United Methodist Church Collection
Finding Aid Contents
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Collection Summary
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Administrative Information
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Chronology
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Description of Series
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Container List
Creator: United Methodist Church Collection, 1866- ongoing
Extent: 30 linear ft.
Scope and Content:
The United Methodist Church Collection at Dillard is
organized into six record series: Church Agencies, United Women Methodist
Louisiana Conference, Central Jurisdiction, Photographs, Miscellaneous Material
and Serials. Although the
collection is comprehensive in scope, the bulk of the collection consists of the
following subjects: African American Methodists, women Methodists and the
Louisiana conference.
Administrative
Information
Preferred Citation: United Methodist Church Collection, Will W.
Alexander Library, Dillard University.
Information concerning copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of
the Will W. Alexander Library.
Processed by: Laura Kersting
Date completed: 5/22/03
Chronology
1773
The first conference of Methodist preachers is held in Philadelphia
1784
The Methodist Episcopal Church is organized at the
Christmas Conference.
1789
The Methodist Book
Concern, the first church publishing house in
America, is organized.
1792
The first General Conference is held.
1800
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ is established.
1803
The Evangelical Association is organized.
1816
Richard Allen, an emancipated slave, organized the African Methodist
Episcopal Church after leaving
the Methodist Church because of
mis-treatment.
1821
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is established.
1830
The Methodist Protestant Church is started.
1844
The Plan of Separation is drafted which allowed the
annual conferences
in slave holding states to separate from the Church.
These states were
now part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
1865
The Mississippi Mission Conference is organized, which included
Black Methodist churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
1869
Louisiana Conference B organized.
1870
The Methodist Episcopal Church South decides to transfer all remaining
African American members to a new church called the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church.
1939
The Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Episcopal Church,
South and the Methodist Protestants merge in to one church names
the
The Methodist Church. Central
Jurisdiction is also started at this time.
1946
The Evangelical Association and the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ merge, forming the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
1968
The Methodist Church and the Evangelical
United Brethren Church merge to create
the United Methodist Church.
1971
Louisiana Conferences A and B are finally united.
Description
of Series
Series 1
Church
Agencies
Boxes 1-2 Folders 1-30
Sub-series: Board of Global
Ministries
Box 1 Folders
1-6
Sub-series: Council on Finance and
Administration
Box 1 Folder 7
Sub-series: General Council on
Ministries
Box 1 Folders
8-10
Sub-series: Board of Higher Education and
Ministry
Boxes 1-2 Folders 11-24
Sub-series: Commission on Archives &
History
Box 2 Folders
25-30
Series 2 United
Methodist Women Louisiana Conference Boxes
2-3 Folders 31-72
Sub-series: Annual
Meetings
Box 2 Folders 31-39
Sub-series:
Auxiliaries
Box 3 Folders 40-49
Sub-series: Administrative
Records
Box 3 Folders 50-59
Sub-series:
Correspondence
Box 3 Folders 60-61
Sub-series: Pamphlets and
Brochures
Box 3 Folders 62-63
Sub-series:
Newsletters
Box 3 Folders 64-67
Sub-series:
Miscellaneous
Box 3 Folders 68-72
Series 3 Central
Jurisdiction
Boxes 4-5 Folders 73-168
Sub-series: General
File
Box 4 Folders 73-75
Sub-series: Louisiana Conference
"B"
Box 4 Folders 76-168
Sub-sub-series:
Reports
Box 4 Folders 76-77
Sub-sub-series:
Programs
Box 4 Folders 78-82
Sub-sub-series:
Churches
Boxes 4-5 Folders 83-150
Sub-sub-series: William Talbot Handy
Material
Box 5 Folders
151-165
Sub-sub-series: Miscellaneous
material
Box 5 Folders
166-168
Series 4 Photographs
Box 6 Folders
169-187
Series 5
Miscellaneous
Box 6 Folders
188-203
Sub-series: General
File
Box 6 Folders
188-189
Sub-series:
Programs
Box 6 Folders
190-200
Sub-series:
Newsletters
Box 6 Folders
201-203
Series 6
Serials
On shelf
Container List
Box 1
Record Series 1- Church Agencies
Sub-series: Board of
Global Ministries
F 1 National Meetings (September 1977)
F 2 The Messenger, Vol. 3, No.
5 Dec. 1985
F 2 The Messenger, Vol. 4, No.
1 March 1986
F 3 Service Center Catalog (1991-1992)
F 4 Health and Welfare Ministries, 56th
National Convention materials, 1996
F 5 Posters (Undesignated Giving), n.d.
F 6 Brochures “The National Division at
Work”, n.d.; “Why Have a Charter
for Racial Justice Policies?”, n.d.
Sub-series: Council on
Finance and Administration
F 7 Church Ministries to a World of in
Need: The Financial Program of the
UMC 1977-80.
Sub-series:
General Council on Ministries
F 8 Pre-Conference materials for 7th
Session, May 31- Jun 3, 1977.
F 9 Pre-Conference Reports, Special
Session, Sept. 10, 1977.
F 10 Sexual Harassment in the United
Methodist Church, Nov. 1990.
Sub-series:
Board of Higher Education and Ministry
F 11 10th Annual Report
& Proceedings, 1950
F 12 Correspondence (A.S. Bynum to Dr.
Boyd M. McKeown, Jan. 29, 1952.
F 13 1975 Yearbook
F
14 1976 Yearbook
F 15 1977 Yearbook
F 16 1995 Yearbook
Box 2
Record Series 1- Church Agencies, cont.
Sub-series:
Board of Higher Education and Ministry, cont.
F 17 Endangered Service: Independent
Colleges, Public Policy and the First
Amendment, <1976>
F 18 Towards 2000: Perspectives on the
Environment for United Methodist
and Independent Higher Education, 1976
F
19 “The Alliance to Save Student Aid”, 1995
F
20 Public Policy Update (1994-2003)
F
21 Presidential Papers (1993-1998)
F
22 Colleague (Fall 1983)
F
23 New Perspectives (March 1998 and April 1993)
F
24 I.E. (vol. 12, no. 1, April 1995)
Sub-series:
Commission on Archives & History
F 25 “A
Selected List of Historical Materials of Louisiana Conference
B”, n.d.
F
26 Program: Dedication
Services of the United Methodist Archives
Materials, April 7, 1976.
F 27
Correspondence: 1971-1996
F
28 Minutes, January 21-22,
1977
F 29 Newsletter
[of] the United Methodist Archives Center, Drew
University, 1981; 1982.
F
30 Proposal: A
Proposal for Housing the Louisiana Conference B
Collection, n.d.
Record Series 2-
United Methodist Women Louisiana Conference
Sub-series:
Annual Meetings
F
31 “Many Gifts; One
Spirit- New Orleans District, 1974.
F 32 “Be
Aged with the Spirit”- 100th Anniversary Celebration Louisiana
Conference, 1979
F 33
“Committed to Mission: Yesterday,
Today, Tomorrow- Baton Rouge,
September 16-17, 1983.
F
34 “Our
Share in the Heritage: 11th
Annual Meeting- Ruston, LA,
September
14-15, 1984.
F
35 “New Beginnings:
12th Annual Meeting- Lafayette, LA, September
20-21, 1985.
F 36
“Catch A Vision of UMW: 13th
Annual Meeting, Alexandria, LA,
September 19-20, 1986.
F
37 “Links to Mission:
Women in Mission: 17th
Annual Meeting, Monroe,
LA, September 14-15, 1990.
F 38 “One
Plus…”: Meeting, Oct. 26, 1991
F 39
“Tall Timbers La. Conference United Methodist Women Retreat,
March
12-14, 1993.
Box 3
Record Series 2-
United Methodist Women Louisiana Conference, cont.
Sub-series:
Auxiliaries
F
40 Alexandria
District
F 41 Baton
Rouge
F 42
Lake Charles District
F
43 Minden District
F
44 Monroe District
F 45 New
Orleans District
F 46 Pearl
River Church, Women’s Home Missionary Society, 1908
F
47 Ruston District
F
48 Shreveport
District
F
49 Women’s Society of
Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guild
Sub-series: Administrative Records
F
50 Constitution, By-Laws,
Standing Rules…, September 1978
F 51
Proposed Budget, 1980
F 52 Committee
on Implementation of the New Charter for Racial Justice
Policies, 1983.
F
53 United Methodist Women
(LA Conference) Calendar, 1991
F 54 Administrators
directory, 1991-92
F 55 Report
of the Historian, Louisiana Conference, 1993
F 56 Archives
Acquisition Materials, n.d.
F 57 Annual
Report and Directory, 1989-1990
F 58 Annual
Report and Directory, 1990-91
F 59 Annual
Report and Directory, 1992-93
Sub-series:
Correspondence
F
60 Mrs. J.C. Hartzell to the
Members of the LA Conference, Jan. 22,
1880
F
61 Hattie Harrell to “Dear
Friend,” March 30, 1929
Sub-series:
Pamphlets and Brochures
F 62
Pamphlets and brochures, n.d.
F 63
Pamphlets and brochures, n.d.
Sub-series:
Newsletters
F 64
Women’s Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service
Guild,
1972-1976
F
65 La. Conference United
Methodist Women Newsletter, 1978-85
F 66 La.
Conference United Methodist Women Newsletter, 1986-94
F 67 La.
Conference United Methodist Women Newsletter, 1995-2001
Sub-series:
Miscellaneous
F 68 Biographies-
Outstanding African-American United Methodist Women
Projects, 1993
F 69
Service Script, n.d.
F
70 “The Story of Two
Thank-Offering Boxes,” n.d.
F 71 Sager-Brown
School History and Exerpt from Six Decades of Service
F 72
Architectural Design (Photocopy)
Box 4
Record Series 3- Central Jurisdiction
Sub-series:
General File
F 73
Itinerary: College of Bishops, The Central Jurisdiction Meeting,
Nov. 1-
2, 1962.
F 74 Program:
7th Session of the Central Jurisdictional Conference, June 17-
21, 1964.
F 75 Program:
Special Session of the Central Jurisdictional Conference, Aug.
17-19, 1967.
Sub-series:
Louisiana Conference “B”
Sub-sub-series: Reports
F 76 Treasurer’s
Report 1969, June 1970.
F 77
Treasurer’s Report 1970, June 1971.
Sub-sub-series: Programs
F 78
96th Session, May 28-June 2, 1963.
F 79 97th
Session, June 2-7, 1964.
F 80 Southwestern
Area, 30th Session, June 10-13, 1968.
F
81 Souvenir Program: 32nd
Session, June 8-11, 1970
F 82 New
Orleans District “B” of the Louisiana Annual Conference, March
14, 1971.
Sub-sub-series: Churches
F 83
Asbury United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 84 Bethany
Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 85 Bethel
United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 86 Blackwater
United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge district)
F 87 Boyton
United Methodist Church (Gretna, La)
F 88 Broadmoor
United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 89
Brooks Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 90 Camphor
Memorial United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 91 Clear
Creek United Methodist Church (Clinton)
F 92
First Street United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 93 First
United Methodist Church of Corbin (Corbin)
F 94 First
United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 95 First
United Methodist Church (Denham Springs)
F 96 First
United Methodist Church (Donaldsonville)
F 97
First United Methodist Church (Plaquemine)
F 98 Francis
Asbury United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 99 Grace
United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 100 Green
Chapel United Methodist Church (Lottie, Baton Rouge district)
F 101 Hartzell
United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 102
Haven United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 103 Hughes
Memorial United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 104 Ingleside
United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 105
Istrouma United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 106 Jackson
Chapel United Methodist Church (Zachary)
F 107
Jefferson United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 108
Jordan United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 109 LaHarpe
United Methodist Church (LaHarpe)
F 110 Magnolia
United Methodist Church (Greenwell Springs)
F 111
Mallalieu Methodist Church (Lafayette)
F 112 Mary
Winans Wall United Methodist (Clinton, La)
F 113 Mt.
Zion United Methodist Church (Clinton, La)
F 114
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 115 Neely
United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge La)
F 116 Newman
United Methodist Church (Alexandria,La)
F 117 North
Baton Rouge United Methodist Church
F 118
Peck United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 119
People’s United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 120 Philips
Memorial United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
Box 5
Record Series 3- Central Jurisdiction, Louisiana
Conference “B”, cont.
Sub-sub-series: Churches, cont.
F 121
Ray Avenue United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 122 Roberts
Chapel United Methodist Church (Denham Springs, La)
F 123 Ross
Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
F 124 St.
Francisville United Methodist Church (St. Francisville, La)
F 125 New
St. James United Methodist Church (New Iberia)
F 126 St.
John’s United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La)
F 127 St.
Luke United Methodist Church (Denham Springs, La)
F 128 St.
Mark United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La)
F 129 St.
Matthew’s United Methodist Church (Algiers, La)
F 130 St.
Paul United Methodist Church (Clinton, La)
F 131 St.
Paul United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La)
F 132 St.
Paul’s United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La)
F 133 St.
Peter United Methodist Church (Donaldsonville, La)
F 134 St.
Peter United Methodist Church (Clinton, La)
F 135
St. Philip United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F
136 Scott United Methodist Church (Port Allen, La)
F 137 Shady Grove United
Methodist Church (Mansfield, La)
F 138
Shaw Temple United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 139 Slaughter
United Methodist Church (Slaughter, La)
F 140 Thompson
United Methodist Church
F 141 Trinity
United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 142 Tunica
United Methodist Church (Tunica, La)
F 143 United
Methodist Church at Deerford (Deerford, La)
F 144 Warren
United Methodist Church (Lake Charles, La)
F 145 Wesley
United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F 146
Wiley United Methodist Church (Blanks, La)
F 147
William B. Reilly Memorial University United Methodist Church
(Baton Rouge, La)
F 148 Williams
United Methodist Church (New Orleans)
F
149 Winbourne United
Methodist Church (Baton Rouge)
F 150
Zachary United Methodist Church (Zachary, La)
Sub-sub-series: William Talbot Handy materials
F 151 The
Official Yearbook of the People’s Methodist Episcopal Church
and Community Center, Oct. 28, 1925.
F 152 Historical
Souvenir: 80th Session of the La. Methodist Conf., Central
Jurisdiction, Sept. 30-Oct. 5, 1947.
F 153
Souvenir Program: People’s Methodist Church, Re-opening
Service-
Renovated Church, June 14, 1953.
F 154
Brochure: People’s Methodist Community Center, “Four Decades of
Community
Service”, 1962.
F 155
Program: 53rd Church Anniversary.
People’s Methodist Church, July
13, 1975.
F 156 Up
from Gallatin: An Autobiography, William Talbot Handy, 1975.
F 157
Program: “Up from Gallatin” Honoring William Talbot Handy, Sr.,
Sept. 19, 1976.
F 158
Correspondence: <To Dillard University> from W. T. Handy, Jr., June
27, 1996.
F 159 Obituary,
May 1998.
F 160 Photograph:
Bishop R. E. Jones, n.d.
F 161 Photograph:
Bishop A.P. Shaw, n.d.
F 162 Photograph:
Bishop J.W.E. Bowen and wife Margaret, n.d.
F 163 Photograph:
Grace United Methodist Church, n.d.
F 164 Photograph:
A group of Methodist ministers, occasion unknown, n.d.
