Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Buffalo Area Council of Churches
- Abstract:
- The collection includes 5 loose leaf notebooks and over 160 bankers boxes with paper files containing the minutes, annual reports, newsletters, correspondence, and constitutions and by laws of the Buffalo Council of Churches, Council of Churches of Buffalo and Erie County and Buffalo Area Council of Churches. This organization is frequently described as the Council of Churches (in Buffalo).
- Extent:
- 5 loose leaf notebooks and 160 bankers boxes
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection contains images of the contents of looseleaf notebooks which currently include the digitized minutes of the Council of Churches from 1923-1939.The full collection spans the time period from 1923-1989.
It is the intention to digitize the minutes, annual reports, newsletters and major projects of the organization.
- Biographical / Historical:
The Buffalo Federation of Churches was renamed Council of Churches in June 1923 at their annual meeting, which also added to their constitution a Women's Division.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Ecumenical Movement
Christian Union
Prohibition-United States--History--20th Century
Hygiene--Social Aspects
Council of Churches--Women's Department
Women's Division Report - Names:
- Nash, J. Edward, Rev. (1868-1957),
Michigan Avenue Baptist Church
Jones, Edgar, Dr. (1876-1956)
Greene, Finley H., Committee on Public Relations, Chair
Kagawa, Toyohiko, Dr. (1888-1960)
Tullis, Don, D., (1878-1964), Organization, Executive Secretary, 1923-1930
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Researchers are able to access selected digitized materials at the New York Heritage website (www.nyheritage.org)
Contact the organization for details about the physical location .
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: Http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-Edu/1.0/
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-882-4793