Manuscript Group 882, Trinity Cathedral in Newark, Newark, NJ Papers, 1743 – 1973 (Bulk dates: 1790 – 1890)
Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs
Manuscript Group 882, Trinity Cathedral in Newark, Newark, NJ
Papers,
1743 – 1973 (Bulk dates: 1790 – 1890), 10 linear feet
Call Number: MG 882 + Box number
Vestry minutes; ledgers; account books; correspondence; genealogical data; and documents. These records pertain to Trinity Church (Episcopal) in Newark; Christ Episcopal Church in Belleville (formerly the Second River Episcopal Church); Christ Church in Harrison; Saint Barnabas Church in Roseville; Saint Philip’s Church, Newark; the Cathedral of All Saints, Newark; and Trinity Cathedral in Newark. The collection also contains papers of Rev. Uzal Ogden (1744-1822) and Bishop Leland Stark (1907-1986). There is genealogical information in the Trinity Church parish records.
Gift of Trinity Cathedral in Newark, 1973.
Related Collections:
Manuscript Group 866, McDowell Family Papers: Contains sermons of Reverend Uzal Ogden (1744-1822), minister of Trinity Church, Newark.
Oral History of Bishop Leland William Frederick Stark (1907-1986), MG 866 Data File, The New Jersey Historical Society
| Box | Folder | Description | Date |
| 1 | 1 | Trinity Church: Fragment of correspondence from Col. Samuel Ogden | 6/4/1804 |
| 1 | 2 | Trinity Church: (2) Fragments of maps | Not Dated |
| 1 | 3 | Trinity Church: (5) Fragments of maps | Not Dated |
| 1 | 4 | Trinity Church: Charter and Incorporation papers | 1745-1747 |
| 1 | 5 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Diocesan Newsletters, and Financial records | 1862-1905 |
| 1 | 6 | Trinity Church, Cathedral of All Saints: Draft and printed church history, correspondence, and consolidation agreement between Trinity Cathedral and Cathedral of All Saints (1944) | 1805-1944 |
| 1 | 7 | Trinity Church, Saint Mathew’s Church: Legal documents, bonds, and contracts | 1848-1947 |
| 1 | 8 | Trinity Church: Correspondence | 1833-1951 |
| 1 | 9 | Trinity Church, Saint Barnabas Church: Correspondence, Legal Agreement regarding debts of Saint Barnabas Church | 1872 |
| 1 | 10 | Trinity Church: Baptism records | 1861 |
| 1 | 11 | Trinity Church: State of New Jersey, “An Act for the Relief of Trinity Church in Newark” | 11/5/1835 |
| 1 | 12 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Henry Dodge | 1852-1853, 1905-1907 |
| 1 | 13 | Trinity Church: Typescript information regarding Communion Service | 1806 |
| 1 | 14 | Trinity Church: Special Service programs | 1881-1945 |
| 1 | 15 | Trinity Church: Sunday School programs | 1882-1893 |
| 1 | 16 | Trinity Church: Certificate of Incorporation for “The Girl’s Friendly Society of Trinity, Newark, New Jersey | 1887 |
| 1 | 17 | Trinity Cathedral, First Presbyterian, Old First Presbyterian: Church bullitens | 1922-1960 |
| 1 | 18 | Trinity Church: Founding Anniversary programs; “Trinity Hymn”, draft, typescript, printed with music; Correspondence and checklist of materials lent to Newark Museum (1946) | 1896, 1921, 1946, and Not Dated |
| 1 | 19 | Trinity Cathedral: Sermons, various Ministers | 1905-1955, and Not Dated |
| 1 | 20 | Trinity Church: Correspondence with Ministers | 1830-1941 |
| 1 | 21 | Trinity Church: Annual Convention Report | 1889 |
| 1 | 22 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Minutes | 1830-1941 |
| 1 | 23 | Trinity Church: Financial records | 1827-1946, and Not Dated |
| 1 | 24 | Trinity Church: Financial records | 1827-1946, and Not Dated |
| 1 | 25 | Trinity Cathedral: City and County Tax bills | 1905-1915 |
| 1 | 26 | Trinity Church: Receipts, Telegram | 1810-1921 |
| 2 | 1 | Trinity Church: Correspondence and Memos regarding maintenance and repair | 1861-1946, and Not Dated |
| 2 | 2 | Trinity Cathedral: Financial records of Endowment Fund | 1906-1946 |
| 2 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral: Correspondence, Records of Church Pension Fund | 1940-1941 |
| 2 | 4 | Trinity Church: Purchase contract for organ | 1898 |
| 2 | 5 | Trinity Cathedral: Financial records, Receipts for new Rectory at 510 N. Prospect Ave. | 1921-1922 |
| 2 | 6 | Financial records, correspondence regarding Easter fundraising, Repair of organ | 1921-1922 |
