CAPITOL VIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
(ATLANTA, GA.)
Records, 1916-1991.
RECORD GROUP NUMBER 015
EXTENT: 12 cubic ft. (14 legal-size archive boxes,
10 letter-size archive boxes, 2 half-size legal boxes, 1 half-size letter
box, 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder)
ACCESS: Unrestricted.
REPRODUCTION: All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
COPYRIGHT: Information on copyright (literary rights) available from repository.
CITATION: Capitol View United Methodist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) Records,
RG 015, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
Capitol View Methodist Church was organized on November 11, 1911 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Carpenter, under the direction of the Rev. Joel R. Daves, Presiding Elder of the Atlanta district. Rev. L. B. Simpson was appointed pastor in December. The small congregation held services in the members' homes until 1912. In January of that year the members organized the Sunday School and began to hold meetings in a tent at the corner of Athens Avenue and Deckner Street. The meeting site was later moved to the corner of Dill and Stewart Avenues. A lot was purchased from Mr. John Shannon in May 1912 and the foundation of the church was laid the following year. From 1913 through 1923 the congregation worshipped in this basement, under the direction of Rev. W. T. Watkins. In March 1928 construction was completed on the present church building. Over the years there were many additions made to the building as the congregation grew and the church offered more services. Church membership reached its peak in 1950 when the congregation numbered 1100 and then began a slow decline. In the summer of 1991 membership was too small to support the extensive structure of the church building, so the congregation decided to disband and surrender the property to the North Georgia Conference.
Series I: Historical files contain church histories written from 1911-1980. Series II: Church committees consists of the records of the Administrative Board, Finance Committee, Building Committee, Council on Ministries, Pastoral Committee, and the Committee on Nominations and Personnel. The Administrative Board material contains meeting minutes from 1949-1983 and one folder of correspondence from 1971. The Building Committee material documents renovations of the educational building (1956-1958) and the sanctuary (1961-1962).
Series III: Conference materials consist of quarterly conference reports, 1916-1969, and charge conference reports, 1970-1990. These contain reports of the local church committees and officials to the General Conference.
Series IV: Sunday School records consist of the General Secretary-Treasurer's books; Deckner Bible class (Every-Ready Bible class) records; and Friendship class directories (1964-1983) and class rolls (1955-1965). The General Secretary-Treasurer's books are bound and contain attendance and collection statistics of Sunday School classes, 1935-1971. The Deckner Bible class material includes a class history, 1950; constitution and by-laws, 1949; monthly business meeting minutes, 1931-1955; a list of class officers, 1931-1948; and correspondence, 1931-1934.
Series V: The Members series consists of directories of members, as well as church membership records and transfers.
Series VI: Printed material includes church bulletins, 1935-1991; "The View" newsletter, 1971 and 1974; newspaper clippings; and photographs, ca. 1940s and 1957.
Series VII: Miscellaneous records consists of general correspondence, 1966-1991, and an assortment of papers, including an inventory of church property (1950); the consecration service for the church parsonage, 1967; celebration service for the charter meeting of the Women's Society of Christian Service, 1968; "Capitol View Methodist Church: Your church"; a hymnal dedication list of donors; and a list of church staff, 1957-1958.
Series VIII: Addendum consists of material added to the collection in February 1995. It contains records for the Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Friendship class. The Woman's Society of Christian Service material includes Treasurer's ledgers, 1953-1977; quarterly reports, 1953-1966; Treasurer's records, 1941-1944; Treasurer's remittances; Auxiliary Treasurer's record and report books, 1915-1917; and a record and report book, 1956-1964. The Friendship class material consists of the contents of a scrapbook; a photo album celebrating the class's thirty-third anniversary; membership books; and a scrapbook.
CONTAINER LISTING
Box/Folder # Description Dates
