bMS 279

Church of the Mediator, Providence, Rhode Island. Records, 1848-1971.

Scope and Content:

Second Universalist Church register, 1867-1875, and record book, 1848-1876; constitutions of the Second Universalist Church, the Church of the Mediator, the Second Universalist Society, the Second Universalist Sabbath School Association, the Parish Union, and the Young People's Missionary Association, 1849-1888; programs of service, 1851-1967; programs of Sunday School service, 1858-1875; various programs for other Church functions; letters and clippings re legal dispute involving minister and board of the Church of the Mediator, 1960-1967; clippings re fire that destroyed building, 1971.

Container List:

  • bMS 279/1 (1) Second Universalist Church. Register, July 1867-April 1875. Includes: lists of marriages, baptisms, and deaths.
  • bMS 279/1 (2) Second Universalist Church. Record book, 1848-1876. Includes: act of incorporation and constitution, 1848; minutes of Church meetings, 15 February 1848-2 May 1866, 8 April 1867-10 April 1876; minutes of annual and quarterly Trustees' meetings, April 1849-May 1868.
  • bMS 279/1 (3) Loose papers from previous record books. Includes charter and constitution of 1857.
  • bMS 279/2 (1) Constitutions. Includes: constitution and list of members of the Second Universalist Church, 1849, 1853, 1857; constitutions of the Church of the Mediator, April 1869, February 1880, constitution of the Second Universalist Society, 1857; constitution of the Society of the Church of the Mediator, 1868; Second Universalist Sabbath School Association constitution, 1857; Parish Union constitution, n.d.; Young People's Missionary Association constitution, 1888.
  • bMS 279/2 (2) Programs for services and Children's Sunday, 1851-1967.
  • bMS 279/2 (3) Programs for Sunday School services, plays, and exercises, 1858-1875; catalogues of library books, 1850 and 1867.
  • bMS 279/2 (4) Programs for entertainments, 1868-1881.
  • bMS 279/2 (5) Programs for entertainments sponsored by youth and women's organizations, 1865-1876.
  • bMS 279/2 (6) Programs for prize declamations; pamphlets from Universalist press; Rhode Island Life Guard membership list.
  • bMS 279/2 (7) Programs for Universalist General Convention sessions and for Universalist festival.
  • bMS 279/2 (8) Letters and clippings pertaining to legal dispute involving minister and board of the Church of the Mediator, 1960-1967.
  • bMS 279/2 (9) Clippings concerning fire which destroyed building, 1971.