Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
New Hope Baptist Church Collection, 1945-1963, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
New Hope Baptist Church Collection, 1945-1963, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Finding Aids
A collection of minutes, ledgers, and balances for the New Hope Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Kansas.
The New Hope Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Kansas was started by Reverend M. Pickins in 1896. Services were first held in his home, but in 1909 a frame building was purchased where Pittsburg Middle School (originally the high school) now stands. When the city of Pittsburg decided to build a new high school at the site in the early 1920s, the congregation moved the building to 11th Street. One of the ledgers in the collection belonged to Benjamin White, an African American contractor …
Feaster (John Newcomer) Papers, 1934-1981, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Feaster (John Newcomer) Papers, 1934-1981, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Finding Aids
John Newcomer Feaster was born in 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in 1980. He received his A.B. degree from Bucknell University in 1930, with high honors. He graduated, also with honors, from the Andover-Newton Theological School in 1933. He came to Maine to accept a call to the Kennebunkport parish upon his graduation from theological school. He served there for 7 years and then served as pastor of the Hammond Street Congregational Church in Bangor, Maine for 7 years. He then served as pastor of the North Congregational Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire starting in 1946. He served there …
Presbyterian Church Of Pittsburg Collection, 1879-2003, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Presbyterian Church Of Pittsburg Collection, 1879-2003, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Finding Aids
A collection of minutes, registries, historical notes, and photographs of the First Presbyterian and the United Presbyterian Churches of Pittsburg, Kansas.
In the early days of Pittsburg, Kansas, there were two Presbyterian Churches. While both were technically First United Presbyterian Churches, one was locally called the First Church and the other was called the United Presbyterian (UP) Church. The two churches, despite being the same denomination, were different in organization, style, and heritage. The First United Presbyterian Church was started on March 12, 1879. The first full-time minister was Reverend Francis Symmes who served from 1883 to 1885. The church …