ST. CLEMENTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH (SAINT PAUL, MINN.):
An Inventory of Their Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | St. Clement's Episcopal Church (Saint Paul, Minn.). | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1850, 1893-1985, 1995-2001. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records of a St. Paul Episcopal parish founded in 1893 as Emanuel Mission. A church, designed by Minnesota architect Cass Gilbert, was consecrated as St. Clement's Memorial Church in 1895. | |
| Quantity: | 9.5 cubic feet (9 boxes and 1 oversize folder). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
St. Clement's Church was founded as the Emanuel Mission in 1893 and located on Selby Avenue in St. Paul. In 1894, Mrs. Theodore A. Eaton of New York City donated funds to the diocese to build a church in Minnesota in memory of her husband, rector of St. Clement's Church, New York City. The new church, also named St. Clement's and located on Portland Avenue at Milton was designed by Cass Gilbert and was consecrated in 1895.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection includes historical information; correspondence and parish reports (1897-1966); vestry minutes, including budgets (1901-1981); financial records (1904-1937); membership records (1909-1986); marriage registers (1917-1959); registers of church services (1917-1962); records of women's organizations (1896-1964), youth groups (1905-1925), and a World War II service club (1944-1947); materials relating to the church building, including architectural drawings, sketches, and plans (1919-1978), church music (1920, 1951-1955), member canvasses and self-surveys (1937-1966), neighborhood activities and involvement in community affairs (1957-1978); scrapbooks (1937-1976); and photographs (1895-1985).
Also present are an Emanuel Mission minute book (1893-1900) and records (1952-2001) of a task force on same-sex unions.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. St. Clement's Episcopal Church Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 13,677; 13,967; 15,857; 16,372; 17,156
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990061794430104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 151.K.15.13B | 1 | Historical Information | |||||||||
| Fiftieth anniversary: Booklet, correspondence, programs, and finances, 1945-1950. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1900-1969. | |||||||||||
| Lists, 1910-1944. | |||||||||||
| Including lists of rectors. | |||||||||||
| Rectors: Reminiscences, correspondence and other papers, 194-. | |||||||||||
| General Church Records | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, reports, financial data, printed materials, and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1850; 1894-1976. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Parish reports, undated and 1897-1921, 1923-1942, 1944-1949, 1965-1966. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes annual meetings and annual reports. | |||||||||||
| Vestry: Minutes of meetings, November 1965-July 1966. | |||||||||||
| Includes budgets. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial papers, 1904. | |||||||||||
| Membership (Loose materials from volume 8): | |||||||||||
| Lists and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1963, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Directories, 1909, 1952-1958, 1967, 1977, 1985/1986; Yearbooks, 1937-1940; and Women's Directory Supplement, 1965-1966. | |||||||||||
| 1 folder, including 15 booklets. | |||||||||||
| Every Member Canvass: Miscellaneous papers, 1937-1955, 1960-1964. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 151.K.15.14F | 2 | Women's Groups: | |||||||||
| Altar Guild, undated; St. Elizabeth's Guild, 1915-1924; Woman's Auxiliary, 1932-1934; and Woman's Guild, 1923-1924. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Mary and Martha Guild: Minutes of meetings, January 13, 1942-May 12, 1964. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes constitution and bylaws. | |||||||||||
| The Young People's Society of St. Clement's Church programs, 1924-1925. | |||||||||||
| War Service Club, 1944-1947. | |||||||||||
| Church music, 1920, 1951, 1954-1955. | |||||||||||
| Glenn F. Lewis personal correspondence, undated and 1939-1958; Mary Lewis Memorial, 1956. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Church form letters, 1924-1956. | |||||||||||
| Church Building: | |||||||||||
| Specifications: Alterations to Rectory by Edwin H. Lundie, undated; Specifications for Parish House, by Clarence H. Johnston, 1919. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| A Study and Evaluation of the Existing Parish Structure / Adkins and Johnson, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Includes memoranda. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Topics: Parish House sign, 1978; Sacristy remodeling, 1964-1965; Anna Charlotte Whitehead Memorial, 1909; W.G. Whitehead Memorial Window, 1923-1924. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| +162 | Deed of donation, 1895. | ||||||||||
| To the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota from Elizabeth D. Eaton, New York City. | |||||||||||
| Architectural plans: | |||||||||||
| Front door of church, undated. | |||||||||||
| Proposed remodeling scheme / The Cerny Associates, circa 1960-1969. 3 items. | |||||||||||
| Sacristry plan and elevations / Buetow & Associates, Inc., September 21, 1965. 2 items. | |||||||||||
| Existing conditions drawings / Adkins and Johnson, July 7, 1960. 2 items. The Cerny Associates, 1 item. | |||||||||||
| Existing condition / The Cerny Associates, circa 1960. 1 item. | |||||||||||
| Finishing of undercroft / Kenneth M. Fullerton, December 10, 1955 and March 1, 1956. 3 items. | |||||||||||
| Finishing og undercroft. Revised Fullerton plan / Arthur F. Partridge Company, May 1956. 1 item. | |||||||||||
| Revised kitchen plan / Arthur F. Partridge Company, July 11, 1956. 1 item. | |||||||||||
| Unidentified interior (probably office) / The Cerny Associates, undated. 2 items, pen and ink sketch. | |||||||||||
| First floor and foundation plan: north, east, south, and west elevations, undated. 2 items. | |||||||||||
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| 151.K.15.14F | 2 | Neighborhood Activities: | |||||||||
| Christian social relations, Urban work, 1965-1966. | |||||||||||
| St. Clement's Community Center (644 Selby Avenue), 1964-1965. | |||||||||||
| Summit-University Neighborhood urban renewal, 1957, 1962, 1966-1967. | |||||||||||
| Self Surveys (Episcopal Church): | |||||||||||
| Self survey materials, 1965-1966. | |||||||||||
| Survey general file, 1942-1946. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| A Study of the Episcopal Church in the St. Paul Deanery, Diocese of Minnesota, [1960?]. | |||||||||||
| Minute Books, Registers, and Other Volumes: | |||||||||||
| Volume 1. Bishop's Committee of Emanuel Mission: Minute book, March 1893-December 1900. | |||||||||||
| Volume 2. Vestry: Minute book, January 1901-April 1908. | |||||||||||
| Includes annual meetings. | |||||||||||
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| 151.K.16.1B | 3 | Volume 3. Vestry: Minute book, April 1908-November 1923. | |||||||||
| Includes annual meetings. | |||||||||||
| Volume 4. Vestry: Minute book, December 1922-December 1926. | |||||||||||
| Volume 5. Vestry: Minute book, January 1927-February 1935. | |||||||||||
| Volume 6. Vestry: Minute book, March 1935-January 1945. | |||||||||||
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| 144.C.11.3B | 5 | Volume 6a. Vestry: Minute book, January 1945-April 1954. | |||||||||
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| 151.K.16.1B | 3 | Volume 7. Vestry: Minute book, May 1954-January 1959. | |||||||||
| Volume 8. Summary of expenses and receipts, September 1904-December 1936. | |||||||||||
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| 144.C.11.3B | 5 | Volume 9. Trial balance sheets, January 19l9-December 1937. | |||||||||
| Volume 10. Cash book, May 1927-December 1936. | |||||||||||
| Volume 11. Cash book, January 1937-December 1937. | |||||||||||
| Volume 12. Marriage register, July 1917-September 1947. | |||||||||||
| Indexed. | |||||||||||
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| 151.K.16.1B | 3 | Volume 13. Marriage register, September 1947-May 1959. | |||||||||
| Volume 14. Register of church services, May 1917-June 1925. | |||||||||||
| Volume 15. Register of church services, June 1925-January 1933. | |||||||||||
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| 151.K.16.2F | 4 | Volume 16. Register of church services, January 1933-December 1942. | |||||||||
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| 144.C.11.3B | 5 | Volume 17. Register of church services, January 1943-September 1962. | |||||||||
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| 151.K.16.2F | 4 | Volume 18. Guest Register, September 1952-July 1954. | |||||||||
| Volume 19. Guest Register, September 1954-September 1957. | |||||||||||
| Volume 20. United Thank Offering Book, September 1896-November 1939. | |||||||||||
| Volume 21. Ladies Aid Society (Woman's Guild): Minute book, April 1912-April 1916. | |||||||||||
| Includes a brief history of the Guild. | |||||||||||
| Volume 22. Woman's Guild: Minute book, April 1916-December 1920. | |||||||||||
| Volume 23. Woman's Guild: Minute book, January1921-March 1926. | |||||||||||
| Volume 24. Woman's Guild: Minute book, March 1926-December 1930. | |||||||||||
| Volume 25. St. Elizabeth's Guild: Minute book, April 19l1-January 1918. | |||||||||||
| Volume 25a. St. Elizabeth's Guild: Minute book, January 1918-December 1924. | |||||||||||
| Volume 25b. Women's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions: Minute book, February l896-April 1906. | |||||||||||
| Volume 26. Women's Auxiliary to the National Council: Minute book, January 1924-January 1934. | |||||||||||
| Volume 26a. Women's Auxiliary: Minute book, January 1947-April 1959. | |||||||||||
| Volume 27. Junior Auxiliary: Minute book, January 1905-May 1911. | |||||||||||
| Volume 27a. Junior Auxiliary: Minute book, May 1911-April 1918. | |||||||||||
| Volume 28. Junior Auxiliary: Membership attendance book, 1907-[1921?]. | |||||||||||
| Volume 29. Junior Auxiliary: Membership attendance book, 1910-1922. | |||||||||||
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| 144.C.11.3B | 5 | Volume 30. Scrapbook fragments, 1937, 1945, 1976. | |||||||||
| Volume 31. Scrapbook: St. Clement's and Diocesan Activities, March 1953-May 1960. | |||||||||||
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| 152.K.15.5B | 6 | Vestry: Minutes of meetings, 1958-September 1981. 9 folders. | |||||||||
| Includes annual reports, financial reports, and some committee materials. | |||||||||||
| Women's Guild: Minutes of meetings and miscellaneous papers, January 1931-December 1944. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| St. Clement's Churchwomen: Minutes of meetings, September 1966-May 1976. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1950-1976. | |||||||||||
| Subject Files: | |||||||||||
| Arts & Talent/Craftsman's Fair, 1973-1976. | |||||||||||
| Ballet: "Los Seises," 1973. | |||||||||||
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| 146.K.16.6F | 9 | Choir trip to London, 2000-2001. 4 folders. | |||||||||
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| 152.K.15.5B | 6 | Christian Art Associates, "Signs in Cloth" Exhibit, 1966-1971. | |||||||||
| Christmas and Advent Programs and Pageants, 1950-1966. | |||||||||||
| Church Choirs - Music, 1959, 1970-1974. | |||||||||||
| Confirmations, 1961-1965, 1975. | |||||||||||
| Cuban Refugee Project, 1962-1966. | |||||||||||
| Dale-Selby Action Council, 1959-1967. | |||||||||||
| Dale-Selby Library Committee, 1963. | |||||||||||
| Day Care Centers, 1969-1977. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 152.K.15.6F | 7 | Estate Bequests; 1963-1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU), 1961-1967. | |||||||||||
| Leisure Age Centers, 1966-1974. | |||||||||||
| Liturgical Evaluation Committee, 1971-1973. | |||||||||||
| The Loft (Summit-University Teen Center, Inc.), 1967-1978. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Long Range Planning Committee, 1967-1971. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Missionary, 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Council of Churches, 1953-1974. | |||||||||||
| John J. Palmer Fund, 1971-1972. | |||||||||||
| Parish List, 1979-1981. | |||||||||||
| 897 Portland Avenue Property: Purchase and sale, 1969-1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Project Summer, 1966-1971. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul Metro Region 7, 1971-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Selby Church Community Center, 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
| Summit-University Community Council, 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
| Summit-University Federation, 1969-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Summit-University Seminar Committee, 1967-1968. | |||||||||||
| UNICEF, 1961-1976. | |||||||||||
| University of Minnesota Episcopa1 Center, 1965-1968. | |||||||||||
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| 152.K.15.7B | 8 | Urban Division; Christian Social Relations Department, 1964-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Urban Housing Programs, 1961-1964. | |||||||||||
| Urban Training Center for Christian Mission, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Urban Work Conference, 1962-1964. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Subjects: Advent Corporate Communion - Youth Programs. 1955-1975. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Photographs. 1895-1985. 5 folders, including approximately 162 items. | |||||||||||
| A collection of photographs of the exterior and interior of the church, and of various church activities and members. Most of the photos have been identified or partially identified by Marion Matters. | |||||||||||
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| 144.C.11.3B | 5 | Photograph albums (dismantled), 1905-1906. 2 folders in 1 oversize folder. | |||||||||
| One volume, ca. 1905, contains interior and exterior views of the church with accompanying poetry/narrative inscriptions. Possibly dedicated to Mary Michaud, one of the church’s founders. Includes photograph of Bishop Mahlon Gilbert. | |||||||||||
| The second volume, ca. 1906, contains interior and exterior views of the church with accompanying inscriptions. Assembled by Mrs. L.M. Hillman Birch, 1906. A separate photograph of Mrs. Birch in her Altar Guild attire accompanies the album. | |||||||||||
| Certificate of Affiliation, issued by the Open-Church Foundation to St. Clement's, undated. | |||||||||||
| Poster: Ian Mitchell's American Folk Song Mass, St. Clement's, May 22 [19--]. | |||||||||||
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| 146.K.16.6F | 9 | Same Sex Union Task Force: | |||||||||
| In February 1995, at the request of rector Daniel V. Pearson, St. Clement’s vestry approved the establishment of a parish task force on same-sex unions, with the following purposes: to explore the issue of same-sex unions in light of the request of a lesbian couple in the parish; to develop a process of how the issue of same-sex unions might best be considered at St. Clement’s and in relation to the Episcopal Church; to make a recommendation to the vestry for its decision on a possible public celebration at St. Clement’s, including the rite to be used; and to communicate with the parish about this issue. Pearson selected Daniel A. Panshin, a University of Minnesota professor and administrator who had been an active member of the parish since the mid-1980s, to convene the task force. | |||||||||||
