Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 363-5342
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Ms 44
Westminster Congregational
Church (Spokane, Wash.)
Westminster Congregational Church
Records
1892-1980
16 linear ft.
Westminster Congregational Church,
originally known as First Congregational Church, is the oldest established
church in the city of Spokane. The earliest church records were destroyed along
with the church in the fire of 1889. Church membership once numbered more than
2,000; however a significant division caused by the merger of the congregation
with the United Church of Christ in 1965, split the church. The collection
includes clerk's records of the congregation (1879-1980); records of church
administration, Board of Deacons, Board of Trustees, Every Member Visitation,
periodical anniversary celebrations, various women's groups (1917-1978), church
position on social issues, and parish relationship to Spokane Council of
Churches; annual reports; budgets; newsletters; and correspondence of pastors.
The materials are in
English.
Historical Note
Westminster Congregational Church, originally known as First
Congregational Church, is the oldest established church in the city of Spokane.
H.T. Cowley served as lay minister over a congregation that included Indian
converts as well as Whites. The earliest church records were destroyed along
with the church in the fire of 1889. Enduring financial struggles, the
congregation purchased property on which to rebuild and built a sanctuary that
had been added on to in successive decades.
The church has been served by some well-known clergy, including Rev.
Jonathan Edwards, 1886-1890; Dr. Elwin L. House; and two brothers, Thomas and
Joel Harper. At one time membership numbered more than 2,000; however a
significant division caused by the merger of the congregation with the United
Church of Christ in 1965, split the church. More than 300 members transferred
to other congregations, most notably the Plymouth Congregational Church.
The collection includes official clerk’s records for the congregation,
1879-present (records destroyed in the 1889 fire were reconstructed in the
early 1890s). Also included are records of church administration, Board of
Deacons, Board of Trustees, Every Member Visitations, periodic anniversary
celebrations, annual reports, budget projections, positions on social issues,
parish relationship to the Spokane Council of Churches, and detailed records of
various women’s groups sponsored by the congregation, 1917-1978. A substantial
file of the parish newsletter, and much pastoral correspondence convey lively
impressions of the daily functions of the congregation.
The collection is arranged into fifteen series as follows:
Introduction and Inventory; History; Anniversaries; Annual and Quarterly
Reports; Congregational Meetings; Boards; Buildings and Equipment; Committees;
Finances; Membership: visitors, marriages, and baptisms; Organizations,
internal; Programs; Publicity; Services of Worship; and Staff. Several of the
series have letter-sized, legal-sized, and oversized materials which have been
separated from each other for ease of filing.
Collection is not restricted.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern
Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher
Westminster Congregational Church Records (Ms 44), Eastern Washington
State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane,
WA.
Donated by Westminster Congregational Church, 1984 (L84-178).
The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture also has architectural
drawings relating to several church remodels (L2004-13).
Westminster Daughters, The First Fifty Years: Westminster (First)
Congregational Church, 1979-1929. Spokane, Empire Printing Co., 1929. 96 pgs.,
illus. paperback, 7"x9". See box 1, folder 4.
Westminster Congreation Church, Spokane. 75 Years in God's Service.
1879-1954. 75 pags., illus. paperback 6"x9".
Westminster Congregational Church: Celebrating the Centennial,
1879-1979. A Century of Ministry - A Heritage for Tomorrow. 24 pags., illus., 8
1/2"x11".
Described in: A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern
Washington State Historical Society / Edward W. Nolan (1987), entry 292.
See also:
- Spokane Council of Churches Records (Ms 48)
- Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Records (Ms 70)
- First Presbyterian Church Records (MsSC 298)
- Cowley, Henry T. Papers (MsSC 53)
- Edwards, Jonathon Papers(MsSC 169)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online
Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring
materials about related topics, persons, or places should search WorldCat using
these headings.
Cowley, H.T. (Henry Thomas), 1837-1917
Edwards, Jonathon, 1847-1929
Harper, Thomas H.
Harper, Joel
House, Elwin Lincoln, 1861-1932
Spokane Council of Churches
Plymouth Congregational Church (Spokane, Wash.)
United Church of Christ
Westminster Presbysterian Church (Spokane,
Wash.)--Archives
First Congregational Church (Spokane Wash.)
Washington (State)--Churches and religious
affairs--Presbyterian
Washington (State)--Churches and religious
affairs--Congregational
Spokane (Wash.)--Churches and religious
affairs--Presbyterian
Spokane (Wash)--Churches and religious
affairs--Congregational
Washington (State)--Indians
Spokane (Wash.)--Indians
Washington (State)--Societies, etc.--Women
Spokane (Wash.)--Societies, etc.--Women
Spokane (Wash.)--Celebrations and festivals
Congregational churches--Washington (State)
Congregational churches--Clergy
Congregational churches--Anniversaries, etc.
