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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Wooster Regular Baptist Association Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Wooster Regular Baptist Association | | | | Dates: | 1840-1881 | | | | Abstract: | The Wooster Regular Baptist Association was an Ohio association of Regular Baptist ministers and church-appointed delegates which met yearly at various member churches (i.e. Massillon, Wooster, Warren, Salt Creek, Sugar Creek, Canal Dover, Alliance, Canton, Moscow, New Philadelphia, East Union, Indian Run, Canaan, Millbrook, Chipewa, Mohican, Greenford, First Salem, New Hagerstown, etc.). The association promoted foreign and domestic missions, ministerial education, Sabbath school, temperance, and the distribution of bibles, tracts, religious periodicals, and "other objects of Christian benevolence." The collection consists of a constitution and articles of faith, rules of order, and minutes of forty-two anniversary meetings, 1840-81, including resolutions pertaining particularly to the education of ministers, temperance, and Sunday religious instruction. Also includes introductory sermons, committee reports, financial reports, and lists of churches and ministers in the association, along with their letters of greeting, reports, and membership statistics. | | | | Call #: | MS 0545 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wooster Regular Baptist Association (Ohio) -- Archives. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Congresses. | Baptist associations -- Ohio -- Archives. | Ohio -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Free Will Baptists, Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting | | | | Dates: | 1880-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Yearly conference composed initially of the Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Crawford, Washington, and Erie quarterly meetings of Free Will Baptists, with delegates proportional to membership in the quarterly meetings. The conference met "to adjust such subjects as presented by the quarterly meetings, and to assist with difficulties and endeavor by all possible means to maintain Gospel order, discipline & holiness in its members." It was also responsible for reporting or sending delegates to the general conference of Free Will Baptists. The Free Will Baptist church had its beginnings in 1780 in New Durham, New Hampshire, where Benjamin Randall preached an Arminian form of Calvinism. The collection consists of minutes (1880-1917) of meetings of this yearly conference, beginning with the 47th session, with a copy of the bylaws and constitution as adopted in 1842. The minutes include reports from the various quarterly meetings, together with resolutions pertaining particularly to missionary work. Also included are lists of delegates and elected officers, and the 1908 proceedings discussing union with the Regular Baptists for cooperation in missionary and denominational work. | | | | Call #: | MS 1253 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Free Will Baptists (1780?-1911). Ohio and Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting -- Archives. | Baptists -- Pennsylvania -- Congresses. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Church history -- Sources. | Pennsylvania -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbytery of Grand River Records
| | | | Creator: | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbytery of Grand River | | | | Dates: | 1814-1870 | | | | Abstract: | The Presbytery of Grand River was formed in 1814 in Grand River, Ohio, from the Hartford Presbytery. The collection consists of the petition to form the Presbytery, annual presbytery reports, and minutes of meetings held in Austinburg, Burton, Geneva, Hudson, Warren, and other cities throughout northeastern Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 0500 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Government. | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Grand River | Church records and registers -- Ohio. | Churches -- Ohio. | Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Mad River Baptist Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Mad River Baptist Association | | | | Dates: | 1812-1877 | | | | Abstract: | The Mad River Baptist Association was organized in 1812 as an association of five Baptist churches in Champaign County, Ohio. The collection consists of copies of minutes of yearly meetings, 1812-1833, compiled by Alby Kite in 1902; statistics on churches and membership, 1812-1873, and lists of ministers, 1812-1872; records of the Missionary Committee, including minutes of meetings and records of proceedings, lists of members, reports by missionaries, tallies of contributions from member churches, motions and resolutions, secretary and treasurer reports, and disbursements to missionaries; an unbound history of the association, 1812-1872, including articles of faith, proceedings of the 61 anniversary meetings, with resolutions, and a tally of total members in the association; and minutes of meetings in 1877 of the Evergreen Cemetery Association (St. Paris, Champaign County, Ohio). | | | | Call #: | MS 0651 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mad River Baptist Association. | Mad River Baptist Association -- Archives. | Mad River Baptist Association. Missionary Committee -- Archives. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Mad River. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Congresses. | Baptist associations -- Ohio -- Archives. | Baptists -- Missions -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. -- Archives. | Ohio -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Presbyterial Missionary Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Presbyterial Missionary Society | | | | Dates: | 1881-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Presbyterial Missionary Society was organized in 1881in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Woman's Presbyterial Home Missionary Society in the Presbytery of Cleveland, it was soon renamed the Woman's Home Missionary Society. Its purpose was "to stimulate, systematize and unite" home missionary efforts, and to organize societies in member churches and raise money for relief efforts to families and schools. It cooperated with the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church headquartered in New York City. It was operated by a board of managers composed of officers from each local society, and an executive committee consisting of the officers of the society together with women appointed by the Synod of Ohio. It became increasingly involved in foreign missionary work after it merged in 1914 with the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Cleveland, when its name was changed to the Woman's Missionary Society of Cleveland Presbytery. By 1926, it again changed its name to the Presbyterial Missionary Society of Cleveland Presbytery. The collection consists primarily of minutes of annual meetings and executive committee meetings, 1882-1938, including constitutions, bylaws, annual reports, and lists of officers and local member churches. Also includes financial reports, 1883-1884, 1893-1912, and correspondence with the Board of National Missions and the Board of Home Missions of the national Presbyterian Church. The minutes and correspondence is primarily in the hand of long-time recording secretary, Carrie B. Smith. | | | | Call #: | MS 2685 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cleveland. Presbyterial Missionary Society -- Archives. | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cleveland. Woman's Home Missionary Society -- Archives. | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Cleveland. Woman's Missionary Society -- Archives. | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Missions -- Societies, etc. -- Archives. | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs -- Archives. | Ohio -- Church history -- Sources.
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