subj28. Holdings related to the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries (UCBHM)

Scope and Contents The records of the American Home Missionary Society contain correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, and printed matter. The collection documents the financial and administrative aspects of the Society, as well as the personal activities of and issues faced by its missionaries. Immigrant and frontier communities are also detailed within the letters and reports by missionaries.The strength of the American Home Missionary Society records is contained within the incoming and...

Content Description This addition to the records of the American Home Missionary Society (AHMS) consists of a small amount of correspondence from the British Isles, Hawaii, and abroad addressed to the officers of the society, Charles Hall, Milton Badger, and Absalom Peters. Correspondence dates from 1822-1865 and is arranged chronologically by country or region. The topics covered within the correspondence reference financial contributions to the society, applications for aid from various churches and...

Scope and Contents This collection is a valuable resource for the study of the abolitionist movement. It includes approximately 350,000 manuscript pieces. The mass of these was written during the period from 1839 to 1882, but several thousand are dated before and after that time. The manuscripts include some of the treasurers’ papers and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, as well as other items such as sermons, statistical reports, drawings, photographs, and essays; however, letters make up the large...

Scope and Contents The 1969 addendum and later addenda to the American Missionary Association archives are mostly twentieth century in scope, covering two main subject areas. The first is the association's numerous schools. These are considered "field" records, or, the fruits of the Association's missionary work outside of its New York City office. The Addendum is divided into three series: Series 1 covers field-related work, mainly the AMA schools; Series 2 covers projects that were run directly form the New...

Scope and Contents The records of the Congregational Home Missionary Society (CHMS) contain correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, reports, and printed matter mainly covering the years 1917-1927. The collection documents the financial and administrative work of the Society, as well as the personal activities and issues faced by its missionaries. Foreign speaking communities are also detailed within the letters and reports of the Society. The bulk of the collection documents, through...

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...

Scope and Contents The Race Relations Department was established in 1942 to define problem areas related to race relations in the United States, to develop programs and techniques designed to promote constructive action, and to work toward relieving areas of tension utilizing, wherever possible, local resources. Population movements during World War II had created pressure points in several cities. Race riots occurred with alarming frequency and the newly organized department attempted to alleviate or prevent...

Content Description Primarily consisting of office records such as correspondence, invitations, minutes, reports, financial records, news releases, lists, and records involving specific publications and projects. Materials regarding specific projects include the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The collection is replete with names of editors and educators, especially those based in the South, as might be expected in the records of the agency which superceded the Southern Education Reporting Service....

Scope and Contents The United Church Board for Homeland Ministries (UCBHM) was an autonomous but recognized instrumentality of the United Church of Christ (UCC) that functioned as the administrative body of the United Church of Christ's home missions and services (1962-2000). The UCBHM formed in 1962 by the union of the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Board of National Missions of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and continued the corporations and the work of...

Scope and Contents The United Church Board for Homeland Ministries was an autonomous but recognized instrumentality of the United Church of Christ that functioned as the administrative body of the United Church of Christ's home missions and services (1962-2000). The Board of Directors of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries managed and conducted the business affairs of the organization. The records of the Board of Directors includes the Official Minute Books dating (1927-1991), Bylaws, Charters, and...