National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, 1865-1961.
Collection
Identifier: RG0056
Scope and Contents
Collection includes material about the Layman's Advisory Committee, autographs of delegates from an annual meeting, Catechism commission, letters, meeting minutes and material from the Committee on Research.
Dates
- 1865-1961
Creator
Restrictions on Access
Access to this collection is unrestricted and open to the public.
Restrictions on Use
Items in this collection are subject to U.S. Copyright Law. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine the copyright status of collection items and to secure any permissions necessary for their reproduction and publication. Requests for permission to publish material must be discussed with the archivist or librarian.
Historical Information
The National Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States was the denominational name was officially established in 1878 and renamed General Council of Congregational Christian Churches after the 1931 merger with the Christian Denomination. It started off as a "committee on large gifts" and changed name to "committee on supplementary gifts," then changed to Laymen's Advisory. The Layman's Advisory Committee would eventually become the Commission on Missions of the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches.
Extent
.6 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The National Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States was the denominational name was officially established in 1878 and renamed General Council of Congregational Christian Churches after the 1931 merger with the Christian Denomination. Collection includes material about the Layman's Advisory Committee, autographs of delegates from an annual meeting, Catechism commission, letters, meeting minutes and material from the Committee on Research.
Arrangement
Collection includes one series and arranged chronologically.
Series 1: Laymen's Advisory board, 1865-1961
Acquisition Information
No acquisition information available.
Processing Information
Collection was first processed by Jessica Steytler in September 2013 and by William McCarthy in 2019.
Creator
- National Council of Congregational Churches. Publishing Committee. (Organization)
- National Council of Congregational Churches. Provisional Committee. (Organization)
- National Council of Congregational Churches. Treasury. (Organization)
- National Council of Congregational Churches of the United States (Organization)
- Title
- National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, 1865-1961.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- William McCarthy
- Date
- 2019-02-01
- Description rules
- Dacs2 2013
- 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