F 165 Photograph:
Bishop William T. Handy
Sub-sub-series:
Miscellaneous material
F 166 Bible
Facts Every Student Should Know by W. Scott Chinn, 1946.
F 167 Bishop
Robert N. Brooks vs. Rev. W. Scott Chinn legal records, 1950-
51.
F 168 Matthew
Simpson Davage: Elder Statesman and Revered Sage by
James P. Brawley, <1972>
Box 6
Record Series 4- Photographs
F
169 Group
of men, names on back, n.d.
F 170 Men
in New Orleans, unidentified, n.d.
F 171 Final
District Conference of La. Conference B, 1970.
F 172 Negro
Bishops of the Methodist Church (photograph of display), n.d.
F 173 View
of New Africa Plantation, Owned by G.G.I.O. of B.S. of L &C;
affixed on back of photo: Walter Scott Chinn’s preacher’s license,
Feb. 1892.
F
174 Female, n.d.
F 175 Bishop
J.W.E. Bowen (at desk, at pulpit), n.d.
F 176 Rev.
O.W. Christopher, n.d.
F 177 Committee
of church location and property at the purchasing of the lots
on
which Ray Ave Church was built, n.d.
F 178 Mississippi
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (replicated
illustration), 1865.
F 179
Mother Wesley United Methodist Church, New Orleans, La., n.d.
F 180 Warren
Methodist Church at Lake Charles, La., n.d.
F 181 The
Parsonage at Warren Methodist Church (Rev. W. Scott Chinn and
Rev. W.T. Handy), n.d.
F 182 Bishop
R.A. Carter, Colored Methodist Episcopal in America, Atlanta,
Ga., n.d.
F 183 Picnic
or gathering, unidentified, n.d.
F 184 Incomplete
building with people in front, unidentified, n.d.
F 185 House,
unidentified, n.d.
F 186 Seated
women, unidentified, n.d.
F 187 Unidentified
group of people, “Mrs. Fannie Riley” signed on back of
photo, n.d.
Box 6
Record Series 5- Miscellaneous material
Sub-series:
General File
F 188 Lafon
Protestant Home (Lake Charles), 1967; n.d.
F 189 Second
Methodist Church (New Orleans)
Sub-series:
Programs
F 190 The
Order of Worship Celebrating the Merger: La. Annual
Conference A, La. Annual Conference B, June 1, 1971.
F 191 The
First Hundred Years of the Mount Hermon United
Methodist Church 1874-1974, Sept. 29, 1974.
F 192
The First Century: Waldheim United Methodist Church
1875-1975,
Sept. 21, 1975.
F 193
Committed to Christ: Second National Congress of United
Methodist Men, July 15-17, 1977.
F 194
A Service of Worship for the Celebration of the Marriage of
Peggy Ann Barrios and Lloyd Anderson Foreman, Memorial
United Methodist Church, Mathews, La., June 25, 1977.
F
195 Workshop: Operation
Understanding, Oct. 14-15, 1977.
F 196 Methodist
Children’s Home, Diamond Jubilee Celebration of, Ruston,
La., Feb. 12, 1978.
F 197
Louisiana Conference: School of Christian Mission, July 18-21,
1991.
F 198 Conference
Center Round-Up, March 6, 1993.
F 199 Greater
Rising Star African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sept. 22,
1996.
F 200
The First Methodist Church, n.p., n.d.
Sub-series:
Newsletters
F 201 The
United Methodist Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 39, Sept. 9, 1977.
F 202 South
Carolina United Methodist Advocate, Vol. 150, No. 25 June 26,
1986.
F 203
Newsletter [of] Dulac Community Center, April 24; July 27, 1992.
On
Shelf
Record Series 6- Serials
Journal of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church,
1866-1970;
1989-ongoing.
Central Christian Advocate, 1893-1896; 1908-1927
Southwestern Christian Advocate, 1880-1884; 1886-88; 1890-94; 1897-98;
1914