Summary Information:
Call Number: bMS 212Title: Canandaigua, New York. All Souls Universalist Church. Records, 1903-1955.
Repository: Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard Divinity School,
45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 3 boxes
Container List:
Church and Parish Records
bMS 212/1 (1) All Souls Universalist Church. Record book, 1903-1953. Includes: lists of members, 1903-1952; baptisms, 1910-1925; marriages, 1907-1932; deaths, 1907-1929; historical notes, 1903-1953 (pp. 22-27 and 200-205); miscellaneous correspondence and clippings (p.211-letter "g").
bMS 212/1 (2) Miscellaneous papers from previous record book, 1906-1953. Includes: letters; post card of Universalist meeting house; distribution of donations, November 1953, to State and National projects; Holy Week program, 1928, First Congregational Church, Candaigua.
bMS 212/1 (3) First All Souls Universalist Society. Record book 1907-1953. Includes: by laws (p.25); principles of faith (p.39); minutes of meetings, April 18, 1907-November 4, 1953 containing all financial statements and annual reports.
bMS 212/1 (4) Miscellaneous papers from previous record book, 1936-1955. Includes: news clippings and obituaries; programs for Ontario Associations meetings; financial records 1947-1950, 1952-1953; letter, July 12, 1955 from New York State Convention of Universalists, declaring Church/Society extinct.
Sunday School Records, 1912-1927
bMS 212/1 (5) All Souls Universalist Church Sunday School. Record book, 1917-1925. Includes: lists of attendance, collections and officers; minutes, February 1917-November 1925; treasurer's accounts and summaries of school years.
bMS 212/1 (6) Sunday School. Treasurer's record book, February 4, 1912-November 1, 1927.
bMS 212/1 (7) Loose notes from previous record book. Includes: minutes and treasurer's accounts, November 1, 1925-November 7, 1926.
Women's Organizations, 1906-1953.
bMS 212/2 (1) Women's Aid Society. Record book, 1906-1909. Includes: constitution; membership list; minutes, January 17, 1906-May 25, 1909.
bMS 212/2 (2) Women's Aid Society. Record book, 1909-1911. Includes: secretary's minutes, June 8, 1909-September 13, 1911.
bMS 212/2 (3) Women's Aid Society. Record book, 1913-1926. Includes: Secretary's minutes, January 17, 1913-November 9, 1926.
bMS 212/2 (4) Women's Aid Society. Treasurer's record book, 1906-1914. Includes: quarterly and yearly dues, 1905-1914; lists of members; collections and disbursements.
bMS 212/2 (5) Miscellaneous papers from previous Women's Aid Society record books. Includes: letter; thank-you notes; loose financial records; pamphlet on Japan; notes from special meeting; news clipping.
bMS 212/2 (6) All Sould Universalist Church Girls Club. Record book, 1914-1927. Includes: minutes, November 9, 1914-November 7, 1927; attendance records.
bMS 212/2 (7) Miscellaneous papers from previous record book. Includes: notes from 4/9/24; annual report, 1925-1926.
bMS 212/2 (8) Girls Club. Treasurer's record book, 1914-1926. Accounts, November 5, 1914-November 8, 1926.
bMS 212/2 (9) Miscellaneous papers from previous record book. Includes: yearly report, NOvember 10, 1925; receipt, April 17, 1924.
bMS 212/3 (1) All Souls Universalist Church. Mission Circle. Record book, 1908-1913. Includes: minutes, September 17, 1908-June 6, 1912; constitution; by laws; list of members; treasurer's accounts, 1908-1913; dues list, 1910-1913.
bMS 212/3 (2) Mission Circle. Record book, 1913-1921. Includes: minutes, September 4, 1913-June 10, 1921; list of corresponding secretaries, 1915-1921; treasurer's accounts September 14, 1913-June 29, 1920; dues and list of members.
bMS 212/3 (3) Mission Circle. Record book, 1921-1927. Includes: minutes, September 8, 1921-June 22, 1927; treasurer's accounts, 1921-1927; lists of members, 1921-1927; annual reports.
bMS 212/3 (4) Miscellaneous papers from previous record books. Includes: letter, pamphlet; study group program, 1920-1921.
bMS 212/3 (5) All Souls Universalist Church Women's Society. Record book, 1927-1934. Includes: constitution (uniting Mission Circle and Women's Aid Society); minutes, July 1, 1927-June 1934; quota list; treasurer's accounts; list of members, 1927-1934.
bMS 212/3 (6) Women's Society. Record book, 1934-1944. Includes: minutes, September 20, 1934-April 1, 1944; annual treasurer's and secretary's reports, 1937-1941; members and dues, 1938-1944.
bMS 212/3 (7) Women's Society. Record book, 1944-1953. Includes: minutes, April 22, 1944-November 4, 1953 (last meeting).
bMS 212/3 (8) Miscellaneous papers from previous three record books. Includes: state corresponding secretary's report, 1933; magazine clippings on Aiko Onishi; news clippings and obituaries; letters in memoriam; annual secretary's and treasurer's reports, 1931-1932, 1933-1934, 1937-1938, 1939-1943; special meeting notes, October 1939; quota list (donations to Women's National Missionary Association); Universalist property list; loose clippings, of poetry and quotations.