Series 1: Church History
Sub-series 1.1: Time Capsule
Scope and Contents
The items in this sub-series were placed in a time capsule in the cornerstone of Baptist Temple on December 22, 1894. The timecapsule was removed from the cornerstone and additional items added at an unknown date. Materials from First Baptist Church, Pierrepont Street Baptist Church, and First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street are included, as well as documents concerning the church's 1873 consolidation. According to the included inventory, several items are missing.
Time Capsule Inventory, 1880-1894, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Certificate of Incorporation, First Baptist Church, 1823
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Baptist Tract Magazine, 1833
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The American Baptist Magazine, 1834
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Sailor's Magazine, 1834
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Baptist Educational Society Report, 1834
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Substance of Mrs. Wade's Address to the Ladies of the Baptist Churches in Philadelphia, circa 1834
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hudson River Baptist Association, 1834, 1848, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Plaque, First Baptist Church, 1834
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspapers, 1834, 1849, inclusive
Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
The Christian Gazette, July 4, 1834; The Religious Herald, August 22, 1834; The Moral Loyeum, September 3, 1834; The New York Recorder, March 21, 1849; Brooklyn Daily Advertiser, April 7, 1849; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 7, 1849; The New York Herald, April 7, 1849; Brooklyn Evening Star, April 7, 1849; Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer, April 9, 1849; The New York Journal of Commerce, April 9, 1849; New York Morning Express, April 9, 1849
Deeds and Mortgages, 1839-1873, inclusive
Box: 48, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Baptist Home Mission Society, 1848
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brooklyn City Directory, 1848-1849, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American and Foreign Bible Study, 1848
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The American National Preacher, 1849
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Elections, First Baptist Church, 1871-1873, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, First Baptist Church, 1827-1873, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mortgages and Bonds, Pierrepont Street Baptist Church, 1839-1859, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Certificate of Incorporation, Pierrepont Street Baptist Church, 1840
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trustee Minutes with Mortgage Bond, 1843
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Members, Possibly Pierrepont Street Baptist Church, 1847
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Olive Branch Baptist Church Announcement, 1849
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Members, First Baptist Church, 1849
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clergy, Trustee, and Committee Member List, First Baptist Church, 1849
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Deacon Hogan Case Committee, First Baptist Church, 1853
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1853-1897, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Treasurer's Account, Ladies Benevolent Society, Pierrepont Street Baptist Church, 1856-1860, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organ Sale, First Baptist Church, 1857
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Treasurer's Annual Report, First Baptist Church, 1858-1869, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trinity School Property Agreement, Pierrepont Street Baptist Church, 1873
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Church Consolidation Documents, 1873-1874, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trustee Elections, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1874, 1896-1897, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
House Committee, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1873-1900, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Social Committee, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, circa 1875
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bank of New York Safe Contents, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1884
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Long Island Baptist Association Minutes, 1874, 1882, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Baptist Autumnal Conference, 1883
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Treasurer's Report, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1885
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Members, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1885
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trustee Minutes and Correspondence, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1895-1897, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Treasurer's Reports, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1895-1897, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Building Committee, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1896
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Committee on Dr. Southerton's Resignation, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1896
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Music Committee, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1896
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Finance Committee, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1896-1900, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Title Insurance Payment, 360 Schermerhorn Street, 1896
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Articles of Faith and By-Laws, First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street, 1929
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Time Capsule Box
Box: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scope and Contents
Box presumably used as time capsule.
Sub-series 1.2: Church Histories and Anniversaries
Summary of Faith and Practice, 1823
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
South Baptist Church in Brooklyn L.I., 1846
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Copy of 1874 Law Relating to the Union of Churches, 1895
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
75th Anniversary Materials, 1898
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
90th Anniversary Materials, 1913
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
100th Anniversary Materials, 1923
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
125th Anniversary Materials, 1948
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
125th Anniversary Scrapbook, 1948
Box: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
140th Anniversary Materials, 1963
Box: 30, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
150th Anniversary Materials, 1973
Box: 30, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
165th Anniversary Materials, 1988
Box: 30, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
170th Anniversary Materials, 1993
Box: 30, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
175th Anniversary Materials, 1998
Box: 30, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
200th Anniversary Materials, 2023
Box: 30, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
General Church Histories, Typed and Handwritten, circa 1960-1990, inclusive
Box: 30, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
