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This collection contains 19 diaries prepared by Spencer Lewis while he was a missionary in China. Some of the diaries contain more than one year.

This collection contains photographs, portraits, photograph albums, correspondence, higher education documents and artifacts from the missionary work of the Stahl family members. The numerous photographs and photograph albums contain images of former students including wedding photographs, other missionary workers and various landscapes in China.

This collection contains seven folders of stereoscopic photographs that were used primarily for Sunday School lessons in the early 20th century. A portion of the photographs are stamped with the corresponding age level lesson and date. With one exception, all of the photographs illustrate Bible lands with appropriate notations. There is one slide that documents a meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church's bishops at an unknown location. Underwood and Underwood published most of the slides though there are a few from H. C. White Company.

The records are composed of meeting minutes and reports of the Commission.

This accession contains the sermon and travel notes of Sylvanus C. Breyfogel. There are also several notebooks, letters, reports and eulogies. The writings include addresses, articles and sermons written by Breyfogel. There are several note cards and posters advertising the Bishops lectures and a program from a centenary celebration. This accession also includes some legal documents and financial records.

This collection contains items related to the Karl E. Anderson family. The bulk of this collection are Karl Anderson's diaries which are dated 1897-1905, 1914-1915, 1924, 1926-1927, and 1929-1934. The diaries contain information about his daily experiences and religious observations. Other records include sermons and writings which are in outline format (undated), notes from which Anderson preached (undated), and a poem (undated). There are also several biographical materials (1931-1970) in this collection. Dorothea Anderson's materials of creative writings (undated) are located in a single folder. These items are mostly plays and articles on Indian mission subjects.

There is also a folder of letters and articles (1933- 1945) by or about Bishop William F. Oldham. This includes correspondence from Oldham and a copy of his funeral service bulletin. Oldham was the subject of a 3,000 word biography written by Emma Anderson. Helen Rieger Emmerson has a manuscript (1970) on the history of the Lisbon, Iowa, United Methodist Church. This piece covers the time period when Anderson pastored the church. In addition there are two photographs: one of the General Committee of the Foreign Mission Board from November 1913, and a second picture of the General Executive Committee of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society in October 1923. The two artifacts in this collection include a Bidar metal vase (undated) with a copy of a legend and a woven straw tray (undated).

The largest amount of material consists of sermons. The sermons range in date from 1933 until 1993, with revisions of previous sermons as late as 1996. Sermons were arranged either alphabetically or topically. The topics generally deal with special events such as the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi, VE Day, VJ Day and funerals. There are also notes and reference material which he used to write the sermons. Also included are his orders of worship, or bulletins, and copies of the prayers he used in worship or collected. There is also correspondence, poetry and biographical information on Christman in these papers. The biographical material deals with his childhood, his seminary days and his ministry and family. There is also reference material used in his sermons and in his historical writings for the Northeast Jurisdictional newsletter.

This collection contains materials related to Virginia M. Atkinson. Included in this collection is correspondence from 1886-1950. This includes outgoing correspondence written by Atkinson between 1886 and 1941, letters addressed to her friends and associations, and birthday greetings received by Atkinson on her eightieth birthday. Many of these letters are from her former students. There is also an address book kept by Atkinson. Personal reminiscences of Atkinson are contained in these papers. This includes remarks about her travel to China from Georgia, conditions in Shanghai, travel in the interior regions of China, and events in Soochow. There are approximately twenty personal accounts of several Chinese individuals who became refugees during the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1938- 1941). Atkinson had some connection to these people, but it is unclear as to whether she interviewed them for an oral history project or recounted their stories or rewrote what she was told by them. Some of the accounts are handwritten, and others are typed. A charity distribution list kept by Atkinson during this time is available. It contains a record of cash receipts from 1938 and a relief fund record from 1941. Other items in this collection include a few documents written in Chinese, an undated speech given by one of Atkinson's pupils, a 1932 news clippings from an unidentified newspaper on the troubles in China, and three small photographs: one of Atkinson in her later years, one of Yui Soo-Lan, and one of an unidentified man. In addition, there is also some biographical material on a student Atkinson sponsored, Katherine Lew. Included are two undated letters written by Lew and some biographical information on her and her husband, Timothy Tingfang Lew.

The collection contains Thomas C. Nixon's journals beginning from 1815 to 1872. The journals reflect Nixon's daily activities including personal and business relationships, preaching, and his plantation activity among other topics. Here we see how Nixon's character develops over time and details related to his ministry, especially preaching, and his emotional reactions regarding suspension from the annual conference and the issue of slavery. The early journals discuss a great deal about his dedicated circuit-riding days whereas the later journals reflect on his life as a plantation owner. The collection also contains notebooks, loose journal pages, sermon notes, financial records, and clippings. There is also a photocopied collection of material related to the Nixon Family’s history which contains correspondences, copies of photographs, journals, notebooks, and sermons material along with additional family records.

This accession consists of bound volumes containing various New York area local church marriage, baptism, probationer and membership records. A few series also contain other types of records, including minutes and historical information.

Bethel – Marriage and Baptism 1927-1951

Brooklyn Deaconess Association – Minutes and 1913-1919

Buffalo – Marriage and Baptism 1911-1913

Centenary – Marriage, Baptism and Membership 1839-1857

Embury – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1867-1922

First Place – Marriage and Baptism 1857-1924

Fleet Street – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1850-1920

Grand - Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1861-1870

Gravesend – Marriage, Baptism, and Membership 1899-1914

Greene Avenue – Marriage, Baptism, and Membership 1868-1892

Herkimer Street – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1887-1918

Janes Street – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1859-1948

Johnson Street – Marriage, Baptism, and Membership 1857-1893

Leonard Street – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1869-1896

Sands Street – Marriage, Baptism, Membership, Financial Records and Minutes 1794-1945

Simpson Street – Marriage and Baptism 1850-1920

South Fifth Street (St. John’s) – Marriage and Baptism 1851-1891

South Second Street – Marriage, Baptism and Membership 1856-1918

St. James – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1900-1950

St. John’s – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1850-1957

St. Luke’s – Marriage, Baptism and Probationers 1881-1898

St. Paul’s – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1879-1912

Sumner Avenue – Marriage, Baptism and Membership 1892-1919

Union Street – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1870-1924

Warren Street – Baptism, Marriage and Membership 1865-1896, 1947-1961

Washington Street – Marriage and Baptism 1876-1893

Williams Street – Marriage, Baptism, Probationers and Membership 1851-1880

York Street – Marriage, Baptism and Membership 1850-1913