Plymouth Congregational Church Collection

Description:

A collection of materials from the Plymouth Congregational Church of Lansing, Mich., donated upon their vacating the facility at 2001 E. Grand River Ave. in the fall of 2017. The collection includes original and later editions of "Under the Mustard Tree" church history (some of which also exist in the cataloged Local History book collection at call no. R 285.877427 Plymouth), the bulletin from the final service at the Grand River location, a souvenir postcard, plate, and tile, and a list of all ministers of the congregation since its forming in 1847. There is also a selection of correspondence and meeting agendas and minutes (2001-2017), various brochures and service programs, and fall meeting and annual report booklets. In addition, early volumes of "The Year Book of the Congregational and Christian Churches" (1920, 1928, 1935, 1944, 1955) and the 2005 Yearbook of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches are included. Susy E. Stebbins' personal inscribed copy (which later belonged to C. Rowland Stebbins) "Congregationalists in America" by Rev. Albert E. Dunning (1894) is also in this collection. Membership directories were placed in Local History's cataloged book collection.

Date Created:

[1975 TO 2017]

Data Provider:

Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives

Collection:

Plymouth Congregational Church Collection

Subject Topic:

Lansing (Mich.), Churches, Grand River Avenue East, Congregational churches, and Religion

Language:

English

Rights:

Copyright Not Evaluated

URL:

http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/A3508C16-F143-4594-B520-274275035553