| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church |
| Title: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records |
| Dates: | 1822-1970 |
| Extent: | 23.51 linear feet (57 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) |
| 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. |
| MS Number | MS 3577 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Euclid Avenue Congregational Church in Cleveland, Ohio, was the outgrowth of a Sunday School begun in 1828 by Sally Cozad Mather Hale. Concerned about the lack of religious instruction in her neighborhood, Mrs. Hale took a group of children into her home on Euclid Avenue for lessons. As the number of children increased, the school was moved to larger quarters, until 1830 when it ceased operation. Around 1840 the school was revived and continued to exist as the Sunday School of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church.
On November 30, 1843, nineteen people associated with the Sunday School met and resolved to form a church. In spite of the fact that all but one of the charter members were Congregationalists, the group decided to adopt, with some changes, the Presbyterian form of church government. The occurred because the only non-Congregationalist, a woman very devoted to the new enterprise, but who "felt that she could not belong to any other than a Presbyterian church," was allowed to have her way, and for the first ten years of its existence the church was known as the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. This was not to last, however, for in 1853 the trustees voted to adopt a Congregational form of government. In 1854 the church passed a series of resolutions regarding ecclesiastical affairs and church government. Since that time, the church has been strictly Congregational in its organization, and soon after leaving the presbytery became associated with the Cleveland Congregational Conference.
The church began its existence on Euclid Road between Republic and Doan Streets, which originally was the site of the Sunday School. The need for larger facilities soon became apparent as membership increased. Thus in 1846 work was begun on a new church, located at Euclid Avenue and Doan Street and was dedicated in 1849. Even this was not large enough for the growing congregation, making it necessary for still another church to be built. The site chosen was at Euclid and Logan Avenues. Work was begun in the spring of 1866 and completed in January 1867. The old church site was retained until 1905, at which time it was sold to the Cleveland Trust Company.
Around 1886 church members began to discuss the possibility of starting a mission church on Hough Avenue. Initially, the project received little support, but by 1888 there was enough interest to conduct a house-to-house canvas of the area. As a result of this survey it was decided that a need for religious instruction existed, and a Sunday School was established that same year under the auspices and support of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church.
On February 11, 1890, the congregation was officially recognized as the Hough Avenue Branch of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. Ground was broken in June of 1890 for the building of a chapel, which was completed in November 1890. On March 18, 1891, the Hough Avenue Branch became recognized as an independent body, taking the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church.
In 1900 a new church was built by the Hough congregation on Hough Avenue near East 82nd Street. This new church was severely damaged by fire in 1916, Further damage and loss occurred in 1917 when the church, while still under construction, was hit by a tornado. The reconstruction was finally completed in 1919.
Due to wartime inflation, the cost of the reconstruction was much higher than anticipated, leaving the Hough church with a tremendous amount of debt. A bond issue in 1919 temporarily alleviated the problem until rising costs and the Great Depression caused the church to face even more serious financial problems which eventually led to the demise of the church. On February 15, 1934, Hough Avenue Congregational Church voted to merge with Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, and the first combined services were held on March 1, 1934.
Euclid Avenue Congregational Church sponsored numerous organizations, such as a Women's Foreign Missionary Society, begun in 1872, which maintained missionaries in other countries for many years. Another group, the Ladies Home Missionary Society, was organized in 1873 to provide "relief to the poor amongst us." In addition, the church sponsored social organizations for groups of all ages.
In March 2010, the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church building was struck by lightening and was completed destroyed by fire.
The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records, 1822-1970 and undated, consist 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.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of religion and Congregationalism in Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Those studying the history of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church and Hough Avenue Congregational Church will find this collection useful. Genealogists will find the baptism, marriage, and death records particularly useful. Those studying women's history, the history of charity and philanthropy, missionary work, and church administration will find these records useful.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4615 Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records, Series II; MS 5046 Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records, Series III; and PG 94 Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3577 Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church in 1973.
Processed by Norman Nichols IV and Debbie Cokain in 1973.
