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Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Church history -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Centenary United Methodist Church records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2166
Abstract

The Centenary United Methodist Church records (1993-1998) are a collection of service programs, newsletters, flyers, and pamphlets.

Dates: 1993-1998

Central Christian Church newsletters

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Identifier: ACCN 1524
Abstract The Central Christian Church newsletters (1991-1993) contains information on this Salt Lake congregation's monthly service projects, group meetings, activities, and events. Each newsletter also contains religious stories and thoughts, recognition of church member's birthdays, and a monthly calendar of events. These items describe the various congregation's activities as well as the civil and ecclesiastical accomplishments of its members. Each newsletter is built upon a one-page spiritual and...
Dates: 1991-1993

First Congregational Church records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0943
Abstract The First Congregational Church records (1953-2010) contain annual reports, a history of the church, copies of sermons, member directories, and Congregational Clarion, a church newsletter. The First Congregational Church, which was established in Salt Lake City in 1865, is a spiritual descendant of the "pilgrims" or "puritans" who migrated to America in the seventeenth century. A distinctive and central value of congregational churches is...
Dates: 1953-2010

First Presbyterian Church records

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Identifier: ACCN 1049
Abstract

The First Presbyterian Church records (1870-1988) consist of minutes, baptism lists, ordination certificates, membership lists, financial materials, property deeds, receipts, correspondence, articles, news clippings, scrapbooks, and newsletters. This collection encompasses the history of the First Presbyterian Church in Utah.

Dates: 1870-1988

First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0508
Abstract

The First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City records (1891-2010) is a rich collection of source materials, containing primarily original documents tracing the history and activities of the Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City. It is organized into 221 boxes of records dating from its founding in l89l up to 2010. The Unitarian Church has been an advocate of many causes and has played a vital cultural role in the Salt Lake City area.

Dates: 1891-2010

Gilead Baptist Church records

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Identifier: ACCN 1131
Abstract

The Gilead Baptist Church records (1957-1986) consist of financial, analytical, and annual reports pertaining to the Gilead Baptist Church, a congregation formed in 1949 as the result of the merging of the Burlington and Rio Grande Baptist Churches.

Dates: 1957-1986

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church photograph collection

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Identifier: P0541
Abstract

The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Records contains a church directory from 1976, photographs of church members, and images of the church's building

Dates: 1976

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church records

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Identifier: MS 0649
Abstract

The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church records (1961-1987) contain various financial records, minutes of church council meetings, and church directories. Also included is a calendar of events with church newsletters, membership reports, church correspondence, and documents of the pastors. There are also two architectural drawing rolls of addition and remodeling completed on the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. The architectural work was done by Brixen and Christopher Architects.

Dates: 1961-1987

Verna Roberts Jorgensen papers

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Identifier: MS 0595
Abstract

The Verna Roberts Jorgensen papers (1930-1982) contain documents collected by Jorgensen from the 1940s-1960s as the unofficial historian for the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, Utah. Main components of the collection relate to the late Reverend Jacob Trapp.

Dates: 1930-1982

Nichiren Buddhist Temple records

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Identifier: ACCN 1296
Abstract

The Nichiren Buddhist Temple records (1954-2003) contain correspondence, financial reports, membership records, the church newsletter, and other documents pertaining to the Nichiren Buddhist Temple. The temple (which dates from 1971-1991) was operated in Salt Lake City by Yosh Ito and Reverend Kanai Skokai. There were more than two hundred members, a large percentage of whom were Japanese Americans.

Dates: 1954-2003

Religious Society of Friends newsletters

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Identifier: ACCN 1780
Abstract

The Religious Society of Friends newsletters (1999-2002) is titled The Circle, which was generated by this organization. The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, was founded in the seventeenth century by George Fox in England. The Friends hold weekly meetings for the purposes of worship, Bible study, and financial and business matters.

Dates: 1999-2002

Salt Lake Buddhist Church dedication program and scrapbook

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Identifier: ACCN 1499
Abstract

The Salt Lake Buddhist Church dedication program (1962) is titled, "Dedication Ceremony of the Golden Anniversary Memorial Service" (March 17, 18, and 24, 1962) of the new church building of the Salt Lake Buddhist congregation. The scrapbook (1962-1963) is titled, "Special Articles for New Buddhist Temple Building" and consists of various newspapers and a drawing.

Dates: 1962-1963

Wasatch Presbyterian Church photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0699
Abstract

The Wasatch Presbyterian Church photographs consist of materials from three Presbyterian churches in Salt Lake City: Westminster, Third, and Wasatch. The materials the materials include gatherings of people who attended the church as well as the erection and remodeling of various church buildings.

Dates: 1947-1998

Wasatch Presbyterian Church records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0679
Abstract

The Wasatch Presbyterian Church records (1885-1998) consist of materials from three Presbyterian churches in Salt Lake City: Westminster, Third, and Wasatch. Westminster Presbyterian Church was organized in 1889, and Third Presbyterian Church in 1892. Those churches joined together in 1946 to form Wasatch Presbyterian Church. The collection contains minutes, church registers, financial papers, scrapbooks, and various other materials.

Dates: 1885-1998

Leon Laizer Watters papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1273
Abstract

The Leon Laizer Watters papers (1850s-1960s) consist of a memory book, obituary, articles, and various materials collected by Watters concerning the University of Utah, Jewish institutions, governors, Albert Einstein, and other subjects.

Dates: 1850s-1960s

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1050
Abstract The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church records (1882-1998) contain correspondence, membership records, minute books, ministry council materials, baptismal records, building records, meeting materials, programs, articles, publications, directories, yearbooks, treasurer's reports, weekly offering receipts, service books, materials relating to the Lutheran women's organizations, and other church records. In 1848, several Swedish families started the Augusta Synod, the original governing body of...
Dates: 1882-1998