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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of New Mexico records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-0172
 
The Christian Church of New Mexico Records span the years 1912-1983. The materials are dividing to twelve series: Administrative Files; Christian Women's Fellowship; Correspondence; Financial Records; New Mexico Churches; Properties; Publications; Reading Files; State Assemblies and Conventions; State Board Meeting Minutes; Scrapbook; and Photographs.

The Administrative Files series contains nationally distributed materials from the Christian Church, by-laws and constitutions, secretary's files, and other office related materials.

The Christian Woman's Fellowship series contain annual reports, by-laws and constitutions, minutes, and clippings documenting specific activities. Also included are convention programs, leadership personnel files, memorial gift lists, and leader's guides.

The Correspondence series contains letters mainly received from 1968-1975. The bulk of this material pertains to State Minister Herb Miller during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The largest series is Financial Records. The majority of these items are bank statements, cancelled checks, checkbook stubs, and deposit slips, dated after 1970. Specific items contained in this series include Board of Church Extension loan information, correspondence with the Church Finance Council, reports from offerings received, Unified Promotion comparative statements of offerings and monthly reports, trust fund material, and raw data for Christian Church's annual yearbook.

The New Mexico Churches series contains the files the state office maintained for each church. These materials include correspondence, blueprints, and documentation of clerical turnover.

The Properties series was created out of a group of unarranged materials that dealt largely with property maintenance and future church site development. Included in this series is a narrative script for a slide show given around 1970 on the various New Mexico church buildings and sites.

Publications include files copies of the newsletter "New Mexico Christian" and its predecessor the "Arizona-New Mexico Christian."

During Herb Miller's tenure as state minister, his outgoing correspondence was kept in a Readings file. The Readings File series contains copies of letters sent discussing various church issues, including the church involvement in social and community affairs and the problems of ministers leaving their ministries.

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Access and Use Restrictions
This material may be examined by researchers under supervised conditions in the Search Room.
Dates
1912-1983
Extent
20 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Contains by-laws and constitutions, material from Christian Men's Fellowship retreats, Christian Youth Fellowship newsletter, historical information, guidance and counseling sheets, pamphlets and newsletters from Jemez House, correspondence with the New Mexico Inter-Church agency, New Mexico Reaches Out project information, reconciliation recommendations, secretary's files, a song book, Study Committee for State Objectives material and items relating to ecumenical discussions with the West Texas Area. Arranged alphabetically by subject and document type and chronologically thereunder.
Dates
1937-1975.
Extent
26 folders.

1948-1959

 File — Box-Folder: 1:1
Dates
1948-1959

1964-1966

 File — Box-Folder: 1:2
Dates
1964-1966

1966-1977

 File — Box-Folder: 1:3
Dates
1966-1977
Dates
1961-1973

1958-1969

 File — Box-Folder: 1:5
Dates
1958-1969

1970-1971

 File — Box-Folder: 1:6
Dates
1970-1971

1950-1956

 File — Box-Folder: 1:7
Dates
1950-1956

1957-1964

 File — Box-Folder: 2:1
Dates
1957-1964
Dates
1953-1963, n.d.

Church History,, 1942, 1960, n.d.

 File — Box-Folder: 2:3
Dates
1942, 1960, n.d.
Dates
1971-April 1973

1971-April 1973

 File — Box-Folder: 2:4
Dates
1971-April 1973

July 1973-1974

 File — Box-Folder: 2:5
Dates
July 1973-1974

Historical Material,, 1937-1965

 File — Box-Folder: 2:6
Dates
1937-1965

Guidance and Counseling Sheets,, 1976

 File — Box-Folder: 2:7
Dates
1976
 

Jemez House,, 1972-1974

 File — Box-Folder: 2:8
Dates
1972-1974

1972-1974

 File — Box-Folder: 3:1
Dates
1972-1974

February-September 1975

 File — Box-Folder: 3:2
Dates
February-September 1975

October 1975-1976

 File — Box-Folder: 3:3
Dates
October 1975-1976

New Mexico Reaches Out,, 1974-1975

 File — Box-Folder: 3:4
Dates
1974-1975

Reconciliation Recommendation,, 1975

 File — Box-Folder: 3:5
Dates
1975

Secretary's File,, 1969-1970

 File — Box-Folder: 3:6
Dates
1969-1970

Song Book,, n.d.

 File — Box-Folder: 3:7
Dates
n.d.
Dates
1971-1972

1972

 File — Box-Folder: 3:9
Dates
1972

January-September 1973

 File — Box-Folder: 3:10
Dates
January-September 1973

October 1973-1974

 File — Box-Folder: 4:1
Dates
October 1973-1974
Includes the Woman's Christian Missionary Society's (Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Southwest Texas and Utah) "Annual Reports and Items of Interest" (1943-1966), a book list, by-laws and constitutions, clippings, convention programs and printed items, correspondence (1944-1973), current files (1961-1967), financial records, history, leader guides, leadership personnel files, memorial gift list, minutes (1944-1966), and reports of the Christian Woman's Fellowship. Arranged alphabetically by document type and chronologically thereunder.
Dates
1933-1973.
Extent
36 folders.

1943-1951

 File — Box-Folder: 4:2
Dates
1943-1951

1952-1957

 File — Box-Folder: 4:3
Dates
1952-1957

1958-1966

 File — Box-Folder: 4:4
Dates
1958-1966

Book List,, n.d.

 File — Box-Folder: 4:5
Dates
n.d.