Scope and Contents
This collection provides an overview of the work of a Yale Divinity School graduate who served Congregational churches from 1948 to 1985. Sermons, prayers, and programs are arranged chronologically in looseleaf notebooks.
Dates
- 1946-1985
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Arrangement
- I. Notebooks of sermons, prayers, programs
Extent
9 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Looseleaf notebooks of sermons, prayers, and programs document Vorba's work as a Congregational minister. Edward James Vorba, a 1947 graduate of the Yale Divinity School, was a pastor at churches in Iowa, Vermont, Florida, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1985.
Biographical / Historical
- 1923
- Born in Iowa
- 1944
- B.A., State University of Iowa
- 1944-1945
- Attended Chicago Theological Seminary
- 1947
- B.D., Yale Divinity School
- 1947
- Ordained, Mason City, IA
- 1947-1948
- Attended Lancashire Independent College and University of Manchester, England
- 1948-1952
- Pastor, Congregational Church, Bradford, VT
- 1952-1958
- Pastor, Congregational Church, Orange, CT
- 1958-1966
- Pastor, Union Congregational Church, W. Palm Beach, FL
- 1966-1970
- Pastor, Edgewood Congregational Church
- 1970-1974
- Pastor, Fairmount Community Church, Syracuse, NY
- 1974-1985
- Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Allentown, PA
- 1985
- Died
- Title
- Guide to the Edward James Vorba Papers
- Author
- Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
- Date
- 2000
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared According To Local Divinity Library Descriptive Practices
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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