Programs and Ministries

Society for Promoting Religion and Learning

1802-1982, 23 boxes or 11.5 linear feet plus oversize

Historical Note:

The Protestant Episcopal Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New York (SPRL) was founded by Trinity Church in 1802 for the purpose of supporting an informed clergy. The Vestry endowed the Society with properties from the Church Farm and required that it report annually to the Vestry on its proceedings. Over the years, the SPRL fulfilled its goals by providing financial assistance, professorial chairs, and/or fellowships to Hobart College, Columbia University, the General Theological Seminary, and St. Stephen’s College, Annandale

In 1978, the SPRL appointed the Committee to Study the Viability of the Society to review its purpose and suggest possible changes. The Committee recommended that the Society be dissolved and that its assets be distributed. The SPRL disbanded in 1981 and its funds were provided to the General Theological Seminary for a professorial chair and a visiting professorship, to the Hobart College Chaplaincy, to the Episcopal Mission Society, to the Diocese of New York, and to the McVickar prize fund at Trinity School.

Scope and Content Note:

This series contains a complete set of minutes from 1802 to 1981. There are also files dating from 1871 to dissolution in 1982. In addition to the minutes, the files contain the charter and bylaws, financial files, real estate files, Grants, and liquidation files.

Trinity Concerts

1996-2010, 1 box or .5 linear feet

In December 1996, the Concerts Program was made independent of the Music Department with Earl Tucker as Director.  In 2003, Concerts became incorporated as a not-for-profit to facilitate financial independence and accountability.  Trinity Concerts, Inc was dissolved in 2010.

Scope and Content Note:

The records contain programs and schedules for Concerts at Noon and Concerts to Go.