Oakland City United Methodist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1910-1973.

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Oakland City United Methodist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1910-1973.

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This collection consists primarily of Quarterly Conference reports dating from 1923 through the first two quarters of 1932 and 1940 through 1953. Other items included are a church history covering the years 1910-1951, church directories for the years 1967-1973, Woman's Missionary Society (W.M.S.) financial records for 1920-1935, Woman's Society of Christian Service (formerly W.M.S.) financial records for 1936-1951, and four photographs, ca. 1954, of ground breaking ceremonies for a new church school building. Also included are church bulletins from February through May of 1935 and April, May, and June of 1973, financial campaign brochures ca. 1954, and resolutions passed by the Board of Stewards, ca. 1940-1972. Miscellaneous items include lists of names of new church members, one dated February 26, 1946 and another undated, a newspaper clipping dated October 10, 1936, and an insurance certificate dated July 26, 1952.

.6 cubic ft. (1 half-size letter archive box and 1 letter-size archive box)

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