Religion
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham Browning, United States government petition
Collection — Folder S3464
Identifier: S3464
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of the petition created by Abraham Browning and members of the New Jersey clergy sent to the United States government to demand that the clergy remain free from conscription. Inside the petition is a letter from Browning instructing members to sign the petition. The document was created May 26, 1864 on New Jersey and the interior letter written July 1, 1864.
Dates:
1864/05/26
Albion Presbyterian Church history
Collection — Folder S2481
Identifier: S2481
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopied records from Albion Presbyterian Church in Albion, Noble County, Indiana, ranging from 1867 to 1889, regarding the monthly meeting records of the church spanning the length of the years listed. The end of the records include a list of births and deaths associated with the church, a total number of members, and how they came to be associate or disassociated with the church.
Dates:
1867-1889
American Fur Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L184
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a listing and description of items regarding the American Fur Company papers held at the New York Historical Society. Each item is listed chronologically and contains a brief description. Invoices and other non-correspondence are listed separately. Also included in the collection is an index andphoto static copies of correspondence and letter book entries. Subjects discussed in the correspondence include Indian policies, travel, politics, education, religion, settlement...
Dates:
1831-1849
American Home Missionary Society collection
Collection
Identifier: L187
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises photostats of orignal letters and other documents sent by missionaries in Indiana to the American Home Missionary Society's home office in New York, New York ranging from 1825 to 1835. The originals are held by the Amistad Research Center and available on microfilm at a number of institutions. There are applications of churches, accounts of travel, and requests for advice, as well as statistical reports providing the number of conversions, Sabbath school scholars,...
Dates:
1825-1835
Antioch Episcopal Methodist Church history collection
Collection
Identifier: L191
Scope and Contents
This collection includes minutes from Sunday/Sabbath School, prayer meeting and Epworth League at Antioch Methodist Episcopal Church in Menden, Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana ranging from 1888 to 1921 regarding meeting content, attendance, amounts of collection, and related chuch business.
Dates:
1888-1921
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
Benjamin Bales letter
Collection — Folder S2753
Identifier: S2753
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two photostat pages. The first item is a letter from Benjamin Bales of Moreland, Indiana on October 17, 1883, to his nephew Levi Bales, asking him not to join the Dunkards, do it. The second item is a collected page of Bales family history that was written by Tom Hamm.
Dates:
1883, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Benjamin Bales letter
Carlisle Presbyterian Church record book
Collection — Folder S2482
Identifier: S2482
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one volume from the Carlisle Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Sullivan County, Indiana,ranging from 1819 to 1849, containing records of the church and its members, which include church organization and proceedings, membership admissions and dismissions, adult and infant baptisms, and financial records.
Dates:
1819-1849
Christian Church on Busseron Creek record book
Collection — Folder S2414
Identifier: S2414
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of "A Minute Book for the Christian Church on Busseron Creek," a record book for the church once located in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana. The bulk of the entries are names of members listed chronologically from 1859 to 1903 and often followed by remarks, including discharged, dismissed by letter, deceased, withdrawn, excluded, reclaimed, attached, removed, and moved away. There are a couple financial entries at the end of the record book...
Dates:
1854-1903
Christian Theological Seminary collection
Collection
Identifier: L260
Scope and Contents
This collection includes sermons, survey responses, an obituary, a minister's biography and last words, and miscellaneous items from Christian Theological Seminary in Indiana and particularly, Rev. James and Anna Havens in Rushville, Indiana, ranging from 1864 to 1935 and undated, regarding Protestant theology, clergy, and religious courses in colleges and universities. The sermons were most likely those of Rev. James Havens and the obituary and minister's biography and last words concerned the...
Dates:
1864-1935, undated
