Congregational Church papers
Scope and Content of Collection
Records of the Southern California Congregational Church include manuscripts, correspondence, reports, lists, annual reports, and programs of the following entities:
Missing Title
- Congregational Ministerial Union of Los Angeles and vicinity, 1908 to 1934
- Los Angeles Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers, 1925 -1955
- Congregational churches in Southern California and the Southwest, 1950 - 1961
- Southern California Congregational Conference, 1913 - 1954
- Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest, 1943 - 1960
- Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California, 1888 - 1925
- Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific, 1889 - 1914
- Southern Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific, 1903 - 1925
- Congregational Woman's Home Missionary Federation, 1920
- Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California and Southern California Federation of Congregational Women, 1925 - 1940
- Southern California Federation of Congregational Women, 1933 - 1943
- Federation of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest, 1943 -1946
- Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest, 1946 - 1954
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1960 1920-1960
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1960
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
Extent
22 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Congregational Church Papers brings together records from a number of Southern California Congregational Church organizations. The earliest records include those of the Congregational Ministerial Union of Los Angeles and vicinity, 1908-1934; Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California, 1888-1925; and Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific, 1889-1914. The greatest portion of the collection is annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches of the Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest, 1952-1963. Papers from women's organizations account for more than a third of the collection.
Physical location
Please consult repository.
Acquisition Information
Deposited in 1959.
General Physical Description note
no content
Subject
- Congregational Church--Church History--California (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Congregational Church papers
- Author
- Carrie Marsh
- Date
- © 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu