MMUUS ARCHIVE MATERIALS AT S.U. BIRD LIBRARY
First
batch,
BOX
1 (numbers indicate folders)
1.
Scrapbook. Dudley P. Phelps. 1838-1873
2.
Book. Biographies, SERVICE RECORD of members WWI.
3.
Register of soldiers. ST. JAMES ARMY CLUB 6/9/19-10/25/17
4.
Scrapbook. Amos Padgham, 1880 - 1905.
5.
Nine colored slides. Stained glass windows,
6.
Printer's woodcut: Interior of James St. church as built with organ behind
pulpit.
7.
Photo cut. John Haines Holmes
8.
Photo cut. Interior of
9.
Vitaplate. James St. church exterior.
10.
Large illustrated Bible with presentation letter to S.J. May from friends.
Covers not attached.
Secretaries'
minutes of society meetings. Nine books
1.
2.
Feb. 1890 - May 1919
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
BOXES
3, 4, & 5
27 Scrapbooks
containing mostly newspaper clippings and also photographs and other
memorabilia. Listed under ministers.
1. Concerning S. J.
May, 1844-1868
2. Calthrop Era:
1868-1911
1885-1903
1909-1917
3.
Applebee: 1910-1935
4.
Argow:
1930-1936
1936-1937
1930-1941
5. Romig:
1942-1945
presented by E. Rosebrugh
April
1941-June 1948 also Canfield
1941-1946
Sept
1942-June 1946
6.
Canfield:
1946-1951
June 1948-Dec 1953
7.
Zoerheide:
1951-1961 also Canfield
Jan 1954-Dec 1955
Jan 1956-Dec 1959
Jan 1960-Dec 1962 also Fuller
8.
Fuller:
1962-1967
Jan 1963-Dec 1964
1964-1972
Jan 1965-Nov 1966
Dec 1966-0ct 1968
1967-1972
1972-1973
Sept 1973-Aug 1974
1973-1974
Second
batch, Transmitted 1998
John Storer. Minister
1839-1844
1.
Two copies of
letter from church members. 1844
2.
Portrait of John Storer,
undated
3.
Text of memorial
plaque, undated
4.
Xerox copies of
archival material gathered by J. Hoefer and I. Baros-Johnson at On. Hist. Soc.,
UUA and Harvard libraries
5.
Miscellaneous:
Typed Statements: Origin of the church, covenant of the Unitarian Congregational
Church of Syracuse, Onondaga County Record of meeting to start Unitarian
Congregational Society in
6.
Diagram of Pews,
7.
Letter and
request to John Townsend for lot to erect a church. 1840.
8.
Legal papers re
building Church of the Messiah, 1843, 1844.
9.
Consecration of
the Church of the Messiah--Program, copy typed from Christian Register
10. Postcard from Margaret T. Smith re death and
burial of John Storer.
11. Portrait Amelia Bradbury, typed quote from Chase
history about her and her school. Four-page historical essay about
12. House of worship subscribers 1838-1841. Mr. Storer's
salary subscribers 1839-1842. Sums obtained by Mr. Storer. dated 1845.
13. Newspaper "New York Christian Messenger" 3
copies, 1841-1843
Samuel Joseph May,
Minister 1845-1868
1.
Book of Church
Records presented by JPB Storer, leather bound inscribed Alfred Wilkinson,
2.
Bound Book
contains Incorporation of Unitarian Congregational Society in
3.
Bound book
inscribed Alfred Wilkinson,
4.
Photographs of
SJM: (a) Original 8 1/2 x 11 1/2. (b) 2 copies 8 x 10 by Charles White of large
picture in roller. (c) Copy 5 x 7 SJM and George Emerson. (d) 3 copies: SJM and
bridal couple, Post Standard Feb. 13, 1944
5.
SJM
correspondence: 17 letters to and from SJM dated over years from 1844 when
called to
6.
2Photocopies SJM
letters,
7.
Written draft
statement SJM mission, 1852
8.
4 miscellaneous
clippings
9.
Bound book:
Recollections of the Antislavery Conflict by SJM
10. Xerox copies OHA clippings 1850-1865
11. 10-page typed copy Syracuse Daily Journal, 1846, First
annual meeting of Syracuse Orphan Asylum
12. Articles and correspondence re busts of SJM at
Onondaga Historical Assoc. (OHA) and MMUUS
13. Leather notebook listing subscriptions for annuity for
SJM.
14. Text of marble plaque installed in wall of James St.
church. Cemetery map (1990) site of SJM grave.
15. 100th anniversary of SJM birthday: Program,
description of program, copy of prayer, undated
16. Three copies biography of SJM by Joseph May. From
"Heralds of a Liberal Faith Vol III, AUA 1915. 2 Mimeographed pamphlets,
one Xerox copy.
17. Heretic in
18. Notes, talks and sermons re SJM, typed copies
19. Written notes (John C. Fuller handwriting?) for 111th
Jerry Rescue celebration?
20. Cornell Library Journal 1967 article about SJM by
Pease and Pease, "Samuel May: Civil Libertarian."
