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First Congregational Church in Amherst Records
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Contents List
Series 1: HISTORIES AND ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATIONS
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Souvenir programs and booklets containing historical essays and information on the church, produced for anniversary celebrations held in 1889, 1939 and 1959. A pamphlet detailing the origin of the pulpit of the First Congregationalist Church and a program from the opening of Amherst College's College Hall are also included here.
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Histories and anniversary programs and pamphlets
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1889, 1905, 1932-1959
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Box 1: folder 1
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Contains "The Articles of Faith and Government, of the First Church in Amherst, Mass" (1834) and the "Manual of the First Congregationalist Church" (1923) as well as programs from services held and texts of sermons delivered from 1829-1904.
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Articles of Faith and Government; Manual of the First Congregational Church
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1834, 1923
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Box 1: folder 2
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Sermons and programs from services and the installation of Forrest F. Emerson 1829-1904
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1829-1904
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Box 1: folder 3
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Contains one letter from Aaron M. Cotton to Edward B. Marsh, 1885.
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Letter from A[aron]. M. Colton to Edward B. Marsh
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1885
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Box 1: folder 4
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Contains newspaper clippings related to anniversary services and celebrations.
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Clippings
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1905, 1939, 1959
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Box 1: folder 5
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Contains two photographs of the church at Main Street, one exterior and one interior.
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Photographs
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1920s, 1943
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Box 1: folder 6
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Contains two volumes made in 1891: a copy of the records of the First Church and of the Second Church from 1735-1819, made by Pastor G. S. Dickerman; and the Catalogue of the Pastors and Deacons of the First Church of Christ in Amherst, compiled by G.S. Dickerman, with Rev. D.W. Marsh D.D. and Mrs. Helen T. Magill.
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Book-Copies of the records of the First Church and of the Second Church of Amherst, MA, covering 1735-1819. Copied by Pastor G. S. Dickerman, 1891. "The volume of original records of the first church of Amherst has been kept for better preservation in the vault of the first national Bank."
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1891
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Box 1: folder 7
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Catalogue of the Pastors and Deacons of the First Church of Christ in Amherst, Mass. Compiled by G.S. Dickerman, with Rev. D.W. Marsh D.D. and Mrs. Helen T. Magill, 1891.
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1891
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Box 1: folder 8
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