Shawomet Baptist Church records

Series 1. History

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	Church history, 1727-1986	1995 Jun 22
Box 10, Folder 1	Church history Text and photographs.	1884-2000
Box 1, Folder 2	Church history Text and photographs	1893-1968
Box 1, Folder 3	Church history	1952-2008
Box 1, Folder 4	Church history Text and photographs	1955-2011
Box 1, Folder 4	What Happened to Shawomet Baptist Church? - Interview of Rev. Marie Carpenter by J. Stanley Lemons	2011 July 24
Box 11X, Folder 1	Scrapbook: Fire at Shawomet; Death of Rev. Drolette; Anniversary celebration Text and photographs	1930-1967
Box 11X, Folder 2	Scrapbook: History of Shawomet Baptist Church, 1852 through Sept. 1867, as presented to the Warren Association, Sept. 11, 1867; includes material through 1966 Text and photographs	1852-1966

Series 2. Administration

Subseries A. Governance

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 5	ABCORI (American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island) reports	1974-1976, 1978-1989, 2000-2002
Box 1, Folder 6-16	All-Church and Executive Board minutes	1964-2005
Box 1, Folder 17-18	Annual reports	1950-2011
Box 1, Folder 19	Board of Christian Education, Youth Leaders	1960-1965
Box 1, Folder 20	Board of Christian Education, Youth Leaders	1962-1999
Box 1, Folder 21	Board of Christian Education, Youth Leaders	1993-1995
Box 1, Folder 22	Board of Christian Education minute book	1954-1966
Box 1, Folder 23	Board of Trustees minutes and reports	1979-1984
Box 1, Folder 24	Board of Trustees minutes and reports	1993-1994
Box 1, Folder 25	Church by-laws	1954-2009
Box 1, Folder 26	Church minutes, pt. 1	1974-1984
Box 2, Folder 1	Church minutes, pt. 2	1974-1984
Box 2, Folder 2	Citizens of old Warwick meeting minutes	1829-1883
Box 2, Folder 3	Correspondence, miscellaneous	1959-1963
Box 2, Folder 4	Executive Board minutes	1923-1931
Box 10, Folder 2	Executive Board minutes	1931-1945
Box 2, Folder 5	Executive Board minutes	1945-1952
Box 10, Folder 3	Executive Board minutes	1955-1963
Box 2, Folder 6	Executive Board minutes, pt. 1	1989-1993
Box 2, Folder 7	Executive Board minutes, pt. 2	1989-1993
Box 2, Folder 8	Executive/Finance Committee minutes, pt. 1	1994-1996
Box 2, Folder 9	Executive/Finance Committee minutes, pt. 2	1994-1996
Box 2, Folder 10	Executive/Finance Committee minutes, pt. 3	1994-1996
Box 2, Folder 11	Incorporation of Shawomet Baptist Church, January session of R.I. General Assembly ... including original by-laws and minutes of meetings	1851-1912
Box 10, Folder 4	Mortgages, wills, deeds, etc.	1851-1985
Box 2, Folder 12	Music program	1995-2000
Box 10, Folder 5	Records of Shawomet Baptist Church, part 1	1842 Oct-1870 Mar
Box 10, Folder 6	Records of Shawomet Baptist Church, part 2	1870 Apr-1903 Apr

Subseries B. Finances

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 13	Embezzlement case documents, pt. 1	1985-1986
Box 2, Folder 14	Embezzlement case documents, pt. 2	1985-1988
Box 2, Folder 15	Embezzlement case documents, pt. 3	1986
Box 2, Folder 16-22	Finance Committee minutes	1958-1986
Box 3, Folder 1-3	Finance Committee minutes	1986-1994
Box 3, Folder 4	Fund-raising campaign	1947
Box 3, Folder 5	Gifts	1961-1965
Box 3, Folder 6	Memorial committee	1988-2000
Box 3, Folder 7-10	Memorial book, pt. 1-4	1984-2003
Box 3, Folder 11	Memorials	1998-2002
Box 3, Folder 12	Parsonage fund	1956-1957
Box 3, Folder 13	Pledge campaigns	1961-1992
Box 3, Folder 14	Pledge campaigns, Building fund	1966-2008

