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| Record Creator: | Ninde, William Xavier |
| Title: | William Xavier Ninde Papers |
| Dates: | 1868- 1897 |
| Abstract: | Ninde was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop. These papers come from the time of his episcopacy and are correspondence, journals and scrapbooks reflecting his work and travels. |
| Extent: | 0.36 cu. feet |
| Resource ID: | drew.ms.2405 |
William Xavier Ninde (1832-1901), American bishop, was born in Cortlandville (now Cortland), New York on June 1, 1832, the oldest son of the Reverend William Ward Ninde. Ninde's genealogy goes back through a succession of Methodist pastors to James Ninde, one of Wesley's preachers, who came to America to serve with Bishop Asbury.
In 1856, William Xavier Ninde joined the Black River Conference, located in northern New York. After serving several churches he became president of Garrett Biblical Institute (now Garrett-Evangelical Seminary in Evanston, Illinois). He was elected a bishop in 1884 and was assigned to Topeka, Kansas. His pastoral concern earned him the title, "the St. John of the Episcopacy." Bishop Ninde traveled widely through the church, visiting India, Japan, Korea and especially China where his daughter, Mary Ninde Gamewell, served as a missionary. Ninde's son was also a minister. Ninde died on January 3, 1901 and was buried in Detroit, Michigan.
Material contains commonplace book, diary, notebooks, sermons and some correspondence. The bulk of the dated material is from the 1880s and early 1890s.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Bishop Ninde Papers, Methodist Collection - Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
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Subject Terms | ||
| Subject Topics | ||
| Church polity | ||
| Missions. | ||
| Episcopacy | ||
| Subject Geographic | ||
| United States. | ||
| Middle East | ||
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| Correspondence | ||
| Diaries. | ||
| Sermons | ||
| Occupations | ||
| Episcopacy. | ||
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 2136-6-1: 1 | Dr. Hurt - April 24 | 1885 |
| 2136-6-1: 2 | Unknown - June 9 | 1890 |
| 2136-6-1: 3 | Barrett - June 16 | 1892 |
| 2136-6-1: 4 | Dr. Arthur Benton Sanford - Feb. 18 | 1897 |
| 2136-6-1: 5 | Commonplace Book | Undated |
| 2136-6-1: 6 | "Diary of a Tour in Syria" and other items | Undated |
| 2136-6-1: 7 | "Diary of a Tour in the Old World, 1868-69" | 1868-1869 |
| 2136-6-1: 8 | Two small notebooks, partially filled | Undated |
| 2136-6-1: 9 | Texts and sketches for sermons | Undated |
