Jacob M. Spangler Collection

Collection

Identifier: ULS-MS-048

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Rev. Jacob Monroe Spangler. Included are letters to his wife Katherine J. (Bussman) Spangler from the years 1922-1926 and other miscellaneous correspondence; postcards; personal papers such as his marriage and death certificate and regarding his military service; photographs; newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous records collected over the course of his life.

Dates

Existence: 1910-1979

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Reverend Jacob Monroe Spangler was born on June 28, 1899 in East Berlin, PA to Curtis and Eliza (Eyster) Spangler. He received a B.S. from Gettysburg College in 1920 and went on to receive a M.A. from the same school in 1929. He received a Bachelor of Divinity from Gettysburg Seminary in 1929 and did post-graduate study at Temple University and Johns Hopkins University. He went on to receive a Master of Sacred Theology from Gettysburg Seminary in 1935.

Rev. Spangler was ordained by the West Pennsylvania Synod on October 13, 1926 and served as pastor at Utica Lutheran Parish of Maryland Synod from 1926-1929 and Trinity Lutheran Church, Wrightsville, PA from 1929-1965. He retired May 1965.

Rev. Spangler also completed semester hours at the Students Army Training Corps in 1918, receiving an honorable discharge from the United States Army on December 16, 1918.

Rev. Spangler died on September 11, 1973

Extent

4.2 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

This collection was received by Seminary Archives as a records transfer.

Bibliography

Lutheran Church in America. Minutes, Seventh Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Church in America, Baltimore, Maryland, 3-10 July 1974. New York: Lutheran Church in America, 1974.

“Spangler, Jacob M.. Biographical File,” ELCA Archives, Elk Grove, IL.

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