Guide to the Congregational Church Papers

Carrie Marsh
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
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Guide to the Congregational Church Papers

Collection number: H1959.2

Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library

Libraries of The Claremont Colleges

Claremont, California
Processed by:
Carrie Marsh
Date Completed:
2007 March 28
Encoded by:
Kelley Wolfe Bachli
© 2004 Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Congregational Church papers
Dates: 1888-1960
Bulk Dates: 1920-1960
Collection number: H1959.2
Creator: United Church of Christ, Congregational, of Southern California
Collection Size: 22 boxes
Repository: Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
Claremont, CA 91711
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.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Congregational Church papers. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.

Acquisition Information

Deposited in 1959.

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:
  • 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

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Congregational Church --Church History --California


Box 1

Congregational Ministerial Union of Los Angeles and vicinity. Records 1908-1934

Physical Description: In numbered folders
Box-folder 1 : 1

Records January 21, 1908 to December 15, 1913

Physical Description: (begins with page 29 and continues to page 177 out of 200 page record book.) Handwritten Mss.
Box-folder 1 : 2

Misc. documents 1913 and 1914

Physical Description: Calendar of events; admission letter to L.A. Council for Social Agencies; notes on Frederick Fairfield.
Box-folder 1 : 3

Minutes January 5, 1914 to May 21, 1917

Physical Description: (200 page record book.) Handwritten Mss.
Box-folder 1 : 4

Financial Records 1915 and 1916

Box-folder 1 : 5

Misc. documents 1915

Physical Description: Legislative interests; paid membership list
Box-folder 1 : 6

Documents regarding negotiations with The Pilgrim Press for book depository 1916-1917

Box-folder 1 : 7

Financial Records 1917

Box-folder 1 : 8

Misc. documents 1917

Box-folder 1 : 9

Records June 4, 1917 to June 19, 1922: 1914

Physical Description: membership (177 pages out of 200 page record book) Handwritten Mss
Box-folder 1 : 10

Financial Records 1918

Box-folder 1 : 11

Financial Records 1919

Box-folder 1 : 12

Financial Records 1920

Box-folder 1 : 12

Financial Records 1921

Box-folder 1 : 14

Misc. documents 1921-1922

Box-folder 1 : 15

Financial Records 1922

Box-folder 1 : 16

Minutes October 2, 1022 to June 2, 1924

Physical Description: (pages 2 through 60) Typed Mss.
Box-folder 1 : 17

Financial. Records 1923

Box-folder 1 : 18

Minutes October 1924 to October 1934

Physical Description: (pages 64 through 306) Typed Mss. by Sec.-Treas. James Higginbotham
Box 2

Los Angeles Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers. Papers 1925 - 1955

Box-folder 2 : 1

Records of annual and semi-annual meetings 1929-1935

Physical Description: Includes minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and correspondence
Box-folder 2 : 2

Records of annual and semi-annual meetings 1936-1940

Physical Description: Includes minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and correspondence
Box-folder 2 : 3

Records of annual and semi-annual meetings 1941-1946

Physical Description: Includes minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and correspondence
Box-folder 2 : 4

Records of annual and semi-annual meetings 1947-1948

Physical Description: Includes minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and correspondence
Box-folder 2 : 5

Records of annual and semi-annual meetings 1949-1953

Physical Description: Includes minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and correspondence
Box-folder 2 : 6

Records of annual and semi-annual meetings 1954-1955

Physical Description: Includes minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and correspondence
Box-folder 2 : 7

Papers of the Advisory Committee concerning the Reverend Frank Dyer 1928-1932

Physical Description: Includes correspondence and documents relating to his dismissal and the lawsuit of Dyer vs. the Los Angeles Association.
Box 3

Los Angeles Association of Congregational. Churches and Ministers. Papers 1927 - 1949

Box-folder 3 : 1

Papers June 26, 1927 to December 11, 1946

Physical Description: Includes minutes of the Advisory Council, correspondence, ordination records, and programs from services of ordination, recognition, and installation.
Box-folder 3 : 2

