John Samuel Stamm Collection

Elementos de identidade

Código de referência

US NjMdUMCG 3691

Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora

Nível de descrição

Coleção

Título

John Samuel Stamm Collection

Data(s)

  • 1912-1963 (Produção)

Dimensão

1.0 cubic feet

Nome do produtor

(1878-1956)

História biográfica

John Samuel Stamm (1878-1956) was born in Elida, Kansas in 1878. After only five grades in public school, at the age of twenty he applied to the Evangelical College and Seminary. Not qualifying for advanced academic work, he took sub-academy courses, and twelve years later graduated from both the college and the seminary. After several parish appointments, he served the Glasgow Evangelical Mission in Missouri.

Stamm married Priscilla Wahl on March 19, 1912. He was elected to teach systematic theology at the Evangelical Seminary in Naperville, Illinois, and remained in this post until he was elected bishop in 1922. During his first eight years as bishop, Stamm served as General Secretary of Evangelism. Following his episcopal assignment he was President of the School of Theology in Reading, Pennsylvania until 1941. After this assignment , he served as President of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches 1945-1949, and then the Federal Council of Churches from 1948-1950. Stamm retired in 1950. He then moved back to Kansas City, Missouri, where he continued to preach. Bishop Stamm died on March 5, 1956.

Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

The John Samuel Stamm Collection is comprised of two series. In the first series there are three typed manucript volumes which include lectures, Bible studies, and orientation messages delivered to Evangelical Seminary students in 1955. Other bound manuscript volumes include a commentary on I Thessalonians; an autobiobraphy; two volumes of sermons; letters of appreciation on the occasion of Stamm's retirement as well as a volume of Remembrances; and a history of the proceedings in the union of the Church of the United Brethren and the Evangelical Church. The second series is comprised of two scrapbooks containing clippings, articles, and expressions of appreciation at the time of his death.

Sistema de arranjo

Arrangement Series: Manuscripts Series: Scrap Books

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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    Existência e localização de originais

    Existência e localização de cópias

    Material arquivístico relacionado

    Priscilla Marie Wahl Stamm Papers

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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.

    Nota geral

    When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, John Samuel Stamm 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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    Nota do arquivista

    Prepared by Mark Shenise, Associate Archivist

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