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Cage 480
The Blackburn Collection of Pullman Community
Congregational Church Records, 1961-1977

The records of the Pullman Community Congregational Church (MS 83-15) were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Mrs. Alice K. Blackburn in October and December, l977, as part of the Charles E. Blackburn Papers (Cage 479, MS 77-61). The Church records were separated from the original accession in March l983 and were processed by Barbara Kovarik Gahl in March and April l983.

HISTORY

The Blackburn Collection of Pullman Community Congregational Church Records was compiled during the 1965-1977 period by Charles and Alice Blackburn. The Blackburns were active members of the Church and involved in many types of committee work. Charles was a member of the Board of Deacons, and the Self-Study Commission; Alice was a member of the Board of Trustees and the Church Council, and they both were involved the weekly Sunday night discussion groups held at the Church. The Community Congregational Church itself was founded in 1886 and has been a continuous part of Pullman since that time. Despite serious hardships and difficulties, the building was lost in the great fire of 1890 which destroyed a large part of the town, the Community Congregational Church has remained an active part of the community's religious life. For a more detailed history of the Church see the earlier register of the church's records, Cage 314.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The records of the Community Congregational Church have been arranged in a single alphabetical subject series entitled: Alphabetical Subject File, 1961-1977. The Church records contain an annual report; Board of Deacons and Board of Trustees records; budget information; church calendars; records from committees such as: Church Council, Education Committee, Self-Study Commission, and others; copies of the Church newsletter The Communicator; the constitution and revision proposals; ministerial and general correspondence; orders of worship; sermons; membership lists; and some records of activities related to the Vietnam War. Although the records cover the period 1961-1977, the bulk of the material dates from 1966-1976. For additional records of the Community Congregational Church, see: Cage 314 and Cage 448.

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