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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | First Methodist Episcopal Church Records
| | | | Creator: | First Methodist Episcopal Church | | | | Dates: | 1861-1942 | | | | Abstract: | The First Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1827, in Cleveland, Ohio The collection consists of letters, pamphlets, photographs, memorials, addresses, resolutions, receipts, newspaper clippings, a Methodist hymnal, and other material relating to the history of Methodism in Cleveland, and periodical articles about the First Methodist Episcopal Church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3362 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodist churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Schifflein Christi Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Schifflein Christi Church | | | | Dates: | 1868-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Schifflein Christi was the the first German church in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized in 1835 as the First Evangelical Protestant Church of Cleveland. The name was changed to Schifflein Christi in 1876. The church merged with Ebenezer Evangelical Church in 1923 to form the First Evangelical Church. In 1929 Evangelical Protestant Trinity Congregation merged with the church and took its name. After a 1953 merger with Glenville Evangelical and Reformed Church and a 1967 merger with the Fellowship Church in Wickliffe, Ohio, the name was changed to Fellowship United Church of Christ. The collection consists of minute books, reports, financial ledgers, subscription and dues ledgers, correspondence, church histories, programs, and pamphlets. | | | | Call #: | MS 3737 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Schifflein Christi Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches Records
| | | | Creator: | Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches | | | | Dates: | 1880-1963 | | | | Abstract: | The Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, as the Cleveland Congregational Conference, to oversee the organization of new churches and the mergers of existing churches, and to provide financial assistance. In 1912 it merged with the City Missionary Society to form the Congregational Union of Cleveland. In 1963 the Union was merged into the Western Reserve Association of the United Church of Christ. The collection consists of governing board records, committee records, records of Congregational churches, and histories. Includes minutes, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and four unpublished works by Reverend Karl O. Thompson. | | | | Call #: | MS 3857 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Congregational Union of Cleveland Churches. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local church councils.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Trinity Congregational Church (Pepper Pike, Ohio) Records
| | | | Creator: | Trinity Congregational Church, Pepper Pike, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1894-1954 | | | | Abstract: | Trinity Congregational Church was incorporated in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928 it moved to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. From 1946 to 1952 services were held in a school in Shaker Heights. In 1952 the congregation moved to Pepper Pike, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, treasurers' accounts, annual reports, and pamphlets, relating to the church and to the activities of various church-related organizations, including Christian Endeavor Society, Ladies Aid Society, Young Women's Missionary Society, Pastoral Committee, Founder's Circle, and Junior Fellowship. Includes church bulletins (1896-1909, 1918) and plans and accounts relating to construction of a new building. | | | | Call #: | MS 3046 | | | | Extent: | 3.60 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Trinity Congregational Church (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | St. Paul's Episcopal Church Records
| | | | Creator: | St. Paul's Episcopal Church | | | | Dates: | 1840-1862 | | | | Abstract: | St. Paul's Episcopal Church was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1846 and moved to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in 1928. The collection consists of mortgage deeds, promissory notes, receipts, disbursements, treasurers' accounts, and a building committee report. | | | | Call #: | MS 3266 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1900-1967 | | | | Abstract: | The Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland is an interdenominational organization founded in 1911 as the Federated Churches of Cleveland to coordinate the community welfare and education activities of 67 Cleveland, Ohio, churches. In 1934, a new constitution was adopted, which officially changed the name of the organization to the Cleveland Church Federation. A new constitution in 1958 changed the Federation's name to the Cleveland Area Church Federation. In 1965 the Cleveland Area Church Federation adopted another new constitution and new name, Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland, and in 1985, the Council adopted its present name, Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland. The collection consists of constitutions, amendments, histories, reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, pamphlets, other publications, newspaper clippings, surveys, scrapbooks, and membership, personnel, and administrative records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3406 | | | | Extent: | 7.50 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local church councils. | Interdenominational cooperation.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | East Madison Avenue Church Records