Papers June 26, 1927 to December 11, 1946

Physical Description: Includes minutes of the Advisory Council, correspondence, ordination records, and programs from services of ordination, recognition, and installation.
Box-folder 3 : 3

Membership lists and records 1938-1949

Box 4

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches

 

CALIFORNIA

Box-folder 4 : 1

Anaheim - Anaheim Community Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 4 : 2

Arcadia - Arcadia Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 4 : 3

Arvin - Union Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1954, 1955, 1956; Annual Meetings - January 18, 1959; January 17, 1960; January 15, 1961; January 21, 1962; January 20, 1963

Scope and Content Note

"History. Union Congregational Church. Arvin, California, 1914-1954"
Box-folder 4 : 4

Bakersfield - College Heights Congregational Church: Annual. Report - 1957

Box-folder 4 : 5

Bakersfield - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1953, 1954, [1960]; First Congregational Church Manual for New Members [1945]

Box-folder 4 : 6

Barstow - First Congregational Church: Annual Meetings - January 30, 1957; January 19, 1959; January 18, 1960; January 15, 1961; January 20, 1963

Box-folder 4 : 7

Berkeley - South Berkeley Community Church: "Declaration of Interdependence" A radio drama

Box-folder 4 : 8

Brea - Brea Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 4 : 9

Buena Park - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962

Box-folder 4 : 10

Burbank - First Congregational Church: Annual Report - 1960; Constitution and By-laws; Photographs

Box 5

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches

Box-folder 5 : 1

Claremont - The Claremont Church: Annual Reports and Church Handbook 1954/1955; 1956/1957;1958/1959; 1959/1960; 1960/1961; 1961/1962; 1962/1963

Box-folder 5 : 2

Corona - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960

Scope and Content Note

[History of the First Congregational Church, Corona, California, 75 Years. 1887 - 1962; Bulletin - 75th Anniversary Sunday - May 20, 1962; Bulletin - 75th Anniversary Memorial Communion - May 25, 1962; newspaper clipping on the 75th anniversary
Box-folder 5 : 3

Corona del Mar - Corona del Mar Community Church, Congregational: Annual Meetings January 14, 1960; January 12, 1961; January 11, 1962: January 1n, 1963

Box-folder 5 : 4

Covina - Congregational Church of the Good Shepherd: Annual Report - [1960]

Box-folder 5 : 5

Downey - Congregational Church of Downey: Annual Meetings - January 17, 1956; January 18, 1957; January 20, 1960

Box-folder 5 : 6

Escondido - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962

Scope and Content Note

Service of Dedication Bulletin - May 20, 1962; "The History of the First Congregational Church of Escondido, California, 1887 - 1962; program, "Ground-Breaking Service of Worship," July 16, 1961
Box-folder 5 : 7

Fullerton - Congregational Church of Fullerton: Annual Reports/Annual Meetings - 1958/1959; [1959]/1960; [1960]/1961

Box-folder 5 : 8

Glendale - First Congregational. Church: Annual Reports - 1956, 1959, 1960

Physical Description: Directory of Members - 1954; Bulletin, Morning Worship Service, Sept. 10, 1961
Box 6

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches

Box-folder 6 : 1

Hesperia - Hesperia Congregational Church: Annual Business Meeting - Jan. 28, 1961; Bulletin, "Youth Service," January 29, 1961

Box-folder 6 : 2

Highland - Highland Congregational Church: Annual Meetings - January 14 1959; January 13, 1960; January 11, 1961

Scope and Content Note

"To know Him...to make Him known," 1957; 75th Anniversary (1959) materials
Box-folder 6 : 3

Hollywood - Hollywood Congregational Church: Year Books - 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962

Box-folder 6 : 4

Hollywood - Hollywood Independent Church: Annual Report - 1953; Yearbook - 1960; "History of Hollywood Independent Church"

