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Guide to the Fairhaven United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records, 1900-1993 AIS.1993.12

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Title
Records of Fairhaven United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1900-1993, Fairhaven United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., records 1900-1993
Subject
Fairhaven United Methodist Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.), United Methodist Church (U.S.), United Methodist Church (U.S.), United Methodist Church (U.S.) --Clergy--Pictorial works, Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Church history, Overbrook (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Church history
Description
This collection contains records of the Fairhaven United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1900-1993. The records are arranged into 6 books. Books 1-4 contain baptisms, marriages, members, funerals, deaths, and removals. Book 5 includes a minute book of the Auxilliary Branch of the Allegheny County Sabbath School Association from a convention of the Sabbath Schools of the northern part of Baldwin Township and the borough of Knoxville. Book 5 also contains financial records (1899-1902) that include pastor subscriptions, envelope accounts, and basket collection account. Book 6 includes pictures of ministers, ministerial records, pictures of church., Originals retained by the church., Records of Fairhaven United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1900-1993, AIS Micro 1993:12, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh., Microfilm. Pittsburgh, Pa. : Archives of Industrial Society and the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1993., Fairhaven United Methodist Church, 2415 Saw Mill Run Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15234 USA., Gift of Fairhaven United Methodist Church, 2415 Saw Mill Run Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1993., The Fairhaven United Methodist Church is located at 2415 Saw Mill Run Boulevard on Route 51 in the Overbrook section of Pittsburgh. It began in 1881 when a man by the name of Perry was converted while attending a camp meeting in Castle Shannon. Perry believed that the community of Overbrook needed religious services so he organized a Sunday School. In 1883, the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church appointed Reverend Samuel F. Crowther pastor of the Fairhaven Mission. On August 31, 1884 the Mission was formally organized as the Fairhaven Methodist Protestant Church. The first church was built in 1890 on Glenbury Street on a lot donated by Robert Thompson. The present church, located on a lot donated by the J.F. Horning family, was dedicated on December 8, 1907. At that time the church was under the leadership of Reverend C.S. Sanders. In 1940, a renovation was begun and the cost was liquidated by February 24, 1946. In 1968, the membership of the church was 334., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Item level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais199312
Contributor
Fairhaven United Methodist Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Crowther, Samuel F., Allegheny County Sabbath School Association Auxilliary Branch., University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1900-1993
Type
Collection, Churches-Financial records-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Death records-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Churches-Minute books., Churches-Photographs., Baptism-Records-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Marriage records-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Church records-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Microfilms.
Format
microfilm, microform, microform, microform, microfilm reel, 2 (1365
Identifier
oclc:ocm31238029, pitt:US-PPiU-ais199312
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais199312
Coverage
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.), Overbrook (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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