First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 4045

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Subjects include annual reports; births; baptisms; marriages; deaths; buildings and grounds; church finances, governance, history, library, manuals, membership, organizations, and publications; missionary work; pastors; special events; Sunday school; youth programs; Bibles; prayerbooks; music and hymnals; blueprints and maps; and other records of the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York.

Also included is a 5 DVD set of Called to be the First by Elizabeth McKeen and "100 Years of Reflections, 1904-2004," 2009; and a phonograph record of a concert at the church, "The Seven Last Words of Christ," recorded by the Cornell Recording Service of the Cornell Radio Guild, Inc., ca. 1951.

Photographs and files relating to the Kay-Billie-Klaer (KBK) Academy in Ghana, originally sponsored and supported by members of the First Presbyterian Church and named for Kay Ensworth, Billie Philbrick, and Betty Klaer and created by Akrofi and Awo Dzrietror, a couple from Ghana (Akrofi received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Agronomy at Cornell and Awo studied child development at TC3).

Dates

1801-2010.

Creator

First Presbyterian Church (Ithaca, N.Y.) (Organization)
McKeen, Elizabeth. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca was organized January 24, 1804 by Rev. Jedediah Chapman.

Extent

44.9 cubic feet. (44.9 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Physical Description

Publications, Reports, Movie Film

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:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: 1983, 2006
EAD encoding:: Evan Fay Earle, July 2007, August 2009
Date Modified:: Jude Corina, June 2016