Lucy A. Wilson Moore's history of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois, 1960-1963.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a typewritten historical sketch of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois. The history includes biographical sketches of the organization's presidents, the historical roots of women's missionary societies in Illinois, and the complex consolidation of various congregational associations in the 1920s and 1930s which resulted in the creation of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois.
Dates
- 1960-1963
Creator
- Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
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Restrictions on Use
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Biographical / Historical
The Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois was an important institution which provided both monetary aid and personnel to local churches as well as providing aid for global missionary work. The organization's roots trace back to the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior, founded 1868, the Illinois Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior, founded 1878, and the Illinois Woman's Home Mission Union, founded 1886. In 1927, the Illinois Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior and the Illinois Woman's Home Mission Union merged to form the Congregational Woman's Missionary Society of Illinois. In 1931, following the formation of the Congregational Christian Churches denomination, the Congregational Woman's Missionary Society of Illinois changed its name to the Woman's Union of the Congregational-Christian Conferences of Illinois. In 1933, the organization changed its name one last time to the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois.
Extent
1 Volume
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois was an important institution which provided both monetary aid and personnel to local churches as well as providing aid for global missionary work.The collection includes a typewritten historical sketch of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois. The history includes biographical sketches of the organization's presidents, the historical roots of women's missionary societies in Illinois, and the complex consolidation of various congregational associations in the 1920s and 1930s which resulted in the creation of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois.
Acquisition Information
The volume was originally donated by Marguerite Davison in 1963. The collection was officially tranfered to the archives in 2014 with accession number 2014-124.
Location of Copies
There are three known copies of the volume; in 1963 one copy was given to the Congregational Library & Archives, one to the Chicago Theological Seminary and the final copy given to the Woman's Fellowship of the Congregational Christian Conference of Illinois, Oak Park, Ill. The current locations of these later two copies is unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by William McCarthy, August 2017, using DACS Second Edition. Re-processed in January 2019 by William McCarthy
- Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois
- Congregational Woman's Missionary Society of Illinois
- Illinois Woman's Home Mission Union
- Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior
- Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior. Illinois Branch
- Woman's Union of the Congregational-Christian Conferences of Illinois
- Women -- Societies and clubs.
- Women church historians.
- Women in church work.
- Women in missionary work.
Creator
- Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois (Organization)
- Moore, Lucy A. Wilson (Author, Person)
- Title
- Lucy A. Wilson Moore's history of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois, 1960-1963.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- William McCarthy
- Date
- 2019-01-22
- Description rules
- 3
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Congregational Library & Archives Repository