Christianity
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Markleville East Christian Church history
Collection — Folder S2074
Identifier: S2074
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photostat copy of a "History of the East Christian Church, Markleville, Indiana from 1849 - 1967" written by Ruth Williams Keesling Dane. Also prepared for the Ensign Humphrey Madison Chapter of the Indiana Daughters of American Colonists (DAC) as "History of the Church of Christ (Disciples) of Adams Twp., Madison Co., Ind. from October 1849 - October 1967," the typewritten history includes photographs of Francis M. Williams, Nora Gilmore Gwinn Williams and Rev. Carl...
Dates:
1849-1967
Mary E. Kinnick essay
Collection — Folder S0783
Identifier: S0783
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a short handwritten essay on flowers in the hills and meadows with religious themes by Mary E. Kinnick and dated May 7, 1869.
Dates:
1869 May 7
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary E. Kinnick essay
Mill Creek Circuit, Methodist Protestant Church meeting minutes
Collection — Folder S2287
Identifier: S2287
Scope and Contents
This collection includes quarterly meeting minutes of the Mill Creek Circuit, Methodist Protestant Church of Indiana from September 1848, February 1849, June 1849, and February 1850. The collection also includes a sheet of paper with the results of an election held at Pleasant Grove on May 26, 1849 for the purpose of choosing delegates and alternates to the annual conference.
Dates:
1848-1850
Ministerial Association of the Greensburg District, Indiana Conference record book
Collection — Folder S2285
Identifier: S2285
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the record book of the Ministerial Association of the Greensburg District, Indiana Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church and includes the minutes of the Association's meetings held in January and May 1878. The next minutes recorded are for the March 1879 meeting of the Ministerial Association of the First Sub-District of the Indiana Conference followed by the October 1879, March 1880, and July 1880 meeting minutes of the Indianapolis District of the Indiana...
Dates:
1878-1882
Mt. Gilead Church records
Collection — Folder S2079
Identifier: S2079
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies of membership records of Mt. Gilead Church of Morgan County, Indiana created by Phyllis Walker of Martinsville from the original record book that was in the possession of Herbert Fields of Mooresville. The collection includes Mrs. Walker’s typewritten list of members who joined the church from 1835 to 1924 and photocopies of entries from the record book that range from 1835 to 1919. In January 1970, Mary E. Sheetz added a typewritten notation and loaned her copy...
Dates:
1835-1970
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mt. Gilead Church records
Nicodemus C. Bigler collection
Collection
Identifier: L346
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Nicodemus Bigler’s correspondence (1874–1899) with his daughter, Jane Bigler of Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. The letters detail 19th century farm life, Bigler’s shoe repair, community, and religious groups in the area, including Dunkards and Mennonites.
Dates:
1874-1899
Oscar C. McCulloch collection
Collection
Identifier: L363
Scope and Contents
This collection includes diaries, clippings, papers, letters, writings, notes, scrapbooks, pamphlets, and ephemera from Oscar C. McCulloch and his family in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1860 to 1924, regarding Plymouth Church, Indianapolis Benevolent Society, Charity Organization Society, and McCulloch Club. The bulk of the collection consists of McCulloch’s diaries (1877-1891).Oversize items include contains newspapers clippings, a National Conference of Charities and...
Dates:
1860-1924
Paul Herring diary
Collection — Folder S0640
Identifier: S0640
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 97 photocopied pages of Paul Herring's 1873 diary. Herring's entries are in both English and German and he refers to himself as "the writer". Most entries start with a description of the weather and they relate daily activities of his family and himself. Remarks about farming activities are a common theme, but he also describes special days such as Decoration Day (May 30), Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Also included are hymns in German, and poems by...
Dates:
1873
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul Herring diary
Paul Leach, "The Church of Christ in Indiana" essay
Collection — Folder S2069
Identifier: S2069
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a one-page introduction and eight-page essay titled "The Church of Christ in Indiana." The typewritten essay is a portion of a manuscript compiled and written by Paul Leach of Bloomington, Indiana circa 1940s containing a brief history of the church, with emphasis on the period from 1850 to 1900 that includes details about the church in Monroe County, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1940s
Plainville Christian Church history
Collection — Folder S2080
Identifier: S2080
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "History of Plainville Christian Church, July 16, 1888 to July 16, 1938," a five-page typed essay written by Miss Goldie Witsman, a lifelong member of the church and daughter of founding member James M. Witsman.
Dates:
1938
