2 folders.

Evangelism workshop, 1960.

Fifth Avenue Church, Minneapolis, 1969-1972.

Rochester Congregational Church (centennial history), 1958.

Samaritan Home, 1971.

One Great Hour of Sharing, 1966-1967.

Location

Box

152.K.6.5F

Indian American Sunday. Publicity, 1972.

United Church of Christ. General, 1972-1973.

Ministry of Outreach. Correspondence: Bicentennial, 1973-1974, 1976. 2 folders.

Ministry of Christian Life, 1974-1976.

Board for Homeland Ministries:

General, 1960-1972.

Division of Church Extension, 1958-1962.

Authorized specials, 1960-1963.

Division of Evangelism and Research, 1960-1972.

Higher education, 1962-1963.

Board for World Ministries:

Our Christian World Mission. General, goals, and promotion, 1967-1968.

General, 1960-1972. 2 folders.

Authorized specials, 1959-1963.

Division of Missions, 1962.

Division of World Service, 1962.

Council for Christian Social Action:

General, 1959-1964.

"Christian community and involvement," and "Keeping you posted," 1960-1965.

Health and welfare:

Division of Health and Welfare Services, 1970.

OCWM. Health and Welfare Committee, 1966-1967.

Lee Rockwell. Bulletins, 1965.

Stewardship Council:

Wills, trusts, and estate planning, undated.

Statement of Faith, 1959.

Medical insurance files:

Correspondence, surveys, and related materials, 1966-1968. 10 folders.

Department of Human Concerns, 1969-1974. 2 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.6.9B

UCC Board for World Ministries. Division of World Services, 1963-1973.

Affirmative Action Recommendation, 1977.

Financial reports of supported institutions, 1968-1969.

Social Action, 1968.

Widows of Ministers, 1971-1973.

Widener, Alice, 1968.

Whitchurch, Katherine S., 1976.

Welfare, 1971.

The Way, 1968.

St. Charles Ecumenical Consultation, 1969-1972.

Urban Coalition, 1968-1971.

Urban Church, 1966-1967.

University Community, 1965.

UN Envoy Program, 1968-1969.

Twin Cities UCC Ministers Association, 1969-1974.

Florence I. True estate, 1971.

Tours, 1967-1974.

Survey and self study, 1967.

Southside Community Center, 1971.

Southern Union College, 1965-1968.

Small Group Task Force, 1967-1975.

John M. Shrader estate, 1965-1967.

Shalom curriculum, 1973-1974.

Search Committee, 1971-1973. 2 folders.

Council for Christian Social Action, 1963-1974.

Open membership, 1963-1967.

Parsonages, 1964-1970. 3 folders.

National Black Economic Development Council (National Black Manifesto), 1969.

Mooberry, Bernard, 1966-1971.

Minneapolis, 1971.

Minnesota Committee on Tax-Exempt Property, 1970.

Remuneration: Pastors, 1969-1973.

Rainy River Regional Parish, 1963-1971. 2 folders.

Negro Church Fund, 1970.

Minnesota Council on Alcohol Problems, 1963-1971.

Minnesota Interfaith Housing Corporation, 1968.

Mission Interpreter, 1965-1966.

Mission Priorities Task Force, 1971-1972.

Minnesota draft and military help, 1970-1974.

Ministers' Credit Union, 1951-1973.

La Foret Model, 1974.

Lay-Clergy dialogue, 1966-1968.

Back Bay Mission, 1970.

Bicentennial Community Church (Rosemount), 1976.

Bowen, Robert H., 1969-1971.

Bulletin, 1967-1973.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, 1975.

Challenge Foundation, 1969-1970.

Church Building workshop, 1969.

Clergy Economic Education seminar, 1965-1970.

Colleges and universities, 1970.

Investments, 1963-1973.

Center for Social Action Research Analysis, 1974.

Ministry of Outreach, 1974-1975.

Location

Box

152.K.6.10F

Stewardship Council, 1973-1974.

Minnesota Council on Religion and Race, 1971-1975.

Office of Communication (UCC), 1973.

Contemporary worship, 1973.

Consultations, Denominational, 1966.

Conference Self Study, 1970.

Council for Corporate Review, 1973.

Dr. Ben M. Herbster, President of UCC, 1966-1968.

Committee for the Continuation of Congregational Christian Churches, 1968.

Financing: Church building programs, 1966-1969.

Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), 1969.

Gypsum Anti-trust Case, 1974.

Horak, Mrs. Milo, 1958-1976.

UCC Board for World Ministries, 1973-1974.

United Theological Seminary, 1973-1974.

Clergy-staff meetings, 1973-1974.

Jonathan New Town development, 1968-1971.

Joint Meeting of Minnesota UCC and Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Council of Churches, 1969.

"In Care," 1963-1964.

North Central Career Development Center, 1968-1975. 2 folders.

Joint Department meeting, 1973.

Assist Program, Homeland Ministries, UCC, 1970-1972.

Investments in the Ghettos, 1968.

Elmhurst College, 1967-1970.

Miscellaneous correspondence: A-W, 1952-1977. 20 folders.

Location

Box

152.K.6.11B

Ministry of Christian Life, No. 475, 1975.

Christian Education Task Force, No. 420, 1975.

Christian Education Task Force, No. 421, 1976.

Evangelism, No. 461, 1976.

State Youth Committee, Nos. 481-483, 1975-1977. 3 folders.

17/76, No. 540, 1974-1977.

United Ministries in Higher Education, Nos. 600-601, 1974-1975. 3 folders.

J.E.D. Shalom, No. 631, 1972-1974.

Minnesota Coalition for Teacher Education. Board, Nos. 650-653, 1974-1976. 4 folders.

Eastern Association meetings, Nos. 100-112, 1974-1975. 4 folders.

Church and Ministry Committee, Nos. 125-126, 1974-1975. 2 folders.

OCWM Committee, No. 158, 1975.

Confirmation workshop?, 1973-1976.

Eastern Association, 1973-1977.

West Central Region, 1975-1976.

Becoming Us, 1975-1976.

Office for Church Life and Leadership, 1975.

United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, 1974-1976.

Minnesota Council of Churches, 1974-1976.

Miscellaneous papers, 1974-1976.

Youth Camps. Scrapbook, 1921-1942.

Papers removed from loose-leaf notebook and filed in folder.

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ACCESSION 12,332

Miscellaneous subject files

Location

Box

152.K.6.11B

New Venture Church:

Minutes and organizational records, 1969-1972. 2 folders.

Mimeographed items, 1967-1974. 2 folders.

Removed from scrapbooks.

Guest register, 1967-1972.

South East Association of Minnesota. Pilgrim Fellowships, 1958-1963. 1 volume.

Location

Box

148.C.3.7B

Congregational Women of Minnesota, Inc. Scrapbooks, approximately 1936-approximately 1964. 2 volumes.

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ACCESSION 13,802

Fifth Congregational Church (Minneapolis)

Location

Box

148.C.3.7B

Sunday School attendance and record books, Volumes 7-10, 1898-1929. 4 volumes.

Church Record Book, Volume 11, 1886-approximately 1919 . 1 volume.

See Box 41 for additional records of this congregation.

Minnesota Conference Records

Location

Box

152.K.13.14F

Annual Meeting materials, 1967-1975. 5 folders.

Includes program committee materials, minutes, meeting packets, and miscellany.

Financial Records:

Audits, 1967-1974. 2 folders.

Monthly financial statements, 1961-1966. 2 folders.

Capital Funds Committee. Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1963-1970.

Includes minutes and financial materials.

Medical insurance correspondence (Ministers Life and Casualty Union), 1966-1975. 5 folders.

Miscellaneous material (including Capital Needs Survey), 1958-1967.

Central West Region:

Correspondence, minutes, programs, and other records, 1963-1972. 3 folders.

Council on Mission Priorities. Minutes and related papers, 1970-1972.

General Correspondence and Miscellany, 1960-1972.

General Synod of the UCC. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1965-1975. 2 folders.

Miscellaneous addresses, 1962-1971.

Records of Individual Congregations and Groups

Location

Box

152.K.14.2F

Pemberton Congregational Church (includes South Bend Welsh Church):

Miscellaneous records, undated, 1926-1976.

Church record book, 1957-1958.

Finnish Congregational Church (Cloquet), 1960-1961.

Includes history.

People's Congregational Church (St. Paul), 1901-1962.

Minnesota Pilgrim Fellowship. Stanley Conover's files:

Printed Materials, 1962-1967. 3 folders.

Correspondence and miscellaneous records, undated, 1932-1959.

Notebook, 1940s.

Fifth Congregational Church (Minneapolis):

Historical sketches and background information, 1900-1971.

Constitution, Bylaws, and related records, 1957-1971.

Annual Meetings and annual reports, 1938-1970.

