Guide to the Finks Family Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Finks Family Papers

Inclusive Dates

1863-1913

Call Number

RG 290

Creator(s)

Finks family.

Quantity

0.30 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Language

The 1873 diary is in shorthand

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research.

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Nettie Velier Rogers was born on July 6, 1849, and educated at Homer Academy in New York. She and the Rev. Delos Edwin Finks were married in 1873 in Geneva, NY. D.E. Finks was born in 1842. He attended Hamilton College and Auburn Theological Seminary.

After their marriage, the Finks moved to Fairplay, CO as pioneer evangelical workers in the home mission field. They remained in Colorado until 1887. At that time, D.E. Finks became a lecturer for the Board of Home Missions, and Nettie Finks was appointed secretary of the Woman's Board of Home Missions. She also became editor of the Board's Home Mission Monthly, a post she retained until her death in 1911. D.E. Finks died in 1913.

Collection Overview

The Finks Papers are comprised of biographical materials and photographs; a file of poetry by and memorial materials on Nettie Finks; correspondence and reminiscences by D.E. Finks; publications and advertisements relating to his career as a lecturer; and six diaries he kept between 1862 and 1880.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: NETTIE VELIER ROGERS FINKS, 1897-1911

SERIES 2: DELOS EDWIN FINKS, 1863-1913

Administrative Information

Processing Information

The arrangement of this collection was somewhat dictated by the desirability of housing the diaries in a separate box from the flat materials, in consideration of their shape and size.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: July 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Finks, Delos Edwin, 1842-1913.

Finks, Nettie Velier Rogers, 1849-1911.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Lecture Department.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions.

Title Subject

Home Mission monthly.

Topical Subject

Missionaries--Colorado.

Women missionaries--Colorado.

Home missions--Colorado.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Diaries. aat

Photographs. aat

Poetry. aat

Personal Added Name

Finks, Delos Edwin, 1842-1913.

Finks, Nettie Velier Rogers, 1849-1911.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description
1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 290
1	2	Autobiographical/Biographical Materials
1	3	Photographs

		SERIES 1: NETTIE VELIER ROGERS FINKS, 1897-1911

1	4	Correspondence, Poetry, 1897-1911
1	5	Memorial Materials, 1911

		SERIES 2: DELOS EDWIN FINKS, 1863-1913

1	6	Correspondence, 1875-1913
1	7	History of Fairplay and Fort Collins Churches, 1876
1	8	Lectures and Advertisements, 1887-1913
1	9	Reminiscences

2	1	Diary, 1863-1865
2	2	Diary, 1865-1872
2	3	Diary (in shorthand), 1873
2	4	Diary, 1877
2	5	Diary, 1879-1880
2	6	Diary, 1886-1887

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