Congregational churches--Missions
Presbyterian
Church--Washington (State)
Indians of
North America--Washington (State)
Indians of
North America--Missions
Clergy--Washington (State)
Women in
church work--Washington (State)
Women--Washington (State)--Societies and clubs
Deacons--Congregational churches
Church
committees--Congregational churches
Church
trustees--Washington (State)
Local
councils of churches--Washington (State)
Interdenominational cooperation--Washington
(State)
Anniversaries--Washington (State)
Anniversaries--Churches
Deacons--Washington (State)
Church
controversies
Religion
Native Americans
Women
Spokane
Newsletters
Budgets
Westminster Congregational Church
Religion
Churches
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1/1
Introduction and
Inventory
History
1/2
Constitution
May 23,
1976
1/2a
Constitution: draft
proposal
June 9,
1985
1/3
History of Congregational
Christian Churches
1/4
"The First Fifty Years, 1879 -
1929"
1929
1/5
"The First of Fifty Years, 1879 -
1929" : corrected copy
1/6
"The First Fifty Years, 1879 -
1929" : graphics, typesetting, printing
1978
1/7
Publicity: Centennial
newspaper
1/8
Lincoln Park Congregation Church:
Articles of Incorporation, Minutes, Reports
Mar. 22, 1927
- Dec. 13, 1928
1/9
Plymouth Congregational Church:
register
1903 -
1908
1/10
Plymouth Congregational Church:
register
Dec. 20, 1903
- Dec. 13, 1908
1/11
Women's Home Missionary Society:
constitution, by-laws, minutes of meetings
Nov. 9, 1911
- Apr. 13, 1923
1/12
Church split
1964
1/13
Church split:
communism
1/14
Church split: negative reaction
to vote of
Apr. 20,
1961
1/15
United Church of Christ: history
and proposed constitution
1/16
United Church of Christ:
vote
1961 -
1963
12/1
Second Congregational Church of
Spokane Falls (change to Pilgrim Congregational Church): minutes
Feb. 16, 1890
- Dec. 14, 1910
12/2
Trent Congregational Church:
ledger
1917 -
1934
Anniversaries
1/17
75th
1954
1/18
75th: pageant
May 23,
1954
1/19
75th: pageant
May 23,
1954
1/20
75th: photographs
1/21
80th
May 1959
1/22
85th
May 1964
1/23
100th: activities
May 1979
1/24
100th: activities, centennial
book
May 1979
1/25
100th: Activities, Cowley Park
project
May 1979
1/26
100th: correspondence
1978
1/27
100th: Centennial Committee
correspondence
May 1979
1/28
100th: Centennial Committee
correspondence
May 1979
1/29
100th: logo
1/30
100th: National Register of
Historic Places
May 1979
1/31
100th: press releases
May 1979
Annual and quarterly
reports
1/32
Annual reports
Oct. 5, 1892
- Dec. 6, 1914
1/33
Annual reports
1928 -
1938
1/34
Annual reports
1940 -
1948
1/35
Annual reports
1953 -
1959
1/36
Annual reports
1960 -
1964
1/37
Annual reports
1965 -
1969
1/38
Annual reports
1970 -
1974
1/39
Annual reports
1975 -
1978
1/40
Annual reports
1980
Congregational Meetings
1/41
Annual and quarterly
meetings
1964 -
1969
1/42
Annual and quarterly
reports
1970 -
1979
1/43
Special meetings
1974 -
1978
1/44
Annual meeting
Jan. 27,
1985
Boards
2/1
Christian education
1966 -
1972
2/2
Christian education
1973
2/3
Christian education: Board of
Learning Community
1975
2/4
Christian education
1976
2/5
Christian education
1977
2/6
Christian education
1978
2/7
Christian education
1979
2/8
Christian education
1980
2/9
Confirmation class
1966 -
1971
2/10
Day school: minutes
Apr. 26, 1953 -
Mar. 1970
2/11
Board of Deacons: bank
statements, gift acknolwledgements
1947 -
1949
2/12
Board of Deacons:
minutes
Feb. 4, 1894
- Feb. 11, 1909
Board of Deacons: Asst. Clerk's records
Jan. 1915 -
Dec. 25, 1919
2/13
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1963
2/14
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1964
2/15
Board of Deacons: correspondence
and misc.
1964
2/16
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1965
2/17
Board of Deacons: correspondence
and misc.
1965
2/18
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1966
2/18a
Board of Deacons: annual
meeting
Jan. 31,
1966
2/19
Board of Deacons: correspondence
and misc.
1966
2/20
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1967
2/21
Board of Deacons: correspondence
and misc.
1967
2/22
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1968
2/23
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1969
2/24
Board of Deacons: correspondence
and misc.
1969
2/25
Board of Deacons: correspondence
and misc.
