NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG2678.AM: United Church of Christ. Nebraska Conference (Neb.)
Records: 1855-1978
Nebraska: United Church of Christ
Size: 14 reels of microfilm
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The material in this collection consists of records from the Historical Office of the Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ in Lincoln, Nebraska, which have been loaned to the Nebraska State Historical Society for microfilming. The collection includes records of the Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ and its predecessor the Congregational Conference; records of state-wide missionary associations; records of associations of Congregational Churches formed within the state; records of Gates College in Neligh, Nebraska, and of Weeping Water Academy; records of the Lincoln Congregational Club; and records of individual Congregational Churches. Records of many other Congregational Churches, also loaned for filming, have been treated as separate collections and may be located in the finding aids by the name of the town followed by the name of the church. Other records of Congregational academies and colleges can be found under the names of the institutions.
DESCRIPTION
Reel 1
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1876-1891
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1892-1911
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1912-1940
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1940-1958 (see also Reel 13)
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1916-1942 (see also Reel 13)
Frontier Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1890-1930
Reel 2
Frontier Association of Congregational Churches, financial records, 1891-1931
Republican Valley Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1880-1891
Republican Valley Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1891-1926 (see also Reel 14)
Columbus Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1886-1914
Reel 3
Columbus Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1914-1957
Elkhorn Valley Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1885-1897
Elkhorn Valley Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1898-1924
Elkhorn Valley Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1925-1955
Association of German Congregational Churches in Nebraska (Nebraska German Congregational Conference), minutes (in German), 1879-1889
Association of German Congregational Churches in Nebraska (Nebraska German Congregational Conference), minutes (in German), 1889-1916
Reel 4
Association of German Congregational Churches in Nebraska (Nebraska German Congregational Conference), minutes (in German), 1916-1944
Association of German Congregational Churches in Nebraska (Nebraska German Congregational Conference), minutes (in German), 1945-1963 (in English beginning in 1955)
Nebraska Congregational Conference Board of Directors, minutes, 1889-1894
Nebraska Congregational Conference Board of Directors, minutes, 1918-1924
Nebraska Congregational Conference Board of Directors, minutes, 1927-1951; December 1954; January 1955 (see also Reel 10)
American Home Missionary Society, account of aid to Nebraska churches, 1855-1902
Reel 5
American Home Missionary Society, account of aid to Nebraska churches, 1875-1879
Gates College (Neligh, Neb.), Board of Trustee minutes, 1881-1915
Gates College (Neligh, Neb.), Faculty minutes, 1881-1908
Gates College (Neligh, Neb.), Index (Semi-monthly paper edited by the Docendian Society, a student literary society), 1884-1885
Nebraska Congregational Home Missionary Society, record of grants made by Nebraska churches, 1902-1924
Reel 6
Nebraska Congregational Home Missionary Society, financial accounts, 1901-1924
Women’s Home Missionary Union of Nebraska, minutes, 1899-1901
Women’s Home Missionary Union of Nebraska, minutes, 1901-1922
Women’s Home Missionary Union of Nebraska, minutes, 1922-1927 (see also end of reel 6)
State Central Committee of missions in Nebraska, minutes, 1878-1883 and applications passed by State Board, 1887-1888
Nebraska Congregational Home Missionary Society, minutes, 1883-1889
Nebraska Congregational Home Missionary Society, minutes, 1894-1905
Nebraska Congregational Home Missionary Society, minutes, 1905-1912
Women’s Home Missionary Union of Nebraska, minutes, 1893-1899
Reel 7
Records of the Corresponding Secretary, 1906-1912
Scrapbook, Congregational News Items from the Nebraska State Journal, 1909-1912
Congregational Church (Bloomfield, Neb.), record book, 1891-1905
Congregational Church (Bruning, Neb.), record book, 1890-1904
Butler Avenue Congregational Church (Lincoln, Neb.), record book, 1895-1922
Congregational Church (Camp Creek, Neb.), minutes, 1880-1906
Congregational Church (Freewater, Neb.), record book, 1880-1906
Congregational Church (Germantown [Garland], Neb.), record book, 1893-1915
Congregational Church (Pickrell, Neb.), record book, 1886-1895
Congregational Church (Pickrell, Neb.), record book, 1893-1910
First Congregational Church (Rising City, Neb.), record book, 1888-1900
First Congregational Church (Rising City, Neb.), register, 1888-1920
First Congregational Church (Sargent, Neb.), record book, 1893-1910
Reel 8
Congregational Church (Springview, Neb.), record book, 1887-1898
Congregational Church (Springview, Neb.), minutes, 1888-1942
First Congregational Church (Spencer, Neb.), record book, 1891-1925
Congregational Church (Wescott, Neb.), record book, 1889-1927
