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Louisiana Conference

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Repository of UMC Materials

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. LA Conference United Methodist Women
  2. United Methodist Church
  3. Photographs
  4. United Methodist Church (Doctrines and Disciplines of the Methodist Church)
  5. Louisiana Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Minutes
  6. Mississippi Mission Conference
  7. Louisiana Annual Conference Methodist Church Treasurers Report

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

Folder #1
Date Item(s)
1867-1890 Sager Brown History / Gilbert Academy / photocopies from the booklet "Six Decades of Service" 1880-1940
1940-1971 Woman’s Society of Christian Service – LA Conference; last program book published prior to merger (booklet)
6/21/1993 Memoirs and Biographical Sketches of African American Women in the Louisiana Conference
N.D. Report of the Historian: UMW, LA Conference
N.D. Report of the Representative to the South Central Jurisdiction Planning Committee for The United Methodist Women Quadrennial Meeting, submitted by Kathleen Conrad, Quadrennial Representative
1992 Annual Report and Directory
1993 UMW LA Conference, The United Methodist Church
6/2/1963 96th Session, LA Annual Conference (central jurisdiction)
1978 "A New People for a New Age" (1st issue) V.1 No.1 March
1983 "Live Simply, Simply Live" V.6 No.2 May

"Committed to Mission Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" V. 6 No. 3 Aug.
1993 Confronted by Christ V.16 No.2 May

Empowered By the Spirit, 1993 School of Christian Mission

Carrying Out God’s Promises Count Me In, 20th Annual Meeting, LA Conference, UMW, Horseshoe Dr., 1st UMC Alexandria, LA V.16 No.3 Aug.
1994 Rekindle God’s Gifts! V. 117 No.3 Aug.
1990 General Council on Ministries
1994 God Is Here! 1994 Journal, LA Annual Conference, The UMC (Book 1)
Nov. 1990 Sexual Harassment in The United Methodist Church
3/14/1971 Marching Black Methodists, New Orleans District "B" of the LA Annual Conference of The UMC 1865-1971
July/Aug 1991 Take Time to Be Holy, photocopies of articles from The Interpreter Magazine
3/12-14/1993 LA Conference Retreat, UMW, Personal Meditation and Burnal (Tall Timbers Conference Center)
11/7/1970 Photo – picture of the Final District Conference of the Conference "B" before the merger with Conference "A" June 1971
4/24/1992 Dulac Community Center, Dulac: Background and Update, Dulac, LA
1993 Brochure – LA Mission Ribbons UMW
1974 Booklet E/SA forum – 1
7/27/1992 Dulac Community Center, NO: Summer Edition "Summer Has Made An Impact On Interns"
3/6/1993 Conference Center Round-Up, Rapides Coliseum
3/14/1993 LA Conference UMW Retreat (Tall Timbers) "Take Time to Be Holy"

Folder #2
1972-1976 United Methodist Women Newsletter
Dec. 1993 Presidential Papers V.9 No.3
Feb. 1995 Published by the Div. of Higher Education, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The UMC
Aug. 1994 Public Policy Update, Update No. 11
Dec. 1994 Public Policy Update, Update No. 12
Feb. 1995 Public Policy Update, Update No. 13
(A UM Higher Education Public Policy Network Equipping United Methodists to Advocate for Public Policy concerns in Higher Education)
Feb. 1995 The Alliance to Save Student Aid (Local Organizing Kit)

Reprinted with permission by the Office of Annual Conference Relations, General Board of Higher Education, The UMC, Nashville, TN

Folder #18
N.D. Commission on Archives & History – Proposal for Methodist Archival Materials of LA Conference "B" (introduction letter)
1874-1974 The First Hundred Years, Mount Hermon UMC (book)
1875-1975 The First Century, Waldheim UMC
Oct. 1895-June 1896 Minutes of the 17th Annual Session of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society (LA Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South) Mansfield, LA
1917-1918 Eighth Annual Report of the Home Work of the Woman’s Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
1918-1919 Ninth Annual Report of the City Mission and Deaconess work of the Woman’s Missionary Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
4/9-12/1929 The 19th Annual Report of the LA Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Trinity Methodist Church, Ruston, LA
1879-1929 UMW, LA Conference – Records Historians Series – Inventory (including Acc. 78-81, 78-84) 9/8/78; Materials concerning the founding and early history of the Woman’s Missionary Society, c. 1879-1929
2/12/1978 Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Methodist Children’s Home, 1903-1978; 75 years of Service to Children, Ruston, LA
The Archives of Centenary College of LA and LA Methodist Cline Room, Magale Library, Shreveport, LA. (letter)

