| Author | Society of Separatists of Zoar.
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| Title | Society of Separatists of Zoar records, 1817-1927, (1817-1873) [microform]
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| Description | 6 rolls of microfilm.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Papers relating to this German religious community both in English and German. Among the English documents are account books, 1818-1820, 1841-1862 ; banking and other financial papaers, 1818-1873 ; deeds, contracts and agreements, 1818-1860 ; post office records including reports, mails sent and mails received, 1821-1845 ; Fairfield Furnace Store records, 1843-1852 ; subscription lists, 1870-1900 ; an undated map of Zoar ; and a petition concerning a road through Zoar ; copies of land patents sent to J.K. Johnson of Coshocton, Ohio, 1871 ; and typed copies and summaries of the "Appraisal of the Zoar Mills", Zoar, Ohio, March 10, 1911, with blueprints of the Society's property.
Among the German documents are a hymn book, letters, a medicine book, prescriptions for medicine, orders, a reglious treatise, and copies of sermons, 1840-1860. Also included are three volumes by Joseph Bimeler: Die wahre Separation (published Zoar, Ohio, 1856-1860. 4 v. in 2) and Etwas fürs Herz (2 v. in 1, 1860-61). Appendix I consists of a list of names of persons whose letters are in the collection. Appendix II is a guide to German script.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1995 6 microfilm reels : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Historical Note | Religious society found in Zoar, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, by a group of German immigrants.
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| Language Note | In English and German.
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| Cum. Index Note | Finding aids: Register available in the library.
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| Subjects | Blast furnaces -- Ohio -- Zoar.
Collective settlements -- Ohio -- Zoar.
Cooperative societies -- Ohio -- Zoar.
Foundries -- Ohio -- Zoar.
German Americans -- Ohio -- Zoar.
Mills and mill-work -- Ohio -- Zoar.
Postal service -- Ohio -- Zoar.
Separatists -- Ohio -- Zoar.
Sermons, German.
Society of Separatists of Zoar.
Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Other Authors | Bimeler, Joseph Michael, d. 1853. Etwas fürs Herz.
Bimeler, Joseph Michael, d. 1853. Wahre Separation.
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| Related Titles | Etwas fürs Herz.
Die wahre Separation.
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| | WRHS Research Library: MS. 1663 Microfilm Cabinet 53 Drawer 1
mq14504: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 8766] |
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