Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Meetings and Minutes
- Baptisms
- Membership
- Financial Material
- Addition Fund
- Building Erection Fund
- General Materials
- Christian Education, Programs and Publicity
- Dorcas Society
- Ferry Missionary Society
- Ladies Aid
- Mariners
- Men's Club
- Missionary Society
- Women's Association
- Youth
- Newsletters and Church Subjects
- Registers and Scrapbooks
- Articles and Publications
- Utah Presbyterian Churches, A-Z
- Presbyterian Schools
- Utah Presbyterianism
- Synod of Utah
- Names and Subjects
First Presbyterian Church records, 1870-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Title
- First Presbyterian Church records
- Dates
- 1870-1988 (inclusive)18701988
- Quantity
- 25 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1049
- Summary
- The First Presbyterian Church records (1870-1988) consist of minutes, baptism lists, ordination certificates, membership lists, financial materials, property deeds, receipts, correspondence, articles, news clippings, scrapbooks, and newsletters. This collection encompasses the history of the First Presbyterian Church in Utah.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The First Presbyterian Church records (1870-1988) consist of minutes, baptism lists, ordination certificates, membership lists, financial materials, property deeds, receipts, correspondence, articles, news clippings, scrapbooks, and newsletters. This collection encompasses the history of the First Presbyterian Church in Utah.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized in six series: I. Session Minutes and Records; II. Membership Records; III. Financial Records; IV. Christian Organizations; V. Church Materials; VI. Utah Presbyterianism.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Meetings and MinutesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
1 | Annual Meetings and Minutes
Minutes of the annual meetings between 1965-1971 and church-wide minutes for 1872-1908.
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1872-1971 |
2 | Deacons Minutes |
1942-1967 |
3-6 | Session Minutes |
1872-1972 |
7-9 | Trustee Minutes |
1915-1963 |
BaptismsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
10 | Baptism Register |
1873-1971 | |
Folder | |||
11 | 1-9 | Certificates |
1945-1959 |
11 | 10 | Cradle Roll |
1914-1944 |
MembershipReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
12 | 1-7 | Letter Requests |
1913-1960 |
12 | 8 | Membership Chronological Roll |
1871-1929 |
12 | 9-12 | Ordination Certificates for Deacons and Elders |
1871-1975 |
12 | 13 | Reception Certificates |
1914 |
13 | 1 | Membership Dismission Certificate |
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13 | 2 | Membership Register |
1870-1890 |
13 | 3 | Membership Reception |
1913 |
13 | 4-5 | Membership Register |
1871-1941 |
14 | 1-5 | Transfers and Receptions |
1965-1983 |
14 | 6 | Membership Register |
1914-1945 |
15-16 | Membership Transfers and Dismissions |
1937-1965 |
Financial MaterialReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
17 | 1 | Assayer |
1877-1878 |
17 | 2 | Assessment Notices |
1884-1885 |
17 | 3 | Balance Statements |
1885 |
17 | 4 | Charge Slips |
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17 | 5-9 | Checks |
1876-1885 |
17 | 10 | Church Support |
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17 | 11-13 | Correspondence |
1877-1923 |
17 | 14 | J. M. Coyner
Passbook, receipts, and a deed of gift of monetary offering to First Presbyterian Church.
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1885 |
17 | 15-16 | Expenses and Income |
1871-1883 |
17 | 17 | Financial Statements and Conditions |
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17 | 18 | Insurance Material
Insurance policies and deeds.
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17 | 19 | Loan Material--Stein Mortgage |
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17 | 20 | Loans |
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17 | 21 | Maintenance |
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17 | 22 | Ministerial Support |
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18 | 1 | Mortgages |
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18 | 2 | Overdraft Statements |
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18 | 3 | Power of Attorney |
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18 | 4 | Property
Deeds, title abstracts, and correspondence relating to the property and building of the First Presbyterian Church. Also included are gifts of property and other property related materials.
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18 | 5 | Publications
Subscriptions and payment orders.
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18 | 6-31 | Receipts
These include reciepts from the Salt Lake City Corporation, the Salt Lake City Gas Company, the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, Utah Telephone Company, ZCMI, Wasatch Council, Josiah Welch, and T. R. Jones.
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1877-1885 |
18 | 32 | Sunday School Funds |
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18 | 33 | Water License |
1885 |
18 | 34 | YMCA Relief Assistance Requests |
Addition FundReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
19 | 1 | Campaign Forms |
1956 |
19 | 2 | Campaign Printing Samples |
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19 | 3 | Campaign Proposals |
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19 | 4-5 | Correspondence |
1955 |
19 | 6 | Floor Plans |
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19 | 7-8 | Fundraising Booklets and Pamphlets |
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19 | 9 | Loyalty Dinner
Programs, reservation cards, pledge cards, and materials related to the fundraising dinner.
