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Council on Religious Education, Frederick County, VA, Records

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1452 THL

Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of correspondence, financial reports, program summaries, a ledger book (1916-1943) and other miscellaneous papers concerning the Council of Religious Education of Frederick County, VA. The collection also contains information and miscellaneous items concerning the Opequon District and their annual Sunday school convention (1921-1967).
(3 boxes and last updated 12/15)

Biographical/Historical: The Council of Religious Education was a group devoted to improving and furthering religious education in Frederick County, VA. They held annual conventions at various churches and also held smaller educational programs.

Cite As: Council on Religious Education, Frederick County, VA Records, 1452 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1-FREDERICK COUNTY

Correspondence, 1933-1948, 22 items, manuscript, printed

Financial reports, 1936-1947, 14 items, printed

"Frederick County Religious Education" - annual statistical report of Sunday Schools, 5 items, 28 pages, manuscript

Frederick County religious education programs - 1928-1950, 32 items, printed

Miscellaneous, 100 leaves, manuscript, printed

Ledger book - Frederick County Sunday School, 1916-1943, 304 pages, manuscript

BOX 2-OPEQUON DISTRICT

Annual Opequon Sunday School Convention, 1921-1967, unnumbered leaves, typescript

Brochures/Pamphlets—Opequon District, unnumbered leaves, typescript

Correspondence—Opequon District Annual Meeting, unnumbered leaves, typescript

Journal of Opequon District Annual Meeting 1921-1955, unnumbered leaves, manuscript

Loose papers found within the journal of the Opequon District Annual Meeting—largely miscellaneous items, unnumbered leaves, typescript/manuscript

 Receipts of the Opequon District Annual Meeting, unnumbered leaves, typescript/manuscript

Reports of the Opequon District Annual Meeting, unnumbered leaves, typescript/manuscript

Scrapbook—containing meeting information and notes/reports on the Opequon annual Sunday school convention, 1956-1969, unnumbered leaves, 1 item, typescript

BOX 3-STONEWALL DISTRICT

Secretaries Report book for the Stonewall district Sunday school convention organization, 1913-1922—298 pages, manuscript