Box-folder 6 : 5

La Canada - Church of the Lighted Window: Church Directory 1897-1959

Box-folder 6 : 6

Laguna Beach - Neighborhood Congregational Church of Laguna Beach: Annual [Reports] - 1960, 1961

Box-folder 6 : 7

La Mesa - Lake Murray Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1954, 1957, 1961

Box-folder 6 : 8

La Mesa - La Mesa Community Church (Congregational): Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 6 : 9

Long Beach - Bay Shore Church: Annual Report - 1960

Box-folder 6 : 10

Long Beach - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1954, 1959, 1960; Treasurer's Report - 1959; booklet, "Our church...its heritage," 1955

Box-folder 6 : 11

Los Alamitos - Community Congregational Church: Annual Reports - [1959], 1960

Box-folder 6 : 12

Los Altos - Los Altos United Church Congregational: Annual Reports - 1955/1956; 1956/1957

Box-folder 6 : 13

Los Angeles - Armenian Gethsemane Congregational Church: Annual Report - 1960

Box-folder 6 : 14

Los Angeles - Chinese Congregational. Church: 70th Anniversary booklet, November 1959; "Tri-C News," Jan. 29, 1961; Special Report Issue - Annual Report, 1960

Box-folder 6 : 15

Los Angeles - Church of Christian Fellowship: Annual Reports - 1959, 1961

Box-folder 6 : 16

Los Angeles - Colonial Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1962

Box-folder 6 : 17

Los Angeles - First Congregational Church Bulletin August 13, 1905

Scope and Content Note

Manual and Directory - 1906
Box 7

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches

Box-folder 7 : 1

Los Angeles - Fourth Congregational Church: Minutes 1898-1899

Box-folder 7 : 2

Los Angeles - Hyde Park Congregational Church: "60th Anniversary, 1889 - 1949"; proposed 1961 budget; brochure - "For Christ we rebuild--with confidence in the community," 1959

Box-folder 7 : 3

Los Angeles - Pilgrim Congregational Church: Annual Meetings - January 18, 1959; January 17, 1960

Box-folder 7 : 4

Los Angeles - Union Church of Los Angeles: Annual Report - 1958

Box-folder 7 : 5

Los Angeles - United Church of Eagle Rock: Annual Reports - 1956, [1959], 1960

Box-folder 7 : 6

Los Angeles - Western Knoll Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960, 1961

Box-folder 7 : 7

Los Angeles - Westwood Hills Congregational Church: Mission Tower Messenger July 14, 1955; July 21, 1955

Physical Description: pamphlet - "It's Fun to Go to Church"
Box-folder 7 : 8

Manhattan Beach - Manhattan Beach Community Church: Annual Reports - 1956, 1960

Box-folder 7 : 9

Meadowlark - Congregational Church at Meadowlark: First Annual Meeting Report - February 29, 1960; Annual Meeting - January 24, 1961

Box-folder 7 : 10

Mentone--Mentone Congregational Church: Annual Meeting - January 24, 1960

Box-folder 7 : 11

Mojave - Mojave Community Congregational Church: Annual Meeting - January 21, 1960/ Annual Report - 1959; Annual Meeting - January 19, 1961/Annual Report - 1960

Box-folder 7 : 12

National City - First Congregational Church: Annual Report 1961; "Eighty-Fifth Anniversary Historical Review"

Box-folder 7 : 13

North Hollywood - Congregational Church of the Pilgrims: Annual Meeting Reports for 1954

Box-folder 7 : 14

Northridge - Congregational Church of Northridge: Annual Reports - 1958-1959, 1960-[1961]

Box-folder 7 : 15

Oceanside - Pilgrim United Church: Annual Meetings - January 17, 1960; January 18, 1961

Box-folder 7 : 16

Ontario - Bethel Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 7 : 17

Pacific Beach - Pilgrim Congregational Church: Annual Business Meeting - December 11, 1960

