Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2007

Collection Overview

Title:	Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
Date range:	1715-1990
Creator:	Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
Extent:	123 box(es) (68.5 linear feet)
Abstract:	The records of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island document the activities of the Anglican Church in Rhode Island from the early eighteen century through the late twentieth century. The collection is divided into thirteen series documenting the Church's administrative, religious, cultural, and financial activities from 1715 to 1990.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection number:	Mss. Gr. 41

Scope & content

The Records of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, transferred through the auspices of Bishop John Seville Higgins, were deposited by the diocese in the Special Collections Department of the University of Rhode Island Library
in 1976. Additional sizable deposits of records were made in 1982 and 1991, with smaller additions made in the intervening years. In addition to the records generated by the diocese itself, records of Episcopal churches throughout the diocese were deposited in the cathedral as the churches closed or were merged with other churches. Individual members of the clergy and laity also donated records to the cathedral from both active and disincorporated churches.

Since the records originated from a variety of sources, their provenance is uncertain. Over the years much material appears to have been lost due to frequent movement of the records. As a result, only a partial record of a wide variety of diocesan activities has been preserved. In addition, some records were destroyed and other records damaged due to flooding of the area in which they were stored by the 1938 hurricane. Some of the documents are rust and water stained, while leather on some of the bound volumes is decomposing.

The collection is comprised of historical records documenting the history and development of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, records deposited with the diocese by parish churches, handwritten and printed sermons -- some dating as early as 1711, and materials relating to the eleven bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode (see List of Bishops in the Historical Note for names and dates of service).

Additional materials include the writings of Bishop John Seville Higgins, 1927-1989, which contains the published and unpublished works of the ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, the published Journal of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island and published journals of the proceedings of periodic special conventions, photographs, srcapbooks, and general administrative files maintained in the office of the diocesan headquarters as well as the the files relating to the administration of local parishes and their relationship to the bishop and diocesan headquarters.

The collectionn also contains lists of people, baptized, confirmed, or received by the bishop into the Episcopal Church on his visits to the churches of the diocese and materials relating to the Episcopal Church requirement that previously married and divorced individuals seeking to remarry obtain the permission of the bishop before the ceremony can be performed in an Episcopal Church. The final part of this collection is a list published materials relating to the Episcopal Church and the Anglican faith in general. The publications in this series were removed and catalogued into the Episcopal Diocese Book Collection for greater access.

Arrangement

After processing, the records were organized into twelve series as follows:

1. Histories/Historical Records, 1715-1990
2. Diocesan Parishes, 1750-1990
3. Sermons, 1711-1795, 1912
4. Bishops, 1786-1989
5. Writings of Bishop John Seville Higgins, 1927-1989
6. Convention Proceedings, 1790-1978, 1981
7. Photographs, circa 1900-1970
8. Scrapbooks, 1904-1969
9. Diocesan Administrative Files, 1940-1991
10. Parish Administrative Files, 1872-1989
11. Baptisms/Confirmations/Receptions, 1911-1990
12. Remarriage Judgments, 1911-1936; 1955-1989

Biographical or Historical Information

Episcopal worship in Rhode Island dates to 1635 with the arrival in what is now
Cumberland of the Rev. William Blackstone, an Anglican priest from Boston. An itinerant preacher, Blackstone preached regularly to Indians and settlers in a field beneath the "Catholic Oak" in
Lonsdale. He also traveled astride a large white bull from settlement to settlement, stopping to preach and administer the sacraments whenever requested to do so. Blackstone built no churches, however, and Anglicans in Rhode Island continued to rely on itinerant priests to minister to their needs for the remainder of the seventeenth century.

It was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that the first Anglican Church was built in Rhode Island. In 1698, a small congregation in
Newport petitioned Lord Bellomont, the Royal Governor of Massachusetts, to assist it in obtaining a permanent minister. The application was approved and Trinity Church
was built in 1701. It was followed shortly by St. Paul's
in
Narragansett (1707), St. Michael's
in
Bristol (1720), and King's Church
, now St. John's, Cathedral, in
Providence (1722).

Slow steady growth and the remarkably lengthy tenure of their ministers characterized the Anglican Churches in the colonial years. Rev. John Usher served St Michael's for 52 years (1723-1775); the Rev. James Honyman ministered to the congregation of Trinity Church for 46 years (1704-1750); and the great Protestant divines, Rev. James MacSparran and the Rev. Samuel Fayerweather, served St. Paul's for a total of 50 years between 1721 and 1774.

The coming of the American Revolution jeopardized this stability and the very existence of the Anglican Church in America. Prayers for the King of England and the royal family were included in the Anglican Prayer Book as part of the services. As tension between Great Britain and its American colonies increased, continued recitation of such prayers became a divisive issue between the clergy and their American congregations. The congregations insisted that prayers for the king be omitted from Sunday services and the clergy insisted on retaining them. As a result of this impasse, both King's Church in
Providence and St. Paul's in
Narragansett were closed for the duration of the Revolutionary War. In addition, St. Michael's in
Bristol burned to the ground when British gunboats shelled the town in 1778. Only Trinity Church in
Newport remained open throughout the Revolution and its congregation was deeply divided by the conflict.

By war's end the Anglican Church in America and Rhode Island was moribund. Churches had been closed or destroyed, congregations were divided, and clergy were holding services whenever and wherever possible in order to keep their flocks together. In 1789, however, three American bishops, including Samuel Seabury of Connecticut, met to form the House of Bishops
of the newly organized Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

The following year, the Rev. William Smith of Trinity church in
Newport, the Rev. Moses Badger of King's Church,
Providence, and lay representatives of St. Michael's,
Bristol and St. Paul's,
Narragansett met in
Newport to organize a Diocese of Rhode Island. On Nov. 18, 1790, the delegates to this first Diocesan Convention
voted to create a diocese and named Samuel Seabury, Bishop of Connecticut, as the Bishop of Rhode Island. Seabury accepted and served as bishop of both dioceses until his death in 1796. Because of its small size and inability to support its own bishop, the Diocese of Rhode Island continued to share a bishop with one or more of the New England states until 1843 when the Diocese elected John Henshaw as the Bishop of Rhode Island.

King's Church in deference to patriotic sensibilities became St. John's Church
in 1794 and the diocese continued its steady growth throughout the nineteenth century. By the time of the Diocesan Centennial in 1890, the diocese had grown from four parishes with approximately 200 communicants to thirty-five parishes with more than 9,000 communicants. The leadership of the diocese was very stable in it first century as well. Alexander Viets Griswold served as Bishop for thirty-two years (1811-43) and Thomas March Clark for forty-nine years (1854-1903).

The continued growth of the diocese into the twentieth century highlighted the growing need to have a cathedral as the administrative center and the religious focal point of the diocese. Bishop William McVickar first broached the issue in 1907 and was instrumental in forming a Cathedral Corporation two years later. It was not until 1929, however, that St. John's Church in
Providence, the former King's Church, became the Cathedral of St. John
and the seat of the diocese.

Over the next forty years, the Cathedral Close
developed around the Cathedral of St. John as the diocese sought to bring together in one location its administrative and religious headquarters. Though plans for a Cathedral Close had been developed as early as 1931, it was not until John Seville Higgins became bishop in 1955 that the plans began to reach fruition. Higgins immediately announced a plan to move the diocesan office to the cathedral and to develop the block around the cathedral as the center of diocesan life. During the next 17 years under Bishop Higgins's leadership, the diocese completely restored the cathedral inside and out, constructed a new headquarters building, a parish house, and a fifty-two bed medical facility known as Hallworth House
. The diocese also converted five homes it owned on
Benefit Street into apartments for the elderly, built a Synod Hall in the basement of the cathedral, and converted the Chapel into a diocesan library named in honor of Nathan Bourne Crocker, the distinguished nineteenth century rector of St John's. By 1972, when Bishop Higgins retired, the Cathedral Close Project
had been completed and the diocese had what Bishop James DeWolf Perry envisioned in his first address to the Diocesan Convention
in 1911 as "a beautiful group of buildings and grounds as a witness to the religious motives which inspired the founder of the City."

In 1990, the Diocese of Rhode Island
celebrated its two hundredth anniversary. The four colonial churches with barely 200 communicants had grown into a vibrant diocese of sixty-six parishes with more than 16,000 communicants. The church that had barely survived the upheaval of the American Revolution now plays a significant role in the religious, cultural, and social life of Rhode Island. As it looks back with pride on the accomplishments of its first two hundred years, the diocese also looks forward to the challenges of the next two hundred.

