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.