Series I: Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records 1822-1970 undated |
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Sub-series A: Boards and Committees 1847-1970 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Board of trustees, minutes 1847-1877 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Board of trustees, minutes 1875-1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Board of trustees, minutes 1893-1903 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Board of trustees, minutes 1903-1910 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Board of trustees, minutes 1911-1916 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Board of trustees, minutes 1917-1924 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Board of trustees, minutes 1925-1930 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Board of trustees, minutes 1931-1934 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Board of trustees, minutes of Euclid Avenue and Hough Avenue merger meeting 1934 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Board of trustees, minutes 1935-1937 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Board of trustees, minutes 1938-1939 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Board of trustees, minutes 1940-1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Board of trustees, minutes 1943-1945 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | Board of trustees, minutes 1946-1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Board of trustees, minutes 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Board of trustees, minutes 1953-1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Board of trustees, minutes 1956-1959 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Board of trustees, minutes 1960-1963 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Minutes of the Assembly 1953-1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Ecclesiastical Council, minutes and correspondence 1890-1916 | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Executive Committee of the Eu Con Fellowship, minutes 1937-1938 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 1 | Board of Deacons, minutes, including a list of the ministers, elders, Sunday school officers, and church members 1874-1892 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Board of Deacons, minutes 1899-1908 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Board of Deacons, minutes 1908-1911 | |||||||||
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| 5 | 1 | Board of Deacons, minutes 1914-1931 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Board of Deacons, minutes 1932-1945 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Board of Deacons, minutes 1946-1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Pastoral Committee, minutes 1900-1914 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Pastoral Committee, minutes 1914-1916 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Pastoral Committee, minutes 1921-1933 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Board of Religious Eduction, minutes 1936-1941 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Board of Religious Eduction, minutes 1942-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Inner City Board, minutes 1955-1964 | |||||||||
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| 7 | 1 | Inner City Board, correspondence and printed material 1952-1957 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Inner City Board, correspondence, printed material, and notes 1958-1962 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Committee on assignment of sittings 1898-1915 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Saturday Youth Program, correspondence, printed material, manuals, and flyers 1965-1970 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Saturday Youth Program, membership cards 1970 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Saturday Youth Program, Mother's Club, correspondence and notes 1967 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Saturday Youth Program, Friendly Town notes and lists of participants 1966-1969 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Saturday Youth Program, Dille Parish Exchange, correspondence 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Secretary's letter copy book 1892-1899 | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Miscellaneous minutes 1907-1908 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Financial Records 1875-1967 |
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| 8 | 1-3 | Treasurer Justin Snow's letter copy book 1883-1903 | |||||||||
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| 9 | 1 | Treasurer Justin Snow's letter copy book 1902-1904 | |||||||||
