Mason Crum papers, 1885-1974.

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Mason Crum papers, 1885-1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53906380

The Mason Crum papers contain correspondence, printed material, manuscripts of books and articles, clippings, photographs and glass slides, and a sound recording. Major subjects include religious aspects of race relations and segregation, African American religion and churches, Gullah dialect and culture, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Lake Junaluska retreat.

7000 items (6.0 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7672809

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University. Department of Religion

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Duke University

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Crum, Mason, b. 1887.

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Mason Crum (1887-1980) served as a Professor in the Dept. of Religion at Duke University from 1930 to 1957. He studied race relations and Christianity, as well as social history of the Gullah community of the South Carolina Sea Islands. From the description of Mason Crum papers, 1885-1974. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 53906380 Educator, author, Methodist minister; born Frederick Mason Crum; A.B. Wofford College, 1909; Ph.D., University of South...