Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta records, 1832-2001.

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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta records, 1832-2001.

This collection consists of the minutes, correspondence, bulletins, brochures and publications, reports, newsletters, sermons, photographs, and other material that document the history and activities of the congregation. Of particular importance are the minutes of the Board of Trustees and church committees, the bylaws, and the constitutions. The collection also contains an almost complete set of bulletins or orders of service and newsletters from 1952-1983. The series, Publications of UUCA Press, consists of everything produced by the church to announce events and issues, programs of events, and other documents that reveal the activities supported by the congregation. The collection also contains sermons, student notebooks, and some miscellaneous correspondence that were written by or belonged to George Chaney. Sermons and lectures, primarily from the 1970s and early 1980s, are also included. In addition to Chaney, the collection contains sermons or lectures delivered by Ed Cahill, Donald J. Jacobson, Robert Karnan, Delos B. McKown, Glyn Pruce, David O. Rankin, Charles Reinhardt, Carl Scovel, Todd Taylor, and Sydney Wilde-Nugent. These records also contain clippings and other material documenting the congregation's involvement in and support for the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s.

2.5 cubic ft. (63 legal-size archives boxes; 3 legal half-size archives boxes; 11 letter-size archives boxes; 2 letter half-size archives boxes; 3 slide boxes; and 3 oversize boxes)

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Jacobson, Donald J.

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Scovel, Carl, 1932-

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Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

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The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta has its roots in two separate congregations that were established in Atlanta in the late 19th century. In 1879 Rev. W. C. Bowman established a Universalist congregation that lasted less than a year. The next attempt was in 1893 when Rev. Q. H. Shinn succeeded in organizing a congregation that became the First Universalist Church in 1895. George Chaney, a northern Unitarian minister and educator who founded the Artisan's ...

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Pruce, Glyn

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Rankin, David O., 1937-

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McKown, Delos Banning.

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Cahill, Edward H., 1885-1974

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Karnan, Robert.

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Reinhardt, Charles.

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