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Statenfield Sabbath School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1178. Minute book of Statenfield Sabbath School, Barren County, Kentucky, from 1892-1898. Includes minutes of meetings and a list of pupils. Also includes a 1990 newspaper clipping about restoration efforts for Statenfield Black Baptist Church.

Beaver Dam Baptist Church - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 620. Record book of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, Rhoda, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings and membership lists of whites and African Americans. Meetings frequently concern disciplinary actions against members.

Trinity Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1016. Record books of Trinity Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Warren County, Kentucky, 16 August 1895-30 March 1919. Includes minutes of meetings, membership registers, and statistical reports to the Presbytery.

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1175. Minute book of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings from 1804-1854 and members register of whites and African Americans. Also included is an 1863 letter describing the condition of the church.

Society At Walker's Chapel - Allen County, Kentucky (Sc 1296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1296. Typescript of the Class Book (membership register) of the Society at Walker's Chapel (now Walker's Chapel United Methodist Church), Allen County, Kentucky. Includes a foreword with historical information, and an index of names.

Cane Springs Baptist Church Of Christ - Madison County, Kentucky (Sc 2157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2157. Typescript of the minute books of Cane Springs Baptist Church of Christ, Madison County, Kentucky. Includes church covenant, meeting minutes 1838-1881 (pp. 10-49), 1803-1841 (pp. 50-96), 1883-1896 (pp. 97-112), and membership lists.

Gasper River Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2156. Minute book of Gasper River Presbyterian Church, Gasper, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes session minutes, members register, and some annual statistics reported to the presbytery.

Mount Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2155. Minute book of the Mount Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes membership registers.

Williams, Louis P., 1910-1937 (Sc 2143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2143. Paper titled: "Slavery in the Presbyterian Church" written for the class "History of the Lower South." Mr. Williams attended Western Kentucky State Teachers College from 1928 to 1933 and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, 1933.

Watkins, Dianne (Winkler), 1941-2024 (Sc 2142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2142. Typed biography titled "Julia Neal," which discusses the professional career of Mary Julia Neal (7 p.); two oral interviews with Neal conducted by Watkins which discuss Neal's career and particularly her work related to the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky; photocopy of Neal's first article on the South Union Shakers in 1926 also included.

Middleswarth, Victoria (Sc 2129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2129. Abridged index compiled from Shaker Record A, 1804-1836; Shaker Record B, 1836-1864; and Journal of the North and East Families, 1888-1897, for a "Lunchtime Learning" program about Shaker food held at the Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University.

Exploding The Myth Of The Boat, Mark A. Granquist

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Adams County History 2010

Adams County History

No abstract provided.

Book Review: The Ordeal Of Thomas Barton: Anglican Missionary In The Pennsylvania Backcountry, 1755-1780, David L. Preston

Adams County History

The Ordeal of Thomas Barton is a highly informative read that I recommend for anyone interested in the history of eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Scholars will find the book useful for its many connections to the histories of settlement, religion, politics, Indian diplomacy, and warfare on the Pennsylvania frontier. The book's author, Gettysburg College English professor James P. Myers, Jr., has written the most deeply researched account of Barton's importance in eighteenth-century religion and politics, and has contributed some of the finest overall scholarship on early Pennsylvania in recent years. Based in Huntington Township in what is now Adams County, and later …

Polish Influence On American Synagogue Architecture, Samuel D. Gruber

Religion - All Scholarship

Hundreds of thousands of Jews from Poland came to America after 1880. Many built synagogues with details recalling synagogues in their homeland. Immigrant artisans brought motifs and methods of Poland. Many of these synagogues were small, so the relationship to Polish art was on the inside in the painted and carved decoration. Established architects also had access to Polish synagogues as sources. With publication of the Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-06) images of Polish synagogues, such as the Warsaw’s Tlomackie Street Synagogue, became part of many Jewish libraries. More Polish influence came in the 1950s. Most architects were building modern synagogues, …

The Foundations And Early Development Of Mormon Mission Theory, David Golding

CGU Theses & Dissertations

This study seeks to answer a fundamental question facing missiologists and historians of Mormonism: given their sustained preoccupation with converting others to Mormonism and their thriving tradition of missionary work, how do Mormons conceive of their mission? By focusing on the theoretical frame in which Mormon missionaries imagined the non-Mormon world, prepared for missionary engagement, and derived their expectations for their mission work, this study aims to illuminate the development of Mormon missionary activities and explain the processes by which Mormons fashioned for themselves a missional character. Beginning with Joseph Smith and the emergence of his missional thought and ending …