Envelope #14
1897 Southwestern Christian Advocate V. 32, New Orleans, LA

Envelope #17
  Church Histories (Alphabetical B-Z)

Envelope #15
6/1/1971 Merger of LA Annual Conference "A" and "B"
6/8/1967 Special Session of the Central Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church
6/8/1970 Official Journal: LA Annual Conference "B"

Envelope #16
1867-1967 Lafon Protestant Home – The Methodist Church; History of Lafon Old Folks Home, History of Williams UMC, N.O. LA 1866-1971, Operating Budget 1966-1967, pictures of old and new home
9/23/1991 Red folder enclosures #8
  1. LA Conference Calendar
  2. UMW Constitution and Bylaws handbook, 1989-1992
  3. Program of United Methodist Church, Oct. 26, 1991
  4. LA Conference UMW 12th Annual Meeting, Asbury UMC, Lafayette, LA, Sept. 20-21, 1985
7/7/1948 1. Roll call Voice of Trinity Methodist Episcipal Church, V. 3 No 7,8
Orange Folder #9 A letter from Mrs. J.C. Hartzell to the group of Chicago women which really began the Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, the S.U.C.S., and the UMW

Envelope #4
9/8/1977 The United Methodist Reporter, V. 5, No. 39

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Envelope #19
N.D.
  1. A selected list of Historical Materials of LA Conference "B" of the Methodist Church (exhibit).
  2. Letters:

    3. 5/19/76 To: Ms. Carol Taylor From H.C. Parker, Jr. (Manager contract Dept.)
    5/4/77 To: Ms. Carol Taylor From: Diane Kaplan, archivist Centenary College
    5/24/77 To: Members on Commission on Archives and History (memo)
    From Spiller Milton, Secretary, COM
    4/20/77 To: Mrs. Inez Christenery, COM (UMC) From: Dr. Samueal DuBois Cook
    N.D. To: Rev. Wm. T. Handy From: ? Ref. An Autobiography ‘Up from Gallatin’ autographed copy (book missing)

Envelope #20
N.D. Mattews Simpson Davage: (booklets) "Elder Statesman and Revered Sage" by James P. Brawley

Envelope #21
July 15-16, 1977 2nd National Congress of United Methodist Men "Committed to Christ" booklet
July 15-16, 1977-80 "Our Answers" Christian Ministries to a World in Need, The Financial Program of The United Methodist Church

Envelope #22
Jan. 1947 Facts Worth Knowing About the Holy Bible – 2nd Ed., Press of Brown printing Co., by W. Scott Chinn, c. 1946 (book)

Envelope #23
  LA Civil District Court of the Parish of Orleans, Transcript of the testimony of the witness Rev. W. Scott Chinn, dependent taken in open court, April 24-25, 1950 before Judge Luther E. Hall, Thomas + Ourson Court Reports, 408 Chartres St. , New Orleans, LA

Envelope #24
May 1950 State of LA Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Division "G" Docted 5 Bishop on Behalf of Plaintiffs
5/5/1951 State of LA Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans, Bishop 

Robert N. Brooks, et. al., Appeals, vs. Rev. W. Scott Chinn et al., Appellants.

Original Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants

Envelope #25 
1838-1951 113 Years, Wesley Methodist Church History (Mother Wesley), compiled by W. Scott Chinn, New Orleans, LA (book)

Envelope #26 - Photographs 
N.D.
  1. Warren Methodist Church at Lake Charles, LA
  2. Old Parsonage of Warren Methodist, 220 S. Franklin St., Lake Charles; built by Rev. W. Scott Chinn; photo with present pastor
  3. Mother Wesley UMC, New Orleans, LA
  4. Committee of Church location and property at the purchasing of the lots on which Ray Ave. church was built. Photo from left to right: James Carney, S.G. Reed, W.T. Handy, Sr. (District Super.), C.O. Green, Bishop Willis J. King, Robert D. Hill, N.P. Perry, J.R. Patterson (Conference Lay Leader)
1865
  • Mississippi Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
    		•

    Envelope #27 – Photographs
    N.D. Rev. O.W. Christopher
    c. 1960 Bishop J.W.E. Bowen
    N.D.  Bishop J.W.E. Bowen, Retired Bishop of Atlantic Coast area

    Envelope #28
    N.D. No name

    Envelope #29 - Photographs 
    N.D. 1. Bishop R.A. Carter, Colored Methodist Episcopal in America, Atlanta, GA
    N.D. 2. Reading from left to right, front row: Dr. R.M. Davis, Rev. J.A. Williams, Rev. Hubbard Daniels, Rev. J.W. Turner, Rev. T.B. Cooper; 2nd row: Rev. W. M. Caldwell, Rev. O.W.M. Obee?, Dr. G.W. Carter, Rev. D.L. Riley; 3rd row: Rev. A.M. Taylor, Rev. W.W. Sartor?, Rev. Robert Taylor, Rev. H.B.B. Charles
    N.D. There is no information for photos 3,4,5,6,7,8

    Envelope #30 
    5/28-6/2/1963 Programs: LA Annual Conference (Central Jurisdiction) UMC

    1. Official program 96th session, Hartzell Methodist Church, 2014 Caffin Ave., New Orleans, LA
    6/2-7/1964 2. Official program 97th session, Newman Methodist Church, Fulton at Eight St., Alexandria, LA
    6/10-13/1968 3. Official Program 30th session, First Street United Methodist Church, First & Dryades, New Orleans

    Envelope #31 
    8/16-21/1964 1. Dedication services of the Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church, No. 2 1925-1964, 2200 LA Ave., New Orleans, LA
    April 7, 19? 2. Dedication services of the United Methodist Archives Materials (former conference "B"), Will Alexander Library, New Orleans, LA
    July 10, 1977 3. 55th Anniversary, Theme: Hearts, Hands, and Minds United, Peoples United Methodist Community Center, 2019 Bolivar Ave., New Orleans, LA
    Jan. 29, 1978 4. Mortgatge-burning services, Beecher Memoiral United Church of Christ, 1914 Miro St., New Orleans, LA

    Envelope #32 - Books
    1976 Yearbook, Board of Higher Education and Ministry, UMC
    1977 Yearbook, Board of Higher Education and Ministry, UMC

    Library 2nd Floor Hall Bookcase drawer

    Envelope #13 
    1974 "Many Gifts One Spirit"

    District Officers of UMW (celebrate), Mt. Zion UMC, New Orleans, LA
    Sept. 28, 1975 St. Philip UMC, New Orleans, LA
    Oct. 15, 1977 FUMC (workshop), New Orleans, LA
    June 25, 1977 A Service of Worship for The Celebration of the Marriage of Peggy Ann Barrios and Lloyd Anderson Foreman, Memorial UMC, Mathews, LA

    Envelope #7  
    Rec’d 1991 Service Center-GBOD, UMC (contains leaflets, pamphlets, flyers, posters, etc.)

    Envelope #6  
    1892 Local Preacher’s Licence of W. Scott Chinn / Photo of New Africa Plantation

    Envelope #5
    N.D. Photograph: Negro Bishops of the Methodist Church

    Envelope #10 
    Sept. 14, 1977 Community Centers – Residences National Meeting of Agencies, UMC, Board of General Ministries

    Envelope #1 
    Rec’d 9/1991
    1. UMW Standing Rules (1986)
    2. UMW Conference Budget (1987)
    3. Program of LA Conference UMW (9/19-20/1986)
    4. Evaluation Report (1986 Conference)
    5. Annual report and directory (1989-1990)

    Folder #11 – Programs
    3/22/1970 Founders Day Observance of St. Paul UMC, 1865-1970, Shreveport, LA (booklet)
    1/20/1974 Dedication Service, Asbury UMC, New Orleans, LA (booklet)
    1/27/1974 108th Anniversary of Williams UMC, New Orleans, LA (booklet)
    7/26/1970 Centennial Observance, 1870-1970, Mt. Zion UMC, 100th Anniversary, New Orleans, LA (book) contains church history and photos
    6/17-21/1964 7th Session of the Central Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church, Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL (book)

    Folder #12 – Souvenir program booklets
    6/8-11/1970 LA Annual Conference "B", The UMC 32nd Session, Newman UMC, Alexandria, LA
    5/18/1969 The New St. James UMC, New Iberia, LA

    Folder #11
    4/10-17/1966 133rd Anniversary, 1833-1966, First Street Methodist Church, New Orleans, LA (history)

    Envelope #2 – LA Conference UMW
    Rec’d 9/1991
    1. Committee to Mission Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (1983)
    2. Links to Mission (Annual report and directory, 1990-91)
    3. Women in Mission (LA Conference UMW 1990)
    4. Opening doors to Racial-Ethnic Understanding (1983)
    5. Our Share in the Heritage (1984)

