Overview of the Collection Creator Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah) First Presbyterian Church records 1870-1988 (inclusive) 1870 1988 25 linear feet Accn1049 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. University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah 295 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860 Telephone: 801-581-8863 SPCreference@lists.utah.edu 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. English Content Description 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. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the First Presbyterian Church records must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator. Preferred Citation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 1
Initial Citation: First Presbyterian Church records, Accn 1049, [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah. Following Citations: Accn 1049. Administrative Information Arrangement Organized in six series: I. Session Minutes and Records; II. Membership Records; III. Financial Records; IV. Christian Organizations; V. Church Materials; VI. Utah Presbyterianism. Acquisition Information Gift of the Church in 1988. Processing Note Processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006. Separated Materials Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Archives of Special Collections (PO487). Detailed Description of the Collection Annual Meetings and Minutes, 1872-1971 1 Minutes of the annual meetings between 1965-1971 and church-wide minutes for 1872-1908. Deacons Minutes, 1942-1967 2 Session Minutes, 1872-1972 3-6 Trustee Minutes, 1915-1963 7-9 Baptism Register, 1873-1971 10 Baptisms, 1914-1959 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 2
11 11 1-9 Certificates 1945-1959 10 Cradle Roll 1914-1944 Membership 12 12 1-7 Letter Requests 1913-1960 8 Membership Chronological Roll 1871-1929 9-12 Ordination Certificates for Deacons and Elders 1871-1975 13 Reception Certificates 1914 Membership Registers, 1870-1941 13 13 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 3
1 Membership Dismission Certificate 2 Membership Register 1870-1890 3 Membership Reception 1913 4-5 Membership Register 1871-1941 Membership Registers and Transfers, 1914-1983 14 14 1-5 Transfers and Receptions 1965-1983 6 Membership Register 1914-1945 Membership Transfers and Dismissions, 1937-1965 15-16 Financial Material, 1871-1923 17 17 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 4
1 Assayer 1877-1878 2 Assessment Notices 1884-1885 3 Balance Statements 1885 4 Charge Slips 5-9 Checks 1876-1885 10 Church Support 11-13 Correspondence 1877-1923 14 J. M. Coyner Passbook, receipts, and a deed of gift of monetary offering to First Presbyterian Church. 1885 15-16 Expenses and Income 1871-1883 17 Financial Statements and Conditions 18 Insurance Material Insurance policies and deeds. 19 Loan Material--Stein Mortgage 20 Loans 21 Maintenance 22 Ministerial Support Financial Material, 1877-1885 18 18 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 5
1 Mortgages 2 Overdraft Statements 3 Power of Attorney 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. 5 Publications Subscriptions and payment orders. 6-31 Receipts 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. 1877-1885 32 Sunday School Funds 33 Water License 1885 34 YMCA Relief Assistance Requests Addition Fund, 1955-1956 19 19 1 Campaign Forms 1956 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 6
2 Campaign Printing Samples 3 Campaign Proposals 4-5 Correspondence 1955 6 Floor Plans 7-8 Fundraising Booklets and Pamphlets 9 Loyalty Dinner Programs, reservation cards, pledge cards, and materials related to the fundraising dinner. 1956 10 News Clippings 11 Reports Building Erection Fund, 1871-1872 20 20 1 Appeal Mass-mailer to churches around the United States for money to erect a Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City. 2-10 Correspondence 1871-1872 Building Fund Ledgers, 1956-1982 21 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 7
21 1 Building Fund Ledger Accounts 1956-1969 2 Manager's Account Expenditures 1982 3 Petty Cash and Receipts Book 1965-1972 4-5 Pledge Cards 1983 Pledge Records, 1931-1936 22 General Materials, 1929-1970 23 23 1 Building Fund 1970 2 General Funds 1969 3 Cash Receipts 1965-1970 4-5 Collection Records 1929-1937 Christian Education, Programs and Publicity, 1944-1962 24 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 8
