Zion (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Evelyn Lampe postcard collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lampe
Abstract
Collection of 1 photograph and 80 postcards primarily of Zion, Illinois and Chicago. Also included are postcards from Florida, Iowa, New York and Wisconsin.
Dates:
1907-1996
George A. Gonder Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gonder
Abstract
Church-related correspondence and documents of George A. Gonder, Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion convert and official in Kansas and Illinois. Includes postcards showing Zion City parks, buildings, and church officials.
Dates:
1899-1907
Harry E. Biedinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Biedinger
Abstract
Collection of more than 60 diaries, datebooks, and financial records kept over a lifetime by Harry E. Biedinger (1880-1956), who was among the founding members and builders of Zion City, a failed utopian Christian community outside of Chicago.
Dates:
1898-1949
Zion City (Ill.) records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zion
Abstract
Mainly newspaper clipping scrapbooks, but also correspondence, and miscellaneous material relating to John Alexander Dowie and the founding of the Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, Illinois.
Dates:
1888-1974; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1907