Massachusetts Council of Churches. Records, 1887-Present. -- Box List

Box List


Series I: Parent Organizations
	Sub-series 1: Massachusetts Sunday School Association (MSSA)
Box 1
		Administrative Records:
			Board of Directors - Meetings		1920-1924
			Boston Local Committee to Receive and Entertain the Annual State Convention (20th Anniversary)		1909
			Constitution and By-laws		1901
			District Notebook		[n. d.]
			District Officers		1895-1898
			District Organization		1892-1894, 1920
			Executive Committee Meetings		1889-1924
			General Secretary (Hamilton S. Conant) Annual Reports		1897-1911
			Secretary of Primary Work (Bertha Vella) Correspondence		1892-1900
			Treasurer's Reports and Budgets		1920-1924
		Conventions:
			Pre-convention program		1887
			State Convention Programs		1889-1924
		District Convention Programs:
			Attleboro		1927
			Ayer		1895-1923
			Barnstable
				(Central) (East) (North) (West)	1892-1924 1892-1925 1893-1924 1895-1923
			Berkshire
				(Central) (North) (South)	1893-1925 1895-1925 1895-1921
			Boston		1896-1921
			Brockton		1892-1925
			Cambridge		1895-1921
			Chelsea		1896-1924
			Chester		1894-1928
			Clinton		1895-1923
			Concord		1896- 1922
			Cummington		1896-1919
			Essex County, Lynn (Southern District)		1893-1919
			Fall River		1898-1930
			Framingham		1893-1929
			Franklin
				(North) (South) (West)	1895-1930 1897-1915 1892-1929
			Gloucester, (Essex County)		1893-1914
			Hampden		1900-1926
			Hampshire		1895-1920
Box 2
			Haverhill		1893-1930
			Ipswich		1896-1915
			Lawrence		1893-1929
			Lowell		1894-1922
			Lynn		1920-1927
			Malden		1894-1918
			Martha's Vineyard		1894-1927
			Middleborough		1893-1921
			Nantucket
			New Bedford		1894-1927
			Newburyport		1894-1922
			Norfolk
				(Central) (East) (West)	1893-1918 1919 1894-1917
			Norumbega		1902-1927
			Plymouth		1893-1929
			Salem		1893-1927
			South Shore		1920
			Taunton		1893-1925
			Three Rivers		1893-1925
			Webster		1894-1928
			Woburn		1900-1929
			Worcester		1895-1930
				(North) (South)	1892-1930 1893-1929
			Worcester / Franklin		1894-1924
		Correspondence, 1909-1921
Box 3
		Correspondence, 1922-1924
		Northfield Summer School of Sunday School Methods:
			Correspondence, Certificates of Award		1910-1918
			Clippings		1895-1899
		Primary and Junior Sunday School Teacher's Union:
			Clippings Programs Misc. materials		1895-1900 1892-1900
		Sunday School Superintendent's Union of Boston, By-laws
			Correspondence & Programs		1909-1919
		Misc. Manuscript Materials:
			Hamilton S. Conant, "Quarter of a Century Review"		April 1, 1895; revised, 1921
			Brief history of Religious Educational work in Massachusetts
			G. Stebbins to H. Conant (photocopy)		1916
			E. Morris Fergusson, "District Officer's Manual"		[n. d]
			Children's Division, Report		1920/1921
			Young People's Division, "Brief History, 1905-1918"
			Diaries		1894-1895
			Annual Statistical Reports		1909-1910
			Misc. Materials

	Sub-series 2: Massachusetts Council of Religious Education
		Administrative Records:
			By-laws		1924
			Board of Directors		1925-1933
			Executive Meetings		1925-1927
			General Secretary's Reports (Ivan S. Nowlan)		1925-1934
			Conventions: misc. programs & posters
			Correspondence		1925-1933
Box 4
		Religious Schools of Training
			Abington - Brookline		1920-1929
			Cambridge - Dorchester		1920-1929
			Fall Rivers - Ipswich		1920-1929
			Lexington - Lynn		1920-1929
			Malden		1920-1929
			Medford - Norwood		1920-1929
			Norumbega - Pittsfield		1920-1929
			Salem - Worcester		1920-1929

	Sub-series 3: Massachusetts Federation of Churches
		Annual Meeting Programs			1908-1912; 1927-1933
		Annual Reports			1926-1929
		By-Laws			1926
		Constitution: "Manual of the Massachusetts Federation of Churches"			1906, 1921
		Agreement of Association
		Correspondence			1913-1932
		Misc. Statements & Reports
		Misc. Materials, including clippings about MCRE and MFC merger
		Publications:
			Greater Boston Federation of Churches		1919-1934, 1938-1942
			Early Councils of Churches throughout Mass.
		Correspondence & programs			1920s-1930s

	Sub-series 4: Massachusetts Federation of Women's Church Society
		Massachusetts Council of Church Women			1935, 1949-1956
		New England Council of Federated Church Women
		Midwinter Bulletins – Removed and added to Publication pile			1935 & 1936

Series II: Massachusetts Council of Churches
	Sub-series 1: Meetings: Annual, Board of Director
Box 1
		Early Correspondence (Rev. Roy B. Guild) about Merger (note: outgoing correspondence is very fragile)			1933-1942
		Early Administrative Records, Executive Committee Meetings			1934
		List of Presidents			1935-1946
		Corporation Papers
		Constitution, many revisions			1933-1983
		Annual Meeting of the Assembly			1934-1957
		Board of Director Meetings			1934, 1940-1957
Box 2
		Annual Meetings and Board of Director Meetings			1958-1969
Box 3
		Annual Meetings and Board of Director Meetings			1970-1977
Box 4
		Annual Meetings, and Board of Director Meetings			1978-1989 1978-1987
Box 5 [not full]
		Annual Meetings, and Board of Director Meetings			1990- 1988-