1970
2/26
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1971
2/27
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1972
2/28
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1973
2/29
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1975
2/30
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1976
2/31
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1977
2/32
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1978
2/33
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1979
2/34
Board of Deacons:
minutes
1980
2/35
Board of Deacons, past: Men's
communion and breakfast
1960, 1962, 1964 -
1970
2/36
Board of Deaconesses:
past
1954 -
1964
2/37
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1954 -
1966
2/38
Board of Deaconesses
1971 -
1974
2/39
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
Feb. 4, 1974
- Mar. 4, 1974
2/40
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1975
2/41
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1975
2/42
Board of Deaconesses:
colonies
1975
2/43
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1976
2/44
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1977
2/45
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1978
2/46
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1979
2/47
Board of Deaconesses
1979
2/48
Board of Deaconesses:
minutes
1980
2/49
Board of Deaconesses, past:
minutes
Dec. 1, 1954
- Mar. 4, 1975
2/50
Board of Deaconesses:
colonies
1963, 1965,
1967
2/51
Board of Deaconesses:
colonies
1971 -
1974
2/52
Board of Deaconesses:
colonies
1976
2/53
Board of Deaconesses:
colonies
1978
2/54
Board of Deaconesses:
colonies
1979
2/55
Board of Deaconesse:
colonies
1980
2/55a
[Board of Deaconesses]: Lenten
services report
1958
2/56
[Board of Deaconesses]: house
meetings, colony
1973
2/57
Board of Trustees: Budget
Committee
1957 -
1975
2/58
Board of Trustees: House
Committee
Sep. 1964 - Dec.
1980
2/59
Board of Trustees:
correspondence
1964
2/60
Board of Trustees:
minutes
Jan. 12, 1897
- Nov. 8, 1915
2/61
Board of Trustees:
minutes
1964
2/61a
Board of Trustees: real
estate
2/62
Board of Trustees: sale of
manse
Aug. 1964
3/1
Board of Trustees:
miscellaneous
1964
3/2
Board of Trustees
1965
3/3
[Board of Trustees]: estate of
Marilyn Merrick Lewis
Oct. 29,
1965
3/4
Board of Trustees
1966
3/5
Board of Trustees
1967
3/6
Board of Trustees
1968
3/7
Board of Trustees: minutes,
correspondence, and miscellaneous
1969 -
1974
3/8
Board of Trustees
1975
3/9
Board of Trustees
1976
3/10
Board of Trustees
1977
3/11
Board of Trustees
1978
3/12
Board of Trustees
1979
3/13
Board of Trustees
1980
3/14
Board of Trustees: Christian
Enlistment Committee
1980
3/15
Board of Trustees: financial
records
1980
3/16
[Board of Trustees]: Hersberger
Loan Fund - appplication and guidelines
3/17
Board of Trustees: Long Range
Planning
1980
3/18
Board of Trustees:
memorials
1980
3/19
Board of Trustees: Second Century
Renewal Co.
1980
3/20
Church Council
1965
3/21
Church Council
1966
3/22
Church Council
1967
3/23
Church Council
1968
3/24
Church Council
1969
3/25
Church Council
1970
3/26
Church Council
1971
3/27
Church Council
1972
3/28
Church Council
1973
3/29
Church Council
1975
3/30
Church Council
1976
3/31
Church Council
1977
3/32
Church Council
1978
3/33
Church Council
1979
3/34
Church Council
1980
3/35
Church Council: Nominating
Committee
1980 -
1981
3/36
Church Council: Personnel
Committee
12/3
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, commitee reports
1920 -
1923
12/4
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, commitee reports
1924 -
1926
12/5
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
1927 -
1929
12/6
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
1927 -
1929
12/7
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
1930 -
1932
12/8
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
Dec. 5, 1932
- Dec. 17, 1936
12/9
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
Jan. 14, 1937
- Dec. 3, 1942
12/10
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
Jan. 14, 1943
- Dec. 20, 1945
12/11
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
Jan. 17, 1946
- Nov. 1, 1948
12/12
Board of Trustees: minutes,
annual meetings, committee reports
Oct. 25, 1948
- June 18, 1949
13/1
Board of Trustees: annual
meeting, minutes, reports
July 18, 1950
- July 1, 1952
13/2
Board of Trustees: annual
meeting, minutes, reports
Aug. 7, 1952
- Dec. 13, 1954
13/3
Board of Trustees: annual
meeting, minutes, reports
Jan. 1, 1955
- Nov. 18, 1957
13/4
Board of Trustees: minutes and
balance sheets
Jan. 1958 - Dec.
1958
13/5
Board of Trustees: minutes and
balance sheets
1959
13/6
Board of Trustees: minutes and
balance sheets
1960
13/7
Board of Trustees: minutes and
balance sheets
1961
13/8
Board of Trustees: minutes and
balance sheets
1962
13/9
Board of Trustees: minutes and
balance sheets
1963
13/10
Church Council [?]: clerk's
record
1891 -
1906
Buildings and Equipment
3/36a
Chancel Arch: memorial
symbols
c.