Samuel Seabury, 1790-1796
No Bishop, 1797
Edward Bass, 1798-1803
No Bishop, 1804-1810
Alexander Viets Griswold, 1811-1843
John Prentiss Kenly Henshaw, 1843-1852
No Bishop, 1853
Thomas March Clark, 1854-1903
William Neilson McVickar, 1903-1910
James DeWolf Perry, 1911-1946
Granville Gaylord Bennett, 1946-1954
John Seville Higgins, 1955-1972
Frederick Hesley Belden, 1972-1979
George Nelson Hunt, 1980-

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Open for research.
Use of the materials:	Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation:	Records of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, Mss. Gr. 41, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections.
Contact information:	University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	The Records of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, transferred through the auspices of Bishop John Seville Higgins, were deposited by the diocese in the Special Collections Department of the University of Rhode Island Library in 1976. Additional sizable deposits of records were made in 1982 and 1991, with smaller additions made in the intervening years.


ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Kevin J. Logan and Beth Ulucci.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Russell M. Franks on 2007 August 20, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 August 24, updated by Mark Dionne on2020 April 29
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory

Series 1. Histories/Historical Records
Box 1-12, Folder 1-139
This series consists of records which document the early history and development of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island and printed, typed, and handwritten histories of the diocese or some particular aspect of its role in the life of Rhode Island. The latter were usually produced to commemorate a significant event or anniversary in the history of the diocese such as its centennial or bicentennial. Some records in this series pre-date the official founding of the diocese in 1790, but are included because they document the early development of the Episcopal Church in Rhode Island.

Topics represented include diocesan finances, the diocesan archives, real estate transactions, diocesan missions, organizations such as the Board of Trustees of Churches and Glebes
, and the Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island, the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, lists of clergy in the diocese, religious services, and the ordination of the Rev. James MacSparran, perhaps the most notable Anglican clergyman in colonial Rhode Island.

Types of records represented include correspondence, minutes of meetings, committee reports, biographical sketches of prominent figures in diocesan history, prayer books, catechisms, baptismal lists, burial lists, confirmation registers, deeds, mortgages, lists of clergy serving in the diocese, Diocesan Record Books, private registers of church services held by itinerant ministers serving the diocese (1787-1817), Journals of the Proceedings of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, and an 1862 pastoral letter from the Episcopal bishops to the "Clergy and Laity of the Confederate States of America."

There is some overlap of record type and subject matter between this series and Diocesan Administrative Files. The distinction between the two is that this series contains records of an historical nature and histories of the diocese, while Diocesan Administrative Files series contains more current records documenting the administrative functions of the diocese.

Arrangement:

The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by name, subject, or type of record and chronologically within folders.

Container

Description

Date

Box 1, Folder 1

A. A. Gammell Fund: Receipts and Disbursements

1911-1916

Box 1, Folder 2

Accounts and Pledges Ledger

undated

Box 1, Folder 3

Aldrich Homestead
, Scituate, Plat of

1928

Box 1, Folder 4

Anglican Church in the Colony of RI: Correspondence (Photocopies)

1715, 1716, 1720, undated

Box 1, Folder 5

Annual Reports of the Women's Auxiliary
and the Indian Aid Society

1900-1905

Box 1, Folder 6

Archives of the Diocese: Inventory

1971

Box 1, Folder 7

Archives of the Diocese: Inventory

undated

Box 2, Folder 8

Armed Forces Prayer Book

1951

Box 2, Folder 9

Armed Forces Prayer Book

1963

Box 2, Folder 10

Babcock, Martha "The Life of Martha Babcock"

1885

Box 2, Folder 11

Baptisms, List of

1911-1946

Box 2, Folder 12

Baptisms, Register of

1848-1854

Box 2, Folder 13

Beecher, Rev. Thomas K: "A Lecture Delivered in the Opera House, Elmira, New York"

1870

Box 2, Folder 14

Berkeley, George, Notes Compiled from Many Sources by Bertha Boiden Davis

1946

Box 2, Folder 15

Beveridge, Rev. William: Private Thoughts Upon Religion

1795

Box 2, Folder 16

Bishop's File, Inventory of

1955

Box 2, Folder 17

Bishop's House, Article re

1949

Box 2, Folder 18

Bishop's House: Letter from Hope Russell granting her
Power St. Home to the Diocese as a Residence for the Bishop

1898

Box 2, Folder 19

Bishop's Salary and Convention Expenses: Parish Assessments

1883

Box 2, Folder 20

Bishops of the Episcopal Church: Biographical Sketches and Photographs

undated

Box 2, Folder 21

Bowler, Metcalf: Notes on

1986, undated

Box 2, Folder 22

Brown, Harold: Scrapbook re. his Gift to the Missionary Episcopate

1888-1890

Box 3, Folder 23

Burials, List of

1911-1937

Box 3, Folder 24

(Misnumbered)

no date

Box 3, Folder 25

Candidates for Orders and Ordination, List of

1843-1866

Box 3, Folder 26

Cash Account Book

1914-1922

Box 3, Folder 27

The Catechism of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States

1813

Box 3, Folder 28

Cathedral College
: Act of Incorporation

1957

Box 3, Folder 29

Centennial Discourse

1890

Box 3, Folder 30

Checkley, John: "The Speech of John Checkley Upon His Trial in Boston in 1724"

1868

Box 3, Folder 31

The Church Journal
(Newspaper)

1868

Box 3, Folder 32

Church Missionary Society
Bill

1820

Box 3, Folder 33

Churches and Glebes Board of Trustees
: Correspondence

1943, 1949-1955

Box 3, Folder 34

Churches and Glebes Board of Trustees
: Correspondence

1956-1958

Box 3, Folder 35

Churches and Glebes Board of Trustees
: Deeds, Leases, and Mortgages

1879, 1923-56, scattered

Box 3, Folder 36

Churches and Glebes Board of Trustees
: Minutes of Meetings

1948-1956

Box 3, Folder 37

Churches and Glebes Board of Trustees
: Miscellaneous

1912-1957, scattered, undated

Box 3, Folder 38

Churchman's Monthly Magazine

1807

Box 4, Folder 39

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Ledgers. See: Oversize

1877-1898

Box 4, Folder 40

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Ledgers

1891-1899

Box 4, Folder 41

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Ledgers

1955-1962

Box 4, Folder 42

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Manual

1916

Box 4, Folder 43

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Meetings and Programs

1937-1944

Box 4, Folder 44

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Minutes of Meetings

1907-1921

Box 5, Folder 45

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Minutes of Meetings

1923-1924

Box 5, Folder 46

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Minutes of Meetings

1941-1950

Box 5, Folder 47

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Rosters

1949

Box 5, Folder 48

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Scrapbook. See: Oversize

1891-1896

Box 5, Folder 49

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Scrapbook. See: Oversize

1896-1900

Box 5, Folder 50

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Scrapbook. See: Oversize

1900-1908

Box 5, Folder 51

Churchmen's Club
of Rhode Island: Miscellaneous

1898, undated

Box 5, Folder 52

Clergy, List of

1868-1897

Box 5, Folder 53

Clergy, List of

1898-1910

Box 5, Folder 54

Clergy, List of

undated

Box 6, Folder 55

Clergy, Transfers to and from the Diocese

1907-1910

Box 6, Folder 56

Clergy of Diocese in 1898 (Photograph)

1898

Box 6, Folder 57

Confirmations, List of

1918-1919,1936

Box 6, Folder 58

Clergy, Register of

1948-1954

Box 6, Folder 59

Constitution and Canons

1795-1844,1894

Box 6, Folder 60

Constitution and Canons

1930, 1941, 1960, 1970

Box 6, Folder 61

Constitution and Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States

1949

Box 6, Folder 62

Convention of the Diocese of Rhode Island
: Audit Reports

1952-1956

Box 6, Folder 63

Audit Reports

1956-1957, 1959-1962

Box 7, Folder 64

Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States: Journal of Proceedings

1785-1792

Box 7, Folder 65

Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States: Journal of Proceedings

1795, 1799

Box 7, Folder 66

Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States: Journal of Proceedings

1804-1817, scattered

Box 7, Folder 67

Convocation of Providence
: Bylaws and Minutes

1897-1906

Box 7, Folder 67a

Convocation of Providence
: Bylaws and Minutes

1907-1919

Box 7, Folder 67b

Convocation of Providence
: Bylaws and Minutes

1920-1925

Box 7, Folder 67c

Convocation of Providence
: Executive Committee

1864

Box 7, Folder 68

The Convocation Register

1899 Jun

Box 7, Folder 69

Daubeny, Rev. Charles: "Trial of the Spirits"