	Sub-series 2: Commissions, Committees
Box 1
	Non Active Commissions and Committees
		Commissions:
			Advisory Commission on Communication		1972
			Cooperative Staff Council on Race		1968
			Commission on Church and Race		1966-1969
			Ecumenical Commissions		1990-96
			Metropolitan Boston Commission		1968-1970
			Social Issues, Commission on		1968
		Committees:
			Administration		1958-1962
			Advisory Board of Ethicists		1988-94
			Advisory Board of Lawyers		1994
			Administrative Committee		1970-1973
			Advisory Committee (to the Executive Director for a new Associate Director for Public Policy)		1988-1989
			Central Program Committee		1960-1967
			Chapels, Committee on		1965
			Christian Educators		1990-1996
			Christian Unity		1961
			Constitution Revision		1999-2000
			Constructive Conflict Working Group		1994-95
			Consultation Committee		1974
			Cooperative Movement		1966-1969
			Corporate Responsibility		1978
			Director’s Circle		2002-2005
			Ecumenical Century Fund		1977-1983
			Executive Director Search		2006
			Executives		1963-1970
			Church Executives		1972-1974
			Denominational Executives Committee of Executives		1970-1971 May 7, 1963
Box 2
			Finance Committee (see Financial Records)
			Interfaith Committee on Blizzard Relief		1978-1980s
				Correspondence	1979-1982
				Correspondence, PR, Studies	1978
				Reports	1978-1980
			Investment Committee (see Financial Records)
			Kessler, Diane-Retirement		2007
				Fund for Reconciliation	2007
			Legislative		1950-61
			Location and Office Space		1959-1974
			PED (Partners in Ecumenical Development)
			Peace & Reversing the Arms Race		1981-1985
			Protestant Guild for the Blind		1948
			Purposes and Goals of Ecumenism		1971-1977
			Racism, Working Group to Counter		1995-96
			Search Committees for Directors		1968; 1972
			Special Committee for Downsizing		1995-6
			Staff Salaries Committee		1966-1970
			Strengthening Local Cooperation		1963-1967
			Study Committee "Towards Oneness in Mission"		1966-1969
			Study of the Cooperative Movement of Religious Bodies in Mass.		1966-1969
		Active Committees and Dialogs
			Nominating Committee		1989-2006
			Personnel Committee		1969-2002
Box 3 [not full]
			Personnel Committee		2003-2006
				Yapp / Lewis	1975-1976
		Dialogues:
			Christian (9/11/2001)		2001
			Christian Marxist		1989
			Evangelical Liberal		1980-1990; 1988-2006
			Interfaith		1976-1978
			Interfaith Meetings / Actions		2001, 2003-2006
			Jewish Christian		1977-1987; 1989-2006
			Muslim / Christian Dialogue		1970-1984; 1989-2006

