bMS 581

Lowell, Massachusetts.  First Grace Universalist Church.  Records, 1836-1990.

Container List:

Box 1

  • Annual Reports, 1946-1951.
  • Annual Reports, 1952-1956
  • Annual Reports, 1957-1961.
  • Annual Reports, 1962, 1964-1967.
  • Annual Reports, 1968-1973.
  • Annual Reports, 1974-1984.

Box 2

  • AUW Afternoon Group Minutes, 1968-1977.
  • AUW Evening Group, Annual Reports, 1966-1972. By-laws.
  • AUW Program Booklets, 1955-1970.
  • AUW/UUWF Treasurer's Accounts, Membership Lists, 1953-1977.
  • Benevolent Fund Trustees, 1886-1944.
  • Benevolent Fund Trustees, Investments, Correspondence, Reports, 1946-1978.
  • Benevolent Funds, Reports, Minutes, Correspondence, 1946-1959.
  • Benevolent Funds, Reports, Minutes, Correspondence, 1960-1969.
  • Buildings and Grounds, 79 Florence Ave. Property, Renovation and Sale, 1988- 1990.
  • Buildings and Grounds, Anderson Merrill Builders, Correspondence, 1990.
  • Butterworth, Kathy, Correspondence, 1990.
  • By-Laws, Suggested, 1957.
  • By-Laws, 1973-1981.

Box 3

  • "Chronicle" and miscellaneous publicity, 1958-1990.
  • Church Constituency Survey
  • Church Office, Photocopier information.
  • Church Property, Inventory, 1990.
  • Church School, Services, 1940-1942.
  • Church School Material. 1940-1961.
  • Closing of Church. Insurance, Bills, Transfer of historical material.
  • Closing of Church, Legal, Financial documents, and Correspondence.
  • Closing of Church, Legal papers, Correspondence, et. al.
  • Committee of the Whole, Minutes, Reports, Correspondence, et. al., February 1989-June 1, 1992
  • Correspondence, miscellany, 1973-1986.
  • Correspondence: Repair of Roof, Loan, Insurance, 1971.

Box 4

  • Extension Ministry Program
  • Finance Committee, Accountant Correspondence, 1988-1990.
  • Finance Committee, IDS Mutual Fund, 1988-1990. #1
  • Finance Committee, IDS Mutual Fund, 1990-1991. #2
  • Finance, Investments, 1984.
  • Finance, Investments, 1987.
  • Finance Committee, Smith-Barney.
  • Financial Statements, 1988-1990.
  • Furnishings, Tables and Chairs Information, 1950.
  • Historical Collections, Histories of the Church.
  • Historical Collections, Newspaper Clippings.

Box 5

  • Historical Collections, Photographs of Service People.
  • Historical Collections, Scrapbook, 1941-1942.
  • Husted, Laura, Printed Matter.
  • Husted, Rev. Paul, Correspondence, 1963.
  • Husted, Mrs. Paul (Laura), Correspondence, et al., 1958-1993.
  • Insurance, Compensation.
  • Insurance, Emery and Webb.
  • Junior Choristers.
  • Legal Affairs, Attorneys: McCullough, Stievater, and Polvere.
  • Legal Records, Proxy Vote, 1986.
  • Legislative Act, Name Change, Grace Universalist, 1895.
  • MacMillan, Rev. Paul, Correspondence.
  • Membership List, 1st Church, 1867-1923.
  • Membership, 1930s-1950s.
  • Membership: Card Index, 1940s.

Box 6

  • Membership List, 1990.
  • Merger of 1st Universalist and Grace Universalist, 1945.
  • Minister, interview, needs research.
  • Ministers' Personal History Blanks, 1940-1942.
  • Other UU Churches: Printed matter, etc.
  • Parish Meeting, Warrant, 1947.
  • Parish Meetings, 1980-1982.
  • Parish Meetings, 1979-1981, 1983-1986.
  • Photographs, misc.
  • Publications.
  • Service Bulletins, 1940-1942, 1958.
  • Service Bulletins, 1959.
  • Service Leaflets , 1961-1985.
  • Service Leaflets, 1986-1990.

Box 7

  • Survey, Parish, 1985.
  • Survey, Religious Experience in a UU congregation.
  • Treasurer: Bank statements, etc., 1987-1990.
  • Treasurer: Bank Statements, 1990-1991.
  • Treasurer: Bequests, 1970, 1977.
  • Treasurer: Collections, 4/1969-4/1972.
  • Treasurer: Disbursements, 1988-1990.
  • Treasurer's Ledger, Nov. 1977-May 1979.
  • Treasurer: Payroll Taxes, 1988-1990.
  • Treasurer: Pledges, 1972-1978.

