Darrell L. Reeck Collection

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Reference code

US NjMdUMCG 2074

Name and location of repository

General Commission on Archives and History

Level of description

Collection

Title

Darrell L. Reeck Collection

Date(s)

  • 1970 (Creation)

Extent

0.36 cubic feet

Name of creator

Reeck, Darrell L.
(1939-)

Biographical history

Darrell L. Reeck (1939- ), American ethics scholar, university administrator and ordained United Methodist minister, was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1939. In 1962, the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, Methodist Church, accepted him as candidate for ordination. He was later ordained an elder by the same annual conference in 1965. After completing his doctoral studies in Religious Studies with a focus on Ethics from Boston University he joined the faculty at University of Puget Sound and would become an assistant dean during his tenure. Reeck also worked as a money manager for the United Methodist Development Fund as well as other financial institutions. He finished his career in United Methodist ministry and retired in 2006.

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Scope and content

This accession contains the typed transcripts of interviews and conversations concerning the history of social change in Kori and Bumpe Chiefdoms in Sierra Leone. There are 148 total interviews, but several individuals gave more than one interview. The manuscript is 902 pages in length. The data presented here was used in the preparation of a 1970 Ph.D. dissertation written at Boston University entitled, "A Socio- historical Analysis of Modernization and Related Mission Influences in Two Chiefdoms in West Africa, 1875-1940.

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There is no series arrangement due to its small physical size.

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There are no restrictions on this collection.

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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.

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  • English

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    1995-275

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    When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Darrell L. Reeck 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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    Archivist's note

    Prepared by Matthew Van Horne, Student Intern and Kristen D. Turner, Associate Archivist

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