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Amherst (Mass.) -- Church history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst College Church and Chapel Records

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00252
Abstract

Records of the Church of Christ in Amherst College and other Christian religious activity on campus, including Amherst student involvement in Zion Chapel/Hope Church, from the founding of the college to the mid-twentieth century. Includes manuscript records, correspondence, printed material, and books.

Dates: 1825-1968; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1920

First Congregational Church in Amherst Records

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00216
Abstract

Sermon and anniversary celebration programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other records documenting activities of the First Congregational Church in Amherst, Massachusetts, chiefly 1829-1939.

Dates: 1829 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1829 - 1939

Writings about Amherst College subjects (2 of 2) , circa 1938-1945

 File — Box 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Untitled essay about Hope Church in Amherst Notes about buildings and grounds of Amherst College

"The 'Fred Allis' of the 40s" -- article about Joseph Vaill, one of the first trustees and benefactors of Amherst College

Dates: circa 1938-1945