21. 5 sermons by Joseph May, 2 Xerox copies of one of
them. Xerox copy of title page Discourse to Cambridge Theological School
Graduating Class, SJM 1847
22.
23. Life of Samuel J. May by George Emerson, Samuel May
and Thomas J. Mumford. 2 bound books.
24. SJM letter to Harriet Martineau 1853
25. In Memoriam. Samuel Joseph May, 2 paperbound copies,
1871. Samuel Joseph May: a Memorial Study by Joseph May 1898. 2 paperbound
copies
26. The Tailor Boy no author 1865. Inscribed SJM 1864.
Rocks and Shoals: Lectures to Young Men by George E Hopkins 1870. Inscribed SJM
1870
27. Letter remembrance of SJM by AF Pease to E. Lewis
1928. Xerox copy and typed copy of same
28. Photo Rev. Luther Lee. List 4 sources SJM history
29. List of Church members, 1845
30. Church of Messiah pew diagrams, 1853; before 1867.
Lists of pew holders, 1850 - 1863, some undated. Pew contracts 1849 ++;
receipts 1864-1865
31. Original Incorporation Certificate
32. Order of Service Dedication of Church of Messiah,
1853--2 copies
33. Lists of pledges for debt, building, salary
34. Accounts, receipts, pledges, 1848 - 1849. Notice of
congregational meeting to hire SJM 1845. Notice of conveyance of land 1848.
Quit claim signed by members 1868
35. Letter 1844- Ellsworth Phelps- new organ Letter 1852-
Holbrook, receipt for use of bell. Two letters 1852- B.D. Simmons new organ
proposed and ordered. 2 letters 1853 from John May re Simmons progress on
organ. Letter 1853 C.D. Kellog Cobb-organ for sale
36. Committee report: Plan for "General
Committee" of Church of the Messiah. List of 21 men, untitled, undated
37. Letter 1852-Trustees to JG Northrup to repair and pay
for damages to house and property
38. Pew releases and subscriptions to finance rebuilding.
1852.
39. "
40. Note on supply minister Rev. Joseph Angier, 1859
41. "What Do Unitarians Believe?" Samuel J. May.
American Unitarian Association,
Samuel R. Calthrop
1868-1911
1.
Five photographs
of Calthrop home Primrose Hill
2.
Seven
Photographs: Annie Agan (later Mrs. Franklin Chase), Mrs. R. G. Stone, Bronson
Alcott, Mary E. Bagg (Mrs. James L. Bagg), W. B. Cogswell, Mary Gormer White,
Frederick Rowland Hazard and Mrs. Dora Gannett Sedgwick Hazard (1880)
3.
Twenty-six
photographs: 14 SRC; SRC with two women; John Calthrop brother of SRC; 4 prints
together: MMU church, Mrs. Elizabeth Primrose Calthrop, SRC reading, Primfose
Hill with SRC on porch; Richard G. Calthrop (son SRC); Large print Mrs. EPC;
Elizabeth Calthrop daughter SRC; Henry Cooper reading; Cooper family picnic
1904; MMU church Sunday School, 1897
4.
Photo copies of
portraits: 1 of SJM and 2 of SRC
5.
Cassette tape,
6.
SRC letter April
(no year) accepting call to Syracuse. Typed copy of report on SRC installation.
Typed copy of "Liberal Christian"-SRC asked to stay in
1.
Letters:
2.
Thirty-fifth
anniversary of SRC installation 1903: 3 programs, 2 soft-cover booklets and one
hardcover book of speeches at installation service. 3 Benediction Cards
3.
Two paperbound
books: Notes on the Families of Calthorpe and Calthrop, includes slip with
author's name; copy of "Heirs of John H. Calthrop: Part III: "The
Lincolnshire Calthrops."
4.
Photocopy of a
page of The Weekly Recorder
5.
Messenger Boy's
Christmas Greeting card with verse by SRC from former boys club member
6.
Diagram of
streamlined train from Patent #49227. Article by Edith Calthrop Bump, "The
Life of Samuel Robert Calthrop" with rejection slip from Reader's Digest
1947
7.
Handwritten
articles by Helen Collins Megrew: "Dr. Samuel Calthrop, Onondaga Creek,
Earlier Syracuse." Undated
8.
slide photo SRC
bust. Card from Mrs. Tracy re SRC bust. Page from D. Ashley re SRC bust. Page
from Helen Hiscock Eager re chimes and renovations,
9.
Three reprints of
"Recollections of the Old Master", Harvard Graduates Magazine, 3.
1923
10. Poems paperbound by Edith Calthrop Bump and" To
My Father" by same
11. Typescript and 2 carbons resolution of MMUS trustees
re death of SRC. Envelope for George N. Cheney. Two typed statements
12. Clip from MMUS newsletter "Our Wider
Ministry" Space-time saying SRC wrote on cardboard. 3 copies. SRC essay
"A Day's Life" mounted on cardboard; Two sayings lettered on
cardboard; Cardboard and ribbon-bound poetry by SRC, portrait on front cover,
photo Primrose Hill on back
13. The Heaven of the Moon, 2 hardbound copies. Printed folder
Birthday Tribute to Ernst Held...
