Guide to the National Presbyterian Center (Washington, D.C.) Records

Descriptive Summary

Title

National Presbyterian Center (Washington, D.C.) Records

Inclusive Dates

1947-1970

Bulk Dates

1948-1963

Call Number

RG 134

Creator(s)

National Presbyterian Center (Washington, D.C.)

Quantity

1.00 cubic foot

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. Medical, educational, and psychological records of living people are closed.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

In the late 1940s, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA established the objective of building "for all the ages a great church which will preserve and develop for the American people the message of the Reformed faith and which will be an adequate witness in the Nation's Capital to the Presbyterian ideas of personal, political and religious freedom."
The National Church was founded in 1947 through the formal merger of the congregations of the Church of the Covenant and the First Presbyterian Church of Washington.

Fundraising for a national center began in earnest in the 1950s. The National Presbyterian Center, based at National Presbyterian Church but separate from it, was dedicated in 1970.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

National Presbyterian Center (Washington, D.C.)

National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)

Topical Subject

Dedication services.

Corporate Added Name

National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 134, donor correspondence

	2-3	Background and Planning correspondence; Planning proposals and reports Resolutions of congregational boards/committees, 1948-63
	4	Existing Physical Plant, Planning of Structure--Preliminary correspondence and Surveys, 1947-54
	5	Advisory Council--Minutes and reports, 1948-61; Sponsors' Committee--Minutes, 1956
	6	Council Minutes and related papers, 1961-62
	7	Policy and Planning Committee--Minutes and related papers, 1949-52
	8	Dedication of Cornerstone, Tribute Luncheon for General Eisenhower--Background and planning correspondence, 1967
	9	Memorials Committee--Minutes, 1968-69
	10	Dedicatory Year Committee--Minutes, calendars, related correspondence, 1968-70; Correspondence re Duke Ellington Concert at NPC&C, 1969-70
	11	Dedicatory Year Handbook--Planning correspondence, 1969-70
	12	Dr. Edward L.R. Elson--Correspondence, 1948-49
	13	Moderatorial Visits to NPC--Planning correspondence,1949-59; Moderatorial Sermon, 1959.

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