Title: Trinity United Church of Christ, Town of Shelby, Wisconsin, Records
Inclusive Dates: 1865-1994

Creator:

• Trinity United Church of Christ (Town of Shelby, Wis.)

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

Quantity: 3.1 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and 48 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)

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

Abstract:

Records of Trinity United Church of Christ in the Town of Shelby, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, consisting of founding documents of the largely German-American membership founded in the area of the county known as the Mormon Coulee. The records include minutes of the Church, Consistory, Women’s Guild, and Brotherhood, financial records, member records, annual reports, newsletters, a photo album of church members (1941-1971), and photographs of the church building. Also included is a map of the original cemetery.

Language: English, German

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx00dm

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Lorraine Leske, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1988; and Michael H. Behm, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 2013. Accession Number: M98-105, M2013-148

Processing Information

Processed by Gayle Martinson, 1998; and Christina Johanningmeier, 2013.

La Crosse Mss DM	Constitution and founding materials Language: Early materials in German.
Box   1 Folder   1-2	Records and constitution, 1865-1899, 1920s
Box   1 Folder   3	Constitutions and guidelines, 1937-1971
Box   1 Folder   4-9	Minutes and financial records, 1889-1976
	Consistory meeting minutes
Box   2 Folder   1	1939-1949
Box   2 Folder   2-6	1954-1992
Box   3 Folder   1-3	1992-1996
	Annual reports
Box   3 Folder   4-7	1930-1969
Box   4 Folder   1-3	1970-1993
Box   4 Folder   4	Annual meeting minutes, 1977-1982
Box   4 Folder   5	Ladies' Aid Society, 1930-1938
	Women's Guild
Box   4 Folder   6-8	1939-1954
Box   5 Folder   1-3	1954-1973
Box   5 Folder   4-6	Women's Fellowship, 1974-1991
Box   5 Folder   7	Brotherhood, 1957-1963
	Newsletters
Box   5 Folder   8	1956-1959
Box   6 Folder   1-5	1962-1973
Box   7 Folder   1-7	1974-1988
	Members
Box   7 Folder   8	Family register, 1880s Language: In German.
Box   7 Folder   9	“Cash book,” member records, through 1927
Box   8	Record book of marriages, births, deaths, burials, 1886-1992
Box   7 Folder   10-12	Church histories and centennial programs
Oversize Folder	Cemetery map on tracing paper, undated
PH La Crosse Mss DM	Photographs
Box   1 Folder   1	“Trinity's Youth” photo album, 1941-1971
Box   1 Folder   2	Church members group portrait, partially identified