House of David Collection
Benjamin Purnell
Description
These are materials related to the House of David community founded by Benjamin Purnell in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Finding Aid
Inventory
Postcards - 1435 items were added in July of 2011.
Hundreds of photographs will be added later in 2011.
Visual Materials
Ephemera
Publications
Background
About Benjamin Purnell
"m. Angelina Brown, 1877; 1 child; m. 2d, Mary Stollard, 1880. Became mem. Seventh Angelic Messengers, 1892, proclaimed himself the Seventh Messenger, 1895, expelled from Messengers; itinerant evangelist, 1895-1902; established House of David, Benton Harbor, Mich., declared himself Seventh Messenger and younger brother of Christ; preached that Millennium was to begin, 1906, forbade all sexual relations, even among the married; predicted that he would rise on 3d day after his death. Author: The Rolling Ball of Fire, 3 vols., 1915-25; The Little Book in the Hand of the Angel, 1927; The Key of the House of David, 1927. Death: Died Dec. 16, 1927."
(PURNELL, Benjamin. (2009). In Marquis Who Was Who in America 1607-1984. Retrieved from http:www.credoreference.com/entry/marqwas/purnell_benjamin, login required, accessed September 7, 2011)
For more information about the collection contact the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of the Hamilton College Library.
Credits
Metadata for the collection was provided by the Cataloging Department at Hamilton College.
Digitization
Digitization of this collection was done in-house on a flatbed scanner at 600 dpi, 24-bit color and saved as uncompressed TIF images. Images were converted to JPEG2000 for high-quality Web delivery and for long-term storage.
External Resources
Christian Goodwillie, Director of Special Collections and Archives
E-mail: cgoodwil@hamilton.edu
Telephone: (315) 859-4447
Special Collections
Burke Library
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
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