Sub-subseries 1. Worship and service planning materials, 1904-1987

Documents cover the planning and analysis of church services, including summer services. Records of the First Parish Worship Committee are part of this sub-subseries. Arranged by record function and then in chronological order.

For early minutes of meetings of the Church, 1858-1899, see the bound manuscript volume of the Church of the First Parish, 1858-1971 in Series IV subseries A: Membership and vital records.

For minister's sermons, including sermons of visiting ministers See Series VI: Ministers, visiting ministers, and sermons.

• Box II.1, Folder 1: Autographed letter signed from Charles G. Ames to W.L. Eaton, Boston, 1895 February 1. Agreeing to supply the pulpit in Concord on the Sunday following Easter (1895 April 20).
• Box II.13, Folder 1: George P. Furber correspondence regarding ministers for First Parish during the summer vacation of Loren B. MacDonald, 1904-1906. Letters to and from George P. Furber, chairman of the First Parish Pulpit Committee.
• Box II.1, Folder 2: George P. Furber correspondence regarding ministers for First Parish during the summer vacation of Loren B. MacDonald, 1908-1910. Letters to and from George P. Furber, chairman of the First Parish Pulpit Committee.
• Box II.1, Folder 3: Communion records, 1960s.
• Box II.1, Folder 4: Visiting minister's biographies, late 1960s.
• Box II.1, Folder 5: Christmas church service planning records and notes, 1978, 1984-1987. With Dana Greeley notes, sample orders of service, instructions and checklists.
• Box II.1, Folder 6: Summer service planning, 1981-1988, 1990. Includes correspondence, notes, lists and related orders of service.
• Box II.1, Folder 7: Records of the First Parish Worship Committee, 1986-1987. Consists of minutes and associated records.
• Box II.1, Folder 8: Church attendance statistics and calculations, 1970-1992.
• Box II.1, Folder 9: Manuscript notes on an unidentified survey regarding church services, including a count of responses, circa 1980s.
• Box II.1, Folder 10: Typed quotations and responsive readings for worship, undated, circa 1980s.
• Box II.1, Folder 11: Lists of Sunday sermons, 1990 July-1991 May.
• Box II.1, Folder 12: Lists of ushers and usher assignments, 1981-1992.

Sub-subseries 2. Order of service programs, 1963-2010

Programs list the proceedings of church services, along with the participants in each service and the origins or author of each element of each service (such as hymns, offertory, and sermons). Order of service programs often come with supplemental materials, such as church calendars, news, promotional information and United Universalist Association General Assembly materials (with UUA General Assembly Resolution polls). Often there are very few (or only one) order of service programs for the months of July through September each year.

See Series VI, Ministers, Visiting Ministers and sermons for transcripts and recordings of many sermons along with some of their services.

See Series XII Church, town, and related celebrations, social events, and special services for programs from social events and special services.

• Box II.2, Folder 1: Orders of service, undated, 1958, 1960, 1963. Includes order of service (program, four pages) for service 1958 January 12 with note by Arthur B. Jellis to "Dear Unitarians" (page [4]) urging the signing of a petition banning nuclear testing in the Pacific. Also contains candle light choir event program, 1963 March 10.
• Box II.2, Folder 2: Orders of service, 1964.
• Box II.2, Folder 3: Orders of service, 1965.
• Box II.2, Folder 4: Orders of service, 1966.
• Box II.2, Folder 5: Orders of service, 1967.
• Box II.2, Folder 6: Orders of service, 1968.
• Box II.2, Folder 7: Orders of service, 1969.
• Box II.2, Folder 8: Orders of service, 1970.
• Box II.2, Folder 9: Orders of service, 1971.
• Box II.2, Folder 10: Orders of service, 1972.
• Box II.2, Folder 11: Orders of service, 1973.
• Box II.2, Folder 12: Orders of service, 1974.
• Box II.2, Folder 13: Orders of service, 1975.
• Box II.3, Folder 1: Orders of service, 1976.
• Box II.3, Folder 2: Orders of service, 1977, with related papers dated 1979. Includes order of service for the Walden, Henry David Thoreau service, with manuscript notes regarding the 1979 service.
• Box II.3, Folder 3: Orders of service, 1978.
• Box II.3, Folder 4: Orders of service, 1979. See manuscript notes from original Walden service in 1977, Box II.3 Folder 2.
• Box II.3, Folder 5: Orders of service, 1980.
• Box II.3, Folder 6: Orders of service, 1981. Identified in original file as "incomplete."
• Box II.3, Folder 7: Orders of service, 1982, with related papers dated 1983. Includes manuscript notes regarding Family Christmas Sunday 1983 by Dana McLean Greeley.]
• Box II.3, Folder 8: Orders of service, 1983.

  See 1983 manuscript notes regarding Family Christmas Sunday on the 1982 Family Christmas Sunday in Box II.3 Folder 7.

• Box II.3, Folder 9: Orders of service, 1984.
• Box II.4, Folder 1: Orders of service, 1985.
• Box II.4, Folder 2: Orders of service, 1986. Contains order of service for the service in memory of Dana M. Greeley, June 15, 1986.
• Box II.4, Folder 3: Orders of service, 1987. Includes one family worship order of service.
• Box II.4, Folder 4: Orders of service, 1988 January-June.
• Box II.4, Folder 5: Orders of service, 1988 June-December.
• Box II.4, Folder 6: Orders of service, 1989 January-May.
• Box II.4, Folder 7: Orders of service, 1989 June-December.
• Box II.4, Folder 8: Orders of service, 1990 January-July.
• Box II.4, Folder 9: Orders of service, June 1990-December 1990. Includes program for "The Icicle Witch", a play performed at the 4:30 Christmas Service.
• Box II.5, Folder 1: Orders of service, 1991 January-June.
• Box II.5, Folder 2: Orders of service, June 1991-December 1991.
• Box II.5, Folder 3: Orders of service, 1992 January-May.
• Box II.5, Folder 4: Orders of service, June 1992-December 1992. Includes undated Order of service, circa 1992.
• Box II.5, Folder 5: Orders of service, January 1993-May 1993.
• Box II.5, Folder 6: Orders of service, June 1993-December 1993.
• Box II.6, Folder 1: Orders of service, January 1994-May 1994.
• Box II.6, Folder 2: Orders of service, June 1994-December 1994.
• Box II.6, Folder 3: Orders of service, January 1995-May 1995.
• Box II.6, Folder 4: Orders of service, June 1995-December 1995.
• Box II.6, Folder 5: Orders of service, January 1996-May 1996.
• Box II.6, Folder 6: Orders of service, June 1996-December 1996.
• Box II.7, Folder 1: Orders of service, January 1997-June 1997.
• Box II.7, Folder 2: Orders of service, June 1997-December 1997.
• Box II.7, Folder 3: Orders of service, January 1998-May 1998.
• Box II.7, Folder 4: Orders of service, September 1998-December 1998. Includes memorial for Deborah Greeley.
• Box II.7, Folder 5: Orders of service, January 1999-June 1999.
• Box II.7, Folder 6: Orders of service, September 2003-December 2003.
• Box II.8, Folder 1: Orders of service, January 2004-June 2004.
• Box II.8, Folder 2: Orders of service, June 2004-December 2004.
• Box II.8, Folder 3: Orders of service, January 2005-June 2005. Covers summer season services as well, June-September 4, 2005. Includes zip disk of orders of service and Sunday News issues, 2005-2006.
• Box II.8, Folder 4: Orders of service, September 2006-December 2006.
• Box II.8, Folder 5: Orders of service, January 2007-June 2007.
• Box II.9, Folder 1: Orders of service, September 2008-December 2008.
• Box II.9, Folder 2: Orders of service, January 2009-June 2009.
• Box II.9, Folder 3: Orders of service, September 2009-December 2009. Includes order of service from the Building Dedication for the renovation of the Meeting House and the new religious education wing.
• Box II.9, Folder 4: Orders of service, January 2010-June 2010.
• Box II.9, Folder 5: Orders of service, June 2010-June 2011.
• Folder II.OV1 (oversize): Order of service pamphlet template and run master, 1960s.

Sub-subseries 3. Documents of belief, 1738-2002

Covenants, declarations of faith and other records related to the religious doctrines and spiritual beliefs held by the First Parish and its members.

• Box II.13, Folder 2: Manuscript covenant, 1738.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): The Christian Life, Volume III, by John Scott (London: for J. Knapton, 1757), 1757.
• Box II.10, Folder 1: Manuscript confession of faith, circa early 19th century. Titled "Mr. Willard's confession of faith."
• Box II.10, Folder 2: Two printed handbills including covenant, 19^th century.
• Box II.10, Folder 3: Three printed leaflets regarding Unitarian beliefs, 19^th century. One of them printed in or after 1878.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Services for Congregational Worship, revised edition (Boston: The American Unitarian Association, 1882), 1882.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Unitarian Service Book (Boston: The American Unitarian Association, 1903), 1903 (1991). Includes note, in sleeve, from Eric Parkman Smith, dated June 16, 1991. Six copies.
• Box II.10, Folder 4: Words of Faith: prayers, poems and meditations (Concord: First Parish in Concord, 2002), 2002.
• Box II.13, Folders 3-4: Words of Faith: prayers, poems and meditations (Concord: First Parish in Concord, 2002) drafts, 2002. Consists of paste up and run master.

Sub-subseries 4. Church and First Parish records, 1981

Documents regarding the conceptual separation of the First Parish (initially the town government and later the administrative and legal aspects of the First Parish) and the First Church (the religious aspects of the First Parish).

• Box II.10, Folder 5: Church records regarding the church and First Parish, 1981. "A Bit of First Parish and First Church History" essay by Dana McLean Greeley with notes and correspondence.

Sub-subseries 1. Records of the Denominational Affairs Committee and other First Parish Unitarian-related member groups, 1832-2002

Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee and predecessor member organizations concerned with First Parish interactions with Unitarian groups — specifically the American Unitarian Association and the Unitarian Universalist Association. Records include documentation of First Parish attendance at the regional Massachusetts Bay District Annual Meeting and Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, and the records of the Laymen's League, a member association affiliated with the First Parish.

See orders of service 1994-1999 in Series II.A.2, Orders of service for Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly Congregational Study/Action Issues surveys.

• Box II.10, Folder 6: Bound manuscript record volume Society Auxiliary to the American Unitarian Association, 1832-1841. Includes subscriptions (membership dues) and list of members 1836-1841 (incomplete).
• Box II.10, Folder 7: American Unitarian Association life membership certificate for Lorenzo Eaton, 1885 November 9. Signed by Grindall Reynolds.
• Box II.10, Folder 8: First Parish Chapter of the Unitarian Laymen's League records, 1919-1929. Contains constitution, membership information, minutes, correspondence, printed ephemera.
• Box II.10, Folder 9: First Parish Chapter of the Unitarian Laymen's League circular letters, 1966.
• Box II.10, Folder 10: Typewritten memorandum from the American Unitarian Association regarding minister salaries, 1951.
• Box II.10, Folder 11: Printed program of the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, 1965. Two copies.
• Box II.10, Folder 12: Memoranda, correspondence and ephemera related to the delegation of the Massachusetts Bay District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, 1962-1963, 1966-1967.
• Box II.10, Folder 13: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 1966, 1968. Includes memoranda regarding the UUA Black Affairs Council.
• Box II.10, Folder 14: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 1975-1984. Includes Dana McLean Greeley correspondence.
• Box II.13, Folder 5: Form for comments from the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee on the Unitarian Universalist Association Principles and Purposes revision, circa 1983.
• Box II.10, Folder 15: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 1985 September-1991 July. Covers Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly and Massachusetts Bay District, Larger UU Churches.
• Box II.13, Folder 6: Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly delegate criteria and selection form, 1989.
• Box II.13, Folder 7: Parish poll ballot for Unitarian Universalist General Assembly business resolutions and general resolutions, 1989.
• Box II.10, Folder 16: Letter from Margaret Stewart regarding arrangements Shen Tong's attendance of the 1990 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, 1990 June 11.
• Box II.12, Folder 17: Records of ordinations and the Ordinations Committee, 1990-1997.
• Box II.10, Folder 17: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 1991 July-1994 May. Includes files and notes of Margaret Stewart and others (undetermined).
• Box II.10, Folder 18: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 1994 November-1995 December. Includes files of and manuscript notes by Irmingard ("Irmi") Doane, Margaret Stewart and others (unidentified).
• Box II.10, Folder 19: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 1996 January-June. Includes files of and manuscript notes by Irmingard ("Irmi") Doane, Margaret Stewart and others (unidentified).
• Box II.11, Folder 1: Large Church Conference (Unitarian Universalist Association) conference materials, 1996 October-December. Includes correspondence and manuscript notes by Margaret Stewart and others.
• Box II.11, Folder 2: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, January 1997-December 1997. Includes manuscript notes and Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly materials.
• Box II.11, Folder 3: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, January 1998-December 1998. Includes Winifred Campbell and Margaret Stewart files with some manuscript notes.
• Box II.11, Folder 4: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, January 1999-December 1999. Includes Winifred Campbell and Margaret Stewart files with some manuscript notes.
• Box II.11, Folder 5: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 2000 February-December. Includes Winifred Campbell and Margaret Stewart files with some manuscript notes.
• Box II.11, Folder 6: Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 1999-2000. Correspondence, manuscript notes, and conference information.
• Box II.11, Folder 7: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 2001 January-December. Includes Winifred Campbell and Margaret Stewart files with some manuscript notes. Also includes 2001 Ballot of Congregational Directives for General Assembly Action.
• Box II.11, Folder 8: Records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 2002 January-December. Includes Winifred Campbell and Margaret Stewart files with some manuscript notes.
• Box II.11, Folder 9: Unitarian Universalist Association Massachusetts Bay District Annual Meeting records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 2002. Contains correspondence, manuscript notes, and conference information related the Massachusetts Bay District Annual Meeting, 2002 April 6.
• Box II.11, Folder 10: Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, 2002. Correspondence, manuscript notes, and conference information related the Unitarian Universalist Associate General Assembly, June 20^th through June 24^th, 2002.
• Box II.11, Folder 11: First Parish Denomination Affairs Committee Partner Church Council records, 1996-2000. General information on partnerships with Transylvania churches.
• Box II.11, Folder 12: Undated records of the First Parish Denominational Affairs Committee, circa 1980-1999. Lists, correspondence and manuscript notes.
• Box II.13, Folder 8: Annual questionnaires on church congregational information for Unitarian associations, 1958-1960, 1962-1970, 1975, 1977-1980. American Unitarian Association and Unitarian Universalist Association questionnaires, some filled out by First Parish in Concord.

Sub-subseries 2. Letters related to coordination with other Unitarian Universalist churches, 1985-1989

• Box II.12, Folder 1: Correspondence from other Unitarian Universalist churches, 1985, 1989.

Sub-subseries 3. Unitarian communications and publications, 1930-1980

First Parish-related Unitarian Universalist publications and associated correspondence. Correspondence includes general memoranda from publication-related correspondence from relevant organizations. Unitarian Universalist publications may include references to First Parish or contain manuscript notes.

• Box II.12, Folder 2: Unitarian Yearbook, 1930-1931 (Boston: The American Unitarian Association, 1931), 1930-1931.
• Box II.12, Folder 3: Unitarian Universalist Association bookstore correspondence, budgets and associated ephemera, 1965-1989.
• Box II.12, Folder 4: Correspondence and associated ephemera from the Unitarian Universalist Association and affiliated organizations, 1987-1998. Includes letter presenting the First Parish with the Unitarian Universalist 1987 Banner Society Award
• Box II.12, Folder 5: Directory print outs for UU World Magazine subscriptions, circa 1987. With list of subscribers at First Parish, Parish members names and addresses.
• Box II.12, Folder 6: First Parish-related editions of District Link, newsletter for the Massachusetts Bay District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, 1997-2002. Unrelated issues were removed. All issues of district link are available in the records of the Unitarian Universalist Association at Harvard Divinity School.
• Folder II.OV1 (oversize): 2 maps, "Unitarian Universalist Points of Interest in Downtown Boston" (undated), and "Town of Concord" (1977), undated, 1977.

Sub-subseries 1. Minutes and records of the Standing Committee, 1855-2002

Minutes of regular meetings of the Standing Committee with records generated, received by, and collected by the Standing Committee: meeting warrants, votes, correspondence, memoranda, and related ephemera. Arranged chronologically.

Records of the Parish Secretary are included with these minutes to preserve the continuity of the collection, but kept separated from the other Standing Committee records in the subseries.

See Series III.B.2: Standing Committee member's records for other Standing Committee officers' files.

See Series VIII.C Member contributions for Standing Committee records related to the every member canvass, 1928-1929.

• Folder III.OV1 (oversize): Warrants of meeting of the First Parish in Concord, 1855-1865. Oversize. Includes printed and handwritten warrants for annual and special meetings of the Parish.
• Folder III.OV2 (oversize): Warrants of meeting of the First Parish in Concord, 1866-1875. Oversize. Includes printed and handwritten warrants for annual and special meetings of the Parish.
• Folder III.OV3 (oversize): Warrants of meeting of the First Parish in Concord, 1875-1888. Oversize. Includes printed and handwritten warrants for annual and special meetings of the Parish.
• Folder III.OV4 (oversize): Warrants of meeting of the First Parish in Concord, 1889-1901, 1922, 1962, 1963, bulk 1889-1901. Oversize. Includes printed and handwritten warrants for annual and special meetings of the Parish.
• Box III.14, Folder 1: Unbound First Parish meeting minutes (manuscript and typescript), including votes, 1837-1961; very incomplete.
• Box III.14, Folder 2: Unbound Standing Committee manuscript and printed financial reports, 1856-1877. Gaps 1859-1861,1869, 1871-1872.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Bound record book (manuscript) containing meeting minutes for Parish and Society meetings, 1855-1901. Minutes and warrants signed by the Parish Clerk.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Bound record book (manuscript) containing meeting minutes and warrants for Parish meetings, 1894-1953. Minutes and warrants signed by the Parish Clerk. Also includes photograph of meeting house after 1900 fire, and some inserted committee listings, correspondence, clippings and other ephemera.
• Box III.2, Folder 2: Unbound typescript and manuscript Standing Committee meeting minutes, 1933-1949.
• Box III.2, Folder 3: Unbound typescript and manuscript Standing Committee meeting minutes, 1950-1959; gap 1952-1958.
• Box III.14, Folder 3: Memorandum from the Religious Education Needs Committee to the Standing Committee, circa 1954.
• Box III.2, Folder 4: Records of the Standing Committee, 1951-1959. Includes religious education wing renovation plans. Also includes correspondence related to the 1957 appointment of Arthur B. Jellis as church minister, and letters from recipients of the Holland Fund who went on the annual Star Island retreat.

  See Series XI Church real estate and assets.

  See Series XII Church, town, and related celebrations, social events, and special services for more information about Star Island.