| 9 | 1 | Treasurer's reports 1875-1877 | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Treasurer's reports 1887-1900 | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | Treasurer's reports 1900-1904 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 10 | 1-2 | Treasurer's reports 1886-1950 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | Finance Committee, correspondence and lists of stocks 1947-1949 | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | Christian Enlistment Campaign, correspondence and lists of contributors 1952-1963 | |||||||||
| 10 | 5-6 | Appraisals of property 1917-1932 | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Miscellaneous financial records 1899-1905 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | Financial journal 1896-1898 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Financial journal 1904-1905 | |||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Salary ledger 1957-1967 | |||||||||
| 11 | 4-5 | Financial journal 1957-1967 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 1-5 | Income and check registers 1955-1963 | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Membership, Property, and Miscellaneous Records 1822-1956 undated |
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| 13 | 1 | East Cleveland Presbyterian Church records, one bound volume 1843-1873 | |||||||||
| 13 | 1 | Records of officers, 1890-1903; Record of members, 1893-1911; Record of baptisms, dismissed, and deaths, 1893-1909; and Minutes of the Board of Deacons, Church Services, and Annual Meetings, 1893-1903 1890-1911 | |||||||||
| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | Clerk's book, containing lists of members received and removed, deacons and other officers, baptisms, and minutes of the church night and other meetings 1912-1922 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1 | Clerk's book containing lists of members received and removed, baptisms, and minutes of church meetings 1923-1956 | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 | Clerk's reports 1887-1926 | |||||||||
| 14 | 3 | Burying Ground Society record book 1822 | |||||||||
| 14 | 4 | Deeds and maps of original property 1825-1899 undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 5 | Title abstracts of the burying ground 1822-1907 | |||||||||
| 14 | 6 | Lists of owners of burial lots 1874 undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 7 | Lawsuits concerning the burying ground property 1888-1917 undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 8 | Miscellaneous records including one bound volume and newspaper clippings concerning the burying ground property 1899-1904 undated | |||||||||
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| 15 | 1-5 | Letters of transfer, arranged alphabetically by last name ca. 1935-1953 | |||||||||
| 15 | 6 | Clerk's records of deaths of church members 1941-1943 | |||||||||
| 15 | 7 | Bulletin of the memorial services of Captain Thomas Wilson (1900-1901) and Horatio C. Ford (1915) 1900-1915 | |||||||||
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| 16 | 1 | Reports concerning the building of the church 1865-1901 | |||||||||
| 16 | 2 | Warranty deed and maps of the church property 1866 | |||||||||
| 16 | 3 | Papers relating to the history of the church property 1891-1926 | |||||||||
| 16 | 4 | Abstracts of cancelled mortgages and notes on church property 1901-1919 | |||||||||
| 16 | 5 | Dreher lease 1905-1906 | |||||||||
| 16 | 6 | Lakeview Chapel correspondence 1890-1899 undated | |||||||||
| 16 | 7 | Reports on the Buckeye Road Chapel 1912-1919 | |||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Blueprints of church property 1921-1924 | |||||||||
| 16 | 9 | Records of the trust agreement with Cleveland Trust Bank 1905-1943 | |||||||||
| 16 | 10 | Correspondence regarding the Alley Lawsuit 1901-1938 | |||||||||
| 16 | 11 | Legal records of the Alley Lawsuit 1901-1927 | |||||||||
| 16 | 12 | Notes and miscellaneous papers concerning the Alley Lawsuit 1918-1928 undated | |||||||||
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| 17 | 1 | Contract and correspondence relating to the Metcalf Organ (1919-1930) and the Nash Window (1930-1931) 1919-1931 | |||||||||
| 17 | 2 | Correspondence concerning the installation of steam heat by the city of Cleveland 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | Pastor's reports 1905-1924 undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 4 | Reports of the Sermon Circle, a visitation group 1918-1926 undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 5 | Correspondence and programs of the "calling" of Dr. Henry Ladd (1883); Dr. Caspar Hiatt (1897); Dr. Ferdinand Blanchard (1914-1915); and Rev. William Dudley (1951) 1883-1951 | |||||||||
| 17 | 6 | Will and related papers of Everett Fisher 1930 | |||||||||
| 17 | 7 | Receipt for endowment fund gift to Doshisha University 1925 | |||||||||
| 17 | 8 | Miscellaneous records, including church histories, sermons, surveys, and historical data 1825-1941 | |||||||||
| 17 | 9 | Correspondence relating to the 1946 Centennial Celebration 1907-1945 | |||||||||