Box-folder 7 : 18

Pacoima - Pacoima Community Church: Annual Meeting [Annual Report, 1954] Annual Report - 1958

Box-folder 7 : 19

Pasadena - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1954-1955; 1956, 1957

Box 8

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches

Box-folder 8 : 1

Perris - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1958, [1960]; Bulletin - Jan. 11, 1959

Box-folder 8 : 2

Pomona - Pilgrim Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1954, 1959, 1960

Box-folder 8 : 3

Poway - Community Church (Congregational) of Poway: Annual Reports - [1959], 1960

Box-folder 8 : 4

Redlands - First Congregational Church: "75 Years: 1880-1955"; Annual Report - 1960

Box-folder 8 : 5

Rialto - First Congregational Church: Annual Meeting and Dinner - Jan. 11, 1963

Box-folder 8 : 6

Riverside - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1954/55, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1959, 1960; program - "The service of ordination of Robert George Davidson... January 13, 1963"

Physical Description: (3 copies)
Box-folder 8 : 7

San Bernardino - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1955, 1956, 1958; "Eightieth Anniversary Program, 1867-1947"

Box-folder 8 : 8

San Diego - Chinese Community Church: "Diamond Jubilee, September 1960"

Box-folder 8 : 9

San Diego - First Congregational Church: Reports - 1956, 1959; weekly calendars July 8, 1906; July 22, 1906: July 20, 1906

Box-folder 8 : 10

San Diego - Kensington Community Church: 15th Anniversary, 1940-1955(Annual Meeting -January 30, 1955); 20thAnniversary, 1940-1960(Annual Meeting -January 31,1960); 21stAnniversary,1940-1961 (Annual Meeting -January 29,1961); Community Chimes - February 5, 1961

Box-folder 8 : 11

San Diego - Mission Hills Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962

Box-folder 8 : 12

San Diego - Pioneer Community Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962

Scope and Content Note

program - "Service of Dedication," March 25, 1956
Box-folder 8 : 13

San Diego - Plymouth Church: Annual Reports - 1950, 1962

Box-folder 8 : 14

San Dimas - San Dimas Community Church: Bulletin - "Fortieth Anniversary Service...May 18, 1952"

Scope and Content Note

"1957 Youth Sunday Annual"
Box 9

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches

Box-folder 9 : 1

San Marino - San Marino Congregational Church: 7th Annual Meeting - May 9, 1955; 12th Annual Meeting - January 18, 1960; 13th Annual Meeting - January 16, 1961

Scope and Content Note

two brochures on the new church buildings
Box-folder 9 : 2

San Ysidro - Community Congregational Church of San Ysidro: Annual Report - 1954

Box-folder 9 : 3

Santa Ana - First Congregational Church: Annual Report 1054

Box-folder 9 : 4

Santa Barbara - Community Congregational Church of Santa Barbara: "A venture in faith. A new church for your community" 1954

Box-folder 9 : 5

Santa Barbara - First Congregational Church: Annual Meetings - January 13, 1960; January 11, 1961; January 10, 1962

Box-folder 9 : 6

Saticoy - Saticoy Community Church Congregational: Annual Reports - [1959], [1960]

Box-folder 9 : 7

Shafter - Union Congregational Church: Yearbook and Directory - 1960, 1961

Box-folder 9 : 8

South Pasadena - Oneonta Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1953, 1957

Scope and Content Note

"The Oneonta Church Guide Book"; "Guide Book to the Fellowship Hall Youth Center and Redwood Chapel"
Box-folder 9 : 9

Sunnymead - Sunnymead Community Church: Annual Meeting - January 12, [1960]

Box-folder 9 : 10

Tehachapi - Community Congregational Church of Tehachapi: "History of the Community Congregational Church of Tehachapi," by Anita Cowan

Box-folder 9 : 11

Wasco - First Congregational Church: Annual Meetings - January 14, 1959, January 13, 1960

Box-folder 9 : 12

Van Nuys - Congregational Church of the Chimes: Eighth Annual Birthday Dinner Meeting - May 7, 1958; Membership Roll - October 1, 1950; Church Officers - 1950/53; Constitution and By-laws - adopted Sept. 3, 1950; Record of meeting - April 24, 1950; Letter from Larry Jones to James More, Sept. 6, 1951

Box-folder 9 : 13

Ventura - Ventura Community Church: 32nd Annual Meeting - January 27, 1960

Box-folder 9 : 14

Whittier - Hillcrest Congregational Church: [Annual Reports - 1959, 1960]

Box-folder 9 : 15

Whittier - Plymouth Congregational Church: Plymouth Ways - January 1961

Box-folder 9 : 16

Woodland Hills - Woodland Hills Community Church: Annual Meetings - January 14, 1954; January 13, 1955; January 14, 1960; January 17, 1961

Scope and Content Note

[Church Directory and Program Activities - January 1, 1956; no date]; pamphlet - "The future belongs to those who prepare for it"
Box-folder 9 : 17

Yermo - Community Congregational Church of Yermo: Annual Meetings - January 17, 1960; January 30, 1961; January 26, 1963

Box 10

Congregational. Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports and miscellaneous items from member churches

 

ARIZONA

Box-folder 10 : 1

Flagstaff - First Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 10 : 2

Phoenix - First Congregational Church: Annual Report - 1959

Box-folder 10 : 3

Phoenix - Neighborhood Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 10 : 4

Phoenix - North Congregational Church of the Beatitudes: Annual Reports - 1956, 1960/61

Box-folder 10 : 5

Phoenix - Shepherd of the Hills Congregational Church: Annual Report - 1960

Box-folder 10 : 6

Prescott - First Congregational. Church: "Diamond Jubilee Observance of the Founding of the First Congregational Church, September 24, 25, 26, 1955"; The Yavapi County Messenger - Sept. 22, 1955; Arizona Courier-Journal - Sept. 22, 1955; Prescott Evening Courier - Sept. 22, Sept. 25, Sept. 27, 1955

Box-folder 10 : 7

Scottsdale - Scottsdale Congregational United Church of Christ: Semi-Annual Meeting - January 24, 1961

Box-folder 10 : 8

Sedona - Church of the Red Rocks Yearbook and Directory - 1963

Box-folder 10 : 9

Tucson - Casa Adobes Community Congregational Church: Annual Report - 1960

Box-folder 10 : 10

Tucson - First Congregational Church: Annual Report - 1960

Box-folder 10 : 11

Tucson - Rincon Congregational Church: Annual Reports - 1959, 1960

Box-folder 10 : 12

Warren - Community Church of Warren: "Charter, Constitution and By-Laws"; "Twenty-Fifth Anniversary 1925 - 1950

 

HAWAII

Box-folder 10 : 13

Honolulu - Kawaiahao Church: Bulletin - August 27, 1961

 

ILLINOIS

Box-folder 10 : 14

Chicago - Christ Congregational Church: Yearbook - 1956

 

NEVADA

Box-folder 10 : 15

Boulder City - Grace Community Church: Grace Notes - February 1956

Box-folder 10 : 16

North Las Vegas - Immanuel Community Church - Congregational: Brochure - "Facing the Future"

 

NEW MEXICO

Box-folder 10 : 17

Albuquerque - First Congregational Church: Annual Meeting - 1961

Box-folder 10 : 18

Grants - Congregational Church of Grants: The Grants Beacon October 22, 1953

Box-folder 10 : 19

Hurley - Hurley Community Church: Annual Meetings - January 18, 1961; January 16, 1963

 

TEXAS

Box-folder 10 : 20

East El Paso - Iglesia Congregacional La Trinidad: "Personal report" December 11, 1959

