J. D. Domer Collection

Elementos de identidade

Código de referência

US NjMdUMCG 4195

Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora

General Commission on Archives and History

Nível de descrição

Coleção

Título

J. D. Domer Collection

Data(s)

1876 (Produção)

Dimensão

0.17 cubic feet

Nome do produtor

Domer, J. D.

(1841-1902)

História biográfica

J. D. Domer (1841-1902), American ministers, was born in Venago County, Pennsylvania, in 1834. He entered the ministry in 1861 in the Pittsburgh Conference of the Evangelical Association. In 1891, when the division within the Evangelical Association led to the formation of the United Evangelical Church, Domer joined the Ohio Conference of that same splinter group. He was an itinerant minister for 38 years until his death in 1902.

Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

This collection contains a variety of handwritten essays dealing with Sunday schools, class meetings, historical notes on the charitable society and the denomination, the episcopacy, sermon preparation, and church polity. There are nine essays. In addition, there is a unique leather case in the collection in good condition size 6 x2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches and has a 36 inch strap which wraps around the case to secure it. It is referred to as a sermon case and may have been designed to fit into a saddlebag. The case is filled with a collection of Domer's sermons on a variety of topics and texts. Most of them a readable. Only two are dated. Both were preached at New Hamburg, Pennsylvania in 1876.

Sistema de arranjo

The materials in this collection are arranged by record type.

Condições de acesso e uso dos elementos

Condições de acesso

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

Acesso físico

Acesso técnico

Condiçoes de reprodução

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 do material

inglês

Escrita do material

Notas ao idioma e script

Instrumentos de descrição

Elementos de aquisição e avaliação

História custodial

Fonte imediata de aquisição

Informações de avaliação, seleção e eliminação

Incorporações

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Elemento de notas

Nota geral

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

Citação: When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, J. D. Domer 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.