Lincoln Congregational Club (Lincoln, Neb.), minutes, 1903-1925
First Congregational Church (Milford, Neb.), record book, 1874-1959
Congregational Association of Nebraska, minutes, 1857-1880
Reel 9
Weeping Water Academy (Weeping Water, Neb.), Board of Trustees minutes, 1907-1916
First Congregational Church (Weeping Water, Neb.), minutes of the Women’s Missionary Society, 1873-1889
First Congregational Church (Weeping Water, Neb.), register, 1860-1875
First Congregational Church (Weeping Water, Neb.), clerk’s minutes, 1874-1895
First Congregational Church (Weeping Water, Neb.), minutes of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, 1895-1905
Reel 10
Nebraska Congregational Conference, Board of Directors minutes, 1958-1965 (see also reel 4)
Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ, minutes, 1966-1968
Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ, minutes, 1969-1971
Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ, minutes, 1972-1974
Fellowship Notes (newsletter of Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ), 1969-1976
Keeping in Touch (newsletter of Nebraska Conference of the United Church of Christ), 1977-1978
Reel 11
Nebraska Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women, record book, 1953-1961
Nebraska Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women, record book, 1956-1960
Nebraska Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women, record book, 1960-1961
Nebraska Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women, record book, 1961-1962
Nebraska Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women, record book, 1961-1963
Nebraska Fellowship of Congregational Christian Women, record book, 1962-1963
Reel 12
Congregational Church (Argo, Neb.), record book, 1906-1927
Congregational Church (Burton, Neb.), record book, 1908-1917
Congregational Church (Comstock, Neb.), record book, 1916-1923
Congregational Church (Comstock, Neb.), record book, 1924-1927
Congregational Church (Culbertson, Neb.), minutes, 1954-1960
Congregational Church (Culbertson, Neb.), minutes, 1960-1963
Congregational Church (Culbertson, Neb.), Sunday School record, 1926-1946
Congregational Church (Culbertson, Neb.), financial records, 1927-1943
Congregational Church (Culbertson, Neb.), financial records, 1929-1961
Congregational Church (Culbertson, Neb.), register of memorials, 1955-1963
Reel 13
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1958-1962 (see also reel 1)
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1942-1953 (see also reel 1)
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1954-1962
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1962-1965
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1965-1969
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1970-1971
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1972
Reel 14
Republican Valley Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1927-1962 (see also reel 2) [name changed to Southwestern Association in 1931]
Northwestern Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1887-1919
Northwestern Association of Congregational Churches, minutes, 1927-1953
ADDED ENTRIES:
American Home Missionary Society
Association of German Congregational Churches in Nebraska
Blue Valley Association of Congregational Churches (Blue Valley, Neb.)
Butler Avenue Congregational Church (Lincoln, Neb.)
Columbus Association of Congregational Churches (Columbus, Neb.)
Congregational Association of Nebraska
Congregational Church (Argo, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Bloomfield, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Bruning, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Burton, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Camp Creek, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Comstock, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Freewater, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Germantown, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Garland, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Pickrell, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Springview, Neb.)
Congregational Church (Wescott, Neb.)
Congregational Church in Nebraska
Education — Nebraska
Elkhorn Valley Association of Congregational Churches (Neb.)
First Congregational Church (Milford, Neb.)
First Congregational Church (Rising City, Neb.)
First Congregational Church (Sargent, Neb.)
First Congregational Church (Seward, Neb.)
First Congregational Church (Spencer, Neb.)
First Congregational Church (Weeping Water, Neb.)
Frontier Association of Congregational Churches (Neb.)
Gates College (Neligh, Neb.)
German Evangelical Congregational Churches in Nebraska
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches (Lincoln, Neb.)
Lincoln Congregational Club (Lincoln, Neb.)
Missions — Nebraska
Nebraska Congregational Conference
Nebraska Congregational Home Missionary Society
Nebraska Fellowship of Congregational Women
Nebraska German Congregational Conference
Northwestern Association of Congregational Churches (Neb.)
Omaha Association of Congregational Churches (Omaha, Neb.)
Republican Valley Association of Congregational Churches (Neb.)
United Church of Christ. Nebraska Conference (Neb.)
Weeping Water Academy (Weeping Water, Neb.)
Women — Nebraska
Women’s Home Missionary Union of Nebraska
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Youth — Nebraska
Revised 06-02-2009 TMM