University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Special Collections
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
801-581-8864
http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/manuscripts.php
ACCN 1049
First Presbyterian Church records
1870-1988
First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)
25 linear feet
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.
Collection materials are in
English.
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.
Organized in six series: I. Session Minutes and Records; II. Membership Records; III. Financial Records; IV. Christian Organizations; V. Church Materials; VI. Utah Presbyterianism.
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.
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.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Gift of the Church in 1988.
Processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006.
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (PO487).
First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Archives
Westminster College of Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (Utah)--Church history--Sources
Presbyterian Church--Utah--History--Sources
Presbyterians--Utah--Salt Lake City
Church schools--Utah--History--Sources
Presbyterian Church--Education--Utah--History--Sources
Church records and registers--Utah--Salt Lake City
Protestantism
Minutes
Membership lists
Financial records
Scrapbooks
Newsletters
Meetings and Minutes
1
Annual Meetings and Minutes
1872-1971
Minutes of the annual meetings between 1965-1971 and church-wide minutes for 1872-1908.
2
Deacons Minutes
1942-1967
3-6
Session Minutes
1872-1972
7-9
Trustee Minutes
1915-1963
Baptisms
10
Baptism Register
1873-1971
11
1-9
Certificates
1945-1959
11
10
Cradle Roll
1914-1944
Membership
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
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 Material
17
1
Assayer
1877-1878
17
2
Assessment Notices
1884-1885
17
3
Balance Statements
1885
17
4
Charge Slips
17
5-9
Checks
1876-1885
17
10
Church Support
17
11-13
Correspondence
1877-1923
17
14
J. M. Coyner
1885
Passbook, receipts, and a deed of gift of monetary offering to First Presbyterian Church.
17
15-16
Expenses and Income
1871-1883
17
17
Financial Statements and Conditions
17
18
Insurance Material
Insurance policies and deeds.
17
19
Loan Material--Stein Mortgage
17
20
Loans
17
21
Maintenance
17
22
Ministerial Support
18
1
Mortgages
18
2
Overdraft Statements
18
3
Power of Attorney
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.
18
5
Publications
Subscriptions and payment orders.
18
6-31
Receipts
1877-1885
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.
18
32
Sunday School Funds
18
33
Water License
1885
18
34
YMCA Relief Assistance Requests
Addition Fund
19
1
Campaign Forms
1956
19
2
Campaign Printing Samples
19
3
Campaign Proposals
19
4-5
Correspondence
1955
19
6
Floor Plans
19
7-8
Fundraising Booklets and Pamphlets
19
9
Loyalty Dinner
1956
Programs, reservation cards, pledge cards, and materials related to the fundraising dinner.
19
10
News Clippings
19
11
Reports
Building Erection Fund
20
1
Appeal
Mass-mailer to churches around the United States for money to erect a Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City.
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 Materials
22
Pledge Records
1931-1936
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 Publicity
24
1
Christian Education
1956-1962
Minutes and other information, including organizational and structural charts.
24
2-4
Programs/Publicity Material
1944-1948
Dorcas Society
25
1-23
Membership Booklets
1945-1969
25
24-25
Account Balances
1960-1970
25
26
Minutes
1965-1968
Ferry Missionary Society
26
1
Booklets
26
2
Account Book
1946-1948
26
3
Check Books
1943-1947
26
4
Financial Reports
26
5
Correspondence
1930-1940
26
6
Financial Material
1930-1940
Receipts, treasurer's reports, and other financial materials.
26
7
Hymns, "National Meeting Hymn"
1938
26
8
Instructional Materials
26
9
Lists
26
10
General Materials
26
11
Newsletters
26
12
Programs
1929-1940
26
13
Reports, Minutes and Motions
26
14
Rolls
1926-1939
27
Ferry Missionary Society
1915-1947
Receipts, membership rolls and other general materials.
Ladies Aid
28
1-2
Treasurer Reports
1896-1917
28
3-6
Ladies Aid
1907-1934
Mariners
29
1
Clippers
Bylaw and membership handbook.
29
2
Constitution of Admirality Board
29
3
Correspondence
29
4
Cruises and Retreats
29
5
District/Synod Information
29
6-11
Executive Board Minutes
1965-1970
29
12
Financial Material
1968-1970
29
13
Membership
29
14
General Materials
29
15
National Bulletin
29
16-17
Newsletters
1963
29
18
Programs
29
19
Carnival
1968-1969
29
20
Handbooks and Brochures
29
21
Statement of Purpose
29
22
"Thank You" Correspondence
30
Mariners Stamps
Two rubber stamps with deposit information for the Wasatch Mariners Group.
Men's Club
31
1-7
Rolls, Programs and Listings
1943-1950
31
8
Committee Assignment
31
9
General Materials
31
10
Newsletter
31
11-12
Receipts
31
13
Savings Account Passbook
1950-1955
31
14-15
Secretary's Book
1951-1955
31
16
Treasurer's Book
1948-1956
Missionary Society
32
1-5
Minutes
1901-1948
32
6
Annual Report
1946-1947
33
Philo-Christ
1926-1943
Women's Association
34
1-5
Executive Board
1952-1964
34
6-8
Minutes
1941-1954
35
1-4
Minutes
1955-1964
35
5
Loose Material
Youth
36
1-4
Young People
1885-1934
Membership lists, reports, and minutes.
