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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)
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
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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Content Description

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.

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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

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.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Church in 1988.

Processing Note

Processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (PO487).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Meetings and Minutes

    • Description: Annual Meetings and Minutes

      Minutes of the annual meetings between 1965-1971 and church-wide minutes for 1872-1908.

      Dates: 1872-1971
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Meetings and Minutes
    • Description: Deacons Minutes
      Dates: 1942-1967
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Meetings and Minutes
    • Description: Session Minutes
      Dates: 1872-1972
      Container: Box 3-6
      Location: Meetings and Minutes
    • Description: Trustee Minutes
      Dates: 1915-1963
      Container: Box 7-9
      Location: Meetings and Minutes

  • Baptisms

    • Description: Baptism Register
      Dates: 1873-1971
      Container: Box 10
      Location: Baptisms
    • Description: Certificates
      Dates: 1945-1959
      Container: Box 11, Folder 1-9
      Location: Baptisms
    • Description: Cradle Roll
      Dates: 1914-1944
      Container: Box 11, Folder 10
      Location: Baptisms

  • Membership

    • Description: Letter Requests
      Dates: 1913-1960
      Container: Box 12, Folder 1-7
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Membership Chronological Roll
      Dates: 1871-1929
      Container: Box 12, Folder 8
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Ordination Certificates for Deacons and Elders
      Dates: 1871-1975
      Container: Box 12, Folder 9-12
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Reception Certificates
      Dates: 1914
      Container: Box 12, Folder 13
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Membership Dismission Certificate
      Container: Box 13, Folder 1
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Membership Register
      Dates: 1870-1890
      Container: Box 13, Folder 2
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Membership Reception
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 13, Folder 3
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Membership Register
      Dates: 1871-1941
      Container: Box 13, Folder 4-5
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Transfers and Receptions
      Dates: 1965-1983
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1-5
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Membership Register
      Dates: 1914-1945
      Container: Box 14, Folder 6
      Location: Membership
    • Description: Membership Transfers and Dismissions
      Dates: 1937-1965
      Container: Box 15-16
      Location: Membership

  • Financial Material

    • Description: Assayer
      Dates: 1877-1878
      Container: Box 17, Folder 1
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Assessment Notices
      Dates: 1884-1885
      Container: Box 17, Folder 2
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Balance Statements
      Dates: 1885
      Container: Box 17, Folder 3
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Charge Slips
      Container: Box 17, Folder 4
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Checks
      Dates: 1876-1885
      Container: Box 17, Folder 5-9
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Church Support
      Container: Box 17, Folder 10
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1877-1923
      Container: Box 17, Folder 11-13
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: J. M. Coyner

      Passbook, receipts, and a deed of gift of monetary offering to First Presbyterian Church.

      Dates: 1885
      Container: Box 17, Folder 14
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Expenses and Income
      Dates: 1871-1883
      Container: Box 17, Folder 15-16
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Financial Statements and Conditions
      Container: Box 17, Folder 17
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Insurance Material

      Insurance policies and deeds.

      Container: Box 17, Folder 18
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Loan Material--Stein Mortgage
      Container: Box 17, Folder 19
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Loans
      Container: Box 17, Folder 20
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Maintenance
      Container: Box 17, Folder 21
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Ministerial Support
      Container: Box 17, Folder 22
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Mortgages
      Container: Box 18, Folder 1
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Overdraft Statements
      Container: Box 18, Folder 2
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Power of Attorney
      Container: Box 18, Folder 3
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: 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.

      Container: Box 18, Folder 4
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Publications

      Subscriptions and payment orders.

      Container: Box 18, Folder 5
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: 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.

      Dates: 1877-1885
      Container: Box 18, Folder 6-31
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Sunday School Funds
      Container: Box 18, Folder 32
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: Water License
      Dates: 1885
      Container: Box 18, Folder 33
      Location: Financial Material
    • Description: YMCA Relief Assistance Requests
      Container: Box 18, Folder 34
      Location: Financial Material

  • Addition Fund

    • Description: Campaign Forms
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 19, Folder 1
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: Campaign Printing Samples
      Container: Box 19, Folder 2
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: Campaign Proposals
      Container: Box 19, Folder 3
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 19, Folder 4-5
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: Floor Plans
      Container: Box 19, Folder 6
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: Fundraising Booklets and Pamphlets
      Container: Box 19, Folder 7-8
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: Loyalty Dinner

      Programs, reservation cards, pledge cards, and materials related to the fundraising dinner.

