New Haven Museum - MSS 9: United Church on the Green Records, 1741-1975

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MSS 9: United Church on the Green Records, 1741-1975

Creator: United Church on the Green

Extent: 15 ft. (33 boxes)

Description: Archives of the church from the time of its establishment, including correspondence, annual reports, meeting reports, financial statements, membership records, Sunday School records, and papers relating to missionary work in Africa. The bulk of the papers is dated 1796-1900. Persons represented include R. H. Clapp, Samuel W. S. Dutton, Jonathan Edwards, Jr., and T. T. Munger.

Research Topics: Congregational churches in New Haven (e.g. history, membership, discipline, finances); effect of Great Awakening on New Haven churches; Sunday schools

Plan of arrangement of pews in White Haven Meeting-House, from a sketch dated May 6, 1806. (Box 1, Folder N)

United Church on the Green. (Box 25, Folder B)

Fair Haven Society Meeting-House, arrangement of pews about 1774. (Box 2, Folder E)

United Church on the Green, with Harkness Tower in the background. (Box 25, Folder H)

Report from Committee of the White Haven Society detailing the proposed union of the White Haven and Fair Haven Societies. (Box 1, Folder T)

"The five oldest deacons of the United Church, photographed September 17, 1924." Albert S. Holt (b. 1840), Frederick E. Hartshorn (b. 1846), William J. Weld (b. 1847), Charles E.P. Sanford (b. 1849), and Moses H. Lewis (b. 1854). (Box 25, Folder J)

Dedication of the Missionary Service Flag, United Church on the Green, January 1920. (Box 25, Folder K)

Order of Exercises, Sabbath School Celebration at Sachem's Wood, July 4, 1840. (Box 30, Folder B)

Program for Sunday School Rally Day, United Church on the Green, September 20, 1900. (Box 30, Folder B)