Congregational Church papers, 1888-1960, bulk 1920-1960

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
United Church of Christ, Congregational, of Southern California
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.
Extent:
22 boxes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

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
Acquisition information:
Deposited in 1959.
Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977