Presbyterian churches
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Hawley family papers
Collection
Identifier: L064
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Hawley family and professional correspondence. Included is correspondence with his family in Bridgeport, Connecticut while elder Ransom Hawley was a student at Auburn Seminary (1825-1828), as well as correspondence of Hawley and his wife in Indiana with their families in Bridgeport (1828-ca. 1880), and letters to his sons Henry and Ransom and daughter Lucy Ing. The collection also contains letters to Hawley from Presbyterian ministers and other church people...
Dates:
1825-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hawley family papers
Henry Ward Beecher letters
Collection — Folder S0093
Identifier: S0093
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, postcards and advertisements from a
personal collector in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1830 to 1887 regarding Henry Ward Beecher's life and career in Brooklyn, New York and Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dates:
1846, 1947, 1949, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry Ward Beecher letters
Hicks Presbyterian Church history
Collection — Folder S2423
Identifier: S2423
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an unbound, typewritten copy of "A History of the Hicks Presbyterian Church of Greene County, Indiana," written by Edith Bauer Cogwell in 1945. The contents of the history include an introduction, the origin and early history of the Hicks Cumberland Presyterian Church, Hicks Church history from 1893 to 1845, church social activities, a biography of Rev. William C. Hicks, lists of ministers and officers of the church, and a bibliography.
Dates:
1945
James H. Johnston papers
Collection — Folder S741
Identifier: S0741
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from James H. Johnston in Marion, Indiana on 1833/02/15 regarding Presbyterian church growth and business in Indiana, as well as an appeal from a minister for funds.
Dates:
1833/02/16
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James H. Johnston papers
John Varick Dodge letter
Collection — Folder S2657
Identifier: S2657
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a December 6, 1839 letter written by John Varick Dodge and sent from Evansville, Indiana to Louis Bristol at Jacksonville, Illinois. In the letter, Dodge discusses his meeting with a Mr. Barnes (Jeremiah R. Barnes), the new school preacher, describes his "tedious journey" from Philadelphia to Evansville, and shares his positive impressions of Evansville and its residents.
Dates:
1839/12/06
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Varick Dodge letter
Lucien V. Rule collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Lucien V. Rule’s typewritten copies of correspondence of the Barbour family (1853-1862) and his personal and professional correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings regarding his family, ministry, and historical and literary pursuits (1921-1923). The collection also includes copies of Rule’s poems and essays, including “Samuel Shannon, Giant of God in Old Salem Presbytery,” “Pen Portraits of Presbyterian Pioneers,” and “Dupes of Destiny: Tragic and Bitter...
Dates:
1853-1862, 1921-1937
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Lucien V. Rule collection
Margaret Afflis Johnston collection
Collection
Identifier: L555
Scope and Contents
This collection includes personal and political correspondence and papers, photographs, notebooks, publications and other materials from Margaret Afflis Johnston in Delphi, Carroll County and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1916 to 1967, regarding her political career, public service, the Democratic Party in Indiana, the Indiana Women's Prison and the state correctional system, community engagement, and personal life. Campaign materials and periodicals for various democratic candidates and...
Dates:
circa 1916-1967
Maurice S. Lafuze papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0796
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of manuscripts compiled and written by Maurice S. Lafuze ranging from 1952 to 1973. His manuscripts, "Whitewater Presbytery: A Brief History" (1952) and "Early Presbyterianism in Southeastern Indiana" (1967), include historical information of the presbytery and churches, biographical information of church pastors, lists of members, photographs, and a map with locations and founding dates of early Presbyterian churches. Lafuze compiled a sixty-one page...
Dates:
1952-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Maurice S. Lafuze papers
Montpelier Presbyterian Church minutes
Collection — Folder S2589
Identifier: S2589
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of the minutes of the Presbyterian Church in Montpelier, Indiana from 1882 to circa 1922.
Dates:
1882-1922
Montpelier Presbyterian Church register
Collection — Folder S2394
Identifier: S2394
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of the Presbyterian Church register in Montpelier, Indiana from 1882 to 1920.
Dates:
1882-1920