Scope and Content Note

(letter from L.A. Valadez to Francis Ellis)
Box-folder 10 : 21

El Paso - Pilgrim Congregational Church: Annual Meetings - Dee. 6, 1959 December 4, 1960

 

UNKNOWN

Box-folder 10 : 22

Cross Roads Community Church: Annual Report - 1960

Box 11

Southern California Congregational. Conference and Federation of Congregational Women. Annual reports, minutes, year books 1913 - 1955

Box-folder 11 : 1

Southern California Congregational Conference: Minutes of Annual Meetings - 1913, 1925, 1928, 1929

Box-folder 11 : 2

Southern California Congregational Conference: Minutes of Annual Meetings - 1930, 1931

Box-folder 11 : 3

Southern California Congregational Conference: Minutes of Annual Meeting - 1932

Scope and Content Note

7th Annual Report of the Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California, 1932
Box-folder 11 : 4

Southern California Congregational Conference: Annual Reports submitted by Edward D. Gaylord, Superintendent at Annual Meetings - [1933], 1934-1937

Box-folder 11 : 5

Southern California Congregational Conference and the Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Hand Books - 1933-1935; Year Book - 1936

Box-folder 11 : 6

Southern California Congregational Conference and Federation of Congregational Women: Year Books - 1937-1942

Box-folder 11 : 7

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest and Federation of Congregational Women: Year Books - 1943-1946

Box-folder 11 : 8

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest and Fellowship of Congregational Women: Year Books - 1947-1949

Box-folder 11 : 9

Congregational Churches of Southern California and the Southwest: Reading lists for 1952 and 1953

Scope and Content Note

Syllabus for "Twelve Classes on the Acts of the Apostles"
Box-folder 11 : 10

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest: Conference Sermon by William Forshaw at the 6th Annual Meeting 1954

Scope and Content Note

Conference Sermon by Harold E. Johnson, 1955
Box 12

Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific; Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch); Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California. Annual reports 1889-1924

Box-folder 12 : 1

Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific: Annual Reports - 1889/90, 1896-1897, 1900-1903

Box-folder 12 : 2

Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific: Annual Reports - 1904-1906, 1909-1910, 1913-1914

Box-folder 12 : 3

Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch): Annual Reports - 1903-1906, 1908

Scope and Content Note

Bound volume: Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California: Annual Reports - lst-24th (1889/90-1912); Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch): Annual Reports - 20th-22nd (1910-1912); [note: Beginning in 1910 the annual reports of these two organizations were published together]. Bound volume: Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California: Annual Reports - 25th-36th (1913-1924); Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch): Annual Reports - 23rd-34th (1913-1924)
Box-folder 12 : 4

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California and Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch): Programs from Annual. Meetings, circulars, printed letters, "Plan of work", etc., removed from the bound volumes of annual reports

Box-folder 12 : 5

Woman's Home Missionary Union and Southern Branch of Woman's Board of the Pacific. Los Angeles District Meeting: Programs 1910-1912, 1919, 1922

Box 13

Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California; Southern California Federation of Congregational Women; Federation of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports 1925-1954

 

Bound volume - Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California: Annual Reports - 1st-7th (1925-1932)

Box-folder 13 : 1

Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California: Annual Report - 8th (1933)

Scope and Content Note

"Report of the superintendent of field service"
Box-folder 13 : 2

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Annual meeting, secretary & treasurer reports 1933-1943

Box-folder 13 : 3

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Annual meeting, secretary & treasurer reports 1933-1943

Box-folder 13 : 4

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Annual meeting, secretary & treasurer reports 1933-1943

Box-folder 13 : 5

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Annual meeting, secretary & treasurer reports 1933-1943

Physical Description: [see also the oversize scrapbook in box 19]
Box-folder 13 : 6

Federation of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest: Annual Reports 1944-1946

Box-folder 13 : 7

Outline - Work of Congregational Women in Southern California

Box-folder 13 : 8

Misc. correspondence concerning the various Congregational women's organizations

Box 14

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women; Federation of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest; Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest. Executive Board. Minutes, annual reports, newsletters, correspondence 1943-1954

