Wyoming Conference United Methodist Church Records

An inventory of its records at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Wyoming Conference, United Methodist Church.
Title:	Wyoming Conference United Methodist Church Records
Inclusive Dates:	1806-1979
Quantity:	10.0 linear feet
Abstract:	Business files (minutes, financial records, hearing records, circuit records, school and missionary society records of individual churches of the Conference); correspondence; memorabilia; and printed material.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu

Biographical History

The Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church is an umbrella organization that connects more than 300 United Methodist congregations (with more than 60,000 individual members) in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier of New York State. The Wyoming Conference's mission is "to assist local churches in making disciples for Christ, so as to transform the world."

The first Wyoming Conference was held in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, in 1852. Two notable outgrowths of the Wyoming Conference are the Children's Home of Wyoming Conference, focused on needs of and service to children, and United Methodist Homes, whose mission revolves around needs of and service to the aged. The Conference is are also affiliated with Wyoming Seminary, one of the oldest continuously coeducational day and boarding schools in the United States.

[Portions of this biographical sketch adapted from the Wyoming Conference website at http://www.wyomingconference.org.]

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church Records contain business files, correspondence, memorabilia and printed material relating to the Wyoming Conference organization of United Methodist congregations.

Business files relates to the Wyoming Conference itself as well as to individual member churches. Types of material include both general administrative material (constitution and by-laws, anniversary publications, meeting minutes, speeches and addresses, etc.) and financial records (check stubs, bills, receipts, etc).

General Correspondence covers more than 130 years.

Assorted items of Memorabilia include photographs, scrapbooks, maps, posters, and other miscellanea.

Printed material includes Conference newsletters, historical studies, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and assorted other items.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Correspondence is arranged chronologically; all other series are alphabetical by name or topic.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Three folders of Board of Ministry Records business files are restricted.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Subject Headings

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genres and Forms

Occupations

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Wyoming Conference United Methodist Church Records
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library

Finding Aid Information

Created by: CMV
Date: 11 Dec 1979
Revision history: 20 Feb 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC); 7 May 2009 - oversize 3 added (MRC)

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Inventory

	Business files
Box 1		Adelphian Society Records 1866-1901, 1910-1930 (3 folders)
Box 1		Asbury United Methodist Church 100th Anniversary 1976
Box 1		Autobiography of H. E. Daniels 1889
		Binghamton and Vicinity Methodist Ministers' Association
Box 1			1923-1959 (4 folders)
Box 1			Receipted bills 1908-1912
Box 1			Records 1894-1913
		Binghamton District Ministerial and Literary Association
Box 1			Receipted bills 1908-1912
Box 1			Records 1894-1913
Box 1		Biography of Thomas H. Pearne 1929
Box 1		Board of Ministry Records 1942-1968 (2 folders)
			RESTRICTED:
Box 2		Board of Ministry Records 1942-1968
			RESTRICTED:
Box 2		Broad Street Church 1973 - preacher and pastor list
Box 2		Centenary Church (Syracuse, NY) - booklet
Box 2		Central United Methodist Church 1976-1977
Box 2		Charles Wesley Brotherhood 1897 - constitution and bylaws
Box 2		Children's Home of Wyoming Conference 1973 - 60th anniversary bulletin
Box 2		Church Extension Anniversary 1898
Box 2		Church Extension Society Records 1869-1878
Box 2		Commission on Archives and History 1971-1972 - minutes
Box 2		Committee reports 1964-1972
Box 2		Conference Program Council Forward Planning Committee 1969 - report
Box 2		Constitution of the Binghamton District Ministerial Association 1894-1912
Box 2		Educational Institutions Study Committee 1970 - report
Box 2		Epworth League Records 1896-1924
Box 2		Evidence concerning case of George T. Price 1899
		Financial records
Box 2			Archives and History treasurer's report and budget 1978-1979
Box 2			Budget manuals 1968-1972
Box 2			Cancelled checks and statements 1945-1950
Box 2			Capital funds study 1971
Box 2			Checks 1893-1895
Box 2			Check stubs 1943-1968 (3 folders)
Box 2			General 1963-1972 (2 folders)
Box 2			Idetown United Methodist Church 1961-1975
Box 2			Paid bills 1946-1961
Box 2			Preacher's Aid Fund records 1916-1936
Box 2			Receipts 1947-1958
			Wyoming Conference Camp Commission
Box 2				Cancelled checks 1945-1949
Box 2				Paid bills 1945-1948
Box 2				Statements 1946
Box 3		Financial reports (3 folders)
Box 3		First Wyoming Conference representative meeting 1894 - minutes
Box 3		Fragments
Box 3		Glen Lyon Church 1974 - history
Box 3		Glen Lyon Methodist Church 1973 - 85th anniversary bulletin
Box 3		Gospel Music Museum 1977 - dedication
Box 3		Hanover Circuit of Susquehanna District Records 1843-1860
Box 3		Hearing records concerning Rev. Van Valkenburg 1865
Box 3		Historical address for Wyoming Annual Conference Historical Society 1899
Box 3		Historical sketch of Oneonta District ministerial meeting 1929
Box 3		Historical speech 1931
Box 3		Historic sketch of the Binghamton District Ministerial and Literary Association 1912
Box 3		History of Methodism in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1892
Box 3		History of the "Master's Call" program
Oversize 1		Horresdale District Conference Records 1873-1878
Box 3		Huntsville United Methodist Church 1977 - 100th anniversary
Box 3		Idetown Administrative Board 1977 - agenda
Box 3		Insurance papers 1970
Box 3		Journal of the Traveling and Local Preachers' Mutual Improvement Society of the Susquehanna District 1842-1872
Box 3		Kingston, Pennsylvania Quarterly Conference minutes 1889-1914
Box 3		Ladies Aid Society Records 1914-1921
Box 3		Ladies Aid Society secretary's book 1898-1914
Box 3		Map of Methodism in the Southern States 1898
Box 3		Methodist Home for the Aged 1969 - financial reports
Box 3		Methodist Ministers' Association of Scranton Records 1906-1921 (2 folders)
Box 3		Methodist Ministers' Association of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity 1942-1947
Box 3		Methodist Quarterly Review 1867
Box 4		Ministerial Association Records 1910-1942
Box 4		Minutes of the Western New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1873
Box 4		Miscellaneous 1898-1945
Box 4		Miscellaneous history 1896
Box 4		Newport Circuit Records
Oversize 1		North Abington Charge Records
Box 4		Notes
Box 4		Oak Street United Methodist Church Records 1971-1976
Box 4		Owego District Ministerial Association 1848-1877 - minutes
Box 4		"The Pleasures of Sin" by John D. Sasson 1845
Box 4		Programs 1927-1961
Box 4		Properties Study of the Wyoming Conference 1972
Box 4		Quarterly tickets 1835-1889
Box 4		Record of pastoral work of J. T. Warner 1868-1924 (3 folders)
Box 4		Report of the Council on World Service and Finance 1964, 1968 (2 folders)
Box 4		School of Missions 1968-1975 (2 folders)
Box 4		Steward's Book
Box 4		Tour itineraries 1976
Box 4		Trucksville Church History
Box 4		United Methodist Conference daily bulletin 1976
Box 4		Untitled records 1806-1900
Box 5		Vacationland Ministries report 1967
Box 5		Whittemore Hill Church anniversary 1977-1978
Box 5		Wilkes-Barre Methodist Ministers' Association Records 1891-1924
Box 5		Will of William H. Olin
Box 5		Women's Missionary Society secretary's records 1924-1932
Box 5		Wyalusing District Ministerial Association Records 1871-1877
Box 5		Wyoming Circuit church register 1814-1848
		Wyoming Conference
Box 5			Anniversary Celebration pageant script
Box 5			Historical record 1962
Oversize 1			Journal 1885-1888
Box 5			Structure Committee minutes 1972
Box 5			Union Committee records 1971-1972
		Wyoming District
Box 5			Annual Conference Committee on Conference Relations records 1929-1954
Box 5			Epworth League Institute Commission 1936-1950
Box 5			Lyceum records 1843-1963
Box 6			Ministerial Association records 1889-1910

