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Church history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Coal Creek Community and Church of God collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2538
Scope and Contents This collection includes a record book containing the articles of association and other documents regarding the Rational Brethren of Oxford (1816-1821); the Coal Creek Community and Church of God manifest, constitution, meeting minutes, records of withdrawls of membership, and records of money paid by members for the purpose of buying land (1823-1832); and undated poems clipped from newspapers. The collection also includes photostatic copies of the church manifest and constitution, an article...
Dates: 1816-1923

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

First Presbyterian Church of Mount Vernon, Indiana history

 Collection — Folder S2746
Identifier: S2746
Scope and Contents This collection contains two photostat copies of the history of the First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Vernon, Indiana compiled by Jennie L. Wade, William Ruminer, C.H. Fullinwider, Otto C. Klein, and Lena Evertson and written circa 1937. The history includes information regarding the early ministers of the church; the names of charter members of the Young Ladies' Society, the Young People's Christian Endeavor society, the Dorcas Circle, and the Martha Hunter Guild; descriptions of the...
Dates: circa 1937-1938

Fountain County collection

 Collection — Folder S1663
Identifier: S1663
Scope and Contents This collection has several items related to Fountain County, Indiana, including an August 17, 1925 handwritten letter sent by Karl Van Devanter of Veedersburg to Kate Milner Rabb at the Indianapolis Star regarding the preservation of the old state road that was used by pioneers from Cincinnati and other eastern points to travel to the Fountain County; two letters from September 1925 that were sent to Rabb from J. Wesley Whicker of Attica in response to the...
Dates: 1925-1965

Fred Griffith papers

 Collection — Folder S544
Identifier: S0544
Scope and Contents This collection includes a carbon copy of a typed document from the Democrat newspaper in Corydon, Indiana ranging on 1907/10/02 regarding the history of the Mr. Solomon Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Dates: 1907

Hope, Indiana collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2161
Scope and Contents This collection contains several items related to Hope, Indiana and the Moravian Church, including the historical sketches, "Settlement at Hope Followed Failure of Moravian Mission" (circa 1968) and "The Moravian Cemetery (Hope, Indiana)" by George E. Utterback (1968). A basic map is included with the sketches and has symbols to mark places in the town such as schools, churches, playgrounds, and the cemetery. Also part of the collection is a copy of "Welcome to Hope, Hawcreek Township,...
Dates: circa 1836-1905; circa 1960

Howard A. Eilar papers

 Collection — Folder S414
Identifier: S0414
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed, photocopied document from Howard A. Eilar in Indiana in 1964 regarding establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Dates: 1964

Indiana Methodist Protestant Church histories

 Collection — Folder S2289
Identifier: S2289
Scope and Contents This collection contains various Indiana Methodist Protestant Church histories, including a May 10, 1883 letter written by A. H. Widney and sent to Rev. W. W. Lineberry in response to a request for information about the New Haven Circuit, the January 1885 minutes from the organizational meetings of the St. Joe Methodist Protestant Church of Dekalb County, an undated history of the Lincoln Methodist Protestant Church written by Effie McClanahan of Akron, Indiana that notes the year of...
Dates: 1883-1930

Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: OH008
Scope and Contents This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.
Dates: 1978-1987

John L. Byrne papers

 Collection — Folder S204
Identifier: S0204
Scope and Contents This collection includes from an autographed copy from John L. Byrne and Edith Bell in Indiana ranging from 1805 to 1968 regarding Robinson's Chapel, Fayette County, Indiana.
Dates: 1805-1968