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Date(s)
- 1907-1983 (Creation)
Extent
3 cu.ft. (3 boxes and 1 microfilm reel)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1909, the Rev. Leslie John Alden Lang was ordained to the diaconate in 1933 and to the priesthood in 1934. He served as Assistant Rector of St. Peter's Church in Westchester, New York from 1934 to 1943 and as rector from 1943 to1963. During this time he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from General Theological Seminary (1959). Lang continued to be active in Church affairs in the New York area until his retirement in 1974 when he became an honorary assistant at St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Leslie John Alden Lang died on April 26, 1991.
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Scope and content
Scrapbooks, correspondence, sermons, printed material, and photographs comprise the personal papers of the Rev. Leslie J. A. Lang. Also found is correspondence, printed material, sermons, and photographs relating to Bishop Horace William Baden Donegan and Bishop William T. Manning, which were collected by Lang.
System of arrangement
Leslie Lang Personal Papers, 1934-1983
Papers and Collections on Horace William Baden Donegan, 1947-1980
Papers and Collections on William T. Manning, 1907-1949
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Conditions governing access
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
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Conditions governing reproduction
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
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Name access points
- Brown, Thomas Lee (Subject)
- Donegan, Horace Baden (Subject)
- Manning, William T. (Subject)