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Richmond Second Presbyterian Church Records, 1892-1998
PA 31
Overview
Creator:
Richmond Second Presbyterian Church
Title:
Richmond Second Presbyterian Church Records
Collection Number:
PA 31
Collection Dates:
1892-1998
Size:
4 boxes
Accession #:
IL2004.3
Repository:
Hanover College Archives
Duggan Library
121 Scenic Drive
Hanover, Indiana 47243-0287
Phone: (812) 866-7181
archives@hanover.edu
Collection Information:
Scope and Content Note
Records of the Second Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, dated 1892-1999. Documents include session minutes; membership records; financial reports; meeting minutes; committee minutes; Congregational meeting minutes; lists of pastors, elders, and deacons; correspondence; Sunday School records; church governance documents; account books; and women’s missionary society minutes. Records also include vital statistics information including baptisms, marriages and deaths.
Historical Information
The Richmond Second Presbyterian Church was organized from the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond in June 1892.
Administrative Information:
Related Items:
Related materials may be found by searching the Hanover College online catalog.
Acquisition:
Loan
Property rights and Usage: This collection is the property of Hanover College. Obtaining permission to publish or redistribute any copyrighted work is the responsibility of the author and/or publisher.
Richmond Second Presbyterian Church Records
PA 31
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Preferred Citation: [identification of item], Richmond Second Presbyterian Church Records, PA 31, Hanover College
Finding Aid Updated: 9/5/2018
Container List
Box
Folder
Folder Title
Date
Notes
1
1
Session Book (copy) and Register
1892-1923
Meeting minutes; membership and staff changes; committee and financial reports; register provides alphabetical list of members with names and dates.
1
2
Session Book
1926-1962
Meeting minutes; actions taken; membership and staff changes; plans and procedures; committees and financial reports; Names of dismissed or suspended members; new members; financial difficulties; references to the First Friends Church of Richmond; baptisms
1
3
Session Book and Annual Meetings
1962-1973
Meeting minutes; Elders and Trustees meeting minutes; Annual Congregational meeting; financial records and budgets; tribute to George Goris, Pastor of the church, upon his death.
2
1
Church Register
1946
Lists of pastors, elders, deacons, communicants, baptisms, marriages, and deaths providing names, some residences, dates of service or membership and method of dismissal.
2
2
Financial Board Record Book
1899-1910
A financial accounts book including income and expenditures, notes of meetings by date with several inserted monetary documents. Notes indicate the board’s interaction with officers and committees of the church. Congregational meeting notes are also included.
2
3
Church Register
1895-1969
Register of communicants, pastors, elders, deacons, trustees, suspended members, baptized children, and list of deaths. Entries provide names, dates of membership, cause of dismissal, some addresses and remarks. Baptism list gives full names, parent names, dates, and some locations.
2
4
Correspondence
1924-1935
An unbound sheaf of letters regarding pastoral vacancies at the church. Letters include resignations, letters of interest in the position and notices of changes in church membership. Richmond Second Presbyterian Church Records
PA 31
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Box
Folder
Folder Title
Date
Notes
2
5
Congregational Meeting Records
1931-1936
Notes of meetings of the church body which includes lists of officers, committee members, Sunday School records, church officials, plans and projects, associated agencies, and lists of names.
2
6
Trustee’s Records- Photo Copies
1894-1930
Notes regarding care of church facilities and construction projects. By-laws, financial records, and actions of governance by church authorities are included.
2
7
Subscription Book
1894-1938
Subscription book for the erection of a “chapel” meeting building for the church including names, amounts, and records of payments over many years. Inserted documents and instructions are included. Financial records.
3
1
Treasurer’s Book
1899-1930
Accounts book listing income sources and amounts and expenditures with descriptions. Includes inserts.
3
2
Women’s Missionary Society
1939-1945
Notes of meeting of the Society arranged by date with names attending, program description and financial records.
3
3
Women’s Missionary Society
1945-1951
Notes of the Society arranged by date. Entries include name of program, attendees and financial accounts. This book includes a packet of letters from U.S. Senator Homer Capehart’s office with letters signed by him.
3
4
Women’s Missionary Society
1952-1970
A loose leaf sheaf of notes of the society arranged by date. Pages include some news articles.
3
5
Roll Books
1950-1972
Handmade children’s class roll books with designs and names and addresses of members, songs, slogans, colors et.al.
4
1
Junior Church Books
1960- 1973
Notebooks describing the Junior Church program with an order of service, history, census and attendance, achievements, activities, and church support
4
2
Documents
1990’s
An installation program for ministry, a Christmas greeting, a letter and tax documents.
4
3
1998 Budget
1998
Church Budget
4
4
Banking Documents
1993-1998
Documents of bank records mailed to the church.