24 1 Christian Education Minutes and other information, including organizational and structural charts. 1956-1962 2-4 Programs/Publicity Material 1944-1948 Dorcas Society, 1945-1970 25 25 1-23 Membership Booklets 1945-1969 24-25 Account Balances 1960-1970 26 Minutes 1965-1968 Ferry Missionary Society, 1926-1948 26 26 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 9
1 Booklets 2 Account Book 1946-1948 3 Check Books 1943-1947 4 Financial Reports 5 Correspondence 1930-1940 6 Financial Material Receipts, treasurer's reports, and other financial materials. 1930-1940 7 Hymns, "National Meeting Hymn" 1938 8 Instructional Materials 9 Lists 10 General Materials 11 Newsletters 12 Programs 1929-1940 13 Reports, Minutes and Motions 14 Rolls 1926-1939 Ferry Missionary Society, 1915-1947 27 Receipts, membership rolls and other general materials. Ladies Aid, 1896-1934 28 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 10
28 1-2 Treasurer Reports 1896-1917 3-6 Ladies Aid 1907-1934 Mariners, 1963-1970 29 29 1 Clippers Bylaw and membership handbook. 2 Constitution of Admirality Board 3 Correspondence 4 Cruises and Retreats 5 District/Synod Information 6-11 Executive Board Minutes 1965-1970 12 Financial Material 1968-1970 13 Membership 14 General Materials 15 National Bulletin 16-17 Newsletters 1963 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 11
18 Programs 19 Carnival 1968-1969 20 Handbooks and Brochures 21 Statement of Purpose 22 "Thank You" Correspondence Mariners Stamps 30 Two rubber stamps with deposit information for the Wasatch Mariners Group. Men's Club, 1943-1956 31 31 1-7 Rolls, Programs and Listings 1943-1950 8 Committee Assignment 9 General Materials 10 Newsletter 11-12 Receipts 13 Savings Account Passbook 1950-1955 14-15 Secretary's Book 1951-1955 16 Treasurer's Book 1948-1956 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 12
Missionary Society, 1901-1948 32 32 1-5 Minutes 1901-1948 6 Annual Report 1946-1947 Philo-Christ, 1926-1943 33 Women's Association, 1941-1964 34 34 1-5 Executive Board 1952-1964 6-8 Minutes 1941-1954 Women's Association, 1955-1964 35 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 13
35 1-4 Minutes 1955-1964 5 Loose Material Youth, 1885-1934 36 36 1-4 Young People Membership lists, reports, and minutes. 1885-1934 Newsletters, 1956-1970 37 Church Subjects, 1876-1915 38 38 1 Articles of Incorporation 1878 2 Athletics http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 14
3 Board of Trustees 4 Business Meeting 1902 5 C. E. Society--Resignation 6 Choirs 7 Christian Education 8 Church Manual 1915 9 Church Membership 10 Deacons 11 Home Mission Board 12 Mariners 13 General Materials 14 News Clippings 15 Protestant Church Directory 16 Prayer Meeting Committee 17 Roll Call--Acting Members 18 Salt Lake Council of Churches 19 Session 20 Shut-Ins 21 Sunday School 22 Supplemental Mailing List 23 Treasurer Resignation 1877 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 15
24 Trustees 25 Josiah Welch Correspondence 1876 26 Josiah Welch News Clippings 27 Women's Association Guest Registers, 1975-1986 39 Scrapbooks, 1871-1961 40 40 1 Rev. Josiah Welch 1871-1877 2 Rev. R. G. McNiece 1877-1897 3 Rev. W. M. Paden 1897-1912 4-6 Rev. George Ewing Davies 1914-1927 7 Rev. Jesse H. Baird 1928-1931 8 Rev. Theodore Gailland Lilley 1932-1940 9 Rev. Floyd W. Farr 1941-1945 10 Rev. W. Malcolm Gwaltney 1946-1952 11 Rev. Alvin L. Morris 1953-1961 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 16
Scrapbooks, 1961-1977 41 41 1 Rev. Walter J. Kalvesmaki 2 Rev. E. W. Remley 1965-1967 3 Rev. Thomas C. Jackson 1968-1969 4 Rev. James Moore 1970-1972 5 Centennial 1971 6 Centennial and Dr. Paul Fawley 1971-1977 Scrapbooks, 1971-1982 42 42 1-2 Centennial 1971 3 Rev. Harry P. Sweitzer 4 Church Bulletins 1973-1982 5 Hubert W. Hodgens http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 17
6 John R. Bodo 7 Ginger Gryzwana Articles and Publications, 1895-1982 43 43 1 A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah" 2-3 "The Church Review" 1895 4 Margaret Lee Chadwick, "The Lee Family of Spanish Fork, Utah" 5 Paul Jesse Baird, "The Shepard's Dog" 6-9 "Utah Historical Quarterly" 1976-1982 Utah Presbyterian Churches, A-L, 1878-1978 44 44 1-4 American Fork--Community Presbyterian Church Session minutes, correspondence, centennial booklets, and news clippings. http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 18