Bulletins, calendars, yearbooks, and directories, 1917-1957. 2 folders.

Men's Club Banquet programs, 1899-1949. 1899-1949.

Miscellaneous records:

Treasurer's reports, 1924-1955.

Budget, 1954-1955.

Membership records, 1948.

Sunday School enrollment, 1908.

Women's Activities, 1945-1970.

Mother-Daughter Banquets, 1935-1937.

Young People's Banquet programs, 1932-1941.

Miscellaneous papers and newspaper clippings, approximately 1905-approximately 1985.

Minutes of the Board of Trustees, Volume 1, 1896-1929.

Church Register, Volume 2, 1888-1952.

Membership Register(?), Volume 3, 1906-1907.

Circle 5. Minutes, Volume 4, 1964-1967.

31st Street Sunday School. Minutes, 1885-1887.

Sunday School membership (?) record book, 1895-1898.

See Box 38 for volumes 7-11.

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ACCESSION 14,654

Western Association of the Minnesota UCC. Conference Minister (Robert C. Meissner) Files

Location

Box

143.A.3.1B

Bylaws, 1977-1986.

Council:

Agendas, 1977-1987.

Minutes, 1977-1986.

Membership lists, 1979-1986.

Correspondence, 1974-1987. 4 folders.

Spring (annual) and Fall Meetings, 1973-1986. 14 folders.

Annual reports, 1978-1986.

Annual Meeting policies, undated. undated.

Budget, 1975-1987.

Committees:

Nominations, 1978-1987.

History, 1972-1985.

Our Christian World Mission, 1980-1984.

Church and Ministry:

Minutes and related records, 1973-1986. 2 folders.

Correspondence, 1979-1986.

Women's Fellowship Groups, 1977-1983.

Youth Groups, 1974-1986.

Ecclesiastical Council. Minutes and related records, 1964-1988.

Job descriptions, undated.

Procedures, 1976-1984.

Proposals, 1971-1978.

Public relations, 1977-1978.

Resources, 1976.

Correspondence files:

Pastor's mailings, 1977-1984.

Registrar's files, 1967-1971.

General, 1973-1974. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.A.3.2F

General, 1975-1987. 5 folders.

Enlightener (newsletter), 1974-1988.

Task forces:

Accessibility, 1980-1986.

Ecumenism, 1980-1984.

Human Issues, 1977-1979.

Hunger, 1981-1986.

Leadership (including youth leadership), 1977-1987. 2 folders.

Peace, 1986.

Single Adults, 1980.

Small Farms Energy, 1980.

Regional church organizations: Clusters:

Central, 1975-1984.

Northeast, 1975-1982.

Northeast: Walker-Hackensack Resource Project, 1977-1978.

Southern, 1982-1984.

Models/strategies, 1974-1984.

Other regional church organizations:

Crossroads Larger Parish, 1976-1986.

Headwaters Parish and Council (Red River Cooperative Parish), 1969-1987.

Rainy River Parish Self Study, 1975.

West Central Region, 1981-1986.

Western Minnesota Cooperative Parish, 1970-1980.

ACCESSION 14,845

United Church Homes: Calhoun Beach Manor

Location

Box

143.A.3.5B

Background materials, 1960-1965. 2 folders.

Corporate records, including articles of incorporation, and bylaws, undated, 1960-1963.

Minutes and related records, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, including correspondence, reports, financial statements, and audit reports, 1960-1968. 12 folders.

Location

Box

143.B.13.1B

Minutes and related records, 1969-1974, 1985. 12 folders.

Subject files:

Appraisal of property, January 8, 1970.

Calhoun Advisory Committee report, July 1970.

Development plans, 1971-1972. 2 folders.

Finances and dissolution of Calhoun Beach Manor. Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1960-1973. 4 folders.

Forecast of operations, April 1964-December 1965.

Holders of notes, 1962-1989.

List of holders.

Asherman (Minnesota·Conference) Mayflower Foundation.

Randall, William B.

Rochester (Minn.) Congregational Church.

Litigation: Correspondence and miscellaneous records, appellant's brief and index, 1971-1972. 2 folders.

President's file: Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1973-1976. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.B.13.2F

Project feasibility study, July 25, 1966.

Proposal: Acquisition and operation of the Calhoun Beach Manor, approximately August 1963.

Refinancing plans, 1972-1973. 2 folders.

Resident's agreement (form), approximately 1966.

Survey analysis and recommendations, January 1965.

