W. Maynard Sparks Papers
Prepared by Joseph Strausbaugh, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist
United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church
05/19/2010
Overview of Collection
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| Record Creator: |
Sparks, W. Maynard |
| Title: |
W. Maynard Sparks Papers |
| Title: |
W. Maynard Sparks Papers |
| Date Span: |
1959-1981 |
| Extent: |
1.35 cubic feet |
| Resource ID: |
gcah.ms.1279 |
Biographical Note
W. Maynard Sparks (1906-1999) was an Evangelical United Brethren bishop. He graduated from Lebanon Valley College in 1927,
United Theological Seminary in 1930, and from the University of Pittsburgh in 1936. He was licensed as a Quarterly Conference
minister in 1919, granted a license to preach in 1923 by the Allegheny Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ, and ordained by that conference in 1930. In 1931 he married Blanche M. Frank. Sparks pastored for sixteen years
in western Pennsylvania and then elected Superintendent of the Allegheny Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church
in 1946. He served in this position until 1950. In 1950 he was elected to the faculty of Lebanon Valley College to serve
as Assistant Professor of Religion. In 1958 he was elected bishop and assigned to the Western Area where he resided in
Sacramento, California. Sparks later served in the Seattle Area. Sparks also served overseas in Sierra Leone (1961-1967),
Germany and Switzerland (1965), and Brazil (1967). He was also a member of the Commission on Church Union. Sparks died
August 17, 1999.
Scope Note
Bishop Sparks correspondence concerns Sierra Leone from 1966 until 1973. The oral history interview was conducted as part
of the Center for the Study of Evangelical United Brethren History, Oral History Program. This program was part of the EUB
Heritage Project. The interview was conducted by John R. Knecht on February 21, 1981, in Sacramento, California. There
is one cassette tape with this interview as well as a twenty-one page typed transcript.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
The folders are arranged by record type and topic.
Preferred Citation
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder,
W. Maynard Sparks Papers, 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.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
No restrictions to access.
Related Materials
Portland Episcopal Area Records and Seattle Epsicopal Area Records
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Index Terms
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Subject Geographic |
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Africa |
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California |
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Pennsylvania |
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Sierra Leone. |
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Genre |
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Correspondence |
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Oral Histories. |
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Subject - Corporate Names |
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Evangelical United Brethren Church |
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1599-1-1:
1
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Correspondence |
1966 |
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2
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Correspondence |
1967 |
| 1599-1-1:
3
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Correspondence |
1968-1969 |
| 1599-1-1:
4
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Correspondence |
1969 |
| 1599-1-1:
5
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Correspondence, Folder 1 |
1970 |
| 1599-1-1:
6
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Correspondence, Folder 2 |
1970 |
| 1599-1-1:
7
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Correspondence, Folder 1 |
1971 |
| 1599-1-1:
8
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Correspondence, Folder 2 |
1971 |
| 1599-1-1:
9
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Correspondence, Folder 3 |
1971 |
| 1599-1-2:
1
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Correspondence, Folder 1 |
1972 |
| 1599-1-2:
2
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Correspondence, Folder 2 |
1972 |
| 1599-1-2:
3
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Correspondence |
1973 |
| 1599-1-2:
5
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Reports and Minutes |
1966-1968 |
| 1599-1-2:
6
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Reports and Minutes |
1969 |
| 1599-1-2:
7
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Reports and Minutes |
1970 |
| 1599-1-2:
8
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Reports and Minutes |
1971 |
| 1599-1-2:
9
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Reports and Minutes |
1972 |
| 1599-1-2:
10
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Reports and Minutes |
1973 |
| 1599-1-3:
1
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Clippings |
1967-1972 |
| 1599-1-3:
2
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Constitutions for Autonomous Churches |
Undated |
| 1599-1-3:
3
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"Inside Rhodesia" Columns |
1968-1969 |
| 1599-1-3:
4
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Invitations and Programs |
1969-1971 |
| 1599-1-3:
5
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Invitations and Programs |
1972-1973 |
| 1599-1-3:
6
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Position Papers on Sierra Leone |
1968 |
| 1599-1-3:
7
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Proposed Discipline of the United Methodist Church of Sierra Leone |
Undated |
| 1599-1-3:
8
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Oral History Interview Transcript |
1981 |
