- Additional Authors
- Description
- .75 lin. ft. (2 boxes).
- Summary
- Negative photostats and typed transcripts of records from the Amsterdam Lutheran Church archives relating to Lutheranism in New Netherlands. The records consist of minutes of the Consistory at Amsterdam, correspondence between the Consistory and Lutherans in New York, and petitions of Lutheran leaders to the Consistory and to the directors of the Dutch West India Company. Accompanying the transcripts is a typescript, "The Lutheran Church in New York, 1649-1772: Records in the Lutheran Church Archives at Amsterdam, Holland." The typescript is an English translation of the records by Arnold J.H. van Laer, with an introduction by Harry J. Kreider, Chairman of the Committee on Documentary History of the United Lutheran Synod of New York.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Reproduction (note)
- Negative photostats, typed transcripts, and typescript English translation.
- Original Location (note)
- Source (note)
- United Lutheran Synod of New York
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Container list available.
- Provenance (note)
- By arrangement with the Committee on Documentary History of the United Lutheran Synod of New York, the records were selected by the archivist of the Amsterdam Lutheran Church, Simon Hart, who arranged for the photostats to be made and prepared the Dutch transcripts, and sent them to the United States between 1937 and 1940. These materials were later presented to The New York Public Library by the United Lutheran Synod of New York.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 955
- OCLC
- NYPW90-A70
- Author
Evangelisch Luthersche Kerk (Netherlands)
- Title
Records relating to the Lutheran Church in Colonial New York, 1649-1772.
- Reproduction
Negative photostats, typed transcripts, and typescript English translation.
- Original Location
Lutheran Church Archives, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
Typescript published as Kreider, Harry J., ed. "The Lutheran Church in New York, 1649-1772: Records of the Lutheran Church Archives at Amsterdam, Holland." Bulletin of The New York Public Library. 48: 31-60, 409-418, 471-484, 761-776, 907-929; 49: 3-29, 559-586, 649-670, 813-851; 50: 409-427, 830-837.
- Language
Photostats and transcripts are chiefly in Dutch, with approximately 60 pages in German and a few items in English and Latin.
- Provenance
By arrangement with the Committee on Documentary History of the United Lutheran Synod of New York, the records were selected by the archivist of the Amsterdam Lutheran Church, Simon Hart, who arranged for the photostats to be made and prepared the Dutch transcripts, and sent them to the United States between 1937 and 1940. These materials were later presented to The New York Public Library by the United Lutheran Synod of New York.
- Indexes
Container list available.
- Added Author
Kreider, Harry J. (Harry Julius), 1896-
Van Laer, Arnold J. F. (Arnold Johan Ferdinand), 1869-1955. Translator
- Research Call Number
MssCol 955