Descriptive Summary
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Biographical Note / Administrative History
Four generations of the Converse family owned and operated the religious newspaper Christian Observer—commencing with Amasa Converse in 1827, when he took charge of the Visitor and Telegraph newspaper of Richmond, Virginia. Through a series of mergers with other newspaper enterprises and relocations to Philadelphia, Richmond, and Louisville, over the next several decades, the paper became the largest circulating Presbyterian weekly in the United States.
Amasa Converse was born in Lyme, New Hampshire in 1795. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1822. After Dartmouth, he taught briefly at Sanderson Academy in Ashfield, Massachusetts, and then entered Princeton Theological Seminary in December 1823. Due to ill health, Amasa left Princeton in December 1824 for the warmer climate of Virginia. There he opened a school, pursued ministerial work, and was commissioned by the Young Men's Missionary Society of Richmond to be their home missionary. On May 7, 1826, Amasa was ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Hanover. In late 1826, when he was considering leaving the ministry for another field of work, Amasa was solicited to take editorial charge of a religious newspaper and magazine published in Richmond, Virginia.
In February 1827, Amasa Converse commenced his editorial work with the Visitor and Telegraph and the Literary and Evangelical Magazine. After purchasing both publications in July 1828, he suspended publication of the magazine at the close of the year to focus his efforts on increasing and extending the circulation of his weekly religious newspaper. Circulation increased from over 1,000 subscribers in December 1828 to 3,000 in 1831.
During the decade of 1827 to 1837, there were increasing theological and institutional tensions within the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. In 1837, the "Old School" party of the General Assembly abrogated the 1801 Plan of Union and expelled four largely "New School" synods from the denomination, precipitating a bitter thirty year national division of the Church. Amasa Converse thought the decision unjust and took a public stand against it. Although he was able to sustain his newspaper during this period, he accepted overtures made in late 1838 to move the paper (then under the name Southern Religious Telegraph) from Richmond to Philadelphia. In January 1839, he moved north and merged the Southern Religious Telegraph with the Philadelphia Observer (established in 1813 under the name Religious Remembrancer). In 1840, Amasa's publication became the Christian Observer.
The Civil War proved to be another turning point in the history of the Christian Observer. Amasa Converse and his partners in Philadelphia were in disagreement over the war, particularly how the war was to be represented in the paper. Having southern sympathies, Amasa generally found himself an unwelcome minority in the city. In 1861, after the suppression of his paper by the federal government, Amasa moved the publication office to Richmond, Virginia. In 1869, the Christian Observer merged with the Free Christian Commonwealth in Louisville, Kentucky. After Amasa's death in December 1872, the Christian Observer remained based in Louisville. The January 6, 1875 edition announced that the paper's firm name had changed from A. and F. B. Converse to Converse and Company. The Converse family continued to own and operate the Christian Observer until it ceased publication with the issue of January 21, 1976.
Amasa Converse married Flavia Booth (1804-1885) in December 1828. They had five children who lived to adulthood. Their eldest son, Francis Bartlett Converse, born in Richmond, Virginia in 1836, moved with the family to Philadelphia in 1839. He graduated from Central High School in 1853, the University of Pennsylvania in 1856, and he attended Princeton Theological Seminary from 1859 to 1860. He joined his father in the newspaper business as associate editor of the Christian Observer in January 1858. After the death of Amasa in December 1872, Francis served as editor until his death in 1907. From 1872 to 1879, his brother the Reverend James B. Converse (1844-1914) was associated with him in the editorship and, from 1879 to 1904, his brother the Reverend Thomas Edward Converse (1841-1913).
Francis Bartlett Converse married Ellen Elizabeth Pollard in May 1866. They had six children together: Francis (Frank) Bartlett Converse, Jr.; Harry P. (Pollard) Converse, T. Edward Converse, Bernard T. Converse, Mary Peachy Converse, and Ellen E. Converse. Harry, born in 1876, joined the Christian Observer staff after graduating from Princeton University in 1899, and was managing editor from 1907 until his death in 1960. That year, his daughter, Marys A. (Austin) Converse (1918-1985), a 1939 graduate of Vassar College, became managing editor. Harry's brother, Francis (Frank) born in 1870, established the firm Frank B. Converse and Company and manufactured the Converse Typesetting Machine, which he invented.
