Elementos de identidad
Código de referencia
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1805-1815 (Creación)
Extensión
20.025 cubic feet
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Robert Richford Roberts (1778-1843) was born in Frederick County, Maryland on August 2, 1778. He migrated to Mercer County, Pennsylvania where he lived as a frontiersperson with his wife Elizabeth Oldham of York County, Pennsylvania. Roberts was admitted on trial in the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and ordained by Bishops Asbury and Coke in 1804 and 1806. After several appointments in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, he was elected a bishop in 1816. In 1819 Roberts moved to Indiana where he became known as "the log cabin" bishop. His episcopal journeys took him from Maine to Mississippi and to the Indian missions west of Arkansas. Roberts died in Indiana on March 26, 1843.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Bishop Roberts was a typical itinerant circuit rider for the Methodist Episcopal Church. The saddlebags were a common tool for such men. Methodist ministers literaly lived out of their saddlebags for large blocks of time. These bags reflect the wear and tear that accompanied their normal usage.
Also included in this collestion is Robert's pocket watch, Bible and rocking chair.
Sistema de arreglo
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
Acceso físico
Acceso técnico
Condiciones
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.
Idiomas del material
- inglés
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Origen del ingreso
Valoración, selección y eliminación
Acumulaciones
Elementos de material relacionado
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas.
Related material and topics can be found at : Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Descripciones relacionadas
Elemento notas
Nota general
The purpose of this finding aid is to help you understand the nature of this collection and to assist you in the retrieval of material from this collection. The following pages contain a brief biographical history of the person, or persons, who created or collected these papers, followed by a general description of the collection in the scope and content note. If more detailed information is warranted then series descriptions also appear. The container listing appears last and is the listing of material in each box, or container, of this collection.
To request material you need to turn to the container listing section. It is essentially a listing of file folders, or artifact items, in the collection. Each folder, or item, has a call number associated with it. Each folder also lists the inclusive dates of the material in the folder. On the material request form list both the call number and the folder, or item, title. Use a different line for each folder, or item, requested. When your request sheet is complete, or full, bring it to the archivist and the material will be retrieved.
Notas especializadas
- Mención: When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Bishop Robert Richford Roberts Papers, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Área de control de la descripción
Reglas o convenciones
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Recommendation: The saddle bags need periodic cleaning and reconditioning.
Nota del archivista
The rocking chair needs complete restoration.
Nota del archivista
The watch is missing the winding key.
Nota del archivista
Prepared by Robert Drew Simpson, Assistant Archivist and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist