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Rev. Charles Edgar Liebegott Sermons

 Collection
Identifier: ULS-MS-030

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Rev. Charles E. Liebegott. This collection contains the sermons of Charles E. Liebegott. The Container list includes the sermon title, the text, the place and the date as available. The sermons were given in Avonmore, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Lebanon, PA, Akron, Ohio.

Dates

  • 1888 - 1939

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Charles E. Liebegott was born in 1888 in Altoona, PA to George Liebegott and Anna Hicks. Liebegott graduated from Gettysburg College in 1912 and from the Lutheran Theological Seminary Gettysburg in 1915. He was ordained in 1915. Liebegott married Clara Elaine Poplsen (daughter of Peter Popken and Mary Wolters) in September 1915. They had one child, Lois E. Liebegott died on April 21, 1939 in Akron, Ohio. His grandson Reverend Victor A. Myers also attended Lutheran Theological Seminary-Gettysburg.

He served as an Army chaplain during World War 1. When he got back the served at Hebron Lutheran Church in Avonmore, P.A. from 1915-1917, Temple Lutheran in Pittsburgh, P.A. from 1917-1920, 7th Street Church, Lebanon, Pa., 1920-1930, and at St. Paul’s, Akron, Ohio, from 1930-1939.

Sources Consulted: Wentz, Abdel Ross. Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary Vol 2: Alumni Record. Harrisburg, PA: The Evangelical Press, 1964.

Extent

10.5 Linear Feet (35 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

This collection was received by Seminary Archives as a donation.

Related Materials

"MS-224: Myers-Liebegott Papers". Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids. Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College.

Author
Processed & Typed by Edwina Landry 5/16/2011 Reviewed by Roberta Brent 12/9/2011
Date
2011
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Personal Papers and Manuscripts Collection, Seminary Archives, United Lutheran Seminary Library, Gettysburg, PA Repository

Contact:
61 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg PA 17325 United States