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Gardner Family papers, 1892-1994.
Collection
Identifier: MS5409
Abstract
The Gardner family collection starts with Rev. John Gardner (1868-1954) and his wife Agnes Annie Gardner (1866-1957). They were married in 1892 and had five children together: Agnes Gardner Buttrick (1893-1990), Annie Gardner Glover (1895-1934), Evelyn Gardner (1897-1990), Gladys Gardner Jenkins (1901-1994) and Rev. John Ashworth Gardner (1904-1990). This collection contains letters, travel notes, finances, writings, wills, chrurch records, birth and marriage certificates, books, postcards...
Dates:
1892-1994
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Grand Rapids, MI. South Congregational Church records, 1850-2001.
Collection
Identifier: RG4657
Abstract
The origins of South Congregational Church start in 1874 when women from the Park Avenue Congregational Church organized a Sunday School. This would eventually lead to a "Mr. Gilbert" donating land for construction of a chapel. The new chapel was located between Sheldon and Jefferson on Delaware Street and finished in 1876. The South Congregational Church was officially organized on December 12, 1878 with 43 charter members. The church would see steady growth until the end of the 1900s, when...
Dates:
1850-2001
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Susan Counce Hunt papers, 1793-1835.
Collection
Identifier: MS1111
Scope and Contents
This collection contains diaries (journals), extracts from sermons, readings, and letters from 1793-1835. Contained in 8 handmade books. One letter contains an essay entitled "On the Millenium" which mentions Jonathan Edwards. One journal is an arithmatic book attributed to "Sukey Counce Hunt." Also contains correspondence between the author's parents, Mary (Counce) Hunt and Daniel Hunt, which chronicles life in Boston during British occupation, and a diary of Mary Hunt's.
Dates:
1793-1835
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Church records and registers. 2
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- Christian poetry. 1
- Christian stewardship. 1
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- Commonplace books. 1
- Correspondence. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Education, Higher. 1
- Installation (clergy). 1
- Marriage records. 1
- Obituaries. 1
- Travel writing. 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. 1
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- Names
- Buttrick, Agnes Gardner, 1893-1990 1
- Buttrick, George Arthur, 1892-1980 1
- Child, Virginia H. 1
- Collins, Earl 1
- Cotton, William 1
- Diener, Gloria, 1902-1970 1
- Gardner, Agnes Annie, 1866-1957 1
- Gardner, Dorothy Luther, 1904-1999 1
- Gardner, Evelyn, 1897-1990 1
- Gardner, John Ashworth, Rev., 1904-1990 1
- Gardner, John, Rev., 1868-1954 1
- Gardner-Remley, Anne 1
- Glover, Annie Gardner, 1895-1934 1
- Glover, Carl A., Rev., 1891-1958 1
- Hunt, Mary 1
- Hunt, Susan Counce 1
- Jenkins, Gladys Gardner, 1901-1994 1
- Jenkins, Richard L. (Richard Leos), 1903-1991 1
- Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Reikow, Philip E. 1
- Skidmore, Ronald C. 1
- South Congregational Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1 ∧ less
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