St. John's Lutheran Church records
Collection Overview
Typewritten transcriptions of original records held by St. John's Lutheran Church of Charleston, South Carolina, from 1742 to 1931. Transcripts were part of two Federal Works Progress Administration projects carried out from 1935 through 1937 and sponsored by the College of Charleston. Included are transcriptions of records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, births, and deaths, rules of the Lutheran Church of German Protestants, a journal containing the five articles of faith, the act of incorporation and rules of corporation, minutes including Sunday school association minutes, pew holder member's accounts, including a pew floor plan, and several cashbooks and a ledger.
Dates
- Creation: 1742-1931
Creator
- St. John's Lutheran Church (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Historical Note
Evangelical Lutheran church organized in Charleston, South Carolina in 1742. The present church sanctuary on Archdale Street was dedicated in 1818.
Extent
1.5 linear feet (3 document boxes, 1 oversize paper folder)
Abstract
Typewritten transcriptions of original records of the St. John's Lutheran Church of Charleston, South Carolina, from 1742 to 1931. Transcriptions were part of two Federal Works Progress Administration projects carried out from 1935 through 1937 and sponsored by the College of Charleston.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff, date unknown. Edited and reprocessed for encoding by Joshua Minor, February 2016.
Subject
- Title
- Inventory of the St. John's Lutheran Church Records, 1742-1931
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Joshua Minor
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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