Box-folder 14 : 1

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women, Federation of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest, and Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest: Executive Board Minutes and Annual Meeting Programs 1943-1948

Box-folder 14 : 2

Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest: Annual Reports 1947-1954

Box-folder 14 : 3

Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest: Executive Committee Minutes 1951-1954

Box-folder 14 : 4

Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest: Newsletters 1947-1951

Box-folder 14 : 5

Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest: Correspondence 1951-1953

Box-folder 14 : 6

Fellowship of Congregational Women of Southern California and the Southwest: The Fellowship Digest 1952-1953

Box 15

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California. Financial records 1888-1919

Physical Description: [see also the oversize ledger, 1913-1919, in Box 19, Folder 21]
Box 16

Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch); Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California; Southern California Federation of Congregational Women. Financial records, executive committee minutes 1890-1900, 1925-1940

Box-folder 16 : 1

Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch): Financial Records 1890-1900

Box-folder 16 : 2

Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California: Executive Committee Minutes 1925-1933

Box-folder 16 : 3

Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California: Executive Committee Minutes 1925-1933

Box-folder 16 : 4

Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Southern California and Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Minutes and Annual Meeting Programs 1930-1940

Box-folder 16 : 5

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Executive Committee Minutes, Secretary's Minutes 1934-1938, 1940-1943

Box-folder 16 : 6

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Executive Committee Minutes, Secretary's Minutes 1934-1938, 1940-1943

Box-folder 16 : 7

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Executive Committee Minutes, Secretary's Minutes 1934-1938, 1940-1943

Box-folder 16 : 8

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Financial Records 1936-1940

Box-folder 16 : 9

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: "These Women - A Saga of Fifty Years" - presented at the Golden Jubilee Program April 26, 1938

Box 17

Southern California Congregational Conference, 90th Anniversary (1936). San Bernardino Association and San Diego Association

 

SAN BERNARDINO ASSOCIATION Church Histories

Box-folder 17 : 1

Correspondence: "History of the San Bernardino Association of Congregational Churches and Ministries"

Box-folder 17 : 2

Kern Co.: Arvin - Union Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 3

Kern Co.: Bakersfield - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 4

Kern Co.: Maricopa - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 5

Kern Co.: Mojave - Mojave Community Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 6

Kern Co.: Oildale - Oildale Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 7

Kern Co.: Shafter - Union Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 8

Kern Co.: Tehachapi - Tehachapi Community Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 9

Kern Co.: Wasco - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 10

Riverside Co.: Corona - The First Congregational Church of Corona

Box-folder 17 : 11

Riverside Co.: Glen Avon - Glen Avon Community Church

Box-folder 17 : 12

Riverside Co.: Moreno - Moreno Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 13

Riverside Co.: Perris - [name of church not given]

Box-folder 17 : 14

Riverside Co.: Riverside - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 15

Riverside Co.: San Jacinto - [name of church not given]

Box-folder 17 : 16

San Bernardino Co.: Barstow - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 17

San Bernardino Co.: Ontario - Bethel Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 18

Contra Costa Co.: Kensington - Kensington Congregational Church

 

SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION 50th Anniversary Questionnaire

Box-folder 17 : 19

Copy of questionnaire

Box-folder 17 : 20

Imperial Co.: Colexico - [name of church not given]

Box-folder 17 : 21

Imperial Co.: Seeley - [name of church not given]

Box-folder 17 : 22

San Diego Co.: Calipatria - Union Congregational Church of Calipatria

Box-folder 17 : 23

San Diego Co.: Chula Vista - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 24

San Diego Co.: Escondido - Congregational Church of Christ

Box-folder 17 : 25

San Diego Co.: La Jolla - Union Congregational Church of La Jolla

Box-folder 17 : 26

San Diego Co.: La Mesa - Central Congregational Church of La Mesa

Box-folder 17 : 27

San Diego Co.: Lemon Grove - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 28

