Records of the Church of Messiah Records of the Church of Messiah 1855-2006

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Records of the Church of Messiah Records of the Church of Messiah 1855-2006

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RUn-msg196&view=title

These records document the administrative, financial, religious, social, and cultural activities of the Church of the Messiah. The records contain letters, reports, financial documents, parish registers, photographs, photo albums, scrapbooks and realia that date from the year the parish was established in 1855 to the time of its closing in 2006.

193 box(es); (57.25 linear feet)

eng,

University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives Unit

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SNAC Resource ID: 6358977

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Church of the Messiah

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The Church of the Messiah was located in the Olneyville section of Providence, Rhode Island. In the mid-nineteenth century, Olneyville became a center for textile manufacturing. The Church of the Messiah was founded in 1855 to serve the growing community of Episcopalian textile workers. The original wooden church building was erected at the corner of the Valley and High Streets (now Westminster Street), and the first services were held there in October 1855. In 1888, Eli...

Church of the Messiah (Providence, R.I.)

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