Reverend Paul A. Menzel collection, 1755/1766

Location of collection:

Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

James Branch Cabell Library

Virginia Commonwealth University

P.O. Box 842003

901 Park Avenue

Richmond, VA 23284-2003

Contact for questions and access:

POC: SCA Staff

Email: libjbcsca@vcu.edu

Phone: (804) 828-1108

Fax: (804) 828-0151

Web: library.vcu.edu/research-teaching/special-collections-and-archives

Restrictions:

Collection open to research. The volume is handwritten in German and a thorough command of the language is necessary.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Reverend Paul A. Menzel collection, Collection # M 54, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Summary

Extent:

1 Items

Language:

English , German .

Preferred citation:

Reverend Paul A. Menzel collection, Collection # M 54, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is a book of Reverend Paul A. Menzel's records (one item) of the activities within St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which he was pastor. The volume covers the period 1755-1766 and is handwritten in German.

Biographical / historical:

Reverend Paul A. Menzel was a minister of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. His son-in-law (?), Dr. B. Taliaferro, and granddaughter (?), Dr. Isabel Taliaferro, were graduates of the Medical College of Virginia.

Arrangement:

Collection is one item.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard