First Presbyterian Church records, 1870-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Title
First Presbyterian Church records
Dates
1870-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
25 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1049
Summary
The First Presbyterian Church records (1870-1988) consist of minutes, baptism lists, ordination certificates, membership lists, financial materials, property deeds, receipts, correspondence, articles, news clippings, scrapbooks, and newsletters. This collection encompasses the history of the First Presbyterian Church in Utah.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The First Presbyterian Church records (1870-1988) consist of minutes, baptism lists, ordination certificates, membership lists, financial materials, property deeds, receipts, correspondence, articles, news clippings, scrapbooks, and newsletters. This collection encompasses the history of the First Presbyterian Church in Utah.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized in six series: I. Session Minutes and Records; II. Membership Records; III. Financial Records; IV. Christian Organizations; V. Church Materials; VI. Utah Presbyterianism.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Church in 1988.

Processing Note

Processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (PO487).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Meetings and MinutesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Annual Meetings and Minutes
Minutes of the annual meetings between 1965-1971 and church-wide minutes for 1872-1908.
1872-1971
2
Deacons Minutes
 1942-1967
3-6
Session Minutes
 1872-1972
7-9
Trustee Minutes
 1915-1963

BaptismsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
10
Baptism Register
 1873-1971
Folder
11 1-9
Certificates
 1945-1959
11 10
Cradle Roll
 1914-1944

MembershipReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
12 1-7
Letter Requests
 1913-1960
12 8
Membership Chronological Roll
 1871-1929
12 9-12
Ordination Certificates for Deacons and Elders
 1871-1975
12 13
Reception Certificates
 1914
13 1
Membership Dismission Certificate
13 2
Membership Register
 1870-1890
13 3
Membership Reception
 1913
13 4-5
Membership Register
 1871-1941
14 1-5
Transfers and Receptions
 1965-1983
14 6
Membership Register
 1914-1945
15-16
Membership Transfers and Dismissions
 1937-1965

Financial MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
17 1
Assayer
 1877-1878
17 2
Assessment Notices
 1884-1885
17 3
Balance Statements
 1885
17 4
Charge Slips
17 5-9
Checks
 1876-1885
17 10
Church Support
17 11-13
Correspondence
 1877-1923
17 14
J. M. Coyner
Passbook, receipts, and a deed of gift of monetary offering to First Presbyterian Church.
1885
17 15-16
Expenses and Income
 1871-1883
17 17
Financial Statements and Conditions
17 18
Insurance Material
Insurance policies and deeds.
17 19
Loan Material--Stein Mortgage
17 20
Loans
17 21
Maintenance
17 22
Ministerial Support
18 1
Mortgages
18 2
Overdraft Statements
18 3
Power of Attorney
18 4
Property
Deeds, title abstracts, and correspondence relating to the property and building of the First Presbyterian Church. Also included are gifts of property and other property related materials.
18 5
Publications
Subscriptions and payment orders.
18 6-31
Receipts
These include reciepts from the Salt Lake City Corporation, the Salt Lake City Gas Company, the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, Utah Telephone Company, ZCMI, Wasatch Council, Josiah Welch, and T. R. Jones.
1877-1885
18 32
Sunday School Funds
18 33
Water License
 1885
18 34
YMCA Relief Assistance Requests

Addition FundReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
19 1
Campaign Forms
 1956
19 2
Campaign Printing Samples
19 3
Campaign Proposals
19 4-5
Correspondence
 1955
19 6
Floor Plans
19 7-8
Fundraising Booklets and Pamphlets
19 9
Loyalty Dinner
Programs, reservation cards, pledge cards, and materials related to the fundraising dinner.
1956
19 10
News Clippings
19 11
Reports

Building Erection FundReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
20 1
Appeal
Mass-mailer to churches around the United States for money to erect a Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City.
20 2-10
Correspondence
 1871-1872
21 1
Building Fund Ledger Accounts
 1956-1969
21 2
Manager's Account Expenditures
 1982
21 3
Petty Cash and Receipts Book
 1965-1972
21 4-5
Pledge Cards
 1983

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
22
Pledge Records
 1931-1936
Folder
23 1
Building Fund
 1970
23 2
General Funds
 1969
23 3
Cash Receipts
 1965-1970
23 4-5
Collection Records
 1929-1937

Christian Education, Programs and PublicityReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
24 1
Christian Education
Minutes and other information, including organizational and structural charts.
1956-1962
24 2-4
Programs/Publicity Material
 1944-1948

Dorcas SocietyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
25 1-23
Membership Booklets
 1945-1969
25 24-25
Account Balances
 1960-1970
25 26
Minutes
 1965-1968

