AHJ_ah10295 Inventory of the First United Methodist Church (Laramie, Wyo.) records1860-2007 First United Methodist Church (Laramie, Wyo.) records Processed by Betsy Cook University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort April 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary First United Methodist Church (Laramie, Wyo.) First United Methodist Church (Laramie, Wyo.) records 1860-2007 10295 8.82 cubic ft. (19 boxes) + microfilm University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Records of a Laramie, Wyoming, Methodist church founded shortly after the town was formed. System Requirements

Microfilm -- 16 mm.

 History of the First United Methodist Church (Laramie, Wyo.)

The first Methodist meetings in Laramie, Wyoming, were held in 1868. The Methodist Episcopal Church was established in March of 1869, with G.F. Hilton as pastor, and the first church building was completed in December, 1870. The church moved to a new building in 1905 and again in 1968. Its distinctive sanctuary building was dedicated in 1968. The church's Wesley Foundation was organized in 1921-1922 to serve University of Wyoming students.

In 1968, the National Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren to form the United Methodist Church and the local church was renamed the First United Methodist Church of Laramie.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains church records and related materials, including probationer and membership lists; baptismal, marriage and death records; church history; minutes; quarterly and annual conference reports; financial information; reports of committees; Sunday School records; Wesley Foundation minutes, history, and business records; newsletters; Sunday bulletins; photographs; and building plans and drawings.

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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There are no known other archival collections created by the First United Methodist Church (Laramie, Wyo.) at the date of processing.

The collection as it was received in 1994 is also available on 9 16mm microfilm rolls.

The First United Methodist Church, Laramie, Records were given to the American Heritage Center by the church through Leroy Maki, Jeffrey O. Rainwater, Don Stinson, and Virginia Porter from 1994-2023.

The collection was processed by Betsy Cook in 1994. The finding aid was encoded by Brittany Heye and updated by D. Claudia Thompson in 2019 and Jamie J. Greene in December 2024.

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Methodist Episcopal Church -- Wyoming -- Laramie. Methodist Church -- Wyoming -- Laramie. Religion. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Laramie (Wyo.) -- History. Laramie (Wyo.) -- Genealogy. Laramie (Wyo.) -- Church history. Wyoming -- History -- To 1889. Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918. Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945. Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999 Wyoming -- History -- 2000- Church records. Photographs. Architectural drawings. Microfilms. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Wesley Foundation (University of Wyoming) Container List Series I. Offical Records

1 Church Records 1869-1899 1 Church Records 1887-1899 1 Church Records 1899-1910 1 Church Records 1910-1920 1 Transfer Records 1936-1940, 1945-1947, 1951 1 Membership Record 1938 2 Offical Baptism and Membership Record A-Z 1938-1955 2 Historical Record of Permanent Data 1955-1951 2 Membership Register 1956-1961 18 Membership Registers (includes Baptisms and Marriages) 1963-1976 Series II. Conference Reports

3 Quarterly Conference Reports 1897-1900 3 Quarterly Conference Reports 1900-1904 3 Quarterly Conference Reports 1908-1912 3 Quarterly Conference Reports 1914-1936 3 Annual Church and Conference Reports 1944-1946 3 Annual Church and Conference Reports 1947 3 Annual Church and Conference Reports 1949 3 Quarterly Conference Reports 1952-1958 3 Quarterly Conference Reports and Recommendations 1955 3 Wyoming State Conference Journal 1956 3 Quarterly Conference Reports 1956-1960 3 Annual Church and Conference Reports 1958-1959 4 Quarterly Conference Reports 1958-1959 4 Quarterly Conference Reports 1959-1961 4 Quarterly Conference Minutes and Reports 1959-1964 4 Quarterly Conference Reports 1961-1966 4 Minutes of the Quarterly Conference 1966-1967 4 Annual Church and Conference Report 1967-1968 4 General Conference 1968 4 Quarterly Conference Reports 1968-1969 4 Annual Church and Conference Report 1969-1972 4 Annual Church and Conference Report 1985 Series III. Administrative Council

5 Minutes and Business 1956-1958, 1969-1975 5 Minutes and Business 1977-1987 5 Minutes 1982-1987 5 Minutes 1985-1987 5 Minutes 1988-1990 Series IV. Board of Trustees

5 Minutes and Reports 1900-1904 5 Minutes and Reports 1902-1909 5 Minutes, Reports and Enclosures 1905-1910 6 Minutes, Reports and Enclosures 1910-1920 6 Minutes and Reports 1929-1936 6 Report on Payments to Current Expense Fund 1931 6 Minutes and Reports 1931-1939 6 Minutes and Reports 1936-1940 6 Expense Ledger 1937-1949 6 Minutes and Reports 1939-1957 7 Treasurer's Reports 1947-1956 7 Minutes and Reports 1950-1951 7 Minutes and Reports 1956-1960 7 Minutes and Reports 1959-1961 7 Minutes and Reports 1960-1979 7 Minutes 1961-1964 8 Minutes 1961-1968 8 Insurance 1962-1974 8 Planning Retreats 1962-1979 8 Minutes and Quarterly Conference Report 1965-1966 8 Minutes 1965-1969 9 Minutes and Reports 1966-1972 9 Minutes 1966-1973 9 Minutes and Other Business 1966-1974 9 Reports 1967-1969 9 Budget Information 1969-1979 9 Minutes 1974-1979 9 Minutes and Reports 1978-1984 9 Minutes and Other Business 1983-1986 10 Minutes 1986-1987 10 Minutes and Other Business 1987 10 Minutes 1988 10 Minutes and Other Business 1989 10 Minutes 1990 Series V. Administrative Committees

