Guide to the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Scrapbooks
Open for research.
This record group consists of sixteen scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, minutes, pamphlets, leaflets, and programs. The scrapbooks concern topics such as the exchange visits of US and Soviet churchmen, federations of churches, the Evanston assembly of the World Council of Churches, and the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches.
The archives of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America were processed in 1980-1984 through two grants awarded to the Presbyterian Historical Society by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Work under the first grant was performed by Dr. Alan Thomson and under the second grant by Donald L. Haggerty.
The archives of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America have been dated from 1950 to 1972; however, there is material dating from before and after this time period. Documents from the predecessor organizations date from as early as 1839. There is also a small amount of material found in the files from as late as 1975. The year 1972 was selected as a cutoff date for the archives because of the major reorganization which the NCC underwent at this time. The archives are arranged in the following record groups:
NCC RG 1: Planning Committee for the NCC, 1941-1951
NCC RG 2: General Assemblies, 1952-1972
NCC RG 3: General Board, 1950-1972
NCC RG 4: General Secretary, 1950-1973
NCC RG 5: Deputy General Secretary, 1947-1975
NCC RG 6: Division of Christian Life and Mission, 1945-1973
NCC RG 7: Division of Home Missions, 1950-1964
NCC RG 8: Division of Overseas Ministries, 1914-1972
NCC RG 9: Division of Christian Education, 1897-1974
NCC RG 10: Division of Christian Unity, 1935-1973
NCC RG 11: Office of Administration, 1938-1973
NCC RG 12: Assistant General Secretary for Executive Operations, 1950-1966
NCC RG 13: Washington Office, 1951-1966
NCC RG 14: Office of Planning and Program, 1943-1973
NCC RG 15: Department of Information, 1951-1974
NCC RG 16: Broadcasting and Film Commission, 1923-1974
NCC RG 17: Special Topics, 1951-1970
NCC RG 18: Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1894-1952
NCC RG 19: International Council of Religious Education, 1839-1953
NCC RG 20: Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1901-1952
NCC RG 21: National Protestant Council of Higher Education, 1911-1951
NCC RG 22: United Stewardship Council, 1917-1950
NCC RG 23: Inter-Council Field Department, 1935-1950
NCC RG 24: Association of Council Secretaries, 1915-1971
NCC RG 25: Church Executive Development Board, 1960-1974
NCC RG 26: Home Missions Council of North America, 1903-1951
NCC RG 27: Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1887-1951
NCC RG 28: Scrapbooks, 1915-1963
Catalog Note
In the society's electronic catalog, all 28 NCC record groups are cataloged together as the records of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
| Scrapbook | Description | |
| 1 | Elias B. Sanford Scrapbook Concerning Federations of Churches, Undated | |
| 2 | Federal Council of Churches, Memorial from Leaders of Religious Bodies in Wales, 1925 | |
| 3 | Federal Council of Churches, Department of Race Relations, 1925 - 1926 | |
| 4 | Federal Council of Churches, Department of Race Relations, 1941 | |
| 5 | Federal Council of Churches, Department of Race Relations, 1942 | |
| 6 | Federal Council of Churches, Department of Race Relations, Richard B. Harrison Recital, 1931 | |
| 7 | Congress of Christian Work in Latin America (Panama), 1915 | |
| 8 | Congress of Christian Work in Latin America (Panama), 1916 | |
| 9 | NCC Delegation Visit to Russia, 1956 | |
| 10 | NCC Delegation Visit to Russia, 1956 | |
| 11 | Soviet Delegation Visit to the United States, 1963 | |
| 12 | World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois, Assembly, 1954 | |
| 13 | World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois, Assembly, 1954 | |
| 14 | World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois, Assembly, Chicago Newspaper Coverage, 1954 | |
| 15 | World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois, Assembly, Chicago Newspaper Coverage, 1954 | |
| 16 | Rochester, New York, and The World Church Movement, 1927 |