	Sub-series 3: Conferences, Meetings, Events
Box 1
		Conferences:
			Child Care		1996
			Confronting World Poverty		December 7, 1968
			Corporate Responsibility		April 7, 1972
			Ecumenical Trends in Christian Worship		April 3, 1989, Nov. 13-14,1992
			Ethics of Revolution		November 1966
			Hunger & Homelessness		Feb. 7, 1985
			International Relation and Religious Education		December, 1967
			Israeli / Palestinian Conflict - Stewards of Hope - Conference		2002
			"Joyful Noise", publication of the Common Bible		April 8, 1973
			Local Parish		1972
			New England Gathering on Race Relations		1964-1965
			New England Ecumenical Study Conference		1967
			Planning for Christian Mission in New England		1967-1968
			Theological Basis of Cooperation in the MCC		April 1964
		Meetings, Events
			Abortion		1995, 1996-1999
			ADL Breakfast		1994
			AFLCIO lunch		2005
			AIDS Task Force		1989-90
			BCTV television recordings		1995
			Balkans Project		1993
			Bishop Johnson Dinner		1994
			Bosnia		1994-
		Bossey BTI & MCC			1992, 1996
		Boston Globe			1994-2000, 2004
			Boston Herald Meeting		1999
			Boston Theological Institute		1994
			Cassidy Event		1992
			Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Consultation		March 1993
			Church Resource Centers		1991-96
			Church Security Forum		1996
			Christian Educators		1990-96
			Communication Task Force		1996
			Denominational Executives		1977-85
			Denominational Stewardship & Planned Giving
			Denominational Women		1993
			Director’s Circle		2002-2006
			Ecumenical Advocacy and Training Day		2003
			Ecumenical Consultation for Regional Councils of Churches
			Ecumenical Decade
			Ecumenical Hospitality Book Project		2004-2005
			Ecumenical Hospitality Project		1994
			Ecumenical Hymn Sing Events		1995-1998
			Ecumenical Staff Consultations		1989-1996
			Ecumenical Youth Encounter Camp		2001-2002
			Eddy (Herbert) Event		1995
			Edgar Luncheon		2000, 2003
			Envoys For Ecumenism		1990-95, 1998-2005
			Ethnic Ministries		1990-91
			Federated Church Conference		1983
			Flanagan, Bishop Bernard. Symposium		2003
			Fitzgerald Luncheon		1994
			Fosberg Meeting		1992
			Gallant Meeting (Public Welfare)		1992
			Gambling: Mass. Anti-Casino Coalition		1994-96
			Gambling: Clergy Lobby Day		1994
			Grant Dinner		1991
Box 2
			Harare Dinner		1998
			Health Insurance Meeting, Jon M. Kingsdale		2007
			Hispanic Pastors Meeting		1992
			Intercultural Pastoral Education Program		1973
			Jubilee 2000		2000
			Kobia Event		2005
			Lapsey, Rev. Michael Luncheon		Oct. 1991
			Lilly Project/Peluso Meeting		1993
			Marsh Chapel		1992
			Mass Faith Helps [Hurricane Katrina] Project		2005
			Meehan Meetings (Health Care)		1993
			Ministry to the Disabled		1996
			MLK Training Session		1997
			Multi-Related Churches Conference		1982
			Nature and Purpose of the Church		2001
			NCC Faith & Order Racism Study Group		1993
			Needle Exchange		1991
			Nessen Meeting		March 1992
			Nicastro TV Project		1996
			Ozemir, Adil - Luncheon / Dialog		1994
			"One Great Hour of Sharing" (Refugee Assistance)		1990
			Peacemaking in the Middle East		2003
			Polity Teachers		1990
			"Prioress's Tale"		2009
			Prophetic Ministry		2003
			Protestant Church Leaders		1991-1994
			Public Policy Advocacy		2002
			Racism Dialogue Meeting		June 1992
			Reconcile Memories		2000
			Religious Leaders Energy Summit		2008
			Responsibilities of Churches in this Time of War		1999
			Prison Chaplains Meeting		1997
			Roman Catholic Directory Forum		1996
			Raiser Reception		1995
			Sabbath Self-care		2003
			Skeet Dinner		1996
			Sowers Farewell Party		2005
			Speakers Bureau		1991-92
			Ten Point Coalition		1995
			Vacation Bible School, DPH Regulations		1999-2000
			Weaver Project - Youth Leadership		1995
			When the Walls Come Tumbling Down		2004
			Workfare		1993
			World Council of Churches Reunion Lunch		2006
			Youth Ministry		1992-1995

	Sub-series 4: Correspondence
Box 1
		General, A-Z			1967-1972
		General Out-going			1972, 1975-1988
Box 2
		General, A-Z			1983-1988
		Out-going, A-R			1983-1988
		General Out-going, S-Z			1983-1988
		Executive Director (Sprague), A-Z			1973-1974
		Executive Director (Sprague), Out-going			1973
Box 3
		Executive Director (Sprague), Out-going			1974
		Associate Director (Nash - "JAN"), A-G			1967-1977
		Executive Director (Nash), A-R			1970-1977
Box 4
		Executive Director (Nash - "JAN"), S-Z			1970-1977
		Executive Director (Nash), A-M			1978-1982
Box 5
		Executive Director (Nash - "JAN"), N-Z			1978-1982
		Executive Director (JAN), Out-going			1978-1984
Box 6
		Executive Director (Nash - "JAN"), Out-going			1985-1988
		Associate Director (Kessler - "DCK"), A-M			1974-1979
Box 7
		Associate Director (Kessler - "DCK"), N-Z			1974-1979
		Associate Director (Kessler), Out-going			1974-1979
		Associate Director (Kessler)			1980-1988
Box 8
		Associate Director (Kessler - "DCK"), Out-going			1980-1988
		Associate Director (Edco Bailey), Out-going			1981-1986
		Associate Director (DCK), Out-going A-R			1989-1994, 1997-2007
Box 9
		Associate Director (DCK), Out-going S-Z			1989-1994, 1997-2007
		Exec. Director: D.C. Kessler			1988-1998
		Assoc. Director: David Anderson			1987-91
		Writings & Presentations
			James Nash
			Diane Kessler

