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Religion -- New York (State)

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Bibbens family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2153
Scope and content

Papers include copies of Bible records of the Bibbens and related families of Weedsport, New York; a report on the Bibbens family by Howard J. Finley; and a microfilmed diary of Susan Bibbens Fox, 1833-1847, mostly of religious meditations and accounts of revival meetings, with some genealogical data.

Dates: 1766-1961.

Elias Bowen papers

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1 (positive): [Barcode: 31924094428293]
Identifier: 2111
Abstract

Letters to Bowen during his pastorates at Utica, Ithaca, Cazenovia, Locke, and Moravia, New York, written by clergymen and others concerning revivals at Ithaca and elsewhere, work of the Cazenovia Seminary and Wesleyan University, and Methodism in Central New York.

Dates: 1820-1852.

Jemima Wilkinson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 621
Abstract

Papers of the "Publick Universal Friend," her followers, and their descendants, including letters, wills, deeds, accounts, and other items; correspondents include James Brown, William Carter, Thomas R. Gold, Giles Kinney, Rachel Malin, Christopher Marshall, William Oliver, Sarah Richards, and Ruth Spencer.

Dates: 1768-1872.

Jemima Wilkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 357
Abstract Includes papers of the "Universal Friend," her followers, and their descendants, relating largely to the migration of Wilkinson and her followers from Rhode Island to what is now Yates County, New York, the development of their settlements, their conflict and litigation over land, and their religious life. Included are minutes of meetings, deeds, the last will of the "Universal Friend" and others, journals, sermons, accounts, documents covering the Boston and Massachusetts Pre-emptions, the...
Dates: 1772-1849.

Mead family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6069
Scope and content The collection consists of 55 separate bound diaries (1850-1902, 1904-1905) written by Edwin Mead about his activities in the Presbyterian Church as an elder, trustee, and Sunday School superintendant; his observations concerning world, national, and local events; comments on lectures, social events, customs, religion, current issues, friends and relatives, and weather conditions. Also included are cash accounts in back of most of the diaries. There are also two bound diaries that were...
Dates: 1822-1905.

Peck family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 322
Scope and content Letters of Mary Hopkinton to Lucetta Abbot (1832-41) mention Universalism in St. Lawrence County, New York, and describe McConnellsville, Ohio (1841); letters from the Olin family of Bloomingdale, Wisconsin (1841-49) describe the conflict of religious sentiment with the realities of land speculation, the weather, prices, and progress of settlement; letters from W. Abbot (1851) from Nevada City and Placerville describe mining conditions; and four account books of the Peck family, Potsdam, St....
Dates: 1808-1883.

Whitney R. Cross papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1678
Scope and content

Correspondence and notes pertaining to graduate work at Harvard University and Cross' research; correspondence with scholars and publishers about his book THE BURNED-OVER DISTRICT, concerning religious movements in upstate New York from 1800-1850; a typed manuscript and microfilm copy of his paper "Revivalism and Eccentric Religions, 1830-1860"; and letters and talks concerning his work for the Cornell Collection of Regional History.

Dates: 1941-1951.