Zone d'identification
Cote
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Titre
Date(s)
- 1822-1889 (Création/Production)
Importance matérielle
0.5 cubic feet
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
William John Shuey (1827-1920) was a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He was born on February 9, 1827 in Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, to Adam Shuey and Hannah Aley Shuey. He entered the active ministry with the United Brethren Church in 1849, and was appointed to his first charge at Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio. In the autumn of 1851, he was transferred to Cincinnati, where he served the church for seven years. He was twice elected presiding elder in the Miami Conference of his church, and served two years as pastor of the First United Brethren Church of Dayton.
In 1855, Shuey visited Freetown, in Sierra Leone, for the purpose of locating a mission. In 1864, he was elected one of the agents of the United Brethren publishing house. Shuey helped to found a theological seminary - Union Theological Seminary in Dayton.
Shuey married Sarah Berger on March 7, 1848. They had four sons, three of whom survived to adulthood. William John Shuey died in 1920.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This collection contains a Bible Society record book and financial records. There is also a journal belonging to William John Shuey beginning January 1855, when he departed for Africa, and ending in July 1855, when he returned to the United States. The journal is accompanied by several handwritten pages of reminiscences.
Mode de classement
The collection is arranged according to record type and then chronologically within the folders.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
Accès physique
Accès technique
Conditions de 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.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
Descriptions associées
Élément de notes
Note générale
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.
Notes spécialisées
- Citation: When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, W. J. Shuey 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.
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Zone du contrôle de la description
Règles ou conventions
Sources utilisées
Note de l'archiviste
Prepared by Sophia Novozilova, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist