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First Reformed Church (Philadelphia, PA)

 Collection
Identifier: Church RG 672

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

Related Materials

For: Church Records (original), 1748-1831 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #186 For Church Records (original & transcription), 1748-1993 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #187 For: Church Records (transcription), 1748-1831; Extracts of Consistory Minutes, 1748-1800; History by Rev. Edgar R. Appenzeller, 1917 -- Copied by William J. Hinke, 1939-1940 SEE ALSO: MKZZ/PH/R21 or Microfilm #136 (does not include Consistory Min.) For: Church Records, Marriages, 1748-1802 SEE ALSO: F/146/.P43/v.2:8 For: Pastoral Records, Deaths, 1920-1921 -- Walter Earl Garrett (1873-1939) SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 050 or Microfilm #97 For: Information regarding The Reformed Church of the Stranger (St. John's Reformed Church) that merged with Old First in 1935 SEE ALSO: Church RG 064 For: "Controversy in the German Reformed Church in Pennsylvania with Emphasis on Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia", Thesis by Donald Earl Harpster, 1976 SEE ALSO: BX/9581.6/.P55/A3/1976 For: "The History of the German Reformed Community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1727-1800", by Donald Earl Harpster, 1969 SEE ALSO: BX/9581.6/.P55/F57/1969 For: Additional copy of "Freedom of Worship; Meeting Houses, Churches and Synagogues of Early Philadelphia", by Robert H. Wilson, 1976 SEE ALSO: F/158.62/.A1/W5/1976

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

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

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