Evangelical Alliance Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Evangelical Alliance. Included are constitutions, letters, pamphlets, minutes, historical sketches, newspaper articles, and reports.
Dates
- 1839 - 1867
- 1946 - 1949
Biographical / Historical
The Evangelical Alliance was formed in 1846 in London, U.K by Ridley Haim Herschell, Rev. Edward Steane, John Henderson, and Sir Culling Eardley. The aim of the alliance was to create an organization composed of professing Christians of different denominations for the purpose of promoting Christian union.
Rev. Simon Samuel Schmucker was the leader of the American Branch in the Lutheran General Synod. Rev. Schmucker received the title of “father” of the Evangelical Alliance during a transatlantic conference in New York in 1873 by F.W. Conrad.
Extent
.20 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Evangelical Alliance Papers
- Author
- Sheila Joy
- Date
- May 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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