1809

Box 7, Folder 70

Deeds and Bequests to the Diocese

1783-1925, scattered

Box 7, Folder 71

Deeds and Bequests to the Diocese

1927, 1955, undated

Box 7, Folder 72

Depository Board
: Rules of

1845

Box 7, Folder 73

Dexter, Gregory: Biographical Sketch

1940

Box 7, Folder 74

Diman, John Gyron, "In Memoriam," An Address Delivered by John Vaughn Merrier

1950

Box 7, Folder 75

Diocesan Council
of Rhode Island: Audit Reports

1959-1992

Box 7, Folder 76

Diocesan House
: Inventory of Contents

undated

Box 8, Folder 77

Diocesan Missions
: Board of Managers Meetings

1891-1922

Box 8, Folder 78

The Diocesan Record

1902, 1929

Box 8, Folder 79

Diocesan School Proposal

1844

Box 8, Folder 80

Diocesan Services, Programs for

1944-1955, scattered

Box 8, Folder 81

The Early Catholic Church in Rhode Island

undated

Box 8, Folder 82

Elliot, Rev. Stephen: Address to Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church

1861

Box 8, Folder 83

"The Episcopal Bishops of Rhode Island 1790-1980" by John Seville Higgins

1980

Box 8, Folder 84

Episcopal Conference Center
, Accounts of

1949-1953

Box 8, Folder 85

Episcopal Conference Center
, Accounts of

1954-1958

Box 8, Folder 86

Episcopal Conference Center
, Audit Reports

1952, 1957

Box 8, Folder 87

Episcopal Convention
of Rhode Island: Cash Book. See: Oversize

1958

Box 8, Folder 88

Episcopal Convention
of Rhode Island: Request to SPG to Transfer Trust in will of Mr. Case to RI Convention

1799

Box 8, Folder 89

Episcopal Fund Accounts Ledger

1854, 1866

Box 8, Folder 90

Episcopate: Audit Reports

1961-1962

Box 8, Folder 91

Essay on the Ceremony of giving the ring in the form of Matrimony in the Protestant Episcopal Church

undated

Box 9, Folder 92

Horner, Clarence H., Biographical Sketch and Tribute to

1979, 1982

Box 9, Folder 93

House of Bishops
: Diagram of

1859, undated

Box 9, Folder 94

mis-numbered

1945

Box 9, Folder 95

Lottery Tickets, Photocopies of

1762-?, scattered

Box 9, Folder 96

Lottery Tickets, Receipts for

1821

Box 9, Folder 97

Lyte, Rev. John B.: Memorial Service

1979

Box 9, Folder 98

MacSparran, Rev. James: Diary and Sermons (bound holograph mss.). See: Oversize

undated

Box 9, Folder 99

MacSparran, Rev. James: "Order of Services at the Unveiling of the Monument Erected to the Memory of "

1869

Box 9, Folder 100

MacSparran, Rev. James: Ordination of

1720

Box 9, Folder 101

MacSparran, Rev. James: The Whole Duty of Man

1751

Box 9, Folder 102

Marriages, Lists of

1911-1916,1938-1941

Box 9, Folder 103

May, Edith, Biography of (typed mss.)

1970?

Box 9, Folder 104

The Mercury and New England Palladium (Boston), Clippings from

1801

Box 9, Folder 105

Mission Churches: Reports to the Diocese

1863-1867

Box 9, Folder 106

Mission Hymnal for the Diocese Wide Mission

1936

Box 9, Folder 106a

Missionary Convocation Reports

1843

Box 9, Folder 107

Moore, Benjamin: Letter Declining Nomination as Bishop of RI

1806

Box 9, Folder 107a

Munroe, Rev. Ephraim: Resolution of Sympathy Upon His Death

1839

Box 9, Folder 108

One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Diocese of RI Scrapbook

1940

Box 9, Folder 109

Parliamentary Act Empowering the Archbishop of Canterbury to Consecrate Bishops Outside of British Dominions

1786

Box 9, Folder 110

Pastoral Letter: Episcopal Bishops to the Clergy and Laity of the Confederate States of America

1862

Box 10, Folder 111

Pine, Rev. George Stevenson: Private Register of Services

1877-1882

Box 10, Folder 112

Pine, Rev. George Stevenson: Private Register of Services

1882-1884

Box 10, Folder 113

Pine, Rev. George Stevenson: Scrapbook

1872-1886

Box 10, Folder 114

Providence Preacher: A Series of Sermons,and other Instructions

1859

Box 11, Folder 115

Provost, Bishop Samuel: Consecration Certificate as Bishop of New York (copy)

1787 Feb 4

Box 11, Folder 116

Record Book of the Diocese

1877-1898

Box 11, Folder 117

Remembering our Sisters: The Rhode Island Herstory Project

1987

Box 11, Folder 118

Rhode Island Churchman, Genealogy of

undated

Box 11, Folder 119

Rhode Island Schoolmaster

1856, 1858,1861, 1868

Box 12, Folder 120

Scripture Passages Book (Holograph Mss.)

undated

Box 12, Folder 121

Seymour, Rev. F. E.: "How Our Church Came to Our Country"

undated

Box 12, Folder 122

Smith, Rev. William, Biography of (Holograph Mss). See also: Series III for his Sermons

1880

Box 12, Folder 123

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
: One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary

1851

Box 12, Folder 123a

Sunday School Committee
, Report of

1839

Box 12, Folder 124

The Swedish Episcopal Church in Rhode Island,

1888-1903, 1990

Box 12, Folder 125

Sword's Pocket Almanac and Annual Register of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States

1846

Box 12, Folder 125a

Testimonials for Priests and Deacons

1843-1852, scattered

Box 12, Folder 126

Trust Funds: Data Relating to. See: Oversize

1915

Box 12, Folder 127

Two Centuries of the Episcopal Church in Rhode Island (Holograph mss.)

1903?

Box 12, Folder 128

Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration: Memorabilia

1990

Box 12, Folder 129

Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration: Memorabilia

1990

Box 12, Folder 130

Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration: Newspaper Clippings

1990

Box 12, Folder 131

Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration: Press Kit

1990

Box 12, Folder 132

Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration: Program

1990

Box 12, Folder 133

Two Hundredth Anniversary Celebration: Miscellaneous

1990

Box 12, Folder 134

Tyng, Dudley: Rhode Island Episcopalians,1635-1953

1954

Box 12, Folder 135

Tyng, Stephen Higginson: Biographical Sketch

1959

Box 12, Folder 136

Vinton, Rev. Francis, Letters to

1840

Box 12, Folder 137

White, Bishop William: Copy of Consecration Certificate as Bishop of Pennsylvania. X-ref: Provost, Bishop Samuel

1786

Box 12, Folder 138

Wills and Bequests, Correspondence Relating to. See also: Deeds and Bequests

1949, 1953

Box 12, Folder 139

Miscellaneous

1864,1898,1948,1960, undated

Series 2. Diocesan Parishes
Box 13-31, Folder 1-228
This series consists of records deposited with diocesan headquarters by parish and mission churches of the diocese. The bulk of the records are from churches which were disincorporated, though there are some printed materials (e.g. parish histories and anniversary programs) sent to the diocese from still active parishes. The records do not appear to be complete for any of the disincorporated churches and some churches may have closed without making any provision for the preservation of their records. Since the diocese had no systematic method of collecting and preserving the records of disincorporated churches, there are gaps in the collection.

These materials represent the only known existing records of the disincorporated churches and include deeds, bequests, baptismal, birth, burial, and marriage registers, pew rental registers, registers of church services, bank statements, minutes of meetings of the vestry and other parish organizations, correspondence, printed and typed parish histories, programs, brochures, ledgers, account books, acts of incorporation, charters, deeds of donation and requests to consecrate, and photographs of buildings and congregations. The early parish registers of baptisms, births, burials, and marriages are particularly significant in that they often represent the only source where such information can be located.

Some parishes in this series are also represented in the Parish Administrative Files series. Records in this series are historical in nature or histories of the parish in question, while those in Parish Administrative Files series document the administrative relationship between the parish and the diocese.

Arrangement:

The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by the name of the church and then alphabetically by subject or type of records. In instances where there are two or more churches with the same name, they are arranged alphabetically by the name of the community in which the church is located.

