| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Saint John's Episcopal Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Saint John's Episcopal Church | | | | Dates: | 1909-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Saint John's Episcopal Church is a congregation which maintains the oldest church edifice in Cleveland, Ohio, the group splitting off from Trinity Parish when it moved from Ohio City to Cleveland's east side in 1826. In the late 1960s, the congregation merged with the Inner City Protestant Parish, an interdenominational group of congregations which met at St. John's and other churches during the 1950s and 1960s. The church is also known as St. John's Historic Episcopal Church. The collection consists of minutes of the trustees and parish council, financial information, administrative records, documents pertaining to the restoration of the church building, and files relating to the parish history. The collection pertains to the administrative functions of a prominent Cleveland parish, its efforts to restore the church edifice, and its involvement in ecumenical and reform movements, from the 1920s to the 1980s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4371 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Saint John's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. | Historic buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Conservation and restoration. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1822-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership and property records, baptismal and death records, and other records of Euclid Avenue and Hough Avenue Congregational churches, including marriage records of the Hough Avenue church. | | | | Call #: | MS 3577 | | | | Extent: | 23.51 linear feet (57 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Necrologies. | Marriage records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Fidelity Baptist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Fidelity Baptist Church | | | | Dates: | 1892-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892 it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In answer to changing social conditions in the neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, programs, membership records, constitutions, agreements, Sunday School records, legal records, baptism and death records (1892-1912), miscellaneous files, and records documenting the church's work with community welfare organizations, including records of the Cleveland Area Church Council and the Inner City Protestant Parish. | | | | Call #: | MS 3648 | | | | Extent: | 5.80 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fidelity Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Baptismal certificates. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Necrologies. | Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Local church councils. | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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