St. Luke Reformed Church (Braddock, PA)
Scope and Contents
The St. Luke's Reformed Church collection consists of: - Bulletins - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1888-1995; Confirmations, 1955-1991; Marriages, 1908-1995; Deaths, 1890-1996; Communicants, 1889-1997; Membership, 1888-1953, Lists & Transfers; Officers, 1891-1985; Pastoral Register, 1888-1991; Statistical Reports, 1890-1956 - Church Records (photocopy): Baptisms, 1888-1917; Marriages, 1908-1914; Deaths, 1890-1920; Communicants, 1889-1918; Membership, 1888-1920; Officers, 1891-1922; Pastoral Register, 1908-1919; Statistical Reports, 1890-1914 - Constitutions, 1901-1957(?) (some found in original record books) - Correspondence - Financial Records: Auditor's Reports, 1936; Pastor's Salary, 1935-1945 - History: General (found in original record books); Anniversary Celebrations, 1913-1988; News Clippings - Legal Records: Wills, 1993 - Reports - Scrapbooks: 1908-1915 compiled by Rev. Walter E. Garrett; 1940's St. Luke's WWII Servicemen's Album compiled by Rev. John Borger - Committees: - Consistory: Minutes, 1888-1969 - Auxiliary Organizations: - Gospel Bearer's Class (Assoc.): Minutes, 1920-1928 - Sunday School: Attendance, 1940-1982; Constitutions, no date; Reports, 1907-1914 (found in original record book) - Various Women's Societies: - Women's Missionary & Aid Society: Financial Records, 1913-1919; Minutes, 1901-1923 - Ladies Aid Society: Constitutions, 1924; Membership; Minutes, 1924-1976 - Mission Circle: Minutes, 1927-1965 - Women's Guild: Financial Records, 1943-1954; Minutes, 1942-1954 - United Young People's Class (1947 changed name to United Women's Class); Minutes, 1933-1987
Dates
- Creation: 1888 - 1998
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical / Historical
Located at 315 Camp Ave., this church closed on December 29, 1998. The Mission Circle joined the Ladies Aid Society on March 1, 1965. The United Young People's Class changed their name in 1947 to the United Women's Class. Pastors who served include: 1888-1891 Edgar S. Hassler 1891-1893 Samuel C. Long 1893-1903 Alpha K. Kline 1904-1905 Edwin H. Laubach 1905-1907 John J. Leberman 1907-1915 Walter E. Garrett 1915-1918 Winfield S. Harman 1919-1925 G. P. Fisher 1926-1945 John A. Borger 1945-1949 H. J. Helfrich 1955-1959 Neil J. Pergande 1960-1965 Laszlo Borsay 1965-1978 Imre Kovacs 1978-1990 A. Robert Scott 1991-???? Susan Cherian
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
2.662 Cubic Feet (3 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Borger, John Albert (1891-1963) (Person)
- Borsay, Laszlo Aaron (1915-1993) (Person)
- Fisher, Gideon Peter (1861-1940) (Person)
- Garrett, Walter Earl (1873-1939) (Person)
- Harman, Winfield Shroeder (1882-1942) (Person)
- Hassler, Edgar Schaff (1856-1929) (Person)
- Helfrich, Herman J. (1920-2003) (Person)
- Kline, Alpha K. (1848-1924) (Person)
- Kovacs, Imre Levente, Jr. (1943) (Person)
- Laubach, Edwin Hartzell (1871-1936) (Person)
- Leberman, John J. (1848-1921) (Person)
- Long, Samuel Craig (1846-1929) (Person)
- Pergande, Neil John (1929-2002) (Person)
- Cherian, Susan (or. UCC 2003) (Person)
- Title
- St. Luke Reformed Church (Braddock, PA)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository
555 W. James Street
Lancaster PA 17603 United States
717-290-8734
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