Finding aid for the Cleveland Baptist Union Records
Title:
Cleveland Baptist Union Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Cleveland Baptist Union
Dates:
1867-1890
Quantity:
0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
Abstract:
 The Cleveland Baptist Union (f. 1869) was an organization of various Baptist churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The purpose of the organization was to raise money to meet the financial needs and operating expenses of the member institutions. The organization changed its name to the Cleveland Baptist City Mission Society in 1894 and merged with the larger Cleveland Baptist Association in 1920. The collection consists of documents of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, annual reports, membership lists, financial records, deeds, programs for anniversary celebrations, correspondence, news clippings, committee reports, insurance records, miscellaneous items.
Identification:
MS 4151
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of the Cleveland Baptist Union

The Cleveland Baptist Union (f. 1869) was an organization of various Baptist churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The purpose of the organization was to raise money to meet the financial needs and operating expenses of the member institutions. The organization changed its name to the Cleveland Baptist City Mission Society in 1894 and merged with the larger Cleveland Baptist Association in 1920.


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Scope and Content

The Cleveland Baptist Union Records, 1867-1890 and undated, consist of documents of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, annual reports, membership lists, financial records, deeds, anniversary celebration programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, committee reports, insurance records, and some miscellaneous items.

This collection is useful for anyone researching the history of Baptists and various Baptist organizations in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Individuals frequently mentioned include James Hoyt, a frequent officeholder in the Cleveland Baptist Union, and John D. Rockefeller, who gave generously to various Baptist organizations.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series.
Series I: Union Records is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Series II: Records of Union Organizations is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Baptist -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Baptist associations.
Baptists -- Societies, etc.
Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Religious and ecclesiastical institutions.
Cleveland Baptist Union.
Hoyt, James.
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4151 Cleveland Baptist Union Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, 1982.

Processing Information

Processed by Richard Hite in 1988.


Detailed Description of The Collection



Series I: Union Records, 1867-1890; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Incorporation of Cleveland Baptist Union, 1869




Box 1 / Folder 2
Constitution and minute book, 1868-1889




Box 1 / Folder 3
Minutes, 1873-1882




Box 1 / Folder 4
Annual reports, 1872-1881




Box 1 / Folder 5
Membership list, undated




Box 1 / Folder 6
Financial records, 1869-1886




Box 1 / Folder 7
Financial records, lists of donors and amounts, 1885-1887




Box 1 / Folder 8-10
Financial records, receipts, ca. 1869-ca. 1887




Box 2 / Folder 11-12
Financial records, receipts, ca. 1869-ca. 1887




Box 2 / Folder 13
Deeds, 1869-1887




Box 2 / Folder 14
Anniversary celebration programs, 1872-1883




Box 2 / Folder 15
Correspondence, 1875-1890




Box 2 / Folder 16
Newspaper clippings, 1876-1886




Box 2 / Folder 17
Miscellaneous records, including legal records, 1869-1872; address of Colonel William H. Harris, undated; and an advertisement for South Side Friendly Home, 1881, 1869-1881




Folder 20
Oversize Folder 1: Lists of deeds, 1869-1886




Folder 20
Oversize Folder 1: Extracts from Statutes of Ohio, undated




Folder 20
Oversize Folder 1: By-laws of Cleveland Baptist Union, 1867




Folder 20
Oversize Folder 1: Notes of meeting about Idaka Chapel, 1880




Folder 20
Oversize Folder 1: Incorporation record, 1869




Folder 20
Oversize Folder 1: Financial records, 1869-1883




Folder 20
Oversize Folder 1: Deeds, 1867-1886





Series II: Records of Union Organizations, 1870-1886; undated

Box 2 / Folder 18
Committee reports, including: Auditing Committee, 1870; Building Committee, 1884, 1886; German Baptist Mission Committee, 1884; Superior Street Church Committee, 1881; and Unidentified committees, 1879 and undated, 1870-1886




Box 2 / Folder 19
Financial records of member institutions, including: Cottage Baptist Church, 1871-1872; Dane Street Mission, 1878; Garden Street Baptist Mission, 1878; German Baptist Publication Society, 1878; Idaka Chapel, undated; and Superior Street Baptist Church, 1878, 1871-1878