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Provo Community Congregational Church records, 1883-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Provo Community Congregational Church (Provo, Utah)
Title
Provo Community Congregational Church records
Dates
1883-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
14 linear feet, (33 boxes)
Collection Number
MS 0442
Summary
The Provo Community Congregational Church records (1883-1986) consist of the records of various church-sponsored organizations, board and committee materials, Sunday bulletins, minutes, financial records, correspondence, histories, and miscellaneous papers. The Provo Community Congregational Church was one of the earliest churches organized in the state of Utah.
Repository
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

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
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Historical Note

The history of the Provo Community Congregational Church began with a young school teacher, Emily Clapp. The New West Educational Commission, concerned with the lack of formalized education in Utah, sent Clapp to establish a free public school. As well as teaching regular academic classes, Clapp was also expected to set up a Sunday School. Ministers were soon sent for the Sunday School. Due to increasing student numbers, a new building was built and named the Proctor Academy. By 1919, Utah public schools were all offering free education, so Proctor Academy closed its doors. That same year, all Methodist and Congregational churches in Provo came together to form the Provo Community Congregational Church and is now one of the congregations in the United Church of Christ, focusing on community and youth programs and activities.

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Content Description

The Provo Community Congregational Church records (1883-1986) consist of the records of various church-sponsored organizations, board and committee materials, Sunday bulletins, minutes, financial records, correspondence, histories, and miscellaneous papers. The addendum to the collection contains the personal papers of Glen Halbe and sermons given in the 1980s.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Provo Community Congregational Church in 1983 and 1986.

Processing Note

Processed by Allesen Peck in 1984.

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Separated Materials

See also the Community Congregational Church of Provo photograph collection (P0255) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Organizations

    • Description: Men's Club, Minutes
      Dates: 1959-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1-4
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Men's Club, Attendance Rolls and Calling Lists
      Dates: 1969-1976
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Women's Fellowship, By-Laws and Officers
      Dates: 1961-1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Women's Fellowship, Retreats and Conferences
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Women's Fellowship, World Community Day
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Women's Fellowhip, Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Women's Fellowhip, Devotionals by Gertrude Schwartzlose
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Women's Fellowship, Cookbook
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Women's Fellowship, Yearbooks
      Dates: 1956-1980
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12-14
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Boy Scouts of America, Calendars
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Boy Scouts of America, Troop 51 Activity Schedules
      Dates: 1956-1964
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Boy Scouts of America, Troop 51 Scrapbook
      Container: Box 1, Folder 17-18
      Location: Organizations

  • Organizations

    • Description: Ladies' Aid Society, Minutes and Financial Records
      Dates: 1915-1954
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Missionary Society, Minutes and Records
      Dates: 1910-1950
      Container: Box 3, Volume 1-5
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Scrooby Guild, Introduction and By-laws
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
      Location: Organizations
    • Description: Scrooby Guild, Minutes and Records
      Dates: 1947-1954
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2-6
      Location: Organizations

  • Pilgrim Fellowship

    • Description: Minutes and Records
      Dates: 1937-1958
      Container: Box 4, Volume 1-5
      Location: Pilgrim Fellowship
    • Description: News Clippings
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1-2
      Location: Pilgrim Fellowship
    • Description: Materials
      Container: Box 4, Folder 3-4
      Location: Pilgrim Fellowship
    • Description: Roll Book
      Dates: 1942-1947
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5
      Location: Pilgrim Fellowship

  • Board of Trustees

    • Description: Minutes and Records
      Dates: 1950-1978
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1-28
      Location: Board of Trustees
    • Description: Nominating Committee Data
      Dates: 1957-1958
      Container: Box 5, Folder 29
      Location: Board of Trustees
    • Description: Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
      Container: Box 5, Folder 30
      Location: Board of Trustees

  • Committees and Boards

    • Description: Diaconate Board, Minutes and Reports
      Dates: 1954-1980
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Church Council, Minutes and Reports
      Dates: 1950-1979
      Container: Box 7
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: House Committee Reports
      Dates: 1960-1963
      Container: Box 8, Volume 1
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Committees
      Container: Box 8, Folder 1
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Pledge Records
      Container: Box 8, Folder 2
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Master Sheet
      Container: Box 8, Folder 3
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Brochures
      Container: Box 8, Folder 4
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Skits
      Container: Box 8, Folder 5
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Architectural Drawings
      Container: Box 8, Folder 6
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Correspondence
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box 8, Folder 7-10
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Building Fund Committee, Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 8, Folder 11
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Canvass Committee
      Dates: 1959-1975
      Container: Box 8, Folder 12-16
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Committee and Board Procedures
      Container: Box 8, Folder 17
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Church Cabinet, Minutes
      Dates: 1951-1954
      Container: Box 8, Folder 18
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Music Committee, Minutes
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box 8, Folder 19
      Location: Committees and Boards
    • Description: Board of Stewardship, Minutes
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box 8, Folder 20
      Location: Committees and Boards

  • Church Education Programs

    • Description: Board of Religious Education, Minutes and Records
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 9, Volume 1
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Board of Christian Education, Minutes and Records
      Dates: 1964-1980
      Container: Box 9, Folder 1-5
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Board of Christian Education, Miscellaneous
      Dates: 1958-1980
      Container: Box 9, Folder 6-7
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Sunday School, Minutes and Records
      Dates: 1887-1915
      Container: Box 9, Folder 8-9
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Sunday School, Secretary and Treasurer's Records
      Dates: 1938-1944
      Container: Box 9, Volume 2-4
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Sunday School, Class Rolls
      Dates: 1950-1971
      Container: Box 9, Volume 5
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Sunday School, Class Rolls
      Dates: 1971-1981
      Container: Box 9, Folder 10
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: History of Proctor Academy, Vols. 1-4
      Dates: 1905-1964
      Container: Box 10, Volume 1-4
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Meno Trope Kindergarten
      Dates: 1922-1939
      Container: Box 10, Volume 5
      Location: Church Education Programs
    • Description: Vacation Bible School
      Dates: 1975-1978
      Container: Box 10, Folder 1
      Location: Church Education Programs

  • Bulletins

    • Description: Sunday Bulletins
      Dates: 1925-1945
      Container: Box 11
      Location: Bulletins
    • Description: Sunday Bulletins
      Dates: 1946-1958
      Container: Box 12
      Location: Bulletins
    • Description: Sunday Bulletins
      Dates: 1959-1964
      Container: Box 13
      Location: Bulletins
    • Description: Sunday Bulletins
      Dates: 1965-1982
      Container: Box 14
      Location: Bulletins
    • Description: "Comment" News Bulletin
      Dates: 1959-1971
      Container: Box 15
      Location: Bulletins
    • Description: "Comment"
      Dates: 1972-1978
      Container: Box 16, Volume 1-6
      Location: Bulletins
    • Description: "Comment"

      Correspondence, plans, articles, and miscellaneous.

      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 16, Folder 1-3
      Location: Bulletins
    • Description: Pilgrim Call
      Dates: 1976-1978
      Container: Box 16, Folder 4
      Location: Bulletins

  • Yearbooks and Scrapbooks

    • Description: Yearbooks

      Contains news clippings, newsletters, and brochures.

      Dates: 1955-1958
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Yearbooks and Scrapbooks
    • Description: Yearbooks

      Contains news clippings, newsletters, and brochures.

      Dates: 1959-1962
      Container: Box 18
      Location: Yearbooks and Scrapbooks
    • Description: Yearbooks

      Contains news clippings, newsletters, and brochures.

      Dates: 1963-1966
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Yearbooks and Scrapbooks
    • Description: Church Scrapbooks
      Dates: 1967-1977
      Container: Box 20, Volume 1-3
      Location: Yearbooks and Scrapbooks
    • Description: 75th Anniversary Scrapbook
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 20, Volume 4
      Location: Yearbooks and Scrapbooks

  • Clerk's Registers

    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Annual reports, minutes, and other church records.

      Dates: 1907-1915
      Container: Box 21, Volume 1
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Loose pages removed from book 1.

      Dates: 1907-1915
      Container: Box 21, Folder 1
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Annual reports, minutes, and other records.

      Dates: 1915-1926
      Container: Box 21, Volume 2
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Loose pages removed from book 2.

      Dates: 1915-1926
      Container: Box 21, Folder 2-3
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Minutes and other records.

      Dates: 1926-1930
      Container: Box 21, Volume 3
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Loose pages removed from book 3. The number at the top right indicates the article's placement in the book prior to removal.

      Dates: 1926-1930
      Container: Box 21, Folder 4
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Programs, reports, minutes, and miscellaneous.

      Dates: 1930-1946
      Container: Box 22, Volume 1
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Loose pages removed from book 1. The number at the top right indicates the article's placement in the book prior to removal.

      Dates: 1930-1946
      Container: Box 22, Folder 1-2
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Records marriages, deaths, baptisms, and pastors. Also minutes and reports.

      Dates: 1947-1968
      Container: Box 22, Volume 2
      Location: Clerk's Registers
    • Description: Clerk's Book

      Loose pages removed from book 2. The number at the top right indicates the article's placement in the book prior to removal.

      Dates: 1947-1968
      Container: Box 22, Folder 3-6
      Location: Clerk's Registers

  • Church Clerk's Records and Meeting Materials

  • Financial and Business Records

  • Correspondence

    • Description: Correspondence

      Letters received by church officials.

      Dates: 1926-1979
      Container: Box 27, Folder 1-15
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: Alice Isley

      Letters and articles kept by Isley.

      Dates: 1897-1979
      Container: Box 27, Folder 16-18
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: Meno Trope Hall

      Regarding repairs made on the hall.

      Dates: 1927
      Container: Box 27, Folder 19-20
      Location: Correspondence

  • Histories

    • Description: "History of Provo Congregational Church and Provo Community Congregational Church"

      Compiled by church historian, R. G. Bee.

      Container: Box 28, Volume 1
      Location: Histories
    • Description: The Church Review
      Dates: 1895
      Container: Box 28, Volume 2
      Location: Histories
    • Description: David H. Streets, Provo Community Congregational Church History
      Container: Box 28, Folder 1
      Location: Histories
    • Description: Timothy L. Vincent, Provo Community Congregational Church History
      Container: Box 28, Folder 2
      Location: Histories
    • Description: Miscellaneous Histories
      Container: Box 28, Folder 3
      Location: Histories

  • Miscellaneous

    • Description: Guest Registers
      Dates: 1930-1973
      Container: Box 29, Volume 1-2
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Guest Register

      Loose pages removed from guest book dated 1960-1973.

      Container: Box 29, Folder 1-2
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Seventh Annual Rocky Mountain Conference, Annual Reports
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 29, Folder 3
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: The Congregationalist
      Dates: 1929
      Container: Box 29, Folder 4
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Brochures
      Container: Box 29, Folder 5
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Funeral Bulletins
      Dates: 1971-1980
      Container: Box 29, Folder 6
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Film Script, "A Question of Pride"
      Container: Box 29, Folder 7
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Ward Memorial Organ, Correspondence
      Container: Box 29, Folder 8
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Utah Congregational Conference

      Constitution, by-laws, articles, minutes, and other records.

      Container: Box 30, Folder 1-9
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Allelu Singers Scrapbook
      Container: Box 30, Folder 10-11
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: News Clippings
      Container: Box 30, Folder 12
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: All-church Planning Conference

      Report of church boards and committees.

      Dates: 1960-1961
      Container: Box 30, Folder 13
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Bountiful Community Church
      Container: Box 30, Folder 14
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Church Directory
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 30, Folder 15
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 30, Folder 16-19
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: One-Hundred Year Banquet Program
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 30, Folder 20
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: "Legends of Santa Claus"

      Excerps from book St. Nicholas Travels by Hertha Pauli.

      Container: Box 30, Folder 21
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: Oversize Financial Records
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 31
      Location: Miscellaneous

  • Glen Halbe Personal Papers

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Subject Terms

  • Christian education--Utah
  • Christian women--Religious life--Utah--Provo--Archives
  • Church maintenance and repair--Utah
  • Church records and registers--Utah--Specimens
  • Sunday schools--Utah--Provo--Records and correspondence
  • Women's prayer groups--Utah--Provo--Records and correspondence

Personal Names

  • Streets, David H.--History of the Provo Community Congregational Church
  • Vincient, Timothy L.--History of the Provo Community Congregational Church

Corporate Names

  • Boy Scouts of America. Troop 51 (Provo, Utah)--Archives
  • Proctor Academy (Provo, Utah)--Records and correspondence
  • Provo Community Congregational Church (Provo, Utah)--Archives
  • Provo Community Congregational Church (Provo, Utah)--History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Administrative reports
  • Brochures
  • Bulletins
  • Business correspondence
  • By-laws
  • Calendars
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Diaries
  • Financial records
  • Microfilms
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Scrapbooks
  • Sermons
  • Yearbooks

Finding aid prepared by Allesen Peck.
1984 (last modified: 2019)

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