Scope and Contents This manuscript volume documents the early activities of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Louisiana. It includes membership records and administrative reports. The membership records identify 634 black members (1836-1838) and 242 white members (1825-1838). The administrative reports consist of quarterly conference meeting minutes for Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (New Orleans, La.) dated 1844-1846. Located at the back of the volume is a section labeled “colored...

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This collection documents the activities of Mill Creek United Methodist Church (Saline, La.). It includes membership records (records of baptisms, marriages, membership, and deaths), administrative records (quarterly conference and charge conference), financial records, Sunday School records, correspondence, and bulletins.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the Minden District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district's presiding elder, R. M. Brown.The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include the following reports: religious and financial...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the Monroe District of the Louisiana Conference A of the United Methodist Church. These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district superintendent.The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include a roll of members, lay activities, resolutions, and reports from the...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the Monroe District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction). These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district superintendent.The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include a roll of members, lay activities, resolutions,...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the Monroe District of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district superintendent.The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include the following reports: religious and financial state of...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the Monroe District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district superintendent.The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include information about lay activities, resolutions, and reports from the...

Scope and Contents This item is a photocopy facsimile of a quarterly conference record book for the Mount Lebanon Circuit of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Reports in the record book include information about the general state of the churches and Sunday Schools, the religious instruction of children, and financial matters. Specific individuals identified in the volume are usually church administrators. Congregations identified on the circuit: Arcadia, Athens, Hickory...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of New Creation United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.) as well as its two predecessor congregations: Johnson Chapel United Methodist Church and Mount Zion United Methodist Church.The New Creation UMC material consists of membership records and reports. The Johnson Chapel UMC material consists of membership records, reports, financial records, property records, church histories, and bulletins. The Mount Zion UMC material consists of...

Scope and Contents This manuscript volume contains a title page stating “Protocolle der Deutschen Predigerversammlung, New Orleans, La.” (English translation of German text: Minutes of the German Preacher Assembly, New Orleans, La.). The meeting minutes document the activities of three congregations: Craps Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.), Dryades Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.), and Soraparu Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.). Also...