First Baptist Church of Chicago records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- First Baptist Church of Chicago records
- Dates
- 1834-1983
- Creator
- First Baptist Church (Chicago, Ill.)
- Creator
- Andrews, Charles, Marx, Mary, Morikawa, Jitsuo
- Size
- 13.25 linear ft. (29 boxes)
- Size
- 1 oversize folder.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content
Membership records; minutes of trustees, church organizations and committees; clerk records and financial records; anniversary programs; scrapbooks; a diary of Mary Marx (1929-1930); and numerous clippings of newspaper articles relating to activities of the ministers and members of the First Baptist Church of Chicago (Ill.). Many clippings describe racial integration within the church, ministers, such as Dr. Jitsuo Morikawa (1943-1956) and Rev. Charles Andrews (1957-1965), and other major topics. Records also relate to Sunday schools and church schools and activities of many organizations, including the Woman's Society, the "Friday Nighters," the Woman's American Foreign Mission Society, and the World Council of Churches.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Custodial History
Gift of First Baptist Church of Chicago (2000.0089).
Processing Information
Arrangement
Collection has been arranged chronologically within series when dates are available, except for paper membership records in boxes 7-10, which are arranged alphabetically. Original order has been maintained in all other cases.Biography or History
Founded in 1833; located at 935 East 50th Street in Chicago (Ill.) since 1919.
Finding aid available online.
Indexed Terms
- Andrews, Charles
- Marx, Mary
- Morikawa, Jitsuo
- First Baptist Church (Chicago, Ill.)
- 935 East 50th Street (Chicago, Ill.)
- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Baptists -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Japanese American clergy -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Japanese Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1929-1930
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Church history
- Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.)
- Account books
- Church records
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Guest registers
- Ledgers
- Membership lists
- Photographic prints
- Scrapbooks