Baptists -- Indiana
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Baptist church history collection
Collection
Identifier: L189
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records, both originals and photostat copies, of a number of Indiana Baptist churches. Included are records of Baptist churches at Attica, Fountain County (1870-1901); Aurora, Dearborn County (1871-1883); Bloomington, Monroe County (1825-1890); Brown’s Wonder Church, Boone County (1840-1873); Ebenezer and Clear Creek, Morgan County (1830-1891); Eel River District Association, Putnam County (1825-1951); Lick Creek, Fayette County (1814-1912); Little Mt. Zion Church,...
Dates:
1798-1912
Dr. Moehlman "Indiana Primitive Baptists" manuscript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1386
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two copies of a manuscript written by Dr. Moehlman dated May 15, 1931 concerning the history of the Primitive Baptists in Indiana, beginning with the Whitewater Association in 1807 and notabley includes a d Numbers of churches and members are listed throughout the typed manuscript. Besides ministers, messengers are also listed with their "original churches."
Dates:
1931/05/15
Elias N. Shimer collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0815
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several legal documents of Elias N. Shimer ranging from 1831 to 1844. The documents include Shimer's deed for the purchase of one and a half acres south of the Brookville Road from Joshua Stevens (December 24, 1831); his Marion County Justice of the Peace commission certificate signed by Governor Noah Noble (December 6, 1837); a deed between Edward White and Abraham Jones for eighty acres in Marion County (October 30, 1833), and the indenture transferring the eighty...
Dates:
1831-1876
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Elias N. Shimer collection
Emma Hillis collection
Collection — Folder S2186
Identifier: S2186
Scope and Contents
There are four items in this collection: (1) badge of the Pereclesian Society of Franklin College, which belonged to W. H. McCoy, who graduated from that college in 1861; (2) agreement for eleven men to pay the $50 salary for Elizabeth A. Potter to teach in Marion Township, Decatur County, Indiana, dated April 14, 1862; (3) certificate granting license for E. A. Potter to teach in the common school in Decatur County, dated August 30, 1862; and (4) "Minutes of the Fifty-Fourth Anniversary of the...
Dates:
1861-1876
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Emma Hillis collection
F. Faith Hatch manuscript
Collection — Folder S608
Identifier: S0608
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an eight-page, typed account of American missionary F. Faith Hatch's experiences regarding her evacuation from Burma in 1942 due to the Japanese invasion during World War II.
Dates:
1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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F. Faith Hatch manuscript
Gibson County, Providence Primitive Baptist Church collection
Collection — Folder S1824
Identifier: S1824
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three typescript copies of the judicial business of the Providence Primitive Baptist Church of Gibson County, Indiana. Ranging from 1827 to 1845, the thirty case records consist of charges brought against members of the congregation for various transgressions, including intoxication, immoral conduct and non-attendance, anger and abrupt language, non-payment of debts, and dancing the Virginia reel.
Dates:
1827-1845
Jesse Lynch Holman letters
Collection — Folder S0676
Identifier: S0676
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters to Jesse Lynch Holman as President of the Aurora Bible Association and reports of various churches to the Laughery Association of Baptists, ranging from 1824 to 1841. Recipients other than Holman are men who served as clerk to the Laughery Association
Dates:
1824-1841, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jesse Lynch Holman letters
Memorial Baptist Church pictures
Collection — Folder S3330
Identifier: S3330
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two images of the Memorial Baptists Church in Indianapolis, Indiana at different locations ranging from the 1950s to the 1990s. The first image is a photogcopy of an illustration showing people exiting the front door of the church into the street at Belleview and West St. Clair streets. The second item is a color postcard of the church building located at 3310 West 18th Street, a brick structure with four white columns.
Dates:
circa 1950s-circa 1990
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church collection
Collection — Folder S0119
Identifier: S0119
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photocopies of letters that center on the formation of the Mount Pleasant Baptist church in Decatur Township, Indiana. Included in the letters are the transfers of church membership, agreements for the construction of church buildings, reports and greetings, member lists, and a religious poem.
Dates:
S0119
Netta Pratt letters
Collection — Folder S1076
Identifier: S1076
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four handwritten letters from Netta Pratt to Mary P. (Long) Frison in Rockville, Indiana, ranging from 1960 to 1965 regarding history of the Hollandsburg Baptist Church, and information about the people connected to it. There is also a clipping from an envelope indicating Netta's home address with notes on her maiden and married names, and date of death. The surnames mentioned in the letters include Shawley, Ball, Stout, Swain, Thomas, Spencer, Porter, Baker, Asbury,...
Dates:
1960-1965
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Netta Pratt letters