San Diego Co.: National City - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 29

San Diego Co.: Ocean Beach - Ocean Beach Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 30

San Diego Co.: Poway - Poway Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 31

San Diego Co.: Ramona - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 32

San Diego Co.: San Diego - Congregational Chinese Mission

Box-folder 17 : 33

San Diego Co.: San Diego - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 34

San Diego Co.: San Diego - First Japanese Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 35

San Diego Co.: San Diego - La Mesa Heights Community Church

Box-folder 17 : 36

San Diego Co.: San Diego - Logan Heights Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 37

San Diego Co.: San Diego - Mission Hills Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 38

San Diego Co.: San Diego - Plymouth Congregational Church of San Diego

Box-folder 17 : 39

San Diego Co.: San Ysidro - First Congregational Church

Box-folder 17 : 40

San Diego Co.: Vista - Community Church of Vista

Box-folder 17 : 41

First Congregational Church, Sierra Madre: Anniversary Dinner Program 1886-1936

Physical Description: newspaper clippings
Box 18

Congregational Conference of Southern California and the Southwest. Annual reports 1953-1960

Box-folder 18 : 1

Annual Reports 1953-1954

Box-folder 18 : 2

Annual Reports 1955-1957

Box-folder 18 : 3

Annual Reports 1958-1960

Box 19

Oversize

Box-folder 19 : 1

Southern California Congregational Conference: Golden Anniversary Program May 11-13, 1936

Box-folder 19 : 2

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California: Financial Records 1913-1919

Box-folder 19 : 3

Los Angeles Association of Congregational Churches and Ministries: Records 1887-1925

Box-folder 19 : 4

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Southern California and Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific (Southern Branch): Executive Committee Minutes and Board of Directors Minutes 1920-1924

Box-folder 19 : 5

Southern California Federation of Congregational Women: Scrapbooks 1940-1943

Box 20

Miscellaneous

Box-folder 20 : 1

Correspondence concerning depositing Congregational Church materials at Honnold Library

Box-folder 20 : 2

Correspondence: Edward D. Gaylord to E.C. Norton 1936

Box-folder 20 : 3

Southern California Summer School of Missions: Programs 1922-1923

Box-folder 20 : 4

Arizona Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers: Minutes, etc 1953-1959

Box-folder 20 : 5

San Diego Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers

Box-folder 20 : 6

Congregational Women of San Diego Association

Box-folder 20 : 7

Congregational Home Missionary Society: Annual. Report 1927

Box-folder 20 : 8

Congregational Woman's Home Missionary Federation: Annual Report 1900

Box-folder 20 : 9

The Pacific November 7, 1907

Box-folder 20 : 10

Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor (Claremont, CA): Minutes and Record Book 1898-1899

Box-folder 20 : 11

Memoranda, historical, chronological, etc. prepared with the hope to aid those whose interest in Pilgrim memorials, and history, is freshened...1870

Box-folder 20 : 12

United Church of Christ: Second General Synod, Minutes July 5-9, 1959

Box-folder 20 : 13

Pilgrim Frontier June 1946; October 1955; 1957-1958; January 1963

Box-folder 20 : 14

Letter of commendation 1887

Box-folder 20 : 15

Minutes of meetings, letters of commendation, etc 1888

Box-folder 20 : 16

Minutes of meetings, letters of commendation, etc 1888

Box-folder 20 : 17

Copies of minutes from organizational meetings called to form Congregational churches in Villa Park and Santa Ana 1889

Box-folder 20 : 18

Central South Conference: Reports and Minutes of the 12th Annual Meeting - April 25-27, 1960

Box-folder 20 : 19

San Bernardino Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers: program, 22nd Annual Meeting - May 5-6, 1908

Box-folder 20 : 20

Miscellaneous material

Box 21

Duplicates from boxes 4-10

Box 22

Duplicates from boxes 12, 13, and 18