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ACCESSION 15,339

Subject files

Location

Box

142.1.11.5B

Annual economics seminar for Minnesota clergy, 1983-1988.

Arts, 1973-1977.

Becoming Us, 1972-1980.

Camp ministries, 1975-1985.

Center and Network for Congregation Effectiveness, 1978-1990.

Central Hillside United Ministry (CHUM) (Duluth), 1979-1989.

Christian Education/Family Life Committee, 1983-1990.

Church building and finance, 1963-1986.

Church development, 1979-1989. 2 folders.

Clergy and Laity Concerned (New York, N.Y.), 1985.

Clergy/spouse retreats, 1978-1990.

Communications Committee, 1978-1990.

Council for Youth and Young Adult Ministries, 1984-1989.

CUE, 1976-1979.

Division of Education, 1976-1989. 2 folders.

Eastern Association:

1980-1990. 2 folders.

Annual meeting, 1976-1989.

Cluster churches, 1981-1990.

Council, 1973-1979.

Minutes, 1976-1989.

Ecumenical files:

Back Bay Mission, 1987-1989.

Bensenville Home Society, 1981-1989.

Charles Hall Homes, 1981-1994.

COACT, 1983-1988.

Disciples of Christ, 1985-1988.

Emmaus Homes, 1966-1988.

Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, 1975-1986.

Fellowship in the Arts, 1976-1987.

Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, 1960-1994. 2 folders.

Minnesota Protestant Foundation, 1969-1986.

St. Lucas Convalescent and Geriatric Care Center, 1963-1989.

Location

Box

142.I.11.6F

Tougaloo College, 1975-1983.

Twin Ports Ministry to Seafarers, Inc., 1977-1989.

United Methodist Church, 1970-1988.

Yankton College (South Dakota), 1970-1984.

Ecumenical affairs, 1986-1989.

Ecumenical relations with Biblical Witness Fellowship, Inc., 1978-1992.

Family Life, 1975-1987.

Freedom of choice, 1973-1992.

Higher education, 1969-1987. 3 folders.

Human sexuality, 1969-1978.

Infant formula, 1978-1989.

Insurance matters, 1974-1981.

Interim ministry rationale, 1984-1992.

Kaseman, William: Miscellaneous letters received, 1996.

Legalized gambling, 1982-1988.

Ministry of Christian Life, 1986-1990.

National Church:

Board for Homeland Ministries:

American missionary, 1988-1989.

Church development, 1956-1989. 2 folders.

Corporate membership, 1976-1989.

Health and welfare, 1965-1991. 2 folders.

Board for World Ministries, 1977-1989. 3 folders.

Development, 1988-1989.

Grant making, 1987-1988.

Planned giving, 1982-1988.

Location

Box

142.I.11.7B

Stewardship Council, 1976-1988. 4 folders.

Youth event, 1978-1988.

Network for Environmental and Economic Responsibility, 1988.

New church starts, undated, 1969.

Outreach ministry: Gay and lesbian concerns, 1989.

People's Cooperative Union (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1970-1971.

Planned Giving Committee, 1984-1989.

Planning and evaluation, 1987-1991.

Pornography sex offenders, 1984-1988.

Relationship with UCC in the Philippines-Mindanao Jurisdiction, 1987-1989.

SALT project, 1979-1980.

Samaritan Nursing Home (Rochester, Minn.), 1965-1976.

Sanctuary, 1984-1986. 1984-1986.

Southern Association:

1979-1989. 2 folders.

Annual meetings, 1975-1990. 3 folders.

Council, 1974-1989. 3 folders.

Stewardship Council, 1989.

Stewardship OCWM Committee, 1984-1989.

Sunburst (Neillsville, Wis.), 1984-1987.

Task Force/Goals and priorities, 1976-1977.

United Care Centers, 1979-1985.

United Church Board for Homeland Ministries: Division of American Missionary Association, 1990-1993.

Location

Box

142.1.11.8F

United Church Board for World Ministries: Whole Earth newsletter, 1986-1989.

United Church Task Force on Staff Structure, 1983.

United Ministries in Higher Education, 1969-1989. 2 folders.

West Central Regional UCC, 1977-1989. 2 folders.

Western Association:

1973-1990. 8 folders.

Council, 1974-1990. 2 folders.

Western Association newspaper, 1974-1987.

Women's newspaper, 1987-1990.

Miscellany, 1974-1989.

Files on Individual Congregations

Location

Box

142.I.11.9B

Ada: Faith United, 1970-1984.