• Box III.2, Folder 5: Unbound typescript and manuscript Standing Committee meeting minutes, 1960-1961.
• Box III.2, Folder 6: Records of the Standing Committee, 1960-1961.
• Box III.2, Folder 7: Unbound typescript and manuscript Standing Committee meeting minutes, 1962-1965.
• Box III.2, Folder 8: Records of the Standing Committee, 1962-1965.
• Box III.2, Folder 9: Records of the Standing Committee, 1966. Includes correspondence on the tax status of the First Parish, and discussion of "Talk-Back" sessions regarding the ministry of Arthur B. Jellis.
• Box III.2, Folder 10: Records of the Standing Committee, 1967. Documents the establishment of a Social Responsibility Committee, and church budget issues with related hearing.
• Box III.3, Folder 1: Unbound typescript and manuscript Standing Committee meeting minutes, 1968.
• Box III.3, Folder 2: Secretary's reports of meetings of the First Parish Standing Committee with related papers, 1968.
• Box III.3, Folder 3: Records of the Standing Committee, 1969. Includes documentation of Arthur B. Jellis's resignation as minister of First Parish.
• Box III.3, Folder 4: Secretary's reports of meetings of the First Parish Standing Committee with related papers, 1969. Includes documentation of Arthur B. Jellis's resignation as minister of First Parish.
• Box III.3, Folder 5: Records of the Standing Committee, 1960s.
• Box III.14, Folder 4: Records of the Standing Committee, 1960-1968.
• Box III.3, Folder 6: Records of the Standing Committee, 1970. Includes a letter regarding First Parish and the Black Affairs Council (BAC) and Black and White Action (BAWA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and documents regarding the appointment of Dana McLean Greeley as minister of First Parish.
• Box III.3, Folder 7: Secretary's reports of meetings of the First Parish Standing Committee with related papers, 1970. Contains documentation of the appointment of Dana McLean Greeley as minister of First Parish.
• Box III.3, Folder 8: Records of the Standing Committee, 1971. Includes Social Responsibility Committee structure documentation.
• Box III.3, Folder 9: Records of the Standing Committee, 1972.
• Box III.3, Folder 10: Records of the Standing Committee, 1973.
• Box III.4, Folder 1: Records of the Standing Committee, 1974. Includes evaluation of the ministry of Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box III.4, Folder 2: Records of the Standing Committee, 1975.
• Box III.4, Folder 3: Records of the Standing Committee, 1976.
• Box III.4, Folder 4: Meeting minutes of the Standing Committee, 1977.
• Box III.4, Folder 5: Records of the Standing Committee, 1978 January-August.
• Box III.4, Folder 6: Records of the Standing Committee, September 1978-August 1978.
• Box III.4, Folder 7: Records of the Standing Committee, 1979 January-May.
• Box III.4, Folder 8: Records of the Standing Committee, June 1979-December 1979.
• Box III.14, Folder 5: Records of the Standing Committee, 1970-1978.
• Box III.4, Folder 9: Records of the Standing Committee, 1980.
• Box III.4, Folder 10: Records of the Standing Committee, 1981. Includes Standing Committee records on membership delineation (particularly the roles of deacons and process of signing the membership book).
• Box III.4, Folder 11: Records of the Standing Committee, 1982.
• Box III.5, Folder 1: Records of the Standing Committee, 1983.
• Box III.5, Folder 2: Standing Committee materials, 1983-1984.
• Box III.5, Folder 3: Records of the Standing Committee, 1984.
• Box III.5, Folder 4: Records of the Standing Committee, 1985. Documents the gilding of the church dome in 1985, and some 350^th anniversary activities.
• Box III.5, Folder 5: Records of the Standing Committee, 1986. Documents the appointment of Lucinda Duncan as Minister of Religious Education and the retirement and death of Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box III.14, Folder 6: Standing Committee financial reports, 1986-1987.
• Box III.16, Folder 1: Records of the Standing Committee, 1987. Documents the activities of the ministerial search committee.
• Box III.16, Folder 2: Records of the Standing Committee, April 1988-June 1989. Documents the appointment of Gary Smith as minister.
• Box III.16, Folder 3: Records of the Standing Committee, July 1989-June 1990.
• Box III.16, Folder 4: Records of the Standing Committee, August 1990-August 1991.
• Box III.6, Folder 1: Records of the Standing Committee, June 1991-June 1992.
• Box III.6, Folder 2: Records of the Standing Committee, June 1992-December 1992.
• Box III.6, Folder 3: Records of the Standing Committee, January 1993-May 1993.
• Box III.6, Folder 4: Records of the Standing Committee, July 1994-July 1994.
• Box III.6, Folder 5: Records of the Standing Committee, August 1994-December 1994.
• Box III.6, Folder 6: Records of the Standing Committee, January 1995-June 1995.
• Box III.7, Folder 1: Records of the Standing Committee, June 1995-June 1996.
• Box III.7, Folder 2: Records of the Standing Committee, July 1996-June 1997.
• Box III.7, Folder 3: Records of the Standing Committee, June 1997-May 1998.
• Box III.7, Folder 4: Records of the Standing Committee, June 1998-July 1999.
• Box III.7, Folder 5: Records of the Standing Committee, September 1999-December 1999. Includes the report of the Organ Study Committee, 2000.
• Box III.7, Folder 6: Records of the Standing Committee, January 2000-May 2000.
• Box III.16, Folder 5: Records of the Standing Committee, June 2000-December 2001.
• Box III.16, Folder 6: Records of the Standing Committee, March 2002.

 Sub-subseries 2. Standing Committee member's records, 1881-1992

Records of the Parish Clerk are arranged as found in their binders. They include Standing Committee and governance documents such as personnel records, budgets, canvass tabulations, and draft minutes.

See handwritten Parish Clerk notes in Series III.A: Annual reports of the First Parish Officers and Committees.

See Parish Secretary's records in Series III.B.1: Minutes and records of the Standing Committee.

• Box III.8, Folder 1: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1856, 1861, 1881-1963, bulk 1950-1960. Includes correspondence, early versions of the First Parish by-laws, and manuscript notes. Most of the records are correspondence and notes to and from Julian Ballou, Parish Clerk.
• Box III.8, Folder 2: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1954-1965.
• Box III.8, Folder 3: Parish Clerk gathered papers, 1954-1971. Contains announcements, votes, and membership information.
• Box III.8, Folder 4: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1965-1969. Includes signed warrants and proceedings of the Standing Committee annual and special meetings with related First Parish governance papers. Labelled "First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts, Parish Clerk, Volume 3." Part two of records removed from volume 3 binder.
• Box III.8, Folder 5: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1970-1980. Includes signed warrants and proceedings of the Standing Committee annual and special meetings with related First Parish governance papers. Labelled "First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts, Parish Clerk, Volume 4." Part one of records removed from volume 4 binder.
• Box III.8, Folder 6: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1980-1986. Includes signed warrants and proceedings of the Standing Committee annual and special meetings with related First Parish governance papers. Labelled "First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts, Parish Clerk, Volume 4." Part two of records removed from volume 4 binder.
• Box III.8, Folder 7: Parish clerk gathered papers, 1965-1980. Assorted governance papers (agendas, minutes, correspondence, and clippings) with note to Ruth Salinger, Parish Clerk, regarding the office of Parish Clerk. Likely transitional papers between Timothy Warren (Parish Clerk until 1979) and Ruth Salinger (Parish Clerk from June 1979).
• Box III.14, Folder 7: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1975, 1979.
• Box III.8, Folder 8: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1979-1980. Removed from binder during processing.
• Box III.14, Folder 8: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1980, 1982-1983.
• Box III.9, Folder 1: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1980-1981. Removed from binder during processing. Includes a copy of the 1981 merger between the Trustees of the Congregational Ministerial Fund and the First Parish in Concord.
• Box III.9, Folder 2: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1981-1982. Removed from binder during processing.
• Box III.9, Folder 3: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1982-1983. Removed from binder during processing. Includes 350^th anniversary planning materials.
• Box III.9, Folder 4: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1983-1984, 1986, bulk 1983-1984. Removed from binder during processing. Includes 350^th anniversary planning materials.
• Box III.10, Folder 1: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1984-1985. Removed from binder during processing. Includes 350^th anniversary planning and long-range planning materials.
• Box III.10, Folder 2: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1985-1986. Removed from binder during processing. Includes 350^th anniversary planning materials and documentation of the Parish search for a Minster of Religious Education.
• Box III.10, Folder 3: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1969, 1986-1987, bulk 1986-1987. Removed from binder during processing. Includes records from the search for a new minister for First Parish. Also contains "Report of the informal meetings of the Parish", documenting Parish member concerns, 1969.
• Box III.10, Folder 4: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1987-1988. Removed from binder during processing. Includes records from the search for a new minister for First Parish. (Documents transition to Jo Anne Kelch as Parish Clerk).
• Box III.10, Folder 5: Parish Clerk records of First Parish meetings, 1987-1988. Removed from binder during processing. Records of meetings of the full body of the First Parish with handwritten notes and meeting materials.
• Box III.10, Folder 6: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1988 January-June. Includes Evaluation for Interim Ministry of Charles Wilson, 1988.
• Box III.11, Folder 1: Records of the Parish Clerk, July 1988-May 1989. Removed from binder during processing.
• Box III.11, Folder 2: Parish Clerk records of First Parish meetings, 1988-1989. Removed from binder during processing. Records of meetings of the full body of the First Parish with handwritten notes and meeting materials.
• Box III.11, Folder 3: Records of the Parish Clerk, July 1989-June 1990. Removed from binder during processing. Consists of corrected drafts of Standing committee minutes with meeting materials. Also contains church ephemera.
• Box III.11, Folder 4: Parish Clerk records of First Parish meetings, 1989-1990. Removed from binder during processing. Records of meetings of the full body of the First Parish with handwritten notes and meeting materials. Includes proxy votes.
• Box III.11, Folder 5: Records of the Parish Clerk, 1990-1991. Removed from binder during processing. Consists of corrected drafts of Standing committee minutes with meeting materials.
• Box III.11, Folder 6: Parish Clerk records of First Parish meetings, 1990-1991. Removed from binder during processing. Records of meetings of the full body of the First Parish with handwritten notes and meeting materials. Also includes a list of attendees of the 1990 First Parish Leadership conference.
• Box III.11, Folder 7: Parish Clerk records of First Parish meetings, 1991-1992. Removed from binder during processing. Records of meetings of the full body of the First Parish with handwritten notes and meeting materials.
• Box III.11, Folder 8: Records of the Chair of the First Parish Standing Committee, 1983-1984. The bulk of the materials are regarding personnel, church property, church renovation. Contains correspondence and property-related legal documents.
• Folder III.OV5: Records of the Chair of the First Parish Standing Committee, 1982, 1988.
• Box III.11, Folder 9: Records of Patricia B. Smith, Standing Committee member, 1959-1962. Patricia B. Smith was a member of the Standing Committee, 1960-1965, and acted as chair from 1962-1965. Her notes include Standing Committee meeting notes and correspondence.

Sub-subseries 1. Parish Society, 1880-1934

This sub-subseries contains records of the Parish Society as a discrete entity prior to the integration of its activities into Standing Committee and Parish meetings.

See the Administrative History portion of this finding aid for more information on the structure of governance at First Parish.

• Box III.15, Folders 1-3: Parish Council records, 1971-1972, 1979, 1984-1992, bulk 1985-1990. Bulk consists of council minutes. Includes supporting materials, some letters.
• Box III.15, Folder 4: Committee banners, 1990s. Printed banners with the names of Parish committees. Found with Parish Council records.

Sub-subseries 2. Nominating Committee, early-mid 19th century-1990s

The Nominating Committee is responsible for the recommendation of potential members for the Standing Committee and, in some instances, members of the committees of the Parish Society. Reports of the Nominating Committee are in Series III.A, Annual reports of the First Parish officers and committees.

• Box III.12, Folder 6: Meeting minutes of the Society of the First Parish, 1880 April 13. Handwritten and signed by E. J. Bartlett.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Bound record book (manuscript) containing meeting minutes of Society meetings, 1902-1934.

Sub-subseries 3. Duties of committees and committee member lists, late 1980s-1991

Initially a supplemental portion of the by-laws, the list of duties of committees eventually became an entity of its own, and was periodically refreshed by committee chairs.

See Series III.C, By-laws and By-Laws committee for some early committee lists and definitions included with the by-laws.

See Series III.A, Annual reports of the First Parish officers and committees for lists of committees, and Series IV.A Directories and member lists for lists of committees with committee descriptions, 1998-2005.

• Box III.12, Folder 7: Report of the Committee on Nominations (Nominations Committee), early-mid 19^th century. Handwritten. Refers to April 3 meeting of the Parish; no April 3 meetings were recorded between 1855 and 1881 (when an amendment to the By-laws moved Parish meetings to May).
• Box III.12, Folder 8: Nominating Committee procedures, 1990s.
• Box III.12, Folder 9: Handwritten copy of Parish Society vote "to establish a Committee to define and prepare a list of the duties of the several committees", 1881, 1881 May 3. Handwritten copy.
• Box III.12, Folder 10: Duties of committees, circa 1880s to 1900s. Printed and manuscript.
• Box III.14, Folder 11: Listings (printed and typescript) of First Parish officers and committees and of membership of committees, 1868-1903.
• Box III. 12, Folder 11: Officers and Committee member lists, 1903-1929. Loose printed versions of the lists often included with annual reports.
• Box III.14, Folder 12: Duties of committees, 1934-1935. Typewritten drafts of duties of Parish committees with notes.
• Box III.12, Folder 12: Duties of committees, circa 1937. Typed drafts and printed final.
• Box III.12, Folder 13: Duties of committees, 1979-1986.
• Box III.12, Folder 14: Descriptive list of committees, 1992 February.
• Box III.12, Folder 15: Committee member lists, 1989-1994. Printed lists. Includes handwritten notes. Includes one blank committee interest form, circa 1980s.

Sub-subseries 1. Parish studies, 1986-1991

Needs of the members of the Parish and Parish staff identified through surveys and interviews. Records include gathered data and final reports.

• Box III.12, Folder 16: Survey of Unitarian Universalist church structure and congregations, late 1980s. Includes forms for surveys, gathered materials from other churches and comparisons of congregations.
• Box III.12, Folder 17: Local church consultation report, 1989. Schedules and results from a study conducted by Sherry and Doug Walrath, church strategy consultants.
• Box III.12, Folder 18: First Parish responses to "Evaluation of a UU Congregation", 1991. Compiled papers related to a Unitarian Universalist Association Planning Office survey sent out by First Parish leadership to the First Parish Standing Committee and a selection of First Parish members. Includes correspondence, surveys, notes, tabulations and results. Results of the survey were discussed at the 1991 Star Island leadership conference.

Sub-subseries 2. Long range planning committees, 1935-1997

Records of committees that have formed or been appointed to take charge of future planning for the First Parish.

• Box III.13, Folder 1: Records of the Committee on Ways and Means, 1935. Organized to generate more church participation in the social committees. From the records of Julian Ballou, Parish Clerk.

  See Series III.B.2 Standing Committee officer's records for records from Julian Ballou and other Parish Clerks.

• Box III.13, Folder 2: Report of the Parish Study Committee, 1969.
• Box III.13, Folder 3: Records of the Findings Committee, 1972-1978.
• Box III.13, Folder 4: Records of the ad-hoc Committee on Parish Structure, circa 1981-1989, bulk 1988-1989. Meeting minutes and notes with gathered materials.
• Box III.13, Folder 5: Records of the Long Range Planning Committee, 1984. Includes overviews of First Parish staffing 1970-1984.
• Box III.13, Folder 6: Records of the Long Range Planning Committee, 1985. Contains the final report of the Long Range Planning Committee.
• Box III.13, Folder 7: Records of the Long Range Planning Committee, circa 1984-1985. Undated notes and gathered materials.
• Box III.13, Folder 8: Records of the Governance Task Force, 1973, 1991-1992. Most of the materials are centered on personnel, church property, church renovation. Contains correspondence and property-related legal documents.
• Box III.13, Folder 9: Records of the Arlie Group, 1997. The Arlie Group formed following the UUA Arlie Conference, 1996.

Sub-subseries 1. Personnel administration, 1983-1990

Personnel records include only high-level personnel and office personnel records. Staff positions within the church other than the church office (Church secretary and church administrative assistant) are located within the relevant series.

For more information about personnel, see Series III.E.2 Long Range Planning, Long range planning, which includes extensive review at staffing 1970-1985.

For ministers: see Series VI, Minsters, visiting ministers and sermons.

For directors of religious education and Sunday school [volunteers?]: see Series VII Religious Education.

For music directors and organists: see Series X, Music in the church.

For sextons: see Series XI Church real estate and asset.

• Box III.17, Folder 1: Personnel records, including records of the Personnel Committee, 1972-1973, 1976, 1979-1990. Includes manuals, correspondence, meeting minutes and agends, personnel resources, and notes.
• Box III.17, Folder 2: Personnel-related insurance documents, 1981, 1989. Copies of insurance policies with notes related to medical pay.

  See Series VIII Financial records for more insurance records.

• Box III.17, Folder 3: Volunteer records, circa 1983.
• Box III.17, Folder 4: Records of the Personnel Committee, 1983-1985. Includes research materials and questionnaire on church volunteers.
• Box III.17, Folder 5: Personnel manuals, 1989-1990. Labeled "from Sharon Shoemaker, September 1989."
• Box III.17, Folder 6: Employee wage increase letters, 1990.
• Box III.17, Folder 7: Unitarian Universalist Association Compensation and Benefits Survey, 1993. Filled-out survey.
• Box III.17, Folder 8: Conference materials from the Unitarian Universalist Association conference, "The Price We Pay", 1993-1994. Includes Margaret Stewart's notes and First Parish presentations with calculations.

Sub-subseries 2. Office files and administrative lists, 1980-1994

• Box III.18, Folder 1: Form letters, 1974-1975. Bulk form letters sent by Dana McLean Greeley to parishioners.
• Box III.18, Folder 2: Correspondence of the Parish Administrator, Margaret Stewart, 1989-1990.
• Box III.18, Folder 3: Records of the administrative office, 1980s, bulk 1984-1989. Correspondence, notes and lists, mostly regarding office practices.
• Box III.14, Folder 13: Letterhead and stationery, circa 1984. Includes wedding certificate and meeting house news templates.
• Box III.18, Folder 4: Correspondence of the administrative office, circa 1990-1996.
• Box III.18, Folder 5: Administrative history of lists, 1992. Written by Margaret Stewart, Parish Administrator regarding the creation of mailing, member and financial contribution lists compiled and maintained by the First Parish.

Sub-subseries 1. Lists and directories, 1847-2005

Per the First Parish by-laws, membership lists were largely the responsibility of the Parish Clerk. The Parish Clerk kept a book of member's signatures affirming their membership in the Parish (as opposed to membership in the Church) and a list of members, which could include delineations as to whether they signed the Church book or the Parish book (or both). The church administration also kept lists of the members with their addresses for mailing purposes, and at times would distribute directories with addresses, phone numbers, and, periodically, photographs to the Parish.

See records of the Parish Clerk in III.B.2, Standing Committee member's records.

See III.F, Office files and administrative lists for an administrative history of lists kept by the Parish.

SEE Series I, Early records for additional member lists.

See Series IV.C.1, Vital records For Additional member lists.

