Matthew Simpson Hughes Papers

Elementos de identidad

Código de referencia

US NjMdUMCG 560

Nombre y localización del repositorio

General Commission on Archives and History

Nivel de descripción

Colección

Título

Matthew Simpson Hughes Papers

Fecha(s)

1882-1917 (Creación)

Extensión

1.68 cubic feet

Nombre del productor

Hughes, Matthew Simpson

(1863-1920)

Historia biográfica

Matthew Simpson Hughes (1863-1920) was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister and bishop. He was educated at Linsly Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia, and at the University of West Virginia. At the university, Hughes studied law and medicine, but did not graduate with a degree. Instead, he became the city editor of the Parkersburg Daily Journal.

In 1887, Hughes was ordained and joined the Iowa Conference, where his first appointment was to the Ewart circuit. A year later, he married Harriet Francis Wheeler. During the Spanish-American War, Hughes was chaplain of the First Minnesota Regiment.

Hughes held pastorates at Chestnut Street Church in Portland, Maine (1890- 1894); Wesley Church in Minneapolis (1894-1898); Independence Avenue Church in Kansas City, Missouri (1898-1908); and First Church in Pasadena, California (1908-1916). From 1908-1911 he was also a professor of theology at the Maclay College of Theology of the University of Southern California. In 1904, he was chosen as a fraternal delegate to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, meeting. In 1916 Hughes was elected bishop and assigned to the Portland, Oregon area. He died there at the end of his first quadrennium, on April 4, 1920.

Hughes published The Higher Ritualism, a collection of sermons, in 1907. He also wrote The Logic of Prohibition in 1915, as well as numerous articles in magazines.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This collection contains the sermons and prayers of Matthew Simpson Hughes. The sermons, given between 1888 and 1917, document his ministerial career. Hughes placed each of his sermons in an envelope on which he noted the title and the date and location where he preached the sermon. The majority of the sermons were given in Kansas City, Missouri, and Pasadena, California. He also preached in Iowa, Maine, and Minnesota. Most of the sermons are handwritten. Only a few are typed. Many of the sermons contained draft, revision, and alternate copies. There are approximately five hundred sermons in this collection. Some of the topics addressed by Hughes include missions and morality.

Twenty-four sermons have no text reference, and are arranged alphabetically. This includes a lecture on the evolution of women. News clippings, articles, and small note cards were also part of the envelopes. The clippings include Hughes' published sermons which appeared in newspapers, as well as articles and news stories that supported or related to his sermons. The note cards contain brief bibliographic references to works Hughes used in preparing a sermon. The clippings, articles, and note cards have been photocopied onto acid free paper. All the items related to the sermon were kept together and placed in an acid free mini folder with the title and text reference noted on the outside of the folder. The last folder in this collection contains fourteen prayers prepared by Hughes. Eight of these prayers are dated from 1898 and 1902. The remainder are undated.

Sistema de arreglo

The Matthew Simpson Hughes Papers have been organized by record type. Sermons were divided by book of the Protestant Bible using the first text reference in the sermon. The sermons are arranged by book of the Bible and then by chapter and verse. Those sermons with no text reference are arranged alphabetically by title. The folder of prayers is arranged chronologically. Dated sermons and undated prayers have been separated by an acid free divider.

Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos

Condiciones de acceso

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

Acceso físico

Acceso técnico

Condiciones

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 del material

inglés

Escritura(s) de los documentos

Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras

Instrumentos de descripción

Elementos de adquisición y valoración

Historial de custodia

Origen del ingreso

Valoración, selección y eliminación

Acumulaciones

Elementos de material relacionado

Existencia y localización de originales

Existencia y localización de copias

Unidades de descripción relacionadas.

For additional biographical materials on Matthew Simpson Hughes see the Records of the Methodist Church, Board of Missions, Biographical Reference Series

Additional material on Hughes is located in the Missionary Biographical Files

Descripciones relacionadas

Eben Samuel Johnson Collection

Elemento notas

Nota general

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Matthew Simpson Hughes Papers, 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.