New Oxford Charge (Adams County, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 640

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The New Oxford Charge collection consists of one box containing: Charge: - History. Manuscript. Emmanuel Reformed Church, Abbottstown, PA - History: General; Published St. John's Reformed Church, New Chester, PA - Correspondence, 1962 - History St. Paul's Reformed Church, New Oxford, PA - Bulletins, 1949-1972 - History HISTORY OF THE NEW OXFORD CHARGE OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES, ADAMS COUNTY, PA, by Walter E. Garrett, 1937. HISTORY OF EMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST ON THE SQUARE, ABBOTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, by Kelly Mummert Hollabaugh, 1996.

Dates

Creation: 1937 - 1996

Biographical / Historical

The New Oxford Charge consisted of three churches: Emmanuel Reformed Church, Abbottstown, PA; St. John's Reformed Church, New Chester, PA; and St. Paul's Reformed Church, New Oxford, PA. In 1966 St. John's Reformed Church of New Chester, PA merged with Emmanuel Church of Hampton, PA.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Emmanuel Reformed Church, Abbottstown, PA Church Records, 1775-1880 transcribed by William J. Hinke, 1937 SEE ALSO: MKZZ/AD/R1-3 or Microfilm #129 For: Pastoral Records of Rev. Walter Earl Garrett (1873-1939): Emmanuel Reformed Church, Abbottstown, PA & St. Paul's Reformed Church, New Oxford, PA 1918-1920 SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 050 or Microfilm #97 For: Articles and Photographs of church pewter found in "Pewter in Pennsylvania German Churches", by Donald M. Herr SEE ALSO: F/146/.P232/vol.29