US-RUn-msg99 Register to the Records of the Episcopal Church Women Finding aid prepared by Kevin J. Logan and Beth Ullucci. University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives Unit 2007
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 Finding aid encoded by Kate Freedman on 2007 June 11, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 August 17 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Overview of the Collection Episcopal Church Women of Rhode Island Episcopal Church Women of Rhode Island 1875-1987 16 boxes (8 linear feet) The Records of the Episcopal Church Women of Rhode Island consist of materials from 1875-1987, documenting its administrative, and financial activities throughout the twentieth century life of the organization. The collection, which is divided into four series, consists of correspondence, organization publications, copies of the organization's articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws, photographs, lists of officers, surveys and questionnaires, annual reports, meeting minutes, and financial documents. Special Collections and University Archives
15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu
 Mss. Gr. 216 The records are in English. Historical Information

The Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of Rhode Island, was founded in 1878 as the Rhode Island Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. As its role broadened and became more central to the life of the Episcopal Church, the organization changed its name to that of Episcopal Church Women in 1959. Today it is a charitable and service organization of women affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. The state organization is a loose association of local parish groups which is in turn part of a regional and national organization of Episcopal Church Women. At the state level, the organization is concerned primarily with fund-raising and service activities for a wide range of social service agencies and overseas missions.

Open for research.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.

Preferred Citation

Records of the Episcopal Church Women, Mss. Gr. 99, University of Rhode Island Special Collections.

 Scope and Content Note

Though comprehensive, there are some gaps in the records. Though the organization was founded in 1878, very few records exist which predate the twentieth century. The records contained herein span the twentieth century life of the organization and document its administrative, and financial activities.

 Arrangement

After processing, the records were organized into four series as follows:

1. Subject Files 2. Annual Reports 3. Annual and Board Meetings 4. Financial Records

Open for research.

 Acquisitions Information

The records of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Rhode Island were deposited in the Special Collections Department of the University of Rhode Island Library in 1989 by its then president.

As new officers were elected, the records were transferred from one set of officers to another.

This collection was processed in 1991 by Beth Ullucci.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.

See records of individual Episcopal parishes for related materials concerning auxiliary chapters of the Episcopal Church Women.

There are no known separate materials.

No further materials are expected for this collection.

 Names Records, 1875-1987 Episcopal Church Women of Rhode Island Subjects Episcopal Church Women of Rhode Island -- Records and correspondence Episcopal Church. Diocese of Rhode Island Episcopal Church -- Charities Women in church work -- Rhode Island Church charities -- Rhode Island RIAMCO Browsing Terms Religion Inventory Series 1 Subject Files 1875-1987 6 boxes (3 linear feet) articles of incorporation bylaws (administrative records) letters (correspondence) manuals (instructional materials) photographs questionnaires wills

This series contains records which document the administrative and program functions of the Episcopal Church Women. Topics include publications, committees, the activities of Episcopal Church Women in other dioceses, estates and wills, organizations, overseas missions supported by the Episcopal Church Women, and changes in the organization's name and focus.

Included are correspondence, organization publications, copies of wills in which the Episcopal Church Women is named as a beneficiary, organizational handbooks and manuals, copies of the organization's articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws, photographs, lists of officers, and surveys and questionnaires.

Arrangement

The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject or type of record and chronologically within folders.