| | | | Creator: | East Madison Avenue Church | | | | Dates: | 1874-1915 | | | | Abstract: | East Madison Avenue Church was a Congregational church founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874 as a mission church of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. The collection consists of four bound volumes and a baptismal certificate book. The first vol. contains lists of members and baptisms, and minutes of annual congregational meetings. The second vol. contains a constitution, articles of incorporation, and minutes of the Madison Avenue Congregational Church Society, the Board of Trustees, and the Building Committee. The third vol. contains a roll of new members. The fourth vol. contains revisions to the constitution, baptisms, and minutes of annual meetings. The baptismal certificate book contains record stubs of certificates issued. | | | | Call #: | MS 3849 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | East Madison Avenue Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 12 | Title: | Park Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Park Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1902 | | | | Abstract: | Park Congregational Church was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1886 through a union Sunday school held by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Roberts. After several years of meeting in a union church on the corner of Doan Street and Crawford Road, the church was adopted by the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church in 1888 and was then known as the "North Branch." By 1890 the North Branch was recognized as an independent church and a new, more centrally-located church was built on the corner of Crawford Road and Cullison Street. The collection consists of a written history of the church, a list of church officials and donors, and a manual, including a history of the church, printed in 1902. | | | | Call #: | MS 4619 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Park Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 13 | Title: | Fidelity Baptist Church Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Fidelity Baptist Church Records Series II | | | | Dates: | 1914-2012 | | | | Abstract: | Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892, it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In response to changing social conditions in the Wade Park neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations.
The collection consists of annual reports, calendars, church bulletins, Cleveland Landmarks Commission materials, constitution and church history documents, correspondence, disbursement reports, Fidelity First Preschool materials, financial records, fliers, income statements, ledgers, meeting materials, a miscellaneous graphic, notes, organizational chart, "Parents Guide to Nursery School," poems and prayers, a program book, progress reports, property information, quizzes and a church survey questionnaire, reports, Sunday School Secretary’s records, worksheets in braille, and a youth directory. | | | | Call #: | MS 5483 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (2 containers 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Church bulletins -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 14 | Title: | Reverend Walter L. Boykins Papers
| | | | Creator: | Boykins, Rev. Walter L. | | | | Dates: | 1934-1997 | | | | Abstract: | Reverend Walter L. Boykins founded the Grace Missionary Baptist Church, an African American centered church, in Cleveland, Ohio in 1963.
The collection consists of audio recordings, a business card, certificates and awards, church bulletins and programs, correspondence, funeral programs, a Grace Missionary Baptist Church souvenir book, handwritten notes, miscellaneous papers and notes, newspaper clippings, "The Pastor's Manual," photographs, proclamations, programs, resolutions, and typed sermons. | | | | Call #: | MS 5480 | | | | Extent: | 1.2 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | Fidelity Baptist Church Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Fidelity Baptist Church Records Series II | | | | Dates: | 1914-2012 | | | | Abstract: | Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892, it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In response to changing social conditions in the Wade Park neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations.
The collection consists of annual reports, calendars, church bulletins, Cleveland Landmarks Commission materials, constitution and church history documents, correspondence, disbursement reports, Fidelity First Preschool materials, financial records, fliers, income statements, ledgers, meeting materials, a miscellaneous graphic, notes, organizational chart, "Parents Guide to Nursery School," poems and prayers, a program book, progress reports, property information, quizzes and a church survey questionnaire, reports, Sunday School Secretary’s records, worksheets in braille, and a youth directory. | | | | Call #: | MS 5483 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (2 containers 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Church bulletins -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 16 | Title: | Trinity United Methodist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Trinity United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1888-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Trinity United Methodist Church was organized in 1893 in Cleveland, Ohio, as Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. The name was later changed to Trinity United Methodist Church. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, lists of regulations, correspondence, membership records, Sunday school records, fellowship class records, Sunday school superintendent's reports, deeds, insurance policy papers, a copy of a will, publications, and records of church organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 4090 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Trinity United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Methodist Church | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1822-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership and property records, baptismal and death records, and other records of Euclid Avenue and Hough Avenue Congregational churches, including marriage records of the Hough Avenue church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3577 | | | | Extent: | 23.51 linear feet (57 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Necrologies. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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