Arlington, Mass. Pleasant Street Congregational Church records, 1842-2010.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains numerous records from Pleasant Street Congregational church, including as vital statistics, committee records and meetings, minister information, auxiliary information and events, printed materials and annual reports, church finances, church building information and a variety of photographs.
Dates
- 1842-2010
Creator
- Bushnell, Samuel Clarke, 1852-1930 (Person)
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 Note
Pleasant Street Congregational Church was organized in December 1842, as the Orthodox Congregational Church of West Cambridge. Many of the original members of the Orthodox Congregational Church had been members of the First Congregational Church in Arlington but left when the church turned Unitarian in 1828. Anna Bradshaw (1785-1869) played an important role in founding this church by holding the early prayer meetings on her homestead. The parcel of land on which the church was erected was donated by Anna Bradshaw. The church steeple was destroyed by a tornado in 1871 and it was again damaged during a hurricane in 1938. Between 1940 and 1953, Orthodox Congregational Church was renamed Pleasant Street Congregational Church. By 1963, Pleasant Street Congregational Church had joined the United Church of Christ. In April, 2010, a Merger Action Team was formed to explore a merger with the Congregational Church of West Medford, UCC. Within the next year, the church would officially close.
Extent
4.71 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Pleasant Street Congregational Church was organized in December 1842, as the Orthodox Congregational Church of West Cambridge. Many of the original members of the Orthodox Congregational Church had been members of the First Congregational Church in Arlington but left when the church turned Unitarian in 1828. Between 1940 and 1953, Orthodox Congregational Church was renamed Pleasant Street Congregational Church. The church would officially close its doors in early 2011. This collection contains numerous records from Pleasant Street Congregational church, including as vital statistics, committee records and meetings, minister information, auxiliary information and events, printed materials and annual reports, church finances, church building information and a variety of photographs.
Arrangement
The Pleasant Street Congregational Church records are arranged into three series and seven subseries. Furthermore, each series and subseries is arranged by date.
Series 1: Church records, 1842-2010
Subseries 1: Vital records, 1842-1960
Subseries 2: Committee records and meetings, 1842-2009
Subseries 3: Ministers, 1878-1989
Subseries 4: Auxiliary Organizations and events, 1899, 1937-2010
Subseries 5: Historical information, 1901-2004
Subseries 6: Printed materials, 1901-2007
Subseries 7: Annual reports, 1932-2010
Series 2: Financial records, 1855-1998
Series 3: Photographs, 1871-1999
Acquisition Information
Materials were donated to the Congregational Library & Archives by the Pleasant Street Congregational Church of Arlington, Massachusetts in May 2011; 2014-23.
Processing Information
Originlly processed by Stefanie Maclin and Abraham Miller in 2011, using DACs second edition. Updated by William McCarthy in September 2017 and January 2019.
- History of the United States – Local Arlington Celebrates : The Growing Years: 1875-1975 / Arlington Heritage Trust, 1977. Pipe organs of Arlington Massachusetts / by Alan Miller Laufman, 2000. Sermons and Religious Miscellany All Sermons listed are by Samuel Clarke Bushnell. Sermon in Commemoration of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Pastorate of Rev. S.C. Bushnell, Arlington, Mass., Feb. 5, 1905. Sermons [Bound Volume]. Sermon Preached in Madison, Conn., August 9, 1914. The Transformed Life. Sermon Preached in Old South Church in Boston, June 4, 1917. Church History – Local Favorite Recipes, Bradshaw Friendly Union, Orthodox Congregational Church. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Orthodox Congregational Church, Arlington, Mass., 1842-1892. The First Congregational Parish "The Unitarian Church," Arlington, Massachusetts. Manual of the Orthodox Congregational Church, Arlington, Mass., 1880. One Hundredth Anniversary of the Orthodox Congregational Church, June 7-14, 1942. Pleasant Street Congregational Church Directory, 150th Anniversary, 1842-1992. Two Statements to the Church, December 31, 1944. "The Web Unbroken" : Historical Episodes in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Orthodox Congregational Church. Other Print Material Harold C. Knight Associates, Architects [Brochure]. The Small Church Study [1965?]. The Ten Laws : A Foundation of Human Society / by Edward Beecher Mason, 1897.
- Arlington (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs.
- Arlington (Mass.) -- Church history.
- Church architecture -- Designs and plans.
- Church bells.
- Church finance.
- Church membership.
- Church records and registers.
- Installation (clergy).
- Marriage records.
- Obituaries.
- Orthodox Congregational Church (Arlington, Mass.)
- Pleasant Street Congregational Church (Arlington, Mass.)
- Scrapbooks.
Creator
- Bushnell, Samuel Clarke, 1852-1930 (Person)
- Orthodox Congregational Church (Arlington, Mass.) (Organization)
- Pleasant Street Congregational Church (Arlington, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- Arlington, Mass. Pleasant Street Congregational Church records, 1842-2010.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- William McCarthy, Stefanie Maclin, Abraham Miller
- Date
- 2019-01-14
- 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