Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago Records
Scope and Content of the Collection
Minutes, financial records, membership information, miscellaneous receipts and correspondence, event programs, and newsletters of the Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago. Also orders of worship, event programs, miscellaneous correspondence, and newsletters of the Hebron Welsh Westminster United Presbyterian Church.
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1996
Creator
- Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English and Welsh.
Conditions Governing Access
The Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago Records are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
History of the Cambrian Benevolent Society and the Hebron Welsh Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Chicago-area Welsh-American benevolent society.
The Cambrian Benevolent Society was founded in 1853 to support Welsh immigrants in Chicago. The Society relied on membership fees, concerts, picnics and other events to support the community. The Society continues to celebrate Welsh culture, heritage, and history through events and publications.
The collection also includes materials from the Hebron Welsh Westminster United Presbyterian Church (1844-1987). The church first met in cobbler William Davies’ home on Randolph Street in Chicago in 1844. After outgrowing two other locations, the then-Methodist congregation constructed a church at the corner of Adams Street and Francisco Avenue in 1902. In 1920, the congregation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, and in 1956 it moved to 5916 W. Rice Street. At its dissolution in 1987, the church was based in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Extent
3.9 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Abstract
Minutes, financial records, membership information, miscellaneous receipts and correspondence, event programs, and newsletters of the Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago (1853-ongoing). Also orders of worship, event programs, miscellaneous correspondence, and newsletters of the Hebron Welsh Westminster United Presbyterian Church (closed 1987).
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series
- Series 1: Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago Records, 1853-1996
- Boxes 1-4
- Series 2: Hebron Welsh Westminster United Presbyterian Church Records, 1918-1987
- Box 5
Collection Stack Location
1 39 2
Provenance
Gift, Cambrian Benevolent Society, 2014.
Appendix: Books Cataloged Separately
The following four books came with the Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago Records and were separated out to be cataloged individually and added to the Newberry’s monograph collection.
Processed by
Katie McMahon, 2017.
Subject
- Hebron Welsh Church (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Hebron Welsh Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Hebron Welsh United Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Hebron Welsh Westminster United Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago Records, 1853-1996
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katie McMahon
- Date
- ©2019.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org