Christianity
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Ralph Harvey almanac collection
Collection
Identifier: L186
Scope and Contents
This collection includes almanacs collected by Ralph Harvey in the United States ranging from 1838 to 1920, regarding agriculture, culture, folklore, and religion, as well as, calendar, meteorological, and astronomical information. The early almanacs are largely The Farmer's Almanac, though there are six almanacs (1848, 1850, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1864) in German, while the later almanacs are the Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack...
Dates:
1838-1920
Reverend George Bush collection
Collection — Folder S2858
Identifier: S2858
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an 1849 issue of the American Temperance Recorder, “a Monthly Journal for the diffusion of Temperance Knowledge,” being a compilation of essays on living without the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The essays approach the topic of temperance from a religious orientation. Essays in this collection include a sermon titled “Life in Its Origin, Forms and Issues,” by Rev. George Bush, concerning the spiritual nature of life; an essay entitled “The Church in the...
Dates:
1849
Reverend John Fletcher "Indian's advice" letter
Collection — Folder S3459
Identifier: S3459
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one advice column entitled "Indian's advice" included in a letter from Rev. John Fletcher in 1764 and re-published in 1844.
Dates:
1844
Salem Christian Church collection
Collection — Folder S2211
Identifier: S2211
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typewritten copy of "Charter Members of the Salem Christian Church in 1842," a six-page composition by Lennie Martin Berkey consisting of biographical sketches of the first 26 members of the church (circa 1942). The collection also includes a typewritten copy of "A Great Church is Born," a 1942 script for a play containing a prologue that recounts the establishment of the Disciples of Christ and the Christian church taken from a program prepared by Mrs. Cecil...
Dates:
1942
Salem Methodist Church, Hendricks County, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S1908
Identifier: S1908
Scope and Contents
This collection includes five programs for the annual homecoming services held at the Salem Methodist Church located in Hendricks County, Indiana (1954-1964); newspaper articles regarding the church's homecoming celebrations clipped from the Mooresville Times and the Plainfield Messenger (1962-1966); two clippings about the Friends Central Academy commencement and Plainfield High School alumnus Wallace Trotter (1962-1966); and a...
Dates:
1954-1966
Samuel and Hannah Taylor letter
Collection — Folder S2457
Identifier: S2457
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Samuel and Hannah Taylor in Frankfort, Indiana to Mr. and Mrs. James Allen in Rockville, Indiana regarding family news, illness, the deaths of children, rural life, and Samuel Taylor's vocation as a preacher.
Dates:
1843/11/22
Second Judicial District of Indiana missionary district meetings records
Collection — Folder S2082
Identifier: S2082
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of a transcription of a notebook titled "Record of Missionary Meetings of the Second Judicial District of Indiana, 1854-1965." The record book contained the minutes of missionary district meetings from 1854 to 1863, the Washington County, Indiana Cooperation Organization meeting meetings from 1863 to 1865, and "A Short Sketch of the Church of Christ on Millcreek, Washington, Indiana," an essay written in the notebook by Josiah T. Johnson around 1902. The copy was...
Dates:
1854-circa 1902
Shiloh Methodist Church history
Collection — Folder S2668
Identifier: S2668
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of several documents related to the history of Shiloh Methodist Church of Hendricks County, Indiana, including a flyer for an October 8, 1939 "Horse and Buggy Day" celebration of the church's 116th anniversary, a history of the church that was read at the celebration, and a handwritten review of the event. The collection also includes a copy of a script for a slide show about the history of the church given by life-long member Hortense Myers (circa 1970s)....
Dates:
1939- circa 1970s
"Sketches from Nature, Libbie Coughlen, St. Mary's Institute" volume
Collection — Volume V064
Identifier: V064
Scope and Contents
This volume contains a number of sketches by Libbie Coughlen in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Vigo County, Indiana from roughly 1864 to 1866 covering a variety of subjects, including scenes at St. Mary-of-the-Woods Institute. Most of the sketches are done using pencil and/or watercolor and focus on landscapes, crosses, flowers, buildings and exercises in perspective. Not all of the sketches are complete and some cover the entire page while some pages have multiple sketches on the same piece of paper....
Dates:
1864-1866
Society of Friends church history collection
Collection
Identifier: L190
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and completed survey forms from various individuals in Indiana and the United States in 1931 to 1936 and undated, regarding the history of the Society of Friends education in Indiana. There are also minutes, record books, and a history of Society of Friends meetings in Hendricks and Marion counties, Indiana ranging from 1865 to 1944 regarding church history and membership.
Dates:
1865-1944
