First Reformed Church (Philadelphia, PA)
Scope and Contents
The Old First Reformed Church collection consists of one box containing: - Bulletins, 1926-1999 - Cemetery Records - Church Records: Directories, 1959, 1974; Inventory of records held at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - Constitution, 1818 - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1902-2002; Manuscripts; News Clippings; Published - Legal Records: General; Charles J. Sutter et al v. The Trustees, 1861-1862 - Newsletters, 1968-2006 - Pastors: Sermons by Geneva M. Butz, 1989 - Photographs - Programs and Activities, 1976-2004 - Committees: - Bicentennial, 1974-1976 - Building - Consistory, Correspondence - Self-Study, 1957 - Trustees, Reports, 1966 - Auxiliary Organizations: - 1727 Society - Charter School, 1854 - Men of Old First, "The Mirror", 1947 - Sunday School, 1906-1961 - Women's Group Constitution, 1818 - Sermons THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA: AN IMPORTANT 1772 ADDITION TO THE WORKS OF ROBERT SMITH, manuscript by Joseph W. Hammond. THE ANCIENT LAND-MARK, discourse preached by Joseph F. Berg, 1839. Signed by J. Caspar Bucher. FIVE YEARS' MINISTRY IN THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH, sermon by J. H. A. Bomberger, 1860. FREEDOM OF WORSHIP: MEETING HOUSES, CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES OF EARLY PHILADELPHIA, by Robert H. Wilson, 1976. A HISTORY OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA, by Rev. David Van Horne, 1876. THE OLD FIRST REFORMED CHURCH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (EVANGELICAL & REFORMED), FIFTIETH AND LOCUST STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, by Rev. Charles E. Schaeffer and Rev. Amos Seldomridge. TWO HISTORIES AND AN ESSAY: THE STORY OF OLD FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, UCC, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, compiled by Robert A. Schneider, 2002. Signed by compiler. NEWSLETTERS: - " The Restorator", 1968-1981 - " Old First/New Outlook", 1983-1999 - " The 1727 Society", 1996-2006
Dates
- Creation: 1727 - 2006
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
For: Church Records (original), 1748-1993 SEE ALSO: Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA For: Church Records, 1748-1993 SEE ALSO: Genealogical Society of Utah GSU #1905870 & GSU #1905896 For: "Christmas Comes Alive", by Geneva M. Butz & Illustrated by Helen Siegl, c.1988 SEE ALSO: Philip Schaff Library BT/315.2/.B9/1988
Subject
- Appenzeller, Edgar Ritter (1878-1939) (Person)
- Berg, Joseph Frederick (1812-1871) (Person)
- Bomberger, John Henry Augustus (1817-1890) (Person)
- Bucher, John Caspar (1804-1888) (Person)
- Garrett, Walter Earl (1873-1939) (Person)
- Schaeffer, Charles Edmund (1867-1966) (Person)
- Seldomridge, Amos L. (1920-2016) (Person)
- Van Horne, David (1837-1930) (Person)
- Butz, Geneva M., Rev. (or. UCC 1972) (Person)
- Smith, Robert (1722-1777) (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- First Reformed Church (Philadelphia, 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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