Introduction
What We Have
The United Methodist Church includes three
distinct predecessor denominations: The Evangelical Church (including the
Evangelical Association and the United Evangelical Church), The Methodist
Church (including the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and the Methodist Protestant Church) and the United
Brethren Church. The Evangelical and United Brethren denominations united
in 1946 to form the Evangelical United Brethren (or EUB) Church. The
archives maintain an historical file on each active church and each known
former church within these traditions. The archives have complete sets of
local conference journals and many denominational materials from each of
these traditions.
What We Don't Have
In the United Methodist Church, each
congregation is responsible for maintaining its own records of
membership, baptisms, marriages, etc. The archives do not attempt to
gather information of this nature from individual congregations. The
archives will, however, attempt to put individuals seeking such
information in contact with the proper local congregation.
Special Collections
* Major gospel songbook collection (which we are in the process of
indexing)
* Secular historical material for the 33 counties within our conference
* Biographical materials on local clergy and nationally prominent
religious figures
* A collection of Wesleyana
* Three large museum-type display cases -- one Evangelical, one United
Brethren, one Methodist -- of artifacts suitable for viewing by
confirmation classes or interested individuals
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