UPPMss102.xml Collection of United Methodist Church materials University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections 2/15/2024

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-21. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections Collection of United Methodist Church materials Mss.102 1.5 linear feet 3 legal sized document boxes and 1 wooden box 1839, 1908-2001 The United Methodist Church is a Protestant denomination in the United States. The United Methodist Church was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1968.This collection consists of three document boxes and one box of glass plate negatives that were created by the United Methodist Church. The bulk of the records were created from 1908-2001, with the exception of one diary and ledger from 1839. English .

The United Methodist Church is a Protestant denomination in the United States. The United Methodist Church was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1968. The Church was founded through a union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

The Methodist Episcopal Church (1784-1939) was the main predecessor of the United Methodist Church.The organization was founded in 1784 in the United States by John Wesley (1703-1791), but over time the organization fractured. In 1939 the Church was reorganized by a union of the Methodist Protestant Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South to form the Methodist Church.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (WFMS of the MEC) was founded in Boston Massachusetts in 1869 by Mrs. Lewis Flanders; Mrs. Thomas Kingsbury; Mrs. William B. Merrill; Lois Lee Parker; Mrs. Thomas A. Rich; Mrs. H.J. Stoddard; Mrs. William Butler (Clementina Rowe Butler); and Mrs. P.T. Taylor. The aim of the organization was to support missionary work for the Church through fundraising for and organization of missions across the world. By 1903 the organization had placed missionaries in China, Japan, Korea, Africa, Bulgaria, Italy, South America, Mexico, and the Philippines.

The Woman's Home Society of the Methodist Epipcosal Church was incorporated in 1884 in Cincinnati, Ohio by Eliza G. Davis , Elizabeth Rust, E.J. Fowler Willing, M.E. Ampt, and Louisa Hemeseth. Over time the organization spread to include missions and schools across the United States. The organization practiced outreach through educational, medical, and religious services. The various chapters worked with immigrants, orphanages, black Americans, and others.

This collection consists of three document boxes and one box of glass plate negatives that were created by the United Methodist Church from 1839 and 1908-2001. The three document boxes contain records relating to administrative activities of the Church, the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and the Woman's Home Missionary Society. Record types include annual reports, conference materials, a directory, yearbooks, and copies of the periodical Women's Missionary Friend, and one diary and ledger. The glass plate negatives include images of various Methodist Churches.

Collection is open for research.

[Name of document, date.] Collection of United Methodist Church materials, Mss.102. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.

Administrative records 1839, 1964, 1989-1990 Diary and ledger of Henry D. Brewer 1839 1 1 "The Methodist Fact Book" 1964 1 2 The Univeristy of Puget Sound and United Methodist Church records 1976-1990 1 3 University of Puget Sound Church Relations Committee records 1985-1990 1 4 Woman's Foreign Missionary Society records 1908-2001 Annual reports 1908-1919 1 5 Annual reports 1920-1939 2 1-2 Conference materials 1931-2001 2 3 "Woman's Missionary Friend" periodicals July - December 1923 2 4 Woman's Home Missionary Society records Annual reports 1912-1931 3 1-2 Conference materials 1911, 1915 3 3 Directory, Woman's Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guild 1960-1961 3 4 Yearbooks, Western Jurisdiction Woman's Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guild 1948-1956 3 5 Glass plate negatives 1916-1920 4

61 negatives with images of Methodist churches in and around Seattle, bulding plans, maps, data charts, and some other buildings related to the Methodist Church.