Records, 1715-1990.

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Records, 1715-1990.

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The collection consists of records which document the history, development, organization and administration of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island and its individual parishes, both active and disincorporated, as well as material related to or generated by individual clergy, laity and diocesan and parish organizations. Prior to their transfer to the Special Collections Department of the University of Rhode Island Library the records were housed in St. John's Cathedral, Providence. In addition to the records generated by the Diocese itself, records of individual churches were deposited in the Cathedral as these churches were closed or merged with others or were donated by individual clergy and laity. Since the records originated from a variety of sources their provenance is uncertain. Records were lost or damaged due to frequent movement. As a result only a partial record of a wide variety of diocesan activities has been preserved. The collection includes lists and registers of births, baptisms, confirmations, receptions, marriages and burials, sermons, catechisms, prayer books, deeds, mortgages, financial records, charters, programs, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, historical and biographical accounts of diocesan and parish people, places and things and published works.

68.75 linear ft. (123 boxes)

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7534908

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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Episcopal Church. Diocese of Rhode Island

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Episcopal worship in Rhode Island dates from 1635. The Colony relied on itinerant preachers until 1702 when the first Anglican church was built in Newport. Others followed soon after in Narragansett, Bristol and Providence. In 1790 the Diocese of Rhode Island was created with Samuel Seabury, Bishop of Connecticut, named Bishop of Rhode Island as well. Rhode Island would continue to share a bishop with one or more New England states until 1843. In 1929 St. John's Church in Providence became the C...

Smith, William, 1754-1821

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Fayerweather, Samuel, d. 1781.

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MacSparran, James, 1693-1757

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Higgins, John Seville, 1904-

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