Collection Overview
Title: First Baptist Church of Grand Forks Records, 1881-1938
ID: OGLMC/152
Creator: First Baptist Church, Grand Forks (1881-1945)
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 04/17/1998
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
Organized in Grand Forks in 1881 and became part of the Federated Church of Grand Forks in 1945.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The First Baptist Church of Grand Forks Records consist of meeting minutes, 1881-1938, a monthly periodical titled The Baptist Bulletin, 1896-1897, and a church register, 1914-1931. The register includes information regarding pastors, trustees, deacons, and church members, as well as financial information, correspondence and reports by the congregation to the Red River Valley Baptist Association. Two photographs, an exterior view of the church (postcard) and four ministers of the church, are also included.
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Additional materials were donated by Mary Margaret Frank of Grand Forks, on April 17, 1998 (98-2202) and by Colleen Curtis of Portland, OR, in 2005 (2005-2806).
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method:
Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable
Related Materials:
Federated Church Records: OGLMC 759
Related Publications:
A History of the First Baptist Church of Grand Forks, North Dakota by J. Duane Squires (1931)
10th Anniversary Observance: The Federated Church (1956)
Preferred Citation:
(Description of Item). First Baptist Church of Grand Forks Records. OGLMC 152, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid added to Archon in January 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Clerk’s record book of Church meeting minutes, 1881-1888
- Folder 2: Clerk’s record book of Church meeting minutes, 1888-1911
- Folder 3: Journal of Annual Meeting minutes, 1914-1938
- Folder 4: Copies of The Baptist Bulletin, 1896-1897
- Folder 5: Register, 1914-1931
- Folder 6: Photographs
- Photograph 1: Exterior view of the church building located at North 5th Street and First Avenue in Grand Forks. Photograph is actually a postcard.
- Photograph 2: Four ministers of First Baptist Church, ca. 1920. In front are Rev. Harvey J. Moore and Rev. R.G. Pierson, and in back are Rev. Frank E.R. Miller and Rev. J.F. Mills
- Folder 7: Historical Materials
First Baptist Church Annual (The Red Book - Church Directory and History), 1899
Baptist Ladies Aid, 1915
Fiftieth Anniversary booklet, 1931