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Lincoln, R.I. Sayles Memorial Church records, 1860-2012.
Collection
Identifier: RG5381
Abstract
William Francis Sayles gathered together 36 residents of Moshassuck (later Saylesville) in June 1860. At first they organized the Friends' District Union Sabbath School, which would be become Sayles Memorial Church. Mr. Sayles had originally opened the school for his employees' children but in 1873 decided to build Sayles Memorial Chapel. The building was partially a memorial to both his and his brother's dead children. The church remained a part of the Sayles estate until the 1950s. In 1954...
Dates:
1860-2012
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Lucy A. Wilson Moore's history of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois, 1960-1963.
Collection
Identifier: RG5352
Abstract
The Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois was an important institution which provided both monetary aid and personnel to local churches as well as providing aid for global missionary work.The collection includes a typewritten historical sketch of the Congregational Christian Woman's Fellowship of Illinois. The history includes biographical sketches of the organization's presidents, the historical roots of women's missionary societies in Illinois, and the complex...
Dates:
1960-1963
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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