UAKMsSC181 Guide to the Trent Congregational Church Minute Book 1889-1915 Trent Congregational Church Minute Book Finding aid prepared by Edward W. Nolan Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture © 1987
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Finding aid encoded by Rose Krause 2012 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). September 2023 Finding aid edited and updated by Jack Gassen Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
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MsSC 181 Trent Congregational Church (Spokane, Wash.) Trent Congregational Church Minute Book 1889-1915 1 v. Established 1889 in Trent, Spokane, Wash., with historian Jonathan Edwards serving as first pastor. Minutes of organizational meeting (1889); constitution and bylaws (1894); miscellaneous notes (1894-1895); and clipping detailing the removal of a minister (1915). English Historical Note

The First Congregational Church at Trent was established in 1889 to minister to the needs of the faithful residing in the Spokane Valley. Jonathan Edwards, a prominent clergyman and amateur historian served as the first pastor.

The minute book contains the activities of the organizational meeting, 1889; the constitution and by-laws, 1894; and miscellaneous notes, 1894-1895. There is also a clipping detailing the removal of a minister, 1915.

Collection is not restricted.

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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

Trent Congregational Church Minute Book (MsSC 181), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).

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.

Edwards, Jonathan, 1847-1929 Trent Congregational Church (Spokane, Wash.)--Archives Congregational churches--Washington (State) Clergy--Washington (State) Clergy--Deposition Congregational churches--Clergy Washington (State)--Churches and religious affairs--Congregational Spokane (Wash.)--Churches and religious affairs--Congregational Trent (Spokane, Wash.)--Churches and religious affairs--Congregational Constitutions Bylaws Washington (State) Spokane Religion