New Hope Baptist Church collection, 1945-1963

Authors

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Files

Description

A collection of minutes, ledgers, and balances for the New Hope Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Kansas.

The New Hope Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Kansas was started by Reverend M. Pickins in 1896. Services were first held in his home, but in 1909 a frame building was purchased where Pittsburg Middle School (originally the high school) now stands. When the city of Pittsburg decided to build a new high school at the site in the early 1920s, the congregation moved the building to 11^th Street. One of the ledgers in the collection belonged to Benjamin White, an African American contractor who built the New Hope Baptist Church and acted as treasurer in the 1950s. Its sister church, the Lighthouse Temple Church, was founded in 1919.

Publication Date

3-21-2022

Keywords

Religion and Philosophy

Disciplines

Religion

Size of Collection

.4 linear feet

Dates of Collection

1945-1963

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0381

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "New Hope Baptist Church collection, 1945-1963" (2022). Finding Aids. 384.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/384