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Lakeside Baptist Church of Duluth, Minnesota collection, 1954-2010

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Chu-MN-12

Scope and Contents

The general Lakeside Baptist Church folder contains the minutes of the church organization meeting of 1955, a Somrgasbord of Recipes and Food from the Woman's Missionary Society from 1965, a 1965 issue of Lakeside Baptist Newsette, a report of the Planning Committee from 1978, and a picture montage of the Christmas parade in 2004.

The Constitution folder holds copies of the constitution, by-laws, and later revisions.

The Directories folder holds membership lists from 1969, 1997, 1998, and a membership booklet explaining membership expectation.

The Bulletins date primarily to the late 1950s.

The Attendance Statistics date between 1971 to 2002.

The Building Addition folder dates to 1998 to 2001 and contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and pamphlets regarding the new foyer area of the building.

The Women's Missionary Society notebook dates between 1955 and 1986, and contains meeting minutes.

The Financial and Business records folders date to the 1990s and early 2000s, containing budgets, financial statistics, and policies.

The Annual Reports date between 1956 to 2010, excluding 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984.

The Scrapbook 1 and 2 folders contain the pages from scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, bulletins, photographs, and correspondence.

The Photographs series is made up of folders of general unidentified folders, some photograph albums, pastor photographs removed from picture frames, Bible School, and Vacation Bible School. There are also photographic slides of the Women's Missionary Society, church members, Dr. Virgil Olson speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony in 1956, and the building.

The Guest books date between 1969 to 2010 and list visitors to the church.

Four ledgers date between 1954 to 1972, and contain meeting minutes for business meetings, advisor board meetings, and the deacon meetings.

The Articles of Incorporation folder dates to 1955.

The Ordination cassette was recorded during the ordination of Pastor Lanny Law in 1986.

Dates

  • 1954 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for researcher use.

Historical Note

Lakeside Baptist Church of Duluth was organized in July 1955, and they met at Lakeside School. The groundbreaking for the church building took place in 1956 at 4501 Glenwood Street, which was dedicated in 1960. In 1969 the education building was built. Between 1998 and 2001, the building was updated through a Heart for the Harvest campaign. The church is now closed.

Extent

4.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The Financial and Business records were arranged previous to processing in 2024, and reflect the same arrangement, likely the organization of a former binder.

The Annual Reports are arranged chronologically.

Custodial History

This collection was donated at an unknown time after 2010.

Title
Lakeside Baptist Church of Duluth, Minnesota collection, 1954-2010
Author
Rebekah Bain
Date
May 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The History Center: Archives of Bethel University and Converge Repository

Contact:
3900 Bethel Drive
Arden Hills MINNESOTA 55112 United States