Newton T. Gottschall Collection

Identity elements

referentie code

US NjMdUMCG 717

Name and location of repository

General Commission on Archives and History

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Titel

Newton T. Gottschall Collection

Datum(s)

1921-1971 (Vervaardig)

Omvang

0.66 cubic feet

Naam van de archiefvormer

Gottschall, Newton Tennis

(1893-1979)

Biografie

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

Bereik en inhoud

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.

Ordeningstelsel

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

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

There are no restrictions regarding this collection.

Physical access

Technical access

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

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

Engels

Scripts of the material

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

Toegangen

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Geschiedenis beheer

Directe bron van verwerving

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Aanvullingen

Related materials elements

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

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

Algemene aantekening

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