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Newspaper article describing a public hearing in which the New York State Senate Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment presented a bill permitting saloons to be opened for the sale of alcohol on Sunday afternoons. Vigorous debate for and against the…

Confusion over pastoral assignments at the New York Methodist Annual Conference, 1922.

Newspaper article describing the events and people involved in the church's semi-centennial celebration.

Details the celebration in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. Includes a brief history of the various locations for the church, a list of the speakers at the celebration, and quotes from various…

Obituary of the Reverend Doctor Daniel De Vinné. Includes a brief sketch of his ministry and family life that were included in the by the preacher at his funeral service. Read the article

Newspaper article describing the events surrounding the arrest of a young man who refused to comply with a police officer's request to move off the church steps. The young man was part of a small group of people who had regularly been gathering on…

Newspaper article describing the congregation's reaction when parishioner Thomas Judge died suddenly while attending church.

Newspaper article providing a brief historical overview of the first forty years of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church.

Newspaper article detailing a conference of the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church held in the Park Avenue Methodist Church. Speakers at the afternoon and evening sessions are identified followed by an overview of the society's…

Report on a bequest to the Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church by the last survivor of a hard working group of siblings and her death one year later due to alcoholism. Includes a description of the family's life following their immigration to the…