| 2 | 7 | Legal documents, correspondence regarding bequest of Millie Carine Mills Nicholson | 1937-1938 |
| 2 | 8 | Trinity Church: Cemetery record | Not Dated |
| 2 | 9 | Trinity Cathedral: Automobile records, Gas ration stamps | 1935-1943 |
| 2 | 10 | Trinity Cathedral: Insurance records, Correspondence | 1937-1949 |
| 2 | 11 | Trinity Cathedral: Legal documents, Correspondence regarding Rectory at 508-510 N. Prospect Ave. | 1921-1930 |
| 2 | 12 | Trinity Church, First Presbyterian Church: Records of land Leases, Releases | 1790-1898 |
| 2 | 13 | Trinity Cathedral, Christ Church: Records of land leases, Releases, Deeds | 1902-1920 |
| 2 | 14 | Trinity Cathedral: Records of land leases, Releases, Mortgages, Bonds regarding properties at 34 Rector St. and 6 Park Place | 1915-1931 |
| 2 | 15 | Trinity Cathedral: Legal documents regarding property on Rector St. | 9/1939-10/1939 |
| 2 | 16 | Trinity Church: Maps of Parsonage property, Nuttman property | 1761 and No Date |
| 3 | 1 | Trinity Church: Property search | 10/14/1899 |
| 3 | 2 | Trinity Church: Land conveyance records | 1837-1859 |
| 3 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral: Printed illustrations for publication | 1945-1949 |
| 3 | 4 | Trinity Church: (11) Photographs: Rev. Eccleston, Rev. Louis Shreve Osborne, Various | Not Dated |
| 3 | 5 | Newark Sunday News: Article entitled “City of Churches” | 9/17/1961 |
| 3 | 6 | Trinity Cathedral: List of church members in armed services, Information for war veterans | 1918, 1941-1947 |
| 3 | 7 | Trinity Church: Scrapbook | ca. 1800-1896 |
| 3 | 8 | Trinity Cathedral: Correspondence from Servicemen | 1944-1947 |
| 3 | 9 | Trinity Church: Miscellaneous correspondence, Maps, Receipts | 1821-1951 |
| 4 | 1 | Trinity Church: Pages of scrapbook, Newspaper clippings | 1896-1946, and Not Dated |
| 4 | 2 | Trinity Cathedral: Environmental and Population study of Trinity Cathedral and Newark by H. G. Rogers | 1941 |
| 4 | 3 | Trinity Church: Biographies of prominent Trinity Church members, written for Newark’s 300th Anniversary | 1966 |
| 4 | 4 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents, Deeds | 1696-1709 |
| 4 | 5 | Trinity Church: Correspondence regarding Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1798-1807 |
| 4 | 6 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Congregation and Vestry meetings pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1800-1803 |
| 4 | 7 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Congregation and Vestry meetings pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden, subscription list | 1803 |
| 4 | 8 | Trinity Church: Legal documents pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1803 |
| 4 | 9 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Congregation and Vestry resolutions pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1804 |
| 4 | 10 | Trinity Church: Correspondence between Trinity and New Jersey Episcopal Convention seeking ouster of Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1804 |
| 4 | 11 | Trinity Church: Correspondence between Wardens, Vestrymen and Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1804 |
| 4 | 12 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Congregation and Vestry resolutions pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1804 |
| 4 | 13 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Congregation and Vestry meetings pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1805 |
| 4 | 14 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1805 |
| 4 | 15 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1805-1806 |
| 4 | 16 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Congregation and Vestry meetings pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1806-1807 |
| 4 | 17 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden, Parsonage House records | 1807 |
| 5 | 1 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents, Deeds, Leases | 1808 |
| 5 | 2 | Trinity Church: Legal documents, Deeds, Lists of subscribes to new church construction | 1801-1810 |
| 5 | 3 | Trinity Church: Sermons, Financial records, Deeds pertaining to new church construction | 1809-1810 |
| 5 | 4 | Trinity Church: Church records, Map | 1811-1813 |
| 5 | 5 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents, Subscriber lists | 1825-1829 |
| 5 | 6 | Trinity Church, Bellville Chapel: Correspondence, Legal documents | 1830-1837 |
| 5 | 7 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents, Financial records | 1841-1848 |
| 5 | 8 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents pertaining to Church lands, Sunday School reports | 1853-1859 |
| 5 | 9 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Regulations, Christmas leaflet | 1861-1866 |
| 5 | 10 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Treasurer’s report | 1872-1877 |
| 5 | 11 | Trinity Church: Legal documents, Mortgages, Deeds, Titles | 1883 |
| 5 | 12 | Trinity Cathedral: Legal documents, Pamphlet | 1901-1922 |
| 5 | 13 | Trinity Church: Vestry minutes | 1803 |
| 5 | 14 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Vestry minutes pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1802-1807 |
| 5 | 15 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Vestry minutes pertaining to Rev. Uzal Ogden | 1804-1807 |
| 5 | 16 | Trinity Cathedral: Copy of Charter, Unidentified scraps, Church History | 1934, Not Dated |
| 6 | 1 | Trinity Cathedral: Legal documents, Financial records | 1916-1917 |
| 6 | 2 | Trinity Cathedral: Legal documents, Financial records, Church pension fund | 1917, Not Dated |
| 6 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral: Legal documents, Financial records, Tax records | 1917 |
| 6 | 4 | Trinity Cathedral: Financial records, Memorial windows | 1916 |
| 6 | 5 | Trinity Cathedral: Correspondence, Church records | 1911-1917 |
| 6 | 6 | Trinity Cathedral: Financial records, Special Services | 1917 |
| 6 | 7 | Trinity Cathedral: Financial records | 1913-1916 |
| 6 | 8 | Trinity Cathedral: Newark Star clipping | 2/19/1914 |
| 6 | 9 | Trinity Cathedral: Correspondence, Financial statements | 1912-1916 |
| 6 | 10 | Trinity Church: Correspondence, Legal documents, Financial documents regarding Roseville property | 1847-1917 |
| 6 | 11 | Trinity Church: Programs from 150th Anniversary of Trinity Church Founding | 1896 |
| 6 | 12 | Trinity Cathedral: Program from 100th Anniversary of Trinity Church Consecration | 1910 |
| 6 | 13 | Trinity Cathedral: Correspondence of congratulations from 100th Anniversary of Trinity Church Consecration | 1910 |
| 6 | 14 | Trinity Cathedral: Sermon from 100th Anniversary of Trinity Church Consecration by Rev. Louis Shreve Osborn | 1910 |
| 6 | 15 | Trinity Cathedral: Newspaper clippings from 100th Anniversary of Trinity Church Consecration | 1910 |
| 6 | 16 | Trinity Cathedral: Program from 175th Anniversary of the Founding of Trinity Church | 1924 |
| 6 | 17 | Trinity Cathedral: Diocesan Jubilee, Trinity Historical Sermon | 1924 |
| 6 | 18 | Trinity Cathedral: Correspondence regarding 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Trinity Church | 1946 |
| 6 | 19 | Trinity Cathedral: Membership list of 200th Anniversary Committee | 1946 |
| 6 | 20 | Trinity Cathedral: Speeches for 200th Anniversary Services and Observances | 1946 |
| 6 | 21 | Trinity Cathedral: Newspaper clippings, Magazine articles regarding 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Trinity Church | 1946 |
| 7 | 1 | Trinity Cathedral: Printed material regarding 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Trinity Church | 1946 |
| 7 | 2 | Trinity Cathedral: Notes used in publication of “Two Hundred years of Old Trinity, 1746-1946” | 1946 |
| 7 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral: Notes used in publication of “Two Hundred years of Old Trinity, 1746-1946” | 1946 |
| 7 | 4 | Trinity Cathedral: Various publications, Copy of “Two Hundred years of Old Trinity, 1746-1946” | 1946 |
| 7 | 5 | Trinity Cathedral: Materials relating to exhibit at Newark Museum of Trinity Cathedral Anniversary and history | 1946 |
| 7 | 6 | Trinity Cathedral: (5) Copies of Parochial Memoranda, by Edmund Neville | Not Dated |
| 7 | 7 | Trinity Church: Presentation Day booklets | 1860-1862 |
| 7 | 8 | Trinity Church: Program of Anniversary of Sunday School | 5/20/1883 |
| 7 | 9 | Trinity Church: Various Sermons | 1859-1916 |
| 7 | 10 | Trinity Cathedral: Notebook, and “History of the Episcopal Church in Essex County” | 1908, and Not Dated |
