Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Nora H. Faires Papers Creator
Faires, Nora Helen
Collection Number AIS.2011.06 Extent
3.9 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date 1854-2010 Date 1970-2006 Abstract Dr. Nora H. Faires was a History professor at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who received her doctorate in History from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. Her collection contains research files that she used in the creation of her dissertation, as well as other works, and deals primarily with German populations and churches in the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. Such information includes parish histories, data and notes on churches in the 19th century, census records and sample drafts of papers and chapters. Language
English
. Author Evan Barton. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Linda Pritchard in 2011.
Scope and Content Notes The Nora H. Faires Papers present a broad sketch of the academic career of Dr. Faires. The bulk of her research and documentation concerns German congregations that are located within the Pittsburgh region and was the subject of her dissertation. Included in her papers are a variety of primary sources from the congregations, as well as her own notes and thoughts. She was planning on revisiting the churches of Pittsburgh in a book, The Splintered Cross , with much of her research re-examining the congregations she had looked at in her dissertation. Thus, there is some overlap in research between these two series, though the research she gained in The Splintered Cross is different from that of her dissertation. However, the files for The Splintered Cross project contain a variety of primary sources along with many of her notes which provide a variety of information on the topic but also a window into the creative process.
While the bulk of Dr. Faires papers represent her research on the German immigrant community, it does not include her research materials on the various subjects represented by her academic publications, such as the Great Lakes region, Canada and African-Americans. They do however contain a variety of academic papers she presented throughout her career, which serves to give a broader sense of her academic interests.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following six series:
Series I. Dissertation Research
Series II. Correspondence and Peer Reviews
Series III. Presentations and Academic Papers
Series IV. Other Research
Series V. The Splintered Cross
Series VI. Audio/Visual Material
Biography
Dr. Nora H. Faires' academic career spanned more than three decades. During that time she worked as a professor and advisor in addition to publishing four books, while spending much of the last months of her life working on a manuscript for a fifth.
Growing up in Sharpsville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Faires attended the University of Pittsburgh for both her graduate and undergraduate academic career. She wrote her dissertation on German immigrant communities and congregations in western Pennsylvania in the mid to late 19th century, which was entitled, Ethnicity in Evolution: The German community in Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, Pennsylvania 1845-1885 . Her interest in immigration can be traced through her personal family history. Following her birth, her family immigrated from Ontario, Canada to Pennsylvania. After earning her doctorate from Pitt in 1981, she would go on to teach at the University of Puget Sound, University of Texas at Arlington before settling on a more permanent position at the University of Michigan-Flint, where she taught from 1982-1999. In 2000, Dr. Faires began teaching at Western Michigan University (WMU) where she was influential in the creation of a Canadian Studies program. In 2007, Dr. Faires was promoted to the position of professor of history and of gender and women's studies at WMU.
Dr. Faires worked on numerous books over her lifetime, including Permeable Border: The Great Lakes Basin as Transnational Region, 1650–1990 , and Jewish Life in the Industrial Promised Land, 1855–2005 . She also won two American Historical Association prizes in her lifetime; the 1995 William Gilbert Award and the 2006 Albert B. Corey Prize. Her final project left uncompleted at the time of her death was a book on German Communities in the Pittsburgh region titled The Splintered Cross . Nora Faires died on February 6, 2011, after a 15 year battle with breast cancer.
Copyright
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Previous Citation
Nora H. Faires Papers, 1854-2010, AIS.2011.06, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Nora H. Faires Papers, 1854-2010, AIS.2011.06, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Evan Barton in April 2013.
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Subjects Corporate Names Smithfield Congregational Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Smithfield United Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Smithfield United Church of Christ (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Geographic Names Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century Genres Research notes Correspondence Other Subjects Personal papers Lutheran Church -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh German Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Religion Germans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History Churches and Synagogues Congregational churches -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Container List Series I. Dissertation Research , 1913-1987 Scope and Content Notes This series contains the bulk of research files and notes that were necessary in crafting Dr. Faires Dissertation "Ethnicity in Evolution: The German Community in Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, 1845-1885", which was completed in 1981. The information is quite diverse, including not only primary documents from the churches themselves but many of the notes and thoughts of Dr. Faires herself. While the dissertation itself is not present, and there are few drafts and samples, the entirety of it is available from the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Subseries 1. Research Files and Data Sets , 1868-1982 Scope and Content Notes Dr. Faires did a large amount of background reading and supplemental research in the creation of her dissertation, as well as several small exerpts from the dissertation itself. Included here are many of the surveys and regional research Dr. Faires examined. Present here is the information that she would use to help define the relationship of Pittsburgh's churches to one another, as well as categorize their beliefs and ideological stands. It also contains her examination into the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the mid-19th century, and contains city and census records. Also present are her outlines and research plans, showing how she not only conducted her research, but how she planned and directed it as well.
25 Successful Germans , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 1 1850 Census information on PA German churches , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 2-3 5 Cities Occupation Codes , 1972 Containers box 1 , folder 4 The 48ers of Watertown, Wisconsin , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 5 Addenda to Tables , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 6 The Agricultural Revolution in Germany c1981 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Allegheny City Social Statistics , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 8 Arndt Olson--German-American Newspapers , c1971 Containers box 1 , folder 9 Atlantic Monthly 1868 Containers box 1 , folder 10 Bank and Insurance Company Advertisements 1865-1887 , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 11 Banks and Insurance Companies from the Pittsburgh City Directory 1857-1877 , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 12 Census of U.S. Cities, Principle Cities and Towns , 1850-1860 Containers box 1 , folder 13 Church Data Overview , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 14 Church Member Data , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 15 Comments on Dissertation: Bob Doherty , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 16 Comments on Dissertation: Larry Glasco , 1979 Containers box 1 , folder 17 Comments on Dissertation: Fred Luebke , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 18 Comments on Dissertation: Robert P. Swierenga , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 19 Comments on Dissertation: Phil VanderMeer , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 20 Data on 19th Century German Upper Class , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 21 Dissertation Abstract , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 22 Dissertation Introduction , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 23 Disseration Tables , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 24 Documentation on Manuscript Census Files (1850-1870) , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 25 "Ethnicity: The Vital Center of Religion in America" by Harry S. Stout , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 26 "Ethnicity: The Skeleton of Religion in America" , 1972 Containers box 1 , folder 27 Freihetis Freund & Notes (German)c1981 Containers box 1 , folder 28 General Congregational Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 29 "German Achievements in America", by Rudolf Cronau , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 30 Germans in Pittsburgh and Allegheny Outline and Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 31 German Jews, Data and Notes , c1974 Containers box 1 , folder 32 German Singing Societies Data and Notes , c1970 Containers box 1 , folder 33 Germans Living in America (German) , 1909 Containers box 1 , folder 34 German Socialists Notes , c1978 Containers box 1 , folder 35 "The German Upper Class in Pittsburgh" by Layne Peiffer , c1964 Containers box 1 , folder 36 "The Good Provider: H.J. Heinz and His 57 Varieties" by Robert C. Alberts , 1973 Containers box 1 , folder 37 Jefferson Lodge Booklet , 1954 Containers box 1 , folder 38 Jefferson Lodge Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 39 List of Pittsburgh's German Newspapers , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 40 Miscellaneous Sources Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 41 Occupational Dichotomy Derived from Church Records , c1975 Containers box 1 , folder 42 Outline of Dissertation , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 43 Parish Data Available for Each Congregation , c1974 Containers box 1 , folder 44 Pennsylvania Magazine , "The Buena Vista Affair"c1964 Containers box 1 , folder 45 The Place of Methodism in the Religous Life of the Pittsburgh Region , 1940 Containers box 1 , folder 46 Pittsburgh and Allegheny Occupation Codes , 1974 Containers box 1 , folder 47 Pittsburgh and Allegheny Street Directories , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 48 Pittsburgh 1860 Census Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 49 "Pittsburgh City Government 1816-1850" by John W. Dankosky , 1971 Containers box 1 , folder 50 Pittsburgh Regional Economic Development , c1967 Containers box 1 , folder 51 Pittsburgh Social Statistics at the Census of 1880 , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 52 Preliminary Tables on Immigrant Wealth and Occupation , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 53 Religious Variable Codes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 54 Research Plan and Notes , c1974 Containers box 1 , folder 55 Ruth Salisbury Exerpts , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 56 Carolyn S. Schumacher Research on Children in Pittsburgh , 1976 Containers box 1 , folder 57 Ship Passenger Lists Notes , 1974 Containers box 1 , folder 58 Sources Available in Germany and Notes , c1975 Containers box 1 , folder 59 Social Structural Analysis and Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 60 SPSS Religions Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 61 Tables and Figures Regarding Churches , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 62 Unpublished Dissertations List , c1980 Containers box 1 , folder 63 Subseries 2. Autobiographies , 1938-1978 Scope and Content Notes A great deal of information was gleaned by Dr. Faires from examining the lives of German-American missionaries and church founders. This subseries contains their autobiographies, which give insight not only into their own lives, but into the spiritual life of the region itself. Many of them are quite lengthy, and describe decades of work within the religious communities in the Pittsburgh area. Also present are Dr. Faires own notes which help to evaluate and examine the sources.
