Finding aid for the Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church
Title: Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church Records
Dates: 1876-1971
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church was founded in 1876 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Funften of Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church. From its organization until it disbanded in 1971 the church was located on the corner of Hague Avenue and West 67th Street. The collection consists of four bound volumes of records. Volumes I and II contain the church's registers and constitution, recorded in German. Volume 3 contains the minutes of the governing board of the church's Sunday School, also in German. Volume 4 contains a later register, recorded in English.
MS Number MS 3847
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English and German

Scope and Content

The Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church Records, 1876-1971, consist of four bound volumes of records. Volumes I and II contain the church's registers and constitution, recorded in German. Vol. 3 contains the minutes of the governing board of the church's Sunday School, also in German. Vol. 4 contains a later register, recorded in English.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the German immigrant community and religion in Cleveland, Ohio in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Churches, Protestant -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
Sunday-schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3847 Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection

Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church Records 1876-1971

Box Folder
1 1 Register and constitution 1876-1884
1 2 Register 1882-1898
1 3 Minutes 1886-1913
1 4 Register 1948-1971