• Box IV.1, Folder 1: Lists of First Parish members, 1847, 1848, and undated. Handwritten. 1848 and some undated lists are in alphabetical order; one set of undated lists groups members by Parish district. Includes some annotations.
• Box IV.1, Folder 2: List of First Parish members, 1855. Handwritten, with annotations including withdrawals and deaths. Alphabetical.
• Box IV.1, Folder 3: Soft cover manuscript volume, list of First Parish member names with list of First Parish officers, 1868-1872. Bulk listed by last name, later additions grouped by year. Includes list of First Parish officers and some notes on taxes paid by First Parish members.
• Box IV.1, Folder 4: Lists of First Parish members with letter from the Parish Clerk, late 1940s, 1957, 1963, 1970-1973. Includes Parish Clerk's list, mailing lists, and a 1963 signed letter from Julian Ballou, Parish Clerk, regarding the number of members and new members. Some annotations.
• Box IV.8, Folder 1: List of First Parish members, 1967-1973, with gaps. Lists member name and the year the Parish member signed the Church (C) or Parish (P) book. Includes handwritten annotations. See Parish Clerk's List of Members, 1957 regarding member designations in Box IV.1, Folder 4.
• Box IV.8, Folder 2: Lists of First Parish members, June 1980, September 1980. Lists member name, phone number and address. Typewritten with manuscript notes that indicating the addition of new members, removal of former members and changes to existing member information. Likely files of Eleanor Billings, Administrative Assistant.
• Box IV.1, Folder 5: Lists of First Parish members, 1981-1983. Lists member name, phone number and address. Typewritten with handwritten notes that indicate addition of new members, removal of former members and changes to existing member information. Likely files of Eleanor Billings, Administrative Assistant.
• Box IV.8, Folder 10: Parish directory photocopy master, circa 1984.
• Box IV.8, Folder 3: Lists of First Parish members, 1979-1986. Lists Member name and the year the Parish member signed the Church (C) or Parish (P) book. Includes handwritten annotations of additions and removals. See Parish Clerk's List of Members, 1957 regarding these designations in Box IV.1, Folder 4.
• Box IV.1, Folder 6: Parish directories, 1985-1989. 3 volumes: 1985-1986 (2 copies), 1987-1988 (2 copies), 1988-1989. Published booklets list member names with phone numbers and addresses. Includes basic information about the church and some handwritten annotations.
• Box IV.1, Folder 7: Parish photograph directory, circa 1989. Published booklet includes color photographs of Parish members. A separate section lists names, phone numbers and addresses. 3 copies.
• Box IV.1, Folder 8: Parish directories, 1990-1991. 2 volumes: 1990 (2 copies), 1991(2 copies). Published booklets list member names with phone numbers and addresses. Includes basic information about the church and some handwritten annotations.
• Box IV.1, Folder 9: Parish directories, 1992-1993. 2 volumes: 1992 directory, and 1992-1993 (2 copies) photograph directory. Color photographs.
• Box IV.1, Folder 10: Parish directories, 1994-1995. 2 volumes: 1994 (2 copies), 1995 (2 copies). Published booklets list member names with phone numbers and addresses. Includes basic information about the church and some handwritten annotations.
• Box IV.2, Folder 1: Parish directories, 1996-1997. 3 volumes: 1996 directory, 1997 directory, and the 1997 (2 copies) photograph directory. Color photographs.
• Box IV.2, Folder 2: Parish directories, 1998-1999. 2 volumes: 1998 (2 copies), and 1999. Published booklets list member names with phone numbers and addresses. Includes basic information about the church, a directory of addresses of former ministers and ministerial interns, and descriptions of Parish committees.
• Box IV.2, Folder 3: Parish photograph directories, undated, between 1994-1998. 1 volume, 2 copies. Published booklet includes black and white photographs of Parish members. A separate section lists member names with phone numbers and addresses.
• Box IV.2, Folder 4: Parish directories, 2000. 2 volumes: 2000 directory, 2000 (2 copies) photograph directory. Published booklets list member names with phone numbers and addresses. Text directory includes basic information about the church, a directory of addresses of former ministers and ministerial interns, and descriptions of Parish committees. Photograph directory contains color photographs.
• Box IV.2, Folder 5: Parish directories, 2004. 2 volumes: 2004 directory (2 copies), 2004 photograph directory. Published booklets list member names with phone numbers and addresses. Text directory includes basic information about the church, a directory of addresses of former ministers and ministerial interns, and descriptions of Parish committees. Photograph directory contains an introduction by the ministers, color photographs and advertisements.
• Box IV.2, Folder 7: 375th Anniversary membership list, 2004, 2011.
• Box IV.2, Folder 8: Parish directories, 2005. 1 volume, 2 copies. Published booklets list member names with phone numbers and addresses. The directory also includes basic information about the church, a directory of addresses of former ministers and ministerial interns, and descriptions of Parish committees.

Sub-subseries 2. Member database files, 1989-1995

First Parish began keeping member information in an electronic database around 1988, when information forms were distributed to members of the First Parish (the forms, some with database-related manuscript notes, are in Series IV.B.2, Biographies ). According to the 1992 document "Administrative list history" (in Series III.F, Office files and administrative lists), the database replaced the paper member lists organized in the previous sub-subseries, Lists and directories. Information gathered included name, address, member number, pledge status, canvass, new member status, phone number, occupation, marital status and spouse information, names, children, date added, date updated.

As part of the maintenance of the database, records of inactive members were printed and stored before being deleted. As a result, most of the records in this series are those removed from the database. Other records in this sub-subseries were transferred from one database to another, for example, records of the children of Parish members were transferred to a separate database to accommodate the nuanced status of children of parish members (who might be members, or might still want Parish news without being members).

• Box IV.2, Folder 9: Records deleted or transferred from the First Parish database, 1989. Computer print-outs with handwritten notes regarding why the deletion or transfer occurred. Arranged alphabetically. Folder contains a note by Margaret Stewart, Parish Administrator, regarding the record deletion process, and a page from a form letter sent to Parish members to verify database records (under Fred Sexsmith).
• Box IV.2, Folder 10: Records deleted or transferred from the First Parish member database, 1989-1990. Computer print-outs with handwritten notes regarding why the deletion or transfer occurred.
• Box IV.3, Folder 1: Records deleted or transferred from the First Parish member database, 1990-1991. Computer print-outs with handwritten notes regarding why the deletion or transfer occurred. This folder contains two handwritten forms.
• Box IV.3, Folder 2: Records deleted or transferred from the First Parish member database, 1990-1991. Original folder labeled "1990, 91, Database Transfer to COMPDR.dtf.
• Box IV.3, Folder 3: Records deleted or transferred from the First Parish member database, 1991-1992. Computer print-outs with handwritten notes regarding why the deletion or transfer occurred. This folder contains lists of members removed from the database in addition to print-outs.
• Box IV.3, Folder 4: Records deleted or transferred from the First Parish member database, 1992. Computer print-outs with handwritten notes regarding why the deletion or transfer occurred. This folder contains lists of members removed from the dtabase in addition to print-outs.
• Box IV.3, Folder 5: List of names added to the First Parish member database, 1992.
• Box IV.3, Folder 6: Records deleted or transferred from the First Parish member database, 1992-1993. Computer print-outs with handwritten notes regarding why the deletion or transfer occurred. This folder contains lists of members removed from the dtabase in addition to print-outs.
• Box IV.3, Folder 7: Meeting minutes from a meeting on the structure of the First Parish database, 1995 November 13. Minutes include diagrams of database data. See Box IV.9 for large format manuscript notes.
• Box IV.9 (tube): Manuscript notes from a database meeting, 1995 November 13. Large format notes referred to in Series IV.A, "First Parish Database: Notes from November 13, 1995."

Sub-subseries 1. New member biographies, 1987-1993

Narrative biographies of new members published in the First Parish orders of service.

See Series II.B.2 Order of service programs. Many of the items in this sub-subseries are photocopies from the orders of service series.

• Box IV.3, Folder 8: New member biographies, 1987-1993. Lists new members and short biographies.

Sub-subseries 2. Biography forms, 1988-1993

In addition to the biography form replies by Parish members, forms also contain manuscript notes that were likely added during the data entry process. These notes consist of encoding notes (i.e. -1 for men, -2 for women, and codes by career) which were used for end tally in the published Parish Biography and were likely used for the member database (in IV.A.2 Member database files). Some responses to a form for the 350th commemorative report are included.

Photographs in this sub-subseries were moved to Series XVI, Photographs and other visuals.

• Box IV.3, Folder 9: Biography forms, 1988. In alphabetical order; A-F.
• Box IV.4, Folder 1: Biography forms, 1988. In alphabetical order; F-O.
• Box IV.4, Folder 2: Biography forms, 1988. In alphabetical order; O-Z.
• Box IV.4, Folder 3: Biography forms, 1989-1990.
• Box IV.4, Folder 4: Biography forms, circa 1990.
• Box IV.4, Folder 5: Biography forms, 1990-1993.
• Box IV.4, Folder 6: Adult children biography forms, correspondence and reports, circa 1989. Records relating to the adult children of First Parish members, member and non-member.

  See child records in Series IV.A.2, Member database files.

Sub-subseries 3. Published member's biographies, 1988-1990

• Box IV.4, Folder 7: Parish biography, 1988-1989. Published booklet includes member biographies and an overview description of the Parish population.
• Folder IV. OV1 (oversize): Article from an unidentified publication on Philippe Villers, member of the First Parish, circa 1990.

Sub-subseries 1. Combined vital records, 1858-1988

Records kept by the minister and church of the First Parish regarding church members.

• Volume (shelved unboxed): Bound manuscript volume of the Church of the First Parish, 1858-1971, bulk 1858-1899. Lists church meeting minutes, 1858-1899; admissions to the church, 1858-1897, 1938-1971; marriages, 1858-1907, 1931-1970 (marriages 1939-1957 are written in the hand of the people getting married); baptisms, 1858-1899, 1942-1970; deaths and burials (including some information on age and location at death, and cause of death), 1858-1913, 1959-1970.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Bound manuscript volume, "Minister's Records and Membership Roll", 1970-1988. Continues bound manuscript volume of the Church of the First Parish. Bulk written by Reverend Dana McLean Greeley. Includes membership list (1970-1988) and lists of marriages (1970-1988), funerals (1970-1988), and christenings (1972-1988). Note: there are some inaccuracies in the notes written in.
• Box IV.5, Folder 1: "Services at Which Our Ministers Have Officiated," 1973-1974. Typed listing of marriages, memorial services, christenings, and new members.
• Box IV.5, Folder 2: Manuscript list of weddings and funerals, 1988.

Sub-subseries 2. Marriage certificates and related records, 1960-1995

Documents marriages performed by ministers of the First Parish and/or in the First Parish church. Records include marriages of non-members if they were married in the church or if they were married by a First Parish minister. The bulk of these records consist of typed marriage certificate forms copied for church records. Some gaps.

• Box IV.5, Folder 3: Marriage records (1778-1851) kept by Ezra Ripley, Hersey Bradford Goodwin, and Barzillai Frost, 1778-1851. 2 bound volumes of manuscript marriage records (1778-1851) kept by Ezra Ripley, Hersey Bradford Goodwin, and Barzillai Frost.
• Box IV.5, Folder 4: Unbound manuscript marriage records from ministry of Ezra Ripley: 1788-1795, 1798. List of marriages kept by Ripley (1788-1795; one sheet, recto and verso); marriage certificate (1798 March 26) for Isaiah Green of Carlisle and Hannah Chandler of Concord, signed by Ripley on verso.
• Box IV.5, Folder 5: Bound manuscript volume of marriage records kept by Grindall Reynolds as "honorary pastor" (after his retirement from the ministry of the First Parish), 1883-1894.
• Box IV.5, Folder 6: Marriage certificates, 1960-1975.
• Box IV.5, Folder 7: Marriage certificates, 1976-1979. In reverse chronological order by year. Typed copies, with some signatures, handwritten data and medical forms. Includes a copy of Dana Greeley's license to perform weddings in the state of Maine, June 1979.
• Box IV.5, Folder 8: Marriage certificates, 1980-1984. In reverse chronological order by year. Typed copies, with some signatures, handwritten data and filled out First Parish wedding information form.
• Box IV.5, Folder 9: Marriage certificates, 1985-1990. In reverse chronological order by year. Typed copies. Includes some signatures, handwritten data and a blank marriage service and certificate booklet inscribed by Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box IV.5, Folder 11: Marriage certificates, 1990-1991. Chronological order. Typed copies, with some signatures, handwritten data and filled out First Parish wedding information form.
• Box IV.5, Folder 12: Marriage certificates, 1994-1995. Records are in chronological order. Typed copies. Includes some signatures, some handwritten data, and filled out First Parish wedding information forms.
• Box IV.5, Folder 10: Wedding records and ephemera, 1970s, 1988-1989, 2014. Notes, information forms, correspondence and emphemera. Includes a photocopy of the marriage certificate of writers Anne Dillard and Robert D. Richardson, Jr., and card (2014) with printed image of wedding party and guests in front of the meeting house.

Sub-subseries 3. Death certificates and related records, 1973-1988

• Box IV.10, Folder 5: Bound volume of manuscript death records, 1778-1857. Kept by Ezra Ripley, Hersey Bradford Goodwin, and Barzillai Frost.
• Box IV.10, Folder 6: Burial records, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1985, bulk 1985. Burial record forms provided by funeral homes. Bulk from Joseph Dee and Son Funeral Home, and most funerals were performed at the First Parish church.
• Box IV.10, Folder 7: Burial records and documentation, 1988-1989, 1998.

Sub-subseries 1. Caring Council, 1988-1994

• Box IV.6, Folder 10: Writing of Morton Seavey, circa 1986. Includes writing regarding care for members with families dealing with Alzheimers.
• Box IV.6, Folder 11: Records of the Caring Connection, 1988-1994, bulk 1991. Removed from binder during processing, likely gathered by or for Reverend Beth Graham. Records document the joining of several Parish groups providing services for members into one organization, the Caring Council (later the Caring Connection), in 1991. They consist of pamphlets, forms, role descriptions, correspondence, member lists, lists of people needing assistance, notes and meeting minutes. Records are divided into sub-committees.
• Box IV.6, Folder 12: Caring Council Transportation Group records, 1989-1991. Includes lists, correspondence and manuscript notes.
• Box IV.6, Folder 13: Caring Council lists and forms, 1991.
• Box IV.6, Folder 14: Visitation and flower delivery list, June 1994-December 1994.

Sub-subseries 2. Committee for the Elderly, 1973

• Box IV.6, Folder 15: Meeting minutes of the Committee for the Elderly, 1973.

Sub-subseries 3. Committee on Domestic Charities, 1873-1877

• Box IV.10, Folder 1: Three manuscript financial record books, 1867-1889; 1890-1943; 1943-1964. The first book tucked into a pocket in the second; material relating to Ellen Tucker Emerson Bequest removed from pocket to Box IV.8, Folder 9.
• Box IV.10, Folder 2: Manuscript reports of the Committee on Domestic Charities, 1873, 1877. By E.R. Hoar (1873 April 15) and by J.B. (draft; 1877).
• Box IV.8, Folder 9: Correspondence and other materials (relating to bequests:, 1902-1930. Includes letter of bequest from Ellen Tucker Emerson, extracts from Ellen Tucker Emerson's will, and printed biography of Ellen Tucker Emerson by Elizabeth Hoar Storer; typed, undated summary relating to the bequest of Anna M. Holland.
• Box IV.10, Folder 3: Unbound financial records, 1907-1979. Includes memos, receipts, tax form, copy of money order.
• Box IV.10, Folder 4: Correspondence regarding gifts to individuals, 1932-1980.

Sub-subseries 4. Library Committee, 1950s

• Box IV.6, Folder 15: Records of the Library Committee, 1950s. Correspondence and receipts, bulk records of Lucille Needham, chair of the committee.

Sub-subseries 5. Membership Committee, circa 1972-1990

• Box IV.6, Folder 16: Records of the Membership Committee, circa 1972-1990.
• Box IV.6, Folder 17: Report of the ad-hoc Committee on Membership Delineation, 1981.

Sub-subseries 6. Paraministry Concerns Group, 1984-1988

• Box IV.7, Folder 1: Records of the First Parish Paraministry Steering Committee, 1984-1989. Meeting records of the First Parish Paraministry Steering Committee with paraministry-related resources.

Sub-subseries 7. Welcoming Committee, 1994-1995

The Welcoming Committee was responsible for the coffee hour after lunch.

see Series XII Church, town, and related celebrations, social events, and special services for other committees that handled coffee hour and other member functions.

• Box IV.7, Folder 2: Records of the Welcoming Committee, 1994-1995. Consists of meeting minutes, agendas, role definitions and correspondence.

Sub-subseries 1. Women's Parish Association incorporation and governance, 1881-2007

This sub-subseries encompasses the main records of the Women's Parish Association, documenting its developments and decision-making through the papers of its president and secretary, and through the organization's meeting minutes.

The Women's Parish Association is governed by an Executive Committee including offices of president, secretary, and treasurer. The Executive Committee changed its name to the Executive Board in the 1940s, but continued to operate in the same capacity. There are two types of meeting minutes within the WPA: Executive Committee minutes and regular WPA minutes. Initially the minutes were kept separately, but in the 1950s they were kept together in one volume or file. The two types of the minutes are organized chronologically, but as a result of their initial separation, date ranges may overlap between folders and bound volumes.

• Folder V.OV1 (oversize): WPA incorporation documents, 1911. Includes Agreement of Association (1911 March 22) form with the signatures of the founding members, and the Massachusetts Act of Incorporation (1911 April 25).
• Box V.1, Folder 1: WPA incorporation-related correspondence, 1911. Includes receipt from Commonwealth of Massachusetts for recording fee for incorporation (1911 March 30); two typed letters signed (from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Secretary of State and of the State Board of Charity) regarding incorporation (1911 March 30 and 1911 April 1, respectively).
• Box V.1, Folders 2-3: WPA president's books, two volumes, 1881-1901 and 1901-1911. Bound manuscript volumes include the WPA constitution, lists of officers, membership lists, and lists of meetings and entertainments.
• Box V.1, Folder 4: WPA president's annual report drafts, 1940-1942, 1947. Contains: a typed draft of the president's annual report, 1940, manuscript drafts of the WPA president's annual report from 1941 (2 versions), 1942 (incomplete), and 1947. Versions of these reports also appear in the annual reports of the First Parish.

  See Series III.A, Annual reports of the First Parish officers and committees.

• Box V.1, Folder 5: WPA president's correspondence from Ruth Serjeant of Oxford England, 1951 January 14. Written regarding a gift of food sent to the "Women's League."
• Box V.1, Folder 6: WPA president's papers, 1966-1967. Records of Mary Duncan, WPA president 1965-1967. Mostly meeting minutes with some agendas and correspondence.
• Box V.1, Folder 7: WPA secretary's report manuscript, 1948 April 5. With editing marks.
• Box V.1, Folder 8: WPA meeting minutes, 1881-1910, bulk 1881-1905. Bound manuscript volume. In addition to minutes, contains the Association's constitution and amendments, reports of annual meetings, signatures of WPA members, including Louisa May Alcott, and lists of officers and committee members.
• Box V.1, Folder 9: WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Committee, 1901-1921. Bound manuscript volume. Loose items inserted in the volume were removed during processing to Box V.1, Folder 10.
• Box V.1, Folder 10: WPA meeting materials of the Executive Committee, 1920 November 10. Removed during processing from the front cover of the WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Committee volume, 1901-1921. Typed minutes of the Cheerful Letter Committee, 1920 November 10.
• Box V.1, Folder 11: WPA meeting minutes, 1905-1923. Bound manuscript volume. Includes lists of officers and committee members and notarized documentation of the appointment of officers.
• Box V.2, Folder 1: WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Committee, 1921-1940. Bound manuscript volume.
• Box V.2, Folder 2: WPA meeting minutes, 1923-1939. Bound manuscript volume. Some event invitations and meeting materials pasted and taped in. Loose items inserted in the volume were removed during processing to Box V.2, Folder 3.
• Box V.2, Folder 3: WPA meeting materials, 1936-1939. Notes and lists removed during processing from the bound volume of WPA meeting minutes, 1923-1939. Bulk are committee lists. Includes a list of votes for charities recommended by the WPA Memorial Fund Trustees.
• Box V.2, Folder 4: WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Board, 1940-1952. Bound manuscript volume.
• Box V.2, Folder 5: WPA meeting materials of the Executive Board, 1950-1952. Removed during processing from envelope pasted to inside front cover of the WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Board, 1940-1952. Mimeographed typescript materials relating to resolutions submitted for consideration and action by the General Alliance of Unitarian and Other Liberal Christian Women. Also, manuscript note by Mrs. Berkeley Wheeler of the WPA Education Committee regarding resolutions.
• Box V.2, Folder 6: WPA meeting minutes, 1941-1951. Bound manuscript volume. Loose meeting-related items inserted in the volume were removed during processing to Box V.2, Folder 7, and loose committee reports were moved to Box V.5 Folder 4.
• Box V.2, Folder 7: WPA meeting materials, 1940, 1941, 1951. Removed during processing from the front cover of the WPA meeting minutes volume, 1941-1951. Contains a typed transcript from the 1951 April 2 annual meeting, and clippings from the 1940 annual luncheon meeting, and the 1941 60th anniversary celebration. See also loose committee reports from the same volume, Box V.5 Folder 4.
• Box V.3, Folder 1: WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Board, 1952-1959. Bound manuscript volume. Loose item inserted in the volume was removed during processing to Box V.3, Folder 2.
• Box V.3, Folder 2: WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Board, 1953. Minutes removed during processing from between pages 32 and 33 of the bound volume of Executive Board Meeting Minutes 1952-1959. Manuscript minutes of the 1953 October 13 meeting of the Executive Board.
• Box V.3, Folder 3: WPA meeting minutes of the Executive Board, 1953 May 12. Includes list of Executive Board members, 1953-1954.
• Box V.3, Folder 4: WPA meeting minutes, 1951-1959. Bound manuscript volume.
• Box V.3, Folder 5: WPA meeting materials, 1955-1956. Typewritten annual report.
• Box V.3, Folder 6: WPA meeting minutes, 1959-1964 (gap May 1959-April 1961). Bound manuscript volume. Typed manuscripts that were taped inside this volume were removed during processing to Box V.3 Folders 7-8.
• Box V.3, Folders 7-8: WPA meeting minutes, May 1959- April 1961. Typewritten minutes removed during processing from the pages of the WPA meeting minutes bound volume, 1959-1961. Includes some annual reports and additional meeting materials.
• Box V.4, Folder 1: WPA meeting minutes, 1964-1971 (large gap 1965-1966). Bound manuscript volume. Typed manuscripts that were inserted in this volume were removed during processing to Box V.4 Folder 2.
• Box V.4, Folder 2: WPA meeting minutes, 1965-1971. Typed minutes and related meeting materials removed during processing from the pages of the WPA meeting minutes bound volume, 1964-1971. Includes some reports and correspondence. See also president's papers, 1966-1967, Box V.1, Folder 6.
• Box V.4, Folder 3: WPA meeting materials of the Executive Board, 1966, 1967. Typewritten circulars (1966, 1967) and one meeting agenda (1966 September 13).
• Box V.4, Folder 4: WPA meeting materials, 1972. Typewritten circular (1972 April 18), secretary's annual report (1972 April 24), the report of the Nominating Committee, and the president's annual report (1972).
• Box V.4, Folder 5: WPA meeting minutes, 1973 September 26. Typewritten minutes of the September 1973 luncheon meeting.
• Box V.4, Folder 6: WPA meeting minutes, 1973-1974. Typewritten.
• Box V.4, Folder 7: WPA meeting minutes, 1974-1978. Bulk handwritten. Removed from binder during processing.
• Box V.4, Folder 8: WPA meeting minutes, 1978-1983. Bulk handwritten.
• Box V.4, Folder 9: WPA meeting minutes, 1984-1987. Bulk handwritten.
• Box V.5, Folder 1: WPA meeting minutes, 1988-1992. Bulk handwritten. Includes some reports.
• Box V.5, Folder 2: WPA meeting materials, 1989. Typed list of officers, chairs and event organizers with contact information for the 1988/1989 year.
• Box V.5, Folder 3: WPA meeting minutes, 1993-2003, 2005-2007 (incomplete). Bulk printed minutes with handwritten notes.

Sub-subseries 2. Women's Parish Association committees, 1951-1989 (gap 1968-1984)

• Box V.5, Folder 4: WPA committee reports, 1951. Loose manuscript and typescript reports removed during processing from envelope pasted into Executive Board meeting minutes volume for 1940-1952; also, typescript list of WPA officers and subcommittees for 1951/52.
• Box V.5, Folder 5: WPA committee list, 1966-1967. Lists committee chair and members with WPA officers.
• Box V.5, Folder 6: WPA committee descriptions, circa 1984. Removed from Remembrance Committee records, Box V.5 Folder 7. Lists committee responsibilities and budget; includes job descriptions of WPA officers, and descriptions of Parish events.
• Box V.5, Folder 7: WPA Remembrance Committee papers, 1988-1989. Files of Ruth Lehman, Remembrance Committee chair. Includes notes, correspondence, visitation lists, and meeting agendas. WPA Committee descriptions were removed during processing; see Box V.5 Folder 6.

Sub-subseries 3. Women's Parish Association membership, 1881-1901, 1921-1922, 1989-1990

This sub-subseries consists of inconsecutive lists of members. Membership has been open to all women in the Parish, including those women who were not members of the church. Louisa May Alcott, whose signature can be seen in the first volume of the President's books in sub-subseries V.1, WPA incorporation and governance, is one notable example of a WPA member who was not a member of the First Parish Church. See the Finance sub-subseries, Series V.A.4, for notes on membership dues.

• Box V.5, Folder 8: WPA list of members, circa 1881-1901, 1921-1922. Bound manuscript volume. Includes a handwritten copy of the original 1881 list from the president's book (Box V.1, Folder 2) and a list of members, in alphabetical order, dated 1921-1922.
• Box V.5, Folder 9: WPA membership notes, 1989-1990. Lists "new names added," "change of name," and "deletions."

Sub-subseries 4. Women's Parish Association finances, 1881-1999

Guided by the Women's Parish Association's appointed treasurer, the WPA's finances are supported through donations, membership dues, and fundraising. Women's Parish Association supports some repairs to the church building, along with Association and parish activities (including payment for representatives travelling to UU events and attendees at Parish retreats). In 1903, the first memorial fund of the Women's Parish Association was founded in the name of Eliza Munroe; since then it has grown into the WPA Memorial Fund and is added to whenever a WPA member dies. Managed by the Trustees of the Memorial Fund, the fund is used for charitable donations and occasionally for church maintenance.

Financial records in this sub-subseries are accounting books and pages kept by the Treasurer and the Trustees of the Memorial Fund. Arranged chronologically.

• Box V.5, Folder 10: WPA treasurer's account book, 1881-1901. Bound manuscript volume. Lists members and dues paid, 1881-1900, and money received ("cr") and spent ("dr") by the WPA.
• Box V.5, Folder 11: WPA Trustees of the Memorial Fund record book, 1902-1983. Bound manuscript volume. Lists memorial funds, donors, with yearly memorial fund totals, income receipts and payments, recommendations of the Trustees of the Memorial Fund, dividends and auditor's certified reviews with signatures. Loose reports removed during processing to Box V.5 Folder 12.
• Box V.5, Folder 12: WPA Trustees of the Memorial Fund records, 1946-1947, 1951. Removed during processing from WPA manuscript Memorial Fund record book, 1902-1983. Contains manuscript "Report of the Trustees of the Memorial Fund of the Women's Parish Association" (1946-1947) and manuscript report and recommendations ([1951]) of the Trustees, in envelope addressed to Mrs. Harold J. Ames.
• Box V.5, Folder 13: WPA annual gift letter, 1949 April 1. Typed letter signed by Louise B. Bourquin to Mr. Holden regarding the WPA's annual financial gift to the First Parish; manuscript motions (undated) regarding WPA expenditures.
• Box V.6, Folder 1: WPA treasurer's account book, 1953-1959. Lists receipts (income) 1953-1959, broken down by source (dues, gifts, committees, etc.) and disbursements (expenses) broken down by item, and event/committee. Includes annual treasurer's reports.
• Box V.6, Folder 2: WPA treasurer's account book, 1959-1969. Lists cash receipts (income) 1959-1969, Meeting House cookbook account with purchases; Tales of Old Concord account, disbursements (expenses) 1959-1969 (lists gifts, dues, delegates, committees and expenses); Edward Perry Daniels Scholarship Fund accounts.
• Folder V.OV2 (oversize): WPA treasurer's account book pages, 1970-1974. Lists cash receipts and expenses. Includes bank account information and sources of funds.
• Box V.6, Folder 3: WPA treasurer's account book, 1974-1978. Lists income and withdrawals by financial institution, including interest, transfers, events and projects. Includes attached financial materials.
• Box V.6, Folder 4: WPA treasurer's account book, 1978-1981. Lists income and withdrawals by financial institution, including interest, transfers, events and projects. Includes attached financial materials.
• Box V.6, Folder 5: WPA treasurer's account book, 1981-1984. Lists income and withdrawals by financial institution, including interest, transfers, events and projects. Includes attached financial materials.
• Box V.6, Folder 6: WPA treasurer's account book, 1984-1989. Lists expenses and income including interest, transfers, events and projects. Documents savings (money market) separately.
• Box V.7, Folder 1: WPA treasurer's account book, 1988-1991. Compiles income and expenses by day and includes high-level finances from committees and events, with printed calculator totals.
• Box V.7, Folder 2: WPA treasurer's account book, 1991-1995. Compiles income and expenses by day and includes high-level finances from committees and events, with calculator totals.
• Box V.7, Folder 3: WPA treasurer's account book, 1997-1999. Compiles income and expenses by day and includes high-level finances from committees and events, with printed calculator totals.

Sub-subseries 5. Women's Parish Association events, late 19th century-1990

Records of events include planning materials, scripts, advertisements and programs. Events highlighted in the collection include social meetings and talks, the annual arts and crafts show, the Parish consignment sale, and the Women's Parish Association's bicentennial. Arranged chronologically.

• Box V.7, Folder 4: WPA advertisement, late 19^th century. For the short play "The Greatest Plague in Life" followed by a talk on "Indian life and legends."
• Box V.7, Folder 5: Lecture on the history of the Association by Bessie Keyes Hudson (listed as Mrs. Woodward Hudson) in honor the the Women's Parish Association's 50^th anniversary, 1931. Two drafts from the 1931 April 6 lecture.
• Box V.7, Folder 6: WPA newspaper clipping relating the 1943 September 22 meeting, 1943.
• Box V.7, Folder 7: WPA circular letter regarding talk at the 1959 October WPA talk regarding refugees of Communist government, 1959 November 2.
• Box V.7, Folder 8: WPA Gertrude Rideout Bible Study Group lecture, "The Poetry of the Old Testament", 1966 November. Delivered on 1966 November 22 according to WPA meeting minutes, 1964-1971.
• Box V.7, Folder 9: WPA event circulars, 1966. Includes circular letter, 1966 December 30, inviting members to the joint meeting of the WPA and the Laymen's League on 1967 January 9, and a circular letter inviting members to an informal planning meeting for the Women's Parish Administration's Fall Fundraising.
• Box V.7, Folder 10: WPA program materials, undated, circa 1970s. Includes typed script (undated) for dramatic presentation relating to early history of WPA; typed, mimeographed outline (undated) of and text of one paper for "The Early Harvest—The Transcendentalists," a series given by the WPA.
• Box V.8, Folder 12: WPA event audiorecordings, 1980, 1982. On audiocassette. "Doris Kerns Goodwin WPA Lunch, September 20, 1982" and "WPA Christmas Tea, December 1980."
• Box V.7, Folder 11: WPA centennial year book, 1981. Gathered calendars, programs, clippings and photocopies.

  Photographs in this folder were moved to Series XVI, Photographs and other visuals.

• Box V.7, Folder 12: WPA annual spring consignment sale poster, 1985. Includes manuscript notes.
• Box V.7, Folder 13: WPA arts and crafts show planning records, 1989, 1991. Consists of notes, schedules, receipts and poster.
• Box V.7, Folder 14: WPA schedule of activities, 1990.

Sub-subseries 6. Women's Parish Association publications, 1912-1996

In addition to publishing an annual booklet listing the organization's officers, committees and events, the WPA has over the years published (and/or commissioned) cookbooks and writings by WPA members. Sub-subseries 4, Women's Parish Association finances documents the sale of the publications.

• Box V.7, Folders 15-16: WPA annual booklets, 1912-1980 (some gaps). Including lists of officers, committees, and programs, and—from the 1960s—membership directories, Treasurers' reports, and lists of past presidents.
  
  Folder 14: 1912/13; 1918/19; 1919/20; 1920/21; 1921/22; 1926/27; 1930/31; 1932/33; 1933/34; 1934/35; 1935/36; 1937/38; 1938/39; 1940/41; 1959/1960; 1963/64; 1970/71; 1972/73; 1975/76; 1976/77; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80
  
  Folder 15:1980/1981; 1981/1982; 1982/1983; 1983-1984; 1984/1985.

  See CFPL Concord Pamphlets, C. Pam 85 I1 Outside for additional copies of annual booklets, 1915-1977, including annual booklets that fill the following gaps of this collection: 1915/1916; 1922/1923; 1923/1924; 1924/1925; 1927/1928; 1929/1930; 1931/1932; 1936/1937; 1939/1940; 1941/1942; 1942/1943; 1943/1944; 1944/1945; 1945/1946; 1946/1947; 1947/1948; 1948/1949; 1949/1950; 1950/1951; 1951/1952; 1952/1953; 1954/1955; 1955/1956; 1956/1957; 1957/1958; 1958/1959; 1959/1960; 1960/1961; 1961/1962; 1962/1963; 1965/1966; 1966/1967; 1967/1968; 1968/1969; 1969/1970; 1973/1974; 1974/1975.

• Box V.8, Folders 1-2: WPA annual booklets, 1985-1996 (gap, 1994/1995 edition). Including lists of officers, committees, and programs, and membership directories, Treasurers' reports, and lists of past presidents.
• Box V.8, Folder 3: WPA printed by-laws, 1933.
• Box V.8, Folder 4: WPA publication: The Meetinghouse Cook Book, 1965 October.
• Box V.8, Folder 5: WPA booklet, "Spiritual Resources in the Field of Art," 1966. Appears to be incomplete; table of contents only.
• Box V.8, Folder 6: WPA publication: Fenn, Mary. Tales of the Old Concord (Concord: Privately Printed for the Women's Parish Association, 1973, ©1965). Illustrations by Mimi Aloian. Signed by Mary Fenn.
• Box V.8, Folder 7: WPA publication: Fenn, Mary. Tales of an Old Church (Concord: Women's Parish Association, 1975). Graphics by Maryleen W. Boyce.
• Box V.8, Folder 8: WPA publication papers for The Meetinghouse Cook Book, 1974-1976. Includes camera-ready copy for title page, acknowledgements, and order form of the Bicentennial Edition of The Meetinghouse Cookbook. Also, autographed letter signed, Marcia Goldstein to Mrs. Klinck (1974 December 10) and typed letter signed by Sue B. Huffman (Ladies' Home Journal Food & Equipment Editor) to Mrs. George T. Goodspeed (1976 June 10), both regarding cookbook.
• Box V.8, Folder 9: WPA publication: The Meetinghouse Cook Book, 1976 (second printing, © 1974). Reproduced by Wellesley Press, Inc.
• Box V.8, Folder 10: WPA publication: Love is Enough: A Selection of Poems. (Lexington: Lexington Press, Inc. [for the WPA], 1981). Illustrations by Suzanne Altshuler and Carolyn Chapin King; photograph by Eleanor Motley Billings.

Sub-subseries 7. Women's Parish Association ephemera, 1900-1950 (with gaps)

• Box V.8, Folder 11: WPA ephemera, circa 1900-1950. Includes an invitation to the 1906 25^th anniversary celebration of the organization of the WPA.

Sub-subseries 1. Records and files regarding the ministers of the First Parish, 1735-2013

This sub-subseries consists of records documenting the careers of the ministers of the First Parish. It includes, in many cases, their installations, ordinations, daily business, correspondence and resignations. The collection also contains documentation of ministers, assistant/associate/affiliate ministers, and ministerial interns of the First Parish.

The records originated from various sources including the ministers themselves, the papers of the church, and the collections of the Concord Free Public Library. As a result, the collection acts as a subject file. The records are grouped by minister and, with the exception of the records of Dana McLean Greeley, they are organized chronologically under each minister.

The records of Dana McLean Greeley (minister, 1970-1986) are separated into two groups: a chronological set of records and a collection of his subject files removed from the church records. The subject files have been left as they were originally arranged.

The First Parish collection includes records administrative meetings of the church kept by the ministers in Series II, Worship, belief and denominational affairs, and lists of vital statistics kept by ministers regarding church members in Series IV, Membership and vital records.

First Parish Ministers papers are also the CFPL special collection Ezra Ripley Papers, 1734-1838 for the personal papers of Ezra Ripley (minister, 1778-1841). The finding aid can be viewed here. The Concord Pamphlets collection at CFPL also includes sermons by minister, they can be searched via the library catalog. Further, the records of many UUA ministers, including those of Ezra Ripley (1783-1799, 1800-1838), Robert D. Richardson, and Dana MacLean Greeley are available at the Harvard Divinity School Andover-Harvard Theological Library.

• Box VI.1, Folder 1: Peter Bulkeley, Minister 1636-1659
  Compiled photocopies of research material and research notes regarding Peter Bulkeley, circa 1980s. Notes and research material on Bulkeley, mostly regarding the time before his arrival in Concord. Includes pages from the Bulkeley Genealogy, and some notes on the relationship between Peter Bulkeley and Reverend John Jones.
• Box VI.1, Folders 2-3: John Jones, Minister 1636-1644
  Compiled photocopies of research material and research notes regarding John Jones, 1978, circa 1981-1983. Notes, likely by Marian Wheeler, and research that were collected by the First Parish Archives Committee. Includes letter from Reverend A.M.G. Wells, Rector of Odell to members of the Parish regarding a visit by Concord Minute Men to the town of Odell), 1983.
• Box VI.1, Folder 4: Joseph Estabrook, Minister 1667-1711
  Correspondence and notes related to the burial of Joseph Estabrook, 1977-1978.
• Box VI.72, Folder 1: John Whiting, Minister 1712-1737
  Manuscript report of "A Council of Churches … at Concord … to hear … grievances relating to the misconduct of their pastor the Reverand Mr. John Whiting … ", 1735 November 19.
• Box VI.72, Folder 2: Daniel Bliss, Minister 1739-1764
  Manuscript "On the Death of the Reverend Daniel Bliss", 1764 May 12.
• Box VI.72, Folder 3: William Emerson, Minister 1765-1776
  Reports of the council of churches regarding William Emerson, 1769-1770:
  • Manuscript report of council of churches at Concord convened to hear grievances raised by Joseph Lee (1769 April 11), including charges against William Emerson of "many Imprudences, gross Blunders, & Breach of Promise."
  • Manuscript report of council of churches convened to help William Emerson resolve discord in the church at Concord (1770 August 28).
• Box VI.1, Folder 5: Ezra Ripley, Minister 1778-1841
  Autographed letter signed by Ezra Ripley to Deacon Samuel Farrar (of Lincoln), Concord, 1780 July 21, (1951). The letter authorized transfer of John and Abigail Wheat from Concord church to that of Lincoln. (Letter was found by Laurence W. Polson, proprietor of Wright Tavern Antique Shop, among the papers of Edward R. Farrar, who died at his family homestead in South Lincoln in 1951. Mr. and Mrs. Polson presented it to the First Parish 1951 December 14, in celebration of fifty years of use of the meeting house dedicated in 1901; includes transcript by Julian Ballou, Parish Clerk, circa 1951).
• Box VI.72, Folder 4: Hershey B. Goodwin, Minister 1830-1836
  Collected records related to Hershey B. Goodwin, 1830, 1835, 1836, 1944:
  • Minutes of Concord Town Meeting (1830 January 20) at which it was voted to invite Hersey B. Goodwin to serve as Ezra Ripley's colleague.
  • Commission of H.B. Goodwin to serve as chaplain of the Concord Light Infantry (1835 September 30). Presented by Helen H. Moore (1944 June 26).
  • Manuscript copy of letter of sympathy (1836 July 11) sent by the First Parish to Mrs. Goodwin on the death of her husband.
• Box VI.1, Folder 6: Barzillai Frost 1837-1857
  Barzillai Frost papers, 1830-1856:
  • [Frost, Barzillai]. Manuscript sermon, "Written Cambridge January 1837. Preached at Concord first Sunday after ordination, February 1st 1837", circa 1873. From the 1996 gift of Mrs. John Parker to the church.