C. Golder [German Methodist] , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 64 Jacob Haller [Evangelical Association] , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 65 Christian Kirst , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 66 Rev. John Launitz [German Presbyterian] , c1974 Containers box 1 , folder 67 Adam Miller, "Experience of German Methodist Preachers" , 1859 Containers box 1 , folder 68-70 Bishop Michael O'Connor [Roman Catholic] , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 71 Gerhard Oncken [Baptist] , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 72 Frederick Ruoff [German Evangelical Protestant] , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 73 J.H.W. Stuckenberg Biography [Lutheran] , 1938 Containers box 1 , folder 74-75 Carl Walther [Lutheran] , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 76 Peter Paul Cahensly [Roman Catholic] , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 77 Subseries 3. Congregational Histories and Data , 1885-1987 Scope and Content Notes In her dissertation Dr. Faires identified several major congregations in which she would examine: Smithfield Congregational Church (Smithfield United Church of Christ today), First German Methodist (now defunct), Zion Evangelical (Albright Community United Methodist Church today), St. Matthew's Lutheran, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran, First German Baptist, and First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran. Located here is the treasure trove of information on these churches in the mid-19th century. Included are parish histories, copies of church documents and ledgers, as well as volumes of notes by Dr. Faires. The information between the churches is not balanced however, as there is significantly more information for some churches such as Smithfield, over others like First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran. Still, there is a truly staggering amount of information present, and anyone interested in Pittsburgh during this time period (circa 1850) would gain a tremendous information about the German-American religious community.
English Lutheran Church , c1973 Containers box 1 , folder 78 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Western Pennsylvania , 1943 Containers box 1 , folder 79 First German Methodist Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 80 First St. John's Lutheran Church Notes , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 81 First Trinity [Missouri Synod] Lutheran , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 82 German Methodist Members 1856-1859 , Undated Containers box 1 , folder 83 German Presbyterian Records and Notes , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 1 Grace Reformed Data and Notes , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 2 German Catholic Churches, Data and Notes , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 3 Immanuel United Methodist Church 120th Anniversary , 1973 Containers box 2 , folder 4 St. Paul's Evangelical , c1936 Containers box 2 , folder 5 Pittsburgh Lutheran Planning Study , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 6 Pittsburgh Synod History , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 7 Smithfield: Records and Pamphlets , 1850-1930 Containers box 2 , folder 8 Smithfield: Voss' History (German) , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 9 St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church: Parish History and Jubilee Program , c1913 Containers box 2 , folder 10 St. John's Ohio Lutheran Notes , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 11 St. Matthews Lutheran Church Notes , c1973 Containers box 2 , folder 12 St. Mary's Catholic Data , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 13 St. Paul's: Memorial History (German) and Pamphlets , 1933-1971 Containers box 2 , folder 14 St. Peter's:Charter, Membership Book, and Diamond Anniversary , 1885-1960 Containers box 2 , folder 15 St. Peter's and St. Paul's Joint Pictoral Directory and Notes , c1972 Containers box 2 , folder 16 Temple Baptist Church: Church History (German) and Anniversary booklets , 1913-1987 Containers box 2 , folder 17 Temple Baptist Church: A Brief History , c1962 Containers box 2 , folder 18 Trinity Missouri Synod: History and Data , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 19 Zion Evangelical: 125th Anniversary Booklet , 1968 Containers box 2 , folder 20 First German Methodist Congregational Messenger , 1920 Containers box 2 , folder 68 German Methodist Member List , c1869 Containers box 2 , folder 69 Subseries 4. Organizational Histories and Data , 1885-1974 Scope and Content Notes In addition to researching various congregations in the Pittsburgh region Dr. Faires also examined several organizations of German immigrants, such as the Catholic Knights of St. George and the Teutonia Mannerchor. Within this series is the data she collected on these organizations. While the intellectual history on some of the organizations is slim, there are primary sources present which provide a great deal of information about the organizations.
46th National Sangerfest , 1967 Containers box 2 , folder 21 Catholic Knights of St. George , 1973 Containers box 2 , folder 22 Swabian Beneficial Union Records , 1885-1889 Containers box 2 , folder 23 Teutonia Mannerchor Booklet (German) , 1974 Containers box 2 , folder 24 Series II. Correspondence and Peer Reviews , 1982-2007 Scope and Content Notes During her academic career Dr. Faires was in contact with many other colleagues concerning her research and theirs. This series contains much of this correspondence concerning Dr. Faires' research, as well as her thoughts on the work of her colleagues. Of special note is the review Dr. Faires did of the manuscript on the history of Milwaukee. These provide not only some useful information on Faires' own opinions of the work by other academics, but on the dialogue of the creative process.
re: "Evolution of Ethnicity" , c1982 Containers box 2 , folder 25 re: German Baptists , 2007 Containers box 2 , folder 26 re: German Methodists , 2007 Containers box 2 , folder 27 re: Gender/Citizenship in Modern History Class Syllabus , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 28 Peer Review of History of Milwaukee , c2006 Containers box 2 , folder 29-30 Rev. Edward McSweeney , c1989 Containers box 2 , folder 31 Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod , c1989 Containers box 2 , folder 32 Elizabeth Waltman , 2007 Containers box 2 , folder 33 Series III. Presentations and Academic Papers , 1972-1988 Scope and Content Notes In addition to her published works Dr. Faires also presented papers at various conferences througouht her lifetime. The topics of these papers often related to German immigrant communities as well as religous diversity and the role of women in society. She also presented a paper that would eventually become her unfinished manuscript The Splintered Cross . These papers give help to shawcase her professional activty over her career.
"Evolution of Religious Diversity in an Immigrant Community" , 1980 Containers box 2 , folder 34 "Ethnicity in Evolution" , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 35 "Germans and Cities" , 1976 Containers box 2 , folder 36 "The Germans in Pittsburgh in 1860" , 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 37 "German Women and Assimilation" , c1976 Containers box 2 , folder 38 "Kinship Relations Among German Immigrants" , c1984 Containers box 2 , folder 39 "Revolutionaries in a Rationalist Church" , 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 40 "The Splintered Cross" , 1988 Containers box 2 , folder 41 "Urban Perspective on Evangelicalism" , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 42 Series IV. Other Research , 1888-2010 Scope and Content Notes While much of her research focused on the topic of German immigrant communities, Dr. Faires also worked on a variety of related subjects as well. She kept this work separate from that of her dissertation files and other published works. It encompasses a wide variety of topics with some common themes. These include information on the city of Pittsburgh itself and its role in the shaping of American society, as well as other immigrant communities such as the Irish that settled in Pittsburgh. It also details some of her examination into religious communities and some research into hymnology. It is apparent she did not intend to use this information directly in her work on The Splintered Cross, despite the seeming interrelatedness of some of the material. While this series contains a good deal of eclectic information, the data on any given topic is not great, but it gives a broad survey of information that was clearly important in Dr. Faires life.
"A Guide to Old Economy" by Daniel B. Reibel , 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 43 A History of the Catholic Church in Allegheny and Pittsburgh , c2006 Containers box 2 , folder 44 Allegheny County: A Sesqui-Centennial Review , 2006 Containers box 2 , folder 45 Allegheny County: It's Early History , c2006 Containers box 2 , folder 46 The Allegheny City Cotton Mill Riot of 1848 , c1963 Containers box 2 , folder 47 Allegheny City Society Reporter Dispatch , c1970 Containers box 2 , folder 48 American Ethnic Geography , 2001 Containers box 2 , folder 49 Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania , c2007 Containers box 2 , folder 50 Baptist Chronicle , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 51 Bestor, "Backwoods Utopias" , c1970 Containers box 2 , folder 52 The Battle of Bushy Run Exerpts , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 53 Centenary Memorial of the Planting and Growth of Presbyterianism in Western Pennsylvania and Parts Adjacent , 2006, Containers box 2 , folder 54 Dahlinger, "Where the Red Volleys Poured" , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 55-56 Friesen--An Additional Source on the Harmony Society , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 57 German American Annals, "The Harmony Society" , c1904 Containers box 2 , folder 58 "German Emigration to the United States: A Review Essay" , 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 59 German Baptists , c2007 Containers box 2 , folder 60 The Germans in Allegheny 1850-1860 , c1971 Containers box 2 , folder 61 Harmony Society for Young Ladies , c1976 Containers box 2 , folder 62 Harmony Society Notes , Undated Containers box 2 , folder 63 Lincoln Papers Exerpts Regarding Pittsburgh , c2006 Containers box 2 , folder 64 Methodist Episcopal 1884 Church Minutes , c2007 Containers box 2 , folder 65 Missouri Germans , c1986 Containers box 2 , folder 66 "Now Thank We all Our God" Hymnology , c1996 Containers box 2 , folder 67 On Wilhelm Keil , c1993 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Pittsburgh Ephemera , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 2 Pittsburgh Research Facilities Contacts , c2010 Containers box 3 , folder 3 Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year , c2006 Containers box 3 , folder 4 The Pittsburgh Wool Company , c2000 Containers box 3 , folder 5 Re: The Civil War , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 6 Rimenschneider, "My Life" , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 7-8 Shiras, "The Iron City" , 1929 Containers box 3 , folder 9 Sidney Rigdon , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 10 The Social Mirror c2006 Containers box 3 , folder 11 Smithfield Windows Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 12 Technischer Verein and Notes , c1888 Containers box 3 , folder 13 Teutonia Mannerchor Record Book (German) , 1974 Containers box 3 , folder 14 William Henry Burleigh Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 15 Walsh, "Irish in Pittsburgh" , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 16 WPHN References , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 17 Zur Entstehungsgeschichte (German) , c2000 Containers box 3 , folder 18 Series V. The Splintered Cross 1854-2010 Scope and Content Notes Dr. Faires final project, The Splintered Cross , was to become a book on the religious diversity of German immigrant communities in Pittsburgh and the relationship of those communities within the development of 19th century American society. Faires worked on this project off and on for nearly the entire breadth of her academic career and remains unfinished. This series represents this work and contains a berth of primary sources on churches in Pittsburgh, as well as information on their relationship with the broader American society. Present are a wide variety of church documents such as pamphlets and brochures as well as marriage records and copied pages of ledgers. Also included are sample drafts of chapters from her book, as well as annotated outlines, research plans, bibliographies and many other guides which show how she planned to construct the book.