 1 1 undated Altar Guild Veil 1 2 1927, 1956 Articles of Incorporation: Amendment to Change Organization Name 1 3 1977-1978, 1981-1982 Audit Reports 1 4 1982-1991 Brochures and Flyers 1 5 undated Brochures and Flyers 1 6 1929-1930 The Bulletin 1 7 1932-1933 The Bulletin 1 8 1934-1935 The Bulletin 2 9 1936-1945 The Bulletin 2 10 1946-1950 The Bulletin 2 11 1951-1955 The Bulletin 2 12 1956-1958 The Bulletin 2 13 1959-1964 The Bulletin 2 14 1965-1969 Feb The Bulletin (merged with RI Churchman) 2 15 1971-1984 Church Women United in Rhode Island 3 16 undated Committee: Christian Social Relations, Committee Annual Report 3 17 1955 Committee: Committee to Study the Proposal of the Dept. of Christian Social Relations 3 18 1982, 1989-1991 Committee: Nominating Committee Reports 3 19 1985, 1988, 1991, undated Constitution and By-Laws 3 20 1940-1965 Correspondence 3 21 1966-1986 Correspondence 3 22 1987-1988 Mar Correspondence 3 23 1988 Apr-1989 Sep Correspondence 3 24 1989 Oct-1990 Sep Correspondence 4 25 1990 Oct -1993 Correspondence 4 26 1935 Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice 4 27 1984 The Diocesan Directory 4 28 1914 The Diocesan Record 4 29 1984 Diocese of Arizona: Episcopal Churchwomen 4 30 1962-1971 Diocese of Connecticut: Episcopal Churchwomen 4 31 1965-1970 Diocese of Maine: Episcopal Churchwomen 4 32 1965-1971 Diocese of Massachusetts: Episcopal Churchwomen 4 33 1966 Diocese of New Hampshire: Episcopal Churchwomen 4 34 1967-1970 Diocese of New York: Episcopal Churchwomen 5 35 1965-1969 Diocese of Vermont: Convention Journal and Annual Report of Women's Work 5 36 1970 Diocese of Vermont: Convention journal 5 37 1970, 1986-1987 ECW Communique 5 38 1988-1990 ECW Communique 5 39 1924 Emery, Julia Chester: Biography of 5 40 undated Episcopal Church Women in the Life of the Church 5 41 1987 Episcopal Diocese of RI: Study and Recommendations 5 42 1978 Episcopal Church Women Day: A Proclamation 5 43 1941 Estates and Wills: Leonora Bassett 5 44 1966-1967 Estates and Wills: Alice and Eunice Dexter 6 45 1968 Estates and Wills: Mary Mahon Hoppin 6 46 1929-1963 Estates and Wills: Hope Brown Russell 6 47 1966-1970 Executive Council of the Episcopal Church: Committee for Women 6 48 1990 Her daughters shall rise up: The women's witnessing community at Lambeth, 1988 6 49 1875-1877 Indian Aid Society: Annual Reports 6 50 1984-1990 Journal of women's ministries 6 51 1974-1977 Mary M. Hoppin Scholarship Fund 6 52 1978-1987 Mary M. Hoppin Scholarship Fund 6 53 1988-1991 Mary M. Hoppin Scholarship Fund 7 54 1943-1944, 1950-1953 National Executive Board of the Women's Auxiliary 7 55 1954-1958 National Executive Board of the Women's Auxiliary 7 56 1983 National Institute for Lay Training 7 57 1946, undated New England Council of Episcopal Church Women 7 58 undated Nursing Home Proposal 7 59 1955-1971 Officers of the Episcopal Church Women: Lists of 7 60 1978 One Hundredth Anniversary Celebration Program 7 61 1978-1979 Peltz, Margaret 7 62 1989-1990, undated Photographs: Unidentified 7 63 undated The President's Book 7 64 undated Printed and Published Materials 7 65 undated Printed and Published Materials: Missions 7 66 1960 Protestant Service Organization of Rhode Island, Inc.: By-Laws 8 67 1982-1988 Province I Episcopal Churchwomen 8 68 1989-1991, undated Province I Episcopal Churchwomen 8 69 1986 Province I Episcopal Churchwomen: Council for Women's Ministries 8 70 1949-1959 Provincial Projects 8 71 1991 Race and Ethnic Relations in the Episcopal Church, an Overview 8 72 1988 Reaching Towards Wholeness: the Participation of Women in the Episcopal Church 8 73 1985? Resource Booklet 8 74 1969-1970 Jun Rhode Island Churchman See also: The Bulletin 9 75 1970 Aug-1971 Mar Rhode Island Churchman. 9 76 1961-1962 St. Margaret's Episcopal Graduate School for Women: Catalogue 9 77 undated St. Martha's (?) Home 9 78 1949 St. Paul's, Pawtucket: History of 9 79 undated Seamen's Church Institute of Newport 9 80 1955-1969 Sermons 9 81 1965, undated Surveys and Questionnaires 9 82 1979-1980 Surveys and Questionnaires 9 83 1966 Taiwan Episcopal Church 9 84 1979 Triennial Meeting (36th) 9 85 1988 Triennial Meeting (39th) 9 86 1988 Triennial Meeting (39th) Audiocassettes of Workshops 10 87 1988 Triennial Meeting (39th) Photo Album 10 88 1991 Triennial Meeting (40th) 10 89 1990 Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration of the Diocese 10 90 undated United Church Women 10 91 1976 Vestryman's Guide 10 92 1954 What is Windham House? 10 93 1930 The Woman's Auxiliary in the Life of the Church 10 94 1923 The Woman's Auxiliary to the National Council: A Handbook 10 95 1942, 1951-1956 Women in the Life of the Church 10 96 1991 Youth Ministries Research Project: Findings and Recomendations 10 97 undated Miscellaneous Series 2 Annual Reports 1905-1986 2 boxes (1 linear feet) annual reports

This series contains the printed Annual Reports to the Diocese of the Episcopal Church Women. The Annual Reports document the program and fiscal activities of the organization. In addition to the narrative annual report of the president, the volumes also include reports of the other officers and committees, a directory of officers and corresponding secretaries for each local parish, a calendar of events, and a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the organization.

 Arrangement

The Annual Reports are arranged chronologically by year.

