Rev. Braden E. Shaner Collection

Collection

Identifier: ULS-MS-044

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Rev. Braden E. Shaner. Included are lecture notes, sermons, textbooks from his personal collection, correspondence, early school records, photographs, and presentation materials from his descendants donated in 2009 and 2013.

The records are arranged in 3 series: 1) Lecture Notes and Sermons, 2) Textbooks, and 3) Miscellaneous and Family Presentations.

Dates

Existence: 1879 - 2013

Conditions Governing Use

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Rev. Braden Edwin Shaner was a Lutheran pastor that served in Pennsylvania and Indiana. He graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1886 and Gettysburg Seminary in 1889. He was called to Pittsburgh Synod in 1889 and ordained the same year. He served in Punxsatawney, PA from 1889-1891; Callensburg, PA 1891-1897; Logansport, IN, 1897-1900; and Tarentum, PA, 1900-1910. He married Anna Rebecca Deitterer on August 14, 1889 and had ten children. He died on October 2, 1910.