Ferry Missionary SocietyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
26 1
Booklets
26 2
Account Book
 1946-1948
26 3
Check Books
 1943-1947
26 4
Financial Reports
26 5
Correspondence
 1930-1940
26 6
Financial Material
Receipts, treasurer's reports, and other financial materials.
1930-1940
26 7
Hymns, "National Meeting Hymn"
 1938
26 8
Instructional Materials
26 9
Lists
26 10
General Materials
26 11
Newsletters
26 12
Programs
 1929-1940
26 13
Reports, Minutes and Motions
26 14
Rolls
 1926-1939
27
Ferry Missionary Society
Receipts, membership rolls and other general materials.
1915-1947

Ladies AidReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
28 1-2
Treasurer Reports
 1896-1917
28 3-6
Ladies Aid
 1907-1934

MarinersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
29 1
Clippers
Bylaw and membership handbook.
29 2
Constitution of Admirality Board
29 3
Correspondence
29 4
Cruises and Retreats
29 5
District/Synod Information
29 6-11
Executive Board Minutes
 1965-1970
29 12
Financial Material
 1968-1970
29 13
Membership
29 14
General Materials
29 15
National Bulletin
29 16-17
Newsletters
 1963
29 18
Programs
29 19
Carnival
 1968-1969
29 20
Handbooks and Brochures
29 21
Statement of Purpose
29 22
"Thank You" Correspondence
30
Mariners Stamps
Two rubber stamps with deposit information for the Wasatch Mariners Group.

Men's ClubReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
31 1-7
Rolls, Programs and Listings
 1943-1950
31 8
Committee Assignment
31 9
General Materials
31 10
Newsletter
31 11-12
Receipts
31 13
Savings Account Passbook
 1950-1955
31 14-15
Secretary's Book
 1951-1955
31 16
Treasurer's Book
 1948-1956

Missionary SocietyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
32 1-5
Minutes
 1901-1948
32 6
Annual Report
 1946-1947
33
Philo-Christ
 1926-1943

Women's AssociationReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
34 1-5
Executive Board
 1952-1964
34 6-8
Minutes
 1941-1954
35 1-4
Minutes
 1955-1964
35 5
Loose Material
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
36 1-4
Young People
Membership lists, reports, and minutes.
1885-1934

Newsletters and Church SubjectsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
37
Newsletters
 1956-1970
Folder
38 1
Articles of Incorporation
 1878
38 2
Athletics
38 3
Board of Trustees
38 4
Business Meeting
 1902
38 5
C. E. Society--Resignation
38 6
Choirs
38 7
Christian Education
38 8
Church Manual
 1915
38 9
Church Membership
38 10
Deacons
38 11
Home Mission Board
38 12
Mariners
38 13
General Materials
38 14
News Clippings
38 15
Protestant Church Directory
38 16
Prayer Meeting Committee
38 17
Roll Call--Acting Members
38 18
Salt Lake Council of Churches
38 19
Session
38 20
Shut-Ins
38 21
Sunday School
38 22
Supplemental Mailing List
38 23
Treasurer Resignation
 1877
38 24
Trustees
38 25
Josiah Welch Correspondence
 1876
38 26
Josiah Welch News Clippings
38 27
Women's Association

Registers and ScrapbooksReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
39
Guest Registers
 1975-1986
Folder
40 1
Rev. Josiah Welch
 1871-1877
40 2
Rev. R. G. McNiece
 1877-1897
40 3
Rev. W. M. Paden
 1897-1912
40 4-6
Rev. George Ewing Davies
 1914-1927
40 7
Rev. Jesse H. Baird
 1928-1931
40 8
Rev. Theodore Gailland Lilley
 1932-1940
40 9
Rev. Floyd W. Farr
 1941-1945
40 10
Rev. W. Malcolm Gwaltney
 1946-1952
40 11
Rev. Alvin L. Morris
 1953-1961
41 1
Rev. Walter J. Kalvesmaki
41 2
Rev. E. W. Remley
 1965-1967
41 3
Rev. Thomas C. Jackson
 1968-1969
41 4
Rev. James Moore
 1970-1972
41 5
Centennial
 1971
41 6
Centennial and Dr. Paul Fawley
 1971-1977
42 1-2
Centennial
 1971
42 3
Rev. Harry P. Sweitzer
42 4
Church Bulletins
 1973-1982
42 5
Hubert W. Hodgens
42 6
John R. Bodo
42 7
Ginger Gryzwana

Articles and PublicationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
43 1
A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah"
43 2-3
"The Church Review"
 1895
43 4
Margaret Lee Chadwick, "The Lee Family of Spanish Fork, Utah"
43 5
Paul Jesse Baird, "The Shepard's Dog"
43 6-9
"Utah Historical Quarterly"
 1976-1982

