Messiah and Bertha King Collection
Scope and Contents
The items in this collection consist of correspondence, church bulletins and programs, a prayer book, and various early twentieth century ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1906-1960
Creator
- Metropolitan Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Messiah K. King and his wife Bertha King were members of the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.. The Metropolitan Baptist Church was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1864 in a Quaker Civil War barracks.
Extent
0.5 Linear feet
1 Boxes
Arrangement
Processed without series.
Custodial History
The collection was originally a part of the Library Washington Vertical File Collection. The materials were removed due to their unique nature among the “Church Series” of the Vertical File Collection. It is not known as to how the Library acquired the materials.
Processing Information
Basic archival processing procedures were applied to the collection when it was processed.
- Title
- Messiah and Bertha King Collection
- Subtitle
- An inventory of Messiah and Bertha King Collection at DC Public Library
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Ryan P. Semmes.
- Date
- 2006-03
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository