Title: North Dakota Conference of Churches Records
Dates: 1891-1982
Collection Number: Mss 10110
Quantity: 11 feet
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the North Dakota Conference of Churches Records from Russell Dilley in September 1982. This collection was processed and the inventory prepared by Gregory S. Camp in August 1986 and Kari Rombs Kohlhoff, Lotte Bailey, Grace Wanttaja, and Karen Mund in April 1988.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
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Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Transfer: Two and one-half feet of material were removed from the North Dakota Conference of Churches Records and transferred to the appropriate collection management area of the State Archives. The majority of material consisted of publications such as books, bulletins, newsletters, and periodicals. All publications were transferred to the library.
Eight photographs were transferred to the Photo Archives. The photographs were black and white and of individuals presumably involved with the North Dakota Conference of Churches.
Several maps of North Dakota, Valley City, and Dickinson were transferred to the map collection.
Thirty ribbons from the Ransom County Church School Convention were transferred to the ephemera collection.
One item, a medal commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Massachusetts Sunday School Association, was transferred to the Museum Division.
Several post cards and postal covers were placed with the philatelic collection.
Related Material in State Archives Manuscripts Collections:
Bismarck Ministerial Association Records, 1972-1982, .75 ft., 10281. Bismarck, North Dakota. Records consist of minutes, letters, rosters, schedules, and printed materials relating to religious education, ecumenism, legislation and politics, and prison and hospital ministries.
Church History Collection, ca. 1930s, 1 ft., 10086. Collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and histories of various Baptist, Catholic, Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches in North Dakota. Includes a history of the North Dakota Sunday School Association and a report of the North Dakota Council of Christian Education, 1939.
Church Women United in North Dakota Records, 1963-1980, .5 ft., 10288. Records consist of annual meeting reports, programs, agenda, news releases, newspaper clippings, printed material, and photographs. Records relate to annual meetings, administration, women's issues, and the North Dakota Conference of Churches.
Bertha Rachael Palmer Papers, 1825-1842; 1927-1933, 9.5 ft., 10098. Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1927-1932. Papers consist of correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, family papers, and clipping files relating to administration of the Department of Public Instruction, education, the North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs, North Dakota Women's Christian Temperance Union, and the North Dakota Sunday School Association. Collection includes papers of Palmer's maternal grandfather, Aaron M. Ludlow.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
The activities of various Christian churches on the northern plains played an important role in the social and religious history of the region. Among the many denominations and sects active in Dakota Territory and later North Dakota were several that would later comprise the North Dakota Conference of Churches. This conference was born out of a desire for ecumenical unity between diverse Christian beliefs. The dream for a "Christian front" did not materialize immediately nor without problems, but those believing in that dream welcomed its arrival with joy.
Early inter-church cooperation in Dakota Territory began in 1888 when the Dakota Sunday School Association began its ministry in what is today South Dakota. In 1890 the North Dakota Sunday School Association held its first conference in Grand Forks and drew over one hundred interested people. Leadership from Winnipeg and Minneapolis were also in attendance and helped found the organization. At the time of their first convention the North Dakota Sunday School Association represented 90 organized Sunday schools in 9 counties. The Association continued to operate into the twentieth century when it was reorganized and renamed.
In 1923 the North Dakota Sunday School Association was reorganized into the North Dakota Council of Religious Education; during the 1930s the organization came to be known as the North Dakota Council of Christian Education. It represented, in 1923, 19 denominations. This reorganization remained intact until another restructuring occurred in 1945. Renamed the North Dakota Interchurch Council, it served in an expanded capacity until the establishment of the North Dakota Council of Churches in 1959.
The founding of the North Dakota Conference of Churches, ca. 1971, was merely an evolutionary step from its predecessors. In the 1960s the changes in structure were profound. Under the leadership of Reverend Oscar Olsen, five ministry branches were administered. They included Christian Education, Christian Social Relations, Ecumenical Relations, Evangelical and Promotional, and the North Dakota Council of Church Women United. In turn, each of those groups were subdivided into specifically defined areas. The change in the infrastructure of the North Dakota Council of Churches was only a part of the overall metamorphosis the organization experienced.