1950
3/37
Cowley Youth Memorial Building
Committee: minutes and correspondence
1957 -
1959
3/38
Cowley Memorial Youth Building:
memorials
3/39
Cowley Youth Memorial Building:
memorials
Oct. 23,
1958
3/39a
Cowley Youth Building:
misc.
1957
3/40
Cowley Youth Memorial Building:
opening service
Oct. 19,
1958
3/41
Fire Insurance
July 4,
1959
3/42
Inventory: furniture and
equipment
Jan. 20,
1940
3/43
Inventory and appraisal of china
and silver
1980
3/44
Library
3/45
Needs
1962
3/46
Organ: purchase
agreement
1950
3/47
Parking lot: lease
material
3/48
Robes: pulpit and
choir
1954
3/49
Schweitzer condiminium building
project
3/50
Social Hall Renovation
Committee
Dec. 1, 1966
- Sep. 13, 1967
3/51
Socal Hall renovation
1967
3/52
Stained glass window
repairs
Mar. 15, 1971
- Aug. 5, 1977
3/53
Youth Building: contract
specifications
3/54
Camp N-Sid-Sen
construction
Apr. 3, 1965
- Oct. 17, 1969
3/55
Camp N-Sid-Sen
1966, 1971-1973,
1978
3/56
Camp N-Sid-Sen
expansion
1967
3/57
Camp N-Sid-Sen
expansion
3/58
Camp N-Sid-Sen expansion fund
drive
1967
3/59
Camp N-Sid-Sen camp expansion
fund drive
1968 -
1970
3/60
Camp N-Sid-Sen: maps
3/61
Camps: summer
1965 -
1966
15/1
Alternative project
blueprints
Committees
3/62
Finance Committee
3/63
Finance Committee:
remodeling
3/64
Building Use
Committee
1966 -
1971
3/65
Building Use
Committee
1972 -
1981
3/66
Building Use Committee:
CROP
3/67
Building Use Committee: day
school
3/68
Second Century
renewal
Mar. 15, 1980 -
Dec. 10, 1980
3/69
Benevolence Committee
1965
3/70
Benevolence Committee
1966
3/71
Benevolence Committee
1967
3/72
Benevolence Committee
1968
3/73
Benevolence Committee
1969
3/74
Benevolence Committee
1970
4/1
Benevolence Committee
1971
4/2
Benevolence Committee
1972
4/3
Benevolence Committee
1973
4/4
Benevolence Committee
1975
4/5
Benevolence Committee
1976
4/6
Christian Education: task
force
Jan. 1969 -
June 5, 1969
4/7
Christian Outreach (formerly the
Benevolence Committee)
4/8
Christian Outreach
1978
4/9
Christian Outreach: food
bank
4/10
Christian Outreach:
minutes
1979
4/11
Christian Outreach:
minutes
1980
4/12
Outreach Board: mission
festival
Oct. 12,
1980
4/13
Outreach Board: night
walk
4/14
Committee of Fifteen: minutes and
long range plans
1965
4/15
Committee of Fifteen: minutes and
long range plans
1966
4/16
Music Committee
1964 -
1976
4/17
Nominating Committee
1964 -
1973
4/18
Task group: History of
Westminster's community service (Committee of Fifteen)
Feb. 1966
4/19
Task force: communication
methods
Feb. 3,
1966
4/20
Task force: community
action
May 18, 1969
- Apr. 25, 1970
4/21
Task foce: community
agencies
Feb. 3, 1966
- Mar. 6, 1966
4/22
Task force: Council of
Churches
Feb. 3, 1966
- Mar. 8, 1966
4/23
Task foce:
congregationalism
4/24
Task force: denominational
structure
Feb. 3, 1966
- Nov. 20, 1967
4/25
Task force:
evangelism
Mar. 16, 1969
- Aug. 5, 1969
4/26
Task force: leisure
time
Feb. 4,
1966
4/27
Task force: research and
development
1970
4/28
Task force: social
concerns
Feb. 4, 1966
- Apr. 18, 1967
4/29
Task force: peace
[1966]
4/30
Task force: senior
citizens
Feb. 3, 1966
- Sep. 13, 1967
4/31
Task force: senior
citizens
Feb. 3, 1966
- Sep. 13, 1967
4/32
Task froce: young
adults
Feb. 3,
1966
14/1
Annual reports of church
committees
1906 -
1909
14/2
Annual reports of church
committees
1909 -
1913
Finances
4/33
Black Enablement Conference
pledge
May 16,
1971
4/34
"17/76" Acheivement Fund
Campaign
Sep. 1974 - Mar.