Collection Overview
The Converse Family Papers, 1837-1979, contain correspondence, financial and legal records, photographs, printed matter, and other materials that document the personal and professional lives of Amasa Converse, Francis Bartlett Converse, Harry P. Converse, and, to a far lesser extent, Marys A. Converse—the dynasty that published America's oldest religious weekly, the Christian Observer, for almost 149 years. The collection is particularly rich in material documenting the operations of the Christian Observer from the mid-1800s to its closure in 1976.
The Converse Family Papers provide insight for researchers interested in the history of religious publications in America. The collection contains materials describing the owners' fluctuating economic fortunes during the depressions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as long-time readers' outpouring of sympathy and sorrow upon the paper's termination in January 1976.
The collection is divided into four series: "Amasa Converse papers," "Francis Bartlett Converse papers," "Harry P. Converse papers," and "Christian Observer and Converse and Company records."
The "Amasa Converse papers, 1837-1846 and undated" series contains an autobiography, autobiographical and genealogical materials, a portrait of Converse, and letters written by Converse to William Hill (1769-1852), a prominent nineteenth century Presbyterian churchman. In the undated handwritten autobiography that carries his life up to 1861, Converse reflects on his work as a newspaper editor as well as larger political and religious issues, such as the Old School-New School division in the Presbyterian Church and slavery. Other materials related to Amasa Converse, including correspondence, can be found in the "Christian Observer and Converse and Company records" series. Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically.
The "Francis Bartlett Converse papers, 1838-1867" series contains an account book, two diaries, diplomas, a photograph, and general printed matter. The diaries, from 1864 and 1866 to 1867, contain a young Converse's reflections on his life and work as a Presbyterian minister and newspaper editor with the Christian Observer. Other materials related to Francis Bartlett Converse, including correspondence, can be found in the "Christian Observer and Converse and Company records" series. Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically.
The "Harry P. Converse papers, 1892-1909" series contains a scrapbook, yearbook, pictorial publication, and journal related to Converse's Princeton University college career and early professional life. Other materials related to Harry P. Converse, including correspondence, can be found in the "Christian Observer and Converse and Company records" series. Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically.
The "Christian Observer and Converse and Company records, 1854-1979" series contains correspondence, financial and legal records, reports and meeting records, photographs, and other materials documenting both the day-to-day and the overall operation of the Christian Observer and its parent corporation, Converse and Company. However, some of the materials in the family business records do not appear to have any clear connection to the businesses.
This series contains five subseries: "Reports and meetings," "Correspondence," "Financial and legal records," "Photographs," and "Other records."
The "Reports and meetings, 1877-1962" subseries consists of annual reports, minutes, proxy forms, meeting notices, and related correspondence. The bulk of the material documents the stockholders' and directors' meetings of Converse and Company. Also included are the company's annual financial reports. Materials in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
The "Correspondence, 1855-1979" subseries contains letters to and from individuals and groups connected to the Christian Observer. Multiple generations of the Converse family are represented in these materials. Of particular interest is the voluminous correspondence regarding the closing of the Christian Observer in 1976; the letters contain expressions of gratitude from readers and descriptions of the paper's impact on generations of Presbyterians. Moreover, many of the letters include personal narratives that document the experiences of "everyday" Presbyterians in the mid-to-late twentieth century.
The "Financial and legal records, 1854-1976" subseries includes account books, balance sheets, circulation statistics, contracts, deeds, receipts, stock certificates, and family estate records that document the finances, financial transactions, and legal agreements of the Christian Observer and Converse and Company. These materials are arranged alphabetically.
The "Photographs, 1887-1927" subseries contains photographic prints depicting members of the Converse family as well as the physical plant of the Christian Observer office in Louisville, Kentucky. Prints show the exterior of the building in 1887, the printing press room, and the linotype room. Photographic portraits are of Amasa Converse, Frances Bartlett Converse, and Harry P. Converse. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically.