In the decade of the 1960s there was a general awakening of social and political consciousness of which the North Dakota Council of Churches was a part. Prior to the 1960s the council and its antecedent organizations were not involved in politics. The rise and growth of the civil rights movement, the Supreme Court decision regarding prayer in school, and the Vietnam War helped push the council into the political world. The result was a veritable explosion of lobbying efforts and the publication of a multitude of brochures and other materials pertaining to church-related topics. An even more noticeable and certainly far-reaching change was underway at this time.
The influence of liberal theology and philosophy during the 1970s and 1980s was apparent in the National Council of Churches (NCC) as well as the North Dakota Conference of Churches. In the 1980s the emphasis on the social gospel, "liberation theology", and general support of liberal domestic and international policies caused the NCC to be the target of growing criticism. Ironically just as early twentieth century religious groups shunned politics, the NCC of the 1970s and 1980s embraced it. Although not as politically active as the National Council, the North Dakota Council of Churches nevertheless followed the lead of its larger national counterpart.
The North Dakota Conference of Churches continues to be active in a variety of secular and religious areas. Because it represents a wide range of religious beliefs, the Council is understandably in a position of neutrality on doctrinal statements. Nevertheless, the North Dakota Conference of Churches offers a strong and unified organization for its members in those areas where there is agreement.
Source: North Dakota Conference of Churches Records, 10110.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The North Dakota Conference of Churches Records date from 1891 to 1982 and measure 11 feet. This collection documents the evolution of and activities pursued by the Conference to achieve its objective, which originally was to "...unite all Evangelical Christians and Sunday School workers through the state in earnest endeavor to promote the Sunday School cause".
The records of the North Dakota Conference of Churches are organized into seven series: Minutes, 1891-1974, 1 1/4 ft.; annual and financial reports, 1907-1973, 1/2 ft.; subject files, 1915-1982, 6 1/2 ft.; local county records, 1906-1959, 1/2 ft.; regional and county files, 1963-1981, 1/2 ft.; denominational files, 1955-1980, 1 1/4 ft.; financial records, 1947-1968, 1/2 ft.
Minutes date from 1891 to 1974 and measure 1 1/4 ft. This series contains minutes of the North Dakota Sunday School Association, North Dakota Council of Religious Education, North Dakota Council of Christian Education, North Dakota Interchurch Council, North Dakota Council of Churches, and the North Dakota Conference of Churches. Also found in this series are agenda, correspondence, dockets, and memoranda. The minutes are arranged chronologically.
Annual and financial reports measure 1/2 foot and date from 1907 to 1973. Contained in this series are annual reports presented at the annual meetings of the North Dakota Sunday School Association, North Dakota Council of Christian Education, North Dakota Interchurch Council, and North Dakota Council of Churches. Less extensive financial reports for the Sunday School Association, Council of Religious Education, and the Council of Churches are also included. The reports are arranged chronologically with annual reports preceding financial reports.
Subject files date from 1915 to 1982 and measure 6 1/2 ft. This series consists of applications, brochures, budgets, bylaws, clippings, constitutions, correspondence, invitations, memoranda, petitions, reports, speeches, and surveys. Included are files on Bible-reading campaigns, cooperative parishes, ecumenical trends, the history of the organization, and rural churches. Several oversize items, including two unidentified plats, two County Council Standard posters, a Constitutional Convention delegates poster, and two "Guide These Hands" posters, are also a part of this series. The subject files are arranged alphabetically by keyword with foldered material preceding the bound volume.
Local county records measure 1/2 ft. and date from 1906 to 1959. This series contains files and record books from seven county-level councils. Correspondence, minutes, reports, and records of receipts and disbursements are included in this series which focuses on efforts by these counties to promote ecumenism. The local county records are arranged alphabetically with foldered material preceding bound volumes.
Regional and county files measure 1/2 ft. and date from 1963 to 1981. Consisting of agenda, clippings, and correspondence, this series consists of a census of the churches in the eight regions and fifty-three counties of North Dakota. Rather than provide information on individual congregations in North Dakota, this series provides an overview of ecumenical activities from county to county and region to region. Also included in this series are two oversize posters announcing a dialog between farmers and businessmen entitled "Inter-Dependence in Rural America". Arrangement of the regional files is numeric while county files are arranged alphabetically by county name.
Denominational files date from 1955 to 1980 and measure 1 1/4 ft. Brochures, correspondence, memoranda, programs, and religious tracts are contained in this series. Included are files on Conference member as well as non-member churches such as the American Lutheran Church, the Baha'i of Bismarck, and the United Methodist Church. Arrangement of this series is alphabetical in name direct order.
