Jessie Cross scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
The first set of scrapbooks is a Baptist's "Who's Who" with data on "leading clergymen and laymen in the Northern Baptist conference."
The second set covers missionaries in home and foreign fields, filed by country. For each missionary, there may be "a biography, along with books, pamphlets, lectures, or addresses he [or she] may have written or given, and a picture." A few volumes are also included on specific missionary efforts, including Christian Friendliness, Green Lake, and Christian Centers.
Quotations from Muskegon Chronicle, Jan. 29, 1949.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1920-1954
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.
Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.
Biographical / Historical
Jessie Freemyre was born in Michigan on Sept. 4, 1876 to Allen and Ruth Ann (Dorsey) Freemyre (also spelled Freemyer). She married lawyer George Herbert Cross (1866-1964) on Sept. 2, 1903. She died in Muskegon, Michegan, on July 18, 1954.
Extent
41 Linear Feet (510 binders and 1 folder of unsorted material. )
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the American Baptist Historical Society Repository
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