    Books – United Methodist Church
    10/20-30/1971 Journal of the 4th Annual meeting of the Board of Missions of the UMC, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
    1968 Journal General Conference – UMC, Vol. 1,2
    1970 Journal of Louisiana Conference A
    1973 Journal of the Louisiana Annual Conference
    1962-1970 Methodist Church Official Journal, LA Annual Conference (former central jurisdiction)
    1. First Street UMC, New Orleans, LA, June 10-13, 1968, 13th Session
    2. St. Paul UMC, Shreveport, LA, June 9-12, 1969, 31st Session

      3. Official Journal Louisiana Annual Conference B
    3. Newman UMC, Alexandria, LA, June 8-11, 1970, 32nd Session
    1939 Journal of the Uniting Conference – The Methodist Church
    1940 Journal of the First General Conference – The Methodist Church
    1948 Journal of the General Conference – The Methodist Church
    1952 Journal of the General Conference – The Methodist Church
    Oct.-July 1965-67 Methodist History 4-5
    1939 Discipline of the Methodist Church (Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Church)
    1944 (2) Discipline of the Methodist Church (Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Church)
    1948 Discipline of the Methodist Church (Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Church)
    1960 Discipline of the Methodist Church (Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Church)
    1964 Discipline of the Methodist Church (Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Church)
    C1902 Methodist Constitutions and Charters

    The Constitution of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
    1/3/1918 Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, LA, Vol. 47, No. 1
    1/2/1919 Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, LA, Vol. 48, No.1
    1/2/1947 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 122, No.1
    1/4/1950 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 125, No.1
    1/3/1952 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 127, No.1
    1/1/1948 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 123, No.1
    1/4/1951 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 126, No.1
    1/1/1955 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 130, No.1
    1/1/1956 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 131, No.1
    1/1/1958 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 133, No.1
    1/1/1953 Central Christian Advocate, Vol. 128, No.1

    Journal of the Louisiana Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Minutes
    1/31-2/4/1889 21st Session, Donaldsonville, LA
    1/13-19/1892 24th Session, New Orleans, LA
    1/26-30/1893 24th Session, Shreveport, LA
    1/15-20/1896 28th Session, New Orleans, LA
    1/23-28/1901 33rd Session, Shreveport, LA
    1/27-2/1/1904 36th Session, Baton Rouge, LA
    1/25-30/1905 37th Session, Monroe, LA
    1/22-26/1919 51st Session, Baton Rouge, LA
    10/21-26/1940 71st Session, New Orleans, LA
    10/21-25/1943 74th Session, Lake Charles, LA
    1/26-31/1916 48th Session, New Orleans, LA
    1/23-27/1925 Opelousas, LA
    10/12-16/1927 60th Session, Shreveport, LA
    10/22-26/1941 73rd Session, Monroe, LA
    7/8-13/1952 85th Session, Baton Rouge, LA
    5/29-6/2/1963 96th Session, New Orleans, LA

    Mississippi Mission Conference
    1784 & 1865 Second Christmas Conference
    12/25/1865 New Orleans, LA
    2/1-5/1883 Alexandria, LA
    Pre-Conference Reports
    5/31-6/3/1977 70th Session, Shreveport, LA
    Methodist Church Official Journal, Louisiana Annual Conference B, 1929 (Central Jurisdiction) 
    11/2-7/1948 Lake Charles, LA
    5/15-20/1951 New Orleans, LA
    10/25-29/1944 77th Session, Shreveport, LA
    9/30-10/5/1947 80th Session, New Orleans, LA

    Louisiana Annual Conference Methodist Church Treasurer Report
    5/24/1968 New Orleans, LA
    1/1/1969 Charles C. Teamer, Tres., N.O.
    12/31/1969
    June 1971
    1/1/70 & 12/31/70 Charles C. Teamer, N.O.
    6/1-4/1992 The Louisiana Annual Conference, Shreveport, LA
    6/7-10/1993 The Louisiana Annual Conference, 23rd Session
    5/1-29/1928 General Conference Journal, 13th Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missouri
    1892 Union of Episcopal Methodists by R.S. Foster
    7/1/1888 21st Annual Report of the Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
    7/1/1892 26th Annual Report of the Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Education Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
    1866 Reports of the Freedman’s Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
    1927-1928 General Minutes and Yearbook, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Curtis B. Haley, Editor
    1938-1939 General Minutes and Yearbook, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Curtis B. Haley, Editor

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