Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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A history of the establishment and the architecture of the English Lutheran Church (later the Trinity Lutheran Church) of Lawrence, Kansas, written by Cathy Ambler, December 1990. Ambler's history of the church was produced as a student paper for a University of Kansas course in Architecture.

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This collection consist of various manuscripts and a photograph: one hundred year aniversary program, photograph of church, typed note, one hundred year anniversary program bound with newspaper clippings, and a document titled "Beecher Bible and Rifle Church."

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The Papers of Bethel A.M.E. Church of Leavenworth, Kansas are those of an African American church in Leavenworth, which is one of the earliest African Methodist Episcopal churches in Kansas.

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The Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.) of Atchison, Kansas records provide a general overview of both the church and the African Methodist Episcopal Kansas-Nebraska Conference to which the Chapel belongs.

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The Church of the Ascension records are those of a long standing Kansas City, Kansas Episcopalian church.

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The church program and a newspaper clipping dated, February 8, 1973, regarding the merger of the Altamont United Presbyterian Church and the Oswego United Presbyterian Church to the First United Presbyterian Church in Oswego.

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Volume containing rules for conduct of a religious order. The dates covered are between 1673-1706; the date on the title-page is 1706; mentions returning to the original virtue of the order, and following the notes made by the first Directeur (Cochet) and the third (Joseph Biord, Directeur 1698-1700). 1752 is written at the foot of folio 36recto.

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The Eggert family came to America from Germany in the mid-1830s. The collection includes personal papers, correspondence, and photographs of various members of the family.

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The First Baptist Church of Leavenworth, Kansas History is a typewritten history of the African American church, which was organized in 1857.

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These records of the First United Methodist Church of Lawrence, Kansas, which date from 1877 to 1971, also include records generated under the church's earlier name, the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence. Included are records of church finances, members, marriages, funerals, baptisms, conferences, activities of the church's Loyal Ladies Class, its Epworth League of junior members, and special events in the church's history.

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Typewritten history of the church from its founding in 1895.

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The First Church of God in Christ of Coffeyville, Kansas History is a handwritten history of the African American church, which was organized in 1917.

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History of the First Methodist Church, Towanda, Kansas / compiled by Mrs. Harry Wilson, Sr. and Mrs. Drew Edmiston for the sixty-eighth anniversary, September 1956.

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This history was begun by Jennie Whitman in 1920 and subsequently completed by Leslye Hardman Women in 1961. It includes the names of former pastors, charter members, and a brief description of the Women's Society of World Service. The last leaf holds a mounted newspaper clipping from the Phillips County Review (May 11, 1961) about the services held in commemoration of the church's 50th anniversary.

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Photocopy of a Master of Science thesis submitted to Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1949. The paper traces the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas from 1890 to 1949.

Overview Correspondence and documents between Cardinal de Foix, legate to Alfonso V; Alfonso V, king of Aragon (died 1458); and Pope Martin V (1368-1431). Dates covered in the volume are 1424-1430. Concerns the Council of Tortosa, 1429, in which Foix persuaded Alfonso and other backers of Clement VIII (1380?-1446), the anti-pope at the time, to support Martin V. This narrative apparently compiled on Foix's orders from his archives: see last leaf of manuscript. Places mentioned in the manuscript...

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These official records of the Lenexa United Methodist Church (Lenexa, Kansas) include records of its members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths in the period 1865 to 1929, minutes of church conferences dating from 1867 to 1934, and a description of the church's early history as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lenexa.

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Records of the North Baptist Church of Ottawa, Kansas for the periods December 1889 to 1891 and 1928 to 1935. The records include membership lists, records of attendance, and minutes of meetings of the church's Baptist Young People's Union from September 1928 to August 1929.

Overview These papers were removed from a 37 volume set of Histoire ecclesiastique written by Claude Fleury (1691-1758) of Paris, France. William Poole's bookplate is pasted in volume one of the set. Among the papers is a letter from Frederick S. Warren, traveling secretary of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, and addressed to Reverend William Poole. Other papers include notes on church history...

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John Macauley, with a Ph. D. from Cambridge University, joined the University of Kansas School of Religion in 1964. His primary interests were in church history, particularly the English Reformation and the 17th century. This collection includes church research, as well as class and lecture notes.

Overview Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church of Salina, KS was started by Reverend John L. Davis and Alex Holly in 1882. There were 13 original members of the church. Church services were held in various places until a building was constructed in 1883 at 364 N. 8th Street. This building was sold in 1917. From February 1918 to 1935, services were held in a basement located on N. 8th Street. In 1935, a building was purchased at the corner of 8th and Decatur Street. Reverend Charles Sanders was Pastor at the...

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The First Regular Missionary Baptist Church Collection documents the history, membership, and activities of an African American congregation in Lawrence, Kansas. The collection contains pastoral, congregational, Sunday School, and club records.

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This handwritten request by William E. Needham for withdrawal of membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church is written on State Bank of Lancaster, Lancaster (Atchison County), Kansas letterhead and is dated March 17, 1899.

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The Reverend M. J. Young papers are those of a long time Kansas City, Kansas resident who served as pastor of the Young Memorial Church of God in Christ in that city.

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The Second Missionary Baptist Church records document the history, membership, and activities of a long time Junction City, Kansas church.