1977
4/35
Financial campaign
1953
4/36
Financial campaing
1954
4/37
Pledge records: A - E
1953
4/38
Pledge records: F - L
1953
4/39
Pledge records: M- R
1953
4/40
Pledge records: S - Z
1953
4/41
Pledge records: 1 -
99
1953
4/42
Pledge records: 101 -
200
1953
4/43
Pledge records: 201 -
300
1953
4/44
Pledge records: 301 -
425
1953
4/44a
Financial reports
5/1
Financial pledges
1970 -
1973
5/2
Second Century Endowment
Fund
Oct. 25,
1977 - Jan. 24, 1980
5/3
Stewardship
May 4, 1961
5/4
Washington Trust Bank: building
fund note
1958 -
1962
5/5
Funds: restricted and
unrestricted
5/6
Ledger book
1927 -
1947
5/7
Ledger
1949 -
1951
5/8
Payroll journal
1975 -
1980
5/9
Gifts and memorials:
correspondence
1953 -
1973
5/10
Gifts and memorials:
correspondence
1974 -
1979
5/11
Gifts and memorials: dedication
services
5/12
Gifts and memorials: memorial
services
5/13
Gifts and memorials: policy and
procedure
14/4
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1959 -
1960
14/5
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1961
14/6
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1962
14/7
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1963
14/8
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1964
14/9
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1965
14/10
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1966
14/11
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1967
14/12
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1968
14/13
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1969
14/14
Every Member Canvass for
operational budget
1970
14/15
Every Member Canvass
1971
14/16
Every Member Canvass
1972
14/17
Every Member Canvass
1973
14/18
Every Member Canvass
1974
14/19
Every Member Canvass
1976
14/20
Every Member Canvass
1977
14/21
Every Member Canvass
1978
14/22
Every Member Canvass
1979
14/23
Every Member Canvass
1980
14/24
Every Member Canvass: promotional
material
1959 -
1980
14/25
Every Member Canvass: promotional
material
1959 -
1980
14/26
Every Member Canvass: promotional
materials
1959 -
1980
15/2
Weekly offerings account
book
1947
15/3
Weekly offerings account
book
1948
Membership: Visitors, Marriages,
Baptisms
5/14
Guest book
Sep. 7, 1947
- Apr. 3, 1949
5/15
Guest book
Apr. 10, 1949 - c. Nov. 1, 1950
5/16
Guest book
Nov. 5, 1950
- Feb. 3, 1952
5/17
Guest book
Feb. 10, 1952
- June 21, 1953
5/18
Guest book
June 28, 1953
- Dec. 5, 1954
5/19
Guest book
Dec. 12, 1954
- July 8, 1956
5/20
Guest book
July 15, 1956
- Feb. 2, 1958
5/21
Guest book
Apr. 28, 1963
- May 8, 1965
5/22
Guest book
May 6, 1965 -
July 2, 1967
5/23
Guest book
July 9, 1967
- Jan. 30, 1972
5/24
Guest book
Feb. 13, 1972
- Jan. 2, 1977
5/25
Visitors: continuing,
survey
5/26
Visitors: newcomers,
survey
1978
5/27
Marriage records
May 18, 1957
- June 23, 1962
6/1
Membership surveys
June 5,
1950
6/2
Register: members, baptisms,
deaths, et al.
1879 -
1903
6/3
Letters of dismission
Mar. 12, 1948
- Nov. 27, 1957
6/4
Church program: reaction of
members
Dec. 18 - 20,
1957
6/4a
Membership directory before
split
1963
6/4b
Membership directory
1973
6/5
Membership directory
Mar. 1977
6/6
Membership direcotry
May 1978
6/6a
Membership directory
1984 -
1985
6/7
Letters of
resignation
6/8
Letters of resignation
(II)
6/9
Letters of transfer
6/10
Members not pledging to
church
Nov. 6,
1962
6/11
Members recieved and
removed
1964 -
1979
6/12
Membership classes
1964
6/13
Membership: guidelines for
development
16/1
Church Records and Members:
baptisms, marriages, deaths
1887 -
1945
Organizations, internal
6/14
Choir auxiliary
6/15
Congregational club
6/16
Explorers
6/17
King's Guild: minutes
1932 -
1940
6/18
Laymen's fellowship
6/18a
Leaders in the "Learning
Community"
1977 -
1978
6/19
Men's Club records
Sep. 27,
1954
6/20
Men's communion
breakfast
1946 -
1974
6/21
Pilgrim fellowship
6/22
Pilgrim fellowship:
minutes
Aug. 20, 1956
- May 12, 1957
6/23
Pioneer club: records
1944 -
1952
6/24
Pioneer club: membership and
newspaper clippings
1945[?] - 1950
6/25
Ushers: schedules
1965 - June
1974
6/26
Ushers: schedules
1974 - Jan.
