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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Clayton Presbyterian Church history

 Collection — Folder S2483
Identifier: S2483
Scope and Contents This collection includes two pages of text from Clayton Presbyterian Church in Clayton, Hendricks County, Indiana, in 1931, regarding the history and centennial celebration of the Clayton Presbyterian Church.
Dates: 1931

Clear Creek Christian Church historical sketch

 Collection — Folder S2210
Identifier: S2210
Scope and Contents This collection contains a copy of “History of Clear Creek Christian Church,” a five-page, typewritten historical sketch written by Henry F. Dillman and dated December 4, 1908. Dillman’s history includes a list of the twenty charter members, describes the process and cost of constructing the first church building, and mentions the preachers and other notable members of the congregation. The church history was copied in February 1949 from a copy owned by Miss Mabel Dodd, the granddaughter of...
Dates: 1908/12/04

Coburn Corners Church of Christ history

 Collection — Folder S2072
Identifier: S2072
Scope and Contents This collection includes photostats of a typewritten copy of "A History of the Church of Christ at Coburn's Corners." The 15-page history was written by Walter H. Coburn in 1937 presumably in honor of the church's centennial. The collection also includes a photostat copy of a May 6, 1970 typewritten note by Winifred Waters, the great-granddaughter of church founder Benjamin Alton, Sr. and donor of the collection.
Dates: 1937-1970

College Hill Church of Christ records

 Collection — Folder S2073
Identifier: S2073
Scope and Contents This collection contains a typewritten copy of the original records of the College Hill Church of Christ once located in Pierce Township, Washington County, Indiana. The copy was created in January 1967 by Miss Lulie Davis, Secretary of the Washington County Historical Society, Inc. Ranging from 1869 to 1956, the copied documents include entries from the church's first and second record books; the October 3, 1871 deed between Michael and Lucina Brown and the church; annual meeting reports;...
Dates: 1869-1967

Ella E. Frietzshe, Westminster Presbyterian Church history

 Collection — Folder S2429
Identifier: S2429
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of "The History of Westminster Presbyterian Church Which Celebrated its 60th Anniversary February 22, 1948," a typewritten essay by Ella E. Frietzsche, a charter member of the Indianapolis, Indiana church. The first four pages of the history were originally written for the church's 50th anniversary in 1938 and Frietzsche added a fifth page to the essay with additional information for the congregation's 60th anniversary.
Dates: 1938-1948

First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ of Frankfort, Indiana collection

 Collection — Folder S2075
Identifier: S2075
Scope and Contents This collection contains photostat copies of four pages from the record book of the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ of Frankfort, Indiana, including a March 22, 1868 entry regarding the establishment of the church and a listing of members, an October 4, 1888 entry regarding the establishment of an "Official Board" for the church, and the entry of the October 8, 1888 board meeting minutes regarding church building improvements. The collection also includes a copy of an October 9,...
Dates: 1868-1888; 1961

First Christian Church, Salem, Indiana records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2081
Scope and Contents This collection includes two typewritten transcriptions of the first record book of the First Christian Church of Salem, Indiana and they include the church minutes and membership documentation from 1842 to 1853, the church membership list from 1885, and an index. The first copy was typed in 1959 by Mrs. James G. Berkey and the Christopher Harrison Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution contributed it, presumably to the church, in 1960. The second copy was typed by the Washington...
Dates: 1842-1885; 1959-1966

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen, Indiana history

 Collection — Folder S2358
Identifier: S2358
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of the typewritten manuscript "Goshen, Indiana Methodist Episcopal Church History" by Charles W. Foulks. Dated February 5, 1933 and written for the church's centenary celebration, the twenty-six page document provides a general history of Methodism in Elkhart County preceding the establishment of a church building, reviews the structures occupied by the church, and recounts significant moments in the church's history, such as its hosting the North Indiana...
Dates: 1933/02/05

Florence Emerson Heffley manuscript

 Collection — Folder S624
Identifier: S0624
Scope and Contents This collection contains a draft of the manuscript, "A Little Girl of the Sixties," by Florence Emerson Heffley. The manuscript is 48 typewritten pages and includes handwritten corrections and a few pages of additional notes. Heffley's narrative relates stories and genealogical information about her great-grandparents, Abraham and Sarah Dayton Jacobus, her grandparents Hettie and Luke Allen Emerson, and her mother, Almira Georgiana Herbert, the "Little Girl of the Sixties," from 1818 to 1938. ...
Dates: 1818-1938

Gertrude McDaniel, "Centenary Methodist Church Centennial" essay

 Collection — Folder S2149
Identifier: S2149
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typewritten copy of "Centenary Methodist Church Centennial," an essay written by Gertrude McDaniel in 1966. The essay includes a list of living descendants of the following original trustees of the church: Peter Slaughter, Andrew Wright, and Cyrus Watson. Two other trustees, Joel Rowe and William Gresham, are listed without descendants.
Dates: 1966