Container

Description

Date

Box 13, Folder 1

All Saints (Pontiac)
: Marriage Information Forms

1986-1989

Box 13, Folder 2

All Saints (Pontiac): Parish Register

1956-1990

Box 13, Folder 3

All Saints Memorial (Providence)
: Accock, Rev. Arthur: The 50th Anniversary of His Ordination

1940

Box 13, Folder 4

All Saints: Centennial History

1946

Box 13, Folder 4a

All Saints: Henshaw, Rev. Daniel: Correspondence: Atkinson-Doane

1843-1995, scattered

Box 13, Folder 4b

All Saints: Henshaw, Rev. Daniel: Correspondence: Dotterer-Paddock

1874-1998, scattered

Box 13, Folder 4c

All Saints: Henshaw, Rev. Daniel: Correspondence: Randall-Young

1845-1904,scattered

Box 13, Folder 5

Austin Chapel (Richmond)
: Parish Register (merged with St. Elizabeth's in Canonchet)

1914-1934

Box 13, Folder 6

Calvary Church (Burrillville)
: Consecration of

1900

Box 13, Folder 7

Calvary Church: Deeds

1958

Box 13, Folder 8

Calvary Church: Reports to the Missionary Convocation

1864-1965

Box 13, Folder 9

Chapel of the Good Shepherd (Johnston)

1885, 1888, 1960, undated

Box 14, Folder 10

Chapel of the Transfiguration (Arcadia)
: Parish Register (merged with St. Elizabeth's in Canonchet)

1935-1940

Box 14, Folder 11

Chapel of the Transfiguration: Parish Register

1944-1949, 1964-1965, 1970, 1973

Box 14, Folder 12

Christ Church (Boston, MA)
: An Historical Account

1824

Box 14, Folder 13

Christ Church (Coventry)
: History of (Typed Mss.)

1957, 1987

Box 14, Folder 14

Christ Church (Providence)
: Alms Basin and Offering Plates. See: Oversize

undated

Box 14, Folder 15

Christ Church (Providence): Altar Service Book

1930

Box 15, Folder 16

Christ Church (Providence): Altar Service Book

1947

Box 15, Folder 17

Christ Church (Providence): The Litany

1930

Box 15, Folder 18

Christ Church (Providence): Parish Register

1867-1886

Box 16, Folder 19

Christ Church (Providence): Register of Church Services

1939-1968

Box 16, Folder 20

Christ Church (Providence): Vestry Meetings: Minutes of

1899-1904, 1907

Box 16, Folder 21

Christ Church (Providence): Miscellaneous

1978-1984, undated

Box 16, Folder 22

Christ Church (Westerly)
: History,1934-1984

1834-1984, 1984

Box 16, Folder 23

Church of the Advent (Pawtucket)
: Histories (typed and printed mss.)

1980

Box 16, Folder 24

Church of the Ascension (Wakefield)
: Announcement of its Founding

1839

Box 16, Folder 25

Church of the Ascension: "History of the Church of the Ascension,1839-1989"

1989

Box 16, Folder 26

Church of the Ascension: Leases

1845, 1850

Box 16, Folder 27

Church of the Ascension: Vestry Meetings

1864, 1875

Box 16, Folder 28

Church of the Ascension : Watson, Rev. Elisha: Trial of

1850, 1853

Box 17, Folder 29

Church of the Epiphany (Elmwood)
: Petition for Admission to the RI Episcopal Convention

1876

Box 17, Folder 30

Church of the Holy Cross (Middletown)
: Deeds

1849-1850,1878

Box 17, Folder 31

Church of the Holy Spirit (Prudence Island)
: Parish Register

1908-1935

Box 17, Folder 32

Church of the Holy Spirit (Prudence Island): Parish Register

1936

Box 17, Folder 33

Christ Church (Providence): The Litany

1930

Box 17, Folder 34

Church of the Messiah (Foster)
: Photographs

undated

Box 17, Folder 35

Church of the Messiah (Providence)
: Address at the 50th Anniversary of its Admission to RI Episcopal Convention

1906

Box 17, Folder 36

Church of the Redeemer (Providence)
: Audit Reports

1951-1952

Box 17, Folder 37

Church of the Savior (Providence)
: Building Fund

1941-1942, 1949

Box 17, Folder 38

Church of the Savior (Providence): Charter

1865

Box 17, Folder 39

Church of the Savior (Providence): Marriage Register

1946-1949

Box 18, Folder 40

Church of the Savior (Providence): Minute Book of Corporation Committee and Vestry Meetings

1862-1912

Box 18, Folder 41

Church of the Savior (Providence): Minute Book of Corporation Committee and Vestry Meetings and Parish Membership List

1920-1930, 1932-1934

Box 18, Folder 42

Church of the Savior (Providence): Photographs

undated

Box 18, Folder 43

Church of the Savior (Providence): Register of Church Services

1950-1960

Box 18, Folder 44

Church of the Savior (Providence): Miscellaneous

1901-1912, scattered

Box 19, Folder 45

Church of the Transfiguration (Edgewood)
: "Fifty Years"

1942

Box 19, Folder 46

Church of the Transfiguration (Jamestown)
: Deeds

1900-1915 scattered

Box 19, Folder 47

Church of the Transfiguration (Jamestown): Instrument of Donation

1899

Box 19, Folder 48

Emmanuel Church (Manville)
: Act of Incorporation

1836

Box 19, Folder 49

Emmanuel Church (Manville): History, 1835-1960

1835-1960

Box 19, Folder 50

Emmanuel Church (Manville): Photographs of Rectors

undated

Box 19, Folder 51

Emmanuel Church (Manville): Writ of Attachment, Letter re

1910

Box 19, Folder 52

Grace Church (East Providence)

1949, 1967

Box 19, Folder 53

Grace Church (Providence): "A Celebration of Mission and Service in Downtown Providence"

1982

Box 19, Folder 54

Grace Church (Providence): "The First One Hundred Years 1829-1929"

1969

Box 19, Folder 55

Grace Church (Providence): Half Century jubilee

1879

Box 19, Folder 56

Grace Church (Providence): A History of Grace Church, 1829-1929

1931

Box 19, Folder 56a

Grace Church (Providence): Matthews, Mary Ann: Confirmation Certificate

1848

Box 19, Folder 56b

Grace Church (Providence): Resolution to Build a Church

1848

Box 19, Folder 57

Grace Church (Providence): Sketch of

undated

Box 19, Folder 58

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton)
: Historical Sketch (Typed Mss.)

1902

Box 19, Folder 59

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Instrument of Donation

undated

Box 19, Folder 60

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Journal and Record of

1890-1899 Sep 30

Box 19, Folder 61

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Journal and Record of

1899 Oct 1-1904

Box 20, Folder 62

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Parish Register

1897-1911

Box 20, Folder 63

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Parish Register

1911-1921

Box 20, Folder 64

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Parish Register

1921-1930

Box 20, Folder 65

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Parish Register

1928-1936, 1941

Box 21, Folder 66

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Parish Register

1931-1966

Box 21, Folder 67

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Parish Register. See: Oversize

1945-1961

Box 21, Folder 68

Holy Nativity Mission (Thornton): Service Record Book

1917-1923

Box 21, Folder 69

Holy Trinity (Tiverton)
: Deeds and Mortgages

1894-1897, 1908, 1916, 1959

Box 21, Folder 70

Holy Trinity (Tiverton): History of (typed mss.)

1981

Box 21, Folder 71

St. Alban's (Centerdale)
, Consecration of

1906

Box 21, Folder 72

St. Andrew's (Providence)
: Consecration and Deed of Donation. See also: All Saints (Providence)

1846

Box 21, Folder 72a

St. Andrew's (Providence): Peck, Rev. Francis: Invitation to Become Rector

1848

Box 21, Folder 73

St. Andrew's (Providence): School Association

undated

Box 21, Folder 74

St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea (Sakonnet)
: "History of the Early Years" (Holograph and typed mss.)

undated

Box 21, Folder 75

St. Ann-by-the-Sea (Block Island)
: Consecration of

1890

Box 21, Folder 76

St. Ann-by-the-Sea (Block Island): Photograph

1938

Box 21, Folder 76a

St. Ansgarius (Providence)
: Correspondence re:

1990-1991

Box 21, Folder 77

St. Ansgarius (Providence): Deposition re Rev. G. Hammarskold

1911

Box 21, Folder 78

St. Ansgarius: Photographs

1960

Box 21, Folder 79

St. Ansgarius: Quarterly Report of the Board of Managers

1896

Box 22, Folder 80

St. Barnabas (Warwick)
: The Saint Barnabas Story, 1880-1980: A History of St Barnabas Church

1980

Box 22, Folder 81

St. Bartholomew's (Cranston)
: Certificates of Delegates to Diocesan Convention

1969-1970

Box 22, Folder 82

St. Bartholomew's: Inventory of Church Property

undated

Box 22, Folder 83

St. Bartholomew's: Merger with Church of the Ascension

1970

Box 22, Folder 84

St. Bartholomew's: Parish Register

1866-1892

Box 22, Folder 85

St. Bartholomew's: Parish Register

1896-1920

Box 22, Folder 86

St. Bartholomew's: Parish Register

1920 Jun-1934 Oct

Box 23, Folder 87

St. Bartholomew's: Parish Register

1935 Jun-1955 May

Box 23, Folder 88

St. Bartholomew's: Parish Register

1955 May-1970 Apr

Box 23, Folder 89

St. Bartholomew's: Parochial Reports

1968-1969

Box 23, Folder 90

St. Bartholomew's: Treasurer's Reports

1968

Box 23, Folder 91

St. Bartholomew's: Vestry and Parish Meetings, Minutes of

1861-1887

Box 23, Folder 92

St. Bartholomew's: Vestry and Parish Meetings, Minutes of

1887-1915

Box 23, Folder 93

St. Columba's Berkley Memorial Chapel (Middletown)
: Plat Maps

1953-1954

Box 23, Folder 94

St. David's (Phillipsdale)
: Birth and Baptismal Record Book. See: Oversize

1906-1913

Box 23, Folder 95

St. David's (Phillipsdale): Change of Address Certificate

1899

Box 23, Folder 96

St. David's (Phillipsdale): Ministerial Book. See: Oversize

1906

Box 23, Folder 97

St. David's (Phillipsdale): Parish Register. See: Oversize

1906-1907

Box 23, Folder 98

St. David's (Providence)
: Annual Banquet Program

1953

Box 23, Folder 99

St. David's on the Hill (Cranston)
: "The First Fifty Years, 1914-1964"

1968

Box 23, Folder 100

St. David's on the Hill: History, 1965-75

1976

Box 24, Folder 101

St. Gabriel's (Providence)
: Act of Incorporation, Amendment Changing Name to St. Paul's. See also: St. Paul's (Providence)

1884

Box 24, Folder 102

St. Gabriel's: Consecration of

1882

Box 24, Folder 103

St. Gabriel's: Deeds 1875-76

1880

Box 24, Folder 104

St. Gabriel's: Donations and Sunday School Accounts, Record of

1873-1887

Box 24, Folder 105

St. Gabriel's: Letter to the Episcopal Convention of Rhode Island

1873

Box 24, Folder 106

St. Gabriel's: Parish Register

1870-1871

Box 24, Folder 107

St. George's (Central Falls)
: Deeds of Donation and Petition to Consecrate

1884, 1912

Box 24, Folder 108

St. George's: "Historical Sketch"

1934

Box 24, Folder 109

St. George's: Photograph of the Interior

undated

Box 24, Folder 110

St. James (Providence)
: Request for Consecration

1892

Box 24, Folder 111

St. James Church at Woonsocket
: "A Century of Service 1832-1932"

1932

Box 24, Folder 112

St. James Church at Woonsocket: "One Hundred and Fifty Years of Service, 1832-1982"

1982

Box 24, Folder 113

St. John's (Ashton)
: Deeds

1938, 1941, 1959

Box 24, Folder 114

St. John's (Barrington)
: "125th Anniversary of St. John's Church"

1982

Box 24, Folder 115

St. John the Evangelist (Newport)
: "A Century on the Point, 1875-1975"

1975

Box 24, Folder 116

St. Luke's (East Greenwich)
: "History of St. Luke's Church" (150th Anniversary). See also: MsG # 100

1953

Box 24, Folder 117

St. Luke's (Pawtucket)
: "The Year in Review"

1954

Box 24, Folder 118

St. Mark's (Riverside)
: Letter Requesting a Loan from the Diocese

1953

Box 24, Folder 119

St. Mark's (Warwick)
: Building Fund Program

1949

Box 24, Folder 120

St. Mark's (Warwick): "A History" (Typed mss.)

1988

Box 24, Folder 121

St. Martin's (Pawtucket)
: Building Fund Program

1941

Box 24, Folder 122

St. Martin's (Pawtucket): Consecration Program

1946

Box 24, Folder 123

St. Martin's (Pawtucket): Deeds

1924, 1932

Box 24, Folder 124

St. Martin's (Providence)
: Building Fund Program

1945

Box 24, Folder 125

St. Mary's (East Providence)

1871, 1970

Box 24, Folder 126

St. Mary's (Portsmouth)
: Correspondence

1903, 1908-1911

Box 24, Folder 127

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): Centennial Celebration

1943

Box 24, Folder 128

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): Dedication and Request to Consecrate

1852

Box 24, Folder 129

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): Deeds

1844, 1861, 1911

Box 24, Folder 130

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): Receipts

1922, 1936, 1955

Box 24, Folder 131

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): Trustees' Minute Book

1844-1892

Box 25, Folder 132

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): Trustees' Minute Book

1911-1915

Box 25, Folder 133

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): Trustees' Statement of the Change of Investments

1912

Box 25, Folder 134

St. Mary's (Portsmouth): "St. Mary's and Holy Cross Chapel (Middletown): A Brief History"

1916, 1947

Box 25, Folder 135

St. Mary's (Warwick)
: Deeds and Mortgages

1927, 1954-1959, scattered

Box 25, Folder 136

St. Mary's (Warwick): "The Warwick Church" (A chronology)

1845

Box 25, Folder 137

St. Matthew's (Jamestown)
: "A History" (Typed mss.)

1968

Box 25, Folder 138

St. Michael and All Angels (Rumford)
: Building Fund Program

1950

Box 25, Folder 139

St. Michael and All Angels: Photographs

1949

Box 25, Folder 140

St. Michael and All Angels: Services of Thanksgiving and Dedication:Program

1954

Box 25, Folder 141

St. Michael and All Angels: "Through These Years": A 40th Anniversary History"

1985

Box 25, Folder 142

St. Michael's (Bristol)
: Correspondence

1824-1941,scattered

Box 25, Folder 143

St. Michael's: Authorization to Appoint a Delegate to the Convention

1790

Box 25, Folder 144

St. Michael's: "The Bells of St. Michael's"

1980

Box 25, Folder 145

St. Michael's: Centennial Program for Church Building

1961

Box 25, Folder 146

St. Michael's: A History of St. Michael's Church in Bristol

1953

Box 25, Folder 147

St. Michael's: Rectors, Photographs of

undated

Box 25, Folder 148

St. Michael's: Resolution of the Vestry Inviting Alexander Griswold to Preach

1803

Box 25, Folder 149

St. Michael's: St. Michael's Church in Bristol, 1718-1983

1989

Box 26, Folder 150

St. Paul's (Wickford)
: Correspondence

1793-1852, scattered

Box 26, Folder 151

St. Paul's (Wickford): Corporation Meeting

1793

Box 26, Folder 152

St. Paul's (Wickford): The Glebe: Correspondence re.

1932-1945, scattered

Box 26, Folder 153

St. Paul's (Wickford): The Glebe: Correspondence re.

1946-1954, scattered

Box 26, Folder 154

St. Paul's (Wickford): The Glebe: Deed

1941

Box 26, Folder 155

St. Paul's (WIckford): "The Glebe of St. Paul's in Narragansett" (Brochure)

1941

Box 26, Folder 156

St. Paul's (Wickford): "The Glebe of St. Paul's in Narragansett" (Typed mss.)

undated

Box 26, Folder 157

St. Paul's (Wickford): The Old Narragansett Church: A Brief History

1957

Box 26, Folder 158

St. Paul's (Wickford): Old St. Paul's

1957

Box 26, Folder 159

St. Paul's (Wickford): Photograph

undated

Box 26, Folder 160

St. Paul's (Wickford): Society of St. Paul's Meeting

1791

Box 26, Folder 161

St. Paul's (Wickford): Correspondence

1941-1942

Box 26, Folder 162

St. Paul's (Wickford): Deeds

1941

Box 26, Folder 163

St. Paul's (Pawtucket)
: Church Army Commissioning Service

1952

Box 26, Folder 164

St. Paul's (Pawtucket): "One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration"

1941

Box 26, Folder 165

St. Paul's (Pawtucket): "This is St. Paul's" (Brochure)

1949

Box 26, Folder 166

St. Paul's (Pawtucket): War Memorial Fundraising Campaign

1945

Box 26, Folder 167

St. Paul's (Portsmouth): "A History of St Paul's Church"

1982

Box 26, Folder 168

St. Paul's (Providence)
: Bank Book and Statement. See also: St. Gabriel's (Providence)

1951-1961

Box 26, Folder 169

St. Paul's (Providence): Certificates of Transfer

1924-1941, scattered

Box 26, Folder 170

St. Paul's (Providence): Communicant List

undated

Box 26, Folder 171

St. Paul's (Providence): Name Change to St. Paul's in 1884. X-ref St. Gabriel's (Providence): Act of Incorporation, Amendment