    For a complete listing of the 1996 Parker gift as it came to the First Parish, see Series XV.C. Inventories, lists and documents of provenance

  • Two manuscript bills (1845 April 1 and 1846 April 1), receipted, for payments by Town of Concord to Barzillai Frost for services on the School Committee.
  • Concord (Mass.). The Annual Report of the School Committee, of Concord, for the Year Ending April 1st, 1846 (Concord: The Freeman Office, 1846). School Committee for the year: Barzillai Frost; Wm. L. Mather; A.G. Fay. Two copies.
  • Concord (Mass.). The Annual Report of the School Committee, of Concord, for the Year Ending April 1st, 1848 (Concord: Daniel H. Adams, 1848). School Committee for the year: B. Frost; Wm. L. Mather; A.G. Fay.
  • Manuscript bill (1848 November 18), receipted, for Town of Concord payment authorized by Barzillai Frost as Chairman of the School Committee.
  • Concord (Mass.). Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of Concord, for the Year Ending April 1, 1854 (Concord: Silas B. Wilde, 1854). School Committee for the year: Barzillai Frost; Samuel Hoar; Luther H. Angier. Inscribed: "B. Frost."
  • Manuscript record of Parish vote (1856 January 14) authorizing Parish Committee to "pay the expense of supplying the pulpit from the first of December 1855 to the time of the next annual meeting," in response to Barzillai Frost's poor health.
  • Autographed letter signed by Barzillai Frost, "To the members of the First Parish of Concord"; his announcement of leave of absence due to poor health, (1856 November 23).
  • Manuscript resolutions to permit Barzillai Frost's leave of absence (rather than requiring his resignation) and to continue paying to supply the pulpit during his leave, passed at Parish meeting (1856 November).
• Box VI.72, Folder 5: Collected records related to the resignation of Barzillai Frost, 1857:
  • Autographed letter signed by Barzillai Frost "To the First Church & Parish in Concord", letter of resignation, (1857 September 13).
  • Printed version of B. Frost's letter of resignation, 1857 September 13. Three copies (one of them singed by fire).
  • Autographed signed letter by E.R. Hoar, Josiah Bartlett, and Nehemiah Ball (for the Parish) to Barzillai Frost (1857 October 3), accepting Frost's resignation.
  • Printed version of the Standing Committee's acceptance of Frost's resignation, 1857 October 3. Two copies.
• Box VI.1, Folder 7: Miles, Henry A. A Sermon Preached in the First Parish Church, Concord, December 10, 1858, at the Burial of Rev. Barzillai Frost … (Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, 1859). Three copies (one inscribed by Mrs. Frost for Josiah Bartlett, one inscribed by Mrs. Frost for Mrs. Adolphus Bates, one inscribed by S. Frances Holden).
• Box VI.1, Folder 8: Grindall Reynolds, 1858-1881
  Collected records related to Grindall Reynolds, 1858, 1875, 1881, 1894:
  • Autographed letter signed by Grindall Reynolds (copy of letter of resignation), "To the Proprietors of the Congregational Society in the Third Parish, West Roxbury," Jamaica Plain (1858 April 19).
  • Manuscript record of votes by West Roxbury Church regarding the resignation of Grindall Reynolds (1858 May 4).
  • Autographed letter signed by E.R. Hoar, Nathan Barrett, and Charles L. Heywood ("on behalf of the Parish") to Grindall Reynolds, inviting Reynolds to settle as minister of the First Parish.
  • Autographed letter signed by Grindall Reynolds in Jamaica Plain to Hoar, Barrett, and Heywood accepting the ministry of the First Parish (1858 June 4).
  • Autographed letter signed by Grindall Reynolds in Jamaica Plain "To the Members of the First Parish in Concord," regarding his acceptance of the ministry(1858 June 4).
  • Manuscript report of Reynold's acceptance of the ministry by E.R. Hoar on behalf of the committee chosen to invite Reynolds (1858 June 5).
  • Printed invitation, to installation of G. Reynolds as minister of First Parish (1858 June 28).
  • "Order of Exercises at the Installation of Rev. G. Reynolds, over the First Parish in Concord," printed program (1858 July 8). Three copies.
  • Robbins, Chandler. The Central Power of the Gospel: A Sermon Preached at the Installation of Rev. Grindall Reynolds, as Pastor of the First Church in Concord, Mass., July 8, 1858 … With the Charge, Right Hand of Fellowship, and Address to the Society (Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1858).
  • The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine, April 1875. Includes article, "Concord Fight" by Grindall Reynolds.
  • Autographed letter signed by Grindall Reynolds to Samuel Hoar, Edwin S. Barrett, and Richard F. Barrett, resigning as minister (1881 June 6).
  • Autographed letter signed by "This association of Women of your congregation" to Grindall Reynolds, in response to Reynolds's resignation (1881 June 15).
  • Autographed letter signed by First Parish in Concord to Grindall Reynolds, expressing good wishes to Reynolds upon his retirement and asking him to continue as "honorary pastor" (1881 July 19).
  • Autographed letter to Grindall Reynolds—cover letter to accompany the letter signed by the First Parish in Concord, 1881 July 19(above) to Grindall Reynolds listed above (1881 July 19).
  • Autographed letter signed by Grindall Reynolds to Charles E. Brown—"Clerk pro tem"— expressing gratitude for letter of 1881 July 19 (1881 July 21).
  • Typed poem (carbon copy) by George Bradford Bartlett, on the death of Grindall Reynolds ([1894]).
• Box VI.1, Folder 9: Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley, Minister 1882-1893
  Papers on the appointment and installation of Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley, 1881-1882:
  • Autographed letter signed by E.R. Hoar, W.S. Blanchard, and Henry J. Hosmer to Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley inviting Bulkeley to the ministry of the First Parish (1881 December 5).
  • Autographed letter signed by Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley in Cambridge to E.R. Hoar, W.S. Blanchard, and Henry J. Hosmer, accepting call to ministry of First Parish (1881 December 15).
  • Manuscript copy of same; in hand of E.R. Hoar?.
  • Autographed letter signed by Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley in Cambridge to E.R. Hoar, invitees to his ordination (1882 May 26).
  • Manuscript list of churches to which invitations to ordination of B.R. Bulkeley were sent (undated).
  • Printed invitation to the 1882 July 12 ordination of B.R. Bulkeley (1882 June 12). Eight copies.
  • Letters of response to invitation to B.R. Bulkeley's ordination (Ten items; 1882 June 24-July 18).
  • Manuscript approval by council of churches of B.R. Bulkeley to serve as pastor of First Parish in Concord (1882 July 12). Consists of letter by Cyrus A. Roys ("Scribe of the Council").
  • "Ordination Services of Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley, as Minister of the First Parish at Concord, Wednesday, July 12, 1882," printed program. Two copies.
• Box VI.1, Folder 10: Loren B. MacDonald, Minister 1895-1924
  Papers on the appointment and installation of Loren B. MacDonald, 1895:
  • Manuscript letter, deacons of First Parish (on behalf of membership) to Charles E. Brown (Parish Clerk), approving invitation of Loren Macdonald to ministry of the Parish (1895 September 15).
  • Typed letter signed (copy) by Edwin S. Barrett (Chairman, First Parish Standing Committee) to Loren B. Macdonald, offering ministry of the Parish to Macdonald (1895 September 16).
  • Autograph letter signed by Loren B. Macdonald in Boston to Edwin S. Barrett, accepting ministry of the Parish (1895 September 20).
  • Printed invitation to the 1895 October 3 ordination of Loren B. Macdonald as minister of First Parish (1895 September 26).
  • Macdonald, Loren B. Twenty Five Years in Concord (printed four-page leaflet; [1920]). Two copies.
• Box VI.1, Folder 11: First Parish in Concord. Memorial to the Reverend Loren B. Macdonald, 1857-1924 (Boston: Anchor Linotype Printing Co., [1925?]).
• Box VI.1, Folder 12: Johannes A.C. Fagginger Auer, Minister 1926-1930
  Program for the installation of Johannes A.C. Fagginger Auer, 1927. Four pages; two copies.
• Box VI.1, Folder 13: Autographed signed letter from Johannes A.C. Fagginger Auer to Robert Needham, Parish Treasurer, regarding payment from the Standing Committee, 1957 June 3. Also includes Auer's thoughts on the condition of the church since his tenure there.
• Box VI.1, Folder 14: Edward Perry Daniels, Minister 1931-1956
  Collected records related to Edward Perry Daniels, 1933-1962:
  • Typed letter (draft?), Allen French to the Standing Committee of the First Parish recommending that Standing Committee invite E.P. Daniels to write a report reviewing the year's activities (1933 April 3).
  • Typed letter signed by Louis C. Cornish (President of American Unitarian Association) in Boston to Elmer J. Joslyn regarding reimbursement to Edward Perry Daniels for ministerial supplies (1937 May 4).
  • "Order of Service for the Ordination of John Winthrop Brigham in the First Parish Meeting House, Concord, at Eight O'Clock, Thursday, October Twentieth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Eight", printed program, four pages (1938). Sentences read by Edward Perry Daniels; sermon by Johannes A.C. Fagginger Auer).
  • Daniels, Edward Perry. "Memorial Day … Remarks made in Sleepy Hollow, Concord, Massachusetts, May 30, 1947", printed handbill, one page on single sheet (30 May 1947).
  • Newspaper clipping (photocopy): photograph of Edward Perry Daniels fighting fire in basement of church vestry (1954 December 16).
  • Typed letter from the Standing Committee requesting that they contribute to a gift of money for Edward Perry Daniels in honor of his 25 years at the First Parish, (1956 June 2).
  • Daniels, Edward Perry. Manuscript of sermon delivered at King's Chapel, Boston (1958 September 17).
  • Daniels, Edward Perry. William Bradford Bartlett, November 11, 1960 (typescript of tribute delivered at Bartlett's funeral).
  • Newspaper clipping (photocopy), "On Edward Perry Daniels" ([1962]).Consists of an obituary tribute).
• Box VI.72, Folder 7: Arthur B. Jellis, Minister 1957-1970
  Arthur B. Jellis appointment files gathered by John Eaton, 1957-1958. Includes drafts of the offer of the minister position to Arthur B. Jellis, and information on the retirement fund offered as part of the position.
• Box VI.1, Folder 15: Collected records related to the ministry of Arthur B. Jellis, 1957-1970.
  • Typed letter (copy), Standing Committee of the First Parish in Concord to Arthur B. Jellis, inviting him to the ministry of the Parish (1957 May 20).
  • Typed letter (copy), Standing Committee to Arthur B. Jellis, stating terms and conditions of invitation to ministry (1957 May 20).
  • Typed letter (copy), Arthur B. Jellis to Standing Committee, accepting call to the ministry (1957 May 22).
  • Engraved invitation to installation ceremony for Arthur B. Jellis as minister of First Parish (1957 October 20).
  • "Service of Installation of Arthur Boyd Jellis as the Sixteenth Minister of the First Parish in Concord, Sunday, October 20, 1957, 7:30 in the Evening, Concord, Massachusetts" printed program, three pages (1957).
  • Typed letter (copy), Secretary of Standing Committee, to Mrs. Chamberlin, thanking her for her generosity in making "the parsonage a pleasant, comfortable home for our new minister and his family." ([1958 January])
  • Order of service (photocopy, 1958 January 12). Includes note by Arthur B. Jellis to "Dear Unitarians" (page [4]) urging the signing of a petition banning nuclear testing in the Pacific.
  • Typed letter (copy), Myron T. Smith, Chairman of Standing Committee, to Mr. [Robert] Moore, regarding objections to some topics "to which publicity has been given in the church" (1958 October 2).
  • Typed letter signed by Leon C. Fay in Boston, Director, Department of the Ministry, American Unitarian Association, to Mrs. Prescott Smith, regarding possibility of forming a Minister's Advisory Committee, with a typed plan for a Ministerial Relations Committee (1959 October 28).
  • Typed letter (copy), Arthur F. March, Jr., Chairman of Standing Committee, to Berkeley Wheeler, regarding concerns about the minister and his relations with the Standing Committee and Parish (1960 January 12).
  • Typed letter signed by John Hoar in Epping, N.H. to Arthur F. March, Jr., complaining of the minister's response to his concerns and asking to be removed from mailing list (1960 February 4).
  • Typed letter (copy), Arthur F. March, Jr. to John Hoar, responding to Hoar's letter of 1960 February 4 (1960 February 5).
  • Autographed letter signed by Charles G. Edgarton to the E.M.C. Committee of the First Parish, Concord, regarding decision to decrease pledge (1961 March 30).
  • Typed letter (copy), Sinclair Weeks, Jr. to Miss Mary Chamberlin, regarding his willingness to accept nomination for Standing Committee of the First Parish and his interest in remedying discontent within the church with its minister (1961 April 11).
  • Autographed letter signed by Berkeley Wheeler to Dr. [Arthur F.] March, Concord (1961 April 11), inquiring about results of a confidential meeting, with enclosure (clipping regarding FBI), with response (typed letter, copy) from March to Wheeler (1961 April 12).
  • Typed letter by Arthur B. Jellis to "the delegates in the South Middlesex Conference of Unitarian Churches to the organizing meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association", advising them to vote from Dana Greeley as first president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (1961 May 3).
  • Autographed letter signed by Arthur [Jellis] to Fred [Klinck] ([1962] January 16, accompanying a form letter "To Members and Friends of the UUA," requesting donations to finance a private college preparatory school on Cape Cod (1962 January 5).
  • Typed letter (copy), Arthur B. Jellis to Fred [Klinck], declaring his intention to remain long-term as minister of the First Parish and outlining his thoughts on the administration of the church (1963 February 4).
  • Jellis, Arthur B. "Invocation at the Bridge, April 19, 1964," typescript, 1964 April 19.
  • Typed letter (photocopy), draft, [William O. Faxon for] Standing Committee to Arthur B. Jellis, regarding the strengths and weaknesses of his ministry (1965 March 1).
  • Correspondence of Selena Soederberg regarding Arthur B. Jellis' taped sermons sent to the tape recording library of the Unitarian Universalist Association (1966), a list of sermons delivered by Arthur B. Jellis and their dates (1963-1967), and a catalog from the tape recording library with manuscript notes (1964)
  • Manuscript notice on yellow lined paper, Patricia B. Smith for the Standing Committee ([1966 April]), requesting attendance at "an informal meeting on Tuesday, April 4th, at 8 P.M., in the Vestry Parlor, for the purpose of discussing and assessing pastoral relations in our Parish."
  • Typescript report by Frederick Klinck (former Chairman of Standing Committee requested by Harold Cabot, Chairman of Standing Committee, regarding the Arthur B. Jellis (1966 April).
  • Typed letter (photocopy) signed by Frederick C. Klinck to Robert C. Butman, explaining the decrease in his pledge to the church (1968 May 12).
  • Petition recommending that the First Parish find a new minister, with "Suggestions to workers", a letter of advice to people collecting signatures, and an annotated list of Parish members (circa May 1966).
  • Typed letter from Arthur B. Jellis to petitioners for his removal (6 June 1968).
  • Typed letter from Arthur B. Jellis to parishioners ("Unitarian Universalists") regarding the petition for his removal and his response (7 June 1968).
  • Typed letter from the Standing Committee to the parishioners regarding the petition and other communications asking for the removal of Arthur B. Jellis as minister (1968 June 24).
  • Two autographed letters signed by "Pooh" [Davis] to Sylvia and Fred [Klinck] regarding dissatisfaction with Arthur B. Jellis ([1968 June 25]).
  • Typed letter signed by Arthur B. Jellis to Sylvia Klinck (1968 November 19), regarding meeting held to air grievances against the minister (in his absence) and requesting to meet with those who attended it.
  • Issue of From the Meetinghouse, 1968 December 10 describing the minutes of the Standing Committee meeting about Arthur B. Jellis and Arthur B. Jellis' subsequent sabbatical.
  • Typed draft motion by Norman D. Harris moving that Arthur B. Jellis be terminated as minister, to be read at the special parish meeting to be called 1969 January 22 (1969 January 8).
  • Typed letter (2 photocopies) signed by Arthur B. Jellis to "Members and Friends of the First Parish" (1969 January 13). Announces his intention of seeking another ministry elsewhere.
  • Typed letter from the Standing Committee regarding Arthur B. Jellis's intention of seeking another ministry outside of the First Parish (1969 January 15).
  • Autographed letter signed by Adele [Campbell] to Libby [Miss Elizabeth Alexander], defending the conduct of Arthur B. Jellis (1969 March 16).
  • Typed letter signed (copy), Janice S. Banwell to Roger Duncan, regarding her reasons for resigning from her position as secretary of the First Parish (1969 May 5).
  • Typed letter signed (copy) by Arthur B. Jellis to parishioners describing his time following his resignation (1970 August 24).
• Box VI.1, Folder 16: Letter from Arthur B. Jellis requesting a response from the church, (1973), 1990 May 15. Includes a photocopy of a letter from the Trustees of Parish Donations regarding his retirement plan, 1973 May 1.
• Box VI.1, Folder 17: Richards, Mark, " On the edge of greatness : the ministry of Rev. Arthur B. Jellis to the First Parish in Concord, MA, Unitarian Universalist, 1957-1970" typescript, 2006 April. 2 copies, including Eric Parkman Smith copy, including a letter and envelope from Mark Richards thanking him for his assistance and enclosing the essay.
• Box VI.2, Folder 1: Dana McLean Greeley, Minister 1970-1986 -- Chronological files
  Collected papers related to Dana McLean Greeley, 1952,1962, 1969:
  • Fowler, William Plumer. Union Chapel, Little Boar's Head, New Hampshire : an historical sketch written for the occasion of the chapel's 75th anniversary, 1877-1952 (1952). Pamphlet inscribed to Dana McLean Greeley "on the date of his engagement to preach the 100th anniversary sermon at this chapel on Sunday, August 7, 1977", March 27, 1976, by the author.
  • Newspaper article,"Drummer for freedom" from the Boston Sunday Globe advertising supplement, "Unitarian Universalist Association" (1969 July 13). Article on Dana McLean Greeley, includes (photographs of Greeley with prominent political figures).
  • Clipping (photocopy) of article by Louis Garinger, "Unitarian Universalist split avoided over funds-for-blacks controversy" (1969 July 17). Refers to candidates vying "to win the hotly contested election to succeed Dr. Dana McLean Greeley as UUA president."
• Box VI.2, Folder 2: Collected papers related to Dana McLean Greeley, 1970-1971:
  • Letters regarding Dana Greeley travel (1970 July, September)
  • Order of service from the installation of Dana McLean Greeley (1970 November 29). Two copies.
  • Typed letter signed by Dana McLean Greeley to parishioners regarding parish news and enclosing a transcript of his first sermon (the sermon was removed during processing to sub-subseries VI.A.2, Transcript and recorded sermons, 1792-2009 under Sermons by Dana Greely.
  • Typed letter by Dana McLean Greeley to parishioners regarding the Christening and Dedication Ceremony (1971 May 11).
  • Typed letter signed by Dana McLean Greeley to parishioners regarding new members of the church and enclosing a history of the church by Eric Parkman Smith and pamphlet by Dana McLean Greeley about Unitarianism (1971 June 28).
  • Typed draft of the "Annual report of the minister", with manuscript notes by Dana McLean Greeley (1971 June 15).
  • Typed letter signed (photocopy), regarding the summer and the beginning of the "new Church Year" (1971 August 27).
  • Greeley, Dana McLean. 25 Beacon Street and other recollections (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971). Inscribed by Dana M. Greeley.
• Box VI.2, Folder 3: Collected papers regarding Dana McLean Greeley, 1973-1986:
  • Typed letter by Dana McLean Greeley to Leon C. Fay, President of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, regarding changes to "the questionnaire on the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association 'Guidelines'" (1973 April 30).
  • Typed letter signed by Dana McLean Greeley (photocopy) to Massachusetts Bay District Ministers (in the Unitarian Universalist Association) offering counsel if needed (1973 October 10).
  • Correspondence between Dana McLean Greeley and Irene K. Murdock (April-May 1975). Includes newspaper clipping.
  • Postcard featuring a photograph from the celebration of the Concord Fight bicentennial of Dana McLean Greeley standing on the bandstand with United States President Gerald Ford (circa 1975). Includes a clipping of a Concord Journal article by Malcom Ferguson.
  • Greeley, Dana McLean. Know these Concordians : 24 minute biographies ([Concord, Mass.] : Greeley, 1975), inscribed to "Diana" by Dana McLean Greeley (autographed) (1981 May 12).
  • Letter from Bob Needham to Dana McLean Greeley regarding the history of the meeting house building (1981 August 12).
  • Order of service for the celebration of Dana McLean Greeley's 50th year of ministry (1981 December 12). Two copies, both autographed by Greeley.
  • Handwritten letter signed by Dana McLean Greeley to parishoners at the start of the church season (September, circa 1981).
  • "Now and Then" (clipping—original and photocopy—showing photographs of Dana and Deborah Greeley in 1981 and in 1931, with caption), in Unitarian Universalist World, Vol. 13, No. 11, 1982 November 15, p. [1].
  • Jack, Homer A. Dana McLean Greeley: a Unitarian legend. Transcript of sermon delivered 1984 April 1. Photocopy with manuscript notes.
  • Letter from Dana Greeley to First Parish members regarding the beginning of the church year, 1984 September 10.
  • "Annual Report of the Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches", with typed meeting minutes, February 1985, and meeting materials, including manuscript notes by Dana McLean Greeley, 1983/1984.
  • Typed notes by Dana McLean Greeley regarding his memorial service, dictated to Rosamond Greeley Hamlin (1986 May 22).
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• Box VI.2, Folder 4: Records regarding Dana McLean Greeley following his death in 1986, circa 1986, 1989:
  • Typed letter signed (copy) by John H. Anderson, Chairman of the Standing Committee, announcing the death of Dana McLean Greeley, 1986 June 13.
  • Greeley, Dana McLean "Have we a dream too?", sermon printed by the Dana McLean Greeley Foundation for Peace and Justice following Greeley's death in 1986, copy of the manuscript of the sermon, circa 1986.
  • Typed "Purpose" of the Dana McLean Greeley Foundation for Peace and Justice (2 copies), with blank stationery and lists of members, circa 1986
  • Order of service from the "Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Dana McLean Greeley", memorial service, 1986 July 19.
  • Jack, Homer. Sermon, "Mr. Unitarian: the Life, the Death, and the Legacy of Dana McLean Greeley." Delivered at the Lake Shore Unitarian Society in Winnetka, Illinois, 1986 September 21. Two copies.
  • Order of service from the installation of Kim Kathleen Crawford Harvie at the Arlington Street Church in Boston. The service includes the dedication of a plaque for Dana McLean Greeley, 1989 October 28.
• Box VI.2, Folder 5: Dana McLean Greeley, Minister 1970-1986 -- Subject files kept by Dana McLean Greeley
  Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Benevolent Fraternal Society (also known as the Benevolent Society of Unitarian Churches), 1962-1974. Consists of correspondence with Virgil Murdock of the Society.
• Box VI.2, Folder 6: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Book, 1974. Letters regarding, and drafts of chapters from Know These Concordians, and a manuscript of a book review of Thoreau: mystic, prophet, ecologist by William J. Wolf.
• Box VI.2, Folder 7: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Cargill Fund files, 1977-1978, 1977-1978. Correspondence between Dana McLean Greeley with the Salvation Army and the Town of Concord, related to Greeley's involvement with the Silent Poor Fund in Concord.
• Box VI.2, Folder 8: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: 1973 Canvass, 1972-1973.
• Box VI.2, Folder 9: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Christmas season services, 1965-1978, bulk 1972-1978. Original folder was labeled "Notes on Special Services-- for future planning." Notes, letters, and gathered materials related to the structure, procedure and content of Christmas and New Year's services. Includes orders of service from First Parish and other churches.
• Box VI.2, Folder 10: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Christmas season services, 1974-1977. Original folder was labeled "Christmas Programs, 1974-1977." Notes, letters, and gathered materials related to the structure, procedure and content of Christmas and New Year's services. Includes orders of service from First Parish.
• Box VI.2, Folder 11: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Christmas season services, 1977-1979. Original folder was labeled "Christmas Eve, 12/24/78." Notes, letters, and gathered materials related to the structure, procedure and content of Christmas Eve services. Includes orders of service from First Parish.
• Box VI.2, Folder 12: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Christmas season services, 1980. Original folder was labeled "Christmas Eve, '80." Notes, letters, and gathered materials related to the structure, procedure and content of Christmas Eve services. Includes orders of service from First Parish.
• Box VI.2, Folder 13: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Christmas season services, 1981. Original folder was labeled "Christmas services and December 27, 1981." Notes and gathered materials related to the structure, procedure and content of Christmas Eve services. Includes orders of service from First Parish.
• Box VI.73, Folder 1: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Social Responsibility Committee, circa 1983.
• Box VI.73, Folder 2: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Tape Listings, 1984-1985. Lists of the contents of dictation tapes (not part of the collection) taken of Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box VI.73, Folder 3: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Three-hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration, 1984-1985.
• Box VI.73, Folder 4: Dana McLean Greely subject file: American Unitarian Association and Unitarian Universalist Association, 1958-1981, undated. Includes programs for American Unitarian Association inauguration of Dana McLean Greeley, 1958 October 7, and the Unitarian Universalist Association inauguration of Dana McLean Greeley, 1961.
• Box VI.73, Folder 5: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, 1977.
• Box VI.73, Folder 6: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee records, 1971-1973. Correspondence, notes and meeting materials related to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, with manuscript notes by Greeley. The bulk of the records are related to Dana McLean Greeley's fundraising efforts for the committee, including donation solicitations from Greeley and response letters.
• Box VI.73, Folder 7: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office correspondence with Dana Kotzle and Ruth Kotzle, 1970-1973.
• Box VI.73, Folder 8: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, 1972-1981, bulk 1975-1977.
• Box VI.73, Folders 9-10: Dana McLean Greeley subject file: World Conference for Religion and Peace (WCRP), 1970, 1974. Contains planning documents, correspondence, meeting materials and notes.

