First Baptist Church of Ithaca records

Collection — Box: 29

Identifier: 2004

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Minutes of the Board of Trustees, boards of deacons and deaconesses, and church meetings; lists of members, baptisms, and funerals; minutes statistics and correspondence of various church officials and boards; constitution; financial records; minutes, reports, accounts, and other records of various women's and youth organizations, including the Women's Missionary Society, Women's Union, and Women's Fellowship; Sunday School rolls and minutes; various other letters, resolutions, pamphlets, scrapbooks, photographs, hymn books, church newsletters, historical data, and letters from donors to the church building fund, 1889-91. There are also tape recordings of services conducted by Rev. Christian B. Jensen; plans for remodelling the church, Clarence A. Martin, architect, 1930-32; and records of the Danby Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church of Christ of Ithaca, 1811-38.

Dates

1811-2005.

Creator

First Baptist Church of Ithaca (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

21.6 cubic feet. (21.6 cubic feet. 2 tape recordings.,)

Additional Description

Abstract

Materials from the Board of Trustees, boards of deacons and deaconesses, and church meetings; lists of members, baptisms, and funerals; records of women's and youth organizations; Sunday School materials; letters from donors to the church building fund. Tape recordings of services; plans for remodelling the church; records of the Danby Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church of Christ of Ithaca.

SERIES LIST

Series I. General files

Series II. Letters regarding construction of new church

Series III. Church history

Series IV. Renovation, 1970s

Series V. Cash Books

Series VI. Media

Series VII. Studies and drawings for remodelling of the First Baptist Church, Ithaca, N.Y., 1930-1932

Physical Description

Correspondence, scrapbooks, pamphlets, books, minutes, tape recordings, architectural plans.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: F. Tellez, N. Dean
Date completed:: 1980, 1997
EAD encoding:: Julia Guarneri, August 2002
Date modified:: Fredrika Loew, October 2018