Aitkin: First Congregational Church, 1968-1988.

Aldrich: Congregational Church, 1963-1989.

Alexandria: First Congregational UCC, 1961-1988.

Anoka: First Congregational Church, 1963-1987.

Appleton:

First Congregational UCC, 1963-1989.

Headwaters Ministries, approximately 1972-1989. 2 folders.

Austin: First Congregational Church, 1963-1989.

Barnesville: St. James UCC, 1968-1987.

Baudette: Rainy River Regional Parish, 1972-1987.

Benson: Pilgrim Congregational Church, 1962-1986.

Bertha: Faith United Church, 1964-1985.

Birchdale: United Congregational Church, 1967-1987.

Biwabik: Community United Church, 1965-1988.

Bloomington: St. Mark's United, 1964-1988. 2 folders.

Brainerd: First Congregational, 1963-1989.

Browntown: Congregational UCC, 1964-1986.

Campbell: Faith Community, 1969-1987.

Cannon Falls: First Congregational UCC, 1963-1989.

Ceylon: St. John's UCC, 1956-1988.

Chaska: Zoar UCC, 1966-1987.

Comfrey: First UCC, 1967-1989.

Cottage Grove: Cottage Grove UCC, 1963-1988.

Delano: St. Paul's UCC, . 1950-1989. 3 folders.

Detroit Lakes: Congregational Church, 1963-1989.

Dodge Center, 1957-1989.

Duluth:

Peace UCC, 1959-1988. 4 folders.

Location

Box

142.I.11.10F

Peace UCC, 1966-1979.

Pilgrim Congregational, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

United Protestant Church, 1992.

United Protestant Church of Morgan Park, 1963-1989.

Eden Valley: Peace UCC, 1963-1989.

Edina:

Chapel Hills UCC, 1964-1984.

Colonial Church of Edina, 1972-1989. 4 folders.

Morningside Church, 1963-1989.

Eitzen: St. Luke's UCC, 1965-1989.

Elk River: Union Congregational Church, 1971-1989.

Excelsior:

Congregational Church, 1961-1989. 3 folders.

Minnewashta Congregational Church, 1963-1986. 2 folders.

Eyota: St. Paul's UCC, 1965-1989.

Fairmont:

First Congregational UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

St. John's UCC, 1963-1989.

Faribault:

Congregational UCC, 1963-1988.

St. John's UCC, 1968-1987.

St. Luke's UCC, 1964-1988.

Fergus Falls:

Federated Church, 1959-1989.

Location

Box

142.I.12.1B

First United Church, 1948, 1960-1988.

Forest City: St. Matthew's UCC, 1963-1989.

Freeborn: Freeborn Congregational UCC, 1960-1986.

Garvin: First Congregational, 1963-1989.

Gaylord: United Church of Christ, 1968-1989.

Glencoe:

Church of Peace, 1955-1985.

First Congregational UCC, 1964-1988.

Glenwood:

Glenwood United Parish, 1968-1989.

Glenwood United Parish: Building program, 1975-1980.

Glyndon: Congregational UCC, 1963-1987. 2 folders.

Graceville: First Congregational UCC, 1964-1989.

Granada: St. Paul's UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

Grand Marais: First Congregational, 1963-1989. 3 folders.

Grand Meadow: United Church, 1964-1989.

Granite Falls: Granite Falls UCC, 1963-1988. 2 folders.

Hackensack: Union Congregational Church UCC, 1963-1989.

Hamburg: St. Paul, 1964-1987.

Hancock: Congregational Church UCC, 1963-1989.

Henderson: St. Paul's UCC, 1955-1989.

Location

Box

142.I.12.2F

Hopkins: Mizpah UCC, 1963-1989. 3 folders.

Hutchinson:

First Congregational UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

St. John's UCC, 1980-1987.

International Falls: Faith UCC, 1963-1988. 3 folders.

Lake City: First Congregational, 1963-1989.

Lake Elmo: St. Lucas Community Church, 1965-1989.

Lakeville: Crystal Lake, 1976-1992. 2 folders.

Ledyard (Iowa): Bethany Evangelical and Reformed UCC, 1953-1988.

Lester Prairie: Evangelical UCC, 1947-1991.

Le Sueur: Zion UCC, 1956, 1969-1989. 2 folders.

Lewiston: St. Paul's UCC-ELCA, 1956-1988.

Little Falls:

First United Church, 1968-1989. 3 folders.

