Archives of Ohio United MethodismThe Archives of Ohio United Methodism is the official repository for materials generated or owned by the East and West Ohio Conferences of The United Methodist Church and their antecedents, their organizations, districts, churches, and individuals associated with the Conferences. It is jointly sponsored and supported by the two Conferences, which merged their collections at Ohio Wesleyan University in 2003.
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Constituents Served:
The collection contains:
Contact:
Research Questions?: The United Methodist Archives have recently relocated from Ohio Wesleyan University to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. For assistance, please direct your inquiry to [email protected]. Thank you for your patience during this time of transition.
- East and West Ohio Conference local church historians
- East and West Ohio Conference church members
- East and West Ohio Conference ministers, administrators, and commissions
- Ohio Wesleyan University students and faculty
- Research scholars
- Genealogists
The collection contains:
- Books about the history of United Methodism in Ohio and other U.S. states
- Manuscripts and conference proceedings relevant to the history of Ohio United Methodism (Methodist Episcopal, Evangelical Association, United Brethren, Methodist Protestant, EUB, Methodist, United Methodist)
- Artifacts, photos, and other museum objects depicting the history of United Methodism in Ohio
- Publications of The United Methodist Church
- Local church history files
- Membership records of closed and abandoned churches
- Dead Ministers file (index to clergy who have died--service records & locations of memoirs, photos, etc.)
- Many newspapers, journals, and periodicals, including the Western Christian Advocate, Ladies' Repository, Der Christliche Apologete, Haus und Herd, Der Christliche Botschafter, Methodist History
- Items of special interest, such as the James B. Finley correspondence, Bishop Thomas A. Morris papers, the Roy Leedy Evangelical book collection, a significant collection of material relating to German Methodism, and a large collection of hymnals and tune books.
Contact:
Research Questions?: The United Methodist Archives have recently relocated from Ohio Wesleyan University to the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. For assistance, please direct your inquiry to [email protected]. Thank you for your patience during this time of transition.