WTVPNW58.xml Guide to the Pullman Presbyterian Church (Pullman, Washington) Records 1898-1985 Pullman Presbyterian Church (Pullman, Washington) Janet Hauck; H. W. Johnston Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-21. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections Pullman Presbyterian Church (Pullman, Washington) Records PNW .58 2.5 cu. ft. Mixed 1898-1985 1898-1959 This collection consists of the historic, administrative, and congregational records of Pullman Presbyterian Church. Materials are in English

On July 1, 1898 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) granted permission to Spokane Presbytery to organize a congregation in Pullman, Washington. (Session Minutes, July 1, 1898-Mar. 3, 1927, Folio 1/11).

The Rev. W. G. M. Hays, D. D. was the stated supply for the first year. He was installed as pastor on April 8, 1904 and served until November 30, 1915. (See folio 1/6 for a list of pastors).

A new church building was completed and occupied on April 16, 1899 on a lot costing $175. The building itself including its furnishings was $4000.

A young people's society of Christian Endeavor was organized at the home of the pastor in October of 1898.

For 64 years the congregation occupied Greystone Church on College Hill. (Spokesman Review.com, March 27, 2004) In 1958 a planning committee was formed to build a sanctuary on a new site,1630 NE Stadium Way. The congregation abandoned the Greystone church The last service ever held in that church was on Easter Sunday, 1977.

Records of Pullman Presbyterian Church including minutes of Session and Trustees, membership records, an embezzlement record of 1956-1958 and a few fragile newspaper clippings.

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Pullman Presbyterian Church, 1630 NE Stadium Way, Pullman, WA 99163, 509-332-2659

Initial Accession Date: February 2006. Date Last Update: Oct. 13, 2006

 Religion Washington (State) Introduction and Inventory 1/1 Web Site Information 2001, 2006 1/2 Web Site Information: Sermons 2003 1/3 History Rex Heninger Embezzlement Case 1955-1958 1/4 Greystone Presbyterian Church 1899-1977 1/5 Pastors 1904-1962 1/6 Friendly Folder" (Visitor Information) 1928 1/7 50th Anniversary: Worship Service April 24, 1949 1/8 Newspaper Clippings 1953 1/9 Administration Session: Minutes, Volumes I-III (Microfilm) 1/10 Session: Minutes July 1, 1898-March 3, 1927 1/11 Session: minutes March 27, 1927-September 20, 1943 1/12 Session: Minutes October 4, 1943-January 4, 1956 1/13 Trustees: Minutes April 10, 1950-January 9, 1957 1/14 Long-Range Planning Committee: Minutes (New Building and Site Planning) November 16, 1958-April 19, 1959 1/15 The Congregation Pullman, Washington United Presbyterian Church, Vol. II: Officers and Membership to Dec. 15, 1943 1/16 Record of Members (Microfiche) 1/17 Church Register September 21, 1898-1943 1/18 1. Greystone Church Register: Baptisms through Deaths (Microfilm Roll) 1/19 2. Bethany Church Register: Baptisms (Microfilm Toll) 1/19 Baptism Records 1948-1953 1/20 Certificates of Transfer 1946-1956 1/21 Certificates of Dismission and Reception 1954-1955 1/22 Certificates of Dismission 1956 1/23 Certificates of Dismission 1957-1962 1/24 Certificates of Transfer and Reception 1980-1985 1/25 1. Certificates of Dismission and Reception 1962-1970 1/26 2. Requests by Correspondence 1966-1974 1/26 Certificates of Transfer and Reception 1970-1980 1/27 Organizations Boy Scout Troop 92: Annual Dinner March 27, 1945 2/1 Campfire Girls: Annual Council Fire April 1949-May 1949 2/2 Harmony Club: Minutes and Other Documents 1971-1973 2/3 Spokane Presbyterial Woman's Missionary Society, 38th Convention April 22, 1944 2/4 Women's Association: Directory and Programs 1973 2/5 Miscellaneous Music Programs 1947-1949 2/6 Worship Worship Bulletins (Not Complete) 1942-1950 2/7 Bulletins of Other Churches 1940-1949 2/8 Oversize Flat: Church Membership Cards 3