Erin United Methodist Church items

Collection — manuscript box: 59 - folder 1

Identifier: 3494m

Scope and content

Typescript essay, "A continued history of the Erin United Methodist Church," read at the church's centennial, February 9, 1975, written by Carol Vaughan; untitled manuscript table giving membership and financial statistics on Methodist churches in the Newtown Creek Larger Parish group from 1874-1974, with comments by Carol Vaughan; typewritten pamphlet, "The Erin United Methodist Church, 100th anniversary, Feb. 9, 1975," containing historical essays and a program of the centennial celebration; and a printed pamphlet, "The founding of the Christian church in the wilds of Tioga," by James L. Smith (1951).

Dates

1951-1975.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Vaughan, Carol. (Person)
Smith, James L., active 1951. (Title of work: Founding of the Christian church in the wilds of Tioga..) (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

The Newtown Creek Larger Parish consists of the Methodist churches of Breesport, Erin, Hicks, North Chemung, and Sullivanville in the Elmira District, Central New York Conference of the Methodist Church. All of the towns in question are in Chemung County.