Newton T. Gottschall Collection

Identity elements

Reference code

US NjMdUMCG 717

Name and location of repository

General Commission on Archives and History

Level of description

Collection

Title

Newton T. Gottschall Collection

Date(s)

1921-1971 (Creation)

Extent

0.66 cubic feet

Name of creator

Gottschall, Newton Tennis

(1893-1979)

Biographical history

Newton Tennis Gottschall (1893-1979) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to Indonesia and Hawaii. Gottschall was born in Galesburg, Illinois, on April 2, 1893. He received a bachelor of science in education degree from the University of Missouri in 1920 and a bachelor of arts from the University of Missouri in 1921. Gottschall graduated from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1929 and earned an M.A. from Northwestern University in 1930.

Upon arrival in Indonesia in 1920, he began education work. In July 192, he married Charlotte Agnes Swank of Rossville, Indiana. That same year he was received on trial in the Netherlands Indies Mission Conference. In 1923 he was granted full connection and ordained a deacon. In 1925 he was ordained an elder. From 1929-1935 Gottschall was the principal at the Methodist Boys' School in Medan.

Gottschall returned to the United States in 1935 and pastored several churches in Indiana. He was also appointed missionary secretary for the North West Indiana Conference, a position he held from 1940 to 1948. In 1949 Gottschall resumed his missionary activities in Hawaii and remained there until 1955.

Newton Gottschall died on January 26, 1979 at Wesley Manor in Frankfort, Indiana, at the age of 85. He is buried in the Rossville, Indiana Cemetery.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

This collection contains dairies, stereoscopic photographs, correspondence, clippings, bulletins, pamphlets, and publications relating to the work and ministry of Newton Tennis Gottschall. One of the diaries, written while in Indonesia, is from Charlotte Agnes Swank Gottschall.

System of arrangement

Arrangement Series: Correspondence Series: Diaries Series: Manuscripts Series: Methodist Boys' School Series: Newspaper Clippings Series: Church Bulletins Series: Publications Series: Stereoscopic Photographs

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing access

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

Physical access

Technical access

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Languages of the material

English

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Finding aids

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Custodial history

Immediate source of acquisition

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Accruals

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related archival materials

Additional material on Newton T. Gottschall can be located in the Records of the Methodist Church, Board of Missions Missionary Files Series; and the Records of the United Methodist Church, General Board of Global Ministries, World Division (Accession 1984-022).

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Notes element

General note

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Newton T. Gottschall 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 descript