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Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard shows a few African people walking in front of large stone cathedral church. Postcard is labeled "Lisk-Carew Brothers, Photo., Freetown, Sierra Leone. Registered." JPG file (85 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Bathurst (Gambia River) - End of the Sunday office." It shows African people in fancy Western dress milling about outside a large cathedral-style church. The postcard was mailed from Sierra Leone to Miss A. Davis, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. JPG file (76 KB) -
Date: 1898 Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption " 16. First Christian Women at Childonda, 1898" on the front and labeled "Edward Sanders, Missao Ingleza, Bie Angola" on the back. The postcard was printed in England and show a group of ten Angolan women in indigenous dress posed in front of a fence. JPG file (105... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Almost Ready for His Helpmeet" on the front and labeled "Edward Sanders, Missao Ingleza, Bie Angola" on the back.The postcard was printed in England and shows a man seated working on a piece of wood in front of a round hut. JPG file (104 KB) -
Date: 1920 Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "49. Chilonda Conference, 1920" on the front and labeled "Edward Sanders, Missao Ingleza, Bie Angola" on the back. The postcard was printed in England. It shows a group of adults and children posed for a formal group portrait. Four of the twelve adults are African; ... -
Creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1762/1774 Contributing Institution: Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives Description: Minutes of the meetings of the St. Paul's vestry, from 1762 to 1774. Each entry records the date of the meeting, members present and business discussed. One of the main topics covered is the ill health of Reverend McClenachan and the subsequent need to secure an assistant minister and, eventually... View Full Item at Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives -
Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1717/1760 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: This volume holds the oldest known meeting minutes for Christ Church, dating from 1717 to 1760. The vestry is the governing body for the church. Each entry records the date, members present and business discussed. The Lieutenant Governor was often present at early meetings, and the Governor becam... View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1761/1784 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Vestry minutes of the United Congregations of Christ Church and St. Peter's from 1761 to 1784. Each entry records the date and place of the meeting, members present and business discussed. Regular business includes elections of church leaders and hiring and payment of church staff; fundraising an... View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1772/1787 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Burial records kept by the sexton of Christ Church from 1772 to 1786. Burials are listed by date and include the decedent's name, age at time of death, and amount paid for burial. Names of spouses or parents are often noted, as well as cause of death. View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1719/1750 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of marriages, christenings/baptisms, and burials at Christ Church from 1719 to 1750. All events from 1719 to 1724 are recorded together by date from pages 1 to 27. There is a gap in page numbering, then all marriages from 1725 to 1750 are recorded by date from pages 34 to 73. There is anot... View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA