New Monmouth Presbyterian Church recordsNew Monmouth Presbyterian Church records WLU.Coll.0168Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and ArchivesThis finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-25 07:01:43 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives New Monmouth Presbyterian Church records New Monmouth Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Va.) WLU.Coll.0168 /repositories/5/resources/502 17.75 Linear Feet 15 boxes 1776-1994 These materials are in English. Conditions Governing Use

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], New Monmouth Presbyterian Church Records, WLU Coll. 0168, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

 Custodial History

This collection is on long-term deposit at Washington and Lee University Special Collections. It was received in 1981 and materials have been added since. The collection is to be curated and made accessible by Special Collections staff.

 Scope and Contents

This collection includes deacons' minutes, sunday school records, the church register, cemetery records, congregational meeting minutes, and financial records of New Monmouth Presbyterian Church. Also includes some issues of the New Monmouth News/Newsletter. Of particular note is a scrapbook created of the church's earliest records dating back to the pastorates of William Graham and George Baxter.

 Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

 Records Cemeteries Scrapbooks Account books Church societies Church history Church officers Cemetery records/repositories/5/archival_objects/233circa 1905-1974English1Sunday School records and Church register/repositories/5/archival_objects/2341908-1959English2Deacons' minute book/repositories/5/archival_objects/2351895-1981English3Financial records/repositories/5/archival_objects/2361931-1974English4Books, Photograph, and Scrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/2371776-1822, 20th centuryEnglish5Scope and Contents

The books which include a Bible belonged to John W. Beatty, Jr. The circa 1940s photograph features the congregation posed outside of the church. The scrapbook includes the church's earliest documents dating back to the pastorates of William Graham and George Baxter.

Congregational meeting minutes, pew rents, scrapbooks, and history of the church/repositories/5/archival_objects/2381851-1984English6Miscellaneous A-N/repositories/5/archival_objects/239English7AMiscellaneous O-Z/repositories/5/archival_objects/240English7BWomen of the Church Minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/2411922-1958English8Women of the Church Executive Board minutes, Secretary's books, Treasurer's books/repositories/5/archival_objects/242English9Scope and Contents

Women of the Church Executive Board minutes 1951-1956, Secretary's books 1951-1956, Treasurer's books 1914-1955

Account books/repositories/5/archival_objects/2431879-1891, 1891-1895, 1912-1914English10Session minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/2441892-1920, 1935-1953English11Session minutes and Congregational meeting minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/2451953-1965, 1965-1970, 1970-1977English12Receipts and expenses, Foreign mission receipts, Pastor's salary account, LH and FMA minutes, Circle No. 8 minutes, WA minutes, letter/repositories/5/archival_objects/2461906-1931English13Session minutes, sessional record of KCBPC, and session book of the Chesnut Grove Presbyterian Church/repositories/5/archival_objects/2471848-1929English14Missions, Greever estate, and Women of the Church papers, and Shedrick Nicholas furniture repair receipts/repositories/5/archival_objects/244200.25 Linear Feet1967-1994Box 15Scope and Contents

Mission papers, which include Andean Indian Mission and Bandeirante School, both in Brazil, and Mexico Mission trips, 1988-1990. Also includes material on the following: bulletins and history of the Church, Chrismons, Shedrick Nicholas furniture repair receipts (1974-75), Greever estate (1973-1994), memorials, photos, and Women of the Church papers (1973-1990).

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