The "Other records, 1856-1976" subseries consists of articles, building floor plans, a business policy manual, supply inventories, clippings, printed matter, and other materials related to the operation of the Christian Observer and Converse and Company. The business policy manual documents the managerial, financial, and editorial philosophies that guided the administration of the Christian Observer during the 1940s and 1950s. Also included are anniversary issues of the Christian Observer that feature a brief history of the religious publication and the Converse family's ownership and publication of the newspaper. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged as follows:
SERIES I: AMASA CONVERSE PAPERS, 1837-1846 and undated
SERIES II: FRANCIS BARLETT CONVERSE PAPERS, 1838-1867
SERIES III: HARRY P. CONVERSE PAPERS, 1892-1909
SERIES IV: THE CHRISTIAN OBSERVER AND CONVERSE AND COMPANY RECORDS, 1854-1979
Subseries 1: Reports and meetings, 1877-1962
Subseries 2: Correspondence, 1855-1979
Subseries 3: Financial and legal records, 1854-1976
Subseries 4: Photographs, 1887-1927
Subseries 5: Other records, 1856-1976
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Administrative Information
Received from Marys A. Converse in the 1970s; from the estate of Marys A. Converse in 1985; and from J. Joseph Trower, Stated Clerk, Presbytery of Missouri Union, in 1988.
The processing of this collection was made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. The collection was minimally processed and the finding aid was created in Archivists' Toolkit in June 2011 by Devin Manzullo-Thomas and Daniel Cavanaugh. This guide was revised in May 2013 by Bill Brock, Collection Management Archivist.
Preferred Citation
Converse Family Papers, RG 474, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Catalog Headings
Collection Inventory
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| SERIES I: AMASA CONVERSE PAPERS, 1837-1846 and undated | |
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1 | 1 | Account book, undated | |
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| Ambrotype of Amasa Converse, undated [restricted for preservation reasons; please use photographs in RG 414 - Series III (Converse, Amasa)] | Digital |
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1 | 2 | Autobiographical and genealogical notes, undated | |
1 | 3 | Autobiography (handwritten volume), undated | |
1 | 4 | Letter to William Hill, 1837 February 25 | |
1 | 5 | Letter to William Hill, 1837 July 20 | |
1 | 6 | Letters to William Hill, 1838 February | |
1 | 7 | Letters to William Hill, 1838 June | |
1 | 8 | Letter to William Hill, 1839 October 8 | |
1 | 9 | Letter to William Hill, 1841 March 10 | |
1 | 10 | Letter to William Hill, 1841 August 19 | |
1 | 11 | Letter to William Hill (original and photocopy), 1842 July 8 | |
1 | 12 | Letter to William Hill, 1846 September 17 | |
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| SERIES II: FRANCIS BARLETT CONVERSE PAPERS, 1838-1867 | |
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1 | 13 | Account book, "Receipts for the Protestant and Herald," 1838-1845 | |
1 | 14 | Diary, 1864 | |
1 | 15 | Diary, 1866-1867 | |
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| Diploma - Bachelor of Arts, Central High School of Philadelphia, 1853 | |
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| Diploma - Master of Arts, Central High School of Philadelphia, 1858 | |
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| Diploma (written in Latin) - University of Pennsylvania, 1856 | |
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1 | 16 | Newsprint engraving of Amasa Converse, Francis Bartlett Converse, Harry P. Converse, and the Christian Observer building, undated | |
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7 | 1 | Photograph, Francis Bartlett Converse, undated | |
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| SERIES III: HARRY P. CONVERSE PAPERS, 1892-1909 | |