Friendship Of My Soul. Selected Letters By Elizabeth Ann Seton 1803-1809, Betty Ann Mcneil

Mission and Ministry Publications

            Friendship of My Soul presents selected letters of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton during a period which became pivotal for her vocation in life and journey of faith. Elizabeth Seton writes to key correspondentson matters of family, faith, and friendship. The women with whom shecorresponded included a sister-in-law, the wife of her husband’s businessassociate, and a life-long friend. Each woman shared her heart and soul withthe other as they mutually supported one another during ebb and flow ofthe tides of their lives. 

Introduction To America's Four Gods: What We Say About God And What That Says About Us, Paul Froese, Christoper Bader

Sociology Faculty Books and Book Chapters

Despite all the hype surrounding the "New Atheism," the United States remains one of the most religious nations on Earth. In fact, 95% of Americans believe in God--a level of agreement rarely seen in American life. The greatest divisions in America are not between atheists and believers, or even between people of different faiths. What divides us, this groundbreaking book shows, is how we conceive of God and the role He plays in our daily lives.

America's Four Gods draws on the most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and illuminating survey of American's religious beliefs ever conducted to offer a systematic exploration of …

Brief History Of Religion In Northeast Ohio, A, George W. Knepper

Cleveland Memory

This monograph presents a concise but comprehensive look at the history of religion in Northeast Ohio. Starting with the early settlers from New England, Professor Knepper traces the increasingly diverse mixture of faiths that now characterize the life of the sacred in Northeast Ohio. In doing this, Professor Knepper is drawing on a lifetime of study into Ohio's history. Original publication date 2002.

Unity, Charity, And Fraternity: Father Michael Mcgivney And The Knights Of Columbus, Kathleen A. Bruno

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

My thesis discusses the reasons for the creation of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, in 1881. I discuss why Father Michael McGivney, a Catholic priest in New Haven, Connecticut, believed that the organization was necessary to prevent Catholic men from joining the "secret societies" of the nineteenth century. I also explain the present-day Knights of Columbus and how McGivney's vision is carried out today through the Order.

Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 284. Correspondence of the Magruder and Clysdale families of Louisville, Kentucky, London, Ontario and Grand Bend, Ontario. The correspondence covers family matters and the progress of the Magruders' professional work and writing on Protestant theology and social issues. Includes photographs relating to the Clysdales and a related family, the Brighams.

Bethel Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 256. Record books of Bethel Baptist Church, Gainesville, Allen County, Kentucky, 1842-1875. Includes brief business information about the church, acts of church discipline, and when people were admitted to membership. Also includes the church's "Rules of Decorum" and "Articles of Faith."

White Stone Quarry Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 298. Records of the White Stone Quarry Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky consisting of meeting minutes and membership lists.

Tackett, Kenneth Wayne, 1930-2016 (Sc 2083), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2083. Correspondence related to an article about Shakers that appeared in the Western Kentucky University "Alumni" magazine. Kenneth W. Tackett was born at Shakertown at South Union, Kentucky, and later lived in the Centre House (Centre Family Dwelling).

Spring Valley United Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 288. Minute books of Spring Valley United Baptist Church (formerly Pleasant Grove United Baptist Church), Logan County, Kentucky. Includes membership lists for white and black members. Typescripts, and name indexes for minute books included.

Piney Creek Baptist Church - Crittenden County, Kentucky (Mss 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 286. Minute book of Piney Creek Baptist Church, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Includes constitution, membership lists, and minutes from 1884 to 1914.

Shiloh Presbyterian Church - Sumner County, Tennessee (Sc 1808), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1808. Minutes of the session of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Sumner County, Tennessee, 1793-1886. Includes lists of members and decisions of the business meetings.

Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 282. Photocopies of the record books of Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Allen County, Kentucky, consisting of business meeting minutes covering primarily 1840 to 1898, and membership lists.

South Union Messenger (Fall 2009), Kentucky Library Research Collections

South Union Messenger

No abstract provided.

Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 245. Record books of Zoar Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky (later Rough Creek Baptist Church). Entries consist chiefly of church and Sunday school minutes.