Hanover College is home to the largest collection of Presbyterian Church records in the state of Indiana. The Presbyterian Archives includes records of local churches from across the state, as well as Presbytery and Synod of Indiana Records. Researchers will find church session minutes, ministers’ journals, photographs, financial records, and church registers dating from 1800-2015. These records often contain vital records information (birth, marriage, baptismal, and death) not documented in official state records.
The included finding aids provide researchers with valuable information about the materials housed in the Archives and Special Collections. These can include a general description of the materials, biographical or historical information, and a contents list.
Please note that this collection contains only finding aids. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available online. For more information about this collection, or to schedule a time to visit and review nondigitized materials, please contact the Hanover College Archives at archives@hanover.edu.
Scope and Content: Electronic copies of policy statements created by the Presbyterian Church Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy on matters of Christian conscience faced in the United States, 1983-2018. Reports contain...
Scope and Content: Records of the Alexandria 1st Presbyterian Church, in Alexandria, Madison County, IN, 1892-1955. Includes session minutes, membership lists, committee reports, dismissals and suspensions, financial reports,...
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
Scope and Content: A single volume of biographical notes on ministers who lived and worked in Indiana. The biographies include information about several individuals with ties to Hanover College, such as James Blythe, John...
Scope and Content: Records of the Bourbon Presbyterian Church, 1859-1963. Includes session minutes, 1900-1963; documentation on the closure of the church, 1963; membership lists; baptism, marriage and death records, 1859-1962....
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
Scope and Content: Records of the Buffalo Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church Minutes, in Buffalo, White County, Indiana, dated 1882-1918. The minutes document the meetings of church elders, as well as lists of new members, elders...
Scope and Content: Records of the Caledonia Presbyterian Church in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, dated 1854-1978. Information includes session minutes, annual meeting minutes, financial records, Sunday school records,...
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
Historical Note: The Charlestown Presbyterian Church was founded in 1812 by Rev. Joseph P. Lapsley. In September 1907, many records of the church were destroyed in a fire. , This is a finding aid, which provides information...