The Independent Congregational Church Records document the history of this Congregational church in Salem, Massachusetts. The records are divided into four series: Administrative Records, Financial Records, Club Records, and Miscellaneous Papers.

Series I. Administrative Records include two record books, 1824-1866 and 1866-1899. The record books include: a brief history of the church; the Act of Incorporation, January 25, 1825; regulations and bylaws, records of happenings in the church such as resignations and appointments of ministers; reports of meetings; special programs and newspaper clippings.

Series II. Financial Records consists of a treasurer's record book which documents pew rents and records of receipts and payments; a collector's book of assessment of taxes which lists pews by number, valuation, name of owner, yearly assessment of taxes on pews and remarks; and record book of pew taxes listed alphabetically by owners and years. Some miscellaneous financial records will also be found in Series IV.

Series III. Club Records include records of the Barton Square Club, the Barton Square Guild, and the Young People's Guild. These records document the purpose of the clubs, constitution, lists of members, minutes of meetings, programs, and newspaper clippings.

Series IV. Miscellaneous Papers are organized by year from 1824 to 1907, and include some legal papers, bills and receipts, pew taxes, insurance policy, correspondence, papers from the estate of Willard Peele, drawings, plans and elevation of the Chapel, 1824, and list of original proprietors, 1824.