	Sub-series 5: Department Records, 1940-1970:
Box 1
		Community Information Center			1968
			Dept. of Community Information Center		1968
			Dept. of Comity: Meetings, Minutes and Reports		1944-1948
			Dept. of Church World Responsibility		1957-60
			Dept. of Research & Planning: Meetings, Minutes and Reports		1945-1948
			Dept. of Planning & Comity: Meetings, Minutes and Reports		1948
			Dept. of Research & Strategy:
				Budgets Correspondence	1949-1970; 1960-1970
			Lists (membership)		1960-1969
			Meetings		1949-1966
			Dept. of Research: Meetings		1966-1969
			Church Extension Committee		1949-1965
		Dept. of Research & Strategy:
			Committee on Church Extension		1958-1961
			Subcommittee on Comity Procedures for Church Extension		1957-1963
Box 2
			Church Outreach Survey Workshop Criteria Survey		1970 December 7, 1964
			Church Planning Committee		1966
			Institute of Religious Research		1956-1957
			Regional Planning Committee, Areas 1-17
			South End Study Group		1955-1957
			Studies for Areas:
				Attleboro	1967
				Brockton	1968
				Building Permit Study
				Carver	1969
				Columbia Point	1963-1970
				Martha’s Vineyard	1970
				New Bedford	1967-1970
				New Seabury	1963-1967
				Reconnaissance
				Revere	1965-1967
				Small Church	1965-1966
				Springfield	1964-1969
				Winchendon	1967-1970
				Worcester County	1966-1969
				Worship Service Study	1967
				Misc. Studies	1966-1969
		Dept. of Communication			1964-1964
			Publications: Newscript Correspondence		1961-1973
		Dept. of Evangelism: Meetings			1955-1965
		Dept. of Institutional Ministry: Meetings			1949-1955
		Dept. of Pastoral Services: Meetings			1967-1969
Box 3
		Dept. of Pastoral Services: Ministries
			Meetings:		1956-66
			Commission on Ministry to Institutions		1955-1958
			Committee on Ministry in Institutions		1959-1970
		Dept. of Public Relations
		Dept. of Religious Education:
			Annual Meetings		1951-1961
			Committee on Church, State
			Community		1967-1972
			Exceptional Persons Comm.		1960
			Executive Committee		1949-1956
			Meetings		1949-1961
			Northfield Conference		1954
			Publications -- moved to separate sub-series
			Weekday Religious Ed.		1961
			Misc. Dept. Activities		1951-60
			Misc. Materials
		Dept. of Social Relations: SEE Subseries 5 (Departments) Box 4
		Dept. of Town & Country Church: Meetings			1949-1968
		Dept. of Youth Services
		Dept. of Pastoral Services - Ministries:
			Belchertown State School
			Boston State Hospital
			Chelsea Soldier's Home
			Cushing Hospital
			Danvers Chapel
			Devers (Paul A.) State School
			Fernald, St. Luke's Chapel
			Fernald (Walter E.) State School
			Foxborough State Hospital
			Gardner State Hospital
			Gould Farm
			Grafton State Hospital
			Hawthorne Regional Center
			Holyoke Soldier's Home
			Institute for Juvenile Guidance
			John Augustus School
			Lakeville Hospital
			Lancaster Industrial School for Girls
			Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
			Luke's Chapel - Metropolitan Hospital
			Lyman Industrial School for Boys
			M.C.I. Bridgewater
			M.C.I. Concord
			M.C.I. Framingham
			M.C.I. Norfolk
			Massachusetts Hospital School
			Massachusetts Mental Health Ctr.
			Medfield State Hospital
			Metropolitan State Hospital
			Monroe Reforestation Camp
Box 4
			Monson State Hospital
			Myles Standish State Forestry Camp
			Norfolk Fellowship
			Northampton State Hospital
			Pondville Hospital
			Reception & Detention Centers
			Rutland Heights Hospital
			Shirley School
			Solomon (Harry C.) Mental Health Ctr.
			Stephen French Forestry Camp
			Taunton State Hospital
			Tewksbury Hospital
			U.S. Public Health Service Hospital
			Veterans Administration Hospital
			Walpole State Prison
			Warwick Reforestation Camp
			Westborough State Hospital
			Western Mass. State Hospital
			Westfield Detention Camp
			Worcester State Hospital
			Wrentham State Hospital
			Misc. Correspondence re: Ministries		1965-1968
		Department of Social Relations
			Minutes		1953-1969
			Correspondence
			Mass. Dept of Public Welfare
			Memos and Reports
			International Relations Committee		1966-69
			Mass. Public Welfare		1967-1975
			Memos, Reports, etc.

	Sub-series 6: Financial Records
Box 1
		Audits			1934-1990
		Budgets			1943-1988
		Endowment			1992-1993
		Finance Committee			1945-1970
		Regulation for Administration of Reserve Fund			May 27, 1947
		Finance Committee			1971-2006
		Fundraising
			General Fundraising		1972-1979
			Foundation Giving		1958, 1967-1973
			Fundraising Committee		1975-90
			Givenation.com		2000
			Letters		1988-94, 1997-2008
			Letter for printing “Odyssey Toward Unity”
			Sponsors		1968-1970
Boxes 2 and 3
		Investment Committee			1966-2006
Box 4
		Phone-a-thon			1979, 1990-94
		Regulations for Administration of the Reserve Fund			1947
		Treasurer's Reports			1934-1984

	Sub-series 7: Programs
Box 1
		SAC: Strategy and Action Commission -- Administrative
			Associate Director Job Description		1978
			Associate Director		1988
			Development		1973-1974
			Legislative Breakfast		1983-1987
			Meetings		1974-1985
			Legislative Network		1975
Box 2
			Meetings		1986-1996
			Energy Project		1980-83
			Legislative Workshop, The State Budget of the Poor		1983
			Meetings		1982-1987
			Memos		1975-1979
			Reports to the Board of Directors		1975-1980
			Refugee Project:		1979-1983
			Meetings		1988-96, 1997-2001, 2005-2006
		REN: Regional Ecumenical Network
			ADED Search Committee		1976-1980
			ADED Search Committee		1986
			ADED Steering Committee		1987-1988
			Associate Directors:
				Robert Johnson	1973-1974
				Dean Gordon	1976-1978
				Edco Bailey	1981-1985
				David Anderson	1987-
			Cable Television Workshop		1982-1983
			Consultant Service Guidelines		1978
			Correspondence		1974-1980
			Development of REN (Sprague, Misc.)
			Directories
			Massachusetts Division of Youth Services		1974
			Meetings		1973-1990
			Memoranda		1974-1990
			Odyssey Toward Unity Study Guide
			Publication: Responsible Representative		1985
			Regional Assessment Process		1977
Box 2A
			Regional Groups, Reports:		1973-1990
				Board of Directors Board of Directors	1974-1974 1976-1981
				"Regional Gatherings"	1987
				Reports, misc.
Box 3
			Steering Committee:
				Activities & Meetings	1974-1990
				Members	1974-1990
				Planning Conference	1974
				Planning meetings & documents
				Reports	1974-1975

		SAC: Strategy & Action Commission -- Programs
			Tax Reform Program
				Justice in Taxation
				Coalition for Tax Reform	1972-1976
				Editorials on Taxation
				Graduated Income Tax - editorials, news clippings	1976
				General information	1976
				Lawsuit	1976
				Participants in Taxation Project - correspondence	1977-1978
				General information, planning
				Public Forums	1978
				Correspondence
				Forum speeches, questionnaires	1978
				Publication
				Correspondence, drafts	1977
				Grant application & documents
				Grant project correspondence Drafts, final	1977-1978
				SAC subcommittee	1976
				Workshop	May 15, 1976
			Health Care Program
				"Certificate of Need Legislation"
				SAC memo	10/6/77
				"The Church and Health Care..."
				SAC statement	1977
				Congressional Information	1975-1979
				Correspondence	1976-1978
				Denominational Policy Statements & Positions	1975-1979
				Editorials (WBZ-TV4, WCVB-TV5)	1976-1979
				Health Care Advisory Committee	1978
				Inter-religious Coalition on Health Care	1975-1977
				Mass. Committee for National Health Insurance	1980
				Mass. Hospital Association "Legal / Legislative Report"	1977-1979
				News briefs & articles	1976-1979
				News Releases
Box 4
				Public Forum on National Health Insurance	June 14, 1979
				SAC activities
				SAC statements
				Workshop on Health Care	5/9/77
				Christian Medical Commission	1971-1976
			Prison Reform
				Alternatives to Prisons - Pamphlets
				Construction & Expansion
				Consultation on Prison Reform	1975
				Correspondence A-Z (Incoming)	1971-1979
				Correspondence A-Z (Outgoing)	1971-1976
				Furlough Program
				Ad Hoc Committee on Prison Reform
				Legislation
				Memoranda
				News Editorials
				News Releases & Statements
				Overcrowding
				Regional Meetings on Prison Reform	1971
				SAC Priority
				Sprague Correspondence & Memos
Box 5
		Programs (not SEC or REN)
			Affirmative Action		1997-2000
			Anti-Racism		1993, 2000-2001
			Bible Study		1997-1998
			Boston Catholic Television		1997-2006
			Capital Punishment
				Records	1970s-1990s
				Correspondence	1980s-1990s
				Statements, News Releases, Editorials	1980s
				Petition	1991, 1994
				Window of Opportunity	1998
				Testimony	2005
			Casino - Anti-Gambling
				Records	2003, 2008
				Sue Tucker, Consultant	1994-1997
			Child Abuse -- Mandated Clergy Training		2002
			Church Membership		1977
			Disability -- Conferences, Meetings, Dialog, Gunn Award		2000-2005
			Ecumenical Action Team Against Hunger		1977-1980
			Education -- Justice & Quality in
Box 6
			Education -- Justice & Quality in (cont.)
			Education:
				News Releases & Statements	1974-
				SAC Activities
				SAC Publications
				METCO
				NECCL - Conf. Church, State & Community
			Health: “Rx For Survivial”		2005
			Racial Imbalance
			Sex Education
			Take Back Your Time		2004-2007
			Washington DC Trips		1977-1991
			Week of Prayer for Christian Unity		2006-2007
			Welfare		1970s-1980s
			Farmworkers in Massachusetts
				Correspondence	1974
				Mailings
				Memos for Legislative Action
				"Migrant Farmworkers in Mass." J. A. Nash publication	1974
				Migrant Research, J. A. Nash
				Report and Recommendations on Migrant Farmworkers in Mass., J. A. Nash	1973
				Research files
Box 7
				General Information
				Mass. Interfaith Committee on Justice Farmworkers
				Ministry to Migrants
				Pesticides
				Position Statements
				Unemployment Insurance
				Wages
			United Farmworkers
				Calif. Migrant Ministry, Hartmire
				Documents
				Cesar Chavez, Visit	1974
				Church Exec. trip to Bakersfield, CA	1973
				Correspondence
				Labor Sunday	1973
				Legislation
				Memoranda
				National Farmworkers Week	1974
				News coverage
Box 8
				News Releases
				Papers, J. A. Nash
				Requests for Nash to give speeches	1968-1969
				Position Statement
				Speaking Engagements
				Strategy of Boycott & Follow-up

