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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

This collection consists of an array of documents relevant to the founding and subsequent history of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.  The church, located in Jamestown, New York, originated at around 1824.  For the first ten years services were held at the Prendergast Academy Building, at the corner of Main and Fifth Streets.  As the religious community grew, the need for an established parish became apparent.  In the Spring of 1834, that parish had been successfully formed and incorporated into the Diocese of Western New York.

In 1854 the church got its first Rector, Rev. Levi W. Norton.  Two years later a new church was consecrated a block away.  Throughout its later years the church would work to improve, not the local community, but also a small country in Central America known as Belize.  The church community rendered financial support to Belize. The materials within the collection vary drastically in scope, media type, and chronology.  Some documents included are financial records, meeting minutes, pictures of people and objects, and personal affects.  Media types include newspaper clippings, books, photographs, letters, pamphlets, bulletins, and microfiche.  All documents range chronologically from 1824 to 2004. The collection was indexed and prepared for microfilming by Dr. Monroe Fordham, Professor Emeritus, of the History and Social Studies Education Department, Buffalo State College.  The materials were microfilmed by John Bernoski Jr. and James Prokos, under the direction of Dr. Jean Richardson, Associate Professor, History and Social Studies Education Department, Buffalo State College.

John Bernoski, Jr.

Click here for an index of the microfilmed records.

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