02-17-05 RCR Butler County Historical Society Archives Butler County Historical Society Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 Inventory to Calvary Presbyterian Church Records, 1897-2004
Butler County Historical Society Archives Butler County Historical Society Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 02-17-05 RCR Inventory To Calvary Presbyterian Church Records, 1897-2004 Provenance Note Accessioned from Calvary Presbyterian Church, January 7, 2005. History During the oil boom of the 1890 s, the population of Butler and of the Butler Presbyterian Church was rapidly growing. On October 11, 1897, 229 members of the Church broke away due to overcrowding to form a new church, the Second Presbyterian Church of Butler. On October 11, 1903, the congregation dedicated its new church building on the Diamond. In 1958, the Presbyterian Church merged with the United Presbyterians which resulted in the Church changing its name to Calvary United Presbyterian Church. The Church broke from the United Presbyterians on March 15, 1981, due to a difference of opinion in the direction the United Presbyterians were taking. On June 6, 1982, the Church affiliated itself with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which resulted in the name change of Calvary Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The church dissolved in 2004. Scope Notes The record group for Calvary Presbyterian Church consists of minutes, registers, directories, histories, and other miscellaneous materials. The record group s strengths lie within its session minutes and its well-documented membership and important religious events in its registers. The record group also contains a copy of the petition to break from the mother church and the names of the members who joined the new church. The record group has the weakness of lacking few other founding documents. The Session Minutes from 1951-1963 are missing. Church member and elder, Jon Campbell, was asked about it and they have been missing for some time.
Page 2 Series I. Correspondence Chapter of Presbyterian Men November 12, 1959 (4 copies) Drawer 1, FF 01 Chapter of Presbyterian Men November 25, 1959 (3 copies) Drawer 1, FF 01 II. Minutes Session May 17, 1897-March 8, 1905 Drawer 1, FF 02 Session March 17, 1905-March 31, 1911 Drawer 1, FF 03 Session April 5, 1911-March 31, 1920 Drawer 3, FF 04 Session April 10, 1920-March 31, 1923 Drawer 1, FF 05 Session May 1, 1923-April 6, 1928 Drawer 1, FF 06 Session April 1, 1928-September 2, 1936 Drawer 3, FF 07 Session October 10, 1936-March 26, 1944 Drawer 3, FF 08 Session April 2, 1944-January 24, 1951 Drawer 3, FF 09 Session January 6, 1963-April 8, 1979 Drawer 1, FF 10 Session April 10, 1979-February 24, 1981 Drawer 1, FF 11 Session March 15, 1981-December 8, 1988 Drawer 1, FF 12 Session January 10, 1989-December 3, 1995, Congregational March 15, 1981-December 31, 1995 Drawer 1, FF 13 Session January 16, 1996-December 15, 2000, Congregational December 8, 1996-December 3, 2000 Drawer 4, FF 14 Session January 19, 2001-October 28, 2004, Congregational September 9, 2001-December 8, 2002 Drawer 4, FF 15 III. Registers 1897-1908 Drawer 1, FF 16 1908-1922 Drawer 1, FF 17 1922-1942 Drawer 1, FF 18 1942-1961 Drawer 2, FF 19 1961-1981 Drawer 4, FF 20 1981-2004 Drawer 4, FF 21 IV. Booklets/Books Bible Date Unknown Top of Cabinet Bible 1882 Top of Cabinet Bible From the Day of Dedication October 11, 1903 Top of Cabinet Bible Catechism 1979 Drawer 2, FF 22 Family Worship in Presbyterian Homes 1917 Drawer 2, FF 22