	Correspondence
Box 6		1844-1945
Box 6		1851-1978
Box 6		1950-1963
Box 6		1953-1956
Box 6		1964-1968
Box 6		1969-1972

	Memorabilia
Oversize 2		Cane
Oversize 2		Certificate, blank
		Etching blocks
Box 6			Wilton J. Dubrick
Box 6			Sky Lake camp scenes
Box 6			Sky Lake directors
Box 6			J. T. Warner
Oversize 3		Gavels and block (3 items)
Box 6		Map of Wyoming Conference
Box 6		Photographs (2 folders)
Oversize 2		Photographs (oversize) 1865-1913
Box 6		Portrait of William Lord Conyngham II
Box 6		Scrapbook of photographs
Box 6		Walkathon poster
Box 6		The Wesley Oak

	Printed material
		Booklets
Box 6			A history of Nichols, N.Y.
Box 6			Dimrock Camp Meeting 1976
Box 6			The McKendree United Methodist Church 130th Anniversary 1978
Box 6			What's Happening 1978
Box 7		Castle Creek - Glen Castle Church Bulletin 1976
Box 7		Centennial Pageant of Wyoming Conference Program 1952
Box 7		Conference newsletter 1978
Box 7		Congressional Record 1960
Box 7		Court Street United Methodist Church 100th Anniversary 1976
Oversize 1		Daily Christian Advocate 1916
Box 7		Health and Welfare Certification Council brochure
Box 7		Hingwa 1923
Box 7		Invitations 1892-1942
Box 7		Newspaper, The Beacon 1978
Oversize 1		Newspaper, The Press (Binghamton ) 1978
Box 7		Newspaper clippings 1972
Box 7		Newspaper reprint 1902
Box 7		The Northeastern United Methodist Historical Bulletin 1967-1978
		Pamphlets
Box 7			"How to Display and Respect the Flag of the United States"
Box 7			Lackawanna Historical Society
Box 7			North Afton United Methodist Church 150 Years 1978
Box 7			Union Valley United Methodist Church 125th Anniversary 1978
Box 7		Poster 1851
Box 7		Sixth Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference 1960

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