Title: Church Clerk's Records ( May 22, 1893-Jan. 26, 1938 ), May 22, 1893-Jan. 26, 1938

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: Item 8

Scope and Contents

Description: Leather bound record book, 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" x 3 3/4", printed page numbers, handwritten in ink, many printed or typed pasted inserts.

Contents:

Title Sheet: Minutes of the Consistory and Records of Congregational Meetings - First Congregational Church in Ithaca, N.Y. Beginning with the pastorate of Rev. Wm. Elliot Griffis, D.D.

Alphabetized list of members indexed to page numbers referring to them.

Chronological record of various meetings (except trustees), annual meetings of Church and Society, letters, financial reports, etc. Much related typed or printed material is included. Also recorded are admissions and departures of members, baptisms, and deaths (often with newspaper obituaries pasted in).

Most of the records in this book were kept by L.E. Patterson, Church Clerk for over forty years.