Maryland State Archives

St. Thomas's Parish Collection
MSA SC 3973

Collection Dates: 1850-2000
Collection Description: Parish and administrative records of St. Thomas’ Parish (1850), Prince George’s County, Maryland: St. Thomas’ Church (1745), Croom, Church of the Atonement (1874-ca. 1940s), Cheltenham, St. Simon’s Mission (1902-1964)), Croom and Chapel of the Incarnation (1916), Brandywine.
Register of Church Services, 1957-2000 (6 Volumes total)
St. Simon’s Chapel, 1 January 1957-13 December 1964
St. Thomas’ Parish (Vol. I), 3 April 1966-10 October 1971
St. Thomas’ Parish (Vol. II), 14 October 1971-31 December 1974
St. Thomas’ Parish (Vol. V), 29 June 1982-23 September 2000
St. Thomas’ Parish (Vol. V (sic)), I January 1988-9 September 1993
St. Thomas’ Parish (Vol. 6), 12 September 1993-4 February 1999

Vestry Minutes, 1850-1976 (bound, 4 Volumes total)
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. 1, 1850-1956
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. 2, 1956-1965
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. 3, 1965-1975
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. 4, 1975-August 1976

Church Treasurer’s Volumes, 1905-1992 (32 Volumes total)
1903-1906, Church of the Atonement (9x14)
1925-1947 The “D.E.” Ideal Record
1946-1957 (8x11)
1948-1951
1952-1956
1953-1958
1957-1959
1960-1961
1962-1965
1965-1966
1959-1966
1967-1968
1969-1970
1971
1974-1984 (11 Volumes)
1986-1992 (7 Volumes)

Parish Registers, 1850-1983 (6 Volumes total)
St. Simon’s Mission, Vol. I, 1902-1951 (original of MSA SC 3548)
St. Simon’s Mission, Vol. II, 1951-1959 (original of MSA SC 3548)
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. I, 1850-1903 (original of MSA SC 3973)
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. 2, 1904-1921 (original of MSA SC 3973)
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. 3, 1922-1952 (original of MSA SC 3973)
St. Thomas’ Parish, Vol. 4, 1953-1983 (partial original of MSA SC 3973)
Register of the Rev. Mr. Samuel R. Gordon, 1852-1883 (in one 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 acid free box, published along with Vol. 1 of the St. Thomas’ Registers by Heritage Books, Inc. in 1998 as St. Thomas’ Parish Register Croome, Prince George’s County, Maryland 1849-1906 by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.)

Miscellaneous Records
(one legal size acid-free document box)
St. Thomas’ Church Guest Book, March 1958-October 1969
St. Thomas’ Church Guest Book, February 1970-June 1972
St. Thomas’ Church Guest Book, September 1972-December 1975
St. Thomas’ Church Guest Book, December 1975-December 1979
St. Thomas’ Church Guest Book, January 1980-October 1986
St. Thomas’ Church Guest Book, March 1990-November 2000

(one letter size acid-free document box)
St. Thomas’ Ladies Guild Account Book, 1927-1931 (1 Vol.)
St. Thomas’ Ladies Guild Account Book, 1936-1939 (1 Vol.)
Ladies Guild Account Book, 1940-1949 (1 Vol.)
Ladies Guild Account Book, 1949-1953 (1 Vol.)
Chicken & Old Ham Supper Account Book, 1958-1968 (1 Vol.)
Ledger, St. Thomas’ Guild, 1951-1964 (financial, 1 Vol.)
Journal, St. Thomas’ Guild, 1949-1961 (meeting minutes, 1 Vol.)
The Ladies Parish Guild of St. Thomas’ Croom “Reorganized”, 1915-1938 (minutes, 1 Vol.)
St. Thomas Altar Guild, 1957-1964 (minutes, 1 Vol.)
St. Thomas Altar Guild Account Book, 1958-1968 (1 Vol.)
Cemetery Committee, 1953-1959 (minutes, 1 Vol.)
Parts 1-12 Illustrated Scripture History for the Young, ca. 1870s, (in one 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 acid free box)

Eleven (11) cardboard boxes (16x 12 1/2 x 10) of miscellaneous loose parish files, ?-2000
(contains correspondence, parish bulletins, newsletters, The Faithful Skeptic, financial and historical papers, Chapel of the Incarnation (Ladies Guild and misc. files, financial), county and state proclamations, misc. St. Simon’s Mission materials)

Photographs, 1890s-ca. 1980s
Various large format photographs and original photographs of past priests, parish events, buildings, etc.

Desk Calendars, 1979-1999 (10 Volumes total)
(one letter size document box)
1979, 1990-1995 (7 Vol.), 1998-1999 (2 Vol.) Parish Secretary’s Notebooks, 1991-1997 (8 Volumes total (2 for 1991))
 

Medium: original material
Restrictions: No restrictions
Storage: Microfilm only

Provenance: Microfilmed by the Maryland State Archives in April, 1970

M 1202
Parish register 1850-1904: baptisms 1850-1853, 1858-1876, 1884-1903; marriages 1851-1852, 1883-1906; burials 1851-1852, 1883-1904; confirmations 1851, 1884-1900; communicants 1884, 1888; family data; historical data Parish register 1904-1921: baptisms 1904-1921; marriages 1904-1920; burials 1904-1921; confirmations 1905-1915; family data; historical data Parish register 1921-1952: baptisms 1922-1952; marriages 1922-1952; burials 1812-1907 (scattered dates 1922-1952); confirmations 1921-1949 Parish register 1953-1970: baptisms 1953-1970; marriages 1953-1969; burials 1953-1969; confirmations 1954-1969 Vestry Minutes 1850-1956 Phase I and II of restorations of St. Thomas' Parish, Croome, 1954, including architect's drawings Restoration contracts, plans and correspondence relating to St. Thomas' Parish 1955-1960

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