United Church of Christ
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1957-
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
William H. Armstrong papers
Collection
Identifier: 519
Content Description
Reverend William H. Armstrong served as minister for the Calvary United Church of Christ, a racially-integrated inner city church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later for the Burton Congregational Church in Burton, Ohio. In addition to his church service, he pursues historical research and writing as a hobby. Armstrong also served as the Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in Swaziland, Africa, from 1966-1968. Armstrong's papers document his activities as minister to Calvary...
Dates:
Other: 1957-1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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William H. Armstrong papers
Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: 487
Content Description
The records of Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ consist mainly of minutes, annual reports and financial papers. The first minute book 1904 -1909 is available. The later books consist of the Board of Trustee Minutes 1935-1942, 1951-1954 and the Church Council Minutes 1977-1980. The main bulk of correspondence documents race relations, desegregation issues and church activities 1958 to 1968. Notable is the correspondence and working papers for the Interdenominational Ministerial...
Dates:
Other: 1904-2000
Between a Rock and a Hard Place collection
Collection
Identifier: 601
Content Description
This collection consists of video and audio tape interviews of African American United Church of Christ clergy and laity documenting experiences with the Committee for Racial Justice NOW, the Ministers for Racial, Social, and Economic Justice, the Committee for Racial Justice, the United Black Christians, and the United Church of Christ. Interviewees include A. Knighton Stanley, Elder (MRSJ/MRSEJ), Dr. Shelby Rooks, Elder (MRSJ/MRSEJ), Reverend Leon White, Elder (CRJ/UBC/MRSJ/MRSEJ),...
Dates:
Other: 2000-2010
Central Congregational United Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: 079
Content Description
The records of the Central Congregational United Church of Christ in New Orleans, Louisiana consist of board of bylaws trustees’ reports, correspondence, minute books, financial reports, sermons, photographs, membership rosters, programs, and other printed materials. Unbound minutes are also included, as is the centennial history of the church that was founded in 1872. Former pastors of the church are represented by items in that collection, past and present members of the church are also...
Dates:
Other: 1893-2009
Office of Church Building Society records
Collection
Identifier: 277
Content Description
The Office of Church Building of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries provided financial support to United Church of Christ schools and church congregations. The majority of the records reflect the work of the American Congregational Union, later known as the Congregational Church Building Society. The collection includes documents from the Congregational Church Building Society, as well as the Evangelical and Reformed Churches. The records of the organization document its...
Dates:
Other: 1862-1983
Robert L. Polk papers addenda
Collection
Identifier: 304-1
Content Description
The addenda to the Robert L. Polk papers mainly consists of correspondence, photographs and albums, news clippings, church and funeral service ephemera related to his work at a United Church of Christ minister. Of interest is a photograph album from Polk’s trip as a member of the ecumenical delegation that accompanied Archbishop John J. O’Connor to the Vatican in Italy in 1985. Also, of interest are Polk’s two yearbooks (1950 and 1952) from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. Of...
Dates:
Other: 1934-2019
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert L. Polk papers addenda
St. Matthew's United Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: 777
Content Description
The records of St. Matthew’s United Church of Christ pre-date its founding as the German Evangelical Church of Carrollton in 1849 and continue until 2003 prior to Hurricane Katrina and its merger with Central Congregational United Church of Christ in 2007.
The records consist of ledger books for member rolls, baptisms, confirmations, and deaths, as well as finances. There are extensive minutes for the church’s Consistory (1827-1982), as well as Consistory correspondence. Council minutes...
Dates:
Other: 1824-2003
J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers
Collection
Identifier: 351
Scope and Contents
The J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers pertain to the development of Black Congregational and Christian churches in the southern United States during the early to mid twentieth century, as well as the roles Rev. and Mrs. Stanley held during that development. Apart from personal papers of the Stanleys, the collection also contains numerous documents generated by churches, conferences, and instrumentalities of the United Church of Christ and its predecessors. The collection...
Dates:
Created: 1863-1983; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1979; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
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