Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1968- 1972 (Creation)
Extent
9.0 cubic feet
Name of creator
Administrative history
This special committee established by the Uniting Conference of The United Methodist Church in 1968 was responsible for reviewing the structure of the boards and agencies of The United Methodist Church and recommending changes. Many of the changes were enacted at the 1972 General Conference.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Commission's minutes, reports and study documents are in the collection. There are reports from the various boards and agencies, study documents concerning restructuring, minutes of the meetings of the Commission, Commission correspondence, responses from the boards and agencies to various drafts of the Commission's report and the final report of the Study Commission.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged by series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Denominational agency journals, reports and committee minutes are open to the public unless they have been closed in accordance with requirements specified in the Discipline. Denominational agency staff office records are closed for twenty-five (25) years after creation. Personnel records are closed for at least 75 years. Appeals can be made to the General Commission on Archives and History, P. O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940.
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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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Notes element
General note
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Structure Study Commission (1968), United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items' call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
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Archivist's note
Prepared by Jeany Yrigoyen, Assistant Archivist, and L. Dale Patterson, Archivist