CHURCH WOMEN UNITED IN MINNESOTA:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Church Women United in Minnesota, creator.
Title:Organizational records.
Dates:1907-1991 (bulk 1939-1991).
Abstract:Records of an ecumenical organization of Protestant women, and later, Catholic, Orthodox, and other Christian women in Minnesota.
Quantity:7.5 cubic feet (7 boxes).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf location.

Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

Records of an ecumenical organization of Protestant women, and later, Catholic, Orthodox, and other Christian women in Minnesota.

The collection consists of histories, annual reports, executive and committee records, meeting minutes, bylaws, financial information, correspondence, membership directories, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and printed material. These records document the organization's participation in the World Day of Prayer, World Community Day, May Fellowship Day, among other ecumenical and social welfare activities. Histories and information from local units of the state chapter are also present.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Annual Reports
Executive Records
Directories
Annual Meetings and Assemblies
Programs and Special Events
Publications and Printed Materials
Histories
Subject Files
Photographs
Scrapbooks


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Church Women United in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 12,935; 15,314

Processing Information:

Processed by: Dennis Messiner, July 2000

Catalog ID number: 990017366060104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseANNUAL REPORTS

LocationBox
147.K.14.7B71944.
1950-1960.
1961-1970.
1982-1987. 6 folders.
1990-1991.
Local council president's reports, 1964-1965. 2 folders.
Local unit annual reports, 1979-1982. 2 folders.

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Expand/CollapseEXECUTIVE RECORDS

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147.K.14.7B7President's correspondence, 1959-1962.
Constitution and bylaws, 1936-1974. 3 folders.
Leader's council materials, 1979-1990. 11 folders.
Minutes:
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148.D.1.5B11936-1949; 1953-1959; 1961-1967. 3 folders.
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147.C.18.10F41936-1991. 13 folders.
Committees:
Administrative Committee, 1938.
Citizen Action Committee, 1973-1975.
Finance Committee, 1936-1966. 4 folders.
Home Missions Council, 1944-1946.
Human Relations Committee, 1972-1976.
Indian Committee, 1974-1975.
Leadership Education Committee, 1957-1966. 2 folders.
Migrant Committee, 1944-1949. 3 folders.
Personnel Committee, 1953.
Policy Committee, 1951-1953.
Spiritual Life Committee, 1960-1962.
Local Offices:
Anoka Council, 1938.
Benson Council, 1936-1938.
North Dakota: Fargo, 1936.

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Expand/CollapseDIRECTORIES

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147.C.18.10F4General directories, 1959-1988.
Denomination representatives, 1965-1966.
Local unit officers lists, 1965-1985. 2 folders.

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Expand/CollapseANNUAL MEETINGS AND ASSEMBLIES

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147.C.18.8F2Annual meetings, 1937-1969. 10 folders.
State assemblies, 1968-1988. 11 folders.
Southwest Regional Meeting, 1957.
Officers' retreat, 1957.
National Assembly, St. Cloud, 1958.
Caravans, 1959-1962.
St. Cloud Institute, 1959.
Leadership Education Conference, 1961.
Leadership Education Conferences, 1965-1966.
Ecumenical Assembly, 1964-1982. 7 folders.
CWU 50th anniversary, 1986.
Regional Assembly, 1986. 2 notebooks.
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147.C.18.9B3Regional Assembly, 1986. 13 folders.
Regional training event, 1989.

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Expand/CollapsePROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

LocationBox
147.C.18.9B3Assignment: Race, 1965.
Celebrations reports, 1972-1987.
Children: Our Heritage, Our Hope, 1986. 2 notebooks.
Christian Social Relations Workshops, 1954-1965. 2 folders.
Christian World Relations Workshop, 1965.
Coupons: Dental, x-ray: Indians, 1974.
CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Programs), 1959-1960.
Families Behind Bars Seminar, 1973-1975.
Feminization of Poverty, 1981-1986.
Harvester car coupons, 1966-1971.
Health seminar, 1965.
Helpshops, 1987.
May Fellowship Day, 1956-1968. 10 folders.
Metro-Gro, 1969-1973.
Minnesota School of Missions, 1954-1966. 10 folders.
New Dimensions Workshop, 1967.
Owatonna Institute, 1961.
Preaching Mission, 1937.
The Ribbon, 1984-1986.
Special events, 1976-1979.
Two Faces of Crime Workshop, 1985.
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147.C.19.1B5Workshops and caravans, 1962-1963.
World Community Day, 1957-1967. 9 folders.
World Day of Prayer, 1959-1968. 8 folders.
LocationBox
148.D.1.5B1World Day of Prayer statistics, 1966.

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147.C.19.1B5Brochures, 1960s-1980s.
Minnesota Council of Federated Church Women Bulletin, 1937.
The Challenge, 1965-1968.
Newsletters, 1958-1986. 5 folders.
Guidebook for Local Councils, 1951.
Promotional booklets, 1960s.
Denominational representatives guidebook, 1984.
Basics Book, 1967-1985. 6 folders.
Information on CWU in Minnesota activities.
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147.K.14.6F6Non-CWU Minnesota materials:
Handbook for Local Units, 1960, 1965-66, 1969, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1991.
Minnesota Council of Churches annual reports, 1954, 1959, 1983.

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LocationBox
147.K.14.6F6History of Minnesota School of Missions, 1907-1967.
Histories, 1949-1952.
Historian's correspondence, 1965-1967.
Our Story: United Church Women of Minnesota, 1936-1966, by Kathryn McKinlay.
Local units histories, 1940s-1970s. 2 folders.
Minneapolis, 1920s-1970s.
St. Paul, 1930s-1980s.

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LocationBox
147.K.14.6F6Abortion, 1982-1988.
Equal Rights Amendment, 1973-1975.
Migrants, 1972-1973.
Radio and TV (public relations), 1965.
Regional maps, 1973-1974.
Social relations, 1968-1974.
Spiritual life, undated.
Tuite, Marjorie, 1986.
Miscellaneous papers, 1960-1980. 7 folders.

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LocationBox
147.K.14.6F6Presidents Palmquist (UCW, St. Paul), Goldish (B'nai B'rith, St. Paul), and Snodgrass (Council of Catholic Women, St. Paul), 1965.

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Expand/CollapseSCRAPBOOKS

LocationBox
148.D.1.5B11936-1959. 5 volumes.

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Expand/CollapseRELATED MATERIALS

Related materials: Records of Church Women United in Greater Minneapolis are also available in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Churches -- Minnesota.
Christian women -- Religious life -- Minnesota -- Societies, etc.
Interdenominational cooperation -- Minnesota.
Equal rights amendments -- Minnesota.
Civil rights movements -- Minnesota.
Peace movements -- Minnesota.
Poverty -- Minnesota.
Education -- Minnesota -- Religious.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
Social problems -- United States.
Protestant churches -- Minnesota -- Relations -- Catholic Church.
Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- Minnesota.
Women in church work -- Minnesota.
Persons:
McKinlay, Kathryn Thorbus.
Organizations:
Minnesota Council of Federated Church Women.
United Church Women of the Minnesota Council of Churches.
Places:
Minnesota -- Race relations.

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