Catherine Ezell Collection

Zone d'identification

Cote

US NjMdUMCG 681

Nom et localisation du dépôt

General Commission on Archives and History

Niveau de description

Collection

Titre

Catherine Ezell Collection

Date(s)

  • 1941-1989 (Création/Production)

Importance matérielle

0.53 cubic feet

Nom du producteur

Ezell, Catherine
(1913-1998)

Notice biographique

Catherine Ezell (1913-1998) was a deaconess in the Methodist Church. She attended Central College (Missouri) from 1931-1933 and received her B. A. (1941) and M.A. (1951) from Scarritt College (Tennessee). Ezell taught in Missouri public schools from 1935 to 1939 and was commissioned a deaconess in 1940. From 1941 to 1945 she did rural church and community work in the Missouri Conference. In 1946 Ezell became the superintendent of Scarritt College's Rural Center in Crossville, Tennessee. She went to Hawaii in 1951-1954 to continue her work with rural churches and communities and became the superintendent of students at the Scarritt College in Hawaii. In 1954 Ezell was appointed the coordinator of a Georgia Rural Work program, and in 1955 she worked in Johnson City, Tennessee, with the Holston Valley Rural Work program. She served on the faculty of National College (Missouri) from 1959-1964 and was an assistant professor of rural work at Central College beginning in 1964.

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Portée et contenu

The papers of Catherine Ezell contain a variety of articles and materials on deaconesses. There are several annual reports from the Commission on Deaconess Work (1951-1970). A copy of the 1976 annual report from the National Division of the Board of Global Ministries is contained in these papers. Magazine articles and photographs concerning US-2s are included. This material dates from 1951 to 1989. Several articles about deaconesses and about rural work (1941- 1983) are part of this collection. Most of the articles in this collection pertain to what is now known as Church and Community Work which is part of the National Division of the General Board of Global Ministries. In addition, there are copies of the Deaconess Home Missionary News and View Newsletter from 1956-1980. Material from deaconesses' conferences and convocations from 1951-1976 have also been included in her papers.

Mode de classement

The collection is arranged by record type with a subsequent arrangement by chronological date for each item.

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Conditions d'accès

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

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Conditions de 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.

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      Sources complémentaires

      Records of the National Division of the General Board of Global Ministries

      Records of the Mission Education and Cultivation Program Department of the General Board of Global Ministries

      Descriptions associées

      Élément de notes

      Note générale

      When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Catherine Ezell Collection, 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.

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      Note de l'archiviste

      Prepared by Sophia Novozilova, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist

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