Utah Presbyterian Churches, A-ZReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
44 1-4
American Fork--Community Presbyterian Church
Session minutes, correspondence, centennial booklets, and news clippings.
44 5
American Fork--First Presbyterian Church
 1896-1952
44 6-8
Brigham City--Presbyterian Church
Centennial history and news clippings.
1878-1978
44 9-10
Cedar City--Union Presbyterian Church
44 11
Corinne--Presbyterian Church
44 12
Echo Canyon--Presbyterian Church
44 13
Ferron--Presbyterian Academy/ Church
44 14
Fort Douglas--Protestant Chapel
44 15
Granger--Westvale Presbyterian
44 16
Gunnison--Presbyterian Church
44 17
Kaysville--Westminster Presbyterian Church
44 18-19
Logan--First United Presbyterian Church
45 1
Manti--Presbyterian Church
45 2
Marysville--Community Church
45 3-4
Monroe--Presbyterian Church
45 5-6
Mount Pleasant--"Liberal Hall"
45 7-8
Myton--First Presbyterian Church
45 9-10
Ogden--First Presbyterian Church
45 11
Ogden--Trinity Presbyterian
45 12
Panguitch--Garfield County
"Golden Nuggets of Pioneer Days: A History of Garfield County."
45 13
Park City--Community Church
45 14
Parowan--Presbyterian School
45 15-16
Payson--First Presbyterian Church
 1894-1970
45 17-18
Richfield--Presbyterian Church
46 1-3
Salina--Presbyterian Church
46 4
Salt Lake City--Community of Christ United Presbyterian Church
46 5-6
Salt Lake City--Cottonwood Presbyterian Church
46 7
Salt Lake City--Japanese Church of Christ
46 8
Salt Lake City--Korean Presbyterian Church
46 9
Salt Lake City--Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church
46 10-12
Salt Lake City--Wasatch Presbyterian Church
46 13
Sandy--Community of Grace
46 14
Spanish Fork--Presbyterian Church
46 15
Spring City
46 16
Springville--Community Presbyterian Church
46 17
St. George--Parish

Presbyterian SchoolsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
47 1
Early Utah Protestant Schools
Pamphlets, notes, photocopied photographs, and other material concerning early Utah protestant schools.
47 2
Carl Wankier, "History of Presbyterian Schools in Utah"
47 3-6
Hungerford Academy, Springville
Programs from the "Celebration of Historic Plaque Presentation for State and National Historic Register," 1981. Also included is a plot map of the academy, correspondence, news clippings, and historical sketches.
1981
47 7-14
Westminster College
Correspondence; "I Remember," by Emil Nyman; news clippings; interview information from Graham Strong on Emil Nyman; Salt Lake Collegiate Institution; and "Westminster College--105 Years," by Emil Nyman.

Utah PresbyterianismReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
48 1
M. Katharine Bennett, "A Fiftieth Anniversary"
48 2
William R. Harshaw, "A Romance of Old Home Missions"
48 3
Elizabeth O. Thompson, "Woman's Board of Home Missions"
48 4
A. Walton Roth, "A Century of Service in Utah"
48 5
Margaret M. Thompson, "Compiled Hisotry of Utah Presbyterian Churches"
48 6
Paul Jesse Baird, "A Critique of Presbyterian Ministry in Great Basin"
48 7
"Did You Know That?"
48 8
Historic Sites Plaque Project
Correspondence, news clippings, and other materials from Graham Strong's project to mark historical Presbyterian Churches in Utah on the national register and commemmorate them with plaques.
48 9
George K. Davies, "A History of the Presbyterian Church in Utah"
48 10
Non-Presbyterian Churches
48 11
Herbert W. Reherd, "An Outline History of the Protestant Churches of Utah"
48 12
Sheldon Jackson, "Pioneer Work in the Territory of Utah"
49 1
"Praise the Lord"--A History of Presbyterianism in Utah
49 2
George K. Davies, "Presbyterian Beginnings in Utah"
49 3-8
T. D. Martin, "Presbyterian Work in Utah"
These folders contain pre-publication materials as well as volumes 1 through 5 and a condensation of the article.
1979
49 9
Andrew E. Murray, "Presbyterianism in Utah"
49 10
Margaret M. Thompson, "Presbyterian Movement in Utah"
49 11
Teresa Jackson, "Presbyterian Pioneers in Utah"
49 12
Presbytery of Utah
49 13
Walton Roth Interview
 1979
49 14
Sheldon Jackson
49 15
UEH (Utah Endowment for the Humanities) Grants, Resources
Information relating to the UEH's funding of the historic sites' plaque project.
49 16
Utah Church Summary Histories
49 17
Franke Leonard, "When Grandpa Was a Boy"
49 18
Women's Presbyterial Society of Utah

Synod of UtahReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
50 1
Standing Rules of the Synod of Utah
50 2-5
Synod of Utah Minutes
 1913-1950

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Church records and registers--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Church schools--Utah--History--Sources
  • Presbyterian Church--Education--Utah--History--Sources
  • Presbyterian Church--Utah--History--Sources
  • Presbyterians--Utah--Salt Lake City

Corporate Names

  • First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Archives
  • Westminster College of Salt Lake City

Geographical Names

  • Salt Lake City (Utah)--Church history--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

  • Financial records
  • Membership lists
  • Minutes
  • Newsletters
  • Scrapbooks

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2006 (last modified: 2019)

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