City Councils of Churches records, 1909 -- 1970

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City Council of Churches records, 1909 -- 1970

This series is open for research.

3 linear feet; 3 linear feet; 6 boxes

This series contains materials created by or for the City Councils of Churches, including administrative materials (such as constitutions, by-laws, and policies), annual reports and meetings records, bulletins and newsletters, pamphlets, event programs, and informational brochures. The materials address a variety of issues common across the cities represented in the collections, including religious education, social welfare and action, youth, and race relations.

This series is arranged alphabetically by city.


Albany, 1947-1954



Box 1 Folder 1 Administrative, 1948-1951


Box 1 Folder 2 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1947-1954


Box 1 Folder 3 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1948-1953


Box 1 Folder 4 Pamphlets, circa 1947 -- 1948


Box 1 Folder 5 Weekday Church School, circa 1947 -- 1951


Box 1 Folder 6 General, circa 1947 -- 1951


Bridgeport, 1945-1953


Box 1 Folder 7 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1946-1951


Box 1 Folder 8 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1947-1953


Box 1 Folder 9 Church Directory, 1950


Box 1 Folder 10 Events, 1950-1951


Box 1 Folder 11 Pamphlets, 1947-1952


Box 1 Folder 12 School of Religion [Bridgeport Area Leadership Training School], 1945-1952


Box 1 Folder 13 Toward…A Church Strategy for Metropolitan Bridgeport, 1947


Buffalo, 1942-1957


Box 1 Folder 14 Administrative, 1942-1951


Box 1 Folder 15 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1944-1954


Box 1 Folder 16 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1947-1957


Box 1 Folder 17 Pamphlets, 1946-1952


Box 1 Folder 18 General, circa 1942 -- 1950


Chicago, 1943-1955


Box 1 Folder 19 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1945-1953


Box 1 Folder 20 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1949-1955


Box 1 Folder 21 Pamphlets, 1943


Cleveland, 1953-1970



Box 2 Folder 1-2 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1953-1970


Detroit, 1943-1954


Box 2 Folder 3 Administrative, 1943-1946


Box 2 Folder 4 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1947-1954


Box 2 Folder 5 Detroit Council of Religious Education, 1947


Box 2 Folder 6 Pamphlets, circa 1943 -- 1951


Box 2 Folder 7 War Emergency Commission Report of Progress, circa 1943


Box 2 Folder 8 General, 1947-1954


Hartford, 1946-1954


Box 2 Folder 9 Administrative, 1948


Box 2 Folder 10-11 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1946-1953


Box 2 Folder 12-13 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1947-1954



Box 3 Folder 1 Church Study of Metropolitan Hartford Connecticut, 1947


Box 3 Folder 2 Department of Christian Education, 1950-1954


Box 3 Folder 3 Department of Social Service, circa 1946 -- 1953


Box 3 Folder 4 Events, circa 1946 -- 1954


Box 3 Folder 5 Pamphlets, circa 1946 -- 1954


Box 3 Folder 6 Youth Council, 1949-1954


Box 3 Folder 7 General, 1949-1952


Los Angeles, 1945-1963


Box 3 Folder 8-10 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1945-1955


Box 3 Folder 11-12 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1947-1962



Box 4 Folder 1 Church Welfare Bureau, circa 1945 -- 1949


Box 4 Folder 2 Clergy Advisory Committee, 1952


Box 4 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1952-1963


Box 4 Folder 4 Ecumenical Conference, 1953


Box 4 Folder 5 Ministers' Convocation, 1952-1957


Box 4 Folder 6 Pamphlets, circa 1945 -- 1954


Box 4 Folder 7 General, 1955-1958


Louisville, 1944-1954


Box 4 Folder 8 Administrative, circa 1944 -- 1954


Box 4 Folder 9 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1947-1953


Box 4 Folder 10-11 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1947-1954


Box 4 Folder 12 Church Promotion Kit, 1953-1954


Box 4 Folder 13 Directory of Churches, 1948-1954


Box 4 Folder 14 Events, 1949-1954


Box 4 Folder 15 Interdenominational Survey of Metropolitan Louisville, Kentucky, 1944


Box 4 Folder 16 Pamphlets, circa 1944 -- 1954


Box 4 Folder 17 General, 1947-1954


Philadelphia, 1909-1967


Box 4 Folder 18 Addresses, 1952-1953


Box 4 Folder 19 Administrative, 1909


Box 4 Folder 20 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1947-1953


Box 4 Folder 21-22 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1947-1967


Box 4 Folder 23 Pamphlets, circa 1957


Pittsburgh, 1953-1964



Box 5 Folder 1-4 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1953-1964


Saint Louis, 1947-1955


Box 5 Folder 5 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1947-1955


Box 5 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1952-1953


Box 5 Folder 7 Institute on Aging, 1953


Box 5 Folder 8 Pamphlets, 1946-1952


Box 5 Folder 9 Red Cross, 1953


Box 5 Folder 10 General, 1953


San Antonio, 1952-1954


Box 5 Folder 11 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1954


Box 5 Folder 12 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1953


Box 5 Folder 13 Directory of Churches and Ministers, 1952-1954


Box 5 Folder 14 Pamphlets, 1953


Box 5 Folder 15 Voters' Guide, 1953


Box 5 Folder 16 General, 1953


San Francisco, 1944-1953


Box 5 Folder 17 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1945-1953


Box 5 Folder 18 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1946-1947


Box 5 Folder 19 Pamphlets, 1944-1948


Washington, D.C., 1936-1954



Box 6 Folder 1 Administrative, 1942-1951


Box 6 Folder 2 Annual Reports and Meetings, 1943-1954


Box 6 Folder 3 Audio-Visual Division, 1949-1951


Box 6 Folder 4-5 Bulletins and Newsletters, 1937-1954


Box 6 Folder 6 Christian School in the Nation's Capital, 1946-1951


Box 6 Folder 7 Department of Research and Church Planning, 1949-1951


Box 6 Folder 8 Department of Social Welfare, 1948-1951


Box 6 Folder 9 Events, 1950-1951


Box 6 Folder 10 Pamphlets, circa 1953


Box 6 Folder 11 Race Relations, circa 1951


Box 6 Folder 12 Yearbook and Church Directory, 1936, 1951


Box 6 Folder 13 General, 1937-1951