HYATT MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (COLLEGE PARK,
GA.)
Records, 1957-1988.
RECORD GROUP NUMBER 039
EXTENT: .8 cubic ft. (1 oversize legal archives box,
1 half-size legal archives box)
ACCESS: Unrestricted.
REPRODUCTION: All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
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CITATION: Hyatt Memorial United Methodist Church (College Park, Ga.) Records, RG 039, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
Hyatt Memorial church was founded in 1955 to serve the Gate City congregation
that was displaced when the owners of the meeting building evicted the church.
After this experience, the congregation was eager for its own building.
In November 1956, a building and property were acquired. A campaign
was begun to raise funds to refurbish the property. A new building
was constructed, opened and consecrated in March 1958. The church was
closed in December 1987, and the property was sold with proceeds to be used
for new church development.
Sources:
Hyatt Memorial church history, Box 13 Folder 24,
United Methodist Church (U.S.) North Georgia Conference Local church
histories, MSS 028, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library,
Emory University.
Lawrence, Harold. Changes in charge lines: North Georgia Conference,
1913-1996. Milledgeville, Ga.: Boyd Publishing Company, 1997.
This collection consists of financial and membership records. Financial
records include: a notebook detailing fundraising for the building, deed
and mortgage information, church insurance policies, and detailed information
on giving, budgets, and other financial concerns. Membership data includes
a church register (which has only membership information) and the 1987 report
to annual conference detailing the decline of the congregation. There
is also some correspondence and papers related to the organ.
CONTAINER LISTING
Box/Folder Description Dates
1/1 Church insurance 1985
1/2 Church insurance policy 1985
1/3 Church insurance policy 1987
1/4 Church insurance policy 1987-1988
1/5 Correspondence 1988
Financial records:
1/6 Building fund notebook 1967-1970
1/7 Building fund notebook 1967-1970
1/8 Cash receipts and disbursements 1984-1987
1/9 Church treasurer’s report 1984-1987
1/10 Deed and mortgage material 1957-1967
2/1 Financial reports 1975-1984
2/2 Financial reports 1975-1984
2/3 Financial reports 1975-1984
2/4 Financial secretary treasurers record 1973
2/5 Financial secretary treasurers record 1974
2/6 Financial secretary treasurers record 1975
2/7 Financial secretary treasurers record 1976
2/8 Organ papers 1965-1977
Membership records:
2/9 Church register 1960-1988
2/10 Church register – loose material 1960-1988
2/11 Report to annual conference 1987