Page 3 V. Directories/Rolls Roll of Members November, 1890 Drawer 2, FF 23 Date Unknown Drawer 2, FF 23 1900 or 1901 Drawer 2, FF 23 Roll October, 1908 Drawer 2, FF 23 Roll August, 1909 Drawer 2, FF 23 Resident Roll November, 1912 Drawer 2, FF 23 Resident Roll May, 1916 Drawer 2, FF 23 Membership Roll 1926 Drawer 2, FF 23 World War II Service Men and Women December 15, 1944 Drawer 2, FF 23 Directory 1949 Drawer 2, FF 23 Yearbook 1950 Drawer 2, FF 23 Directory and Yearbook 1951 Drawer 2, FF 24 Yearbook 1952 Drawer 2, FF 24 Yearbook 1953 Drawer 2, FF 24 Yearbook 1954 Drawer 2, FF 24 Yearbook 1955 Drawer 2, FF 24 Yearbook 1956 Drawer 2, FF 25 Yearbook 1957 Drawer 2, FF 25 Yearbook 1958 Drawer 2, FF 25 Yearbook 1959 Drawer 2, FF 25 Yearbook 1960 Drawer 2, FF 25 Yearbook 1961 Drawer 2, FF 26 Yearbook 1962 Drawer 2, FF 26 Yearbook 1963 Drawer 2, FF 26 Yearbook 1964 Drawer 2, FF 26 Yearbook 1965 Drawer 2, FF 26 Yearbook 1966 Drawer 2, FF 27 Yearbook 1969 Drawer 2, FF 27 Yearbook 1970 Drawer 2, FF 27 Yearbook 1971 Drawer 2, FF 27 Yearbook 1972 Drawer 2, FF 27 Yearbook 1973 Drawer 2, FF 27 Yearbook 1975 Drawer 2, FF 27 Yearbook 1978 Drawer 2, FF 27 VI. Histories History of the First United Presbyterian Church of Butler, Read at the Dedication of the Church Building Thursday, February 22, 1894 Drawer 3, FF 28 Historical Sketch of First Five Years of Second Presbyterian Church Date Unknown Drawer 3, FF 28
Page 4 Silver Anniversary, Historic Sketch of the Second Presbyterian Church 1922 (4 copies) Drawer 3, FF 28 History of Butler Presbytery 1923 Drawer 3, FF 28 A Short History of the First United Presbyterian Church of Butler 1932 Drawer 3, FF 28 One Hundredth Anniversary 1997 Drawer 3, FF 28 VII. Magazines Presbyterian Banner, Pictures Church Building on Front Cover Thursday, October 22, 1903 Drawer 3, FF 29 VIII. Napkins 100 th Anniversary 1997 (9 copies) Drawer 2, FF 30 IX. Newspaper Clippings The Golden Years February 25, 1954 Drawer 2, FF 31 X. Programs Laying of the Cornerstone Sunday, June 29, 1902 Drawer 2, FF 32 Dedication October 7-11, 1903 Drawer 2, FF 32 Thirteenth Anniversary October 11, 1910 Drawer 2, FF 32 Bulletin November 10, 1918 Drawer 2, FF 32 Bulletin February 22, 1920 Drawer 2, FF 32 Twentieth Anniversary of Pastorate June 26, 1927 (2 copies) Drawer 2, FF 32 Thirtieth Anniversary and Rededication 1927 Drawer 2, FF 32 Thirty-Fifth Anniversary and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Pastorate October 2-16, 1932 (2 copies) Drawer 2, FF 32 Fortieth Anniversary 1937 Drawer 2, FF 32 Forty-Fifth Anniversary September 27, 1942 Drawer 2, FF 32 Fiftieth Anniversary 1947 Drawer 2, FF 32 Bulletin Sixtieth Anniversary Sunday, December 29, 1957 Drawer 2, FF 32 Sixtieth Anniversary December 30, 1957 (2 copies) Drawer 2, FF 32 Bulletin Sixty-Third Anniversary Sunday, November 6, 1960 Drawer 2, FF 32 Memorial Service The Reverend George C. Miller, D.D. January 31, 1963 Drawer 2, FF 32 Bulletin Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Sunday, October 15, 1972 Drawer 2, FF 32 XI. Financial Ledger January 1976-December 1984 Drawer 2, FF 33
Page 5 Maintenance and Repair Fund April 1, 1945-November 11, 1980 Drawer 2, FF 34 XII. Photographs Church Interior 3 Different Shots Dates Unknown Drawer 3, FF 35 Church Exterior 3 Different Shots Prior to 1958 Drawer 3, FF 35 Whiteside Bible Class 1949 Drawer 3, FF 35 Church Exterior 1961 Drawer 3, FF 35 XIII. Petition and New Membership Petition to Butler Presbytery to break from First Presbyterian Church August 27, 1897 (copy) Drawer 3, FF 36 New Membership of Second Presbyterian Church, includes mother Church, other churches, and examination (copy), (2 copies) Drawer 3, FF 36 XIV. Miscellaneous Church Social Attendees Tuesday, December 20, 1898 Drawer 2, FF 37 Miniature Communion Set Drawer 2, FF 38 Plaque 2006.029 Drawer 2, FF 39