  See Series IX, First Parish, Concord, and the larger community records for more records regarding the conference.

• Box VI.3, Folder 1: Patrick Garland Green, Associate Minister, 1972-1977
  Papers regarding Patrick Garland Green, 1972, 1987. Includes order of service from meeting to ordain and install Green as assistant minister, 1972 November 5.
• Box VI.3, Folder 2: James A. Robinson, Associate Minister, 1978-1982
  Papers regarding Patrick Garland Green, 1978.
• Box VI.3, Folder 3: Jon M. Luopa, Interim Associate Minister, 1982-1983
  Order of service for the installation of Jon M. Luopa as minister of the Unitarian Society of Hartford, Connecticut, 1987 April 26. Lucinda Duncan, Minister of Religious Education at the First Parish of Concord at the time, participated in the installation.
• Box VI.3, Folder 4: Walter Stamp Jonas, Assistant Minister, 1983-1984
  Installation records, 1983. Includes Order of service for the installation of Walter Stamp Jonas as Assistant Minister of the First Parish and correspondence.
• Box VI.3, Folder 5: Charles L. Wilson, Interim Minister, 1986-1988
  Announcements by and regarding Charles L. Wilson, 1986-1987.
• Box VI.3, Folder 6: Lucinda Duncan, Minister of Religious Education, 1986-1988
  Collected records related to Lucinda Duncan, 1985-1988. Includes church deliberations on ordaining and appointing Lucinda Duncan, specifically the records of the Minister of Religious Education Transition Committee, the program from the installation of Lucinda Duncan, 1986 October 26, and the signed letter of resignation from Lucinda Duncan, 1988 March 7.
• Box VI.3, Folder 7: Gary Smith, Minister, 1988-2011
  Order of service and audio CDs from the installation of Gary Smith as minister of the First Parish, 1988 November 13.
• Box VI.3, Folder 8: Gary Smith papers, 1985-1998, 2008, and undated. Bulk consists of letters from Gary Smith, with essays including sabbatical information and an audio recording, on CD of "the Gary Smith Show" commemorating his 20th year in the ministry.
• Box VI.3, Folder 9: Claudia Nichols, ministerial intern, 1990
  Letter of resignation from Claudia Nichols, 1990 October 20.
• Box VI.3, Folder 10: Beth Graham, Associate Minister, 1990-1994
  Records regarding Beth Graham, 1990. Contains letter from the Search Committee introducing Beth Graham as a candidate, and installation program materials.

  See also Series VII.B Religious Education Committees for Youth Programs Task Force records of Beth Graham.

• Box VI.3, Folder 11: Eric Walker Wikstrom, ministerial intern, 1994-1995
  Order of service from the ordination of Eric Walker Wikstrom, 1995.
• Box VI.3, Folder 12: Adele Smith-Penniman, Assistant Minister, 1995-1996
  Collected records related to Adele Smith-Penniman, 1995. Includes order of service from Smith-Penniman's installation.
• Box VI.3, Folder 13: Jenny (Jean) M. Rankin, Associate Minister, 1997-2012
  Order of service from the installation of Jean M. Rankin as Associate Minister of First Parish, 1997 November 14.
• Box VI.3, Folder 14: Sharon K. Dittmar, ministerial intern, 1996-1997
  Sharon K. Dittmar internship records, 1997. Includes final evaluation of internship and order of service from Dittmar's ordination.
• Box VI.3, Folder 15: Kathy Reis, ministerial intern, 2000-2001
  Kathy Reis records, 2000-2001. Contains learning agreement and final evaluation of internship.
• Box VI.3, Folder 16: Jan K. Nielson, ministerial intern, 2000-2001
  Jan K. Nielson records, 1999-2002. Contains application, sample sermons, learning agreement, evaluations and ordination order of serice.
• Box VI.3, Folder 17: Howard Dana, Minister, 2013-present (2015)
  Order of service and audio recordings on CD from the First Parish vote for, and installation of Howard Dana as minister of the First Parish, 2013.

Sub-subseries 2. Transcribed and recorded sermons and services, 1792-2009

This sub-subseries contains printed and typed sermons, compilations of transcribed sermons, and recorded sermons.

See the full list of sermons by author and date.

Sermons in transcript form are grouped by author type: ministers, ministerial interns, and visiting ministers/lay persons. Ministers are arranged in chronological order. Ministerial interns are arranged chronologically, and visiting/lay person sermons are arranged chronologically. Transcripts may include part or all of a church service. Transcripts without sermons are located at the end of the transcribed sermons.

Recordings of sermons follow in two formats: audiocassette and compact disc (CD). Sermon recordings are organized in alphabetical order, Recordings of services without sermons (often annual special services like Lay Person Sunday, Children's Sunday and Music Sunday) are located at the end of the recorded materials.

• Box VI.4, Folder 1:
  Transcript sermons by First Parish ministers
  Sermons by Ezra Ripley, 1792, 1820, 1829.
• Box VI.4, Folder 2: Sermons by Barzillai Frost, 1842, 1856, 1859.
• Box VI.4, Folder 3: Sermons by Loren B. MacDonald, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1918.
• Box VI.4, Folder 4: Sermons by Edward Perry Daniels, 1935, 1943.
• Box VI.4, Folder 5: Sermons by Arthur B. Jellis, 1959-1961.
• Box VI.4, Folder 6: Sermons by Arthur B. Jellis, 1962-1964.
• Box VI.5, Folder 1: Sermons by Dana Greeley, 1970 September-December.
• Box VI.5, Folder 2: Sermons by Dana Greeley, 1971.
• Box VI.5, Folder 3: Sermons by Dana Greeley, 1972.
• Box VI.5, Folder 4: Sermons by Dana Greeley, 1973 February-October.
• Box VI.5, Folder 5: Sermons by Dana Greeley, 1976.
• Box VI.5, Folder 6: Sermons by Dana Greeley, 1977-1987, 1981-1986.
• Box VI.5, Folder 7: Sermons by Patrick Garland Green, 1977.
• Box VI.5, Folder 8: Sermons by Jon M. Luopa, 1983 January 9.
• Box VI.5, Folder 9: Sermons by Walter S. Jonas, 1983-1984.
• Box VI.5, Folder 10: Sermons by Alice B. Lane, 1985-1986.
• Box VI.5, Folder 11: Sermons by Lucinda Duncan, 1984-1987.
• Box VI.5, Folder 12: Sermons by Charles L. Wilson, 1986-1987.
• Box VI.6, Folder 1: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1988-1989.
• Box VI.6, Folder 2: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1989-1990. Includes sermons preached at the Star Island Conference, 1990 July 22-26.
• Box VI.6, Folder 3: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1990-1991.
• Box VI.6, Folder 4: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1991-1992.
• Box VI.6, Folder 5: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1992-1993.
• Box VI.6, Folder 6: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1993-1994.
• Box VI.7, Folder 1: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1994-1995.
• Box VI.7, Folder 2: Sermons by Gary E. Smith, 1995-1996.
• Box VI.7, Folder 3: Sermons by Karen Lewis Deutsch, 1988-1990.
• Box VI.7, Folder 4: Sermons by Beth Graham, 1990-1993.
• Box VI.7, Folder 5: Sermons by Beth Graham, 1993-1994.
• Box VI.7, Folder 6: Sermons by Nancy Dean-Franks, 1994-1995.
• Box VI.7, Folder 7: Sermons by Adele Smith-Penniman, 1995-1996.
• Box VI.8, Folder 1:
  Transcript sermons by ministerial interns
  Sermons by ministerial interns, 1977, 1989-1995. Includes sermons by Daniel Hotchkiss, Beverly Latif Duncan, Cynthia Kane, Erik W. Wikstrom.
• Box VI.8, Folders 2-4:
  Transcript sermons by visiting ministers and lay persons
  Sermons by visiting and lay ministers, 1971-1996, 2000.
• Box VI.8, Folders 5:
  Transcript church servicesTranscribed church services, 1985, 1995. Transcriptions of full and partial First Parish services. Includes the memorial service for David Schermer, with prayer by Alice B. Lane and remembrance by Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box VI.8, Folder 6:
  Printed compiled sermonsPrinted compiled sermons: Frost, Barzillai, Convers Francis and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Two sermons on the death of Rev. Ezra Ripley, D.D. : one preached at the funeral, by Rev. Barzillai Frost, of Concord ; the other on the following Sabbath, by Rev. Convers Francis, D.D. of Watertown (Published by request of the Parish) (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841). 2 copies, one inscribed: "Wm. H. Knight / With the regards of / B. Frost." The other inscribed: "Lavinia B. Bates / Concord Mass."
• Box VI.8, Folder 7: Printed compiled sermons, Jellis, Arthur B. [Untitled compilation containing three sermons: "The Serenity of the Wise", "The Pain and Pleasure of Pessimism", and "Rainbow in His Heart"](Concord, Massachusetts: First Parish Church, 1962). Three sermons by Arthur B. Jellis delivered during the summer of 1962. Includes introduction by Arthur B. Jellis dated 1961 August 12.
• Box VI.8, Folder 8: Printed compiled sermons, Jellis, Arthur B. The Truth That Keeps Us / The Hope That Never Dies / The Love That Binds Us (Concord, Massachusetts: First Parish Church, 1962). Three sermons by Arthur B. Jellis delivered during Lent, 1962. Includes introduction by Arthur B. Jellis dated 1962 October 21.
• Box VI.8, Folder 9: Printed compiled sermons, Greeley, Dana McLean. Three Sermons…(Concord, Massachusetts: First Parish Church, [1981]). 3 copies. Includes introduction by Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box VI.63:
  Audio recordings of sermons Audiotapes of services, 1966-1967. Three reels: "Junior Choir, 6/4/66"; "Christmas Tree Service, First Parish, Concord, 1967, "Once There Was A Little Boy" Narrated by Belle McDonald"
• Box VI.9:Sermons on audiocassette, 1974-1978 September 10.
• Box VI.10:Sermons on audiocassette, 1978 September 17-1979 March 25.
• Box VI.11:Sermons on audiocassette, 1979 April 1-1979 September 16.
• Box VI.12:Sermons on audiocassette, 1979 September 23-1980 August 3.
• Box VI.13:Sermons on audiocassette, 1980 August 10-1981 March 8.
• Box VI.14:Sermons on audiocassette, 1980 March 15-1982 May 16.
• Box VI.15:Sermons on audiocassette, 1982 May 22-1982 October 31.
• Box VI.16:Sermons on audiocassette, 1982 November 7-1983 May 15.
• Box VI.17:Sermons on audiocassette, 1983 May 22-1983 November 27.
• Box VI.18:Sermons on audiocassette, 1983 December 4-1984 June 3.
• Box VI.19:Sermons on audiocassette, 1984 June 10-1984 December 2.
• Box VI.20:Sermons on audiocassette, 1984 December 9-1985 May 12.
• Box VI.21:Sermons on audiocassette, 1985 May 19-1985 November 10.
• Box VI.22:Sermons on audiocassette, 1985 November 17-1986 April 13.
• Box VI.23:Sermons on audiocassette, 1986 April 20-1986 October 5.
• Box VI.24:Sermons on audiocassette, 1986 October 12-1987 May 17.
• Box VI.25:Sermons on audiocassette, 1987 May 24-1988 January 3.
• Box VI.26:Sermons on audiocassette, 1988 January 10-1988 August 28.
• Box VI.27:Sermons on audiocassette, 1988 September 4-1989 March 5.
• Box VI.28:Sermons on audiocassette, 1989 March 12-1989 October 29.
• Box VI.29:Sermons on audiocassette, 1989 November 5-1990 July 22.
• Box VI.30:Sermons on audiocassette, 1990 July 29-1991 April 14.
• Box VI.31:Sermons on audiocassette, 1991 April 21-1991 December 8.
• Box VI.32:Sermons on audiocassette, 1991 December 15-1992 July 12.
• Box VI.33:Sermons on audiocassette, 1992 July 19-1993 April 11.
• Box VI.34:Sermons on audiocassette, 1993 April 18-1993 November 14.
• Box VI.35:Sermons on audiocassette, 1993 November 21-1994 March 27.
• Box VI.36:Sermons on audiocassette, 1994 March 27-1994 July 24.
• Box VI.37:Sermons on audiocassette, 1994 July 24-1994 November 13.
• Box VI.38:Sermons on audiocassette, 1994 November 13-1995 May 14.
• Box VI.39:Sermons on audiocassette, 1995 May 21-1995 November 19.
• Box VI.40:Sermons on audiocassette, 1995 November 26-1996 March 31.
• Box VI.41:Sermons on audiocassette, 1996 April 7-1996 August 18.
• Box VI.42:Sermons on audiocassette, 1996 August 25-1996 November 24.
• Box VI.43:Sermons on audiocassette, 1996 November 24-1997 March 16.
• Box VI.44:Sermons on audiocassette, 1997 March 16-1997 August 17.
• Box VI.45:Sermons on audiocassette, 1997 August 24-1998 March 8.
• Box VI.46:Sermons on audiocassette, 1998 March 15-1998 October 18.
• Box VI.47:Sermons on audiocassette, 1998 October 25-1999 May 2.
• Box VI.48:Sermons on audiocassette, 1999 May 2-1999 December 19.
• Box VI.49:Sermons on audiocassette, 1999 December 24-2000 July 2.
• Box VI.50:Sermons on audiocassette, 2000 July 9-2000 December 24.
• Box VI.51:Sermons on audiocassette, 2000 December 31-2001 April 22.
• Box VI.52:Sermons on audiocassette, 2001 April 29-2001 September 23.
• Box VI.53:Sermons on audiocassette, 2001 September 30-2002 January 20.
• Box VI.54:Sermons on audiocassette, 2002 January 20-2002 May 19.
• Box VI.55:Sermons on audiocassette, 2002 May 26-2002 November 3.
• Box VI.56:Sermons on audiocassette, 2002 November 10-2003 April 20.
• Box VI.57:Sermons on audiocassette, 2003 April 27-2003 October 26.
• Box VI.58:Sermons on audiocassette, 2003 October 26-2004 February 22.
• Box VI.59:Sermons on audiocassette, 2004 February 22-2004 August 1.
• Box VI.60:Sermons on audiocassette, 2004 August 8-2005 January 2.
• Box VI.61:Sermons on audiocassette, 2005 January 9-2005 May 15.
• Box VI.62:Sermons on audiocassette, 2005 May 22-2005 October 23.
• Box VI.63, Folder 4: Recorded sermons, 2005 October 23-2005 November 13. For 2005 recordings, 2005 October 30 is on audiocassette; all other recordings are on CD.
• Box VI.64:Sermons on CD, 2005 November 20-2006 September 10.
• Box VI.65:Sermons on CD, 2006 September 17-2007 April 8.
• Box VI.66:Sermons on CD, 2007 April 15-2008 January 6.
• Box VI.67:Sermons on CD, 2008 January 13-2009 March 1.
• Box VI.68:Sermons on CD, 2009 March 8-2009 December 6.
• Box VI.74: Duplicates of Sermons on CD, 2009 January 20-2009 December 6
• Box VI.75::Sermons on CD, 2010 September 12-2011 September 25
• Box VI.76:Sermons on CD, 2011 October 2-2012 March 4.
• Box VI.77:Sermons on CD, 2012 March 11-2012 November 18.
• Box VI.78:Sermons on CD, 2012 November 25 - 2013 January 6.
• Box VI.79:Sermons on CD, 2013 April 28-2013 December 22.
• Box VI.80:Sermons on CD, 2014.
• Box VI.81:Sermons on CD, 2015.