Location

Box

142.I.12.3B

First United Church, 1974-1980. 2 folders.

Long Prairie: Zion UCC, 1956-1989. 2 folders.

Madison: Congregational Church UCC, 1963-1987.

Mahnomen: Congregational UCC, 1963-1987.

Mankato: First Congregational UCC, 1963-1989.

Maple Lake: Bethlehem UCC, 1963-1993.

Mapleton: United Church, 1963-1989.

Marietta-Nassau: First UCC, 1964-1988.

Medford: Congregational UCC, 1963-1988.

Mendota Heights:

Mendota Heights Congregational Church, 1959-1982. 2 folders.

United Church of Christ, 1960-1988.

Millville: Grace UCC, 1982-1989.

Minneapolis:

Faith UCC, 1967-1988.

First Congregational Church, 1964-1988.

Linden Hills Congregational, 1966-1989. 2 folders.

Lyndale Congregational UCC, 1974-1989.

Lynnhurst, 1963-1979.

Lynnhurst Congregational UCC, 1977-1988. 2 folders.

Location

Box

142.I.12.4F

Mayflower Community Congregational, 1964-1992.

Minnehaha UCC, 1964-1989.

Parkway UCC, 1966-1989.

Plymouth Congregational, 1964-1986. 2 folders.

Minnesota Lake:

Peace UCC, 1963-1989.

St. Paul's UCC, 1963-1988.

Montevideo: First Congregational UCC, 1964-1988. 2 folders.

Moorhead: First Congregational, 1963-1988. 2 folders.

Morris: Federated Church, 1965-1988.

New Albin (Iowa):

St. John's UCC, 1966-1988.

St. Peter's UCC, 1963-1989.

Northfield:

Clergy as members, 1995.

First UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

Norwood:

Church of Peace, 1966-1987.

Friedens UCC, 1968-1988.

St. John's UCC, 1965-1987.

Oak Mound UCC, 1967-1987.

Omega: United Church of Christ, 1963-1987.

Ortonville:

Congregational UCC, 1963-1989.

First Congregational UCC, 1963-1987. 2 folders.

Owatonna: Associated Church, 1963-1987. 2 folders.

Location

Box

142.I.12.5B

Pelican Rapids:

First Congregational UCC, 1964-1988.

Scambler Union UCC, 1963-1987.

Perham: Zion UCC, 1964-1989.

Princeton:

First Congregational UCC, 1963-1983.

St. Paul's UCC, 1977-1989.

Remer: Mason Memorial Congregational, 1961-1988.

Richfield: Emerson Avenue Congregational UCC, 1963-1989.

Robbinsdale:

First Congregational UCC, 1974-1985.

Robbinsdale UCC, 1963-1994.

Rose Creek: First Congregational UCC, 1963-1988.

Rochester:

Congregational UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

Peace UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

Sandstone: United Church of Christ, 1965-1989.

Sauk Centre: First United UCC, 1936, 1961-1987.

Sauk Rapids: Christ Church UCC, 1963-1985.

Sherburn: First Congregational UCC, 1964-1988.

Silver Bay: United Protestant Church, 1963-1990.

Sleepy Eye: Union Congregational UCC, 1964-1989.

South St. Paul: Clark Memorial UCC, 1967-1989.

St. Charles: United Church of Christ, 1966-1987.

St. Cloud: Peace UCC, 1955, 1963-1989.

St. Louis Park: Union Congregational UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

St. Paul:

Cherokee Park United Church, 1947, 1967-1988.

Location

Box

142.I.12.6F

Falcon Heights UCC, 1963-1989. 3 folders.

Hazel Park Congregational, 1963-1988. 3 folders.

Macalester-Plymouth United, 1963-1989.

Macalester-Plymouth United: Placement, 1974-1984.

Olivet Congregational, 1964-1989.

Peace UCC, 1950, 1958-1985..

St. Anthony Park UCC, 1963-1989. 2 folders.

St. Paul's UCC, 1976-1989. 3 folders.

St. Paul Parle Community UCC, 1956, 1963-1990.

Staples: Congregational Church, 1963-1989.

Stillwater: St. Peter's UCC, 1962-1988. 5 folders.

Theilman: St. Peter's UCC, 1965-1986.

Wabasha: Wabasha UCC, 1963-1987.

Location

Box

142.I.12.7B

Wadena: First Congregational UCC, 1963-1989.

Waldorf: Zoar UCC, 1963-1985.

Walker:

Community Church of Walker, 1963-1988.

