Connecticut Council of Churches and Religious Education records
Scope and Content
Contains minutes, treasurer's records, convention records, printed materials, reports and statistics of the Connecticut Federation of Churches, Connecticut Sunday School Union, Connecticut Sunday School Teachers Association, Connecticut Sunday School Association, Connecticut Council of Religious Education, Highland Auxiliary of the Connecticut Sunday School Association, North Tolland Sunday School Association, Professional Religious Education Association, and Connecticut Council of Churches.
Dates
- 1832-1997
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
Historical Note
The Connecticut Council of Churches and Religious Education was formed "to promote and extend the Christian religion in Connecticut by furnishing an interdenominational agency for cooperation in Christian education, comity, and social relations" (Constitution). The Council functions as the accredited auxiliary of The International Council of Religious Education and maintains associate relations with The Federal Council of Churches of Christ of America. It resulted from a merger in 1932 of The Connecticut Council of Religious Education and the Connecticut Federation of Churches. Hartford County Superior Court on January 22, 1948, granted an application for change of name of the organization from "The Connecticut Council of Churches and Religious Education" to "The Connecticut Council of Churches, Incorporated."
Sunday School conventions in Connecticut originated in 1857 with the first State Convention held at Hartford. Subsequently the Connecticut Association of the American Sunday School Union was formed. In 1871 the Connecticut Sunday School Teachers Association was organized which in 1886 became the Connecticut Sunday School Association. Their Executive Committee meeting minutes of April 8, 1924, state a proposed change in the name of the organization from "The Connecticut Sunday School Association" to "The Connecticut Council of Religious Education."
Extent
6.25 cubic feet
Abstract
The Connecticut Council of Churches and Religious Education was formed "to promote and extend the Christian religion in Connecticut by furnishing an interdenominational agency for cooperation in Christian education, comity, and social relations". Contains minutes, treasurer's records, convention records, printed materials, reports and statistics of the Connecticut Federation of Churches, Connecticut Sunday School Union, Connecticut Sunday School Teachers Association, Connecticut Sunday School Association, Connecticut Council of Religious Education, Highland Auxiliary of the Connecticut Sunday School Association, North Tolland Sunday School Association, Professional Religious Education Association, and Connecticut Council of Churches.
Provenance
The records were received on February 10, 1944, from the Reverend Everitt A. Babcock, General Secretary of the Connecticut Council of Churches. Accessions 2011-085 and 2011-086 were donated by the Union Congregational Church to the Connecticut State Library in 2010. Accession 2014-012 was donated by the Connecticut Historical Society to the Connecticut State Library on June 11, 2013.
- Bolton (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connecticut -- Church history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Connecticut Council of Churches and Religious Education -- Records and correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coventry (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- East Windsor (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ellington (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hartford (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manchester (Conn.) -- Church history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minutes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Periodicals Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Programs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Religious education -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- South Windsor (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sunday school conventions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tolland (Conn.) -- Church history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vernon (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RG 134, Connecticut Council of Churches and Religious Education
- Subtitle
- Inventory of Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
- Date
- 2011
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- February 10, 2011: This electronic finding aid was updated by Allen Ramsey. Update included addition of Highland Auxiliary of the Connecticut Sunday School Association, 1 volume, and the North Tolland Sunday School Association secretary's records, 1 volume .
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