      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 19, Folder 9
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: News Clippings
      Container: Box 19, Folder 10
      Location: Addition Fund
    • Description: Reports
      Container: Box 19, Folder 11
      Location: Addition Fund

  • Building Erection Fund

    • Description: Appeal

      Mass-mailer to churches around the United States for money to erect a Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City.

      Container: Box 20, Folder 1
      Location: Building Erection Fund
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1871-1872
      Container: Box 20, Folder 2-10
      Location: Building Erection Fund
    • Description: Building Fund Ledger Accounts
      Dates: 1956-1969
      Container: Box 21, Folder 1
      Location: Building Erection Fund
    • Description: Manager's Account Expenditures
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 21, Folder 2
      Location: Building Erection Fund
    • Description: Petty Cash and Receipts Book
      Dates: 1965-1972
      Container: Box 21, Folder 3
      Location: Building Erection Fund
    • Description: Pledge Cards
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 21, Folder 4-5
      Location: Building Erection Fund

  • General Materials

    • Description: Pledge Records
      Dates: 1931-1936
      Container: Box 22
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Building Fund
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 23, Folder 1
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: General Funds
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 23, Folder 2
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Cash Receipts
      Dates: 1965-1970
      Container: Box 23, Folder 3
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Collection Records
      Dates: 1929-1937
      Container: Box 23, Folder 4-5
      Location: General Materials

  • Christian Education, Programs and Publicity

  • Dorcas Society

    • Description: Membership Booklets
      Dates: 1945-1969
      Container: Box 25, Folder 1-23
      Location: Dorcas Society
    • Description: Account Balances
      Dates: 1960-1970
      Container: Box 25, Folder 24-25
      Location: Dorcas Society
    • Description: Minutes
      Dates: 1965-1968
      Container: Box 25, Folder 26
      Location: Dorcas Society

  • Ferry Missionary Society

  • Ladies Aid

    • Description: Treasurer Reports
      Dates: 1896-1917
      Container: Box 28, Folder 1-2
      Location: Ladies Aid
    • Description: Ladies Aid
      Dates: 1907-1934
      Container: Box 28, Folder 3-6
      Location: Ladies Aid

  • Mariners

    • Description: Clippers

      Bylaw and membership handbook.

      Container: Box 29, Folder 1
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Constitution of Admirality Board
      Container: Box 29, Folder 2
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Correspondence
      Container: Box 29, Folder 3
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Cruises and Retreats
      Container: Box 29, Folder 4
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: District/Synod Information
      Container: Box 29, Folder 5
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Executive Board Minutes
      Dates: 1965-1970
      Container: Box 29, Folder 6-11
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Financial Material
      Dates: 1968-1970
      Container: Box 29, Folder 12
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Membership
      Container: Box 29, Folder 13
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: General Materials
      Container: Box 29, Folder 14
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: National Bulletin
      Container: Box 29, Folder 15
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Newsletters
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 29, Folder 16-17
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Programs
      Container: Box 29, Folder 18
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Carnival
      Dates: 1968-1969
      Container: Box 29, Folder 19
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Handbooks and Brochures
      Container: Box 29, Folder 20
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Statement of Purpose
      Container: Box 29, Folder 21
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: "Thank You" Correspondence
      Container: Box 29, Folder 22
      Location: Mariners
    • Description: Mariners Stamps

      Two rubber stamps with deposit information for the Wasatch Mariners Group.

      Container: Box 30
      Location: Mariners

  • Men's Club

    • Description: Rolls, Programs and Listings
      Dates: 1943-1950
      Container: Box 31, Folder 1-7
      Location: Men's Club
    • Description: Committee Assignment
      Container: Box 31, Folder 8
      Location: Men's Club
    • Description: General Materials
      Container: Box 31, Folder 9
      Location: Men's Club
    • Description: Newsletter
      Container: Box 31, Folder 10
      Location: Men's Club
    • Description: Receipts
      Container: Box 31, Folder 11-12
      Location: Men's Club
    • Description: Savings Account Passbook
      Dates: 1950-1955
      Container: Box 31, Folder 13
      Location: Men's Club
    • Description: Secretary's Book
      Dates: 1951-1955
      Container: Box 31, Folder 14-15
      Location: Men's Club
    • Description: Treasurer's Book
      Dates: 1948-1956
      Container: Box 31, Folder 16
      Location: Men's Club

