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Accession #BC2008/2
TopicChurch of the Brethren: Annual Conference Moderators, Postcards,
KeywordsChurch History, Annual Meeting, Brethren History, Moderators,
TitleGermantown and Annual Conference Moderators Postcards
LocationBrethren History Shelves, Northeast shelving unit, (IS) in order by accession number
CitationGermantown and Annual Conference Moderators Postcards, BC2008/2, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceUnknown. In Archives prior to April 2006.
Scope and Content

Postcards  of Germantown Church of the Brethren, D. W. Kurtz,  and all living Annual Conference Moderators.

1. Three postcards of the Germantown church.

2.  One postcards of the moderators (except Frank Fisher (1914) of Mexico, Indiana,  who could not be at the photo session):

Rufus D. Bowman, 1940.

V. F. Schwalm, 1938.

James M. Moore, 1930.

D. W. Kurtz, 1926, 1932, 1936, 1939,

C. D. Bonsack, 1933.

C. E. Davis, 1941.

J. W. Lear, 1927.

Paul H. Bowman, 1937, 1942.

Otho Winger, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1934.

C. C. Ellis, 1935, moderator elect for 1944.

W. W. Peters, 1943.

J. J. Yoder, 1924

Date of Accession18 March 2008
Bio History NoteOlder postcards of Germantown Church of the Brethren, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  This is the first Brethren church in the country.  It was founded in 1723 and erected in 1770.  The church's address is 6613 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

One postcard containing a group portrait of all the living Annual Conference moderators (circa, 1943 because of the mention of C. C. Ellis being moderator elect for 1944).

D. W. Kurtz, Annual Conference Moderator 1926, 1932, 1936, 1939, picture postcard.

Archivist NoteDescription prepared 18 March 2008 by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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