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The collection holds petitions and committee minutes from the various General Conferences for the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Uniting Conference of the Methodist Church (1939), and the United Methodist Church. The Methodist Episcopal series begins in 1800, with hand- written minutes and concludes with 1938. The United Methodist Church series begins with 1972. The material deals with all matters which came before the committees of the General Conference. Actions of the committees where passed onto the floor of the General Conference and if passed where incorporated into the Discipline. The minutes of the committee work usually does not include a transcript of their discussions, only their actions on the various petitions before them. The distinction between the petition original and copy is that the original was kept by the General Conference's administrative office, while the copy went to the committee. Late petitions arrived at the administrative offices after the filing deadline. To see actual floor debates or the reports of agencies or special commissions to the General Conference see the Journal of the General Conference and/or the Daily Christian Advocate.

The Evangelical United Brethren records begin with 1946 and end with 1966 The Church of the United Brethren in Christ records begin with 1901 and end at 1945. There is also a folder with some records for the 19th century. There are no records for the Evangelical Association.

This collection contains the records of the Commission, which include reports, minutes, working papers, and correspondence.

This collection contains thirty pastor's pocket record books. These notebooks record such information as membership rolls, pastoral visits, expenses, sermon topics, salaries, and other notations.

This collection contains material from Hartzler's years in Japan. Included are sermons and sermon notes, a journal of sermons, speeches, and cultural/social/historical observations of Japan, a handwritten book in Japanese script with drawings, and two ledgers used for translation notes. Some of the sermon notes were found in Broadus " Commentary on Matthew," which was in Hartzler's library. There is an oversized photograph which includes Hartzler, his wife and Japanese women.

The collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondences, and reports which primarily document the 1934 defaulted bonds controversy. The material is extremely anti-Methodist.

Records contain the correspondence between Consultation members in the early years of the organization.

This collection consists of three scrapbooks filled primarily with clippings from The Religious Telescope, a church newspaper of the United Brethren Church, and from assorted newspapers. These were compiled by C. I. B. Brane while he was active as the Washington correspondent for the magazine and the popular pastor of the Washington, D.C. United Brethren Church. The clippings are a rich resource for both religious and secular history in the latter years of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. In addition there are several letters and an address on the pioneers' history of the United Brethren Church written by Brane.

This collection deals with the elimination of the Central Jurisdiction, the all-black, non-geographic jurisdiction created by the Plan of Union in 1939. Many African-American Methodists protested in 1940 against the Plan of Union because it divided the jurisdiction on racial lines.

The collection consists of printed documents related to the elimination of the Central Jurisdiction including: Cincinnati Exploratory Meeting (May 26- 28, 1962); Report of the Central Jurisdiction Study and Research Committee; An Approach to the Central Jurisdiction Problem of the Methodist Church, Pre-Conference Reflections of the Jurisdictional Problem of the Methodist Church; Summary of Proposals Regarding the Central Jurisdiction; Program and Procedures for Abolishing the Central Jurisdiction; Proposed Solution to the Central Jurisdiction Problem; Proposals Suggested for Consideration by the Special Exploratory Conference of the Central Jurisdiction; The Problem of the Central Jurisdiction and the Methodist Church; Plan for Completing the Elimination of the Central Jurisdiction; Basic Premises and Responsibility of the Central Jurisdiction Study Committee; Central Jurisdiction Exploratory Meeting (March 26-28, 1962; Introductory Statement; Study document on Realignment of the Central Jurisdiction; Creative Pursuit of an Inclusive Church; Letters of transmittal (1964).

This collection contains a small assortment of papers related to David Edwards. There are three diaries: 1861, 1862, and 1864. These describe daily events. Two articles from the Religious Telescope are included -- one by Edwards in 1851, and a response to the article. Two certificates permitting Edwards to perform marriages are included in this collection -- one is from Ohio (1860), and one from West Virginia (1873). The collection also includes a statement against secret societies, a small ledger recording donations for the Edwards Monument Fund, a wallet belonging to Edwards, and an 1860 account book. In the Biographical folder there are two portraits and short history on the bishop's life.

This collection consists of the dissertation of K. James Stein at Union Theological Seminary, submitted in 1965. There is a single volume of roughly 320 typed pages. Its focus is on the various Ecumenical currents within the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and its forerunners, along with its occasional attempts at union with denominations such as the Methodist Episcopal Church. Stein examines the attempts and explains their origins, progress and ultimate reasons (in attempts at union) for failure. The time-span largely focuses on the 19th century, with some early focus on the late-18th century. Stein depicts the ethos, and rural emphasis of the Brethren sects along with their involvement in foreign missionary work. He also makes a significant focus of the pietistic elements in Church of the United Brethren doctrine, attitude, and worship.