Subseries C. Membership

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 15	Alphabetical membership list	1842-2011
Box 3, Folder 16	Baptismal statements	1999-2008
Box 3, Folder 17	Chronological membership list	1842-2011
Box 3, Folder 18-22	Deacons meeting minutes, correspondence, etc.	1951-1995
Box 3, Folder 23-24	Deacons Board meeting minutes	1960-1983
Box 3, Folder 25	Diaconite Board	1960-1965
Box 3, Folder 26	Diaconate examination of membership rolls	1960-1965
Box 10, Folder 7	Membership register	1955-1968
Box 3, Folder 27	Transfer letters, In	1957-2003
Box 4, Folder 1	Transfer letters, Out	1958-2005
Box 4, Folder 2	Transfer of membership	1959-1964
Box 4, Folder 3	Worship attendance	2004-2011

Subseries D. Property

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 4	Building addition	1966-1967
Box 4, Folder 5	Property Committee	2001-2003
Box 4, Folder 6	Specs for additions and alterations to Shawomet Baptist Church	1966

Series 3. Publications

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 7	All-Church Christmas letters	1978-1979, 1985-1989
Box 4, Folder 8	Christmas Bazaar bulletins	1966-1977
Box 6	Church bulletins Bulletins are unfoldered and grouped by year.	1958-1967, 1969-1987
Box 7	Church bulletins, Women's and Men's Sunday bulletins Bulletins are unfoldered and grouped by year.	1988-2011
Box 4, Folder 9	Lawn Party programs	1946-1948, 1951-1954
Box 4, Folder 10	Membership directories	1959-1963
Box 4, Folder 11	Membership directories	1964-1980
Box 4, Folder 12	Membership directories	1992-2006
Box 4, Folder 13	Miscellaneous special occasion bulletins	1955-1959
Box 4, Folder 14-29	Shawomet Sun newsletter	1959-1984
Box 5, Folder 1-22	Shawomet Sun newsletter	1985-2011
Box 8, Folder 1-5	Yearbooks	1953-1995

Series 4. Club records

Container	Description	Date
Box 5, Folder 23	Herbert D. Harding Memorial Baraca class	1943-1947
Box 5, Folder 24	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1910-1972
Box 5, Folder 25	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1921-1925
Box 9, Folder 1	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1944-1959
Box 9, Folder 2	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1946-1953
Box 9, Folder 3	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1953-1976
Box 9, Folder 4	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1953-1966
Box 9, Folder 5	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1963-1972
Box 9, Folder 6	Ladies Aid and Missionary Circle minutes	1977-1992
Box 9, Folder 7	Ladies Aid treasurer's report	1964-1972
Box 9, Folder 8	Mid-week Club	1943-1945
Box 9, Folder 9	Mothers and Teachers Circle minute book	1949-1983
Box 9, Folder 10	Mr. & Mrs. Club	1961-1974
Box 9, Folder 11-16	Philathea Class & Philathea Circle records	1932-1973
Box 9, Folder 17-19	Philathea/Fidelity Circle minutes	1975-2003
Box 9, Folder 20	Philathea/Fidelity Circle booklets	1965-1978
Box 9, Folder 21	Women's Council organizational records	1956-1964
Box 9, Folder 22	Women's Society, Program of Missionary and Stewardship Education	1953-1954
Box 9, Folder 23	Workers' Council of the Shawomet Baptist Bible School secretary's reports	1936-1947
Box 9, Folder 24	Workers' Council meeting minutes, part 1	1948-1967
Box 9, Folder 25	Workers' Council meeting minutes, part 2	1948-1967

Series 5. Photographs

Container	Description	Date
Box 8, Folder 6	Church activity and 1957 fire photographs	1950-1957
Box 8, Folder 7	Church activity photographs	1993-1995
Box 8, Folder 8	Church construction and activity photographs	1980-2004
Box 8, Folder 9	Church member and building photographs	1948-1967
Box 8, Folder 10	Church member photographs	1979-1981
Box 8, Folder 11	Miscellaneous slides of church activities, including 1957 fire	1953-1967
Box 10, Folder 8	Newspaper clippings	1932-2006
Box 8, Folder 12	Old Shawomet Day photograph album	1976 Jul 3
Box 8, Folder 13	Pen and ink illustration of church	undated
Box 8, Folder 14	Photographs of steeple repairs after lightning strike	2003 Jan
Box 8, Folder 15	Photograph of Lloyd P. Frederick inside Shawomet Church	1991 May
Box 11X, Folder 3	Sunrise service photographs; misc. outing photographs	1930-2011
Box 11X, Folder 4	Indoor yard sale photographs; mounted photograph of Rev. Drolette	1967-1992
Box 11X, Folder 5	Certificate to Shawomet Baptist Church from the Worldwide Baraca and Philathea Union, Sept. 21, 1923	1923

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