Title: First Congregational Church (La Crosse, Wis.) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1852-1959

Creator:

• First Congregational Church (La Crosse, Wis.)

Call Number: La Crosse Mss CB; PH La Crosse Mss CB

Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (7 archives boxes) and 10 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of a Congregational Church including minute books; registers containing records of pastors, deacons, members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths; church histories, directories, and other print materials; financial records; photocopies of news clipping scrapbooks; scattered records relating to Sunday School and a young people's organization; records of various church-affiliated women's organizations; and photographs of children's indoor and outdoor activities at the church, circa 1948.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx00cb

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Some of the church registers in this collection were microfilmed as part of the collection titled "Church and Cemetery Records (Genealogical Society of Utah Project): La Crosse County, Wisconsin" (La Crosse Micro 18).

Acquisition Information

Presented by the First Congregational Church of La Crosse via Charles Haas, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1984. Accession Number: M85-223

Processing Information

Processed by Gayle Martinson, 1996.

La Crosse Mss CB	Series: Trustee Records
Box   1 Folder   1	First Congregational Society record book, 1852-1867
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Minute books, 1867-1935
	Series: Church Registers and Vital Statistics	⇧
Box   2 Folder   1	Church register, 1852-1881
	Minutes, 1852-1859
	Financial record, 1871-1881
	Roll of members, 1852-1860
	Members received by letter, 1852-1861
	Baptisms, 1852-1857
Box   2 Folder   2	Church register, 1859-1882 Note: Also on La Crosse Micro 18, Reel 2, Item 6.
	Minutes, 1859-1882
	List of members, 1874-1882
	List of members, 1852-1875
Box   2 Folder   3	Church register, 1882-1889 Note: Also on La Crosse Micro 18, Reel 2, Item 7.
	Pastors, 1880-1914
	Deacons, 1879-1890
	Register of communicants, 1852-1889
	Baptisms, 1882-1889
	Register of attendance, 1885
	Minutes, 1882-1889
Box   3 Folder   1	Church register, 1890-1899 Note: Also partly on La Crosse Micro 18, Reel 2, Item 8.
	Pastors, 1857-1890
	Deacons, 1890-1899
	Subordinate list of members, 1890-1891
	Communicants, 1852-1899
	Baptisms, 1887-1899
	Marriages, 1899
	Deaths, 1890-1899
	Register of attendance, 1890-1899
	Minutes, 1890-1899
Box   3 Folder   2	Church register, 1899-1924 Note: Also partly on La Crosse Micro 18, Reel 2, Item 5.
	Pastors, 1852-1924
	Deacons, 1890-1918
	Other officers, 1886-1910
	Attendance (statistics), 1899-1909
	Delegates, 1905-1908
	Baptisms, 1900-1915
	Members received, 1852-1915
	Members removed, 1900-1915
	Charities and expenses, 1899
	Annual church statistics, 1899-1916
Box   3 Folder   3	Minute book, 1900-1916
Box   3 Folder   4	Marriage records, 1888-1913 Note: Also on La Crosse Micro 18, Reel 2, Item 10.
Box   4 Folder   1	Miscellaneous papers [removed from church registers], 1862-1928
	Series: Treasurer's Records	⇧
Box   4 Folder   2	Treasurer's book, 1910-1931
Box   4 Folder   3	Miscellaneous financial records, 1919-1935
	Series: Miscellany	⇧
Box   4 Folder   4	Guest book, 1927-1941
Box   4 Folder   5	Scrapbook clippings, 1942-1948
	Series: Printed Materials	⇧
Box   4 Folder   6	Church directories and parish register, 1921-1942
Box   4 Folder   7	Church histories and anniversaries, 1902-1931
Box   4 Folder   8	Church manuals, 1862-1917
Box   4 Folder   9	Constitution and by-laws, 1932
	Series: Sunday School and Youth Organizations	⇧
Box   5 Folder   1	Congregational Young People's Society minute book, 1899-1909
Box   5 Folder   2	Sunday School classes, 1901
Box   5 Folder   3	Sunday School record, 1915-1919
	Series: Church Women Organizations	⇧
Box   5 Folder   4	Ladies Sewing Circle secretary's book, 1868-1875
Box   5 Folder   5-6	Ladies Society minute books, 1876-circa 1911
Box   6 Folder   1	Ladies Society account book, 1864-1865
Box   6 Folder   2	Ladies Sewing Circle account book, 1865-1867
Box   6 Folder   3-4	Ladies Sewing Circle ledgers, 1868-1889
Box   6 Folder   6	Ladies Society record book, 1889-1920
Box   6 Folder   7-8	Women's Union record and minute books, 1898-1920
Box   7 Folder   1	Women's Union minute book, 1920-1925
Box   7 Folder   2-3	Women's Union minutes, 1937-1959
Box   7 Folder   4	Women's Union member book, 1916-1928
Box   7 Folder   5-7	Women's Union ledger, 1923-1944
Box   7 Folder   8	Women's Union - miscellaneous, 1901-1947
Box   7 Folder   9	Fourth Circle of the Women's Union minute book, 1916-1921
Box   7 Folder   10	April Circle Women's Union ledger, 1930-1937
Box   7 Folder   11	Women's Fellowship ledger, 1947-1951