| 7 | 11 | Trinity Church: (2) Copies of Program for 175th Anniversary of Trinity Church, Miscellaneous programs | 1863-1935 |
| 7 | 12 | Trinity Church: Sunday School Reports | 3/1853-4/1853 |
| 7 | 13 | Trinity Church, East Newark Mission: Sunday School Programs | 1861-1866 |
| 7 | 14 | Trinity Church: Various printed documents | 1864-1865 |
| 7 | 15 | Cathedral of All Saints: Correspondence regarding Church property | 1941-1945 |
| 7 | 16 | Trinity Cathedral, Cathedral of All Saints: Consolidation Agreement | 4/13/1944 |
| 7 | 17 | Cathedral of All Saints: Financial records | 1932-1936 |
| 7 | 18 | Cathedral of All Saints: Financial records | 1937-1939 |
| 7 | 19 | Cathedral of All Saints: Financial records | 1940-1945, and Not Dated |
| 7 | 20 | Diocese of Newark: Auditor’s Report | 1940 |
| 8 | 1 | Trinity Cathedral, Bishop Starks’s File: Merger with St. Philip’s Church | 5/1966-10/1966 |
| 8 | 2 | Trinity Cathedral, Bishop Starks’s File: Merger with St. Philip’s Church | 6/1966-7/1966 |
| 8 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral, Bishop Starks’s File: Merger with St. Philip’s Church | 8/1966-10/1966 |
| 8 | 4 | Trinity Cathedral, Bishop Starks’s File: General Cathedral Business | 11/1966-6/1969 |
| 8 | 5 | Trinity Cathedral, Bishop Starks’s File: General Cathedral Business | 3/1969-8/1973 |
| 8 | 6 | Bishop Starks’s File, Black Power Conference: Correspondence | 7/1966-7/1967 |
| 8 | 7 | Bishop Starks’s File, Black Power Conference: Correspondence | 8/1967 |
| 8 | 8 | Bishop Starks’s File, Black Power Conference: Correspondence | 9/1967-3/1968 |
| 8 | 9 | Black Power Conference: Bishop Starks’s Reference File | 1/1967-3/1967 |
| 8 | 10 | Black Power Conference: Bishop Starks’s Reference File | 6/1967 |
| 8 | 11 | Black Power Conference: Bishop Starks’s Reference File | 7/1967 |
| 8 | 12 | Black Power Conference: Bishop Starks’s Reference File | 8/1967-9/1967 |
| 8 | 13 | Black Power Conference: Bishop Starks’s Reference File | 10/1967-12/1968, and Not Dated |
| 8 | 14 | Black Power Conference: Black Power Manifesto and Resolutions | 7/1967 |
| 8 | 15 | Trinity Cathedral: 20th Annual Address of Rt. Rev. Leland Stark | 1973 |
| 9 | 1 | Trinity Church: Historical notes, Map, Newspaper clippings | 1885-1950 |
| 9 | 2 | Trinity Church: Diocesan records | 1848-1862 |
| 9 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral: Historical notes written by Rev Arthur Lichtenburger | Not Dated |
| 9 | 4 | Trinity Cathedral: Convention journals, Section II, from “Living Church Almanac” | 1902-1938 |
| 9 | 5 | Trinity Cathedral: Convention journals, Section I, History until 1848 | Not Dated |
| 9 | 6 | Trinity Church: Pastoral Letter, Special Service, Convention notes (1846-1847) | 1846-1861 |
| 9 | 7 | St. Philip’s Church: Land Records | 1888 |
| 9 | 8 | St. Philip’s Church: Land Records | 1888 |
| 9 | 9 | Trinity Church: Hymnal (“Basso”) | Not Dated |
| 9 | 10 | Trinity Church: Hymnal (“Soprano”) | Not Dated |
| 9 | 11 | Trinity Church, Christ Church: Baptism Records, Marriage Records | 1806-1813 |
| 9 | 12 | Trinity Cathedral: Minute book and Miscellaneous documents | 1944-1950, and Not Dated |
| 10 | 1 | Trinity Church: Account book | 1778-1788 |
| 10 | 2 | Cathedral of All Saints: Minute book | 1906-1944 |
| 10 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral: Record of Donors and Memorial Givers to Endowment Fund | 1925 |
| 11 | 1 | Trinity Church: Minute book | 1778-1804 |
| 11 | 2 | Trinity Cathedral: Endowment Fund Records | 1927-1930 |
| 11 | 3 | Trinity Cathedral: Service Record book | 1939-1956 |
| 11 | 4 | Trinity Cathedral: Service Record book | 1918-1939 |
| 12 | Trinity Church: Minute book | 4/1803-7/1806 | |
| 13 | Trinity Church: Minute book | 2/1806-1/1886 | |
| 14 | Trinity Church: Minute book | 1/1886-11/1902 | |
| 15 | Trinity Cathedral: Minute book | 1903-1931 | |
| 16 | Trinity Cathedral: Minute book | 1951-1957 | |
| 17 | Trinity Church: Parish Register | 1890-1904 | |
| 18 | Trinity Church: Parish Register | 6/6/1784-6/4/1805 | |
| 19 | Trinity Church: Parish Register | 1813-1845 | |
| 20 | Trinity Church: Parish Register | 1831-1845 | |
| 21 | Trinity Church: Parish Register | 1865-1890 | |
| 22 | Trinity Cathedral: (3) Scrapbooks | 1940-1946 |
