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| Record Creator: | Domer, J. D. |
| Title: | J. D. Domer Collection |
| Dates: | 1876 |
| Abstract: | J. D. Domer was a pastor in the Evangelical Association and United Evangelical Church. This accession contains a variety of handwritten essays dealing with Sunday schools, class meetings, historical notes on the charitable society and the denomination, the episcopacy, sermon preparation, and church polity. There is a unique leather case in the collection in good condition. The case is filled with a collection of Domer's sermons on a variety of topics and texts. |
| Extent: | 0.17 cu. feet |
| Resource ID: | gcah.ms.4195 |
J. D. Domer (1841-1902), American ministers, was born in Venago County, Pennsylvania, in 1834. He entered the ministry in 1861 in the Pittsburgh Conference of the Evangelical Association. In 1891, when the division within the Evangelical Association led to the formation of the United Evangelical Church, Domer joined the Ohio Conference of that same splinter group. He was an itinerant minister for 38 years until his death in 1902.
This accession contains a variety of handwritten essays dealing with Sunday schools, class meetings, historical notes on the charitable society and the denomination, the episcopacy, sermon preparation, and church polity. There are nine essays. In addition, there is a unique leather case in the collection in good condition size 6 x2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches and has a 36 inch strap which wraps around the case to secure it. It is referred to as a sermon case and may have been designed to fit into a saddlebag. The case is filled with a collection of Domer's sermons on a variety of topics and texts. Most of them a readable. Only two are dated. Both were preached at New Hamburg, Pennsylvania in 1876.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
The materials in this collection are arranged by record type.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, J. D. Domer Collection, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1553-1-6: 1 | Sermons | 1876 |
| 1553-1-6: 2 | Essays | 1876 |