  • Missionary Society

    • Description: Minutes
      Dates: 1901-1948
      Container: Box 32, Folder 1-5
      Location: Missionary Society
    • Description: Annual Report
      Dates: 1946-1947
      Container: Box 32, Folder 6
      Location: Missionary Society
    • Description: Philo-Christ
      Dates: 1926-1943
      Container: Box 33
      Location: Missionary Society

  • Women's Association

    • Description: Executive Board
      Dates: 1952-1964
      Container: Box 34, Folder 1-5
      Location: Women's Association
    • Description: Minutes
      Dates: 1941-1954
      Container: Box 34, Folder 6-8
      Location: Women's Association
    • Description: Minutes
      Dates: 1955-1964
      Container: Box 35, Folder 1-4
      Location: Women's Association
    • Description: Loose Material
      Container: Box 35, Folder 5
      Location: Women's Association

  • Youth

    • Description: Young People

      Membership lists, reports, and minutes.

      Dates: 1885-1934
      Container: Box 36, Folder 1-4
      Location: Youth

  • Newsletters and Church Subjects

  • Registers and Scrapbooks

  • Articles and Publications

  • Utah Presbyterian Churches, A-Z

  • Presbyterian Schools

    • Description: Early Utah Protestant Schools

      Pamphlets, notes, photocopied photographs, and other material concerning early Utah protestant schools.

      Container: Box 47, Folder 1
      Location: Presbyterian Schools
    • Description: Carl Wankier, "History of Presbyterian Schools in Utah"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 2
      Location: Presbyterian Schools
    • Description: 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.

      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 47, Folder 3-6
      Location: Presbyterian Schools
    • Description: 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.

      Container: Box 47, Folder 7-14
      Location: Presbyterian Schools

  • Utah Presbyterianism

    • Description: M. Katharine Bennett, "A Fiftieth Anniversary"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 1
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: William R. Harshaw, "A Romance of Old Home Missions"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 2
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Elizabeth O. Thompson, "Woman's Board of Home Missions"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 3
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 4
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Margaret M. Thompson, "Compiled Hisotry of Utah Presbyterian Churches"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 5
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Paul Jesse Baird, "A Critique of Presbyterian Ministry in Great Basin"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 6
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: "Did You Know That?"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 7
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: 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.

      Container: Box 48, Folder 8
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: George K. Davies, "A History of the Presbyterian Church in Utah"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 9
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Non-Presbyterian Churches
      Container: Box 48, Folder 10
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Herbert W. Reherd, "An Outline History of the Protestant Churches of Utah"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 11
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Sheldon Jackson, "Pioneer Work in the Territory of Utah"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 12
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: "Praise the Lord"--A History of Presbyterianism in Utah
      Container: Box 49, Folder 1
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: George K. Davies, "Presbyterian Beginnings in Utah"
      Container: Box 49, Folder 2
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: 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.

      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 49, Folder 3-8
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Andrew E. Murray, "Presbyterianism in Utah"
      Container: Box 49, Folder 9
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Margaret M. Thompson, "Presbyterian Movement in Utah"
      Container: Box 49, Folder 10
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Teresa Jackson, "Presbyterian Pioneers in Utah"
      Container: Box 49, Folder 11
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Presbytery of Utah
      Container: Box 49, Folder 12
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Walton Roth Interview
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 49, Folder 13
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Sheldon Jackson
      Container: Box 49, Folder 14
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: UEH (Utah Endowment for the Humanities) Grants, Resources

      Information relating to the UEH's funding of the historic sites' plaque project.

      Container: Box 49, Folder 15
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Utah Church Summary Histories
      Container: Box 49, Folder 16
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Franke Leonard, "When Grandpa Was a Boy"
      Container: Box 49, Folder 17
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism
    • Description: Women's Presbyterial Society of Utah
      Container: Box 49, Folder 18
      Location: Utah Presbyterianism

  • Synod of Utah

    • Description: Standing Rules of the Synod of Utah
      Container: Box 50, Folder 1
      Location: Synod of Utah
    • Description: Synod of Utah Minutes
      Dates: 1913-1950
      Container: Box 50, Folder 2-5
      Location: Synod of Utah

Finding aid created by Lindsey Moore
2006 (last modified: 2019)

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