Financial records measure 1/2 ft. and date from 1947 to 1968. This series consists solely of daybooks of the North Dakota Interchurch Council and the North Dakota Council of Churches. The daybooks record miscellaneous debits and credits as well as more specified transactions of the organization, e.g. individual contributions, refunds, books. This series is arranged chronologically.
BOX/FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1. Sunday School Board of Trustees Minutes 1921-1926
2. Sunday School Central Committee Minutes 1912-1921
3. Sunday School Executive Com. Minutes 1907-1919
4. Sunday School Executive Com. Minutes 1919-1929
5. Sunday School State Convention Minutes 1891-1897
6. Sunday School State Convention Minutes 1907-1919
7. Sunday School State Convention Minutes 1919-1927
8. Council of Religious Education Minutes 1927-1929
9. Council of Religious Education Minutes 1929-1930
10. Council of Christian Education Minutes 1941
11. Council of Christian Education Minutes 1942
12. Council of Christian Education Minutes 1943
13. Council of Christian Education Minutes 1944
14. Council of Christian Education Minutes 1945
15. Interchurch Council Minutes 1946
16. Interchurch Council Minutes 1947
17. Interchurch Council Minutes 1948-1954
18. Interchurch Council Minutes 1953-1955
19. Interchurch Council Minutes 1956-1958
20. Council of Churches Minutes 1958-1961
21. Council of Churches Minutes 1962-1965
22. Council of Churches Minutes 1958-1967
Box 2:
1. Conference of Churches Minutes 1971-1972
2. Conference of Churches Minutes 1973-1974
3. Conference of Churches Minutes 1974
Annual and Financial Reports
4. Sunday School General Secretary Reports 1907-1921
5. Sunday School Superintendent Reports 1918-1923
6. Council of Christian Education Annual Reports 1938-1942
7. Council of Christian Education Annual Reports 1943-1945
8. Interchurch Council Annual Reports 1946-1949
9. Interchurch Council Annual Reports 1950-1951
10. Interchurch Council Biennial Reports 1953-1955
11. Interchurch Council Annual Report 1957
12. Council of Churches Annual Reports 1959-1961
13. Council of Churches Annual Reports 1962-1964
14. Council of Churches Annual Reports 1965-1967
15. Council of Churches Annual Reports 1968-1970
16. Sunday School Association Financial Reports 1918-1923
17. Council of Religious Ed. Fin. Report 1926-1929
18. Conference of Churches Audit Reports 1972-1973
Subject Files
19. Adult Leadership Training Camp 1963-1968
20. Alcohol Studies, UND School of 1959-1970
21. Articles of Incorporation, Interchurch 1945-1958
22. Ballots, Annual Assembly 1970
23. Banquet 1970
Box 3:
1. Bible-Reading Campaign 1964-1968
2. Bible-Reading Committee 1960-1963
3. Bible-Reading Committee 1961-1969
4. Bible-Reading Course 1947-1968
5. Bible-Reading Leaflets 1966-1970
6. Brochures, Annual 1972-1982
7. Brochures, Churches of Bismarck 1970-1980
8. Brochures, Miscellaneous 1970-1972
9. Brown, C. Maxwell 1969-1970
10. Budgets and Plans, Amended 1970-1975
11. Camps and Retreats 1973-1978
12. Catholic Constitutional Convention 1971-1972
13. Catholic World 1971
14. Census Statistics 1950-1962
15. Children's Village 1971-1973
16. Children's Village 1972-1973
17. Children's Work Department 1958-1965
18. Christian Education Division 1939-1978
19. Christian Education in Public Instruction 1963-1971
20. Christian Education in Public Instruction 1957-1972
21. Christian Education in Public Instruction 1973-1974
22. Church Activity, Out-Of-State 1969-1970
23. Church Executive Directory 1975-1980
24. Church Planning and Adjustment Dept. 1959-1967
25. Church Planning Committees, Regional 1971-1972
26. Church-State Issues 1961-1965
27. Church Women United Bylaws 1960-1968
28. Church Women United Indian Fund 1970
29. Church Women United World Day of Prayer 1967-1970
30. Clergy Economic Education Foundation 1970-1971
31. Coal Seminar 1976
Box 4:
