Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Pullman Community Congregational Church Records
1891-1978
Cage 448
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Community Congregational Church (Pullman, Wash.)
- Title
- Pullman Community Congregational Church Records
- ID
- Cage 448
- Date [inclusive]
- 1891-1978
- Extent
- 1 Linear feet of shelf space, 2 Boxes
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Pullman Community Congregational Church Records include annual reports, minutes, oral histories and other papers of the church, the Pilgrim Club, and the Women's Society (Fellowship), including the latter's Thrift Shop.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Pullman Community Congregational Church Records, 1891-1978 (Cage 448)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Pullman Community Congregational Church was originally incorporated in 1886 as the First Congregational Church of Pullman. It was the first church formally organized in Pullman, although a loosely-organized Methodist congregation preceded it by four years. The Congregationalists located their church building at the corner of High and Paradise Streets on Pullman's Pioneer Hill, rebuilding at the same location when their structure burned in the fire which destroyed much of the town in 1890. The church entered into a federation with a Pullman Baptist congregation in 1913, after which a new building was constructed on the outskirts of the Washington State University campus. The federation, however, tended to be heavily dominated by the Congregationalist element; consequently the Baptist congregation lost the recognition of the Baptist conventions. This resulted in the creation of a new and separate Baptist congregation and virtual nullification of the federation. Recognizing that the Federated Church was in reality but another manifestation of the First Congregational Church, the pastor and officers reincorporated the organization as the Community Congregational Church in 1937. The Community Congregational Church continued to use the Federated Church buildings and facilities after 1937. In 1954, the old Federated Church building was converted to meeting rooms and a new church building was constructed in an adjacent location. In 1961, the church entered into the United Church of Christ, a national denomination encompassing Congregational and Reformed churches. In 1990, the church drafted a constitution and in 1999 the church underwent renovation. As early as 1954, the church's Women's Fellowship opened The Thrift Shop, which is still in business as of 2017. It is Pullman's oldest second hand clothing store.
Scope and Content
The records contain church calendars, information booklets, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, the notebook of the Board of Trustees Chairman, oral histories, memorabilia, sermons, and Thrift Shop Records. Records of the Church's Women's Society (Fellowship) include the group's constitution, minutes, treasurer's reports and notebook, and yearbooks. The records cover the period from 1891 through 1978, but bulk largest from 1942 through 1975.
Arrangement
The records are arranged alphabetically by subject in a single series.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022
https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Information
The records of the Pullman Community Congregational Church were donated, through the church historian, Leonard Young, in two groups; January (MS 79-02) and May 1979 (MS 79-18).
Related Materials
Related Material
Pullman Community Congregational Church Records, 1886-1974 (Cage 314)
Blackburn Collection of Pullman Community Congregational Church Records, 1961-1977 (Cage 480)
Preliminary Guide to the Pullman Community Congregational Church Records, 1914-2013 (MSSM.038)
West, Otho. I Remember and the Congregationalists. Pullman, Wash.: Community Congregational Church, 1970
Community Congregational United Church of Christ. Centennial History, 1886-1986 : Community Congregational United Church of Christ, Pullman, Washington. [Community Congregational United Church]; 1986.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Community Congregational Church (Pullman, Wash.) -- Records and correspondence
- Community Congregational United Church of Christ (Pullman, Wash.) -- Records and correspondence
Creator(s) :
- Community Congregational United Church of Christ (Pullman, Wash.)
Subject(s)
- Congregational churches -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Records and correspondence
- Church records and registers -- Washington (State) -- Pullman
- Religion
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
box | folder | |||
Annual Report 1961-1962 1 item |
1 | 1 | ||
Church Calendar 1963-1968 5 items |
1 | 2 | ||
General File 1912-1978 12 items |
1 | 3-4 | ||
Information Booklet on Church 1955-1960 1 item |
1 | 5 | ||
Minutes 1948-1959 3 items |
1 | 6-8 | ||
Minutes of the Women's Missionary Society 1891 14 items |
1 | 9 | ||
Newspaper Clippings 1913-1978 33 items |
1 | 10-11 | ||
Notebook of the Chairman, Board of Trustees 1955-1960 1 item |
1 | 12 | ||
Oral History and Memorabilia 1921-1978 36 items |
1 | 13-15 | ||
Pilgrim Club 1958-1960 1 item |
2 | 16 | ||
Sermons 1952, 1969 2 items |
2 | 17-18 | ||
Thrift Shop 1953-1975 50 items |
2 | 19 | ||
Women's Society (Fellowship): |
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box | folder | |||
Constitution and Membership 1957, 1962 2 items |
2 | 20 | ||
Minutes June 1942-June 1960 175 items |
2 | 21-23 | ||
Treasurer's Reports 1968-1972 54 items |
2 | 24 | ||
Treasurer's Workbook 1965-1967 1 item |
2 | 25 | ||
Yearbooks 1952-1962 6 items |
2 | 26 | ||