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Gloria Dei records
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Held at: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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In the 17th century Swedish settlers landed on the banks of the Delaware River establishing churches in Wilmington, Tinicum and by the mid-17th century in Wicaco outside of what would become Philadelphia. That latter church, Gloria Dei, is Pennsylvania’s oldest congregation. The existing church was built between 1698 and 1700 and originally served a Swedish Lutheran congregation. The church today is part of the Episcopal Diocese and a national historic site.
The archives of Gloria Dei include journal entries, correspondence, financial records, vestry minutes, and records of marriages, births and deaths.
Records are generally organized into three series: Corporate organizational records, Rectors' records, and Accounting records.
Selected materials from this collection were digitized from 2018-2021 as part of the Philadelphia Congregations Early Records project. The Philadelphia Congregations Early Records project was made possible by a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from CLIR, the Council on Library and Information Resources, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Digtized materials are viewable on the PhiladelphiaCongregations.org website. Some items have been transcribed, and users are invited to contribute to the transcription effort. In addition, all of the digitized records are available in the ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Digital Library, and archival copies of the scanned images are preserved on the OPenn website at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Links to Digital Resources for this Collection:
- Browse all digitized items from Gloria Dei Church on the Philadelphia Congregations website.
- Browse all digitized items from Gloria Dei Church on the ATLA Digital Library.
- Browse all archival images from Gloria Dei Church on the OPenn website.
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- Gloria Dei Church
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by project staff.
- Finding Aid Date
- 2022
- Sponsor
- The digitization of materials was made possible by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is not currently open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Copyright restrictions may exist. It is the responsibility of the requester to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from this collection.