Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1921-1963 (Creation)
Extent
0.18 cubic feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Zella M. Glidden (1907-1994), American Methodist missionary, served in Angola during the first half of the twentieth century. She was a professor at the William Taylor Memorial Institute in the Quessua District of Angola until 1947.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The collection contains photographs about missionary work done in Africa, mainly in Angola. There are several photographs from England, Germany, Holland and the Canary Islands. There are several event programs, one each from Ohio, Virginia and Africa and newspaper clippings concerning missionaries and Mrs. Glidden's marriage.
System of arrangement
The folders are arranged by type of material and within the folders, the material is arranged chronologically. The folders containing the photographs are NOT arranged chronologically; the material was kept in the same order as it was taken out of the scrapbooks.
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
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Missionary files series of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church
Mission Biographical Reference Files
Records of the Mission Education and Cultivation Program Department of the General Board of Global Ministries
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.
General note
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Zella M. Glidden 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.
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Prepared by Sophia Novozilova, Student Assistant
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Methodist Church (U.S.) (Subject)
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Subject)
- Kemp, John (Subject)
- Kemp, Mary (Subject)
- Springer, Helen (Subject)
- Springer, John McKendree (Subject)
- Bernardo, Joaquim (Subject)
- Withey, Herbert Cookman (Subject)
- Kioso, Angelina (Subject)
- Obrigado, Manuel (Subject)
- Lindquist, Marie (Subject)
- Edling family (Subject)
- Shields, Irene (Subject)