Documents belonging to the First Presbyterian Church in Sag Harbor including letters, newspaper clippings, and service programs circa 1806-1988.
1. Typed report - Episode I - The First Church - God's Old Barn - written by Ellen A. Bates
2. Jefferson St. House sold - June 20, 1845 to Lawrence B. Edwards
3. Bequest of $500. From will of Cornelius R. Sleight, December 12, 1957
4. Annie L. Corwin will - bequeath to First Presbyterian Church her "wheelchair and crutches"
5. Xerox of "Hymns to be sung at the centennial celebration July 4th, 1876"
6. Xerox of Sag Harbor Express May 27, 1909 - "The First Presbyterian Church"
7. Ann Webster Smith (Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation) re: receipt of grant, April 7, 1981
8. L.I. Historical Society Annual Meeting Oct. 31, 1981 at Baron's Cove restaurant and article for Newsletter
9. Ken Anderson request that session consider recommendation of Historical Co Committee re speakers in church June 18, 1981
10. Typed account "The Old Whalers' Church of Sag Harbor"
11. Typed article "Who Remembers" about gift of flag to church
12. Typed report Mission Review Committee - no date
13. Long Island Forum "April 1978 "The Old Brown Meeting House" by Jeanne Vielbig
14. Historical notes - typed notes for parish newsletter dated August 1864
15. Proclamation - Mr. Carroll F. Rogers, organist for dedicated service 25th anniversary October 1973
16. Xerox copy of "A Reporter at large - The Steeple" from the New Yorker, March 5, 1949 - by Berton Roveche
17. Jeanne Vielbig letter to Carl Starace, editor of L.I. Forum about story of Old Brown Meeting House
18. Xerox copy of Layman's Sunday Morning Service - no date
19. Report of the "Long-range Planning Committee for the Proposed General Improvements of the Church" 1960-1970
20. Emily Davis letter to Joan Bradford - December 26, 1951
21. Lenten Bicentennial Service March 21, 1976 Typed Program
22. 13th Annual Memorial Service of the 100th at First Presbyterian Church May 5, 1935
23. Rev. Donald Crawford "Mid-Day Meditations" c. 1940's Pamphlet
24. Typed paper. Local prayer service for Paris Peace talks H.B. Barrow
25. First Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor - typed history
26.Typed: By-Laws of the First Presbyterian Church
27. The Old Whalers' Church of Sag Harbor
28. Certificate of church membership for Henrietta Baumann - January 21, 1893
29. Leaflet - Sag Harbor Presbyterian Visitor - December 1946, #86
30. Article of Whalers' Church from Presbyterian Life, June 1, 1961
31. Two pictures of the Presbyterian Church from #1, July/August AD 1983 and #2, unidentified publication
32. Pew list of Original Members in 1844
33. Letter to pastor 1985-from Bob Simonelli offering his services as artist to restore art work
34. Copy of paper titled The Old Whalers Church, Sag Harbor, N.Y. "The Church that Whale Oil Built" written by Kathryn Barnes for a course in American Art History and dated Fall 1977
35. Handwritten cover noted from Kathy Barnes to Jeanne Vielbig dated March 23, 1978
36. Flyer for Field Day Sports between "Methodist Brotherhood vs. Presbyterian Brotherhood" on Decoration Day 1910
37. Folded pamphlet (4 pages) titled First Presbyterian Church of Sag-Harbor noting Rev. Clarence Hall Wilson as the Pastor. Two inside pages list weekly "Prayer Meeting Themes for 1893." Back page contains schedule about regular church meetings the pastor's hours for consultations, the Pew Committee, etc.
38. Folded pamphlet (4 pages) containing a New Year's Pastoral Letter from Rev. Frank Houghton Allen dated January the first, Nineteen hundred and Three. Cover page shows photograph of church; back page lists the Elders, Deacons, and Trustees.
39. Folded pamphlet (4 pages) containing letter titled "A New Year Pastoral" from Rev. Frank Houghton Allen dated January the First, Nineteen hundred and Five. Cover page shows photograph of church. Back page lists the Elders, Deacons, and Trustees, as well as committee heads.
40.Typewritten transcription of Sag Harbor Express article dated June 9, 1904, observing the "Sixtieth Anniversary of the Dedication of the Presbyterian Church" on May 27, 1904 by photocopy of original article
41. Newspaper clipping (no date) headlined "Seventeen Ministers in Presbyterian Church" listing them in order from "1797 to the present time." Refers to the pastor presently serving as having come to the church in 1921. Handwritten pencil corrections of the spelling of several of the names. Glued onto piece of card along with a copy of a photo of the church with steeple intact.
42. Back of above card with title "Gas Fixtures" above an illustration of one.
43. Front of postcard addressed to Mrs. Jeanne Vielbig stamped Long Island Presbyterian.
44. Back of postcard, dated October 9, 1980, thanking Mrs. Vielbig for giving a tour of the church, signed Blanche Dezso, Pres.
45. "A Card to the Members of the First Presbyterian Church and Congregation of Sag-Harbor" from the Trustees and Session urging ever member to make a weekly contribution to church work.
46. Back of card containing handwritten list of names
47. "Photostatic copy of original handbill in East Hampton Library" in which an appeal is made to the public by a list of parishioners and the Trustees for financial aid in the wake of afire on May 26, 1817, that destroyed much of a new church building still under construction
48. Article from unidentified newspaper with dated of Sag Harbor L.I., New York, Thursday March 12, 1959, headlined "Presbyterians Celebrate 150th Anniversary of Sunday School Founding."
49. Finding Aid/Inventory
50. Article from The Sag Harbor Corrector dated December 8, 1852
51. Historic Preservation in New York Program and Project Highlights
52. A handwritten transcription of a February 5, 1842 Sag Harbor Corrector article with the history of the Presbyterian Church which includes details on the Sag Harbor Old Burying Ground adjacent to the church.
53. An 1842 article from "The Corrector." The document details arguments against building a new church and Church yard near the "Old Burying Ground." The letter is signed "One of the People"
54. An article from The Sag Harbor Express, December 8, 1859 on the history of the Sag Harbor Presbyterian Church.
55. An article from The Sag Harbor Express May 1909 discussing events "last Sunday" at the Presbyterian Church.
56. History of Sag Harbor Village and the Sag Harbor First Presbyterian Church, undated and typewritten
57. First Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor, a typewritten history of the church with a focus on the architectural history. Unattributed and undated.
58. First Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor, also typewritten and focusing on other architectural history.
59. Also titled First Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor, appears to be a combination of the prior drafts of typewritten architectural history and community history.
60. Sag Harbor First Presbyterian Church Records, an excerpt of a book at the East Hampton Library (Long Island Collection?) printed by Samuel Seabury in 1817.
61. The Church Whales Built by David L. Graham.
62. Sag Harbor: The Town The Whalers Built, by R. A. Parker
63. Excerpt from Annie Cooper Boyd’s letter to her daughter Nancy Boyd Willey, September 2, 1935 regarding the Sabbath and a canoe trip to Barcelona [Northwest Woods area].
64. Excerpt from a letter to Reverend Aaron Woolworth at Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church from Reverend Lyman Beecher, undated.