Union Baptist Church Manuals

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.080

Scope and Content

Collection of booklets published by the Union Baptist Church, 1867 - 1965. The collection includes yearbooks, published histories, by-laws, the constitution and rules of order for the church. *Minutes of the Stonington Union Association 95th annual meeting, June 19, 1867. Includes minutes from the Union Baptist Church as well as the First Baptist Church of Groton, the Noank Baptist Church, the Poquonnock Bridge Baptist Church and Groton Heights Baptist Church. Missing cover. *"Manual of the Union Baptist Church, Mystic, Conn.," published 1870. The manual includes the church covenant, history and a list of present and former members from 1787 - April 1870. *"Constitution and Rules of Order of the Union Baptist Church," adopted April 4, 1887, published by L.M. Guernsey's "Mystic Press" Print in 1891 *"Manual of the Union Baptist Church, Mystic, Conn.," published by C. I. Barstow in Mystic, 1902. The manual includes the church covenant, constitution and by-laws, history and an alphabetical list of members (active March 1, 1902). *Church covenant of the Union Baptist Church, published by C. I. Barstow, Rev. Byron Ulric Hatfield, c. 1902. Signed "Caroll Keeler" on the back. *Yearbook and directory of the Union Baptist Church, 1907, "All seats free, strangers welcome." Includes a list of church officers and members as well as the church covenant, constitution and by-laws. *Cookbook compiled by the Ladies Aid Society of the Union Baptist Church, 1908. Includes a list of officers, recipes contributed by all of the members of the society and advertisements for local businesses. *"Constitution and By-Laws of the Union Baptist Church, Mystic, Conn.," published September 1, 1953 *Union Baptist Church Centennial and History, 1862-1962," including a history of the church, list of church officers and committee members, and a program for the Centennial Rededication, October 7-12, 1962. *"The Union Baptist Church 200th Anniversary, 1765-1965," containing a published history of the church. 3 copies.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Union Baptist Church

Date(s) of Creation

1867 - 1965

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026