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SUB-GROUP I: CHRIST CHURCH RECORDS

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Christ Church Records comprise 90 cubic feet (87 records center cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, and card catalog drawers) spanning the period 1758 to 2004. Document types include correspondence, minutes, financial records, sermons, membership records, registers, blueprints, property surveys, property appraisals, newsletters, bulletins, annual reports, books, and newspaper clippings. Document types also include videos, record albums, photograph prints, slides, and scrapbooks.

Subjects include records of baptisms, marriages, and burials performed at the church; records of the Christ Church graveyard; documentation of music, choirs, and organs; the management of the church through the rector and vestry; worship as documented by service leaflets or bulletins; parish organizations such as the Episcopal Church Women, the Marion DeVoe Altar Guild, and the Louise Deshler Ross Guild; relationships with other organizations; and church activities such as anniversary celebrations.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English