1884

Box 26, Folder 172

St. Paul's (Providence): Parish Register

1896-1925

Box 27, Folder 173

St. Paul's (Providence): Parochial Reports

1916, 1960

Box 27, Folder 174

St. Paul's (Providence): Register of Church Services

1934-1960

Box 27, Folder 175

St. Paul's (Providence): Vestry and Corporation Meetings, Minutes of

1883-1999

Box 27, Folder 176

St. Paul's (Providence): Vestry and Corporation Meetings, Minutes of

1899-1903

Box 27, Folder 177

St. Paul's (Providence): Vestry and Corporation Meetings, Minutes of

1943-1953

Box 27, Folder 178

St. Paul's (Providence): Miscellaneous

1930, 1950, undated

Box 28, Folder 179

St. Paul's (Tower Hill)
: Vestry and Corporation Meetings, Minutes of

1834-1859

Box 28, Folder 180

St. Peter's Chapel (South Kingstown)
: Act of Incorporation (Photocopy)

1869

Box 28, Folder 180a

St. Phillip's (West Warwick)
: Subscription List

1844

Box 28, Folder 181

St. Thomas (Alton)
: Photograph of the Interior

undated

Box 28, Folder 182

St. Thomas (Greenville)
: Centennial Pamphlet

1950

Box 28, Folder 183

St. Thomas (Greenville): Deed of Donation and Request to Consecrate

1852

Box 28, Folder 184

St. Thomas (Providence)
: Altar Guild Bank Statements

1949-1970

Box 28, Folder 185

St. Thomas (Providence): Altar Guild Invoices

1964-1970

Box 28, Folder 186

St. Thomas (Providence): Altar Guild Meetings, Minutes of

1947-1955

Box 28, Folder 187

St. Thomas (Providence): Altar Guild Meetings, Minutes of

1962-1970

Box 28, Folder 188

St. Thomas (Providence): Instrument of Donation and Request for Consecration

1893

Box 28, Folder 189

St. Thomas (Providence): Marriage Register

1936-1969

Box 29, Folder 190

St. Thomas (Providence): Parish Aid Society: Correspondence

1905-1906

Box 29, Folder 191

St. Thomas (Providence): Parish Aid Society Meetings, Minutes of

1899-1906

Box 29, Folder 192

St. Thomas (Providence): Register of Church Services

1942-1948

Box 29, Folder 193

St. Thomas (Providence): Register of Church Services

1948-1952

Box 29, Folder 194

St. Thomas (Providence): Register of Church Services

1952-1956

Box 29, Folder 195

St. Thomas (Providence): Register of Church Services

1956-1961

Box 29, Folder 196

St. Thomas (Providence): Register of Church Services

1961-1966

Box 29, Folder 197

St. Thomas (Providence): Register of Church Services

1966-1970

Box 29, Folder 198

St. Thomas (Providence): St Elizabeth Society Meetings, Minutes of

1891-1893

Box 29, Folder 199

St. Thomas (Providence): Vestry Correspondence

1959, 1962-1968, undated

Box 30, Folder 200

St. Thomas (Providence): Vestry Meetings, Minutes of

1940-1951

Box 30, Folder 201

St. Thomas (Providence): Vestry Meetings, Minutes of

1952-1966

Box 30, Folder 202

St. Thomas (Providence): Vestry Meetings, Minutes of

1966-1969

Box 30, Folder 203

Seamen's Church Institute (Newport)
: Memorial Chapel

undated

Box 30, Folder 204

Trinity Church (Bristol)
: Correspondence

1955

Box 30, Folder 205

Trinity Church (Bristol): Correspondence

1959-1964

Box 30, Folder 206

Trinity Church (Bristol): Constitution and Memorials

1876

Box 31, Folder 207

Trinity Church (Bristol): History of the Choir of Trinity Church, 1875-1900

1900

Box 31, Folder 208

Trinity Church (Bristol): Photographs

undated

Box 31, Folder 209

Trinity Church (Bristol): Vestry and Corporation Meetings, Minutes of

1902-1919

Box 31, Folder 210

Trinity Church (Newport)
: Bourne, John: Letter Requesting Appointment of a Rector

1789

Box 31, Folder 211

Trinity Church (Newport): Case, John: Bequest to Trinity Church

1799

Box 31, Folder 212

Trinity Church (Newport): "An Historical Sketch"

1945

Box 31, Folder 213

Trinity Church (Newport): Honyman, Rev. James: Funeral Sermon

1750

Box 31, Folder 214

Trinity Church (Newport): Meeting of the Congregation, Minutes of

1785

Box 31, Folder 215

Trinity Church (Newport): "Newport in the 18th Century as seen from the Trinity Church Graveyard" (Typed mss.)

undated

Box 31, Folder 216

Trinity Church (Newport): "Proceedings of the State Convention held at Trinity Church"

1790

Box 31, Folder 217

Trinity Church (Newport): "Report on Schools Connected with Trinity Church"

1841

Box 31, Folder 218

Trinity Church (Newport): Sayre, Rev. James: "A Candid Narrative of Certain Matters Relating to Trinity Church in Newport" (Holograph mss.)

1788

Box 31, Folder 219

Trinity Church (Newport): Sayre, Rev. James: Excommunication of

1793

Box 31, Folder 220

Trinity Church (Newport): Sayre, Rev. James: Letters to the Congregation

1788

Box 31, Folder 221

Trinity Church (Newport): Trinity Church by Norman Isham

1936

Box 31, Folder 222

Trinity Church (Newport): Vestry, Wardens, and Congregation, Meeting of

1798

Box 31, Folder 223

Trinity Church (Newport): A Visit to Trinity Church in Newport

1973

Box 31, Folder 224

Trinity Church (Pawtucket)
: "One Hundred Years, 1843-1943"

1943

Box 31, Folder 225

Trinity Church (Pawtucket): Parish Year Book and Directory

1929

Box 31, Folder 226

Trinity Church (Pawtucket): Vestry and Congregation Meetings, minutes of

1883-1884

Box 31, Folder 227

Trinity Church (South Scituate)
: Reports to the Convocation of the Diocese

1864-1866

Box 31, Folder 228

Weekapaug Chapel, (Westerly)
: Baptismal and Marriage Records

1946-1948

Series 3. Sermons
Box 32-33, Folder 1-65
This series consists of handwritten and printed sermons by Episcopal priests from Rhode Island. The sermons are among the oldest records in the collection, with all but one dating from the eighteenth century.

Among the sermons in this series are ten by Rev. James MacSparran and thirteen by the Rev. Samuel Fayerweather, two of colonial Rhode Island's most notable ministers. MacSparran and Fayerweather served successively as rectors of St. Paul's Church in Narragansett from 1721 to 1774. Other prominent eighteenth century clergy represented include Rev. George Pigot, first rector of King's Church in
Providence, and the Rev. William Smith, rector of Trinity Church in
Newport, who was instrumental in organizing the Diocese of Rhode Island in 1790.

Arrangement:

The sermons are arranged alphabetically by the name of the author and then alphabetically thereunder by the biblical text on which the sermon is based. Sermons of unknown authorship are grouped together at the end of the series and arranged alphabetically by the biblical text on which they are based.

Container

Description

Date

Box 32, Folder 1

Bisset, Rev. George: "The Trial of a False Prophet"

1777

Box 32, Folder 2

Cole, Rev. F. B.: Revelations 3:14

1711

Box 32, Folder 3

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: Colossians 3:1

undated

Box 32, Folder 4

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: First Corinthians 14:16

undated

Box 32, Folder 5

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: First Corinthians 10:31, 15:12

undated

Box 32, Folder 6

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: "A Funeral Prayer in Church on Mr. Benjamin Gardner's Child"

undated

Box 32, Folder 7

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: James 5:18

undated

Box 32, Folder 8

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: John 1:17

undated

Box 32, Folder 9

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: John 12:36

undated

Box 32, Folder 10

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: John 18:36

undated

Box 32, Folder 11

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: Luke 13:3

undated

Box 32, Folder 12

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: Proverbs 17:14

undated

Box 32, Folder 13

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: Psalm 55:10

undated

Box 32, Folder 14

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: Thessalonians 11:22

undated

Box 32, Folder 15

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: Timothy 1:4

undated

Box 32, Folder 16

Fayerweather, Rev. Samuel: Sermon Fragments

undated

Box 32, Folder 17

Graves, Rev. John: Matthew 20:19 (preached up till 1782?)

1759

Box 32, Folder 18

Graves, Rev. John: John 16:7

1774

Box 32, Folder 19

MacSparran, Rev. James: Acts: 17,18

undated

Box 32, Folder 20

MacSparran, Rev. James: First Corinthians 6:20

1741

Box 32, Folder 21

MacSparran, Rev. James: Ephesians 6:11

undated

Box 32, Folder 22

MacSparran, Rev. James: Jeremiah 19:9

1730

Box 32, Folder 23

MacSparran, Rev. James: Jeremiah 44:16

1744

Box 32, Folder 24

MacSparran, Rev. James: Job 11:6

undated

Box 32, Folder 25

MacSparran, Rev. James: John 5:40

1748

Box 32, Folder 26

MacSparran, Rev. James: Matthew 22, 37, 38

1726

Box 32, Folder 27

MacSparran, Rev. James: Thessalonians 2:12

1742

Box 32, Folder 28

MacSparran, Rev. James: Thessalonians 3:2

1733

Box 32, Folder 29

Pigot, Rev. George: Mark 4

1736

Box 32, Folder 30

Smith, Rev. William: "A Discourse at the Opening of the Convention" (Printed mss.)

