- Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Administrative Information
- Publication Rights
- Access
- Historical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Container List
First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) Records
Collection Summary
- Repository
- University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
- Creator
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.).
- Title
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) Records
- ID
- mss.078
- Date [inclusive]
- 1830-1978
- Extent
- 2.4 Linear feet 2 ft.
- Location
- Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library
- Language
- Abstract
- Church Clerk records (1830-70), Advisory Board records (1886-1936), and Society records (1848-65).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) Records, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.
Historical Note
The First Baptist Church of Burlington, Vermont was organized on September 26, 1834, with an original congregation of five men and six women. Prior to 1834, the Baptists of Burlington had met as a branch of the Williston Baptist Church. During its first few years of independent existence, the Burlington church had no regular pastor, and was in danger of being disbanded until the late 1850's. Support picked up during the Civil War, however, and a large new church building on St. Paul Street was dedicated in 1864. Since then, the First Baptist Church has grown steadily in both size of congregation and scope of church activities. In 1970, the Church membership was about 600.
Scope and Content Note
The First Baptist Church Papers consist of twelve bound volumes of church records. There are ten volumes of records of the church clerk, covering the years 1830-1870. In addition, there is one volume of Advisory Board Records for 1886-1936, and one volume of First Baptist Society Records for 1848-1865. Carton three contains a 1979 addition to the collection.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.).
Geographic Name(s)
- Burlington, (Vt.)
Subject(s)
- Churches--Vermont--Burlington.