Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church
Picture Captions
1.A mess of mangled steel and stone (January 18, 1971)
2.Tombstones tumbled like Cornstalks (January 18, 1971
3.Left side rear of flatbed trailer (January 18, 1971)
4.Left side center of flat bed trailer (January 18, 1971)
Folder Description
The folder contains many new articles, programs, historical notes, and photographs relating to the church and the church cemetery. There are also copies of two letters in the file.
Folder Contents
- Two Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Program (1945)
- Booklet, "The One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Congregation at Upper Octorara" (September 4, 1895)
- Parkesburg Post article "Christiana Churches to Sponsor Spiritual Renewal Crusade with Rev. James Brown" (September 25, 1978)
- Copy of a Post Card of Chester county #1043
- Coatesville Record article "Vandals unearth old-time graves" (April 2, 1981)
- Program, "The Mother of Churches", an historical pageant presented by the congregation at Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church (August 31, 1940)
- Coatesville Record article and photo, "Historic Upper Octorara Church Breaks Ground For New Addition" (December 16, 1957)
- Daily Local News, Photo and article relating to headstone tour (July 21, 1973)
- Daily Local News article "It’s been a busy year for nation’s churchmen" (July 21, 1973)
- Coatesville Record, "‘Round the Countryside" by Mary Draper
- Copy of papers lent to Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott
- Copy of a letter from Martha C. Pinkerton requesting information about Fagg’s Manor Octorara Pinkerton Society (March 5, 1981)
- Dittos describing Octorara United Presbyterian Church
- Brochure "Visit Historic Upper Octorara Church"
- Typed history of Upper Octorara by Wayne Morris
- Copies of pages 62 and 90 "History of the Upper Octorara Church" by Wayne Morris
- Newspaper Photo and description "Cemetery damage undermined" (January 19, 1991)
- Bridal Review (June 24, 1950)
- Invitation of Service of Dedication (September 9, 1979)
- Officers of the Octorara Area Clerical Council (1958)
- Newspaper article "Upper Octorara Historical Society Elects Officers At 27th Annual Dinner Meeting" (May 20, 1964)
- Program, Dedication Sunday (September 7, 1958)
- Parkesburg Post article "Upper Octorara Congregation Approves Plan For $300,000 Addition and Improvements" (January 26, 1978)
- Parkesburg Post article with photo "Ground Breaking At Octorara" (September 21, 1978)
- Variety of short articles, (1948-1950)