Schaeffer, Charles Edmund (1867-1966)

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The Lehigh Classis, Eastern Synod Records include; Minutes 1880-1918 and copies (1880-1909). Constitution, Correspondence, History, Legal Records, Newsletters, Rollbook, Committees, Ministerial Association 1890-1962 (financial records, memberships, programs and constitution). Published Minutes 1900-1939 and Parochial Reports.

Scope and Contents A commission composed of delegates, appointed by the General Synod, to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, organized on Jan. 25, 1918, with Dr. C.E. Schaeffer, president, and Dr. W.S. Cramer, secretary. Its function was to cooperate with the government in the war effort, and to establish a personal touch with the members in the services. The Commission conducted the War emergency campaign, raising the sum of $121,448.90. The unexpended balance was used to erect a...

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The Charles E. Schaeffer collection contains Biographical and Genealogical information. Pastoral Records; Confirmations 1893-1946, Marriages 1892-1960, Baptisms 1892-1950. Sermons, Newspaper Clippings, Legal Records, Photographs, Correspondence, Lecture Notes and Writings 1889-1958. Hungarian Church articles and correspondence. Chateau Thierry, European trips, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia.

Scope and Contents The John C. Shetler collection contains: Biographical Material; Church History; Correspondence; Pastoral Records; Photographs; Addresses; Interviews; Lectures; Sermons; Daily Notes; published and unpublished writings; correspondence and records of organizations and committees including: Commission on the Welfare of the Union Church; Commission on Worship; Consultation on Church Union; Disciples-UCC Ecumenical Partnership; Lutheran-Reformed Dialogue; Mercersburg Society; Order of Corpus...

Scope and Contents The Morris D. Slifer collection consists of 1 box containing: - Biographical Information - Correspondence: with Charles E. Schaeffer - Writings: - Published: Articles in "The Reformed Church Messenger"; Manuscript for "Prayers and Other Resources for Public Worship" - Unpublished: General; Thesis "The Influence of the Mercersburg Movement Upon the Liturgy of the Reformed Church in the United States" - Committees: - Committee on the Book of Worship: Correspondence;...

Scope and Contents The Solomon's Union Church collection consists of one box containing: - Annual Reports, 1948 - Bulletins - Constitutions - Church Records (transcriptions): Baptisms, 1843-1991; Confirmations, 1843-1991; Marriages, 1852-1990; Deaths, 1864-1990; Directories, 1930, 1932 - Church Records, Lutheran (transcription): Baptisms, 1843-1941; Confirmations, 1849-1941; Marriages, 1856-1941; Deaths, 1856-1940; Officers, 1862-1941 - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1941; News Clippings -...

Scope and Contents The St. Matthew's Reformed Church collection consists of 2 boxes containing: - Annual Reports, 1956-1967 (incomplete) - Bulletins - Charter, 1891 - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1946-1967; Confirmations, 1954-1965; Marriages, 1946-1967; Deaths, 1946-1967; Communicants, 1954-1967; Membership, 1947-1967; Directories, 1965 - Constitutions, no date, 1939-1940 - Financial Records, 1962-1967 - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1900-1965; News Clippings - Legal Records -...

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The Trinity Reformed Church collection consists of Annual reports, Bulletins, Church Records, History, Newsletters, Parochial Reports, Photographs, and Yearbooks.

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The Adam Carl Whitmer collection contains Articles, Autobiography, Correspondence, Notes, Photographs, Prayers, Sermons, and Writings (published)