1980
6/27
Westminster Daughters: checking
acct. and ledger
Sep. 23, 1928
- Sep. 13, 1949
6/28
Women's Council Executive Board:
minutes
Dec. 3, 1940
- Dec. 14, 1944
6/29
Women's Council Executive Board:
minutes
Jan. 5, 1945
- Apr. 27, 1951
6/30
Women's Council Executive Board:
minutes
Aug. 31, 1951
- Apr. 27, 1956
Women's Council Executive Board:
minutes
Oct. 12, 1951
- Apr. 12, 1956
Women's Council Executive Board:
annual thank offering tea
May 1952 -
1956
6/31
Women's Council Executive Board:
minutes
Aug. 31, 1946
- Dec. 2, 1960
Women's Council Executive Board:
women's fellowship
Oct. 11, 1956
- Oct. 13, 1960
Women's Council Executive Board:
annual thank offering tea
May 1957 -
1960
6/32
Women's Council:
programs
1941 -
1950
6/33
Women's Council:
programs
1950 -
1956
6/34
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
Sep. 7, 1961
- Apr. 25, 1963
6/35
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1963 -
1967
6/36
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1968 -
1970
6/37
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1971 -
1972
7/1
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1973 -
1975
7/2
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1976
7/3
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1977
7/4
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1978
7/5
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1979
7/6
Women's Fellowship: board
minutes
1980
7/6a
Women's Fellowship:
directories
1974, 1984
7/7
Women's Fellowship:
programs
1956 -
1964
7/8
Women's Fellowship:
programs
1964 -
1969
7/9
Women's Fellowship:
programs
1970 -
1978
7/10
Women's Fellowship: quilt
ideas
1977 -
1978
7/11
Women's Fellowship: treasurer's
book
Aug. 27, 1947
- June 10, 1959
7/12
Women's Fellowship: treasurer's
book
1948 -
1956
7/13
Women's Fellowship: treasurer's
book
1959 -
1966
7/14
Women's Fellowship: Anna Chapter,
minutes
Sep. 1948 - May
15, 1961
7/15
Women's Fellowship: Claudia
Chapter, minutes
Mar. 16, 1954
- Oct. 13, 1966
7/16
Women's Fellowship: Esther
Chapter, minutes
Jan. 24, 1956
- June 1, 1972
7/17
Women's Fellowship: Hannah
Chapter, wedding receptions
1964 -
1973
7/18
Women's Fellowship: Lydia
Chapter, minutes
Jan. 28, 1943
- June 23, 1949
7/19
Women's Fellowship: Martha
Chapter, minutes
Jan. 6, 1932
- Dec. 17, 1943
7/20
Women's Fellowship: Martha
Chapter, minutes
Jan. 21, 1944
- May 18, 1951
7/21
Women's Fellowship: Martha
Chapter, minutes
Sep. 16, 1955
- Oct. 15, 1965
7/22
Women's Fellowship: Naomi
Chapter, minutes
Jan. 1975 - Mar.
1982
7/23
Women's Fellowship: Ruth [?]
Chapter, ledger
1948 -
1964
7/24
Women's Missionary Society:
minutes
Mar. 3, 1927
- June 6, 1935
7/25
Women's Missionary Society:
minutes
Jan. 1, 1945
- Apr. 8, 1954
7/26
Women's Missionary Society:
programs
1917 - 1918, 1920 -
1936
7/27
Women's Societies:
programs
1937, 1940
8/1
Women's Missionary Society:
record book
1945 -
1952
8/2
Women's Missionary Society:
members
1952 -
1953
8/3
Young Couples Group
1974
8/4
Young Married Adults
1968
8/5
Young People's Society of Mission
Endeavor
Jan. - Mar.
1898
14/27
History Book of the
Congregational Club, vol. 4
1966 -
1980
15/4
Women's Fellowship: Miriam
Chapter scrapbook
1946 -
1958
15/5
Women's Fellowship: Miriam
Chapter scrapbook
1958 -
1973
15/6
Women's Fellowship: Miriam
Chapter scrapbook
May 18, 1974 -
May 1979
16/2
History of the Congregational
Club
1952 - 1956
16/3
History of the Congregational
Club
1956 - 1961
16/4
History of the Congregational
Club
1961 - 1966
Organizations: Denominational and
External
8/6
Campus Christian
Fellowship
8/7
Council for Social
Action
8/8
Council for Social Action, part
II
8/9
Eastern Washington - North Idaho
Association of Ministers and their Wives
May 24, 1942
- Feb. 22, 1962
8/10
EXPO '74: Religious Broadcasting
Comission films, contributions
8/11
EXPO '74: Youth Building
housing
8/12
Stewardship Commission: General
Council
8/13
Stewardship concerns
metting
Oct. 3,
1964
8/14
Guild School
8/15
Mid-City concerns
1967 -
1980
8/16
National Council of Churches:
communism
8/17
Northwest Regional
Conference
1964
8/18
Northwest Regional
Conference
1966, 1968
8/19
Pacific School of
Religion
8/20
Retarded Children's
Guild
June 17, 1960
- July 27, 1962
8/21
St. George's Episcopal
School
June 7, 1955
- June 3, 1959
8/22
Spokane Citizens Concerned About
housing
Sep. 12 -
Nov. 12, 1970
8/23
Spokane Council of
Churches
Mar. 10 - Dec.
