Records, 1840-1994 (bulk 1945-1994).

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Records, 1840-1994 (bulk 1945-1994).

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Records include conference material from the Alabama Methodist Conference of 1925; birth, baptismal, marriage, and death records; steward and administrative board minutes; financial records; insurance documents; endowment material; files related to the St. Francis Street Historical Society and the Downtown Servicemen's Center; correspondence of a widely varied nature; the 100th, 120th, and 150th anniversaries of the church; mission reports; church bulletins and newsletters; articles; dedications; pamphlets; church music; church directories; news clippings; publications; reports from various Sunday School classes; two boy scout troops supported by the church; maps; scrapbooks; albums; photographs; and information related to various foundations which presented the church with benefices. In addition are included files related to the deconsecration of the church and records and reports from various societies including United Methodist Women, the Wesleyan Service Guild, Women's Methodist Society, and Women's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). The collection also ranges from news clippings and drawings to photographs of several bishops, all forty-two ministers who served the church throughout its history, and many church members. There are also copies of two histories of the church in manuscript form spanning its entire existence, as well as works by Augusta Evans Wilson and Emily Staples Hearin, two of the church's many notable members.

19 reels microfilm : positive ; 35 mm.

University of South Alabama, Marx Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7545148

University of South Alabama, Marx Library

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