10 Committees of the 1st Methodist Church 1949-1950 10 Building Committee 1956-1961 10 Building Committee 1968 10 Building Committee 1982-1985 10 Church Property Committee 1936 10 Finance Committee 1940-1942 10 Finance Committee 1961-1967 10 Finance Committee 1973-1975 10 Finance Committee 1979-1985 10 Music Committee 1936, 1939, 1941, 1949 10 Publicity Committee 1959 10 Council on Ministries 1971-1982 Series VI. Educational and Other Groups

Sunday School: 11 Sunday School Record 1904-1908 11 Sunday School Board Minutes 1912-1929 11 Sunday School Record 1913-1914 11 Sunday School Record 1944-1945 11 Sunday School 1936-1937, 1939, 1941, 1950-1951, 1954 11 Sunday School Record and Attendance 1947-1948 11 Brotherhood of Saint Paul 1904-1905 Epworth League: 11 Epworth League, Stranger Seekers Society, Sunday School Attendance and Collections Ledger with Enclosures 1890-1901 11 Epworth League 1921-1922 Wesley Foundation: 11 Wesley Foundation 1908-1946 12 Wesley Foundation History and Miscellaneous Business 1922-1959 12 Wesley Foundation Minutes, Articles and Other Business 1969-1973 12 A History of the Wesley Foundation by Todd Adams 1992 Men's Club:

19 Foundational Documents and Charters 1963-1988 19 Minutes and Financial Statements 1963-2001 Series VII. Miscellaneous Church Business

12 Quit Claim Deed 1986 12 Articles of Incoperation 1883 12 Insurance Policies 1887, 1906, 1913 12 Correspondance 1903, 1908-1909 12 Voluntary Bond 1906-1907 12 Property Deed 1909 12 Property Fund Certificates 1929-1930 12 Correspondance 1929-1930 12 Nomination for Officers of the Methodist Church 1954-1955 12 Abstract of Title 1957 12 United Methodist Task Force 1975 12 Script and Performance Programs of "The Last Supper" 1980-1994 12 Annual Church Directory 1985 12 Guest Registers 1943-1960 12 Record of Flowers Furnished for Church Services 1980-1998 12Legal documents regarding real estate purchases and agreements1958-1974 Series VIII. Church History

13 Random Historical Information 1863-1979 13 Copies of Historical Documents 1863, 1902 13 Random Historical Information 1878, 1961 13 Church History Texts 1870, 1955 13 Random Historical Information 1883-1884. 1968 13 Loose Historical Material 1885, 1936 13 Postcard: Methodist Episcopal Church, Laramie 1910-1911 13 Historical Information Concerning the "White Mule Boomerang" Incident 1926 13 Ladies Aid Society Hostess Reference Book 1928-1929 13 Historical Letter from Former Minister E.C. Brooks 1931 13 Random Historical Information 1936-1976 13 Random Historical Information and Photographs 1959, 1993 13 Formal Building Opening and Consecration 1961 13 New Sanctuary 1968 13 Church Centennial Celebration [1868-1968] and Bicentennial of U.S. Methodism 1968, 1984 13 Burning of the Mortgage Ceremony 1976 13 Church History Manuscript 1994 13 "History of the First United Methodist Church, Laramie, Wyoming, 1868-2006" (booklet) 2007 Series IX. Photographs

13 Miscellaneous Negatives 1860-1994 13 Pastors and Ceremonies 1868-1869, 1900, 1908, 1963 13 Pastors, Congregation, and Church at 5th & Grand 1869-1960 13 Negatives of All Church Buildings 1869-1994 13 Pastors 1870-1974 13 The Building Committee 1904 13 Fifth Street & Grand Avenue Location pre-1940 14, 18 Early Ministers, Buildings & Congregations 1860-1950 14 Sunday School, Bird's Eye View of the University of Wyoming, Church Exteriors, Kick-Off Dinner 1950, 1964, 1968, 1994 14 Negative of Former Building at 5th & Grand pre-1961 14 Congregation During a Service pre-1961 14 Random Photographs: building, congregation, Sunday School, etc. pre-1961, 1968 14 Random Photographs: board members, classes, meetings, etc. pre-1961, 1976 14 Random Photographs: building, meetings, congregation, etc. 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970 14 Building 1964 14 Negative of Stained Glass Window 1968 14 Church Exterior 1989 Series X. Monthly Newsletters

14 Methodist News Newsletter & Publicity 1950-1953 14 Methodist Newsletter 1952 14 "The Reminder" Monthly Newsletter 1979-1986 15 "The Reminder" Monthly Newsletter 1987-1992 Series XI. Sunday Bulletins

15 Sunday Bulletins 1966-1980 16 Sunday Bulletins 1981-1988 17 Sunday Bulletins 1989-1992 Series XII. Building Plans and Drawings

18 Building Plans and Drawings 1945, 1959, 1991