Presbyterian churches
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
First Presbyterian Church of Rockport transcripts
Collection — Folder S2744
Identifier: S2744
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat transcriptions of meeting minutes from the first record book of the First Presbyterian Church of Rockport. Included are records of congregation (members, deacons, elders and ministers) for the years of 1850-1941.
Dates:
circa 1850-1941
George A. Frantz collection
Collection
Identifier: L337
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, funeral sermons and newspaper clippings from Barbara Frantz regarding Rev. George A. Frantz ranging from 1909 to 1969.
Dates:
1909-1969
Georgetown Presbyterian Church and Logansport Presbyterian collection
Collection
Identifier: L192
Scope and Contents
The collection includes four volumes, two each from the Georgetown Presbyterian Church and the Logansport Presbyterian Church, dated from 1829 to 1930. The volumes provide information on memberships, administrative activities, and related events. The Logansport record book (1829-1881) also provides some financial information about the church. Miscellaneous items in the collection include a receipt, letters, research notes, and a primary memory verse, dating from 1924 to 1935 and undated.
Dates:
1829-1935
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
Livonia Presbyterian Church history
Collection — Folder S2274
Identifier: S2274
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a history of the Livonia Presbyterian Church of Washington County, Indiana written by Rev. Samuel E. Barr in 1876. Rev. Barr's "historical review" of the church and of Presbyterianism in the region was written in response to the recommendation by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States that histories of the churches under its care should "be gathered up and presented for reference in future days."
Dates:
1876
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
