This series contains records of the state councils of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, including bulletins, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, correspondence, annual meeting minutes, and reports. Regional ecumenical and interfaith organizations came together under the umbrella of their respective state council of churches. Rooted in local communities and able to respond to needs specific to their regions, councils were agencies of cooperation focused on service and Christian unity. New York, Ohio, Massachusetts and New Jersey form the bulk of the collection; other state councils include Alabama, California – Nevada, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Of note within the New York material are records ertaining to the New York City Protestant council, which was a large regional council serving the local needs of the city. The Ohio collection is a large run of the Ohio Christian News dating from 1946 to 1971. The Massachusetts records also contain a large run of the state council's newsletter Christian Outlook and copies of annual reports. The New Jersey records contain reports of its annual meetings from 1958 to 1974.
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 1 Folder 1
Alabama, Mobile, Bulletins and Meetings, circa 1949 --1956
Box 1 Folder 2
California – Nevada, 1953 --1967
Box 1 Folder 3-6
Colorado, 1960 -- 1967
Box 1 Folder 7-8
Illinois, Bulletin, 1943 -- 1970
Box 2 Folder 1-3
Illinois, Meetings, 1946 -- 1958
Box 2 Folder 4
Illinois, Evanston, 1957
Box 2 Folder 5
Indiana, 1955 -- 1970
Box 2 Folder 6
Maine, Greater Portland, 1945 -- 1950
Box 2 Folder 7-8
Massachusetts, Meetings, 1945 -- 1951
Box 3 Folder 1-8
Massachusetts, Meetings, Bulletin and Pamphlets, 1946 -- 1967
Box 4 Folder 1
Michigan, Washtenaw, 1969
Box 4 Folder 2
Minnesota, 1953 -- 1971
Box 4 Folder 3-7
New Jersey, 1953 -- 1974
Box 5 Folder 1-8
New York, 1944 -- 1971
Box 6 Folder 1
New York, Young Adult Meetings and Pamphlets, 1944 -- 1948
Box 6 Folder 2
New York, Otsego County, circa 1944 -- 1954
Box 6 Folder 3-5
New York, Protestant Council of the City of New York, 1946 -- 1969
Box 6 Folder 6
New York, Protestant Council of the City of New York, Brooklyn Division Papers, 1945 -- 1950
Box 6 Folder 7
New York, Protestant Council of the City of New York, Queens Federation Papers, 1947 -- 1950
Box 6 Folder 8
New York, Syracuse and Onondaga County, 1955 -- 1957
Box 7 Folder 1-6
Ohio, 1946 -- 1955
Box 8 Folder 1-6
Ohio, 1955 -- 1966
Box 9 Folder 1-3
Ohio, 1967 -- 1971
Box 9 Folder 4-6
Oregon, 1954 -- 1966
Box 9 Folder 7
Texas, 1965 -- 1970
Box 9 Folder 8
Vermont, 1972 -- 1973
Box 10 Folder 1-3
Virginia, 1944 -- 1953
Box 10 Folder 4
Washington, 1943 -- 1949
Box 10 Folder 5
Correspondence, General Call for Papers from WAB Library, 1951 -- 1954