| 17 | 10 | Centennial source material and historical data for compiling the book Village Green to City Center 1900-1944 | |||||||||
| 17 | 11 | Centennial, historical background material 1822-1943 | |||||||||
| 17 | 12 | Centennial celebration, newspaper clippings 1928-1944 | |||||||||
| 17 | 13 | Centennial celebration, printed material 1909-1944 | |||||||||
| 17 | 14 | Centennial celebration, autograph book ca. 1880 | |||||||||
| 17 | 15 | Centennial celebration, miscellaneous material 1920-1943 | |||||||||
| 17 | 16 | Miscellaneous correspondence and other material 1902-1951 | |||||||||
Sub-series D: Sunday School Records 1844-1951 |
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| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 18 | 1 | East Cleveland Presbyterian Sunday School records 1844-1867 | |||||||||
| 18 | 1 | Sunday school records 1889-1892 | |||||||||
| 18 | 2 | Sunday school secretary's book 1896-1898 | |||||||||
| 18 | 3 | Sunday School secretary's reports 1946-1951 | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | Sunday school treasurer's reports 1947-1951 | |||||||||
| 18 | 5 | Newell Scholarship fund records 1923-1925 | |||||||||
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| 19 | 1 | Sunday school enrollment and attendance records 1868-1880 | |||||||||
| 19 | 2 | Sunday school enrollment and attendance records 1884-1888 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 20 | 1 | Sunday school enrollment and attendance records 1888-1891 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | Sunday school enrollment and attendance records 1868-1897 | |||||||||
| 20 | 3 | Attendance records, correspondence, and financial records of the Sunday school 1889-1910 | |||||||||
| 20 | 4 | Sunday school attendance records 1916 1918-1920 | |||||||||
| 20 | 5 | Sunday school attendance records 1921-1924 | |||||||||
| 20 | 6 | Sunday school attendance records 1925-1928 | |||||||||
| 20 | 7 | Sunday school attendance records 1933-1934 1938-1940 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 21 | 1 | Sunday school attendance records 1942-1946 | |||||||||
| 21 | 2 | Sunday school attendance records 1949 | |||||||||
| 21 | 3 | Primary Department records 1882-1910 | |||||||||
| 21 | 4 | Primary Department records 1912-1914 | |||||||||
| 21 | 5 | Primary Department records 1914-1915 | |||||||||
| 21 | 6 | Primary Department records 1915-1916 | |||||||||
Series E: Women's Organizations 1854-1965 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 22 | 1 | Women's Association, minutes 1897-1898 | |||||||||
| 22 | 2 | Women's Association, minutes 1898-1900 | |||||||||
| 22 | 3 | Women's Association, minutes 1900-1903 | |||||||||
| 22 | 4 | Women's Association, minutes 1903-1906 | |||||||||
| 22 | 5 | Women's Association, minutes 1906-1907 | |||||||||
| 22 | 6 | Women's Association, minutes 1908-1910 | |||||||||
| 22 | 7 | Women's Association, minutes 1911-1913 | |||||||||
| 22 | 8 | Women's Association, minutes 1913-1916 | |||||||||
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| 23 | 1 | Women's Association, minutes 1916-1920 | |||||||||
| 23 | 2 | Women's Association, minutes 1921-1925 | |||||||||
| 23 | 3 | Women's Association, minutes 1925-1930 | |||||||||
| 23 | 4 | Women's Association, minutes 1930-1935 | |||||||||
| 23 | 5 | Women's Association Executive Board, minutes 1916 1924-1926 | |||||||||
| 23 | 6 | Women's Association Executive Board, minutes 1926-1930 | |||||||||
| 23 | 7 | Women's Association Executive Board, minutes 1930-1937 | |||||||||
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| 24 | 1 | Women's Association, treasurer's reports and annual reports 1897-1937 | |||||||||
| 24 | 1 | Women's Association, presidential addresses 1902 undated | |||||||||
| 24 | 2 | Women's Association, treasurer's reports 1909-1925 | |||||||||
| 24 | 3 | Women's Association, cancelled checks and check stubs 1929-1936 | |||||||||
| 24 | 4 | Women's Association, bank statements and deposit slips 1932 1936 | |||||||||
| 24 | 5 | Notes relating to payments to members dates vary | |||||||||
| 24 | 6-7 | Bills, arranged alphabetically 1928-1943 | |||||||||
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| 25 | 1 | Women's Association, miscellaneous financial records 1909-1965 | |||||||||
| 25 | 2 | Women's Association, miscellaneous records 1877-1944 | |||||||||
| 25 | 3 | Business Women's Club, programs, minutes, and correspondence 1948-1965 | |||||||||
| 25 | 4 | Business Women's Club, scrapbook 1965 | |||||||||
| 25 | 5 | Business Women's Club, financial records 1956-1965 | |||||||||
| 25 | 6 | Business Women's Club, cancelled checks, check stubs, and bank statements 1958-1965 | |||||||||
| 25 | 7 | Maisette Club, records and correspondence regarding the Doris Smith Fund 1922-1941 | |||||||||
| 25 | 8 | Ladies' Sewing Circle, record of the symposium for the edification of Aunt Dorcas 1854 | |||||||||
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| 26 | 1 | Women's Foreign Missionary Society records 1872-1883 | |||||||||
