Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1832-1927 (Creation)
Extent
0.18 cubic feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Samuel H. Baumgartner (1860-1936), an Evangelical Association minister of the Indiana Conference, was born March 2nd, 1860, near Vera Cruz, Indiana and died in 1936. He married Kessie Keipper in 1886.
Baumgartner was licensed as a preacher on probation in April 1887 at Rochester, Indiana, ordained as a deacon in 1889, and an elder in 1891. He served for twelve years in six fields, namely, West Point (Bipus), two; Rochester City, one; Kendallville and Avilla, two; Ft. Wayne First, four; and Wabash, two. Baumgartner was appointed Secretary of Conference by Bishop J. J. Esher in 1891 and consecutively for the following nine times.
In 1899 the conference elected him presiding elder, an office in which he served eight years on the Elkhart and Ft. Wayne districts. In 1907 and 1908 he served First Church in Indianapolis. From 1909 to 1922, he again served as presiding elder on all presiding elder districts of the conference. In 1923, Baumgartner resigned as presiding elder to become solicitor of funds for the liquidation of the debt on the Old Peoples Home, and in 1927, completed forty years of active service to the Evangelical Church.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Three bound diaries. The first few pages of the third volume also contain notes created by John Roesner. Article clipping from 1927 Evangelical Messenger that sums up his service to the church.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged by record type and by chronological date.
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
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
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.
Specialized notes
- Citation: When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Samuel Baumgartner 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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Description control element
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Prepared by Sofia Novozilova, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Evangelical Association of North America (Subject)
- Roesner, John (Subject)