|
Overview
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Preferred Citation
Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use
Related Material
Subject Terms
You can print a clean version of this finding aid by selecting FIle -> Print from the menu above or you can download a nicely formatted pdf version from here
| Record Creator: | Rogers, Martha Meara |
| Title: | Martha Meara Rogers Papers |
| Date Span: | 1850-1965 |
| Abstract: | Martha B. Meara Rogers (1860-1951) was born in Newport, Kentucky. She was, purportedly, the first woman in the East licensed to preach in the Methodist Pulpit. Also, she worked on the Executive Board of the Woman's Christian Temperance Mission, and worked as an Assistant Pastor at Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York. |
| Extent: | 1.35 cubic feet |
| Identification: | drew.ms.gcah2417 |
Martha B. Meara Rogers (1860-1951) was born on May 12th, 1860 in Newport, Kentucky. When she was sixty years old, purportedly she became the first woman in the East to be licensed to preach in a local Methodist Episcopal Church pulpit. She served at the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York, as an assistant pastor. Additionally, Rogers was a member of the Executive Board of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Mission. Martha B. Rogers is related to the Meara and Munroe families, whose family papers are also present in this collection.
Included in this collection are numerous personal correspondence, land deeds, wills, and tax receipts and bills. Also included, are Rogers’ address book, postcards, newspaper clippings, and her local preacher’s license.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Collection arranged by record type.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Martha Meara Rogers 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.
Copyright still owned by Drew. Permissions to publish must be directed to Drew
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.
None
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 2151-6-3: 01 | Artifacts | 1934 |
| 2151-6-3: 02 | Business Cards | Undated |
| 2151-6-3: 03 | Certificates | 1930-1951 |
| 2151-6-3: 04 | Correspondence: Undated | Undated |
| 2151-6-3: 05 | Correspondence | 1865-1899 |
| 2151-6-3: 06 | Correspondence | 1900-1906 |
| 2151-6-3: 07 | Correspondence | 1907-1909 |
| 2151-6-3: 08 | Correspondence | 1910-1915 |
| 2151-6-4: 01 | Correspondence | 1915-1924 |
| 2151-6-4: 02 | Correspondence | 1930-1965 |
| 2151-6-4: 03 | Deeds | 1850-1875 |
| 2151-6-4: 04 | Deeds | 1875-1886 |
| 2151-6-4: 05 | Deeds | 1886-1899 |
| 2151-6-4: 06 | Deeds | 1900-1909 |
| 2151-6-5: 01 | Deeds | 1910-1944 |
| 2151-6-5: 02 | Newspaper Clippings | 1889-1951 |
| 2151-6-5: 03 | Postcards | 1910 |
| 2151-6-5: 04 | Publications | 1903 |
| 2151-6-5: 05 | Receipts | 1867-1884 |
| 2151-6-5: 06 | Receipts | 1885-1895 |
| 2151-6-5: 07 | Receipts | 1896-1903 |
| 2151-6-5: 08 | Receipts | 1904-1936 |
