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Date(s)
- 1956-1970 (Creation)
Extent
0.54 cubic feet
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Commission on Interjurisdictional Relations developed the plan which abolished the racially segregated Central Jurisdiction.
Created in 1956 as the Commission to Study the Jurisdictional System, it was re-constituted in 1960 as the Commission on Interjurisdictional Relations. The records here constitute material kept by Leonard Slutz, the secretary for the North Central delegation of the commission.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
These series contains minutes of the meetings, correspondence, resolutions, research projects.
System of arrangement
Arrangement Series: Advisory Councils Series: Interjurisdictional Relations subseries: Documents subseries: Minutes and Correspondence Series: Jurisdictional System
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Denominational agency journals, reports and committee minutes are open to the public unless they have been closed in accordance with requirements specified in the Discipline. Denominational agency staff office records are closed for twenty-five (25) years after creation. Personnel records are closed for at least 75 years. Appeals can be made to the General Commission on Archives and History, P. O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
Languages of the material
- English
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General note
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Interjurisdictional Commission Records, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items' call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
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Archivist's note
Prepared by Jean Yrigoyen, Assistant Archivist, and L. Dale Patterson, Archivist