21, 1956
8/24
Spokane Council of Churches:
constitution
May 19 - Dec.
21, 1956
8/25
Spokane Council of
Churches
Dec. 28, 1959
- May 26, 1967
8/26
Spokane Council of Churches:
comity department
Mar. 1954 - Sep.
1956
8/27
Spokane Foundation
May 16 - Dec.
19, 1962
8/28
Spokane Knife and Fork
Club
Sep. 2,
1968
8/29
Spokane Peace and Justice: J.P.
Stevens Co. Boycott
1978
8/30
General Synod re:
Communisum
1961
8/31
General Synod
1971
8/32
United Church
Foundation
1965
8/33
United Ministries
Jan. 1971 -
Mar. 31, 1978
8/34
United Ministries: annual
assembly
1975
8/35
United Ministires: annual
assembly
1977
8/36
United Ministries:
program
Sep. 12 - 13,
1980
8/37
United Way
1966 -
1970
8/38
Urban Crisis
8/39
Washington Congregational
Christian Conference
1963 -
1964
8/40
Washington Hospital Service
Association
May 1, 1956 -
June 14, 1957
8/41
____. YOU. Chicago: Thomas More
Association.
1969 -
1970
8/42
Washington - North Idaho
Conference of the United Church of Christ: constitution and by-laws
1954 -
1963
8/43
Washington - North Idaho
Conference of the United Church of Christ: Board of Directors
1964 -
1966
8/44
Washington - North Idaho
Conference
1963
8/45
Washington - North Idaho
Conference
Apr. 30 - May
2, 1965
8/46
Washington - North Idaho
Conference
1966
8/47
Washington - North Idaho
Conference
1967
8/48
Washington - North Idaho
Conference
May 2 - 5,
1968
8/49
Washington - North Idaho
Conference
Jan. 3, 1974
- Feb. 11, 1975
8/50
Washington - North Idaho
Conference: break-through report
July 1966
8/51
Washington - North Idaho
Conference: Camp N-Sid-Sen
1954 -
1972
8/52
Washington - North Idaho
Conference: UCC Local Year Book reports
1970 -
1979
8/53
Washington - North Idaho
Conference: church youth proposed constitution
1963
8/53a
Y.W.C.A.: financial
report
Dec. 1944
8/54
Young Women's Christian
Association
Sep. 26,
1958
Programs
9/1
"Faith in Life" lecture
series
1977 -
1980
9/2
Knight's Lake
1962
9/3
Lenten programs
1966, 1969,
1972
9/4
"Save Sunday for the
Family"
9/5
Social Affairs
May 6, 1957 -
Jan. 18, 1968
9/6
Volunteers: workshop
Apr. 19 - 20,
1980
Publicity
9/7
Church publications I
9/8
Church publications
II
9/8a
Family Devotional
booklet
1967
9/8b
Inquiry pew card: "I
wish..."
9/9
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
Oct. 29, 1953
- Mar. 13, 1958 (incomplete)
9/10
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
May 14, 1964
- Dec. 30, 1965 (incomplete)
9/11
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1966
9/12
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1967
9/13
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1968
9/14
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1969
9/15
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1970
9/16
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1971
9/17
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1972
9/18
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
Nov. 22,
1978
9/19
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1980
9/20
Newsletters: "The Westminster
Congregational News"
1981
9/21
Newspaper stories
9/22
Office of Communication:
"Wilmington '10"
1977 - 1978
9/23
Publications received
1980 -
1981
9/24
Press relases,
advertising
1957 -
1980
9/25
Newspaper clippings
9/26
Radio
Services of Worship
9/27
Installation of church
cfficers
1958, 1960,
1962
9/28
Installation and recognition of
services from other churches
9/29
Memorial Day Sunday
services
9/30
Memorial services
9/31
Memorial services: instructions
from parishioners
9/32
Memorial services: misc.
correspondence
9/33
"Orders of Worship"
Sept. - Oct.
1911, Apr. 1918
9/34
"Orders of Worship"
1946
9/35
"Orders of Worship"
1947
9/36
"Orders of Worship"
1948
9/37
"Orders of Worship"
1949
9/38
"Orders of Worship"
1949
9/39
"Orders of Worship"
1950
9/40
"Orders of Worship"
1967
9/41
"Orders of Worship"
1968
10/1
"Orders of Worship
1969
10/2
"Orders of Worship"
(incomplete)
1970
10/3
"Orders of Worship"
1971
10/4
"Orders of Worship"
1972
10/5
"Orders of Worshop"
1973
10/6
"Orders of Worship"
1974
10/7
"Orders of Worship"
1975
10/8
"Orders of Worship"
1976
10/9
"Orders of Worship"
1978
10/10
"Orders of Worship"
1979
10/11
"Orders of Worship"
1980
10/12
"Orders of Worship"
1981
10/13
Melcher, Beryl:
ordination
June 30,
1963
10/14
Murphy, Joseph:
ordination
June 20,
1971
10/15
Thanksgiving services
1950s
10/16
Various services
1909 -
1944
10/17
Various services
1951 -
1964
10/17a
Various services
1957 -
1980
10/18
Survey of families
Sep. 12,
1963
Staff
10/19
Christian Education
Director
10/20
Employee information
10/21
Job descriptions
10/22
Pulpit Commitee (new
pastor)
1964
10/23
Pulpit Commitee: biographical
sheets
1964
10/24
Pastoral Selection
Committee
1972
10/25
Pastoral Selection Committee,
part II
1972
10/26
Pastoral Selection Committee:
correspondence
1972
10/26a
Pastors: misc.
information
10/27
Pastors: list
1879 -
1920
10/28
Associate Minister: analysis of
duties
Aug. 15,
1978
10/29
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
Installation service
Jan. 7,
1973
10/30
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
communications
Oct. 30, 1972
- Feb. 23, 1977
10/31
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, personal
Oct. 3, 1972
- May 25, 1973
10/32
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence inside the church
1975
10/33
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, outside
1975
10/34
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, inside
1976
10/35
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, outside
1976
10/36
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, inside
1977
10/37
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, outside
1977
10/38
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, inside
1978
10/39
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, outside
1978
11/1
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, inside
1979
11/2
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, outside
1979
11/3
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, inside
1980
11/4
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.:
correspondence, outside
1980
11/5
Calbom, Rev. Leroy W.: personal
file
1972 -
1973
11/6
Calbom, Leroy W.: world
board
1972 -
1975
11/7
Crum, David:
correspondence
1978 -
1980
11/8
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.:
installation service
1953
11/9
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.: community
involvment, American Red Cross
[1954 - 1959]
11/10
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.: community
involvement, civil defense
[1954]
11/11
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.:
correspondence
1961
11/12
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.:
correspondence
1962
11/13
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.:
correspondence
1963
11/14
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.:
correspondence
1964
11/15
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.:
recommendation of George W. Young to U.S. District Court
Oct. 1958
11/16
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.: Kiwanis
Club
11/16a
Hahn, Rev. Clement F.: funeral
rites
Jan. 1,
1969
11/17
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
installation service
1964
11/18
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, abortion reform
[1970]
11/19
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, civil disorders
11/20
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Community Action Council
[1965]
11/21
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Community Action Council
[1966]
11/22
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Community Action Council
[1967]
11/23
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Community Action Council
[1968]
11/24
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Community Action Council - plans and
priorities
Apr. 1, 1969
- Mar. 31, 1970
11/25
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing Budget
11/26
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing Campaign Against "Grass
Roots"
11/27
Hasting, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing code enforcement in other
cities
11/28
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing, correspondence
11/29
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing, Executive Director job
description
11/30
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing, membership,
bulletins
11/31
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing, minutes
June 11, 1968
- June 16, 1971
11/32
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing, publicity
11/33
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Concerned Coalition, housing, miscellaneous
11/34
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Spokane Council on Aging, housing
11/35
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Spokane Council of Churches
11/36
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, discrimination, housing
11/37
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, Family Counseling Service
11/38
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
community involvement, housing
11/39
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence
1964
11/40
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence with Keith Bergman
Aug. 24 -
Oct. 14, 1965
11/41
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence
1966
11/42
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence
1967
11/43
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence
1968
11/44
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence
1969
11/45
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence
1970
11/46
Hastings, Rev. Edward H.:
correspondence
1971
11/47
Hastings letter of
resignation
1972
11/48
Interim search
committee
1978
11/48a
Johnson, Willard F.
11/49
Kroll, Rev. Richard:
correspondence
1970 -
1974
11/50
Montgomery, Rev. James W.:
correspondence
1967 -
1969
11/51
Secretary:
correspondence
Jan. 11, 1962
- July 22, 1968
11/52
Secretary:
correspondence
Jan. 9, 1969
- Dec. 20, 1977
11/53
Secretary:
correspondence
Apr. 28, 1978
- Mar. 3, 1980
11/53a
Wargo, Lou: sermons preached in
Spokane
Nov. 6, 1988;
Jan. 22 and Feb. 12, 1989
11/54
Staff meeting:
minutes
1977
11/55
Staff meeting:
minutes
1979
11/56
Staff meeting:
minutes
1980
11/57
Staff meeting:
minutes
1981