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1956 |
19 | 10 | News Clippings |
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19 | 11 | Reports |
Building Erection FundReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
20 | 1 | Appeal
Mass-mailer to churches around the United States for money to erect a Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City.
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20 | 2-10 | Correspondence |
1871-1872 |
21 | 1 | Building Fund Ledger Accounts |
1956-1969 |
21 | 2 | Manager's Account Expenditures |
1982 |
21 | 3 | Petty Cash and Receipts Book |
1965-1972 |
21 | 4-5 | Pledge Cards |
1983 |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
22 | Pledge Records |
1931-1936 | |
Folder | |||
23 | 1 | Building Fund |
1970 |
23 | 2 | General Funds |
1969 |
23 | 3 | Cash Receipts |
1965-1970 |
23 | 4-5 | Collection Records |
1929-1937 |
Christian Education, Programs and PublicityReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
24 | 1 | Christian Education
Minutes and other information, including organizational and structural charts.
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1956-1962 |
24 | 2-4 | Programs/Publicity Material |
1944-1948 |
Dorcas SocietyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
25 | 1-23 | Membership Booklets |
1945-1969 |
25 | 24-25 | Account Balances |
1960-1970 |
25 | 26 | Minutes |
1965-1968 |
Ferry Missionary SocietyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
26 | 1 | Booklets |
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26 | 2 | Account Book |
1946-1948 |
26 | 3 | Check Books |
1943-1947 |
26 | 4 | Financial Reports |
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26 | 5 | Correspondence |
1930-1940 |
26 | 6 | Financial Material
Receipts, treasurer's reports, and other financial materials.
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1930-1940 |
26 | 7 | Hymns, "National Meeting Hymn" |
1938 |
26 | 8 | Instructional Materials |
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26 | 9 | Lists |
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26 | 10 | General Materials |
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26 | 11 | Newsletters |
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26 | 12 | Programs |
1929-1940 |
26 | 13 | Reports, Minutes and Motions |
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26 | 14 | Rolls |
1926-1939 |
27 | Ferry Missionary Society
Receipts, membership rolls and other general materials.
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1915-1947 |
Ladies AidReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
28 | 1-2 | Treasurer Reports |
1896-1917 |
28 | 3-6 | Ladies Aid |
1907-1934 |
MarinersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
29 | 1 | Clippers
Bylaw and membership handbook.
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29 | 2 | Constitution of Admirality Board |
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29 | 3 | Correspondence |
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29 | 4 | Cruises and Retreats |
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29 | 5 | District/Synod Information |
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29 | 6-11 | Executive Board Minutes |
1965-1970 |
29 | 12 | Financial Material |
1968-1970 |
29 | 13 | Membership |
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29 | 14 | General Materials |
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29 | 15 | National Bulletin |
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29 | 16-17 | Newsletters |
1963 |
29 | 18 | Programs |
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29 | 19 | Carnival |
1968-1969 |
29 | 20 | Handbooks and Brochures |
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29 | 21 | Statement of Purpose |
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29 | 22 | "Thank You" Correspondence |
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30 | Mariners Stamps
Two rubber stamps with deposit information for the Wasatch Mariners Group.
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Men's ClubReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
31 | 1-7 | Rolls, Programs and Listings |
1943-1950 |
31 | 8 | Committee Assignment |
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31 | 9 | General Materials |
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31 | 10 | Newsletter |
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31 | 11-12 | Receipts |
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31 | 13 | Savings Account Passbook |
1950-1955 |
31 | 14-15 | Secretary's Book |
1951-1955 |
31 | 16 | Treasurer's Book |
1948-1956 |
Missionary SocietyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
32 | 1-5 | Minutes |
1901-1948 |
32 | 6 | Annual Report |
1946-1947 |
33 | Philo-Christ |
1926-1943 |
Women's AssociationReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
34 | 1-5 | Executive Board |
1952-1964 |
34 | 6-8 | Minutes |
1941-1954 |
35 | 1-4 | Minutes |
1955-1964 |
35 | 5 | Loose Material |
YouthReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
36 | 1-4 | Young People
Membership lists, reports, and minutes.