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1 | 17 | Journal (incomplete), 1899 June 20 - 1900 February 4; 1903 November 13 - 1904 January 1 | |
1 | 18 | Record of the Class of '99, Princeton University, 1909 | |
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| Scrapbook, Princeton University, 1892-1899 and undated, bulk 1895-1899 | Digital |
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| Yearbook, Princeton University Class of 1899, 1899 | |
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| SERIES IV: THE CHRISTIAN OBSERVER AND CONVERSE AND COMPANY RECORDS, 1854-1979 | |
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| Subseries 1: Reports and meetings, 1877-1962 | |
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1 | 19 | Annual reports, 1877-1878 | |
1 | 20 | Annual reports, 1880-1883 | |
1 | 21 | Stockholders' and directors' meetings - general correspondence, balance sheets, notices, and reports, 1908-1960 | |
1 | 22 | Stockholders' meeting held on May 1, 1942 - agenda, minutes, proxy forms, and related correspondence, 1942 | |
1 | 23 | Stockholders' and directors' meeting held on September 29, 1943 - reports, notices, proxy forms, and related correspondence, 1943 | |
1 | 24 | Stockholders' and directors' meeting held on December 28, 1944 - reports, minutes, notices, and proxy forms, 1944 | |
1 | 25 | Annual reports to stockholders, 1944-1953 | |
1 | 26 | Directors' meeting held on September 22, 1945 - minutes and notice, 1945 | |
1 | 27 | Directors' meeting held on June 7, 1946 - minutes and notice, 1946 | |
1 | 28 | Stockholders' meeting held on July 10, 1946 - notices and proxy forms, 1946 | |
1 | 29 | Stockholders' meeting held on July 9, 1947 - reports, minutes, notices, and notes, 1947 | |
1 | 30 | Directors' meeting held on November 1, 1949 - minutes, notices, and related correspondence, 1949 | |
1 | 31 | Stockholders' meeting held on August 10, 1949 - notices and proxy forms, 1949 | |
1 | 32 | Stockholders' meeting held on July 12, 1950 - minutes, notices, and proxy forms, 1950 | |
1 | 33 | Directors' meeting held on July 20, 1950 - notices and related correspondence, 1950 | |
1 | 34 | Stockholders' meeting held on June 9, 1952 - proxy forms and related correspondence, 1952 | |
1 | 35 | Stockholders' meeting held on July 8, 1959 - notices and proxy forms, 1959 | |
1 | 36 | Annual reports and letters to stockholders, 1960-1962 | |
1 | 37 | Stockholders' meeting held on July 13, 1960 - reports, notices, and proxy forms, 1960 | |
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1 | 38 | "Centennary Association," 1927, 1934 and undated | |
1 | 39-43 | Closing of newspaper, 1976 | |
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2 | 1-7 | Closing of newspaper, 1976 | |
2 | 8 | Closing of newspaper - correspondence with Christianity Today, 1976 | |
2 | 9 | Converse, Mrs. A.T. (incoming), 1914 | |
2 | 10 | Converse, Bernard T. (incoming), 1901, 1914, 1915 | |
2 | 11 | Converse, Bernard T. Jr. to Marys Converse, 1976 January 27 | |
2 | 12 | Converse, Charles S. (C.S.) (incoming), 1871, 1888-1895 | |
2 | 13 | Converse, C.S. (outgoing), 1888, 1890, 1896 | |
2 | 14 | Converse, C.S. to "Bro. Bartlett" (Francis Bartlett Converse), 1878-1893 | |
2 | 15 | Converse, C.S., to "Judge Mitchell," 1871 May 24 | |
2 | 16 | Converse, Ellen (incoming), 1887, 1902, 1915 and undated | |
2 | 17 | Converse, Ellen (outgoing), 1902 | |
2 | 18 | Converse, Francis Bartlett (incoming), 1872, 1876, 1879, 1902-1903 | |
2 | 19 | Converse, Frances Bartlett and a Converse family member, 1870s, 1880, 1891-1892, 1902-1903 and undated | |
2 | 20 | Converse, Francis Bartlett, Francis (Frank) Bartlett Converse, Jr., Harry P. Converse, and Amasa Converse, 1866-1868, 1871, 1888-1889, 1892-1894, 1902-1904, 1914, 1923, 1928 | |
2 | 21 | Converse, Francis (Frank) Bartlett, Jr. (incoming from his father, Francis Bartlett Converse), 1890, 1894, 1900, 1902 | |
2 | 22 | Converse, Harry P. (outgoing), 1889, 1902-1903, 1914, 1923, 1950 and undated | |
2 | 23 | Converse, Harry P. (incoming), 1902, 1913-1915, 1923 | |
2 | 24 | Converse, Harry P. to Bernard and Frank Converse, 1929 | |