Sub-subseries 1. Sunday school administration records, 1827-1992

• Box VII.1, Folder 1: Sunday school record book, 1827-1832. Includes catalog of books in Sabbath School Library, meetings of teachers, notes on Sunday school sessions with attendance counts.
• Box VII.1, Folder 2: Manuscript Sunday school reports, 1840, 1841, 1845, 1847, 1848, 1850, [185-], 1852/53, 1867/68, [undated]. Includes one early unnamed committee's report regarding the school and reports of the superintendent (later the Director of Religious Education).
• Box VII.1, Folder 3: Printed reports of Middlesex Sunday School Society, 1843-1848. First Report … (Concord: Hazewell & Simonds, Printers, 1843); Second Report … (Concord: Charles C. Hazewell, Printer, 1844); Fourth Report … (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1846); Fifth Report … (Boston: Printed by Coolidge & Wiley, 1847); Sixth Report … (Boston: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1848).
• Box VII.1, Folder 4: Bound volume of Sunday school records, 1843-1883. Book is written in têtê-bêche, so that reports of the Sunday school, 1843-1868, are at one end of the book, and "Scholar Records", 1843-1883, are on the other.
• Box VII.1, Folder 5: Printed handbill, "Unitarian Sunday School Society. Annual Meeting, Wednesday and Thursday, October 24 & 25, 1877. Order of Exercises …", 1877.
• Box VII.1, Folder 6: Ellen Tucker Emerson manuscript Sunday school notes and questions, 1898-1901. Includes one letter (to Julia and Sarah; 1898 September 8).
• Box VII.1, Folder 7: Sunday school administrative records, 1939-1956. Includes records documenting the construction of the religious education wing.
• Box VII.1, Folder 8: Sunday school administrative records, circa 1966-1979.
• Box VII.2, Folder 1: Patricia Helligas religious education records, 1975-1979. Removed from binder during processing. Files of Patsy Helligas, Director of Religious Education from 1974-1978. Includes some manuscript notes.
• Box VII.2, Folder 2: Sunday school administrative records, 1984-1992.
• Box VII.2, Folder 3: Gathered Unitarian Universalist Association religious education resources, circa 1980s. Includes About Your Sexuality (AYS) material from the Unitarian Universalist Association.
• Box VII.2, Folder 4: Sunday school administrative records, undated.
  • "What the school is teaching", circa 1940s.
  • "Proposal for new job description for Roger Duncan's A.M. R.E. responsibilities", circa 1980s.

Sub-subseries 2. Student records, 1953-1995

Sunday school and youth program records related to specific students. The records are mostly student registration forms.

See Series VI.A.2 Membership database files for print-outs of electronic forms including Sunday school registration information.

See Series VII.E, Sunday school books and youth-related publications by the First Parish for articles written by Sunday school students in youth publications.

• Box VII.2, Folder 5: "Report to Parents" forms, 1953. Filled out forms describing students' performance in Sunday school.
• Box VII.2, Folders 6-8: Sunday school student registration cards, 1969-1970. Filled out registration forms including name, contact information, age, parent's name, and date of enrollment.
• Box VII.3, Folders 1-3: Sunday school student registration cards, 1972-1973. Filled out registration forms including name, contact information, age, parent's name, day school and date of enrollment.
• Box VII.3, Folder 4: Sunday school student registration cards, circa 1970s. Registration forms are blank.
• Box VII.3, Folder 5: Sunday school student registration forms, 1973-1976. Labeled "R.E. withdrawn registrations, 1973-1976." Filled out registration forms with name, addresses, parent information and interests. Forms are arranged alphabetically.
• Box VII.3, Folder 6: Sunday school student registration forms and lists, 1977-1978. In addition to filled out registration forms with name, addresses, parent information and interests arranged alphabetically, records include a list of students ordered by their birthdates, a list of families arranged alphabetically, and a list of "Church School Additions" listed alphabetically. Records include some manuscript notes.
• Box VII.3, Folder 7: Sunday school student registration forms, 1978-1979. Filled out registration forms with name, addresses, parent information and interests. Forms are arranged alphabetically.
• Box VII.3, Folder 8: Sunday school student attendance and Sunday school registration forms, 1980-1982. Includes attendance lists by grade and year, and filled out registration forms with name, addresses, parent information and interests arranged alphabetically.
• Box VII.3, Folder 9: Sunday school "Survey for parents of high schoolers" forms, Fall 1992. Filled out questionnaires regarding high-school-aged children, the needs of parents of high-school aged children and the church Coming-of-Age program. Includes parents' names, children's names, and children's ages.
• Box VII.3, Folder 10: Coming-of-Age program booklets, circa 1994. Two filled out Coming-of-Age program student booklets. One booklet is labeled "Mega-Generator Stability Program."
• Box VII.3, Folder 11: Coming-of-Age service "Credos (personal statements) and Mentor introductions", 1995 May 14.

  The audio recording of this service is available in Series VI.A.2, Transcripts and recordings of sermons and services. See the sermons index.

Sub-subseries 1. Religious Education Committee records, 1966-1997

The Religious Education Committee was originally called the Sunday School Committee and became the Church School Committee in 1927. The committee became the Religious Education Committee in 1954, and changed its name to the Religious Education Council in 2001. The committee typically consisted of elected members and the teachers of the Sunday school. The records are mostly gathered minutes, agendas, announcements and meeting materials. This sub-subseries includes documentation of the About Your Sexuality curriculum controversy in 1997.

• Box VII.7, Folder 1: Meeting minutes of the Religious Education Committee, March 1966-June 1966.
• Box VII.7, Folder 2: Records of the Religious Education Committee, April 1966-June 1971. Removed from binder. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, budgets, announcements, class lists, newsletters, staff lists, event materials and event planning (including services). Some documents are handwritten or include manuscript notes. Documents the resignation of Ann Fields as Director of Religious Education, the search for a new Director of Religious Education, and the appointment of Elizabeth H. Lasselle.
• Box VII.7, Folder 3: Typed announcements and reports, 1969. Includes announcements regarding the resignation of Director of Religious Education, Ann C. Fields, and the 1968/1969 budget.
• Box VII.7, Folder 4: Religious Education Committee records of Thomas L. Altschuler, chairman of the Religious Education Committee, 1969-1971. Removed from binder. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, budgets, announcements, class lists, newsletters, staff lists, event materials and event planning records (including services), with letters to and from Thomas L. Altschuler. Some documents are handwritten or include manuscript notes.
• Box VII.7, Folders 5-6: Records of the Religious Education Committee, 1971-1973. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, budgets, announcements, class lists, newsletters, staff lists, event materials and event planning (including services). Some documents are handwritten or include manuscript notes.
• Box VII.7, Folder 7: Records of the Religious Education Committee, 1973-1975. Removed from binder. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, budgets, announcements, class lists, newsletters, staff lists, event materials and event planning records (including services). Some documents are handwritten or include manuscript notes.
• Box VII.7, Folder 8: Records of the Religious Education Committee, 1975-1978. Removed from binder. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, budgets, announcements, class lists, newsletters, staff lists, event materials and event planning records (including services).
• Box VII.7, Folder 9: Applications for the Director of Religious Education position, 1978. Religious Education Committee records. Includes the successful application by Lucinda and Robert Duncan.
• Box VII.8, Folder 1: Records of the Religious Education Committee, 1984-1986. Mainly consists of staff lists. Also includes announcements, schedules, budgets, and event materials.
• Box VII.8, Folder 2: Records of the Religious Education Committee, 1989-1990. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, announcements. Contains a copy of the 1989-1990 religious education booklet.
• Box VII.8, Folder 3: About Your Sexuality (AYS) records of the Religious Education Committee, 1997-1998. Clippings, letters, and reports.

Sub-subseries 2. Religious Education Space Taskforce (R.E.S.T.) records, 1996

Records of the group responsible for renovating the religious education building in the First Parish in 1989.

• Box VII.8, Folder 4: Records of the Religious Education Space Task Force, 1996. Architectural drawings and reports, letters, and memoranda related to expansion of the Religious Education space at the First Parish.
• Box VII.9, Folder 1: Architectural plan, "Approval print" of "Space/Storage Expansion", 1996.

Sub-subseries 3.Youth Adult Committee (YAC) records, 1981-1995

Includes some Liberal Religious Youth (LRY) and Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) records.

See Series VII.C, Youth groups for more records regarding youth programs.

• Box VII.8, Folder 5: Mary Ann Boynton Youth Adult Committee records, 1981-1987, bulk 1985-1986. Contains extensive notes on the structure and goals of First Parish Religious Education, meeting minutes and supporting materials, member lists, youth program announcements.
• Box VII.8, Folder 6: Teresa Cooley Youth Adult Committee records, 1985-1986. Youth Adult Committee records gathered for Teresa Cooley. Includes manuscript notes regarding photocopied records.
• Box VII.8, Folders 7-9: Irmingard "Irmi" Doane Youth Adult Committee records, 1985-1989. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, announcements, newsletters, budgets, conference materials, church event materials and event planning records (including services). Irmingard "Irmi" Doane was chair and, later, co-chair of the Youth Adult Committee. Folder 7 consists of records gathered by Ingrid Wheeler and includes copies of The Mill Dam Gazette, a First Parish youth newsletter. Folder 9 consists of records gathered by Irmingard Doane and given to Robin Zucker, Religious Education Assistant.
• Box VII.8, Folders 10: Youth Adult Committee records, 1989-1991. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, reports, announcements, newsletters, budgets, conference materials, church event materials and event planning records (including services).
• Box VII.8, Folder 11: Youth Adult Committee and Youth Council records, 1991-1995. Consists of YRUU lists, manuscript meeting notes, event planning materials, and meeting minutes.

Sub-subseries 4. Youth Programs Task Force records, 1990-1995

• Box VII.9, Folder 2: Beth Graham Youth Programs Task Force records, 1990-1995. Bulk consists of event-related materials. Includes some taskforce meeting minutes.

Sub-subseries 5. Youth Futures Task Force records, 1995

• Box VII.9, Folder 3: Youth Futures Task Force report, 1995 March 6.

Sub-subseries 1. Finance Committee records, 1972-2003

Records of the Finance Committee, and, later, the Financial Council, include reports, correspondence, minutes, budget drafts. Further, because the Finance Committee was composed of representatives from every finance-related organization in the First Parish, records in this series include records e been generated by the Treasurer, the Trustees of First Parish Donations, and the Trustees of the Ministerial Fund, including the Minister.

• Box VIII.16, Folder 1: Finance Committee records, 1972-1988.
• Box VIII.16, Folder 2: Bequest correspondence, 1978, 1984. Includes letter from the Finance committee related to bequests.
• Box VIII.16, Folder 3: Finance Committee records, 1989-1990.
• Box VIII.16, Folder 4: Finance Committee records, 1995-1997. Includes every member canvass records for 1995-1997.
• Box VIII.16, Folder 5: Finance Committee records, 2001.
• Box VIII.16, Folders 6-7: Finance Committee printed email correspondence of Patricia Brinkman from 2002, 1995-2002. Includes printed Unitarian Universalist Association resources and other related materials. In original order (appears to be roughly grouped by topic).
• Box VIII.17, Folders 1-2: Finance Committee fiscal year 2002 binder, 2001-2002. Removed from binder during processing. Divided into sections: Minutes, Standing Committee, Annual Meeting, Organizational, Annual Canvass and Fundraising, Notes, Interconnections--resource material, and Originals.
• Box VIII.17, Folders 3-4: Financial Committee records, 2002-2003. Includes pledge summary lists.

Sub-subseries 2. Budget Committee records, 1965-1967, 1978-1984

• Box VIII.17, Folder 5: Budget Committee records, 1965-1967, 1978-1984. Mostly reports with some minutes and manuscript notes.

Sub-subseries 1. Gathered chronological files, 1910-2002

General records documenting the financial actions and decisions made by the Trustees of First Parish Donations, including ledgers (with some invoices to cover information absent from ledgers), meeting minutes, meeting materials, and bylaws. Arranged chronologically.

• Volume (shelved unboxed): Cash account book and reports, October 1910-December 1945. Bound manuscript volume.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): General journal and ledger, 1925-1961, bulk 1931-1945. Bound volume containing manuscript records (income and disbursements) of funds, legacies, and gifts; one manuscript account sheet laid in. Volume includes information relating to: Nancy Holden Fund; Anna M. Holland Fund; general funds; real estate (White Cottage, Wright Tavern, Thayer and Ball property, Stow house and land, etc.); stocks (including railroad stock); and bonds.
• Box VIII.20, Folder 1: General journal and ledger, 1945-1970 (gap, some months in 1965). Loose oversize ledger pages, boxed. Includes letters, typed reports and official documents, pasted in. Some pages missing.
• Box VIII.21, Folder 1: Trustees of Parish Donations by-laws article, circa 1909. Printed article with manuscript notes, three copies.
• Box VIII.21, Folder 2: General journal and ledger, 1925-1961, bulk 1934-1935.
• Box VIII.40, Folder 4: Calculations removed from General journal and ledger, 1925-1961, early 20th century.
• Box VIII.21, Folder 3: Trustees' records, circa 1940s-1979.
• Box VIII.21, Folders 4-6: General journal and ledger, 1960-1981. Removed from binding during processing. Includes cover and hardware.
• Box VIII.21, Folders 7: Invoices, 1964-1965. Retained during processing to fill gaps in the general journal and ledger.
• Box VIII.22, Folder 1: Invoices, 1965-1966. Retained during processing to fill gaps in the general journal and ledger.
• Box VIII.40, Folder 5: Bank passbook and other materials relating to a loan connected with the Mary Upson Fund, 1966, 1970.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): General journal and ledger, May 1970 -June 1985. Oversize binder, handwritten. Lists daily disbursements and receipts. Includes totals by year, and printed copies of annual reports and audits, pasted in.
• Box VIII.22, Folder 2: Trustees' records, 1980s.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): General journal, July 1985-December 1992. Oversize binder, handwritten. Lists daily disbursements and receipts by fund.
• Box VIII.22, Folders 3-4: Trustees' records, circa 1990-2002.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): General journal, July 1993-June 1999. Oversize binder, handwritten. Lists daily disbursements and receipts by fund.

Sub-subseries 2. Subject files, 1882-2003

Files kept by subject either by the Trustees or by the First Parish administration regarding funds and actions of the Trustees of Parish Donations. Arranged alphabetically by subject, in cases where one topic was dealt with under multiple titles, and unified subject name is provided in brackets (such as "[Insurance]").

• Box VIII.23, Folder 1: Annual report work papers, 1982-1983. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 2: Annual report work papers, 1983-1984. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 3: Annual report work papers, 1984-1985. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 4: Annual report work papers, 1985-1986. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 5: Annual report work papers, 1986-1987. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 6: Annual report work papers, 1987-1988. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 7: Annual report work papers, 1989-1990. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 8: Annual report work papers, 1991-1992. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 9: Annual report work papers, 1992-1993. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.23, Folder 10: Annual report work papers, 1993-1994. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 1: Annual report work papers, 1994-1995. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 2: Annual report work papers, 1995-1999. Reports, calculations, ledger pages and notes.
• Box VIII.40, Folder 11: Bequest memoranda, circa 1939-1966. Printed memoranda regarding the bequest donations made to the First Parish, with notes. Includes the will of Mary Shepard B. Upson, and the will of Edward B. Caiger.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 3: Building fund, 1954-1955. Letters, votes, gathered materials and notes. Includes timeline about the organ and water in the building.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 4: Chamber of Commerce, 1972-1981. Letters to and from the Concord Chamber of Commerce.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 5: Church concerns and requests, 1996-1999. Letters to and from the Trustees of Parish Donations regarding financial requests for funds from the First Parish.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 6: 1 Church Green, 2003 September 11. Letter from Douglas Baker, sextant, to Judy Fersch resident.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 7: 7 Church Green, 2002 August 15. Letter from Rosemary C. Duffy, tenant, to the Trustees of Parish Donations.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 8: Church Green, 1980. Letters and notes regarding property on Church Green in Concord (managed by the Trustees).
• Box VIII.24, Folders 9-10: Coan House, 1967-1991. Consists mainly of letters with some notes and financial documentation.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 11: Concord Board of Assessors, 1999. See Concord Tax Assessors file, in this sub-subseries, folder 14.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 12: Concord Light Plant, 1989-1999. Includes records about utilities in general.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 13: Concord Tax Assessors, 1986-1995. Contains tax assessment forms by year, with letters. See Concord Board of Assessors file in this sub-subseries, folder 11.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 14: Congregational Ministerial merger, 1982. Letters and legal documents related to the merger of the congregational ministerial fund of the first parish with the Trustees of Parish Donations in 1983.

  See the records of the Congregational Ministerial Fund, Series VIII.E.

