Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 464. Correspondence, programs for special events, (particularly building projects and anniversaries) directories, minutes of annual vestry meetings, lists of church lay leaders, news clippings, etc. from Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts6-21-2013Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green,Kentucky (MSS 464)Manuscripts & Folklife ArchivesWestern Kentucky University, mssfa@wku.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aidPart of the Architecture Commons, Religion Commons, and the United States HistoryCommonsThis Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact connie.foster@wku.edu.Recommended CitationFolklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (MSS 464)" (2013). MSS Finding Aids. Paper3022.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/30221  MSS 464 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Special Collections Library – Western Kentucky University  Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Special Collections Library Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092  Descriptive Inventory  MSS 464  CHRIST Episcopal Church – Bowling Green, Kentucky  1 box.  8 folders.  71 items.  1850-1992.  Originals, photocopies, and cassette tape.  SC2012.226.1   ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY   In June 1843 Bishop William Meade of Virginia traveled from Louisville to Nashville and stopped in Bowling Green to hold a service in the courthouse—the first Episcopal service held in the city.  In 1844 Christ Episcopal Church was formed with nine communicants and the Reverend George Beckett as Missioner.  The church building has been at three locations:  the first on East Main Street near the old hospital; in 1868 the second was built on College Street between 7th and 8th Streets; and in 1912 the present church building was constructed at the corner of 12th and State Streets.  The old parish hall was built in 1924.  An addition to the building in the mid-1970s—designed by Joseph P. Wilk—included a large parish hall, kitchen, choir room, additional educational space and offices.  Extending the sanctuary was accomplished in the early-1990s.  An ambitious project to construct a large parish hall and classroom/office addition occurred at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century; it included razing the 1924 parish hall.  Additional property was obtained at the rear of the property for parking on College Street   COLLECTION NOTE   This small collection includes correspondence, programs for special events (particularly building projects and anniversaries), directories, minutes of annual vestry meetings, lists of church officers, news clippings, etc. from Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Church lay leaders are listed form 1850 to 1992 in Folder 4, but most of the collection material dates from the mid-twentieth century, particularly during the pastorate of H. Howard Surface (1953-2002).  Several letters of resignation from the rectorship are included in Folder 2, along with a small amount of correspondence between G.W. Buchholz, an earlier rector, and H.H. Surface.  Staples, papers clips and other fasteners have been removed.  Because of damage, some pages had to be photocopied on acid-free paper.  All materials were placed in acid-free folders. 2  MSS 464 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Special Collections Library – Western Kentucky University  SHELF LIST  BOX 1 Christ Episcopal Church    1850-1992  71 items  Folder 1 Inventory         1 item  Folder 2 Correspondence     1921-1992  34 item  Folder 3 Minutes from annual parish meetings  1936-1939  3 items  Folder 4 Leadership lists     1850-1992  3 items  Folder 5 Special programs and brochures produced 1944-1992  17 items   for signal events, particularly building   projects and anniversaries  Folder 6 Church directories     1940-1942  2 items  Folder 7 Miscellaneous:  event fliers, certificate,  1944-1981  8 items news clippings, etc.         Folder 8 Architectual drawings - details of pulpit,   n.d.   3 items chancel rail, and lectern (1 drawing) and a  light fixture (1 drawing); cataloged as Architectural Drawing 342.          Folder 9 Cassette tape containing a discussion about 1986   1 item   the history of Christ Church by parishioner   Kathleen H. Brashear   BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  MSS CHRIST Episcopal Church –                  1850-1992 464  Bowling Green, Kentucky     Correspondence, programs for special events,  (particularly building projects and anniversaries)  directories, minutes of annual vestry meetings, lists of  church lay leaders, news clippings, etc. from Christ  Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.    ½ box.  8 folders.  71 items.  Originals, photocopies, cassette tape. SC2012.226.1       3  MSS 464 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Special Collections Library – Western Kentucky University  SUBJECT ANALYTICS  Architectural drawings       B1,F8 Ashby, Joe L.       B1,F2 Brashear, Kathleen H., 1895-1986 (Informant)       B1,F9 Buchholz, Gustavus William, Jr., 1908-1997 – Correspondence      B1,F2 Church buildings       B1,F5,8 Cole, A. Elliston, 1892-1963      B1,F2 Curtis, Judson M. – Relating to      B1,F2 Deemer, Paul Caleb, 1920-2006 – Letters to      B1,F2 Douglas, James      B1,F2 Episcopal churches – Bowling Green – History Handy, Riley Dean, 1941-2010      B1,F2 Hines, John Porter, 1878-1961 – Correspondence      B1,F2 Leavell, Charles G., 1906-1992 – Relating to      B1,F2 Light fixtures       B1,F8 McKee, Hugh C.      B1,F2 Moody, Thomas Newton, b. 1938      B1,F2 Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996      B1,F2 Surface, H. Howard, Jr., d. 2011      B1,F2 Whitaker, Walter C., 1823-1887 – Correspondence      B1,F2 Woodcock, Charles Edward, 1854-1940      B1,F2       Jeffrey   06/21/2013 

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