First Baptist Church (Trumansburg, N.Y.) Records,1819-1938.
Collection Number: 3631
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
First Baptist Church (Trumansburg,
N.Y.) records, 1819-1938.
Collection Number:
3631
Creator:
First Baptist Church
(Trumansburg, N.Y.)
Quantity:
.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Photocopies.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
Photocopies of seven volumes and six unbound items including
covenant meetings and regular and special church meetings; lists of baptisms,
admissions, financial assessments and subscriptions; tabulations of votes cast in
the election of church elders and pastors; and records of the appointment of special
committees. Also, correspondence, photographs, obituaries, programs and annual reports to the Seneca
Baptist Association. Unbound items.
Language:
Collection material in English
Photocopies of seven volumes and six unbound items including covenant meetings and
regular and special church meetings; lists of baptisms, admissions, financial
assessments and subscriptions; tabulations of votes cast in the election of church
elders and pastors; and records of the appointment of special committees. Each
volume also contains the church covenant, the articles of faith and practice as last
revised, and a current membership list with details of the nature of each member's
admission to the church and any change in status. Also, correspondence, photographs,
obituaries, programs and annual reports to the Seneca Baptist Association
(1832-1938). Unbound items include the constitution and subscription list of the
Trumansburg Baptist Missionary Society (1832), an account of the congregation's
donation to pastor William E. Locke (December 24, 1839) and plans for the renovation
and expansion of the church building in 1844.
Names:
First Baptist Church (Trumansburg,
N.Y.)
Locke, William E.
Locke, William E.
Seneca Baptist Association
Seneca Baptist Association.
Trumansburg Baptist Missionary Society.
Subjects:
Baptists.
Baptists -- Missions.
Baptists
Baptists -- Missions
Places:
Tompkins County (N.Y.)
Trumansburg (N.Y.).
New York (State) -- Tompkins County
New York (State) -- Trumansburg
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Obituaries.
Cite As:
First Baptist Church (Trumansburg, N.Y.). Records, #3631. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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