John R. Ellis Court Records, 1914-1915 - Finding Aid
Público DepositedHistorical Note: Rev. John R. Ellis served as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, IN until 1914 when he resigned after he was suspended by a Commission of the Indiana Presbytery for conduct unbecoming a minister. After his resignation, he spent several weeks in a New York sanitarium. During the 1915 appeal, the Permanent Judicial Commission reversed the decision against Ellis on the grounds of insufficient and improper evidence.
Scope and Content: The John R. Ellis Court Records document a trial brought by the Presbyterian Church against Rev. John R. Ellis, 1914-1915. Ellis was charged with conduct unbecoming a minister while serving as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, IN. The trial focused on his association with a prostitute and alleged advances on women in his congregation. The collection consists of depositions, exhibits, objections, and witness statements during the trial before the Judicial Commission of the Presbytery of Indianapolis. Other names documented in the collection are Emma Wray, Mandy Butcher, Lula Storms, and Mrs. Anna Schram.
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 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.
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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3ffa6ed7-b575-431c-96e0-84487f390fbb
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MLA citation style (9th ed.)
Bloomington, Indiana, United States: Hanover College. 1914. hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/3ffa6ed7-b575-431c-96e0-84487f390fbb?locale=pt-BR. John R. Ellis Court Records, 1914-1915 - Finding Aid.APA citation style (7th ed.)
(1914). John R. Ellis Court Records, 1914-1915 - Finding Aid. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/3ffa6ed7-b575-431c-96e0-84487f390fbb?locale=pt-BRChicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)
John R. Ellis Court Records, 1914-1915 - Finding Aid. Bloomington, Indiana, United States: Hanover College. 1914. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/3ffa6ed7-b575-431c-96e0-84487f390fbb?locale=pt-BR.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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