First Reformed Church (Lancaster, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 446

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The First Reformed Church collection consists of 23 boxes containing: - Awards & Certificates - Blueprints - Bulletins: General, 1873-2002; Christmas, 1903-1970 - Charters, 1771, 1818, 1853, 1883, 1904 - Church Records (original & transcribed): Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, Deaths, Communicants, Directories, Membership, Transfers In & Out, Officers, 1730-1980 - Constitutions & By-Laws - Financial Records: 1753-1866; Annual Reports; Bequests; Cash Books; Check Registers; Improvement Fund; Investments; Kreider Memorial Fund; Lottery; Memorial Fund; Offering, 1867-1979; Payroll; Pew Rents, 1836-1837; Receipts, 1746-1942; Restoration & Improvement Fund; Subscriptions, 1759-1893; Treasurer's Reports, 1782-1999; Trust & Endowments, 1935-1995 - History: Anniversary Celebrations; Barbara Frietchie; Historical Marker; News Clippings; Reference Materials; Published Material; Self-Study; Stoke Poges Church - Legal Records: Contracts; Deeds & Bonds; Insurance, Property Inventory & Appraisal. Memorials. - Newsletters, 1902-1999 - Pastors: Bollman; Cramer; Harbaugh; Helmich; Hochreutiner; Hock; Keyes; Kremer; Roan; Schlegel; Schroeder; Stoy; Titzel; Trexler; Vock; Weyberg; Worley - Personnel - Photographs - Programs & Activities: Informational Brochures. Town Fair - Committees: Bells; Building; Christian Education; Congregational Meetings; Consistory, Minutes, 1771-1999; Evangelism & Church Growth; Finance; Focus; Memorial Garden; Merger; Music; Outreach Commission; Personnel; Property; Restoration & Preservation; Stained Glass Windows; Stewardship - Auxiliary Organizations: Bethany Orphan's Home; Diffenbach Home; Diffenbach Trust; Guild of the Master; Guild of St. John; Guild of St. Luke; Guild of St. Mark; Guild of St. Matthew; Ladies Aid Society; Men's Bible Class; Missionary Society; Mother's Class; Red Cross Sewing Circle; Sunday School, 1867-1939; Usher's Association; Women's Guild; Women's Missionary Society; Young Men's Association; Young People's Society.

Dates

Creation: 1730 - 2004

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Additional Copy of Original Church Records, 1730-1949 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #88 FOR: Bleuprint, Harbaugh Chapel SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #11 FOR: Record Albums of "Ground Breaking First Reformed Church", 6/26/49; "Church Show", 7/17/49; "Early Morning Christmas Service" SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #11 FOR: Cemetery Deed of John Ruck, 1864 SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #11. FOR: Indentures 1821,1846,1854 SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #11 FOR: County Proclamation, 250th Anniversary, 1979 SEE ALSO: Lockd Case #3 Item #11 FOR: Revised Charter (original & transcribed), 1786 SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #11 FOR: Charter (original & transcribed), 1771 SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #11. FOR: Sample of branch of old yew tree from Stoke Poges Church SEE ALSO: Artifact Box 028 FOR: Commemorative Medals: Centennial of the Reformed Church in the US, 1893 (3); Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Reformation, 1517-1917 (1) SEE ALSO: Artifact Box 028 FOR: Manuscripts of Caspar Shaffner SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 196 FOR: Wood model SEE ALSO: Church Model 008