1. Coalition and Network, Miscellaneous 1973
2. Committee Reports 1950-1954
3. Committee Reports 1954-1960
4. Committee Reports 1959-1967
5. Committee Reports 1951-1968
6. Communication Department 1957-1968
7. Conference of Churches 1971-1972
8. Conference Planning Committee 1971-1973
9. Constitution, Amendment, Conf. of Church 1974
10. Constitution, Proposed, Conf. of Church 1969-1971
11. Convention 1915-1971
12. Convocation for Ministers 1965-1971
13. Convocation for Ministers 1960-1972
14. Cooperative Parishes 1961-1968
15. Correspondence 1920-1929
16. Correspondence 1971-1972
17. Correspondence 1972
18. Correspondence 1972
19. Correspondence 1974
20. Correspondence 1974
21. Correspondence 1973-1975
22. Correspondence 1975
23. Correspondence 1976
24. Correspondence 1976
25. Constitution and Bylaws, Interchurch 1944-1958
Box 5:
1. Correspondence 1977
2. Correspondence 1978
3. Correspondence 1979
4. Correspondence, National Council 1971
5. Correspondence, National Council 1971-1972
6. Council News Items 1969-1970
7. Council of Churches 1959-1968
8. Council of Churches 1959-1970
9. Council of Churches Clippings 1971-1972
10. Council of Churches, National 1969-1972
11. Council of Churches, Out-Of-State 1967-1973
12. Council Secretaries Association 1970-1971
13. County Councils Department 1955
14. CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program) 1960-1963
15. CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program) 1959-1966
16. CROP, Applications for Director 1966
17. Delta Ministry Report 1968-1969
18. Denominational Papers 1965
19. Digest of the Laws of North Dakota 1980
20. Directors Board 1970
21. Directors Board 1971-1976
22. Directors Board Meetings 1966-1970
23. Directors Board Membership 1970-1973
24. Economic Opportunity Office 1968-1971
25. Economic Opportunity Office 1971
26. Ecumenical Center of Renewal 1972
27. Ecumenical Mission, Foundations for 1974
28. Ecumenical Prayer Seminars 1966-1973
29. Ecumenical Prayer Seminars 1972-1974
Box 6:
1. Ecumenical Relations Division 1963-1969
2. Ecumenical Standing Committee 1970-1972
3. Ecumenical Standing Committee 1972-1973
4. Ecumenical Strategy Committee 1967-1968
5. Ecumenical Trends 1971-1973
6. Ecumenical Worship Services 1964-1967
7. Education Standing Committee 1971-1972
8. Ellingson, Arvin B. 1971
9. Episcopal Clergy Retreat 1970-1972
10. Estate Planning 1970-1971
11. Executive Guidance Ltd. 1972-1973
12. Fargo-Moorhead Ministerial Association 1963
13. Farm Worker Ministry 1972-1973
14. Farm Workers Network 1973-1974
15. Finance Committee 1958-1969
16. Fister, J. Blaine, Opening Statement 1975-1976
17. Five- and Ten-Year Certificates
18. Fort Yates Consultation 1964
19. General Assembly 1974-1976
20. God and Steve Johnson
21. Governor's Conference on Corrections 1972
22. Great Plains Inter-Religious Commission 1971-1973
23. Great Plains Inter-Religious Commission 1972-1973
24. Group Process Seminar 1973
25. Highway Safety 1971-1972
26. Historical Guide for Local Churches 1971
27. History of the Interchurch Council 1958
28. Indian Affairs Committee 1969-1970
29. Indian Work Department 1970
30. In service Training 1958-1967
31. Invitations 1969-1970
32. Jamestown State Hospital 1959
33. Key 73 1972-1973
34. Knudsen, Dr. Raymond, Seminars 1973
35. Lay Ministers' Course 1965
36. Leadership Training Camps and Conference 1963-1966
37. Legislation Department 1963
38. Legislative Committee, Joint Religious 1971-1972
39. Legislative Committee, Religious 1967-1972
40. Legislative Committee, Religious 1972
Box 7:
1. Legislative Committee, Religious 1972
2. Legislative Committee, Religious 1973-1975
3. Legislative Issues 1970-1975
4. Legislative Issues 1975-1976
5. Legislative Issues 1969-1977
6. Letters We Like to Receive 1974
7. LIP (Legislative Information Program) 1972-1976
8. LIP (Legislative Information Program) 1977
9. LIP (Legislative Information Program) 1977-1978
