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Full listing > Accession MC2006/20| Accession # | MC2006/20 | | Topic | Gump: Family Bible | | Keywords | Genealogical, Family History, | | Title | Gump Bible | | Size | 1 Bible | | Location | Sanctum, Family Bible Shelves | | Citation | Gump Bible, MC2006/20, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | This bible was brought to Manchester College Sunday, March 15, 1959 by L. W. Shultz (librarian). It was placed in the Manchester College Historical Library by Elder Jesse Gump and his Son, George Gump, of Churubusco, Indiana. It had been in homes in Southern Ohio and Northern Indiana and was found in the effects of Albert Gump and Preserved by Floyd E. Shively of Albion, Indiana. | | Scope and Content | An old German bible without a cover or date. Jeanine Wine found a typewritten page within the leaves of the book. This page remains with the bible and has additional information. Following is an excerpt from this description. It is not known who researched or wrote it: "A Rare Edition (undated) of the Lutheran translation of the Bible into German was brought to America by Johann Georg Gumpp on September 18, 1732. He is the only one of that name listed as having entered Philadelphia port before 1808 as an immigrant and is there-fore the ancestor of the Gump families of the Church of the Brethren in America. The date of the printing of this volume was likely between 1697 and 1701 since a German King, Augustus II, ruled those years over both Poland and Saxony and by him permission was given to print this edition. It is one of some 253 editions printed in the century before 1719 in Germany." | | Date of Accession | Unknown | | Bio History Note | The bible is referenced and described in the family history, "The Gump Family in America 1732 -1983, Johann Georg Gumpp 1709 - 1792, Rosina Mack Gumpp 1705 - 1769," complied and edited by Arlo K. Gump, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD 1983, pg. 177. (Johann Georg Gumpp's Bible). | | Archivist Note | Date of Accession: According to the typewritten page inserted in the bible, the book was brought to Manchester College Sunday, March 15, 1959 by L. W. Shultz. Even though it was kept in the Archives, there was not a record of the bible being catalogued or documented as part of the library collection. Description prepared 19 June 2006 by Jeanine M. Wine and last updated 20 December 2006. |
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