Box 8

  • Treasurer: Receipts, 1988-1990.
  • Treasurer: Receipts, 1990.
  • Treasurer's Records: Assets, Receipts, Disbursement, Subsidiary Accounts, 1979- 1981.
  • Treasurer's Reports, 1974-1979.
  • Trustees, Correspondence, 1969-1986.
  • Trustees, Minutes, 1965-1966.
  • Trustees, Minutes, 1966-1967.
  • Trustees, Minutes, 1967-1968.
  • Trustees, Warrants and Minutes, 1968-1975.
  • Unitarian Minister's Wives Association, 1936-1937.
  • UUA Printed Matter, #1.

Box 9

  • UUA Printed Matter, #2.
  • United Nations Day Proclamation, 1961.
  • Vital Records, 1960s.
  • Worship Committee.
  • Grace Church, Architect Contract, 1895.
  • Grace Church, Correspondence, Reports, Installations, et. al., 1891-1927.
  • Grace Church, Printed matter, 1895-1927.
  • Smith Rev. Isaac, Vital Records, 1923-1939.

Box 10

  • History of Founding, 1829 -Reference to Old Records, Vol. 1.
  • Constitution 1845, Covenant, Members, 1829, 1848.
  • Minutes, 1846-1937.

Box 11

  • Board of Assessors, Minutes, March 1888-Jan. 1895.
  • Board of Assessors, Minutes, Jan. 1895-Nov. 1914. Constitution, 1868.

Box 12

  • Board of Assessors, Minutes, Dec. 1934-Feb. 1946.
  • Trustees, Minutes, April 1946-Dec. 1955.

Box 13

  • Trustees, Minutes, Jan. 1956-April 1965.
  • Prudential Committee, Minutes, April 1865-Jan. 1888. Includes memorial to President Lincoln.

Box 14

  • List of Pastors and Officers, Members, 1864-1922; Baptisms, 1913-1922; Marriages, 1915; Deaths, 1915-19?; Attendance, 1914; Families.
  • Dedications, 1918-1958; Transfers, 1919-1956.
  • Register, 1953-1959.
  • Treasurer's Accounts, 1881, 1939-45 (Pages removed from damaged book, placed in folder, book discarded).

Box 15

  • Ledger, 1880-1945, with index.
  • Mission Circle, Cash book, 1924-1947.
  • 1st Grace, Records of Universalist Women, 1954-1959.

Box 16

  • Evening AUW org. 1960; minutes 1960-1968.
  • Evening AUW minutes, 1969-1973. Disbanded.\

Box 17

  • Church Seal; Fund passbooks; cancelled checks and stubs.

Box 18

  • Grace Church: Organization, Constitution, original members, minutes, 1836-1851.
  • Grace Church: Constitution, By-laws, Minutes, 1852-1870.
  • Grace Church: Incorporation 1870, Members, 1870-1896, Historical Notes, Copy of original subscription list, Minutes, 1870-1895.

Box 19

  • Grace Church: Constitution, Historical Sketch, Membership, 1895-1925, Minutes, 1895-1920, 1923.
  • Grace Church: Board of Assessors, Minutes, 1896-1909.
  • Grace Church: Board of Assessors, Minutes, 1909-1916.
  • Grace Church: Building Committee, 1893-1896.

Box 20

  • Grace Church: Profession of Faith, Form of Government, Members, Org. Meeting, Jan. 20, 1843; Minutes to 1917.
  • Grace Church: "For the Signature of Members" (society) meeting, April 1, 1840, signatures to 1873.
  • Grace Church: Attendance Book, no dates.
  • Pew Rents: Collector's Books, 1836-1856.

Box 21

  • Grace Church: Class Lists and Attendance, 1860-1873.
  • Grace Church: Membership Book (no date).

Box 22

  • Grace Church: Mission Circle, constitution, members, minutes, 1912-1917.
  • Grace Church: Mission Circle, minutes, reports, 1917-1924.
  • Grace Church: Mission Circle, annual reports and minutes, 1920-1929.
  • Grace Church: Mission Circle, receipts and expenditures, 1912-1922.
  • Grace Church: Mission Circle, receipts and expenditures, 1923-1926.
  • Grace Church: Women's Social Union, org. 1920 (in place of alliance),
  • Constitution and Minutes, 1920-1928.
  • Grace Church: Communion Charity Fund, 1914-1944.

Box 23

  • Grace Church: Ledger, 1900-1909.
  • Grace Church: Treasurer's Ledger, 1940-1945.
  • Grace Church: Rev. Cloyd H. Valentine, Jan. 1940-Dec. 1944.
  • Grace Church: Alliance, constitution, reports, minutes, 1915-1919.