Identity elements
Reference Number
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1820-1998 (Creation)
Extent
29 cu.ft. (39 boxes)
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection contains extensive organizational materials for over 100 years of its operation, particularly 1867 through the 1960s. It is particularly strong in the area of corporate minutes and reports, financial history, membership, publications, and grant awards. There is also a fine set of recorded sermons that may have been created as exemplars for educational purposes.
Arrangement
Governance Records, 1866-1990
Records of Merged and Related Organizations, 1848-1963
Financial Records, 1820-1997
Administrative Records, 1860-1999
Sermons and Addresses, 1870-1985
Publications, Artifacts and Ephemera, Audiovisual, 1845-2010
Conditions of access and use elements
Access conditions
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
Technical access
Rights and permissions
The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
Languages of the material
English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
- Abstract: The Evangelical Education Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church (EES) was founded as a national body in support of Episcopal education and evangelism in 1866 through a merger of multiple diocesan societies with the Divinity Students’ Aid Society in Philadelphia. Through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it furthered the advancement of “rational religion” that dominated The Episcopal Church by supporting clerical education; sponsoring gatherings, conferences and workshops; publishing books and pamphlets; and aiding campus evangelism. In 1977, it established its Evangelism for the 21st Century (E-21) grant program to support emerging forms of lay and clerical ministries. In 2014, the EES Board changed its name to the Episcopal Evangelism Society, a name under which it still operates.
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Potter, Alonzo (Subject)
- Stevens, William Bacon (Subject)
- Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge (PESPEK) (Subject)
- Episcopal Evangelical Fellowship (EEF) (Subject)