| 26 | 2 | Women's Foreign Missionary Society records 1883-1890 | |||||||||
| 26 | 3 | Women's Foreign Missionary Society records 1892-1905 | |||||||||
| 26 | 4 | Women's Foreign Missionary Society treasurer's reports 1881-1888 | |||||||||
| 26 | 5 | Ladies' Home Missionary Society records 1883-1898 | |||||||||
| 26 | 6 | Ladies' Association, Home Missionary Department records 1908-1922 | |||||||||
| 26 | 7 | Ladies' Association, Church Department records 1897-1908 | |||||||||
| 26 | 8 | Women's Association, City Department records 1915-1926 | |||||||||
Sub-series F: Publications and Printed Material 1862-1967 |
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| 27 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1886-1901 | ||||||||||
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| 28 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1901-1907 | ||||||||||
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| 29 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1908-1911 | ||||||||||
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| 30 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1912-1916 | ||||||||||
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| 31 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1917-1922 | ||||||||||
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| 32 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1923-1928 | ||||||||||
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| 33 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1929-1933 | ||||||||||
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| 34 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1934-1939 | ||||||||||
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| 35 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1940-1945 | ||||||||||
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| 36 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1946-1951 | ||||||||||
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| 37 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1952-1957 | ||||||||||
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| 38 | Greetings, the church bulletin 1958-1963 | ||||||||||
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| 39 | 1 | Beacon Light 1899-1901 | |||||||||
| 39 | 2 | Beacon Light 1902-1904 | |||||||||
| 39 | 3 | Beacon Light 1905-1907 | |||||||||
| 39 | 4 | East End Signal 1885 | |||||||||
| 39 | 5 | Congregational Life 1890-1892 | |||||||||
| 39 | 6 | Congrazette 1947-1951 | |||||||||
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| 40 | 1 | Beacon 1955-1958 | |||||||||
| 40 | 2 | Yearbooks 1911-1913 1915-1916 | |||||||||
| 40 | 3 | Yearbooks 1918-1920 1922-1923 | |||||||||
| 40 | 4 | Yearbooks 1929-1930 | |||||||||
| 40 | 5 | Directories 1874-1912 | |||||||||
| 40 | 6 | Directories 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| 40 | 7 | Yearbook and directories 1956-1960 | |||||||||
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| 41 | 1 | Annual reports 1946-1954 | |||||||||
| 41 | 2 | Annual reports 1955-1959 | |||||||||
| 41 | 3 | Annual reports 1960-1967 | |||||||||
| 41 | 4 | Annual meeting and minutes 1931-1941 | |||||||||
| 41 | 5 | Minutes of annual meetings 1942-1965 | |||||||||
| 41 | 6 | Dedication service programs 1887 1902 | |||||||||
| 41 | 7 | Manuals 1862-1909 | |||||||||
| 41 | 8 | Miscellaneous printed reports 1889-1943 | |||||||||
Series II: Hough Avenue Congregational Church Records 1886-1934 |
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Sub-series A: Boards and Committees 1886-1934 |
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| 42 | 1 | Rules of government 1889 | |||||||||
| 42 | 1 | Annual reports 1890-1891 | |||||||||
| 42 | 2 | Annual reports 1892-1893 | |||||||||
| 42 | 3 | Annual reports 1894-1896 | |||||||||
| 42 | 4 | Annual reports 1897-1898 | |||||||||
| 42 | 5 | Annual reports 1899-1901 | |||||||||
| 42 | 6 | Annual reports 1902-1904 | |||||||||
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| 43 | 1 | Annual reports 1905-1907 | |||||||||
| 43 | 2 | Annual reports 1908-1910 | |||||||||
| 43 | 3 | Annual reports 1911-1912 | |||||||||
| 43 | 4 | Annual reports 1913-1914 | |||||||||
| 43 | 5 | Annual reports 1915-1916 | |||||||||
| 43 | 6 | Annual reports 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 43 | 7 | Annual reports 1919-1921 | |||||||||
| 43 | 8 | Annual reports 1922-1925 | |||||||||
| 43 | 9 | Annual reports 1926-1929 | |||||||||
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| 44 | 1 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1891-1909 | |||||||||
| 44 | 2 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1909-1914 | |||||||||
| 44 | 3 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1915-1920 | |||||||||
| 44 | 4 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1921-1924 | |||||||||
| 44 | 5 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1925-1930 | |||||||||