Walker/Hackensack Cluster Gathering Project, 1978-1989.

Waseca: First Congregational, 1963-1984.

Waubun: Circles of Faith, 1963-1987.

Wayzata: Wayzata Community Church, 1963-1989. 3 folders.

Welcome: St. Paul's UCC, 1955-1987.

West Concord: Zwingli UCC, 1965-1987.

White Bear Lake: Parkview UCC, 1963-1987. 2 folders.

Williams: Pilgrim Congregational Church UCC, 1966-1989.

Winona: First Congregational UCC, 1969-1989.

Winthrop: Faith UCC, 1965-1989.

Zumbrota: First Congregational, 1963-1989.

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ACCESSION 8303

Congregational Conference of Minnesota Papers, 1856-1954

Minutes of meetings, financial data and other papers relating to the Congregational Conference of Minnesota and to the organizations which comprised the Coriference. The Conference was organized in 1856 by Charles Seccombe, Sherman Hall, and other ministers. Also included in the accession are the papers of individual Congregational churches of Minnesota.

Box one and part of box two contain folders of records which were formerly volumes. The material was removed from the volumes and placed in folders.

Location

Box

153.I.7.1B

Minutes, reports, budgets, etc., 1917-1928. 6 folders.

Treasurers' records, 1917-1928.

Missionary Society, 1908-1917. 6 folders.

Missionary Society, March 1914-1917. 2 folders.

Constitution, Board statements, etc., 1952-1954.

Assembly Ground Committee: Minutes, May 1927-March 1928.

Women's Missionary Society, 1930-1937. 2 folders. 1930-1937. 2 folders.

Organizations within the Conference. Individual churches (by city). 2 folders.

Miscellaneous papers, undated, 1892-1936.

Volumes: Church registers and record books:

The Church Registers and Record Books, printed by the denomination's publishing house, include sections for lists of pastors, deacons, and other officers; lists of delegates to Council, Conference, and other meetings; lists of baptisms, members received, and members removed,· marriages performed; charities and expenses; and annual church and Sunday School statistics. There are blank lined pages at the end of the book for minutes of meetings.

Volume 1. Crookston: First Congregational Church, 1878-1929.

Volume 2. McIntosh: First Congregational Church, 1891-1929.

Location

Box

153.I.7.2F

Volume 3. Minneapolis: Bethany Congregational Church, 1889-1926.

Volume 4. Minneapolis: Oak Park Congregational Church, 1891-1927.

Volume 5. Minneapolis: Oak Park Congregational Church, 1890-1905.

Volume 6. North Branch: Union Congregational Church, 1914-1936.

Volume 7. Shevlin: First Congregational Church, 1899-1926.

Volume 8. St. Paul: Forest Street Congregational Church, 1907-1916.

Volume 9. Walnut Grove: Union Congregational Church, 1898-1950.

Volume 10. Walnut Grove: Union Congregational Church, 1864-1903.

Location

Box

153.I.7.3B

Volume 11. Walnut Grove: Union Congregational Church, 1898-1954.

Volume 12. Zumbro Falls: First Congregational Church, 1890-1937.

Volume 13. General Congregational Conference of Minnesota: Record book, 1856-1900.

Volumes: Financial and accounting:

Volume 14. Account book, 1920-1933.

Volume 15. Treasurer's records, 1920-1936.

Volume 16. Ledger, 1925-1927.

Volume 17. Ledger, 1928-1929.

Other volumes:

Volume 18. Congregational Conference of Southern Minnesota: Record book, 1858-1900.

Location

Box

153.I.7.4F

Volume 19. Owatonna Congregational Association: Record book, 1869-1906.

Voulme 20. Southeastern Association (Winona Conference): Record book (Volume 2), 1886-1913.

Volume 21. Minnesota Congregational Club: Minute book, 1876-1886.

Volume 22. Minnesota Congregational Club: Minute book, 1886-1895.

Volume 23. Minnesota Congregational Club: Minute book, 1895-1911.

Volume 24. Minnesota Home Missionary Society: Constitution and minutes, 1872-1873.

Volume 25. Minnesota Woman's Home Missionary Union: Minute book, 1895-1910.

Volume 26. Minnesota Women's Home Missionary Union: Minute book, 1910-1913.

Volume 27. Minnesota Women's Home Missionary Union: Scrapbook of clippings, 1888-1894.

Volume 28. Widows and Orphans Aid Society: Minute book, 1885-1921.