1790

Box 32, Folder 31

Smith, Rev. William: Luke 16:2, "A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Rev. Robert Jenny"

1762

Box 32, Folder 32

Smith, Rev. William: Luke 24:47, "A Discourse Delivered in St. John's Church, Providence before the Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury"

1793

Box 32, Folder 33

Smith, Rev. William: Matthew 26:41

undated

Box 32, Folder 34

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Acts 7:59

1912

Box 33, Folder 35

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Acts 10:38

undated

Box 33, Folder 36

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Acts 25:31

undated

Box 33, Folder 37

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Colossians 3:2

undated

Box 33, Folder 38

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Corinthians 13:1

undated

Box 33, Folder 39

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Hebrews 2:3

undated

Box 33, Folder 40

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Isaiah 9:46

1771?

Box 33, Folder 41

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Isaiah 45:15

undated

Box 33, Folder 42

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Isaiah 53:7

1788

Box 33, Folder 43

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Job 14:14

undated

Box 33, Folder 44

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Job 18:23

1788

Box 33, Folder 45

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: John 3:7

undated

Box 33, Folder 46

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: John 3:28

undated

Box 33, Folder 47

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: John 8:56

undated

Box 33, Folder 48

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Kings 4:38

undated

Box 33, Folder 49

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Luke 2:1-7

1748

Box 33, Folder 50

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Luke 5:24

1788

Box 33, Folder 51

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Matthew 1:20

1795

Box 33, Folder 52

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Matthew 6:6

1766

Box 33, Folder 53

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Matthew 6:34

undated

Box 33, Folder 54

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Matthew 11:30

1788

Box 33, Folder 55

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Matthew 18:21

undated

Box 33, Folder 56

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Matthew 18:8-9

undated

Box 33, Folder 57

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Matthew 22:29

undated

Box 33, Folder 58

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Paul 4:4

1731

Box 33, Folder 59

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Psalms 112:7

undated

Box 33, Folder 60

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Psalms 121:1-8

undated

Box 33, Folder 61

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Romans 2:29

undated

Box 33, Folder 62

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Timothy 1: 15

undated

Box 33, Folder 63

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: "Treatise on Laws"

undated

Box 33, Folder 64

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Zachariah 4:7

undated

Box 33, Folder 65

Waterman, Rev. Lucius: Sermon Fragments, Unidentified

undated

Series 4. Bishops
Box 34-40, Folder 1-95
This series contains materials relating to the eleven bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. (See Historical Note for the names of the bishops of Rhode Island). Although all eleven bishops are represented, the quantity of records varies widely from bishop to bishop. A greater quantity of records exists for the twentieth-century bishops James De Wolf Perry, Granville Bennett, John Seville Higgins, Frederick Hesley Belden, and George Nelson Hunt, while there are only a few items from the episcopates of eighteenth century bishops Samuel Seabury and Edward Bass.

Included are correspondence, sermons, biographical sketches, photographs, wax impressions of the bishops' seals, consecration and installation programs, certificates of election as bishop, personal journals, prayer books, pastoral letters, programs for memorial services, appointment calendars, and newspaper clippings.

Arrangement:

The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by the name of the bishop and then alphabetically by subject or type of record.

See also the papers of Bishop James DeWolf Perry, MsG #29, (1835-1961) in URI Special Collections.

Container

Description

Date

Box 34, Folder 1

Bass, Bishop Edward: Centennial Celebration of His Consecration

1897

Box 34, Folder 2

Bass, Bishop Edward: Receipts signed by

1786

Box 34, Folder 3

Bass, Bishop Edward: Sermon on Second Book of Acts 2:37

1797

Box 34, Folder 4

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Correspondence with Seminarians, A-Z

1965-1977, scattered dates, undated

Box 34, Folder 5

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Correspondence, miscellaneous

1972-1979,scattered dates

Box 34, Folder 6

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Address of the Bishop Coadjutor to the RI Episcopal Church

1972

Box 34, Folder 7

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Biographical Data

1975-1976, undated

Box 34, Folder 8

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Christmas and Easter Messages

1971-1979

Box 34, Folder 9

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Consecration as Bishop Coadjutor

1971 Jul-1971 Sep

Box 34, Folder 10

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Consecration as Bishop Coadjutor

1971 Sep 25

Box 34, Folder 11

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Consents to Consecration as Bishop Coadjutor

1971

Box 34, Folder 12

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Election as Bishop Coadjutor

1970-1971 Apr 22

Box 34, Folder 13

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Election as Bishop Coadjutor

1971 Apr 23-1971 Jul 14, undated

Box 34, Folder 14

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Installation as Bishop

1972

Box 34, Folder 15

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Memorial Service for

1979

Box 34, Folder 16

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Photographs

1972?, undated

Box 35, Folder 17

Belden, Bishop Frederick H.: Resignation

1978-1979

Box 35, Folder 18

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Gaylord: Correspondence

1946-1949

Box 35, Folder 19

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Correspondence

1950-1951

Box 35, Folder 20

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Correspondence

1952-1953

Box 35, Folder 21

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Correspondence

1954

Box 35, Folder 22

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Induction as Suffragen Bishop

1939

Box 35, Folder 23

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Installation as Bishop

1946-1947

Box 35, Folder 24

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Photographs

undated

Box 35, Folder 25

Bennett, Bishop Granville: Seal of

undated

Box 36, Folder 26

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Address at the Dedication of the MacSparran Monument

1869

Box 36, Folder 27

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Certificate of Election as Bishop

1854

Box 36, Folder 28

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Early Discipline and Culture

1855

Box 36, Folder 29

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: "Fifty Years of Church Life" (Holograph mss.)

undated

Box 36, Folder 30

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Journal of Services Performed

1896-1898

Box 36, Folder 31

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: A Memoir by His Daughter, Mary Clark Sturtevant

1927

Box 36, Folder 32

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Pastoral Letter

1896

Box 36, Folder 33

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Photographs

undated

Box 36, Folder 34

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Preliminary Truths of Religion

1872

Box 36, Folder 35

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: "A Sermon Preached at the Opening of the General Convention"

1883

Box 36, Folder 36

Clark, Bishop Thomas March: Miscellaneous

1895, 1903, undated

Box 37, Folder 37

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Correspondence

1824-1842, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 38

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: The Apostolic Office

1843

Box 37, Folder 39

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Chronology

undated

Box 37, Folder 40

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Griswold's Prayers

1885, 1886

Box 37, Folder 41

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Journal

1821

Box 37, Folder 42

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Lock of His Hair

undated

Box 37, Folder 43

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Pastoral Letter to the General Convention

1816

Box 37, Folder 44

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Photograph of His Portrait

undated

Box 37, Folder 45

Griswold, Bishop Alexander Viets: Seal of See: Oversize

undated

Box 37, Folder 46

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Correspondence Anthony - Chase

1820-1843, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 46a

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Correspondence Clark - Griswald

1813-1851, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 46b

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Correspondence Halloran - MacIlvaine

1825-1848, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 46c

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Correspondence Meade - Otey

1815-1848, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 46d

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Correspondence Savage - Smith

1822-1843, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 46e

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Correspondence Society - White

1829-1851, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 46f

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Correspondence Whittingham - Wolfe

1825-1852, scattered dates

Box 37, Folder 46g

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Address at the Laying of the Cornerstone of Grace Church, Providence

1845

Box 37, Folder 47

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Jubilee Sermon

1851

Box 37, Folder 48

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Photograph

undated

Box 37, Folder 49

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Seal of

undated

Box 37, Folder 49a

Henshaw, Bishop John Prentiss Kewly: Trial of Bishop Benjamin Onderdonk

1844

Box 37a, Folder 50

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Correspondence. See Series V for Higgins's writings

1953-1955, 1970-1971, 1981, 1983, 1987-1988

Box 37a, Folder 51

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: "Address in Appreciation of Bishop John Seville Higgins" by Bishop Louis Gelineau"

1972

Box 37a, Folder 52

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Address to the 1955 RI Episcopal Convention

1955

Box 37a, Folder 53

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Citation of the RI Episcopal Convention. See: Oversize

1985

Box 37a, Folder 54

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Consecration as Bishop Coadjutor

1953

Box 37a, Folder 55

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Consents to Election as Bishop Coadjutor

