Religion
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
Indianapolis Sabbath School Union collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2708
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents ranging from 1823 to 1843 regarding the Indianapolis Sabbath School Union, including the rules of the school, attendance sheets, scholar’s accounts, meeting minutes and reports, correspondence from Rev. George Bush, and other correspondence. The collection also contains documents ranging from 1840 to 1853 regarding the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, including correspondence, certificates of members in good standing, a report of receipts and...
Dates:
1806-1918, undated
J. H. Goldman collection
Collection — Folder S0521
Identifier: S0521
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a certificate issued to Reverend J. H. Goldman on August 3, 1929 to certify that he was an approved “Quarterly Conference Preacher of the Gospel of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.” It also consists of “A Klansman’s Creed" from the Ku Klux Klan. There are notes from a sermon about the role of a “Klans-man.”
Dates:
1929
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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J. H. Goldman collection
James Eli Watson papers
Collection
Identifier: L237
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of school papers, speeches, correspondence, invitations, clippings, publications, and other papers from James Eli Watson in Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1879 to 1913, regarding his education, personal life, and career. Also included are a collection of U.S. and foreign stamps and a stamp album.
There are also oversize newspaper clippings and a speech dated 1890-1913 (OBC032).
There are also oversize newspaper clippings and a speech dated 1890-1913 (OBC032).
Dates:
1879-1913
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Eli Watson papers
James S. Fogle Civil War letters
Collection — Folder S2977
Identifier: S2977
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed transcripts of letters from James S. Fogle in the United States to his family ranging from 1861 to 1863 during the American Civil War regarding military life in the Union Army.
Dates:
1861-1863
John Brown Dillon collection
Collection
Identifier: L377
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of John B. Dillon’s historical notes on people and events relating to the early exploration and settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest, ranging from 1859 to 1886. Also included is a scrapbook of Dillon’s letters published in newspapers on the U.S. Civil War, the Republican Party, and Indiana history (1861–1876); letters to Dillon regarding the Historical Society, the Indiana Sanitary Fair (1864), and Dillon’s historical work; and a memorial by John Coburn...
Dates:
1859-1886, undated
Joseph John Gurney letter
Collection — Folder S2758
Identifier: S2758
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one photostat copy of Joseph James Gurney's farewell letter to the Friends of the Spiceland Monthly Meeting in Indiana on October 19, 1837, regarding his moving elsewhere.
Dates:
1837/10/19
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph John Gurney letter
Komanisuke Kumagai letters
Collection — Folder S2890
Identifier: S2890
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the photostat copies and transcripts of a 25-foot scroll of letters from Komanisuke Kumagai letters in Indiana and the United States to Mrs. McClelland in Crawfordsville, Indiana during his travels lecturing on Japanese culture during April-June, 1889.
Dates:
1889/04/26-1889/06/01
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Komanisuke Kumagai letters
Ladoga Christian Church collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2078
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several papers from the Ladoga Christian Church, including an August 30, 1882 document regarding church activity signed by Daniel Stover; a list of members from 1882; a December 4, 1886 letter from the Church of Christ at Indian Creek stating that Joseph Clark and his sister Alice Clark were members in good standing; a drawing depicting Ladoga with balloon captions regarding a mission to "build a wall between evangelical Christianity and Campbellism so high and so...
Dates:
1847-circa 1910s
Little Elkhart Temperance Society records
Collection — Folder S2484
Identifier: S2484
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopied volume pages from The Little Elkhart Temperance Society in Elkhart, Indiana ranging from 1847 to 1853, regarding the constitution, records, and member subscriptions for the society. The originals are located at the Elkhart County Historical Society.
Dates:
1847-1853
Little Sugar Creek Christian Church history
Collection — Folder S2071
Identifier: S2071
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a three-page handwritten history of the Little Sugar Creek Christian Church of Hancock County, Indiana. Much of the history is taken from George J. Richman's 1916 book, History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions, with additional information regarding the church during the time of Ozrow Kemerly's ministry also included. The undated history is possibly a draft for an article about the church's centennial...
Dates:
circa 1934
