Records, 1842-1970.

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Records, 1842-1970.

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General records of the church and society, including records of governing boards and committees, membership records, financial records, pew rents, minutes and reports of annual meetings, sermons, hymnals, notebooks, correspondence of ministers, newsletters, materials relating to Christian education and a church residence for college students, records of anniversary celebrations, including One Hundred Years of Mount Vernon Church (1942) written by Pauline Holmes, records of church societies, scrapbooks, ministerial files, photographs, and other records; together with records (1 box, 1861-1880) of Chambers Street Church, originally a part of Old South Church, became independent for a brief period, and merged into Mount Vernon in 1879. Persons represented include Dwight L. Moody, evangelist and early church member, and Samuel Edward Herrick, minister (1871-1904), successor of Edward Norris Kirk.

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Kirk, Edward Norris, 1802-1874

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