• Box VIII.24, Folder 15: Correspondence-Clymers and others, 1977-1984. Contains correspondence for Trustees of Parish Donations.
• Box VIII.24, Folder 16: Deb and Dana Greeley House, 1992, 1994. Proposals and correspondence.
• Box VIII.40, Folders 6-7: Deeds, 1882-1974. Copies of deeds, bulk photostatic copies; includes some notes.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 1: Donations, 1972-1986, bulk 1983-1984. Letters regarding donations to the First Parish.
• Box VIII.25, Folders 2-3: Edes's block, 1963-1966. Includes proposal materials and correspondence.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 4: Edith Sellors will dispute, 1984. Court documents with trustee and minister correspondence.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 5: Federal Identification Number, circa 1966-1989. Forms and letters regarding the First Parish's exemption and Employer Identification Number (EIN).
• Box VIII.25, Folder 6: Fairhaven Road House, 1983-1986. Correspondence regarding the 118 Fairhaven Road property.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 7: First Parish Endowment, 2001. Contains draft policy, printed email correspondence and notes.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 8: Gary Smith, 1999-2000. Correspondence (including email print outs) regarding a home improvement loan for Gary Smith, minister.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 9: Gordon MacDonald Fund, 1959, 1964. Contains letters regarding donations to the church in the name of Gordon MacDonald, sexton, following his death in 1959.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 10: Greeley book fund, 1986-1988. Invoices, finances and correspondence. Original folder describes fund as "closed."
• Box VIII.25, Folder 8: Greeley file, 1997-2000. Email correspondence and notes regarding the estate of Deborah Greeley.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 9: Holland Fund, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956-1959, 1961, 1962, 1970, 1971-1972, 1995, 1999. Bulk correspondence regarding Holland Fund educational scholarships.
• Box VIII.25, Folder 10: [Insurance] Church and Tavern insurance, 1994-1998. Includes policies, notes and correspondence.
• Box VIII.26, Folder 1: [Insurance] Insurance policies, 1966, 1969. Contains policies with letters and notes.
• Box VIII.26, Folder 2: [Insurance] Insurance policies, 1972-1990. Policies with notes and some related correspondence.
• Box VIII.26, Folder 3: [Insurance] Insurance policies, circa 1975-1992. Policies with church property appraisals.
• Box VIII.26, Folder 4: [Insurance] UU Insurance program, circa 1964-1982. Letters and church property insurance policies.
• Box VIII.27, Folders 1-3: [Investments] Fidelity Investments, 1992-1995. Consists of mostly printed statements with some letters and notes.
• Box VIII.27, Folder 4: [Investments] Investment statements, 1963-1982. Investment statements from various companies, including letters regarding transfers of shares and stock.
• Box VIII.27, Folder 5: [Investments] "Responsible" investing, 1882-2003. Includes Welch and Forbes investment statement for March, 2003, letters and email printouts, and resource materials.
• Box VIII.27, Folder 6: [Investments] Welch & Forbes correspondence, 1974-1975, 1977, 1985, 1995. Letters regarding investments.
• Box VIII.27, Folders 7-8: [Investments] Welch & Forbes statements, 1975-1984. Consists of mostly printed statements with some letters and notes.
• Box VIII.28, Folders 1-4: [Investments] Welch & Forbes statements, 1984-1997. Consists of mostly printed statements with some letters and notes.
• Box VIII.29, Folders 1-3: [Investments] Welch & Forbes statements, 1998-2002. Consists of mostly printed statements with some letters and notes.
• Box VIII.29, Folder 4: Jellis [Arthur] retirement plan, 1973, 1976. Correspondence between Arthur B. Jellis, and the Trustees.
• Box VIII.30, Folder 1: Jenny [Jean "Jenny" Rankin] mortgage loans, 2000. Emails regarding the mortgage loan proposal of Jenny and Rich Rankin.
• Box VIII.30, Folder 2: Leases, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1997, 2003. Includes leases for Coan House, 1977; 118 Fairhaven Road, 1983; the first floor of the Wright Tavern, 1978, 1997; second floor of the Wright Tavern, 1978, 1983, 2003; and various floors of the Wright Tavern,1983, 1985.
• Box VIII.30, Folder 3: Massachusetts Historical Commission, 1977-1998. Letters regarding the Wright Tavern.
• Box VIII.30, Folders 4-5: Middlesex Savings Bank - Meeting House on the Green, 1984-1999. Letters and bank statements regarding payments and invoices resulting from the publication of Meeting House on the Green.
• Box VIII.30, Folder 6: Minister's retirement fund, 1958-1959. Agreements and correspondence.
• Box VIII.30, Folder 7: Nominations, circa 2000. Email correspondence, letters and notes regarding the nomination of members for the Trustees of Parish Donations.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 1: [Property, general] Parsonage/Neufeld property plus church properties, 1983-1984. Correspondence and property-related documents.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 2: [Property, general] Property assessment, 1998-2002. Emails and letters regarding properties.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 3: [Property, general] Property papers, 1918, 1921, 1964, 1984. Contains maps, notes and deeds.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 4: [Property, general] Real estate, 1982. Property valuations from Fred T. Boyd Associates, with notes.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 5: [Rental of church property] Miscellaneous rent, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1995. Contains letters, forms and notes related to Parish rental properties.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 6: [Rental of church property] Rents - Prior years and 2000, 1997-1999. Contains letters and reports regarding rental of Parish property (including letters to Parish property tenants).
• Box VIII.31, Folder 7: [Rental of church property] Tenant rent correspondence, 1989, 1997-2000. Bulk 1997. Mostly consists of letters to tenants, with some letters from tenants and rental documentation. Includes the 1989 report, "Analysis of the Wright Tavern History and Architecture" by John Cole.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 8: [Rental of church property] Trustee properties rent and maintenance, 1995-1999. Reports and correspondence regarding Parish properties. Includes letters from tenants and reports on building maintenance projects.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 9: Restructuring, 1999-2000. Presentations, email printouts and letters regarding a proposed financial restructuring of the First Parish.
• Box VIII.31, Folder 11-13: Reynolds-Eliot House [276 Main Street], 1944- 1999. Includes records of Abigail Eliot's donation of the property, copies of deeds, correspondence, assessments and notes.
• Box VIII.32, Folders 1-4: Stow House and Stow lot [28 Walden Street; later numbered 92 Walden Street], 1948-1982. Contains correspondence, copies of deeds, drawings, maps and notes regarding Stow House. Includes letters regarding the use of the house as a parsonage for Arthur B. Jellis and Dana McLean Greeley, and correspondence with the Girl Scout House (now Concord Scout House) of Concord.
• Box VIII.32, Folders 5-7: Thayer and Ball House [9 Church Green], 1959-2000. Contains correspondence, copies of deeds, drawings, maps and notes regarding Thayer and Ball House.

  Photographs in these folders were removed during processing see Series VI, Photographs.

• Box VIII.32, Folder 8: Tuttle Fund policy, 1979. Contains typed policy for the Tuttle Fund, with background information on the Tuttle Fund.
• Box VIII.32, Folders 9-12: White Cottage [23 Church Green], 1967-2002. Contains correspondence, copies of deeds, drawings, maps and notes regarding White Cottage.

  Photographs in these folders were moved to Series XVI, Photographs and other visuals.

• Box VIII.33, Folders 1-4: [Wright Tavern] Wright Tavern, 1926-2000.
• Box VIII.33, Folder 5: [Wright Tavern] "Analysis of the Wright Tavern History and Architecture" by John Cole, 1989. Printed report, compiling information about the history of the Wright Tavern.
• Box VIII.33, Folder 6: [Wright Tavern] Construction, 1974-1997. Correspondence mostly regarding maintenance, repairs and changes to the Wright Tavern.
• Box VIII.33, Folder 7: [Wright Tavern] The Hesel Affair, 1992. Letters and email printouts related to David L. Hesel's letter about the rental of church property.
• Box VIII.33, Folder 8: [Wright Tavern] Historic districts, 1989, 1997-2001, bulk 1997-1998. Includes two copies of "Analysis of the Wright Tavern History and Architecture" by John Cole.
• Box VIII.34, Folders 1-2: [Wright Tavern] From Jack Clymer's Files, 1974-1984. Mostly Jack Clymer correspondence; includes reports and documentation on the Wright Tavern development project, circa 1977.
• Box VIII.34, Folder 3: [Wright Tavern] Rent information, 1972-1991. Letters from the Parish regarding rentals (usually to tenants) of the Wright Tavern.
• Box VIII.34, Folder 4: [Wright Tavern] Tri-Con gift Shop, 1972-1981. Records related to the Trinitarian Congregational Church gift shop, a tenant of the Wright Tavern.
• Box VIII.34, Folder 5: [Wright Tavern] Wright Tavern Center for Spiritual Renewal, 1997-2003. Consists mainly of promotional material and catalogues, but includes some meeting agendas and minutes from the WTCSR board.
• Box VIII.34, Folder 6: Woodlot transfer, 1956.

Sub-subseries 1. Hymn records, 1983-1991

This series contains documentation of the hymns and hymnbooks of the First Parish, including hymns written by Dana McLean Greeley.See Series X.C.2, Hymnbooks and hymnals for bound hymnbook volumes.

• Box X.4, Folder 6: New hymns file, circa 1983-1991. Gathered hymns with some related correspondence and notes. Includes hymns by Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box X.4, Folder 7: Hymnbook records, 1987-1989. Correspondence with the Unitarian Universalist Association Hymnbook Resources Commission, and hymnbook creation circulars.
• Box X.4, Folder 8: List of hymnal inscriptions, 1987. Lists inscribed hymnbooks, with a note to Margaret Stewart.

Sub-subseries 2. Hymnbooks and hymnals

Hymnbook volumes that were owned by the church or members of the church.

• Volume (shelved unboxed): American Unitarian Association. Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home … (Boston: The Association, 1871). Two copies. First copy: inscribed on title page "S R Bartlett, 1871"; and on front paste-down endpaper "Memorial Services for Father, Unitarian Church, Concord, Mass., Jan 13th 1878; Hymns Nos 325 = 524 = 676." Pencil notes on verso of final printed leaf. Second copy: inscribed "Libbie Lulu Everett, Unitarian S.S. Concord Mass, 1870."
• Volume (shelved unboxed): American Unitarian Association. Hymn, Tune and Service Book for Sunday Schools (Boston: The Association, 1882). Stamp of First Parish Sunday School Library on front free endpaper. Pencil note laid in: "This book went through the fire which destroyed the First Parish meeting house in 1900. Concord, Massachusetts." Burn marks throughout the book.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Baker, B. F., and J.F. Fargo. The New Haydn: A Collection. Hymn Tunes, Chants, Sentences and Anthems. Adapted for All the Wants of Public and Private Worship. And for the Use of Choirs, Singing Schools, Musical Societies and Conventions (Boston: Ticknor and Fields; Chicago: Lyon and Healey, 1866). Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Mrs. J. M. Smith, Concord, Mass., January 1867."
• Box X.4, Folder 9: Barrett, Hal and Alan Seaburg. By these good images: a song cycle (Dayton, Ohio: Hal Barrett, 1988), 1988. Spiral bound (plastic) volume. Hymnbook and letter from the author/publisher Hal Barrett.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): The Beacon Hymnal (Boston: The Beacon Press, Inc., 1924).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): The Beacon Hymnal (New York: The Beacon Press, Inc., 1927).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): The Beacon Song and Service Book (Boston: The Beacon Press, 1947).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Belknap, Jeremy. Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Christian Devotion in Publick and Private. Selected from the Best Authors, with Variations and Additions (Boston: Thomas and Andrews and West and Blake, 1812). Inscribed on title page: "Abigail D. Prescott."
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Cheshire Pastoral Association. Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship. A Collection Compiled by a Committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association. Forty-Seventh Edition (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1857). Two copies, both inscribed by S.M. Holden (one also inscribed by Carrie P. Holden).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship (Boston: William Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1846).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Hitchcock, Roswell D., Zachary Eddy, and Philip Schaff. Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship (New York: Anson D.F. Randolph and Company, 1875).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Horton, Edward A. (Ed.). A Book of Song and Service (Boston: Unitarian Sunday-School Society, 1906).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Hymn and Tune Book (Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1871). 2 copies.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Hymn and Tune Book (Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1872).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Hymns for the Celebration of Life (Boston: The Beacon Press, 1964). 3 copies.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Mason, Lowell. The New Carmina Sacra: or Boston Collection of Church Music … (New York: Mason Brothers, 1860). At head of title: Published under the Sanction of the Boston Academy of Music. Inscribed on front cover: "Not to taken from the Seats Choir 1st Parish."
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. Ninth Edition (Boston: Published by Thomas Wells, 1828). Gold-stamped on leather strip affixed to front cover: "T. Prescott." Inscribed in pencil on front free endpaper: "Timothy Prescott, Concord Mass., April 20 1833." Pencil notes on front lining leaf (events of note in the life of the Parish, and record of Timothy Prescott's death), back lining leaf, and back paste-down endpaper.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. Ninth Edition (Boston: Published by Thomas Wells, 1828). Gold-stamped on leather strip affixed to front cover: "Phebe Jarvis." Pencil notes on front lining leaf, back lining leaf, and back paste-down endpaper (events of note in the life of the Parish).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Services for Sunday Schools (Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1869).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Taylor, Virgil Corydon. Taylor's Choral Anthems: A New Collection of Choruses, Anthems, Quartets, Trios, Duets, and Solos, Original and Selected, for Singing Societies, Choirs, and Social Musical Circles (Utica: Hawley, Fuller and Co.; New York: D. Appleton and Co.; Hartford: O.D. Case and Co.; Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln; Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwaite and Co., 1849).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): The University Hymn Book. Altered by Permission for Use in the First Parish of Concord … (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, University Press, 1896). Three copies: one inscribed "W.L. Smith, Pew 13, Gal."; the other inscribed "Mrs. Sarah E. Staples with best regards of James S. Garland, Sept. 1901"and also "This volume was saved from the fire which destroyed the old meeting house in Concord on April 12, 1900, and has been rebound for J.S. Garland." Half-bound in leather (gold-stamped "S.E. Staples"), marbled paper boards.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): The Unitarian Faith in Unitarian Hymns (Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1914).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): The Unitarian Faith in Unitarian Hymns (London: The Lindsey Press, 1918).
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Wendté, Charles W., and H.S. Perkins. The Sunny Side: A Book of Religious Songs for the Sunday School and the Home … (New York: William A. Pond and Co., 1875). Inscribed on front cover: "First Parish S.S."
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Whittemore, Thomas. Conference Hymns and Tunes. Second Book (Boston: Thomas Whittemore, 1843). Damaged; title page lacking.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Winchester, Benjamin S. and Conant, Grace Wilbur (Eds.) Worship and Song (Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1913).

Sub-subseries 1. Wright Tavern files, 1787-1970s

Records related to the property management of the Wright Tavern.

See Series VIII, Financial records for records of rentals of First Parish property under stewardship of the Trustees of First Parish Donations.

• Box XI.8, Folder 1: Wright Tavern parking letters, 1972, 1979.
• Box XI.10, Folder 7: Gathered Wright Tavern records, 1787 (photocopy), 1950s, 1970s.

Sub-subseries 2. Horse sheds files, 1871-1885

Records related to the horse sheds of the First Parish; the horse sheds, were removed from the grounds in 1925.

• Box XI.8, Folder 2: Records relating to repairs to the First Parish horse sheds, 1871, 1885. Five items; unbound manuscript and printed documents, mostly documenting Standing Committee decisions (votes and resolutions).

Sub-subseries 3. Pews files, 1749-circa 1955

Pews in the First Parish were initially owned by parishioners or groups of parishioners. Pew records include lists of rentals and diagrams of pews within the meeting house.

• Box XI.8, Folder 3: Copies of cards with names of people who had seats in the Concord meeting house, information from 1749, copied 1970s. Copied to index cards by Ina Mansur from original document in "Town Records Box."
• Volume : Book of Records of Pews in the town of Concord, 1791-1854. Bound manuscript volume.
• Box XI.11, Folder 2: Pew deed, 1827. From Mary Potter to Abiel Heywood.
• Box XI.10, Folder 9: Printed pew deed for First Parish in Weston, 184-. Unused—no manuscript additions.
• Box XI.10, Folder 10: Pew documents, 1877-1883. Diagram of pews.
• Box XI.11, Folder 3: Pew documents, 1884-[circa 1955]. Unbound manuscript and printed documents. Including: receipts for payment on sale of pews (among them those of Henry Flagg French and Maria King Prescott); ALS, L.M. Reynolds on behalf of the Women's Parish Association to Charles E. Brown, Concord, 1885 April 6, requesting that the Standing Committee grant the Association the old pew cushions which the Association had recently replaced; pew deeds; order to Treasurer to collect 1893 pew taxes; bills of sale for pews; printed handbill (1901) regarding changes in valuation of some gallery pews; printed plans, with valuations, of layout of numbered pews in the meeting house; manuscript plan ([circa 1955]) of layout of pews, with names of owners.
• Box XI.8, Folder 4: Pew rental forms, 1900s, 1938. Blank (1900s) and filled out (1938) forms.
• Box XI.11, Folder 1: "Diagram of Pews, First Parish in Concord", 1920s. Bound leather portfolio with typed slips inserted to indicate pew owners.
• Box XI.11, Folder 4: Pew documents, undated. Undated, unbound manuscript and printed documents include manuscript and printed plans of layout of pews in the meeting house, some with valuations recorded, some with owners' names; list of valuation and assessment of gallery pews; list of payments of assessments on gallery pews.

Sub-subseries 1. Meeting house images, 1890-2000s

• XVI.6, Folder 1: Meeting house, exterior - photograph of the ruins of third meeting house after fire of 1900, circa 1900. 4" x 5"mounted photograph of ruins and bystanders.
• Box XVI.6, Folders 2-3: Meeting house, exterior - photographs, late 19th century-1970s. Photographs of the meeting house, many unsigned and undated. Folder 2 includes: Photograph of sketch (original in Concord Museum) of third meeting house before 1841 remodeling; three mounted late 19th century photographs of remodeled third meeting house; one late 19th century photograph (printed on card stock) and two postcards (one color) of third meeting house, and one copy print from late 19th century photograph; assortment of photographs, postcards, and calendar with color illustration showing fourth meeting house (dedicated 1901), including two prints by Anderson & Wood; six 8" x 10"black and white photographs of fourth meeting house, and one mounted 5" x 7"print. Folder 3 includes: 1 mounted aerial photograph of the First Parish and Concord, 1948; four mounted 8" x 10"black and white prints of fourth meeting house (one of them also in 5" x 7"mounted form), all dated 1955, and one 8" x 10"mounted 1955 aerial photograph of meeting house and vicinity; one color slide showing meeting house in 1955, before Sunday school addition, and one snapshot showing construction of Sunday school addition; one matted, undated 8" x 10"black and white print of fourth meeting house; assortment of photographs of fourth meeting house (including three 8" x 10"black and white prints, one 8" x 10"negative, and one color print of First Parish at the time of the 1975 bicentennial of the Concord Fight).
• Box XVI.7:Property photographs, 4 inch x 6 inch, 5 inch x 7 inch photographs and negatives, early 20th century, 1950s, 1980s-1990s. Includes photographs of: Meeting house, exterior and interior, including the 1841 building, and interiors of the religious education wing, 1980; construction projects; the Wright Tavern; and flowers.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Framed photographs signed by William W. Anderson, 1970s.
• Box XVI.6, Folder 4: Meeting house, exterior - photographs, 1989, 2000s. Includes taped together panoramic photograph collage of the Meeting house and its grounds, 1989, and photographs of construction, 2000s.
• Box XVI.6, Folder 5: Interior of meeting house:, late 19th century, early 20th century. A selection of photographs, including: two late 19th century card stereographs; snapshot of organ; two color slides and print from one of them; black and white 8" x 10"photographs of sanctuary, organ, kitchen, chapel, parlor, stage, etc.; four 8" x 10"negatives of sanctuary and organ.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Framed photograph: interior of meeting house, 1960s. Framed photograph with inscription on the back stating that the photograph was owned by Arthur Jellis and given to Dana McLean Greeley.
• Box XVI.6, Folder 6: Meeting house images (non photographic). Includes post cards, and printed photographs of the meeting house exterior.
• Box XVI.6, Folder 7: Line cut block image of exterior of fourth meeting house for First Parish letterhead, late 19th century or early 20th century.
• Box XVI.6, Folder 8: Camera-ready copy for First Parish letterhead, including cut of exterior of fourth meeting house, late 19th century or early 20th century. Letter head mock-up includes manuscript notes.
• Volume (shelved unboxed): Framed etching print of the First Parish, 20th century. Signed C.M. Goff.
• Box XVI.6, Folder 11: Wright Tavern:, Late 19th century. One late 19th century sepia print showing Wright Tavern and third meeting house, and one 20th century black and white 8" x 10"photograph of Wright Tavern, stamped on back "Arthur F. March Jr., D.D."

Sub-subseries 2. Other church properties, late 19th century -1996

• Folder XVI.OV1: Stow House (parsonage):, Late 19th century. One mounted late 19th century photograph of the Stow House (side view).
• Box XVI.6, Folder 12: Stow House (parsonage):, Late 19th century. One mounted late 19th century photograph of the Stow House (92 Walden Street; used as First Parish parsonage) (see also Oversize Folder XVI.OV1).
• Folder XVI.OV4: Wright Tavern, early 20th century. Large print (not on photographic paper).
• Box XVI.6, Folder 13: Church Green: Four mounted 8" x 10"black and white prints of buildings on Church Green, 1955.
• Box XVI.5, Folder 22: Thayer and Ball house, 1959.
• XVI.5, Folder 22: White Cottage, 1996. Includes photograph of White Cottage tenant.
• Box XVI.6, Folder 14: Church silver, early 20th century, 1955, late 1970s. One cut print (silver nitrate?) of church sliver; one 8" x 10"black and white photograph of church silver, taken by William W. Anderson (1955); three undated 8" x 10"black and white photographs of church silver, one of them including Rev. Dana M. Greeley; four color snapshots of silver articles ([197-?]).

Sub-subseries 3. Church assets, early 20th century-2002

• Box XVI.5, Folder 24: Organ photographs: Console, undated, circa 2002. Printed photographs.
• Box XVI.5, Folder 24: Organ photographs: D.C. Electrical, A.C. electrical, undated, circa 2002. Printed photographs.
• Box XVI.5, Folder 25: Organ photographs: Wind supply and blower, undated, circa 2002. Printed photographs with printed email correspondence.