Camp Glisson (Dahlonega, Ga.) records, 1937-1976.

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Camp Glisson (Dahlonega, Ga.) records, 1937-1976.

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This collection consists of a scrapbook, an account book, copies of "The Glissonette," a newsletter composed daily during summer camp sessions, and miscellaneous materials. The scrapbook contains materials collected by Zola Marshall, who served as camp director from 1937-1941. The materials include program books, financial reports, sample copies of registration materials, and the director's annual reports to the General Board of Christian Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, all from 1937-1941. Also included are photographs and newspaper clippings about the camp. The account book contains camp financial records from 1942 through 1947. The Board of Managers materials consist of meeting minutes, reports, and handouts from 1973 to 1976. "The Glissonette" newsletter (July 7-11, 1941; July 9-15, 1944; July 8-19, 1945; July 1-19, 1946) provides information about daily camp activities, cabin inspection reports, and other news items of interest to campers. A folder of miscellaneous materials contains a cash report for 1943, a list of camp officials for July 9-15, 1944, a 1945 letter regarding soft drink supplies, fundraising brochures for 1946 and 1961, a 1951 flyer for the Rome District Youth Camp, and newspaper clippings.

.5 cubic ft. (1 legal-size archives box)

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Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology

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United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Georgia Conference

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The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) was organized at the church's General Conference of 1830. The members met for the first time in Macon, Georgia, in 1831. Within a few years the church began to struggle with the issue of slavery. Unable to reach an agreement, the church divided in 1844 and the slave-holding states formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (M.E.C.,S.). In 1866 the Georgia Conference of the M.E.C.,S. was divided into the ...

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