United Church of Christ
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1957-
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Robert N. and Lillian Dunn Perry papers addendum
Collection
Identifier: 295-1
Scope and Content Note
The addendum to the Robert and Lillian Dunn Perry papers reflects the B-Sharp Music Club, where Robert Perry served as a member and long-term president. Correspondence largely consists of matters pertaining to the B-Sharp Music Club and in particular their scholarship committee. Other items of correspondence include a photocopy of an eleven-page letter to James Redmond concerning personnel matters and reassignments of principals in 1958, including Charles Rousseve. Notable...
Dates:
Created: 1931-2000
Milton Peters papers
Collection
Identifier: 505
Content Description
Milton Peters served as a Deacon with Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ in New Orleans, as well as a social worker. His papers include photographs, certificates, and a greeting card.
Dates:
Other: 1956-1992
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Milton Peters papers
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
Charles Rush papers
Collection
Identifier: 323
Content Description
Includes correspondence, clippings, printed items, photographs, and other documents that were generated during the ministerial and educational career of Rev. Rush, a United Church of Christ clergyman. After he left Chicago, where he was pastor of a church, Rush was employed in the school system of Los Angeles. Other items relate to his fraternal and community activities. He was pastor of Lincoln Congregational Church in Chicago and a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Printed items include...
Dates:
Other: 1942-1977
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Charles Rush papers
Reuben A. Sheares II papers
Collection
Identifier: 426
Scope and Contents
The bulk of Sheares' papers include newsletters and publications from various organizations that Sheares was a member or supporter, as well as publications from various United Church of Christ (UCC) congregations. The papers focus mainly on theological issues and programs, including 122 audiocassettes of sermons that Sheares presented at the Congregational Church of Park Manor in Chicago from 1989-1992. Also included are notes and essays from classes in which Sheares was enrolled during the...
Dates:
Created: 1952-1993; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1980; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/2004
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Reuben A. Sheares II papers
Howard E. Spragg papers
Collection
Identifier: 348
Content Description
Dr. Howard E. Spragg was a United Church of Christ clergyman who served as Treasurer (1959-1969) and Executive Vice President (1969-1983)of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The items include a cover letter (1988) accompanying a copy of a 1940 statement on the Selective Training and Service Act, a letter concerning his enrollment in Union Theological Seminary (1941) and remarks made by Spragg before an annual meeting of Eastman Kodak Company Shareholders (1967)....
Dates:
Other: 1940-1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Howard E. Spragg papers
St. Albans Congregational Church records
Collection
Identifier: 324
Content Description
Includes church bulletins, programs, and other printed items.
Dates:
Other: 1978-1984
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
A. Knighton Stanley papers
Collection
Identifier: 350
Content Description
Items pertain to the pastoral career of the United Church of Christ minister and to his community activities, notably in Washington, DC. Of particular interest are items relating to his work on the Bicentennial Committee, his support of the move to have Council House declared a historic site, and his authorship of articles, a thesis, and a book about African Americans in the Congregational Church. Council House is the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women purchased by...
Dates:
Other: 1952-1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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A. Knighton Stanley papers
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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