Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church collection
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The Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church collection dates from 1886 to 1927 and is housed in one half manuscript box. Materials in the collection include yearbooks and programs from church services.
Historical note
The Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church was organized in 1875 and originally met in a schoolhouse on Tompkins Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. As the membership increased, a larger building on Park Avenue was used to hold services. In 1888, the church's chapel was erected at Tompkins Avenue and McDonough Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church boasted a particularly large membership during its first 40 years--for instance, over 3,000 members were listed in the 1926 yearbook. In 1942, the church merged with the Flatbush Congregational Church.
Scope and Contents
The Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church collection dates from 1886 to 1927 and is housed in one half manuscript box. Materials in the collection include yearbooks and programs from church services. Yearbooks provide an overview of member activities and include annual reports, treasurers' reports, reports of organizations within the church, committee member lists, and a membership roll of the church congregation with member names and addresses.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church collection, 1986.021, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and date of the accession are unknown. This collection was formally accessioned in 1986.
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Minimally processed to the collection level.
