This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Century of City Rescue Mission Growth and Milestones
A three part look at City Rescue Mission’s history from 1941 to 1994 highlights include the Back Home Hour on WEST, 1949 leadership by Rev F Dickson Marshall, and 47 years of service. the 1950s expansion with an industrial department and warehouse, 1961 50th anniversary, 1965 Mission Echoes on WKST, 1966 Elder Memorial Rehabilitation Center, 1974 YWCA Camp Eastbrook renamed Sherman Acres, and the 1980s birth of Bethesda Home and Covenant House homeless shelter with a 20 000 square foot Sankey Memorial Educational Center on Grant Street. Jerry Marshall assumed leadership in 1994.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Rescue Mission
West
F. Dickson Marshall
Phyllis
Women’s Auxiliary
Elder Memorial
Industrial Department
Industrial
Ment
Mission
YWCA
Eastbrook
Sherman Acres
Ralph Sherman
Sankey
Bethesda Home
Covenant House
Lower West Side
New Castle
Daniel Murphy
Jerry Marshall