BETHANY COVENANT CHURCH (RICHFIELD,
MINN.):
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Bethany Covenant Church (Richfield, Minn.), creator. | |
| Title: | Bethany Covenant Church records. | |
| Dates: | 1922-2012. | |
| Language: | Materials in English and Swedish . | |
| Abstract: | Historical miscellany, constitutions, annual reports, newsletters, and worship service bulletins of Bethany Covenant Church and its predecessor, the Swedish Evangelical Bethany Church, organized in Minneapolis in 1904. Some of the material is in Swedish. | |
| Quantity: | 2.6 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
Bethany Covenant Church was organized in 1904 in south Minneapolis as Swedish Evangelical Bethany Church by members of the Swedish Tabernacle, later known as First Covenant Church, Minneapolis. Bethany moved to Richfield in 1957. The congregation, dwindling in numbers, held its last service July 28, 2013. Bethany was a member of the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, a denomination established in Chicago in 1885 that is an offshoot of Swedish Lutheranism.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Bethany Covenant Church Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 17,136
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990086695240104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 142.I.13.1B | 1 | Historical miscellany, 1964, 2004. | |||||||||
| Includes a prospectus for the congregation's proposed new building (1964), and a newspaper clipping on its 90th anniversary. | |||||||||||
| 100th anniversary photographs, May 2, 2004. | |||||||||||
| Color printouts of photographs of church and parishioners at the church's 100th anniversary celebration. | |||||||||||
| Constitutions, 1957-2007. | |||||||||||
| Annual reports, 1943-2012. 32 folders. | |||||||||||
| Missing 1944-1951, 1953, 1993-1998, 2001, 2009. A few also include separate annual treasurer's reports, annual meeting reports, and/or reports of individual officers, committees, or activities. | |||||||||||
| Newsletters: | |||||||||||
| Betania-Vännen, 1922-1934. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||
| Bethany broadcaster: | |||||||||||
| 1964-1976. 12 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 142.I.13.2F | 2 | 1977-2007. 27 folders. | |||||||||
| Sunday worship bulletins: | |||||||||||
| Include order of service and announcements. | |||||||||||
| Weekly bulletin, 1934-1937. | |||||||||||
| March 1939, August 1940, 1944, 1946-1948. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 142.I.13.3B | 3 | 1949-1950, December 27, 1964, 1970-1982. 16 folders. | |||||||||
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:
- Swedish Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Organizations:
- Evangelical Covenant Church.
- Swedish Evangelical Bethany Church (Minneapolis, Minn.), author.
- Places:
- Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Churches.
- Richfield (Minn.) -- Churches.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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