	Sub-series 8: Subject Files
Box 1
		Administrative Staff Meetings			1970-1971
		American Jewish Committee			1972-1982
		Anti-Defamation League			1981-1985
		90th Anniversary			1993
		100th Anniversary			2002
		Anniversary - Diane Kessler			2000
		Archdiocese of Boston			1973-1974
		Arms Control			1987
		"B" Misc. Subject files
		Biographies
		Bishop Edward Carroll Reception			May, 1980
		Bishop Tutu Luncheon			May, 1979
		Black Church Community			1973
		Boston Bicentennial
		Boston Industrial Mission			1970-1975
		Boston Theological Institute			1970-1974
		City Missionary Society			1970-1974
		Chaplaincy			1972-1974
		Civil Service Reform			1966-1970
		Choir Festival			1977-1985
		Clergy and Laity Concerned			1971-1973
		Columbia Point Christian Center			1970-1974
		Columbia Point "Report on the Columbia Point Christian Center"			1971
		Community of Peace			April 1971
		Consultation on Reorganization of National Council of Churches			1989
		Court Monitoring			1970
		Covenant of Justice, Equity, and Harmony			1979-1982
		Danielson Fund, Inc.			1955-1968
		Danielson Pastoral Counseling Services			1973-74
		Department & Committees:
			Membership Lists		1954-1978
		Easter Message			1969-1972
		Ecumenical:
			Award (Forrest Knapp)		1977-1989
			Luncheons, Breakfasts, etc, misc.		1968-1989
			Ecumenical Partnership - draft brochure		1989
			Open House for Seminarians		1989
			Luncheon for Seminarians		1989
			Relations		1965-1975
			Trends in Christian Spirituality		1990
		Energy Crisis			1974
		Episcopal Church Women			1972-1974
		Episcopal Diocese of Western MA			1971-1974
		Essay Contest: Action for Peace in Local Church & Community			1964
		Evangelistic Committee for Urban Ministries in Boston			1973
		Fundraising Letters			1979-1994
		Geneva Point Committee			1969-1973
Box 2
		General Theological Library			1970-1972
		Governor's Meeting			1989
		Gordon, Yuri			1989
		Graham, Billy, Luncheon			April 2, 1982
		Heroin Maintenance			1976
		History and Profiles of MCC			1940s-1970s
		Installations:
			General guidelines
			Executive Directors:
				Rev. C. Joseph Sprague	1974
				Rev. James Nash	1976
				Rev. Diane Kessler	1988
				Jack Johnson	2008
		Inter-religious Legislation Action Council			1969-1979
		Jewish Community			1972-1974
		Knapp, Forrest
			Writings
			Correspondence		1953-1978
		Koch, Anna: Archival Collection of the Mass Council of Churches			1991
		Levy, Yaakov			1989
		Local Cooperation in Western MA., (P. H. Steinmetz)			1968-1969
		Mass. Catholic Conference			1969-1974
		Mass. Research Center
		Member Churches
			A.M.E. Zion, Correspondence		1970-1974
			Episcopal Diocese of MA, Correspondence		1970-1974
			Friends (Society)		1972-1974
			Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston
		Memos:
			Sprague		1973-1974
			James Nash		1975-1976
		Middle East Conflict			1968-1972
		Muelder, Walter: Endowment Fund Campaign			1972
		Papal Visit			1979
		Personnel:
			Rev. Robert Dodds
			B - T		1950-1970
			Support Staff		1950-1970
Box 3 (sm.)
		Professorship Search Committee			1983-1986
		Nash, James: Event			June 23, 1988
		News Clippings			1973, 76, 83, 84, 85, 88, 90
		News Releases:			1954-1990
Box 4
		Policies / Procedures for Issuance of Statements, Resolutions & Documents			1964, 1966
		Positions & Statements
			General Positions and Policies		1975-1996
				Booklet	1954-66
				Abortion	1967, 1972, 1976
				Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) Resolution	2007
				Birth Control Information	1965
				Capital Punishment	1974
				Central America / Sanctuary	1984
				Charitable Immunities Act	2006
				Christian Unity	1978, 1979
				Church and Social Order	1966
				Civil Disobedience and Violence in American Society	1969
				Desegregation	1974
				Drugs	1976
				Education	1974
				El Salvador Appeal	1996
				Employment	1976
				Energy Crisis	1977
				Graduated Income Tax	1994
				Health Care	1977
				Human Rights	1965, 1974
				Israel	1972
				Middle-East	1973
				Nuclear Weapons	1978
				Patient's Right of Refusal Bill: A Critical Response from the Board	1986
				Physician Assisted Suicide/ Euthanasia	2001
				Principles: Relating to charges of communism against clergymen	1953
				Prison Reform	1973
				Prop. 13	1978
				Public Activities on Sunday Mornings	1990
				Question 1	1978
				Question 1, 2 3	1986
				Shared Letter of Common Concern to the Citizens of Boston	1989
				State Aid to Non-Public Schools	1971
				United Farm Workers	1973 & 1974
				Vietnam War	1972
				Voting Rights Act	1981
				Welfare	1969, 1973
		Presidents list			1934
		Project Interaction
		Protestant Guild for the Blind, Inc.
		Publication: Action Update - correspondence
		Purpose and Goals			1983-1991
		Radio Deregulation - MCC Comments			1980
		Religious Programming in Mass.			1973-1980
		Reorganization of MCC			1972-1973
		Resolutions Adopted by the Assembly / Board (Packet: Resolutions adopted 1963-1964)
			Annual Meeting Resolutions SEE ALSO: Christian Outlook		1944-1951
			Boston School Situation		1965
			Capital Punishment		1957
			China Question		Sept., Nov. 1965
			Equal Rights Amendment		1976
			J. P. Stevens Boycott		1978
			Letters to the Churches		1967
			Protestant Principles		1963
			Racism - Vietnam		1968
			Social Action in Behalf of Human Rights
			United Nations		1946
			Universal Military Training		1951
			Vietnam		1969
			War in Vietnam		1966
			Working Women
		Search Committee for General Sec.			1972-73
		Sun Day Liturgical Committee			1978
		Task Forces:
			Aids		1989
			Bicentennial		1973-1974
			Camps & Conferences		1970-1973
			Churches and Human Sexuality		1971-1977
			Communications		?, 1989
				Protestants in the Press	2000
			Ecumedia		1973-1975
			Education		1976-1976
Box 5
			Evaluation		1975
			Human Services		1972-1973
			Hunger
			Media Survey Project		1989
			Planning		1970
			Programs		1970-1971
			U.S. Military Power		1974
			Welfare		1968-1975
			Women		1973-1976
Box 6 (sm)
		Vietnam War: General (also see box 54)
			Amnesty
			Church's Role
			Clippings
			Correspondence, incoming & outgoing
			SEE ALSO: Dept. of Social Relations: International Relations Committee
		Whitehouse, T. C., Event			1973

