American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, 1884

Documents in this series detail Metcalf's career as a minister and a member of religious organizations. The series is divided into two subseries: 1. churches served by Metcalf, and 2. religious associations.Subseries 1 contains records of the three churches served by Metcalf include Eastwood Congregational Church in Columbus, Ohio and the Hough Avenue Congregational and Pilgrim Congregational Churches in Cleveland, Ohio. The records are arranged chronologically and include records of marriages, baptisms, funeral and minutes of church meetings. Subseries 2 includes records of religious associations and organizations in which Metcalf was involved. Among the items are minutes from the committee on the seventy-fifth annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Minutes in 1884, and American Sabbath Union and Ohio Sabbath Union efforts to make Sunday an official day of rest. The associations are arranged alphabetically.