Dryades Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.) records
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Dryades Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.). It includes quarterly conference records (1891-1899), registers (1871-1907), and Sunday School records (1853-1902).
Dates
- 1853 - 1907
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
Dryades Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.) traces its history to the 1842 founding of First German Methodist Episcopal Church (New Orleans, La.) on Erato Street (originally named Melicerte Street). The congregation moved to Dryades Street in 1852, and they constructed a new, brick building in 1858. In 1874, the congregation left the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and joined the newly formed German Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In 1885, they returned to the Louisiana Conference. According to the May 6, 1886, issue of the New Orleans Christian Advocate, the congregation requested that services be conducted in English as well as German. In 1906, the Dryades Street church was sold and the members merged with Felicity Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.).
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
German
Arrangement
This collection is organized by document type, then chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unidentified.
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Dryades Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (New Orleans, La.) records
- Author
- Olivia Brignac and Chris Brown
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository