Frank Baker Collection of Methodist circuit plans, 1777-1984 and undated

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Frank Baker Collection of Methodist circuit plans, 1777-1984 and undated

Frank Baker Collection of Methodist circuit plans, 1777-1984 and undated

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/methodistcircuitplans/

Scholar, editor, collector, and Duke University faculty member specializing in the history of English and American Methodist history, and of the life and career of minister John Wesley. The Frank Baker Collection of Methodist Circuit Plans, 1777-1984 and undated, consists predominantly of circuit plans from the Methodist Church (Great Britain) and the earlier churches that merged to form it in 1907 and 1932: the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the Primitive Methodist Church, the United Methodist Free Churches, and the United Methodist Church (Great Britain). These plans document the history, growth, and organization of the itinerancy, established by John Wesley in the early years of the church when Methodism began to spread into the rural areas of England. The circuit plans feature detailed schedules of where the itinerant preachers, known as circuit riders, were to appear and preach each week.

8.5 Linear Feet; Approx. 2000 items

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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library