| 44 | 6 | Board of Trustees, minutes 1931-1933 | |||||||||
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| 45 | 1 | Business meetings, minutes 1917-1934 | |||||||||
| 45 | 2 | Special committee, minutes 1933 | |||||||||
| 45 | 3 | Miscellaneous minutes 1896-1931 | |||||||||
| 45 | 1 | Deacon's records 1886-1899 | |||||||||
| 45 | 4 | Financial records 1900-1917 | |||||||||
| 45 | 5 | Financial records 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 45 | 6 | Financial records 1920-1927 | |||||||||
| 45 | 7 | Financial records 1928-1934 | |||||||||
Sub-series B: Membership Records 1886-1934 |
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| 46 | 1 | Clerk's book, including minutes, membership records, constitution, and history 1890-1896 | |||||||||
| 46 | 2 | Clerk's book, including minutes, membership records, constitution, and history 1897-1911 | |||||||||
| 46 | 1 | Records of baptism, members received, marriages, and deacons 1890-1908 | |||||||||
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| 47 | 1 | Membership record 1902-1910 | |||||||||
| 47 | 1 | Membership record 1910-1921 | |||||||||
| 47 | 2-3 | Members of the church 1934 | |||||||||
| 47 | 4-5 | Death records 1886-1934 | |||||||||
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| 48 | 1 | Baptism records 1894-1918 | |||||||||
| 48 | 2 | Baptism and marriage records 1918-1931 | |||||||||
| 48 | 3-6 | Inactive members 1886-1934 | |||||||||
| 48 | 7 | Members removed, A - Boo 1886-1934 | |||||||||
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| 49 | 1-6 | Members removed, Bor - Odg 1886-1934 | |||||||||
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| 50 | 1-4 | Members removed, Old - Z 1886-1934 | |||||||||
Sub-series C: Administrative Records 1886-1934 |
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| 50 | 6-8 | Correspondence 1889-1934 | |||||||||
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| 51 | 1 | Organization of branch and church 1889-1891 | |||||||||
| 51 | 2 | Deeds and titles of property 1886-1901 | |||||||||
| 51 | 3 | Records of church remodeling 1917-1919 | |||||||||
| 51 | 4 | Records of Choralcelo (organ) 1917-1919 | |||||||||
| 51 | 5 | Records of the bond issue 1924-1923 | |||||||||
| 51 | 6 | Records of the church loan 1919 | |||||||||
| 51 | 7 | Records of the merger with Euclid Avenue Congregational Church 1933-1934 | |||||||||
| 51 | 8 | Insurance receipts 1917-1933 | |||||||||
| 51 | 9 | Notes of Howard F. Delles, pastor 1929-1931 | |||||||||
| 51 | 10 | Miscellaneous historical data 1898-1934 | |||||||||
| 51 | 11 | Church directories 1890-1913 | |||||||||
| 51 | 12 | Miscellaneous printed material dates vary | |||||||||
Sub-series D: Hough Tidings 1892-1926 |
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| 52 | Hough Tidings 1892-1902 | ||||||||||
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| 53 | Hough Tidings 1903-1906 | ||||||||||
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| 54 | Hough Tidings 1907-1912 | ||||||||||
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| 55 | Hough Tidings 1913-1918 | ||||||||||
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| 56 | Hough Tidings 1919-1926 | ||||||||||
Sub-series E: Sunday School and Women's Society Records 1919-1934 |
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| 57 | 1 | Sunday school, reports 1919-1932 | |||||||||
| 57 | 2 | Women's Society, minutes 1922-1928 | |||||||||
| 57 | 3 | Women's Society, minutes 1929-1934 | |||||||||
Series III: Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Oversize Material 1892-1962 |
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| 1 | Income journal 1950-1954 | ||||||||||
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| 2 | Income journal 1954-1956 | ||||||||||
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| 3 | Income journal 1957-1962 | ||||||||||
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| 4 | Benevolence journal 1940-1957 | ||||||||||
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| 5 | Disbursement journal 1946-1950 | ||||||||||
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| 6 | Disbursement journal 1950-1954 | ||||||||||
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| 7 | Disbursement journal 1954-1957 | ||||||||||
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| 8 | Disbursement journal 1957-1962 | ||||||||||
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| 9 | Membership journal 1898 | ||||||||||
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| 10 | Sunday School, Primary department records 1892-1921 | ||||||||||
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| 11 | Women's Association disbursement journal, including articles of incorporation, floor plans, blueprints, and a rendering of a proposed chapel 1908-1929 | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Oversize Folder 1: Articles of incorporation and architectural drawings and plans for a chapel 1908 dates vary | ||||||||||