	Sub-Series 9: Ecumenical Agencies
Box 1
		Ecumenical Conferences			1995-1997
		Ecumenical Events			1998-2005
		Association of Council Secretaries, Northeast			1965-1966
		Black Ecumenical Commission			1969-1983
		Boston Area Ministers			1970-1975
		Boston Faith and Justice Network			2006-2009
		Church Covenant for Urban Justice (see also Greater Boston Church Leaders' Covenant)			1980-1984, 1989-1991
		Church Leaders Covenant in Massachusetts			1995-2006
		Council on Religion and International Affairs			1970-1971
		Consultation on Interchurch Cooperation in Metropolitan Boston			1966-1967
		Draft Counseling
		Ecumenical Commission			1997-2002
		Envoys for Ecumenism			1996-2002
		Greater Boston Church Leaders' Covenant (see also Church Covenant for Urban Justice)			1985-2001
Box 2
		Local Councils of Churches, Correspondence:
			Allston-Brighton - Beverly Interchurch
			Boston
			Bridgewater - Cambridge
			Cape Cod
			Central Middlesex - Framingham Area
			Fall River (Greater)
			Greenfield (Greater) - Jamaica Plain
			Lawrence (Greater) - Lynn (Greater)
			Malden - Methuen Christian League
			Milford Area Ecum. - Montachusett
			Nantucket - Newton Council
			Northampton - Pittsfield Area
			Plymouth - Southbridge Area
			Springfield (Greater)
			Stoneham - Wollaston, North Quincy Interchurch
			Worcester, Worcester County Ecum.
		Massachusetts Commission on Christian Unity			1967-1990
		Mass. Coalition for Christian Unity
		National Association Ecumenical Staff			1972-1990, 1999, 2000, 2004-2005
		National Council of Churches Commission on Regional and Local Ecumenism (CORLE)			1977-1989
			Committee on Academic Training for Church Planners		1964-1966
			Committee on Future Ecumenical Structure		1971
			Dept. of Educational Development		1966
			Division of Church and State		1976-1984
			General Correspondence		1968-1989
		National Council of Churches
			Listening Team		1978-1979
			Peace, Justice, Liberation Action Network		1971
			National Workshop on Christian Unity		1977-1986
			Workshop on Jewish-Christian Relations		1981-1983
			60 Minutes		1983
		New England Association of Denominational & Council Executives			1968-1969
		New England Consultation of Church Leaders (NECCL)			1971-1973
			Annual Assemblies, Education and Renewal Committee, Race / minorities Committee
			Conference on Church, State and Community in the Education of the Public		1972
			New England Town and Country Church Commission		1971
		Northeastern Ecumenical Council			1971-1974
		Northeast Ecumenical Institute			1992-2002
Box 3
		Northeast Ecumenical Institute			2003-2009
		State Council of Churches:
			Connecticut - Virginia		1973-1974
		World Council of Churches:
			Faith & Order Commission Boston		1988
			World Conference on Faith, Science, And the Future		1979
			Correspondence

	Sub-Series 10: Photographs
Box 1
		Activism and Rallies
			Farmworkers’ Protests		1973-1974
			Clergy Lobby Day Against Gambling		1994
			Anti-Casino / Gambling		2000-2008
			Anti-Death Penalty Rallies		1997 & 2005
			Conference on Decade to Overcome Violence		2005
			"Cut No More in 2004"		2002
			Ecumenical Memorial Service for Philippine Martyrs		September 11, 1985
			Good Friday Witness for Peace		circa 1998
			Labor Protest (Possibly against Senator Litton)		circa 1975
			Religious Fast for Welfare Justice		April 3-7, 1995
			Rx for Survival Campaign		2005
			Stewards of Hope: Points for Peacemaking		2002
			Unlabeled Negotiations with Politicians		circa 1970-2000
		BCTV – Week of Prayer TV Program			1998-2004
		Conferences and Events			circa 1955-2004
		Churches, Seminaries, and Religious Gathering Places			circa 1950-2005
Box 2
		Dialogues Between Faiths			circa 1995-2005
		Ecumenical Institute of New England			1998-2005
		Envoys for Ecumenism			circa 1999-2005
		MCC Annual Meetings			1962-2006, 1998-2002 bulk
Box 3
		MCC Board, Committee, and Commission Meetings			1998-2002 bulk
		MCC Office, Staff, and Meetings			circa 1965 -2000
		MCC Officers / Board			1976-2000
		People, Undated			circa 1950-2000
		People, Dated			1952-1997
		Portraits			ca. 1950-2000
			Anderson, David – 1 photo, black and white		circa 1990
			Barker, Glen – 1 photo, black and white		circa 1970
			Bergstrom, Charles V. – 4 photos including 1 duplicate, black and white		circa 1965-1975
			Carper, Eugene – 1 photo, black and white		November 1969
			Day, T. C. - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1960
			Horton, Mrs. Douglass – SEE McAfee, Mildred H.
			Kessler, Diane – 1 photo, color		circa 1997
			Knapp, Forrest L. – 4 photos including 3 duplicates, black and white		circa 1950-1970
			McAfee, Mildred H. – 1 photo, black and white		circa 1960-1975
			McGinty, John - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1990
			Mitchell, Robert - 1 photo, color		circa 1980
			Mueller, Rueben - 1 photo, black and white		1964
			Nash, James A. - 1 photo, color		circa 1980
			Porter, Jo - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1955
			Porter, Joseph E. - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1965
			Post, Avery D. - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1980
			Raiser, Konrad - 1 photo, black and white		1995
			Sprague, C. Joseph - 4 photos including 3 duplicates, black and white		circa 1970-1985
			Stearns, Howard O. - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1958-1959
			Sullivan, Emmanuel - 1 photo, color		October 1988
			Walmsley, Arthur E. - 1 photo, black and white		1967
			Watson, Frederick - 2 photos, black and white		circa 1970-1980
			Watson, W. C. - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1990
			Wiley, Jill - 1 photo, color		2000
			Wedel, Cynthia - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1970
			Wilkins, Roy - 1 photo, black and white		circa 1968
			World Council of Churches		1965-2000, 1998 bulk

	Sub-Series 11: Publications
Box 1
		MSSA:
			Publications: Removed from collection, integrated into periodical / journal section
				"The Massachusetts Interdenominational Sunday School Record"	1892; 1894
				"The Massachusetts Sunday School Worker"	1903
				"The Massachusetts Sunday School Bulletin"	1906
				"The Message"	1906-1909
				"The Sunday School Message"	1910-1919
		MFC
			Publications: Separated
				Rev. E. T. Root, "State Federations"	1908
				"National Federation of Churches, New England Office, Bulletin", nos. 5-16	1906-1910
				"Mass. Federation of Churches, Bulletin", nos. 2-64 (new series)	1912-1930 (gaps)
				"Facts and Factors, Quarterly Bulletin"	1911-1931 (gaps)
				"Bay State Church Bulletin", 1931, nos. 5-7	1931
		New England Council of Federated Church Women
			Midwinter Bulletin		1935-1936
		United Church Women of Massachusetts
			"Massachusetts Church Woman"		1939-1940; 1945-1956
		Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Church Societies
			Brochures and Pamphlets
			Bulletin		1933-1938
		Religious Education Department
			"Adventures in Discovering God"
			"The Bible Jesus Knew"
			"Christian Church"
			"Early Church"
			"Good News and How it Travels"
			"Home Life in Bible Times Today"
			"The Later Church"
			"Looking at Life with Jesus"
			"Reading Book on the Christian Church"
			"Training of a Nation"
Box 2
		Population Data			1950s and 60s
		Publications:
			Affirmative Action Study Guide		1998
			"The Church as Consumer" [Project Equality of Massachusetts]
			Churches in Massachusetts		1956
			Council's Position: 1954-1966		1967, 1994
			Directory of Ecumenical Colleague Groups		1994
			Ecumenical Accountability		1990
			Ecumenical Artists Directory		1993
			"Ecumenical Dissent - a Functional Response to LIMA on Ministry" [J. A. Nash], manuscript copy
			Ecumenical Model for Ministry: Constitution of the MCC, (adopted 1974)
			Ecumenical Network of Church Resource Centers		1994
			Federated Churches-a Manual [New York State Council of Churches]
			Guide to Some Immigration and Refugee Services		1992
			Guide to Provide Ministers with Information on Services for Young People		June 1970
			Handbook for Local Councils of Churches, [Forrest Knapp]		1955
			Labor & Leisure		1994
			Media Directory to Massachusetts Protestant Churches		1993
			Metropolitan Boston: Its Churches and its People		1962
			Migrant Farmworkers in Massachusetts [J. A. Nash]		1974
			Odyssey Towards Unity		1977 & 1993
			Odyssey Towards Unity Study Guide		1995
			Protestants in the Press		1990
			Relations between Church and State		1960
			"Report on the Columbia Point Christian Center", [Moreen P. Jones]		1971
			Studying the Bible Together		1998
			Suggested Next Steps in Latin America [Forrest Knapp]		[n. d.]
			Sunday Closing Laws Revisited		1993
			Taxes: Fair or Foul?		1977
			Toward Christian Unity		1958
			Toward Oneness in Mission		1968 & 1969
			"Your Church and Metropolitan Boston"		1963
			"Your Will - And God"
		Newsletters:			1980s; 1990-1992
		Personnel Policies, Constitutions - Knapp era
Box 3
		Brochures, misc.			1944-present
		Newsletters:
			Action Update		1970-1999
			Bay State Church Life (becomes Christian Outlook)		1930s-1945
			Christian Outlook (becomes Outlook)		1945-1971
			Ecumgram		1974
			Guide Lines		1958-1961
			Impact		1961-1967
			In-Depth Reports		1974
			Intersect		1975-present
			Legislative Bulletin		1946-1953
			Outlook		1971-1973
			Trends / Issues		1970-1973
		Department Newsletters:
			Dept. of Communication
				Newscript	1973-1977
			Dept. of Mass. Council of Church Women
				Massachusetts Church Women	1946-1955
			Dept. of Social Relations
				Social Relations Bulletin	1953-1961
				Social Relations Newsletter	1964-1972

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