5 American Fork--First Presbyterian Church 1896-1952 6-8 Brigham City--Presbyterian Church Centennial history and news clippings. 1878-1978 9-10 Cedar City--Union Presbyterian Church 11 Corinne--Presbyterian Church 12 Echo Canyon--Presbyterian Church 13 Ferron--Presbyterian Academy/ Church 14 Fort Douglas--Protestant Chapel 15 Granger--Westvale Presbyterian 16 Gunnison--Presbyterian Church 17 Kaysville--Westminster Presbyterian Church 18-19 Logan--First United Presbyterian Church Utah Presbyterian Churches, M-R, 1879-1979 45 45 1 Manti--Presbyterian Church 2 Marysville--Community Church 3-4 Monroe--Presbyterian Church 5-6 Mount Pleasant--"Liberal Hall" http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 19
7-8 Myton--First Presbyterian Church 9-10 Ogden--First Presbyterian Church 11 Ogden--Trinity Presbyterian 12 Panguitch--Garfield County "Golden Nuggets of Pioneer Days: A History of Garfield County." 13 Park City--Community Church 14 Parowan--Presbyterian School 15-16 Payson--First Presbyterian Church 1894-1970 17-18 Richfield--Presbyterian Church Utah Presbyterian Churches, S-Z 46 Container(s) Description 46 1-3 Salina--Presbyterian Church 4 Salt Lake City--Community of Christ United Presbyterian Church 5-6 Salt Lake City--Cottonwood Presbyterian Church 7 Salt Lake City--Japanese Church of Christ 8 Salt Lake City--Korean Presbyterian Church 9 Salt Lake City--Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 20
Container(s) Description 10-12 Salt Lake City--Wasatch Presbyterian Church 13 Sandy--Community of Grace 14 Spanish Fork--Presbyterian Church 15 Spring City 16 Springville--Community Presbyterian Church 17 St. George--Parish Presbyterian Schools, 1979-1988 47 47 1 Early Utah Protestant Schools Pamphlets, notes, photocopied photographs, and other material concerning early Utah protestant schools. 2 Carl Wankier, "History of Presbyterian Schools in Utah" 3-6 Hungerford Academy, Springville 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. 1981 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 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 21
48 Container(s) Description 48 1 M. Katharine Bennett, "A Fiftieth Anniversary" 2 William R. Harshaw, "A Romance of Old Home Missions" 3 Elizabeth O. Thompson, "Woman's Board of Home Missions" 4 A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah" 5 Margaret M. Thompson, "Compiled Hisotry of Utah Presbyterian Churches" 6 Paul Jesse Baird, "A Critique of Presbyterian Ministry in Great Basin" 7 "Did You Know That?" 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. 9 George K. Davies, "A History of the Presbyterian Church in Utah" 10 Non-Presbyterian Churches 11 Herbert W. Reherd, "An Outline History of the Protestant Churches of Utah" 12 Sheldon Jackson, "Pioneer Work in the Territory of Utah" Utah Presbyterianism, 1979 49 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 22
49 1 "Praise the Lord"--A History of Presbyterianism in Utah 2 George K. Davies, "Presbyterian Beginnings in Utah" 3-8 T. D. Martin, "Presbyterian Work in Utah" These folders contain pre-publication materials as well as volumes 1 through 5 and a condensation of the article. 1979 9 Andrew E. Murray, "Presbyterianism in Utah" 10 Margaret M. Thompson, "Presbyterian Movement in Utah" 11 Teresa Jackson, "Presbyterian Pioneers in Utah" 12 Presbytery of Utah 13 Walton Roth Interview 1979 14 Sheldon Jackson 15 UEH (Utah Endowment for the Humanities) Grants, Resources Information relating to the UEH's funding of the historic sites' plaque project. 16 Utah Church Summary Histories 17 Franke Leonard, "When Grandpa Was a Boy" 18 Women's Presbyterial Society of Utah Synod of Utah, 1913-1950 50 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 23
50 1 Standing Rules of the Synod of Utah 2-5 Synod of Utah Minutes 1913-1950 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Church records and registers--utah--salt Lake City Church schools--utah--history--sources Presbyterian Church--Education--Utah--History--Sources Presbyterian Church--Utah--History--Sources Presbyterians--Utah--Salt Lake City Corporate Names : First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Archives Westminster College of Salt Lake City Geographical Names : Salt Lake City (Utah)--Church history--sources Form or Genre Terms : Financial records Membership lists Minutes Newsletters Scrapbooks Finding aid created by Lindsey Moore 2006 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ About Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/cc-zero.shtml http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35815 24