A Geneological and Biographical History of Allegheny County , 1889 Containers box 3 , folder 19 Atlantic Monthly "Pittsburg" , 1868 Containers box 3 , folder 20 Baptist Conversions in Europe , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 21 Bibliography , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 22 Bodenftedt, "Die Rauchstadt Pittsburgh" (German) , 1882 Containers box 3 , folder 23 Briefe Aus Amerika (German) , c1930 Containers box 3 , folder 24 Catalog of Records Work , 2007 Containers box 3 , folder 25 The Challange of a Heroic Past , c2006 Containers box 3 , folder 26 Chapter 1 "Foundation of Deutschtum" with Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 27 Chapter 2 Draft , 2010 Containers box 3 , folder 28 Chapter 3 "Crisis of Confessionalism , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 29 Chapter Summaries , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 30 Church Notes on Kin and Intermarriage , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 31 Civil War in Allegheny County Notes and Data , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 32 Collected Finding Aids , c2005 Containers box 3 , folder 33 Digital Document Printouts from Pitt Database , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 34 First Evangelical Lutheran, History 1837-1909, Chapter 1 , 1909 Containers box 3 , folder 35 First German Baptist Data , c2009 Containers box 3 , folder 36-37 First Methodist Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 38 First Presbyterian Data and Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 39 First Trinity Data , c2009 Containers box 3 , folder 40-42 First Trinity Lutheran 100th Anniversary History , 1937 Containers box 3 , folder 43 First Trinity Marriages 1851-1882 , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 44 German American Newspaper Clippings , 1974-1978 Containers box 3 , folder 45 Gerhard Oncken Data and Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 46 German Baptists Data and Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 47 German Methodist Data , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 48 German United Evangelical: A Short History , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 49 Grace Reformed: Church Data , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 50 Grace Reformed: Documents from the ASC (Some German) , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 51 Grace Reformed: Minutes of the Consistory , c1854 Containers box 3 , folder 52 Grace Reformed: Sunday School Record Book , C. 1954 Containers box 3 , folder 53 History of Alhegeny County: German Biographies , c2002 Containers box 3 , folder 54 Henry Kurtz: Man of the Book , c1967 Containers box 3 , folder 55 Liturgical Churches , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 56 Miscellaneous Book Ideas and Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 57 Occupational Patterns of Germans in Nineteenth Century Cities , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 58 Old Annotated Outline , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 59 Outline and Notes , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 60 Outline and Book Overview , c1989 Containers box 3 , folder 61 Pittsburgh Catholic Data , c2007 Containers box 3 , folder 62 Prospectus , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 63 Research Assistant Tasks , Undated Containers box 3 , folder 64 Research Initiation Proposal , 1988 Containers box 3 , folder 65 Research Proposal , c2005 Containers box 3 , folder 66 Rodef Shalom: Hebrew Primer (German) , 1866 Containers box 3 , folder 67 Rodef Shalom: Data and Notes , c2009 Containers box 3 , folder 68-69 Schroeder: Corredpondence re: The Splinter Cross , 2010 Containers box 4 , folder 1 Schulte, "Memories" , 1913 Containers box 4 , folder 2 Smithfield: Charter and Bylaws , 1942 Containers box 4 , folder 3 Smithfield: Pamphlets , Undated Containers box 4 , folder 4 St. John's Lutheran: Marriage Data 1849-1882 , Undated Containers box 4 , folder 5 St. Mary's: Pamphlets , c1996 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Stuckenburg and Lutherans Notes , Undated Containers box 4 , folder 7 Tree of Life: Data and Notes , Undated Containers box 4 , folder 8 Zion Evangelical: Member List 1854 , Undated Containers box 4 , folder 9 Zion Evangelical: Data and Notes , Undated Containers box 4 , folder 10 Series VI. Audio/Visual Material Subseries 1. Audio Cassettes , 1993 Scope and Content Notes In December of 1993 Dr. Faires had an in-depth discussion with a male colleague (who is never identified) about her book The Splintered Cross . This nearly two hour conversation was recorded on an audio cassette and gives remarkable insight into the creation of the book. Not only does Dr. Faires lay out what she feels to be the theme of the book, but more importantly she goes over what she and the other speaker feel are the weaknesses. They also go over the historiography on the subject, and specifically what scholars/interpretations she intends to refute in her book. This discussion is very informative for those interested in the subject, and those with a weaker background in this area can gain an incredible amount of insight into it by listening. Both cassettes are copies of the same discussion, with the second being of noticeably better quality than the first.
Splintered Cross Discussion , 1993 Containers box 4 , cassette 1 Splintered Cross Discussion , 1993 Containers box 4 , cassette 2 Subseries 2. Photographs , c1980 Scope and Content Notes In addition to the wide variety of research Dr. Faires did on churches within Pittsburgh, she also sought to document visual information as well. Located here are several color "snapshot" photographs and negatives of locations relavant to her work within Pittsburgh.
Eberhardt and Ober Brewery , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 11 St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and Priory (Lochart & Pressley St.) , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 12 St. Mathhew's Lutheran Church (North Ave) , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 13 Street Scene in East Allegheny (Northside) , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 14 Teutonia Mannerchor (North Side) , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 15 Voegtly German Evangelical Protestant Church (Northside) , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 16 Voegtly Church Cemetery (Troy Hill) , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 17 Negatives , c1980 Containers box 4 , folder 18 