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Blue sheet prepared by Susan L. Gates (2/8/89)Addtional blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (9/10/08)
This collection contains the records of various women's missionary societies in the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington,
Virginia), including minutes written by Margaret Junkin Preston and Ellen Glasgow. There is also a handwritten history (one
page, front and back) of the Presbytery that explains the connection between Washington College, Lexington Presbyterian Church,
and the Presbytery, which was written circa 1824.
Connection Between Washington College and the Presbytery
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)
1 Item
English.
Scope and Contents
A one page history of the church's relation to Washington College.
Text [0000004983] box: 1 folder: 1
Meeting Minutes
1 Item
1824-03-27English.
Text [0000004984] box: 1 folder: 2
"An Appeal to the Women of the Southern Presbyterian Church"
1 Item
1908-07-07English.
Scope and Contents
A newsletter about the debt in the Presbyterian Church from the Woman's Missionary Union of East Hanover.
Text [0000004986] box: 1 folder: 3
"Controversy between the Rev. William Hill, D. D.: Late Pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation of Winchester, Va. and Certain
Members of the Session"
Davis, Samuel H.
1 Item
1825English.
Text [0000004985] box: 1 folder: 4
Lexington Gazette Reprint of 1845 Article About Dedication of the New Presbyterian Church
Lexington Gazette. (Lexington, Va.)
1 Item
1945English.
Text [0000007785] box: 1 folder: 5 box: data_value_missing_861bfea7bbf9d8afe93e1c4f32416835
Letter from Trustees of Lexington Cemetery to Mrs. T. J. Jackson
Nelson, Alexander Lockhart, 1827-1910Barclay, John WoodsSteele, Joseph GrigsbyJackson, Mary Anna Morrison, 1831 - 1915
1 Item
1880-09-11English.
Scope and Contents
This file consists of a letter to Mrs. T. J. Jackson from the Lexington Cemetery Trustees offering 'a suitable place for the
erection of a monument to your lamented husband ... the circle situated in the center of the cemetary.
Books [0000004991] box: 1 folder: 6
Minute Books of Women's Foreign Missionary Association
Preston, Margaret Junkin
5 Item
1877-1882English.
Scope and Contents
1877 - Founding Year 1878 1879-1880 1880-1881 1881-1882
Books [0000004989] box: 1
Minute Books of Women's Foreign Missionary Association
Preston, Margaret Junkin
2 Item
1883-1913English.
Scope and Contents
1883-1889 1909-1913
Books [0000004992] box: 1
Minute Books of Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Association
Preston, Margaret Junkin
2 Item
1914-1922English.
Scope and Contents
1914-1921 1921-1922
Books [0000004995] box: 1
Minutes of the Girls Missionary Society
1 Item
1899-1901English.
Books [0000004994] box: 1
Book of the Boys Missionary Society
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)
1 Item
1884-1889English.
Books [0000004997] box: 1
Minute Books of the Young Ladies Missionary Society
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
2 Item
1902-1919English.
Scope and Contents
1902-1906 (in Ellen Glasgow's hand) 1913-1919
Books [0000005000] box: 2
Minute Book of Young Women's Missionary Society
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)
2 Item
1914-1922English.
Scope and Contents
1914-1921 1921-1922
Books [0000005001] box: 2
Secretary's Books of Young Ladies Missionary Society
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)
2 Item
1906-1922English.
Scope and Contents
1906-1910 1910-1921
Books [0000005002] box: 2
Business Women's Circle Secretary's Books
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.)
2 Item
1922-1925English.
Scope and Contents
1922-1923 1923-1925 The books also contain the ninth and tenth annual yearbooks.
