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Grand Forks Federated Church Records, 1881-2012

Collection Overview

Title: Grand Forks Federated Church Records, 1881-2012

ID: OGLMC/759

Creator: Grand Forks Federated Church (1945-)

Extent: 9.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 06/22/1982

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Grand Forks Federated Church Records consist of materials related to the church, as well as from the two independent churches prior to the federation. Material includes the constitution and by-laws, articles of incorporation and federation, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, annual reports, membership lists, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings. The collection dates from 1887 to 2012.

Additions to the collection include increased materials on the Federated Church, ranging from photo albums to bulletins to pastor photographs. Also included are various items pertaining to Mark Warren Spaulding, who was a prominent member of the 1st Baptist Church.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additional material was donated by: Mary Margaret Frank, August 12, 1999 (Acc. 99-2357); Victoria Swift, September 3, 2013 (Acc. 2013-3218); Richard Beringer; May 15, 2015 (Acc. 2015-3276); and Kirk Hallahan, Menor, Minnesota, November 2020.

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Mary Margaret Frank, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.82-992

Related Materials: First Baptist Church of Grand Forks Records: OGLMC 152

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Grand Forks Federated Church Records.  OGLMC 759, Box #, Folder #.  Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in July 2014.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: First Baptist Church: Articles of Incorporation, 5 September 1887Add to your cart.
Folder 2: First Baptist Church: Correspondence, January 1955-July 1956Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Plymouth Congregational Church: Articles of Incorporation, 9 February 1885Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Plymouth Congregational Church: Correspondence, 1911-1917Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Plymouth Congregational Church: Correspondence, 1921-1923Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Plymouth Congregational Church: Correspondence, 1924-1926Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Plymouth Congregational Church: Correspondence, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Plymouth Congregational Church: Meeting minutes (incomplete), 1911-1948Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Plymouth Congregational Church: Financial materials, 1890-1918Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Plymouth Congregational Church: Historical materialsAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Plymouth Congregational Church: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.
Item 1: First Baptist Church: Ladies Aid Society, (includes constitution, by- laws, meeting minutes), 1921-1926Add to your cart.
Item 2: First Baptist Church: Scrapbook, 1914-1923Add to your cart.
Item 3: Plymouth Congregational Church: Meeting minutes, (includes lists of pastors, deacons, members, officers, baptisms and marriages), 1882-1940Add to your cart.
Item 4: Plymouth Congregational Church: Meeting minutes, (includes lists of members, clerks, treasurers, deacons, trustees, ministers, baptisms, marriages and deaths), 1937-1945Add to your cart.
Item 5: Plymouth Congregational Church: Plymouth Congregational Guild, (includes constitution and members), 1933-1941Add to your cart.
Item 6: Plymouth Congregational Church: Board of Trustees proceedings, 1938-1951Add to your cart.
Item 7: Grand Forks Federated Church: Women's Guild minutes, 1941-May 1950Add to your cart.
Item 8: Grand Forks Federated Church: Women's Guild minutes, September 1950- September 1957Add to your cart.
Item 9: Grand Forks Federated Church: Women's Guild minutes, October 1957-September 1968Add to your cart.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Item 1: Grand Forks Federated Church: Annual Reports, 1938-1961Add to your cart.
Item 2: Grand Forks Federated Church: Scrapbook, 1941-1954Add to your cart.
Item 3: Grand Forks Federated Church: Scrapbook, 1955-1960Add to your cart.
Item 4: Grand Forks Federated Church: Scrapbook, 1960-1964Add to your cart.
Item 5: Grand Forks Federated Church: Cradle Call Scrapbook, 1954-1960Add to your cart.
Item 6: Grand Forks Federated Church: Centennial, 1881-1981Add to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Afternoon Circle Minutes, 1975 - 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Afternoon Circle Minutes, 1981 - 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Annual Meetings, 1987 - 2011Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Annual Reports, 1965 - 1972Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Annual Reports, 1972-1981, 1984-1985, 1987-1992Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Annual ReportsAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Architectural SpecificationsAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Blue Prints / Plot PlansAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, 1989 - 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Budget & Bills to be Paid, 1987 - 1990Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Budget & Bills to be Paid, 1990 - 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Budget & Bills to be Paid, 1991 - 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Budget & Bills to be Paid, 1992 - 1993, n.d.Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Budget & Bills to be Paid, 1993-1996, 1999-2000, 2010-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Building CommitteeAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Building Committee Minutes, 1972 - 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 17: BulletinsAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Called to CareAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Church CommitteeAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Church Council Meeting MinutesAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Church HistoryAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Congregational Meeting MinutesAdd to your cart.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 1: ConstitutionsAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1914, 1989-2012Add to your cart.
Folder 3: DirectoriesAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Envisiong Task ForceAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Financial Ledger, 1899 - 1903Add to your cart.
Folder 6: FinancialAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Flood, 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Flood Fund CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Inventory of Church Possenssions, 1971Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Letters Accompanying Donations to Flood FundAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: "In Remembrance of. . ."Add to your cart.
Folder 12: InsuranceAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Joint Administrative Group Meeting Minutes, 2001 - 2012Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Letters to Mrs. M. W. SpauldingAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Memorial FundAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Memories & Reflections, Ruth GustafsonAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Ministry of Administration Meeting MinutesAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Morning Circle Minutes, 1971 - 1985Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Mortgage and AbstractAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Newsletters / Church PublicationsAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Nominating CommitteeAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Obituaries & FuneralAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: Organ InformationAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Pastoral SearchAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: Pastor Photographs, 1946-2001, n.d.Add to your cart.

OGLMC 759-1 : Hubert N. Dukes, 1946-1956

OGLMC 759-2 : George M. Macaulay, 1957-1964

OGLMC 759-3 : Cecil H. Robinson, 1964-1971

OGLMC 759-4 : Walter R. Scott, 1971-1990

OGLMC 759-5 : Jack E. Anderson, 1990-1991

OGLMC 759-6 : Guy E. Stone Jr. : 1991-1996

OGLMC 759-7 : Richard Tosh, 1996-2001

OGLMC 759-8 : Dr. David Hartson, n.d.

Folder 27: Photographs IAdd to your cart.

OGLMC 759-9 : Quartet practicing music, probably Thelma Willett on piano, ca. 1950s

OGLMC 795-10 : pen drawing of Federated Church

OGLMC 759-11 : black and white photograph of 1st Baptist Church

Folder 28: Photographs IIAdd to your cart.
Box 5Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Photographs IIIAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Photographs IVAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Photographs of Parking Lot RenovationsAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: PlaquesAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Plays, 1977 - 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 6: From Photo Album Containing UND PhotosAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Rev. Hubert N. DukesAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: SecretaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Special Meeting MinutesAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Stewardship & Planning CommitteeAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Treasurer's Ledger, 1902 - 1906Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Treasurer's Ledger, 1907 - 1909Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Treasurer Info, 2001-2004Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Vision for Church's FutureAdd to your cart.
Scrapbook 1: Grace WillettAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Photo Album Pertaining to Thelma WillettAdd to your cart.
Scrapbook 2: Thelma WillettAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Loose Material from Thelma Willett ScrapbookAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Thelma Willett FuneralAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Women's Guild: Constitution, Budget, & Correspondence, 1965 - 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Women's Guild Handbooks, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1992-1993, 1994-1995Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Women's Guild Minutes, 1968 - 1988Add to your cart.
Box 6Add to your cart.
Photographs 1: Polaroid Album, 1974 - 1981Add to your cart.
Scrapbook 6: 1996 - 2001Add to your cart.
Photographs 2: Album, 1971 - 1981Add to your cart.
Scrapbook 7: 2007Add to your cart.
Box 7Add to your cart.
Scrapbook 2: 1978-1984Add to your cart.
Scrapbook 1: 1964-1979Add to your cart.
Item 1: Contributors Record, 1st Baptist, 1911 - 1913Add to your cart.
Item 2: Contributors Record, 1st Baptist, 1914 - 1919Add to your cart.
Scrapbook 5: 1995-1996Add to your cart.
Box 8Add to your cart.
Scrapbook 3: 1985 - 1989Add to your cart.
Item 1: Contributors Record 1st Baptist, 1908 - 1909Add to your cart.
Scrapbook 4: 1990 - 1995Add to your cart.
Folder 1: "History of the Congregational Church as written by Mrs. George Smith, Grand Forks, N.D., November 1943"Add to your cart.
Folder 2: PhotographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 1: Exterior view of Plymouth Congegational Church, undatedAdd to your cart.
Photograph 2: Altar of Plymouth Congregational Church, undatedAdd to your cart.