2 | 25 | Converse, Harry P. to George P. Haw, 1914 May 11 | |
2 | 26 | Converse, James B. (incoming), 1880, 1903, 1913, undated | |
2 | 27 | Converse, Jeanne M. (Mrs. T. Edwards Converse) (incoming), 1914-1923 | |
2 | 28 | Converse, Jeanne M. (Mrs. T. Edwards Converse) (outgoing), 1914-1915 | |
2 | 29 | Converse, John H. (incoming), 1892-1893 | |
2 | 30 | Converse, John H. (outgoing), 1904 | |
2 | 31 | Converse, Thomas Edwards (outgoing), 1880, 1901 | |
2 | 32 | Converse, Thomas Edwards (incoming), 1888-1901 | |
2 | 33 | Guerrant, Edward to "Bro. Converse/Dr. Converse" (Francis Bartlett Converse), 1899, 1902-1903 | |
2 | 34 | Jamal, Wasliah to Harry P. Converse, 1912 | |
2 | 35 | Lees-McRae Institute, 1903 | |
2 | 36 | Letters of recommendation for Converse and Company employees composed on closing of Christian Observer, 1976 | |
2 | 37 | Purchase of the "Castlewood" property, 1917 | |
2 | 38 | Thornwell Home and Schools, 1914 | |
2 | 39 | General, 1855-1900s | |
2 | 40 | General, 1870s-1910s | |
2 | 41 | General, 1880s-1890s | |
2 | 42 | General, 1886, 1890, 1902, 1912, 1914 and undated | |
2 | 43 | General, 1887, 1895, 1901-1902, 1904, 1917, 1921 | |
2 | 44 | General, 1900-1905 | |
2 | 45 | General, 1960, 1976-1979 | |
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2 | 46 | Account books, 1859-1860, 1889-1891, 1892-1893 | |
2 | 47 | Account ledger, general, 1884-1901 | |
2 | 48 | "Accounts sent out by the Observer," 1854-1858 | |
2 | 49 | Agreement to guarantee the repurchase of William McElroy's stock, 1960 | |
2 | 50 | Agreements to transfer shares of Converse and Company stock, 1896, 1907-1910 | |
2 | 51 | Balance sheet, 1946 | |
2 | 52 | Balance sheets, mail lists, and inventories, 1975 June | |
2 | 53 | Circulation statistics, 1884-1886 | |
2 | 54 | Company policy resolutions, 1880 | |
2 | 55 | Contracts, 1873, 1877-1879, 1888, circa 1913 | |
2 | 56 | Deed, mortgage, and related documents for the Converse building (512 Third Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky), 1880s-1890s | |
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3 | 1 | Employee insurance register, 1916, 1920, 1934 | |
3 | 2 | Estate of Ellen P. (Mrs. Francis Bartlett) Converse, 1909 | |
3 | 3 | Estate of Ellen P. (Mrs. Francis Bartlett) Converse, 1912-1913 | |
3 | 4 | Estate of Francis Bartlett Converse, 1908, 1912 and undated | |
3 | 5 | Estate of Francis Bartlett Converse, 1919 | |
3 | 6 | Estate of John H. Converse - sale of stock, 1910, 1915 | |
3 | 7 | Financial and legal documents from the Converse and Company "lock box," 1890-1904, 1964-1966 | |
3 | 8 | Financial records, general, 1895-1917, 1938, 1950, 1968, 1976 and undated | |
3 | 9 | Financial records, general, 1902-1903 | |
3 | 10 | Financial statements and accounts, 1873-1880, 1914 | |
3 | 11 | Financial summaries for Converse and Company, 1902, 1904 | |
3 | 12 | Investments in the National Bank of Kentucky and the Louisville Trust Company, 1929-1938 | |
3 | 13 | Legal documents, general, 1888-1899 | |
3 | 14 | Loans for the Christian Observer, 1910 | |
3 | 15 | Montreat Association, receipt and correspondence, 1906 | |
3 | 16 | Payments of company funds to Converse family members and charities, 1920-1922, 1929, 1938, 1957 | |
3 | 17 | Receipt, 1866 | |
3 | 18 | Receipts, 1895-1899 | |
3 | 19 | Receipts, 1899-1900 | |
3 | 20 | Receipts, 1900 July-December | |
3 | 21 | Receipts, 1901 January-June | |
3 | 22 | Receipts, 1901 July-December | |
3 | 23 | Receipts, 1902 | |
3 | 24 | Receipts, 1903 | |
3 | 25 | Receipt book, undated | |
3 | 26 | Receipt books, 1901-1903 | |
3 | 27 | Report of employee accident, 1914 | |
3 | 28 | Stock certificate, the Alaska Transportation and Development Company, 1898 | |
3 | 29 | Stock certificates, Converse and Company, 1937-1963 | |
3 | 30 | Stock certificate, Louisville Auditorium Association, 1916 | |
3 | 31 | Stock certificate, Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway, 1911 | |
3 | 32 | Subscription records, 1890s-1910s and undated | |
3 | 33 | Supply accounts and receipts, circa 1930s-1950s | |