Location

Box

142.H.19.8F-2

Volume 29. List of churches and ministerial members composing the Anoka Conference of the Congregational and Union Churches, 1891-1926.

Location

Box

153.I.7.5B

Volume 30. Congregational Ministerial Relief Society of Minnesota: Minute book, 1921-1934.

Location

Folder

100/ov4

Certificate of Contributors to the American Honie Missionary Society from the Lowry Hill Congregational Church, Minneapolis, December 28, 1892.

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ACCESSION 10,506

Congregational Conference of Minnesota Papers, 1956-1959

Correspondence, financial papers and other items (inclusive dates February 22, 1956-January 7, 1959) relating to the Congregational Conference of Minnesota. The papers were originally in the possession of Jerome W. Brower of St. Paul, who was on the board of directors of the Conference and a member of its Investment Committee.

Included in the file are minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, resolutions, correspondence, Nominating Committee reports, rosters of officers, agendas for meetings, and the following types of financial records: monthly balance sheets, state office expenses, summary of assets, budgets, income and expenditure sheets, and the Centennial Fund. Included in the latter are reports from Congregational churches throughout the state listing the amount of money pledged to the fund by each church and the amount actually paid by each church. These reports are filed under the date March 11, 1957.

Location

Box

153.I.7.5B

Correspondence, financial papers, and other items, 1956-1959. 5 folders.

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ACCESSION 16,828

Anne A. Hage Historical Files on Individual Congregations

Files compiled by Anne A. Hage, conference historian, on the histories of individual congregations of the Congregational and the Evangelical and Reformed denominations in Minnesota.

Location

Box

153.I.7.5B

Local church history glimpses, undated, 1980.

Contains quotations and notes presumably used by Hage for presentations.

Local congregational materials:

May include copies of printed historical sketches or original documents, extracts of records, correspondence, bulletins, and newspaper clippings. The compiled data may date from the 1850s to the 1980s.

A-C.

Includes Aitkin, Albert Lea, Alexandria, Argyle, Bayport, Bejou, Belview, Berne, Bertha, Biwabik, Britt, Cambria, Chaska, Comfrey, Cook.

D-E.

Includes Detroit Lakes, Dodge Center, Duluth (Morgan Park, Morley Church, Pilgrim, Eitzen, Elmdale, Eyota.

F-G.

Includes Fairmont, Faribault (St. John's, St. Luke's), Fergus Falls (Federated Church, includes a detailed history of the women's societies), Glencoe, Glenwood, Grand Meadow.

H-M.

Includes Henderson, Holdingford, Lake Elmo, Lakeland, Ledyard (Iowa), Longville, Mapleton, Mankato (includes a copy of Georgia Enfield Schultz's MA. thesis The Movement of the Congregational Church to Frontier Areas as Exemplified in the First Congregational Church, Mankato (June 1955)), Mankato State Teacher's College), Marietta, Martin County (North Star Church), Minneapolis (Como Church, Fifth Avenue, Mayflower Congregational, Minnehaha, and Plymouth), Minnetonka.

N-P.

Includes New Albin (Iowa), New Rome (includes photograph of church), New York Mills, Northfield, Otter Tail County, Palo, Pemberton, Perham, Plato.

S-Y.

Includes St. Paul (Hazel Park, People's Highland, Riverview, and St. Paul's), Sauk Rapids, Silver Lake, South Bend, Spring Valley, Staples, Stillwater, Taopi, Underwood, Verndale, Wabasha, White Bear Lake, Winona, Young America.

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RELATED MATERIAL

Papers of Calhoun Beach Manor (Minneapolis, Minn.) are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

A variety of print materials relating to the Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ and to the Congregational Conference of Minnesota are found in the Minnesota Historical Society book and serials collections.

Some records of the Northern Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Camp counselors -- Minnesota.; Church camps -- Minnesota.; Church charities -- Minnesota.; Church management -- Minnesota.; Congregational churches -- Minnesota -- Government.; Interdenominational cooperation -- Minnesota.; Older people -- Dwellings -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Religious education -- Minnesota.; Women in church work -- Minnesota.; Youth -- Religious life -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Meissner, Robert C., author.

Organizations:: Calhoun Beach Manor (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Management.; Congregational Conference of Minnesota -- Administration.; Congregational Women of Minnesota, Incorporated.; Evangelical and Reformed Church. Northern Synod -- Administration.; United Church Homes, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Management.

Document Types:: Church records.

Occupations:: Clergy -- Minnesota.

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