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New Haven East Association records

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1295

Scope and Contents

The collection contains bound volumes of manuscript meeting minutes for the New Haven East Association and the Consociation of the County of New Haven, New Haven East Consociation, Association of the County of New-Haven, and New Haven Union Association of Congregational Ministers. Also present are other records and papers related to the business of the association, its member churches and foreign missions, its mutual improvement societies, and a painted metal box that formerly held the records.

Dates

  • 1725-1903

Creator

Language of Materials

In English.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The New Haven East Association Records is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the New Haven East Association, 1887-1903.

Arrangement

Organized into three series: I. Minute Books, 1737-1903. II. Papers of Regional Churches, 1758-1850. III. Other Papers, 1725-1903.

Associated Materials

New Haven West Association Records (GEN MSS 1296), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Extent

5.2 Linear Feet ((11 boxes) + 1 art)

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.newhaveneast

Abstract

The collection contains bound volumes of manuscript meeting minutes for the New Haven East Association and the Consociation of the County of New Haven, New Haven East Consociation, Association of the County of New-Haven, and New Haven Union Association of Congregational Ministers. Also present are other records and papers related to the business of the association, its member churches and foreign missions, its mutual improvement societies, and a painted metal box that formerly held the records.

New Haven East Association

The Association of the County of New-Haven, an organization of Connecticut Congregational ministers, was formed in 1709 following a meeting of twelve ministers and four church laymen called by the colonial legislature. Held in Saybrook, Connecticut, the meeting resulted in the "Saybrook Platform," a new constitution for the Congregational Church in Connecticut, which gave associations the responsibility to examine candidates for the ministry, and to oversee the behavior of the ministers. In 1787 the association was divided to form the New Haven East Association and the New Haven West Association, with the course of the Quinnipiac River as the geographical line. The two organizations were again united by unanimous resolution in 1893 to form the New Haven Union Association of Congregational Ministers in Connecticut. That organization merged with the New Haven Central Association in 1903.

The Consociation of the County of New-Haven, an organization of Congregational churches and pastors also formed in 1709, was devoted to the management of ecclesiastical discipline. That organization, with a membership composed of both church members and pastors, could impose discipline on specific churches and judge disputes that arose. It later evolved into two separate bodies called the New Haven East Consociation (established in 1787) and the Consociation of the Western District of New Haven County (established in 1799).

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

The records in this collection had been arranged by the association before being transferred to the Yale University Library. That arrangement was retained when the records were rehoused in 2015.

This collection includes materials previously identified by the following call number: MS Vault New Haven East

Title
Guide to the New Haven East Association Records
Author
by Beinecke Staff
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

Contact:
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New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

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