MZFCollection2400.xml Guide to the Bozeman Ministerial Conference Records 1892-1914 Bozeman Ministerial Conference Records Kim Allen Scott, 2009 Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Montana State University-Bozeman Library
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Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus2012 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Collection 2400, MtBC, us Bozeman Ministerial Conference Bozeman Ministerial Conference Records 1892-1914 2 volumes The Bozeman Ministerial Conference Records consist of minute books that document the meetings from 1892 through 1908 of a ecumenical organization consisting of Protestant clergymen in Bozeman, Montana. Information contained in the minute books includes the papers presented at the meetings, committee reports on social issue actions, and treasury reports. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

The Bozeman Ministerial Conference was an ecumenical organization consisting of Protestant clergymen in Bozeman, Montana. Denominations represented by the members included the Methodist Episcopal North, Methodist Episcopal South, Presbyterian, Baptist, and Disciples of Christ. The group met monthly in various homes to discuss matters of mutual interest and present formal papers on religion, morality, and ethics. The group also concerned itself with local social issues such as the operation of the Gallatin County Poor Farm and the city's regulation of saloons and houses of prostitution.

The minute books document the group's meetings from 1892 through 1908 and include information on the papers presented at the meetings, committee reports on social issue actions, and treasury reports. An additional folder of material laid in the minute books accompanies the records.

This collection is open for research.

Minute books of the Bozeman Ministerial Conference were donated to Special Collections by Merrill G. Burlingame in 1969 and by Rev. John McGrory in 1995. The book donated by Burlingame was formerly designated as accession number 648.

This collection was processed 2009 April 20

 Bozeman (Mont.)-Church history Bozeman (Mont.)-Religious life and customs Church and social problems-Montana-Bozeman Protestant churches-Montana-Bozeman-Clergy-Societies, etc Protestant churches-Montana-Bozeman-Relations Religion Montana Bozeman