 11 1 1905-1908 Annual Reports 11 2 1910, 1911, 1913 Annual Reports 11 3 1935-1943 Annual Reports 11 4 1943-1947 Annual Reports 11 5 1947-1951 Annual Reports 11 6 1951-1955 Annual Reports 11 7 1955-1957 Annual Reports 11 8 1957-1961 Annual Reports 11 9 1961-1964 Annual Reports 12 10 1964-1966 Annual Reports 12 11 1966-1968 Annual Reports 12 12 1968-1970 Annual Reports 12 13 1970-1974 Annual Reports 12 14 1974-1977 Annual Reports 12 15 1977-1979 Annual Reports 12 16 1979-1981 Annual Reports 12 17 1981-1983 Annual Reports 12 18 1983-1986 Annual Reports Series 3 Annual and Board Meetings 1917-1986 3 boxes (1.5 linear feet) agendas (administrative records) minutes reports

This series consists of the typed minutes of the annual and Board of Directors' meetings. Some enclosures such as agenda and copies of treasurer's reports are also included. The minutes of these meetings reveal the concerns, changing interests, and ever broadening role of the organization as it evolved over a seventy year period.

 Arrangement

The records in this series are arranged chronologically by the date of the meeting.

 13 1 1917-1919 Minutes of Meetings 13 2 1920-1925 Minutes of Meetings 13 3 1926-1930 Minutes of Meetings 13 4 1931-1933 Minutes of Meetings 13 5 1934-1935 Minutes of Meetings 13 6 1936-1939 Minutes of Meetings 13 7 1940 Minutes of Meetings 13 8 1940 Minutes of Meetings 13 9 1942-1943 Minutes of Meetings 14 10 1944-1946 Minutes of Meetings 14 11 1947-1948 Minutes of Meetings 14 12 1949-1950 Minutes of Meetings 14 13 1951-1952 Minutes of Meetings 14 14 1953-1954 Minutes of Meetings 14 15 1955-1956 Minutes of Meetings 14 16 1957-1959 Minutes of Meetings 14 17 1960-1964 Minutes of Meetings 14 18 1965-1968 Minutes of Meetings 15 19 1969-1972 Minutes of Meetings 15 20 1973-1977 Minutes of Meetings 15 21 1978-1981 Minutes of Meetings 15 22 1982 Minutes of Meetings 15 23 1984-1986 Minutes of Meetings 15 24 1987-1991 Minutes of Meetings Series 4 Financial Records 1930-1984 5 boxes (2.5 linear feet) financial statements ledgers (account books) reports

The records contained in this series document the financial activities of the Episcopal Church Women for an approximately fifty year period in the mid to late twentieth century. Financial records for the first fifty years of the organization's existence were apparently lost or destroyed. Types of records represented include cash receipt and disbursement ledgers for specific programs, check registers, financial statements, investment reports, and records relating to the involvement of the Episcopal Church Women in the United Thank Offering.

 Arrangement

The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject or type of record and chronologically within folders.

Treasurer's Reports are included in the organization's Annual Reports which can be found in Series II.

 12 1 1949 Jun 17-1952 Dec 1 Check Register (removed from binding) 12 2 1964 May 8-1965 May 29 Check Register 12 3 1965 Jun 11-1966 Apr 14 Check Register 12 4 1966 Apr 15-1967 Apr 18 Check Register 12 5 1967 Apr 24-1968 May 2 Check Register 12 6 1968 May 2-1969 May 1 Check Register 12 7 1969 May 1-1970 Apr 9 Check Register 12 8 1970 Apr 9-1971 Apr 1 Check Register 13 9 1930, 1931, 1964, 1980 Investment Trusts: Reports on 13 10 1981-1982 Investment Trusts: Reports on 13 11 1942-1968 Ledgers: Bequests and Funds 13 12 1964-1970 Ledgers: Bequests and Funds 13 13 1971 Ledgers: Bequests and Funds 14 14 1948-1972 Jun Ledgers: Cash Receipts/ Disbursements 14 15 1947-1959 Jul 1 Ledgers: General 15 16 1959 Nov-1978 Ledgers: General 15 17 1960-1977 Ledgers: Missions, Penny-A-Week, Supply 16 18 1960-1969 United Thank Offering: Correspondence 16 19 1970-1982 Mar, scattered United Thank Offering: Correspondence 16 20 1982 Apr-1984 United Thank Offering: Correspondence 16 21 undated United Thank Offering: Correspondence 16 22 undated United Thank Offering: Brochures and Pamphlets 16 23 1947-1954 United Thank Offering: Financial Statements 16 24 1955-1963 United Thank Offering: Financial Statements 16 25 1963-1968 United Thank Offering: Financial Statements 16 26 1947-1960 United Thank Offering: Ledger Sheets