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First Italian Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Ill. Records (Digitized Microfilm)

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The digitized content of the First Italian Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Ill. Records, 1891-1940 consists of the Minutes of the First Italian Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Ill., 1891-1926, as well as the Church Register for those years, listing pastors, elders, deacons, communicants, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. In addition, the collection includes the Minutes of the Session of the Samaritan (later Waldensian) Presbyterian Church, a splinter group of the First Italian Presbyterian Church, 1923-40.

The First Italian Presbyterian Church in Chicago was the earliest Presbyterian Church in Chicago, and it is considered the first church organized in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in June 1833, it is the oldest continuously operating institution in Chicago and predates the founding of Chicago as a town by two months.

The digitized content contains organizational records of the Church’s members, meetings, and functions. The content provides information on subjects including Cook County, Italian Americans, Presbyterianism, and religious communities in Illinois.

The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the microfilm copies of the First Italian Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Ill. Records, 1891-1940 (MS 629). The original records are held by the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The microfilm copies held by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections were completely digitized in 2022. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.

Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church, First Italian Presbyterian Church, Book I, 1882-1913