bMS 544

Wakefield, Massachusetts.  First Universalist Society of Wakefield.  Records,  1813-1977.

Container List:

bMS 544/1 (1) Correspondence regarding collection.

Histories and Anniversaries of Wakefield Church

bMS 544/1 (2) "The Universalist Society of South Reading was organized, April 29, 1913..." (1868), 4 pp.

bMS 544/1 (3) "Historical Material" (1938), 4 pp.

bMS 544/1 (4) "A History of the Wakefield Universalist Church" by Dorothy E. Petersen (1940), 3 pp.

bMS 544/1 (5) "The First Universalist Society of Wakefield, Mass." (1963), 8 pp.

bMS 544/1 (6) "The Bell in the Steeple" (1975), 1 p.

bMS 544/1 (7) Historical Notes, n.d. 3 pp.

bMS 544/1 (8) 100th Anniversary, 1913.

bMS 544/1 (9) 125th Anniversary, 1938.

bMS 544/1 (10) 150th Anniversary, 1963.

bMS 544/1 (10a) 175th Anniversary, 1988 and 150th Anniversary of Church School.

Founding of the Church and Early Church Records 1813-1876

bMS 544/1 (11) Records of the Clerk, 1813-1816 (includes first meeting of the "Universalist Society of South Reading"), 4 pp.

bMS 544/1 (12) Annual Meetings, 1817-1820, 4 pp.

bMS 544/1 (13) Annual Meetings, 1812-1826, 5 pp.

bMS 544/1 (14) Order of Service, November 21, 1839.

bMS 544/1 (15) Plan of Church and Pew Deeds, 1859-1867.

bMS 544/1 (16) Concerning Pew Rentals, 1876.

bMS 544/1 (17) May Day Festival, l860.

General Church Record Books and Parish Lists 1843-1969

bMS 544/1 (18) "Church Book, May 29, 1843 - June 13, 1876" (includes 1843 Constitution, Profession of Faith, church government, membership records).

bMS 544/1 (19) "Church records, 1876-1906" (includes constitution and bylaws, Confession of Faith and covenant, membership records, record of meetings, marriages and funerals, 1843-1906).

bMS 544/2 (1) "Records of the Clerk, 1858-1900" (includes Petition for meeting 1858, warrant, preamble, bylaws, membership records, minutes taken by clerk).

bMS 544/2 (2) "Records of the Clerk 1900-1934" (includes minutes and membership).

bMS 544/3 (1) "Records of the Clerk 1935-1954" (minutes and membership records, church 1839).

bMS 544/3 (2) Parish List, 1915-1919.

bMS 544/3 (3) Parish List 1940-1969.

Bylaws

bMS 544/3 (4) 1900.

bMS 544/3 (5) 1954.

bMS 544/3 (6) 1959.

bMS 544/3 (7) 1971.

bMS 544/3 (7a) 1976.

bMS 544/3 (8) n.d.

Annual Meetings and Reports

bMS 544/3 (9) 1934.

bMS 544/3 (10) 1936.

bMS 544/3 (11) 1938.

bMS 544/3 (12) 1939-1940.

bMS 544/4 (1) 1941.

bMS 544/4 (2) 1942.

bMS 544/4 (3) 1943.

bMS 544/4 (4) 1944.

bMS 544/4 (5) 1945.

bMS 544/4 (6) 1946.

bMS 544/4 (7) 1947.

bMS 544/4 (8) 1949.

bMS 544/4 (9) 1950.

bMS 544/4 (10) 1951.

bMS 544/4 (11) 1952-1953.

bMS 544/4 (12) 1954.

bMS 544/4 (13) 1955.

bMS 544/4 (14) 1956.

bMS 544/4 (15) 1957.

bMS 544/4 (16) 1958.

bMS 544/4 (17) 1959.

bMS 544/4 (18) 1960.

bMS 544/4 (19) 1961.

bMS 544/4 (20) 1962.

bMS 544/4 (21) 1963.

bMS 544/4 (22) 1964.

bMS 544/4 (23) 1965.

bMS 544/4 (24) 1966-1967.

bMS 544/4 (25) 1967-1968.

bMS 544/4 (26) 1968-1969.

bMS 544/4 (27) 1969-1970.

bMS 544/5 (1) 1970-1971.

bMS 544/5 (2) 1971-1972.

bMS 544/5 (3) 1972-1973.

bMS 544/5 (4) 1973-1974.

bMS 544/5 (5) 1974-1975.

bMS 544/5 (6) 1975-1976.

Board of Management Records 1905-1974

bMS 544/5 (7) 1905-1917.

bMS 544/5 (8) 1917-1936.

bMS 544/6 (1) 1937-1950.

bMS 544/6 (2) 1950-1956.

bMS 544/6 (3) 1956-1963.

bMS 544/7 (1) 1964-1966.

bMS 544/7 (2) 1966.

bMS 544/7 (3) 1967.

bMS 544/7 (4) 1968.

bMS 544/7 (5) 1969.

bMS 544/7 (6) 1970.

bMS 544/7 (7) 1971.

bMS 544/7 (8) 1972.

bMS 544/7 (9) 1973.

bMS 544/7 (10) 1974.

Financial Records: Board of Trustees 1874-1977

bMS 544/8 (1) "Board of Trustees Vol. 1a" (includes names of contributors to trust funds, 1874-1950; names of Trustees, 1900-1914; financial accounts, 1916-1951).

bMS 544/8 (2) "Board of Trustees Vol. 1b" (financial accounts 1933-1944).

bMS 544/8 (3) "Board of Trustees Vol. 2" (financial accounts 1951-1969).

bMS 544/8 (4) "Board of Trustees Vol. 3" (financial accounts, 1969-1974).

bMS 544/9 (1) Board of Trustees, loose records, 1874-1950.

bMS 544/9 (2) Board of Trustees, loose records, 1951-1959.

bMS 544/9 (3) Board of Trustees, loose records, 1960-1977.

bMS 544/9 (4) Board of Trustees, annual reports to church, 1928-1968.

bMS 544/9 (5) Board of Trustees, minutes and reports, 1951-1955.

bMS 544/9 (6) Board of Trustees, minutes and reports, 1956-1957.

bMS 544/9 (7) Board of Trustees, minutes and reports, 1958-1959.

bMS 544/9 (8) Board of Trustees, minutes and reports, 1960-1962.

bMS 544/9 (9) Board of Trustees, minutes and reports, 1963-1964.

bMS 544/9 (10) Board of Trustees, minutes and reports, 1965-1968.

Financial Records: Parish Treasurer's Record and Cash Accounts
(includes pew rentals and pledges of members)

bMS 544/10 (1) "Volume 1" (1870-1877).

bMS 544/10 (2) "Volume 2" (1877-1879).

bMS 544/10 (3) "Volume 4" (1881-1882).

bMS 544/10 (4) "Volume 5" (1882-1884).

bMS 544/10 (5) "Volume 6" (1844-1886).

bMS 544/10 (6) "Volume 7" (1886-1888).

bMS 544/10 (7) "Volume 7A" (1885-1888).

bMS 544/11 (1) "Volume 8" (1888-1889).

bMS 544/11 (2) "Volume 9" (1894-1903).

bMS 544/11 (3) "Volume 9A" (1895-1902).

bMS 544/11 (4) "Volume 11" (1918-1923).

bMS 544/12 (1) "Volume 12" (1923-1937).

bMS 544/12 (2) "Volume 13" (1937-1950).

bMS 544/13 (1) "Volume 14" (1950-1958).

bMS 544/13 (2) "Volume 15" (1958-1960).

Financial Record: Church Treasurer's Records: "The Church Fund"

bMS 544/14 (1) "Volume 1" (1899-1916).

bMS 544/14 (2) "Volume 2" (1916-1959).

Financial Records: The Parish Collector
(financial pledges of members)

bMS 544/14 (3) "Volume 1" (1931-1949).

bMS 544/14 (4) "Volume 3" (1949-1952).

bMS 544/14 (5) "Volume 4" (1957-1959).

Financial Records: Capital Projects

bMS 544/14 (6) Rebuilding of Church after 1939 Fire.

bMS 544/14 (7) Record of Sale of #25 Bryant Street, 1959.

bMS 544/14 (8) Record of Purchase and Sale of #18 Eastern Avenue, 1959, 1975.

Young People's Programs: Church School 1870-1977

bMS 544/15 (1) "Volume 1" (Financial Accounts 1925-1953).

bMS 544/15 (2) "Volume 2" (Financial Accounts 1954-1974).

bMS 544/15 (3) "Volume 3" (Names of teachers, students and classes, 1909-1940).

bMS 544/15 (4) "Volume 4" (Activities including pageants, worship services, dramatizations, 1932-1938).

bMS 544/15 (5) "Volume 5" (Constitution and bylaws, membership lists, minutes, 1900-1927).

bMS 544/16 (1) "Volume 6" (Minutes and reports, 1927-1953).

bMS 544/16 (2) Newsclippings, 1870.

bMS 544/16 (3) Cradle Roll and Birthday Book, 1931.

bMS 544/16 (4) Church school programming, 1953-1954.

bMS 544/16 (5) Church school programming, 1976-1977.

Young People's Programs: Young People's Christian Union 1889-1946

bMS 544/16 (6) "Volume 1" (History of YPCU, 18-2; minutes and membership, 1889-1899; Constitution and bylaws).

bMS 544/16 (7) "Volume 2" (Membership and minutes, 1923-1938).

bMS 544/16 (8) "Volume 3" (Minutes, 1941-1946).

Women's Programs: Ladies Social Society 1860-1943

bMS 544/17 (1) "Volume 1" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1860-1878).

bMS 544/17 (2) "Volume 2" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1878-1888).

bMS 544/17 (3) "Volume 3" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1888-1895).

bMS 544/17 (4) "Volume 4" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1895-1905).

bMS 544/17 (5) "Volume 5" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1905-1911).

bMS 544/18 (1) "Volume 6" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1911-1923).

bMS 544/18 (2) "Volume 7" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1923-1934).

bMS 544/18 (3) "Volume 8" (record book, constitution, membership list, minutes, 1934-1941).

bMS 544/19 (1) "Volume 9" (financial records, 1876-1887).

bMS 544/19 (2) "Volume 10" (financial records,1887-1908).

bMS 544/19 (3) "Volume 12" (financial records, 1925-1937).

bMS 544/19 (4) "Volume 13" (financial records, 1938-1943).

bMS 544/19 (5) "Volume 14" (pledging units, 1909-1938).

Women's Programs: Mansfield Club 1922-1977

bMS 544/19 (6) 1922-1940.

bMS 544/19 (7) 1940-1950.

bMS 544/20 (1) 1950-1977.

Church activities and concerns

bMS 544/20 (2) Parsonage Committee 1907-1910.

bMS 544/20 (3) Wakefield Dramatic Club 1905-1910.

bMS 544/20 (4) Massachusetts Universalist Convention held in Wakefield, (Registration book), c. 1926.

bMS 544/20 (5) Eulogy for Rev. Warren S. Perkins, 1931.

bMS 544/20 (6) Memorial for Dorothy Petersen, 1952.

bMS 544/20 (7) Unitarian Universalist Merger, Wakefield vote and decision, 1959.