Inventory of the University Methodist Church Sunday School Record Books, 1879-1933
Collection Number 5272
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- University Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Title
- University Methodist Church Sunday School Record Books, 1879-1933
- Call Number
- 5272
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: 20
- Linear Feet: 1.5
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Administrative Information
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Nathalie Wheaton, June 2006
- Encoded by: Nathalie Wheaton, June 2006
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the University Methodist Church #5272, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Church history.
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History.
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- North Carolina--Religion--19th century.
- North Carolina--Religion--20th century.
- University Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- University United Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.)--History.
Historical Note
The University United Methodist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C., was known as University Methodist Church until 1968, when the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with the Methodist Church. The Methodist Annual Conference assigned its first Methodist minister to Chapel Hill in the 1840s. In 1853, the Methodist congregation's first church building opened its doors on Rosemary Street. In 1889, as the congregation grew, a new church was built between the University of North Carolina's campus and Franklin Street. In 1926, classrooms were added for the Church's Sunday School. In 1961, they were replaced when the Education Wing of the Church was built.
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The collection contains Sunday school record books for the University Methodist Church (predecessor of the University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1879-1933. Many of the record books, particulary the earlier ones, have detailed information, including a register with names of members and teachers; a roll of officers, teachers, and students who attended each Sunday; and a record of church services for each Sunday that may include who conducted the service, collection information, weather, subject of lesson, and a tally of Sunday school participants in attendance. A few of the record books are less detailed and provide mostly administrative information, such as reports of the secretary and treasurer, minutes, and notes.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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