14. Four-page essay by SRC "Sunspots and
Weather", typed. Ms. "The Doleful story-of the Cats and the
Clover." Notes of SRC sermon "Let Be Light and Light Was." Ms.
and typed copy "The Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Sages: a Tale of
Hindustan" by SRC
15. Patent # 49 227 8/8/ 1865 by SRC of Roxbury MA. Note
about friends whose sons attended SRC's school
16. Fifteen-page lecture by SRC "The Transvaal,
17. Twenty-two Bible lessons by SRC 1890-1892
18. Ring-attached printed sermons and addresses by SRC: 14
delivered at MMU church 1895-1902. 14 delivered elsewhere 1858-1895.
Paper-bound copy of sermon "One Lord and His Name On expanded from
original sermon, undated
19. Printed booklet "The Primitive Gospel" by
SRC, 1892. 13 printed sermons in ring binder 1903-1913
20. Hardcover book "The Liberal Club",
21. Book by SRC "God and His World" Boston, GH
Ellis Co, 1905
22. Book by SRC "The Supreme Reality",
23. Silver dollar and list of other articles in corner
stone MHU church laid
24. Dedication of MMU church: Order of Exercises (1 3/4
copies in very poor condition, 10/20/1885. 30A. Photographs of James St. Church
on cardboard and of SRC, both undated
25. Two copies bound record of above dedication (one in
poor condition) with historical essay and photographs. Sermon by Joseph May
26. Typed copy "Notes from Secretary's pre 1885 records,"
(typed in 1960s.) Clipping from Syracuse Herald J.
27. Loan application 1871. Mortgage 1871. Bond 1871.
Satisfaction of mortgage 1878. Loan application 1872. Envelope Whitman and
Barnes mfg.
28. List of unpaid subscriptions 1881
29. Notice of filing of proposed route of NY, W Shore
& Buffalo Railway Co, 2 copies. Copy of agreement to sell church property
to NYWS&B 1882. Letter from above RR asking to purchase all or part of U
Church property 1882. Letter from U. Soc. Committee to RR requesting proposal
for purchase of entire property, original and copy, 1882. Letter from RR
"negotiate a price" 1882. Resolved:
Committee of MMC empowered to negotiate with RR, undated
30. Pencil copy
31. 1884 list:
32. Four letters and estimate from
33. 1872 form letter to go with subscription card. Also
1876, subscription policy will continue to replace pew rents:. Mailed
subscription cards, 1876. December, 1905 treasurer's report May Memorial Sunday
school. January 1904: Special appeal for subscriptions
34. 1906 Letter from J.D. Pennock (Mrs. Pass's father) to
report on church ventilation. Letter from Clerk A. Padgham to Salem Hyde re implementing
church ventilation by committee on repairs. Letter from James Barnes to Salem
Hyde re repairs to the ventilation.
35. Folder 41 donated to Onondaga Historical Association,
March, 1997
36. Folder 42 donated to Onondaga Historical Association,
March, 1997.
37. Undated address book: Members of Unitarian Society of
Syracuse. 1883 subscription agreement for site and building, list of names and
pledges and subscription list for 1888
38. 1891 congregation list, 1895 church directory
including historical sketch, officers, committees, constitution, Women's
Alliance, Boy's Evening Home. 1903 church yearbook, 3 copies. Program and menu
from banquet honoring Andrew D. White, 1879
39. Two copies of the text of speeches at SJ May
Centennial Celebration, Oct. 1898. 1907 church directory
40. List of subscribers undated. List of members undated.
1880-1884 subscribers, pledges, total income and expenses
41. Two pew renter consent forms dated 1897, permission to
seat others if pew is unoccupied at time of service. 1884 diagram of pews,
annual rent, names of renters. (Recovered from 1884 cornerstone in 1963.) Two
copies of 1886 Diagram of pews, annual rent
42. "Miss Ellis' sic
43. Book given to
44. Record of some marriages by SRC 1891-1904 and by WWW
Argow 1932-1933. Marriage Record and Certificate, Sept. 1873
45. Orders of Service for ordination of Marie H. Jenney
1898, and Albert W. Clark, 1902
46. 1961 Order of Ordination Service of Estella Elizabeth
Padgham, and her Certificate of membership in Unitarian Ministers Association,
undated
47. Old and New, Journal
of Des Moines Unitarian Church Anniversary 1902 mentions E. Padgham and
pictures Marie Jenney, minister
48. Order of Service, Sunday evening,
49. Sunday School Annual Reports, 1902-03. 1903-04
50. “The Unitarian Calendar" monthly pub. by AUA for
MMUS. Four issues, 1910 and 1911
51. 1903 preliminary program National Conference Unitarian
and Other Churches. 20th meeting. (Includes listing of sermon by SRC.)
52. "Hymn and Tune Book: for the church and the
home,"
53. "Hymnal: amore Dei," compiled by Mrs.
Theodore C. Williams,
54. Two stereoscope photos, AW Padgham in
55. Clip from Herald Journal