Peace Church records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of seven rolls of positive microfilm containing sixty volumes of church records. The records consist of church record books which contain vital statistics, information in the form of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and communicants; and history of the congregation. Also included are church council minutes, several volumes of general church financial records, records of auxiliary organizations, and several scrapbooks. Records through 1928 are in German.
Dates
- 1872-1976
Creator
- Peace Church, United Church of Christ (Duluth, Minn.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Peace United Church of Christ formally organized in Duluth, Minnesota as St. Paul’s Evangelical Church in 1872; it belonged to the Evangelical Synod of North America. This denomination was in the tradition of the Prussian Evangelical Union, which had united the Reform and Lutheran faiths and St. Paul’s was patterned after the state church of Prussia.
The name of the church has changed three times. In 1934 it was changed to the St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church as a result of the merger of the Evangelical Synod of North America and the Reformed Church in the United States into the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The name was changed in 1957 to St. Paul’s United Church of Christ following the merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches into the Church of Christ.
In 1959 the congregation voted to change its name to Peace Church in order to communicate the church’s theme, as symbolized by its “peace” bells. On several occasions the church asked various sources for metals used as weapons of war in order to be melted down to form the bells.
Extent
7.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of seven rolls of positive microfilm containing sixty volumes of church records. The records consist of church record books which contain vital statistics, information in the form of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and communicants; and history of the congregation. Also included are church council minutes, several volumes of general church financial records, records of auxiliary organizations, and several scrapbooks.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
Other Finding Aids
General
This collection is owned by the Minnesota Historical Society, but is housed at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives.
- Church records and registers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Churches Subject Source: Local sources
- Duluth (Minn.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- German Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Microfilm Subject Source: Local sources
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Local sources
- United Church of Christ Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vital statistics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Peace Church records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
