Guide to the Pullman Community Congregational Church Records 1891-1978
Cage 448

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.

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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.

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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.

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Arrangement

The records are arranged alphabetically by subject in a single series.

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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).

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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.

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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)

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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): 

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