PITTS THEOLOGY LIBRARY
ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS DEPT.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (U.S.)  NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Administrative files, 1707-1989.

RECORD GROUP NUMBER 025-1

EXTENT:  6 cubic feet (8 legal-size archives boxes, 1-5.5” x 12” box, 1 small oversize box, 1 large oversize box, and 3 oversize folders)

ACCESS: Unrestricted

REPRODUCTION: All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

COPYRIGHT: Information on copyright (literary rights) available from repository.

CITATION: United Methodist Church (U.S.) North Georgia Conference Administrative files, RG 025-1, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University

Scope and Content

This collection consists of a variety of records created at the conference level of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church, as well as the preceding denominations, the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.), the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (M.E.C.,S.), and the Methodist Church.  They are arranged by the type of activities that generated the records and then chronologically.  The majority of the local Annual Conference (1923-1989) and the national General Conference (1883-1980) records consist of handbooks, programs, and handouts, in addition to correspondence regarding meeting arrangements.  Information about ministerial qualifications, appointments, and disciplinary action is included in the Clergy series (1707-1976).  Of interest to the researcher are the accusations of financial mismanagement made against the Rev. J. S. Stewart, who was at one time treasurer of the Board of Missions of the North Georgia Conference.  Both the Board of Stewards (1790-1847) and Financial (1881-1974) series contain information on conference accounts.  The Treasurer record books within the latter series are from the Georgia Conference of the Central Jurisdiction, covering the years before its integration with the North Georgia Conference.  The Board of Trustees minutes within the Property (1951-1960) series deal mainly with the Wesley Memorial building.  

CONTAINER LISTING
BOX/FOLDER  	DESCRIPTION                             	DATE
		Annual conference
		Entertainment committee: 
2/1		   Correspondence				1923
9		   Response cards				1923					
2/2		Meeting materials				1954, 1956
2/3		Meeting materials				1957-1958
2/4		Meeting materials				1960
2/5		Meeting materials				1961-1963
2/6		Meeting materials				1964
3/1		Meeting materials				1965-1966, 1968
3/2		Meeting materials				1970
3/3		Meeting materials				1971-1972
3/4		Meeting materials				1979, 1981-1982
3/5		Meeting materials				1988
3/6		Meeting materials				1989
4/1		Program planning material			1974-1975
4/2		Resolutions					1916-1965

		Board of Stewards	
4/3		Register book [photocopy]			1790-1812
4/4		Register book [photocopy]			1814-1823
12/1		Reports						1832
12/2		Reports						1834-1835
12/3		Reports						1836
11/1		Reports						1837
11/2		Reports						1838
12/3		Reports						1839
12/4		Reports						1841
11/3		Reports						1842
4/5		Reports						1843
8/2		Reports						1844
4/6		Reports						1845
4/7		Reports						1846
4/8		Reports						1847

		Clergy
		Certificates of ordination:
1/1		   Deacon					1835-1921
1/2		   Elder					1861-1922
1/3		   Local preacher				1918
1/4		   Traveling connection				1909-1921
		Directories:
4/9		   Ministerial members				1961
4/10		   Ministerial members				1966-1968
		   Ministers and missionaries:			1707-1966
4/11		      A-B
4/12		      C-D
5/1		      E-G
5/2		      H-I
5/3		      J-K
5/4		      L-M
5/5		      N-R
5/6		      S
5/7		      T-V	
6/1		      W-Z
6/2		   Pastoral assignments				1962-1963, 1966-1967
6/3		   Pastoral assignments				1968, 1971, 1976
6/4		List of pastoral assignments in Georgia		1769-1879
		Trials and disciplinary action:
1/5								1871
1/6		   J. S. Stewart				1891
1/7		   J. S. Stewart				1891
1/8								1909-1910
1/9								1911
1/10								1914
1/11								1915
1/12								1916
1/13								1917	

		Financial
6/5		Methodist funds crusade				1961-1962, 1970
		Treasurer records:
10		   Record book [bound]				1965-1971
10/1		      Loose material				1966-1973	
10/		   Record book [bound]				1971-1972
10/2		      Loose material				1971-1974
6/6		   Report transcript				1881, 1884-1885

		General Conference
		Atlanta:
6/7		   Correspondence				1968-1972
6/8		   Handouts					1968-1972
7/1		   Newsletters					1972
7/2		   Press releases				1972
7/3		   Structure study commission report		1972
7/4		   Women’s caucus material			1972
7/5		Centenary committee correspondence		1883-1884
7/6		Correspondence					1976-1980
7/7		Correspondence					1976-1980
7/8		Correspondence					1976-1980

		Miscellaneous
7/9		Event programs					1957-1980
7/10		Memorial session minutes			1918
7/11		Soil stewardship week material			1960
1/13		Seal						1866

		Property
8/1		Board of Trustees minutes [bound]		1951-1960
Last Modified: 11/30/2015 (bcw)