Series 1: Administrative records, 1846 -- 1944
This series is open for research.
1.5 linear feet; 1.5 linear feet; 3 boxes
This series contains the administrative records of the Evangelical Alliance in the United States. Records include lists of the Alliance's various committees, lists of Branch Alliances and officers, registers of guests, and Executive Committee Minutes. Among the more notable documents in this series are an autograph book lithograph from the inaugural meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in the United Kingdom from 1846 and the Dissolution Document of the United States branch of the Alliance from 1944, which stated that all of the Alliance's assets be transferred to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Topics covered in this series range from administrative issues to serious issues of religion around the world, including the persecution of both the Baptists and the Jews in Russia and the persecution of the Armenians by the Turkish.
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 1 Folder 1
Address Book, circa 1850 -- 1899
Box 1 Folder 2
Administrative Book, 1873
Box 1 Folder 3
Pages Pulled From Administrative Book p.47, 1873
Box 1 Folder 4
Autograph Book [lithograph], 1846
Box 1 Folder 5
Constitution, 1870
Box 1 Folder 6
Hospitality Committee Register of Guests, circa 1850 -- 1899
Box 1 Folder 7
Hospitality Committee Register of Parties Who Will Receive Guests, circa 1850 -- 1899
Box 1 Folder 8
Memorial Minutes, 1883 -- 1888
Box 1 Folder 9
Minutes and Program of United States Evangelical Alliance Biennial Conference, 1875
Box 1 Folder 10
Register of Guests], circa 1875
Box 1 Folder 11
Resolutions, 1885
Box 1 Folder 12
Signatures of the Members of the Sixth General Conference of the Evangelical Alliance, 1873
Box 2
Executive Committee Minutes, 1868 -- 1891
Box 3
Executive Committee Minutes, 1898 -- 1944
Series 2: Correspondence, 1869 -- 1901
This series is open for research.
2.25 linear feet; 2.25 linear feet; 5 boxes
This series contains bound letter copying books and loose correspondence comprised of telegrams, postal cards, and letters, as well as the correspondence of Heli Chatelain, field manager in Africa of the Philafrican Liberators' League, to the Rev. L.T. Chamberlain, President of both the Evangelical Alliance in the United States and of the Liberators' League. Some of the records are in other languages, such as German and French. Noteworthy correspondents in this series include Kaiser Wilhelm, Prince von Bismarck, and Booker T. Washington. The topics covered in the correspondence address many of the same that are covered in the administrative records, including the status of religion and religious persecution around the world. Additionally, the correspondence focuses on such topics as upcoming Alliance conferences, requests for Alliance publications, and the Week of Prayer. The correspondence also demonstrates how world events, including the Franco-Prussian War and the Boer War, affected the Alliance and its planned initiatives. A few of the Chatelain letters are from Chatelain to his sister, describing Chatelain's efforts while stationed in Africa on behalf of the Philafrican Liberators' League, which included securing the freedom of slaves in Africa and the promotion of their welfare during the Boer War. Other pieces of correspondence contain supply lists for his base at Lincoln Station and Chatelain's report of his European trip.
This series is arranged roughly chronologically.
Box 4 Folder 1
Letter Copying Book, 1870 -- 1873
Box 4 Folder 2
Index Taken from Letter Copying Book, 1870 -- 1873
Box 4 Folder 3-4
Letter Copying Books, 1873 -- 1892
Box 4 Folder 5
Loose Letters from Letter Copying Book, 1880 -- 1892
Box 5 Folder 1-3
Letter Copying Books, 1886 -- 1898
Box 6 Folder 1
Letter to Philip Schaff from German Chancellor Prince Von Bismarck, 1869
Box 6 Folder 2
Letter to Philip Schaff Granting Him an Audience with Kaiser Wilhelm, 1873
Box 6 Folder 3-19
Correspondence and envelopes, 1870 -- 1901
Box 7
Heli Chatelain Correspondence, 1896 -- 1899
Box 8
Heli Chatelain Correspondence, circa 1896 -- 1900
Series 3: Proposed General Conference in New York City, 1869 -- 1870
This series is open for research.
0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
This series contains material related to the Alliance's General Conference of 1870 in New York City, including proposed conference programs, lists of individuals who have accepted their invitations to the conference, and a list of people invited to speak or present papers at the conference. The materials describe and reflect the preparatory processes involved in organizing the conference, as well as the barriers to its success. One such document, a letter regarding travel restrictions to and from Europe due to the Franco-Prussian War, emphasizes the far reach that global events had on the rest of the world.
This series is arranged chronologically.
Series 4: Special formats, circa 1800 -- 1899
This series is open for research.
1.5 linear feet; 1.5 linear feet; 4 boxes
This series contains images and scrapbooks, which include pamphlets, conference programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, as well as various documents broken down by Branch Alliances across the United States. The photo album contains photographs of Evangelical Alliance members, including William Dodge, once President of the Alliance, and Philip Schaff, among others. The wide range of topics covered in the scrapbooks reflects the wide array of document types found within them. Such topics include Alliance events, both domestic and international; the Franco-Prussian War; religious persecution in Europe; and Alliance conferences.
This series is arranged chronologically by format.