First Unitarian Universalist Church Records | Church Collections | State University of New York College at Buffalo

Records exist of early Universalist and Unitarian churches in Niagara County. But the present First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara came into existence through the efforts of J. Allen Johnson, late of Niagara Falls, NY, and his associates. On Dec. 30, 1913, on the letterhead of the Ontario Power Company, Mr. Johnson requests fellow engineer John W. Beckman to accompany the Rev. Richard W. Boynton of the First Unitarian Church of Buffalo to the Niagara Falls Odd Fellows Hall where Boynton was to preach on Jan. 4, 1914. A list of those possibly interested in a “liberal religion” had been compiled, and post cards were mailed advising them of the service. This group met more or less regularly the next few years, moving around the city from the Christian Science Reading Room, the Odd Fellows Hall, Temple Beth El, to the Painters and Decorators Union Hall over the Gray & Trigg Monument shop at 910 Main St.

Speakers from other Unitarian churches and students from Meadville Theological School addressed the group. Many of its members were former Universalists or belonged to a local debating club, the Junto. The Rev. O. Bruce Swift, from Middletown, NY, became the church’s first minister, beginning his pastorate on March 6, 1920. Notices in the Niagara Falls newspaper announced that the church would be formally established on Oct. 17, 1920. There were 34 charter members of the First Unitarian Church of Niagara Falls, NY.

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Annual Meeting; 1979-04-06

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Board of Trustee Meeting; 1983-03-16

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Book of Rememberence; 1954

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Bylaws; 1953-1959

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Bylaws; 1959

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Construction Records; 1921

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Construction Records; Church Building Photographs; 1920

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Construction Records; Church Elevator; 2002

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Construction Records; Specifications of Materials-Labor; undated c. 1950

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Correspondence; Capital Improvement Campaign; 1955-03-05

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Correspondence; Ministerial Search Letter; 1980-02-27

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Correspondence; Ministerial Search Packet; Congregation Demographics; 1979-12-12

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Correspondence; Ministerial Search Packet; Ian Evison; 1980-05-07

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Guest Book; Volume 1; 1946-1953

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Guest Book; Volume 2; 1968-1989

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Guest Book; Volume 3; 1968-1989

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
History; Booklet; 1980

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
History; Church News and Events; 1900-1996

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
History; Church Prospectus; 1978-1979

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Membership Roll; c. 1950

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Newsletter; 1955-06-29

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Newsletter; 1955-09-25

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Newsletter; 1958-03-07

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Newsletter; Tribute to George Marshall; 1958-02-03

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Memorial Society Papers; 1956-1977

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Memorial Society Papers; Bylaws; 1983-03-31

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Memorial Society Papers; Membership List; 1960-09-30

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Pamphlet; Capital Improvement Campaign; 1955-03-14

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Pamphlet; Church Directory; 1955-09-25

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Pamphlet; Funeral Services; 1960-1983

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Pamphlet; Historic Lewiston

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Pamphlet; Service; 1979-12-18

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Pamphlet; Service; 1979-12-23

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Pamphlet; Service; 1980-01-22

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Photographs

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Photographs; 1953-11-29

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Photographs; Former Pastors; 1955

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Photographs; Pastor; 1955

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1947-1954

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1950-1964

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1953-1959

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1953-1959 (2)

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1959-1964

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1964-1966

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1965-1967

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1967-1970

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Newspaper Clippings; 1970-1971; 50th Anniversary

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls
Scrapbook; Womens Alliance Clippings, Posters & Photos; 1972

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara Falls

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