NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG4114.AM: First Presbyterian Church (Nebraska City, Neb.)
Records: 1855-1982
Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb.: Presbyterian church
Size: 11 volumes on 1 reel of microfilm
HISTORICAL NOTE
The First Presbyterian Church of Nebraska City had its beginnings in the summer of 1855 when the Rev. H. M. Giltner began his labors as a missionary. The congregation was formally organized in November of that year. Early services were held at the Nebraska City and the Kearney City Hotels.
In 1857 the first building was erected. It served until 1902 when the present church building was built on that same site. The charter members numbered fifteen. In 1878 a great revival meeting added twenty to the congregation. In 1908, in accordance with a vote of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches, the Nebraska City Cumberland Presbyterian Church was united with this congregation.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The records of Nebraska City First Presbyterian Church consist of eleven volumes on one reel of microfilm arranged in two series: 1) Registers, 1855-1930; and 2) Minutes, 1855-1982.
The registers contain lists of pastors, deacon, trustees, members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. The minutes are those of the sessions, the board, and the congregational meetings. In both series some of the information from the earliest books is re-copied into later ones.
INVENTORY
Series 1 – Registers, 1855-1930
Reel 1
Volume
- 1855-1895
- 1856-1930
Series 2 – Minutes, 1855-1982
- 1855-1865
- 1855-1887
- 1899-1908
- 1905-1910
- 1910-1913
- 1913-1917
- 1917-1942
- 1942-1962
- 1962-1982
Subject headings:
Church records and registers
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nebraska City, Neb.)
First Presbyterian Church (Nebraska City, Neb.)
Nebraska City (Neb.)
Otoe County (Neb.)
Presbyterian Church
Acc: Sept. 1982
APD/sm 09-30-1982
Revised TMM 01-31-2025
