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

Summary


Summary:

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 List:

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

 

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