Newsletters and Church Subjects
37
Newsletters
1956-1970
38
1
Articles of Incorporation
1878
38
2
Athletics
38
3
Board of Trustees
38
4
Business Meeting
1902
38
5
C. E. Society--Resignation
38
6
Choirs
38
7
Christian Education
38
8
Church Manual
1915
38
9
Church Membership
38
10
Deacons
38
11
Home Mission Board
38
12
Mariners
38
13
General Materials
38
14
News Clippings
38
15
Protestant Church Directory
38
16
Prayer Meeting Committee
38
17
Roll Call--Acting Members
38
18
Salt Lake Council of Churches
38
19
Session
38
20
Shut-Ins
38
21
Sunday School
38
22
Supplemental Mailing List
38
23
Treasurer Resignation
1877
38
24
Trustees
38
25
Josiah Welch Correspondence
1876
38
26
Josiah Welch News Clippings
38
27
Women's Association
Registers and Scrapbooks
39
Guest Registers
1975-1986
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
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
42
4
Church Bulletins
1973-1982
42
5
Hubert W. Hodgens
42
6
John R. Bodo
42
7
Ginger Gryzwana
Articles and Publications
43
1
A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah"
43
2-3
"The Church Review"
1895
43
4
Margaret Lee Chadwick, "The Lee Family of Spanish Fork, Utah"
43
5
Paul Jesse Baird, "The Shepard's Dog"
43
6-9
"Utah Historical Quarterly"
1976-1982
Utah Presbyterian Churches, A-Z
44
1-4
American Fork--Community Presbyterian Church
Session minutes, correspondence, centennial booklets, and news clippings.
44
5
American Fork--First Presbyterian Church
1896-1952
44
6-8
Brigham City--Presbyterian Church
1878-1978
Centennial history and news clippings.
44
9-10
Cedar City--Union Presbyterian Church
44
11
Corinne--Presbyterian Church
44
12
Echo Canyon--Presbyterian Church
44
13
Ferron--Presbyterian Academy/ Church
44
14
Fort Douglas--Protestant Chapel
44
15
Granger--Westvale Presbyterian
44
16
Gunnison--Presbyterian Church
44
17
Kaysville--Westminster Presbyterian Church
44
18-19
Logan--First United Presbyterian Church
45
1
Manti--Presbyterian Church
45
2
Marysville--Community Church
45
3-4
Monroe--Presbyterian Church
45
5-6
Mount Pleasant--"Liberal Hall"
45
7-8
Myton--First Presbyterian Church
45
9-10
Ogden--First Presbyterian Church
45
11
Ogden--Trinity Presbyterian
45
12
Panguitch--Garfield County
"Golden Nuggets of Pioneer Days: A History of Garfield County."
45
13
Park City--Community Church
45
14
Parowan--Presbyterian School
45
15-16
Payson--First Presbyterian Church
1894-1970
45
17-18
Richfield--Presbyterian Church
46
1-3
Salina--Presbyterian Church
46
4
Salt Lake City--Community of Christ United Presbyterian Church
46
5-6
Salt Lake City--Cottonwood Presbyterian Church
46
7
Salt Lake City--Japanese Church of Christ
46
8
Salt Lake City--Korean Presbyterian Church
46
9
Salt Lake City--Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church
46
10-12
Salt Lake City--Wasatch Presbyterian Church
46
13
Sandy--Community of Grace
46
14
Spanish Fork--Presbyterian Church
46
15
Spring City
46
16
Springville--Community Presbyterian Church
46
17
St. George--Parish
Presbyterian Schools
47
1
Early Utah Protestant Schools
Pamphlets, notes, photocopied photographs, and other material concerning early Utah protestant schools.
47
2
Carl Wankier, "History of Presbyterian Schools in Utah"
47
3-6
Hungerford Academy, Springville
1981
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.
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.
Utah Presbyterianism
48
1
M. Katharine Bennett, "A Fiftieth Anniversary"
48
2
William R. Harshaw, "A Romance of Old Home Missions"
48
3
Elizabeth O. Thompson, "Woman's Board of Home Missions"
48
4
A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah"
48
5
Margaret M. Thompson, "Compiled Hisotry of Utah Presbyterian Churches"
48
6
Paul Jesse Baird, "A Critique of Presbyterian Ministry in Great Basin"
48
7
"Did You Know That?"
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.
48
9
George K. Davies, "A History of the Presbyterian Church in Utah"
48
10
Non-Presbyterian Churches
48
11
Herbert W. Reherd, "An Outline History of the Protestant Churches of Utah"
48
12
Sheldon Jackson, "Pioneer Work in the Territory of Utah"
49
1
"Praise the Lord"--A History of Presbyterianism in Utah
49
2
George K. Davies, "Presbyterian Beginnings in Utah"
49
3-8
T. D. Martin, "Presbyterian Work in Utah"
1979
These folders contain pre-publication materials as well as volumes 1 through 5 and a condensation of the article.
49
9
Andrew E. Murray, "Presbyterianism in Utah"
49
10
Margaret M. Thompson, "Presbyterian Movement in Utah"
49
11
Teresa Jackson, "Presbyterian Pioneers in Utah"
49
12
Presbytery of Utah
49
13
Walton Roth Interview
1979
49
14
Sheldon Jackson
49
15
UEH (Utah Endowment for the Humanities) Grants, Resources
Information relating to the UEH's funding of the historic sites' plaque project.
49
16
Utah Church Summary Histories
49
17
Franke Leonard, "When Grandpa Was a Boy"
49
18
Women's Presbyterial Society of Utah
Synod of Utah
50
1
Standing Rules of the Synod of Utah
50
2-5
Synod of Utah Minutes
1913-1950