1953

Box 37, Folder 56

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Honorary Degrees

1972

Box 37a, Folder 57

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Installation as Bishop

1955

Box 37a, Folder 57a

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Installation as Bishop, Film of. See: Oversize

1955

Box 37a, Folder 57b

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Opposition to Ordination of Gays and Lesbians into Priesthood

1990-1991

Box 37a, Folder 58

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Photographs

undated

Box 37a, Folder 59

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Retirement

1972

Box 37a, Folder 59a

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Scrapbook, 1929-78. See: Oversize

1929-1981

Box 37a, Folder 60

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Seal of

undated

Box 37a, Folder 61

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Testimonials of Election as Bishop Coadjutor

1952-1953

Box 37a, Folder 62

Higgins, Bishop John Seville: Miscellaneous

1952, 1953, 1988, 1990

Box 38, Folder 63

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Appointment Calendars

1980-1981

Box 38, Folder 64

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Appointment Calendars

1982-1983

Box 38, Folder 65

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Appointment Calendars

1984-1986

Box 38, Folder 66

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Appointment Calendars

1987-1989

Box 39, Folder 67

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Citizen of the Year Award

1988

Box 39, Folder 68

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Consecration as Bishop: Correspondence re

1980

Box 39, Folder 69

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Consecration as Bishop: Program

1980

Box 39, Folder 70

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Consents to Consecration as Bishop

1980

Box 39, Folder 71

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: National Tree of Life Award

1981, undated

Box 39, Folder 72

Hunt, Bishop George Nelson: Miscellaneous

1984, 1989-1990

Box 39, Folder 73

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: Correspondence

1882-1908, scattered dates

Box 39, Folder 74

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: "Address to the Clergy and Laity of Rhode Island"

1903

Box 39, Folder 75

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: Brooks, Rev. Phillips, Letters from

1866-1892 scattered dates

Box 39, Folder 76

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: Memorial Service

1910

Box 39, Folder 77

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: Photographs (also see oversize framed photograph)

1910, undated

Box 39, Folder 78

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: Poem in Honor of

1908

Box 39, Folder 79

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: Prayer Book

1895

Box 39, Folder 79a

McVickar, Bishop William Neilson: Private Register of Services

1867-1878

Box 39, Folder 80

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Correspondence. See also: MsG. 29 for Bishop Perry's Personal Papers

1924, 1935-1936

Box 39, Folder 81

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Correspondence

1942-1946

Box 39, Folder 82

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Address at the 150th Annual Session of the RI Episcopal Convention

1940

Box 39, Folder 83

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Book of Official Acts of the Bishop

1911-1946

Box 39, Folder 84

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Consecration as Bishop of Rhode Island

1911

Box 39, Folder 84a

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: "Excerpts From the Bishop's Addresses During His Primacy. 1930-1937" from Chapter Drafts of His Biography

undated

Box 39, Folder 85

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Memorial Chapel

1949

Box 39, Folder 86

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Memorial Service

1947

Box 39, Folder 87

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Photographs

undated

Box 39, Folder 88

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Thirty-fifth Anniversary Celebration of of his Consecration

1946

Box 40, Folder 89

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Celebration of His Consecration

1936

Box 40, Folder 90

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: "War Time Prayers"

undated

Box 40, Folder 91

Perry, Bishop James DeWolf: Miscellaneous

1935, 1946, 1949, undated

Box 40, Folder 92

Seabury, Bishop Samuel: Proclamation Permitting Robert Towle to Act as a Deacon

1789

Box 40, Folder 93

Seabury, Bishop Samuel: Photographs of his Portrait

undated

Box 40, Folder 94

Seabury, Bishop Samuel: "Samuel Seabury. Bishop in a New Nation"

1962

Box 40, Folder 95

Seabury, Bishop Samuel: "Sermon on Charity" (Printed mss.)

1788

Series 5. The Writings of Bishop John Seville
Box 41-43, Folder 1-30
John Seville Higgins was the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, serving from 1955 to 1972. During his episcopate and since his retirement, Higgins has been a prolific writer, and the unofficial historian of the diocese. This series contains both his published and unpublished work from college term papers to books on the Anglican faith.

Included are articles, addresses, sermons, college term papers, books, histories of various aspects of St. John's Cathedral and the Diocese of Rhode Island, letters to the editor of secular and religious publications, and a typewritten autobiography entitled One Man's Journey. The autobiography is especially interesting in that it combines a description of Higgins's life, particularly his childhood in England, with developments in the Episcopal/Anglican Church in both England and the United States. It also traces Higgins's clerical life from a young minister in the midwest to the pinnacle of his career as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island.

Copies of Higgins's printed and typed articles on various aspects of the diocese and of St. John's Cathedral also appear in the Histories/Historical Records series of this manuscript group and in Manuscript Group 94, St. John's Church/Cathedral, Series II.

Arrangement:

The works in this series are divided into categories of writing, i.e. articles, autobiography, books, and sermons. They are arranged alphabetically by the type of work and then alphabetically by the title of the work.

Container

Description

Date

Box 41, Folder 1

Articles: "Addressing the Future" in The Living Church

1989

Box 41, Folder 2

Articles: "Anglican Communion Today"

1946?

Box 41, Folder 3

Articles: "The Development of Cathedral Close
in
Providence, 1954-72" (Typed mss.)

undated

Box 41, Folder 4

Articles: "The First Lambeth Conference, 1867" in The Living Church

1988

Box 41, Folder 5

Articles: "The Future of the Anglican Communion"

1954

Box 41, Folder 6

Articles: "A Narrative of King's Church, St John's Church, the Cathedral of St. John
, 1722-1972"

1972

Box 41, Folder 7

Articles: "On the Governance of the Church Diocese" (Typed mss.)

1986

Box 41, Folder 8

Articles: "The Redemption of the World by Our Lord Jesus Christ" (Typed mss.)

undated

Box 41, Folder 9

Articles: Miscellaneous in Pan-Anglican

1950-1954, 1959, 1968

Box 41, Folder 10

Articles and Addresses

1929-1959

Box 41, Folder 11

Articles and Addresses

1960-1972

Box 42, Folder 12

Autobiography: One Man's Journey (Typed mss.)

1984

Box 42, Folder 13

Books: The Expansion of the Anglican Communion

1942

Box 42, Folder 14

Books: The General Thanksgiving: Some Thoughts Today. See also: Books: The Hope of Glory

1953

Box 42, Folder 15

Books: The Hope of Glory. See also: The General Thanksgiving

1953

Box 43, Folder 16

Books: One Faith and Fellowship

1945

Box 43, Folder 17

Books: This Means of Grace

1958

Box 43, Folder 18

Pamphlet: "From Corner Lot to City Block: The Story of the Cathedral of St. John:" See also: MsG # 94 St. John's Church/Cathedral, Series II

1972

Box 43, Folder 19

Sermons: Address of the Rev. Samuel Fayerweather to the People of Old St. Paul's,
Narragansett on 4 July 1776" (Typed mss.)

undated

Box 43, Folder 20

Sermons: "The Churches and the Ecumenical Movement"

1961

Box 43, Folder 21

Sermons: "The Coming Great Church" (Typed mss.)

1969

Box 43, Folder 22

Sermons: "He Died to Save Us All" in Martin Caldwell ed., Lift Up Your Hearts. Also in Pulpit Digest, March 1959

1956

Box 43, Folder 23

Sermons: "The Houses in Between" (Typed mss.)

undated

Box 43, Folder 24

Sermons: "The Peoples of the Earth: Divided and Enslaved by Sin"

1984

Box 43, Folder 25

Sermons: "The Saviour and Salvation" (Typed mss.)

1960

Box 43, Folder 26

Sermons: "A Sermon Preached at the Old Narragansett Church"

1974

Box 43, Folder 27

Sermons: "You Can Take It With You," in Wedel and McCray, eds., Go Preach: Thirty Sermons for the Laity

1954

Box 43, Folder 28

Sermons: "You Can Take it with You" in The Word with Power: Lay Readers Sermons

1961

Box 43, Folder 29

Sermons: "You Can't Go Home Again" (Typed mss.)

1954

Box 43, Folder 30

Miscellaneous Writings

1927-1988, scattered dates

Series 6. Convention Proceedings
Box 44-50a, Folder 1-55
This series contains the printed and bound proceedings of annual and special conventions of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. The proceedings, known as the Directory and Journal
, are published each year by the diocese.

Proceedings for the years 1790-1832 inclusive are summarized in one volume. The following years are missing: 1900-1909 inclusive, 1911-1913 inclusive, 1915-1932 inclusive, 1935, 1950, 1951, 1953-1962 inclusive, 1966, and 1969.

Arrangement:

The proceedings are arranged chronologically.

Container

Description

Date

Box 44, Folder 1