Records, 1905-1952.

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Records, 1905-1952.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/431974589

This collection contains primarily materials produced by the Wesleyan Bible Class to advertise its meetings. The collection documents the heavy publicity campaign which the class used to make itself known in the Church community and to the public in general.

1.5 linear feet : 39 photographs, 2 oversize folders.

Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7519373

Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center

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Wood, Frank L., 1864-1945.

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Frank L. Wood was born in Machester, Indiana, in 1864. His early childhood was spent in Malden, Illinois. His family moved to Chicago when Frank was ten years old. The remainder of his he lived on Chicago's west side, his last address being 306 S. Hamlin. As a teenager he worked as a clerk for various companies while going to night school. He was graduated from Chicago's Kent College of Law. He was editor of the west side weekly Enterprise and from 1883 to 1894 was business for himself. He was a...

Kennicott, Mabel.

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Wesleyan Bible Class (Chicago, Ill.)

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The Wesleyan Bible Class was founded in 1880 by Calla Scott Willard, with twelve boys as members. Over the next sixteen years, the class was taught by six different teachers and then disbanded. In September, 1896, the class was reorganized under Frank L. Wood (1864-1945) with twenty-seven members. Wood continued to lead and teach the class until his death forty-eight years later. At its height, the class numbered some 900, although membership included persons in forty states and twelve foreign c...