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1885-1934 |
Newsletters and Church SubjectsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
37 | Newsletters |
1956-1970 | |
Folder | |||
38 | 1 | Articles of Incorporation |
1878 |
38 | 2 | Athletics |
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38 | 3 | Board of Trustees |
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38 | 4 | Business Meeting |
1902 |
38 | 5 | C. E. Society--Resignation |
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38 | 6 | Choirs |
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38 | 7 | Christian Education |
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38 | 8 | Church Manual |
1915 |
38 | 9 | Church Membership |
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38 | 10 | Deacons |
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38 | 11 | Home Mission Board |
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38 | 12 | Mariners |
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38 | 13 | General Materials |
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38 | 14 | News Clippings |
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38 | 15 | Protestant Church Directory |
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38 | 16 | Prayer Meeting Committee |
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38 | 17 | Roll Call--Acting Members |
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38 | 18 | Salt Lake Council of Churches |
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38 | 19 | Session |
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38 | 20 | Shut-Ins |
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38 | 21 | Sunday School |
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38 | 22 | Supplemental Mailing List |
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38 | 23 | Treasurer Resignation |
1877 |
38 | 24 | Trustees |
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38 | 25 | Josiah Welch Correspondence |
1876 |
38 | 26 | Josiah Welch News Clippings |
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38 | 27 | Women's Association |
Registers and ScrapbooksReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
39 | Guest Registers |
1975-1986 | |
Folder | |||
40 | 1 | Rev. Josiah Welch |
1871-1877 |
40 | 2 | Rev. R. G. McNiece |
1877-1897 |
40 | 3 | Rev. W. M. Paden |
1897-1912 |
40 | 4-6 | Rev. George Ewing Davies |
1914-1927 |
40 | 7 | Rev. Jesse H. Baird |
1928-1931 |
40 | 8 | Rev. Theodore Gailland Lilley |
1932-1940 |
40 | 9 | Rev. Floyd W. Farr |
1941-1945 |
40 | 10 | Rev. W. Malcolm Gwaltney |
1946-1952 |
40 | 11 | Rev. Alvin L. Morris |
1953-1961 |
41 | 1 | Rev. Walter J. Kalvesmaki |
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41 | 2 | Rev. E. W. Remley |
1965-1967 |
41 | 3 | Rev. Thomas C. Jackson |
1968-1969 |
41 | 4 | Rev. James Moore |
1970-1972 |
41 | 5 | Centennial |
1971 |
41 | 6 | Centennial and Dr. Paul Fawley |
1971-1977 |
42 | 1-2 | Centennial |
1971 |
42 | 3 | Rev. Harry P. Sweitzer |
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42 | 4 | Church Bulletins |
1973-1982 |
42 | 5 | Hubert W. Hodgens |
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42 | 6 | John R. Bodo |
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42 | 7 | Ginger Gryzwana |
Articles and PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
43 | 1 | A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah" |
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43 | 2-3 | "The Church Review" |
1895 |
43 | 4 | Margaret Lee Chadwick, "The Lee Family of Spanish Fork, Utah" |
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43 | 5 | Paul Jesse Baird, "The Shepard's Dog" |
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43 | 6-9 | "Utah Historical Quarterly" |
1976-1982 |
Utah Presbyterian Churches, A-ZReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
44 | 1-4 | American Fork--Community Presbyterian Church
Session minutes, correspondence, centennial booklets, and news clippings.
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44 | 5 | American Fork--First Presbyterian Church |
1896-1952 |
44 | 6-8 | Brigham City--Presbyterian Church
Centennial history and news clippings.
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1878-1978 |
44 | 9-10 | Cedar City--Union Presbyterian Church |
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44 | 11 | Corinne--Presbyterian Church |
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44 | 12 | Echo Canyon--Presbyterian Church |
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44 | 13 | Ferron--Presbyterian Academy/ Church |
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44 | 14 | Fort Douglas--Protestant Chapel |
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44 | 15 | Granger--Westvale Presbyterian |
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44 | 16 | Gunnison--Presbyterian Church |
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44 | 17 | Kaysville--Westminster Presbyterian Church |
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44 | 18-19 | Logan--First United Presbyterian Church |
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45 | 1 | Manti--Presbyterian Church |
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45 | 2 | Marysville--Community Church |
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45 | 3-4 | Monroe--Presbyterian Church |
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45 | 5-6 | Mount Pleasant--"Liberal Hall" |
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45 | 7-8 | Myton--First Presbyterian Church |
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45 | 9-10 | Ogden--First Presbyterian Church |
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45 | 11 | Ogden--Trinity Presbyterian |
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45 | 12 | Panguitch--Garfield County
"Golden Nuggets of Pioneer Days: A History of Garfield County."
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45 | 13 | Park City--Community Church |
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45 | 14 | Parowan--Presbyterian School |
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45 | 15-16 | Payson--First Presbyterian Church |
1894-1970 |
45 | 17-18 | Richfield--Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 1-3 | Salina--Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 4 | Salt Lake City--Community of Christ United Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 5-6 | Salt Lake City--Cottonwood Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 7 | Salt Lake City--Japanese Church of Christ |
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46 | 8 | Salt Lake City--Korean Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 9 | Salt Lake City--Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 10-12 | Salt Lake City--Wasatch Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 13 | Sandy--Community of Grace |
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46 | 14 | Spanish Fork--Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 15 | Spring City |
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46 | 16 | Springville--Community Presbyterian Church |
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46 | 17 | St. George--Parish |
Presbyterian SchoolsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
47 | 1 | Early Utah Protestant Schools
Pamphlets, notes, photocopied photographs, and other material concerning early Utah protestant schools.
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47 | 2 | Carl Wankier, "History of Presbyterian Schools in Utah" |
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47 | 3-6 | Hungerford Academy, Springville
Programs from the "Celebration of Historic Plaque Presentation for State and National Historic Register," 1981. Also included is a plot map of the academy, correspondence, news clippings, and historical sketches.
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1981 |
47 | 7-14 | Westminster College
Correspondence; "I Remember," by Emil Nyman; news clippings; interview information from Graham Strong on Emil Nyman; Salt Lake Collegiate Institution; and "Westminster College--105 Years," by Emil Nyman.
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Utah PresbyterianismReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
48 | 1 | M. Katharine Bennett, "A Fiftieth Anniversary" |
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48 | 2 | William R. Harshaw, "A Romance of Old Home Missions" |
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48 | 3 | Elizabeth O. Thompson, "Woman's Board of Home Missions" |
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48 | 4 | A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah" |
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48 | 5 | Margaret M. Thompson, "Compiled Hisotry of Utah Presbyterian Churches" |
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48 | 6 | Paul Jesse Baird, "A Critique of Presbyterian Ministry in Great Basin" |
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48 | 7 | "Did You Know That?" |
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48 | 8 | Historic Sites Plaque Project
Correspondence, news clippings, and other materials from Graham Strong's project to mark historical Presbyterian Churches in Utah on the national register and commemmorate them with plaques.
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48 | 9 | George K. Davies, "A History of the Presbyterian Church in Utah" |
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48 | 10 | Non-Presbyterian Churches |
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48 | 11 | Herbert W. Reherd, "An Outline History of the Protestant Churches of Utah" |
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48 | 12 | Sheldon Jackson, "Pioneer Work in the Territory of Utah" |
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49 | 1 | "Praise the Lord"--A History of Presbyterianism in Utah |
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49 | 2 | George K. Davies, "Presbyterian Beginnings in Utah" |
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49 | 3-8 | T. D. Martin, "Presbyterian Work in Utah"
These folders contain pre-publication materials as well as volumes 1 through 5 and a condensation of the article.
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1979 |
49 | 9 | Andrew E. Murray, "Presbyterianism in Utah" |
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49 | 10 | Margaret M. Thompson, "Presbyterian Movement in Utah" |
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49 | 11 | Teresa Jackson, "Presbyterian Pioneers in Utah" |
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49 | 12 | Presbytery of Utah |
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49 | 13 | Walton Roth Interview |
1979 |
49 | 14 | Sheldon Jackson |
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49 | 15 | UEH (Utah Endowment for the Humanities) Grants, Resources
Information relating to the UEH's funding of the historic sites' plaque project.
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49 | 16 | Utah Church Summary Histories |
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49 | 17 | Franke Leonard, "When Grandpa Was a Boy" |
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49 | 18 | Women's Presbyterial Society of Utah |
Synod of UtahReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
50 | 1 | Standing Rules of the Synod of Utah |
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50 | 2-5 | Synod of Utah Minutes |
1913-1950 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Church records and registers--Utah--Salt Lake City
- Church schools--Utah--History--Sources
- Presbyterian Church--Education--Utah--History--Sources
- Presbyterian Church--Utah--History--Sources
- Presbyterians--Utah--Salt Lake City
Corporate Names
- First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Archives
- Westminster College of Salt Lake City
Geographical Names
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--Church history--Sources
Form or Genre Terms
- Financial records
- Membership lists
- Minutes
- Newsletters
- Scrapbooks