| During the ensuing nine months the task force members (eight lay persons, including Panshin, who were broadly representative of the parish and the rector, ex officio) read widely in the areas of religion, medical science, social science, and history; involved and engaged the parish in the process by conducting interviews and conversations, circulating a questionnaire, and presenting a series of adult education sessions; and deliberated the issues of homosexuality and same-sex unions in the context of Christianity in general and the Episcopal Church in particular in order to recommend a policy regarding same-sex unions to the parish. In November 1995 the task force submitted a report to the vestry recommending that St. Clement’s conduct services in the church to celebrate same-sex relationships under the conditions followed for marriages of heterosexual couples. | |||||||||||
| In 1996, following approval by the vestry and acceptance by the rector, the task force recommendation became one of the guiding policies of the parish. The first same-sex union ceremony was held at the church in August of that year. | |||||||||||
| This set of records was created by task force convener Dan Panshin. The records document the work of the task force, the manner in which this work was conducted, and Panshin’s leadership role. | |||||||||||
| Final Report presented to the Vestry, December 11, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Report drafts and notes, September-December 1995. | |||||||||||
| Dan Panshin sermon, “A Place at the Table,” November 1995. | |||||||||||
| Task Force files (dismantled notebook), 1995-1996. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Task force readings and handouts, 1978-1996. 5 folders (dismantled notebook). | |||||||||||
| Background readings and resource materials, by denomination, 7 folders (dismantled notebook). | |||||||||||
| Includes materials of national and regional bodies, as well as those of local parishes and congregations. | |||||||||||
| Episcopal Church, 1991-1996. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Lutheran Church, 1981-1995. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Religious Society of Friends, 1952, 1985-1995. | |||||||||||
| Unitarian Universalist Association, 1989, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Other denominations, 1985-1995. | |||||||||||
| Includes information on Roman Catholic, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Moravian, Southern Baptist, and Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) churches. | |||||||||||
| Background readings and resource materials, by topic: | |||||||||||
| Christianity, the Bible, and homosexuality, 1984, 1994. | |||||||||||
| Lesbian and gay Christian worship, ceremonies, and celebrations, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Same-gender marriage, 1990-1994. | |||||||||||
| Homosexuality and families, 1987-1990. | |||||||||||
| Anti-gay/lesbian violence and harassment, 1995-1996. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1995, 2000-2001. | |||||||||||
| Dan Panshin reading notes, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Celebration of a Covenant of Love ceremony, St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, August 1996. | |||||||||||
| Also includes a program for a ceremony held at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church (Minneapolis, Minn.), September 1996. | |||||||||||
| National “Beyond Inclusion” Conference, Pasadena, California, 1995-1996. | |||||||||||
| Dan Panshin speeches and remarks: | |||||||||||
| Twin Cities National Coming Out Day luncheon, October 1999. | |||||||||||
| Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota convention, October 1999. | |||||||||||
| Nativity, March 2001. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
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:
- Anglican church buildings -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Church architecture -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Church and social problems -- Episcopal Church -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Church finance -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Church management -- Episcopal Church -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Church music -- Episcopal Church.
- Church records and registers -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- City churches -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Community centers -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Day care centers -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Episcopal Church -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Societies, etc.
- Women in church work -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Youth in church work -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Episcopal Church.
- Same-sex marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- Same-sex marriage -- Religious aspects -- Episcopal Church -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934.
- Organizations:
- Emmanuel Mission (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- St. Clement's Memorial Church (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- St. Clement's Memorial Episcopal Church (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota.
- Episcopal Church. Missions. Minnesota. Saint Paul.
- Places:
- Summit-Dale Community (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Social conditions.
- Document Types:
- Architectural records.
- Blueprints.
- Marriage registers.
- Photographs.
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