Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Bayou Scie United Methodist Church (Bayou Scie, La.). It includes membership records, administrative records, quarterly conference records, church histories, church directories, committee records, and United Methodist Women's records.The church histories include two binders assembled circa 2005 containing a wide variety of materials going back to 1834 – property records, membership records, photographs, programs, cemetery records,...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Belcher United Methodist Church (Belcher, La.). It includes membership records, administrative records, property records, printed items, photographs, a scrapbook, and guestbooks. Quarterly conference records contain information about the nearby congregation of Gilliam Methodist Church (Gilliam, La.). Also included are records of the congregation’s Sunday schools and Women’s Society of Christian Service. The printed items consist of bulletins,...

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This collection documents the activities of the Caddo Heights United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.). The collection includes membership and attendance records, committee records (Official Board, Woman’s Society of Christian Service, United Methodist Women), financial records, and historical records such as church bulletins, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, and architectural drawings. Also included are guest registers.

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This collection documents the activities of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church (Shreveport, La.). It includes membership records, financial records, committee records, historical records, printed items, photographs, and a commemorative plate.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Evangeline United Methodist Church (Baton Rouge, La.) as well as its three predecessor congregations: Istrouma United Methodist Church, North Baton Rouge United Methodist Church, and Winbourne United Methodist Church.The Evangeline UMC material consists of membership records, property records, as well as a file about the church originally maintained by the Baton Rouge District Office. The Istrouma UMC material consists of membership...

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This collection documents the activities of Fairview United Methodist Church (Lake Charles, La.). The collection includes membership records, charge conference records, administrative records, financial records, property records, photographs, committee records, and subject files.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Felicity United Methodist Church (New Orleans, La.) as well as some of its predecessor congregations. It includes membership records, administrative records, financial records, committee records, historical records, legal records, and guest registers.Membership records consist of church register books as well as member lists. The church registers (1861-1954) include names of pastors, members, baptisms, and marriages. A photocopy...

Scope and Contents The Harry Hale, Jr. papers primarily consist of research material Hale collected while writing the book, Standing in the Gap: The Life and Ministry of Rev. Lea Joyner (Lima, OH: Fairway Press, 1987). Joyner was one of the few ordained woman in the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church (South Central Jurisdiction) during the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains newspaper clippings, written reminiscences, and research notes. Also included are audiocassettes of Joyner’s sermons...

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This collection documents the activities of the Jefferson United Methodist Church (Jefferson, La.). The collection includes membership records, printed items, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and a guest book. Three scrapbooks about the congregation include church histories, bulletins, photographs, clippings, programs, and directories. Another scrapbook (1977-1978) contains correspondence with the Leon and Vicki Reich, missionaries in Indonesia.

Scope and Contents This collection primarily documents the activities of the Lydia United Methodist Church (Lydia, La.). It includes membership records, charge conference and audit records, administrative records, bulletins, church history, and photographs. The membership records and some administrative records are photocopied facsimiles.Also included is material from Davidson Memorial United Methodist Church (Lafayette, La.), which was on a shared pastoral charge with the Lydia congregations...