10. LIP Correspondence 1976
11. LIP Membership 1976-1977
12. LIP Seminars 1975-1976
13. LIP Seminars, Grand Forks
14. LIP Seminars, Minot 1976
15. LIP Seminars, Richardton 1975-1976
16. Lutheran Social Welfare 1965-1970
17. Membership Applications 1965-1966
18. Membership Statistics 1950-1971
19. Memoranda 1971
20. Migrant Ministry 1968-1973
21. Ministers and Priests Directory 1950-1970
22. Ministers' Orientation 1969-1972
23. Ministers' Orientation 1972-1974
24. Ministers' Orientation 1975-1976
25. Ministers' Training in Mental Health 1957-1968
26. Mission Standing Committee 1968-1972
27. Montana Church Conference 1974-1977
28. Mother's Day Department 1961-1962
29. Music Workshop 1964-1973
30. Nurses Convention 1971
31. Olsen, Rev. Oscar 1959
32. Operations Reports 1971-1972
33. Organizational Maps 1965-1970
34. Parish Research and Planning Council 1970-1974
35. Pastoral Effectiveness Training Course 1972-1973
Box 8:
1. Pastors Convocation 1963-1971
2. Pastors, Directory of 1973
3. Patriotism Sunday 1972
4. Peace Action 1973
5. Petitions and Legislative Bills 1975-1976
6. Political Matters 1965-1973
7. Political Matters 1972-1978
8. Population Changes 1970-1974
9. Prison Reform 1973-1974
10. Program Agency 1970
11. Program Planning Calendar 1972
12. Quality of Life Conference 1972
13. Radio and Television Matters 1969-1970
14. Red Willow Meeting 1973
15. Rehabilitation Training for Clergy 1970
16. Religion and Public Education 1963-1977
17. Religion in Public Schools 1946-1969
18. REMINDER Materials 1971-1972
19. Restructuring Study Committee 1969
20. Riverdale and Fargo Growth Patterns 1957-1968
21. Rough Drafts 1977
22. Rural Church Scoring Chart
23. Rural Churches 1963-1972
24. Selective Service Counseling 1970-1972
25. Social Action Standing Committee 1970-1972
26. Social Concerns and Services Department 1968-1970
27. Social Education Department 1959-1967
28. Social Relations and Services Division 1961-1965
29. Social Welfare Department 1951-1970
30. Sorenson's Report 1971-1972
31. Special Services Program for Minorities 1973
32. Speeches 1971
33. Staff Members, New 1969
34. State of Society Conference 1964
35. Survey, Bowman and Slope Counties
36. Survey, Cass County 1956
37. Survey of State Institutional Chaplaincy 1959-1965
Box 9:
1. Task Force Reports 1978-1979
2. Technology of Livelihood 1962-1968
3. Through-the-Week Curriculum 1968-1971
4. Town and Country Conference 1965-1967
5. Treasurer's Correspondence and Reports 1972-1974
6. Underground Evangelism 1973
7. Unionization, Mandatory 1960
8. United Church Women 1969-1970
9. Vietnam War, Impact of 1971-1972
10. Volker, Stanley 1963-1974
11. Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 1967
12. Workbook for the General Assembly 1969-1970
13. Youth Work Committee 1969-1970
14. Youth Work Department 1960-1963
15. Miscellaneous 1972
Local County Records
15. Cavalier County Council Treasurer 1942-1954
16. Emmons County Secretary and Treasurer 1946-1951
17. Hettinger County Council Secretary 1950
18. Ramsey County Interchurch Council Record 1944-1955
19. Ransom County Council Records 1929-1946
20. Ransom County Council Records 1946-1959
21. Sheridan County Council Records 1948-1953
22. Walsh County Council Records 1948-1955
31. Cavalier County Council Secretary's Book 1906-1948
32. Cavalier County Council Secretary's Book 1943-1955
33. Cavalier County Council Treasurer's Book 1915-1954
34. Hettinger County Council Secretary’s Book 1925-1950
35. Walsh County Council Secretary's Book 1928-1946
36. Walsh County Council Secretary's Book 1947-1954
Regional and County Files
23. Region I 1971-1973
24. Region II 1971-1972
25. Region III 1971-1973
26. Region IV 1971-1972
27. Region V 1971-1972
28. Region VI 1971
29. Region VII 1971-1973
30. Region VIII 1971-1972
Box 10:
1. Adams County 1972-1981
2. Barnes County 1972-1981
3. Benson County 1972-1981
4. Billings County 1981
5. Bottineau County 1963-1981
6. Bowman County 1972-1981
7. Burke County 1972-1981
8. Burleigh County 1963-1981
9. Cass County 1973-1981
10. Cavalier County 1972-1981
11. Dickey County 1972-1981
12. Divide County 1972-1981
13. Dunn County 1972-1981
14. Eddy County 1972-1981
15. Emmons County 1972-1981
16. Foster County 1972-1981
17. Golden Valley County 1972-1981
18. Grand Forks County 1972-1981
19. Grant County 1972-1981
20. Griggs County 1972-1981
21. Hettinger County 1972-1981
22. Kidder County 1972-1981
23. LaMoure County 1970-1981
24. Logan County 1972-1981
25. McHenry County 1972-1981
26. McIntosh County 1972-1981
27. McKenzie County 1972-1981
28. McLean County 1972-1981
29. Mercer County 1972-1981
30. Morton County 1972-1981
31. Mountrail County 1972-1981
32. Nelson County 1970-1981
33. Oliver County 1972-1981
34. Pembina County 1972-1981
35. Pierce County 1971-1981
36. Ramsey County 1972-1981
37. Ransom County 1972-1981
38. Renville County 1972-1981
39. Richland County 1971-1981
40. Rolette County 1972-1981
41. Sargent County 1972-1981
42. Sheridan County 1972-1981
43. Sioux County 1972-1981
44. Slope County 1972
45. Stark County 1972-1981
46. Steele County 1972-1981
47. Stutsman County 1972-1981
48. Towner County 1972-1981
49. Traill County 1972-1981
50. Walsh County 1972-1981
51. Ward County 1971-1981
52. Wells County 1972-1981
53. Williams County 1971-1981
Denominational Files
54. American Baptist Church 1971-1974
55. American Free Lutheran Church 1973
56. American Lutheran Church 1971-1974
57. Baha'i of Bismarck 1974
58. Baptist General Conference 1973
59. Christian Reformed Church of Hull 1973
60. Church Directory for North Dakota 1973
61. Church Directory for North Dakota
62. Church of God, Anderson 1971-1972
63. Church of God, Cleveland 1973
64. Church of God Prophecy 1973
65. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day St. 1973
66. Church of the Brethren 1971-1974
67. Church of the Nazarene 1973
68. Conservative Baptist Association 1973
69. Disciples of Christ 1971-1973
70. Evangelical Covenant Church of America 1973
71. Evangelical Mennonite Brethren 1973
72. Forest River Colony Hutterites 1973
73. Jewish Synagogue 1973
74. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 1974-1976
75. Mennonite Church 1973
76. North American Baptist Gen. Convention 1973
77. North Dakota District Assembly of God 1973
78. Orthodox Presbyterian Church 1973
79. Proposal for Conference Reorganization 1973
80. Protestant Episcopal Church 1971-1973
81. Quakers 1976
82. Red River Valley Synod 1964-1974
83. Reformed Church in America 1971-1973
84. Religious Census 1955-1971
85. Religious Census 1967-1980
86. Religious Statistics 1965-1975
87. Roman Catholic Church 1971-1973
88. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ 1970-1971
89. Salem Mennonite Church 1973
90. Salvation Army 1973
91. Seventh Day Adventist 1973
92. Southern Baptist Convention 1972
93. Southern Baptist Convention 1973-1978
94. The Moravian Church in America 1971-1974
Box 11:
1. United Church of Christ 1971
2. United Church of Christ 1971-1972
3. United Church of Christ 1973
4. United Church of Christ 1973-1974
5. United Methodist Church 1972-1973
6. United Methodist Church 1972-1974
7. United Presbyterian Church 1971-1974
8. Wesleyan Church 1973
Financial Records
9. Interchurch Council Daybook 1947
10. Interchurch Council Daybook 1954
11. Interchurch Council Daybook 1955
12. Interchurch Council Daybook 1957
13. Interchurch Council Daybook 1958
14. Council of Churches Daybook 1959
15. Council of Churches Daybook 1960
16. Council of Churches Daybook 1961
17. Council of Churches Daybook 1962
18. Council of Churches Daybook 1963
19. Council of Churches Daybook 1964
20. Council of Churches Daybook 1965
21. Council of Churches Daybook 1966
22. Council of Churches Daybook 1968
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