Scope and content
The greater part of the collection is concerned with activities of Baptist churches in Livingston County, New York, and includes pamphlets of the annual meetings of the Livingston Baptist Association (1844-1918); manuscript volumes relating to the First Baptist Church of East Avon, New York; also, notes of church meetings (1823-1894) including lists of members, articles of faith, covenant, financial pledges (1849-1851), church records (1848-1884). Also, historical pamphlets on Avon and Rush, N.Y.; on the Genesee Valley Canal; and on Captain Daniel Shay written by Mary M. Selden and Henry R. Selden. Also, a pamphlet by Henry Selden pertaining to G. B. Selden's invention of the first practical internal combustion engine, and other material relating to the Selden patent.
Dates
- 1823-1947.
Creator
- Selden family. (Family)
- Selden, Henry R. (Person)
- Selden, Mary M. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
George Baldwin Selden (1846-1922) invented the first compact engine for road vehicles.
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Automobiles -- New York (State)
- East Avon (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Livingston County.
- First Baptist Church of East Avon, N.Y
- Inventions -- New York (State)
- Livingston Baptist Association (Livingston County, N.Y.)
- Livingston County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Pamphlets.
- Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- East Avon
- Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- Livingston County
- Rush (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
- Selden, Henry R.
- Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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