Series I: Historical files 1/1 Church histories 1911-1981 Series II: Church committees Administrative Board (Board of Stewards, Official Board) 1/2-20 Meeting minutes 1949-1967 2/1-16 Meeting minutes 1968-1983, 1991 2/17 Correspondence 1971 Finance committee 3/1-31 Treasurer's monthly reports 1945-1983, 1989-1991 3/32 Budgets and proposed budgets 1946-1991 Correspondence 3/33 Treasurer 1991-1992 3/33 Finance Committee chairman 1967-1969, 1975 4/1 Account ledgers 1938-1945 4/2-5 Account ledgers 1941-1966 5 Account ledgers 1967-1991 6 Federal tax records 1955-1961 7 Federal tax records 1962-1967 8 Federal tax records 1968-1972 9 Federal tax records 1973-1978 10 Federal tax records 1979-1989 11/1-2 Federal tax records 1990-1991 11/3 State tax records 1960-1989 11/4-7 Pledges and special collections 1985-1988 11/8 Reports 1976 11/9 Insurance information 1983-1991 Investments 11/10 Hamilton Funds and Glass Rock 1967, 1969, 1980-1983 11/11 Money market accounts n.d. 11/12 Property tax receipts 1983-1991 11/13 Sale of parsonage 1966 11/14 Conference payments 1990 Building committee Renovations Educational building 12/1 Correspondence 1956-1958 12/2 Construction contracts and legal documents n.d. 12/3 Monthly pay estimate request 1957 12/4 Blueprint and miscellany n.d. Sanctuary renovation 12/5 Correspondence 1961-1962 12/6 Legal documents n.d. (contracts, guarantees, etc.) 12/7 Specifications for the renovation of Capitol View Church Sanctuary n.d. 12/8 Bid proposals n.d. 12/9 Construction changes n.d. 12/10 Statement of account n.d. 12/11 Blueprints n.d. 12/11 Dedication program 1961 Oct. 15 Council on Ministries 12/12 Meeting minutes 1970, 1972, 1976 12/12 Report 1976 Pastoral committee 12/13 Meeting minutes 1967 Sep. 3 12/14 Committee on nominations and personnel 1979-1990 12/15 List of committee members 1963-1966 Series III: Conference materials Quarterly conference reports 13/1 [Bound volume] 1916-1919 13/2 Quarterly conference reports 1919-1922 13/3-21 Quarterly conference reports 1941-1960 14 Quarterly conference reports 1960-1980 15/1 Quarterly conference reports 1981 Nov. 1 15/2 Quarterly conference reports 1982 Oct. 24 15/3 Quarterly conference reports 1983 Nov. 8 15/4 [Treasurer's report only] 1984 Oct. 21 15/5 [Treasurer's report only] 1985 Oct. 20 15/6 [Treasurer's report only] 1986 Sep. 21 15/7 [Treasurer's report only] 1987 Oct. 18 15/8 Quarterly conference reports 1988 Nov. 1 15/9 Quarterly conference reports 1989 Nov. 15 15/10 Quarterly conference reports 1990 Oct. 14 15/11 Quarterly conference reports 1990 Nov. 18 15/12 Local church report to the annual conference 1970-1991 Series IV: Sunday school 15/13-16 General Secretary-Treasurer's book for use in the local church school 1935-1946 16/1-7 General Secretary-Treasurer's book for use in the local church school 1946-1971 1946-1948 Deckner Bible class (Every-Ready Bible class) 16/8 History of class 1969 Sep. 30 16/9 Constitution and by-laws of the Deckner Bible class 1949 Jan. 25 17/1-4 Monthly business meeting minutes 1931-1948, 1955 17/5 List of class officers 1931-1948 17/6 Correspondence 1931-1934 17/7 Friendship class Class roll books 1955-1965 Directories 1964-1983 Series V: Members 18/1 Directories 1931-1932, 1935, 1939 18/2 Directories 1955, 1957,1967-1971 18/3 Directories 1973-1981 18/4 Directories 1983, 1989 Church membership certificates and transfers 1949-1974 18/5-8 A-C 19 D-Mc 20/1-4 Me-Y 20/5 List of members transferred, removed, or inactive 1944-1958, 1971-1980, 1991 21/1 Lists of members and new members 1949-1960 21/2 [Bound ledger] 1951-1989 21/3 General Correspondence 1951-1958 Series VI: Church bulletins 21/4 Church bulletins 1934 May 27, 1935 Oct. 13 21/5-14 Church bulletins 1941-1950 22 Church bulletins 1951-1961 Jan. 1 23/1-3 Church bulletins 1974, 1975 Jan.-Apr., 1991 Jan.-Jun. 23/4 "The View" newsletter 1971, 1974 23/5 Newspaper clippings n.d. Photographs 23/6 Ground breaking ceremony and prayer meeting 1957 OS folder Congregation of Capitol View Methodist Church ca. 1940s Series VII: Miscellaneous 23/7 General correspondence 1966-1991 23/8 Miscellaneous papers Inventory of church property 1950 May 17 Consecration service Capitol View Methodist 1967 Church parsonage Service of celebration, charter meeting: the 1968 Oct. organization of the W.S.C.S. "Capitol View Methodist Church: Your church" n.d. New United Methodist Hymnal dedication list of donors n.d. List of church staff 1957-1958 Series VIII: Addendum Women's Society of Christian Service 24 Treasurer's ledger 1953-1966 25/1-6 Treasurer's ledger 1966-1977 25/7 Quarterly reports 1953-1965 25/8 Quarterly reports 1956-1964 25/9 Quarterly reports 1956-1966 25/10 Treasurer's records 1941-1944 25/11 Remittance of Treasurer of the local society records n.d. 26/1 Auxiliary Treasurer's records and report books n.d. 26/2 Auxiliary Treasurer's records and report books 1915-1917 26/3 Treasurer's record and report book 1942-1944 26/4 Record and report book for Women's Society of Christian Service in the local church 1956-1960 26/5 Record and report book for Women's Society of Christian Service in the local church 1960-1964 26/6 Officer's notebook contents n.d. 26/7 Charter membership book 1968 Oct. 26/8 Roster 1960-1961 26/9 Community service pamphlets and annual report n.d. 26/10 Guest list for silver tea n.d. 26/11 Mother's Day, three "Names in memory" books n.d. 26/12 Journal of the North Georgia Conference 1962 Mar. 26-28 26/13 Two framed society "Certificates of excellence" n.d. 28/1 Recording (78 rpm) of Mrs. Frank G. Brooks, n.d. President of the W.S.C.S. Friendship class 27/1 Scrapbook contents n.d. 27/2 Photo album of thirty-third anniversary celebration n.d. 27/3 Membership books, three copies 1990 28/2 Scrapbook n.d.
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