3 | 34 | Supply account book, circa 1930s-1950s | |
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4 | 48 | Amasa Converse, Francis Bartlett Converse, Harry P. Converse, and unidentified women, undated | Digital |
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5 | 1-3 | Christian Observer office in Louisville, Kentucky, 1887 | |
5 | 4 | Linotype room, circa 1900 | |
5 | 5 | Printing press room, 1927 | |
5 | 6 | Printing press room, undated [fragile, handle with care] | |
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| Unidentified photographic nitrate negatives (removed from Box 4, Folder 32), undated [restricted] | |
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| Subseries 5: Other records, 1856-1976 | |
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4 | 1 | Administrative records - Roll of Honor and obituary preparation instructions, 1965 | |
4 | 2 | Administrative records - proofreading instructions, undated | |
4 | 3 | Article by Reverend Walter L. Lingle, D.D., circa 1928 | |
4 | 4 | Article, "Early Presbyterianism in Kentucky" by Fannie Casseday Duncan, 1924 | |
4 | 5 | Manuscript, "The Genius of Sir Walter Raleigh" by Francis Bartlett Converse, 1856 | |
4 | 6 | Article, "Religious Conditions 100 Years Ago," [1925] | |
4 | 7 | Article, "Tolerance and Intolerance" by Reverend Walter L. Lingle, D.D., 1928 | |
4 | 8 | Articles, miscellaneous, undated | |
4 | 9 | Building floor plan for office - 412 South Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, undated | |
4 | 10-11 | Business policy manual, circa 1940s-1950s | |
4 | 12 | Certificate - Marys A. Converse, undated | |
4 | 13 | Christian Observer - anniversary issues, 1863, 1913, 1952, 1957 | |
4 | 14 | Christian Observer - historical materials, artwork, and Converse family member list, 1963 and undated | |
4 | 15 | Christian Observer - index, 1897 July 1 - 1897 December 31 | |
4 | 16 | Christian Observer - issues of 1959, 1963, 1973 | |
4 | 17 | Christian Observer - issues, promotional, and printed matter, circa 1950s-1960s | |
4 | 18 | Christian Observer - reproduction of first issue of September 4, 1813 (then known as the Religious Remembrancer), 1923 | |
4 | 19 | Clipping - closing of newspaper, 1976 June 3 | |
4 | 20 | Clippings, general, 1907, 1909, 1910s | |
4 | 21 | Clippings, general, 1907, 1910-1913 | |
4 | 22 | "Commendatory comments culled from current correspondence," 1896-1898 | |
4 | 23 | Consumer survey responses on postal efficiency, 1899 | |
4 | 24 | The Converse Typesetting Machine, 1856, 1891, 1893, 1901 and undated | |
4 | 25 | "Food menus," 1930s | |
4 | 26 | Inscription on tombstone of Abby M. Converse (1817-1851), 1899 | |
4 | 27 | Inventories of supplies, 1940, 1942, 1950, 1959 | |
4 | 28 | Inventories of supplies, 1957 June | |
4 | 29 | Inventories of supplies, 1958 July 2 | |
4 | 30 | Inventories of supplies, 1959 July 1 | |
4 | 31 | Key and instruction cards (unidentified), undated | |
4 | 32 | Kingsbury, Ellen Converse - correspondence and printed matter related to travels, assorted photographs, 1905, 1922-1926, 1936-1939 and undated | |
4 | 33 | Notebook ("F.B.C."), circa 1899-1900 | |
4 | 34 | "Open Forum" (original drawing), 1931 January | |
4 | 35 | Press pass for Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, 1901 | |
4 | 36 | Printed matter, 1900-1903 and undated | |
4 | 37 | Printed matter, 1902, 1904 and undated | |
4 | 38 | Promotional materials and printed matter, circa 1945 and undated | |
4 | 39 | Promotional materials for Church Publication Week, 1975 | |
4 | 40 | Publication(s), undated | |
4 | 41 | Recipe for a cordial, undated | |
4 | 42 | Report cards for Peachy Converse, 1885-1886 | |
4 | 43 | Sale of the Converse building - correspondence and printed matter, 1975 | |
4 | 44 | Shorthand notes, undated | |
4 | 45 | Supply and equipment lists for printing and composing rooms, undated | |
4 | 46 | Ticket to tour monuments in Egypt (signed by H.P. Converse), 1912 | |
4 | 47 | Tickets, invitations, and cards, 1886, 1901-1904 and undated |