Guide to the Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel, Pa. Records, 1863-1957 AIS.1987.06

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel, Pa. Records
Creator
Pine Creek Presbyterian Church (Fox Chapel, Pa.)
Collection Number
AIS.1987.06
Extent
1 microfilm_reel (1022 frames)
Date
1863-1957
Abstract
The records of the Pine Creek Presbyterian Church contain historical materials, minutes of session and meetings, name indexes, and cemetary records, 1863-1957.
Language
English .
Author
David Rosenberg. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in September, 2003.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
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History

Pine Creek Presbyterian Church was founded in 1815, though Presbyterian services had been held in private homes in the area before then. After 1871 and until 1950s or 1960s the church was known as Pine Creek First Presbyterian Church or First Pine Creek Presbyterian Church to distinguish it from Pine Creek Second Presbyterian Church (later Wildwood). The early Pine Creek Presbyterian Church buildings were on Dorseyville Road but preaching services were shifted in 1892 to Point View Chapel on Fox Chapel Road. It is near this latter site that the present, post-1945, church is located.

Scope and Content Notes

Series I includes photos, survey map, transcriptions of historical documents, including the 1871 Charter of Incorporation; Historical sketches of the church, composed at various dates and covering especially the founding years and 19th century history; Anniversary pamphlets for the 120th Anniversary (1815-1935) and Sesquicentennial (1815-1865); Quotations from former pastors; History of the Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, printed 1945; and a biographical sketch of former pastor Rev. J.H. Potter by Rev. David Reed Miller.

Series II contain Minutes of the Session. Volume 1 is followed by typescript Roll of Members, April, 1863, in index form. Volume 2 is followed by a register listing of pastors, elders, communicants, baptisms, and deaths. Volume 3 is followed by a roll of pastors, elders, deacons, trustees, communicants (in chronological order, but followed by an alphabetical name-index); baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

Both Series IV and V are indexed. Series VII containing cemetary records includes a map, plan of plots in the church cemetary; computerized alphabetical index and locational guide to burials and individual markers.

Note: Computer generated name indexes, produced for the church in the 1980s by Sherri Ihrman, follow and serve as finding aids to many of the Pine Creek records.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

These records were a gift from Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel, Pa., 1987.

Existence and Location of Copies

This collection has been microfilmed by Archives Service Center and the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society from originals in the possession of Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, 1945 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15238, 1987.

Preferred Citation

Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel, Pa. Records, 1863-1957, AIS.1987.06, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh

Previous Citation

Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel, Pa. Records, 1863-1957, AIS.1987.06, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Pine Creek Presbyterian Church (Fox Chapel, Pa.) Records, 1863-1957.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by David Rosenberg in August, 1988.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath in September, 2003. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1378720

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Pine Creek Presbyterian Church (Fox Chapel, Pa.). Christian Endeavor Society
    • Pine Creek Presbyterian Church (Fox Chapel, Pa.). Ladies Aid Society
    • United Society of Christian Endeavor
    • Pine Creek Presbyterian Church (Fox Chapel, Pa.)

    Geographic Names

    • Pennsylvania -- Church history
    • Fox Chapel (Pa.) -- Church history

    Genres

    • Histories
    • Indexes

    Other Subjects

    • Church records and registers -- Pennsylvania -- Fox Chapel
    • Women in church work -- Pennsylvania -- Fox Chapel
    • Presbyterian Church -- Pennsylvania -- Fox Chapel -- Societies, etc.
    • Women -- Pennsylvania -- Fox Chapel -- Societies and clubs
    • Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Fox Chapel
    • Presbyterian Church -- Pennsylvania -- Fox Chapel -- Clergy
    • Church work with youth -- Pennsylvania -- Presbyterian Church
    • Youth -- Pennsylvania -- Fox Chapel -- Religious life
    • Church societies -- Pennsylvania
    • Churches and Synagogues
    • Baptismal records
    • Women -- Pennsylvania -- Societies and clubs

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