GCAH Home > Archival Finding Aids Home Page> Guide to the Commission to Study the Itinerancy

Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Preferred Citation

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Subject Terms

Container List [ + ]

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


Guide to the Commission to Study the Itinerancy

Prepared by Jean Yrigoyen, Assistant Archivist and L. Dale Patterson, Archivist-Records Administrator

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History, Madison, New Jersey

4/11/2003


Overview of Records

Record Creator: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Commission to Study the Itinerancy
Title: Commission to Study the Itinerancy
Date Span: 1976-1980
Abstract: The Commission to Study the Itinerancy was assigned its task by the General Conference in 1976, and was to report to the General Conference in 1980. Collection contains the records of the Commission, which include reports, minutes, working papers, and correspondence.
Quantity: 0.18 cu. feet
Resource ID: gcah.rg.3577



History Note

The Commission to Study the Itinerancy was assigned its task by the General Conference in 1976, and was to report to the General Conference in 1980.


Scope Note

Collection contains the records of the Commission, which include reports, minutes, working papers, and correspondence.


Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Commission to Study the Itinerancy, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items' call number as that is not a stable descriptor.


Access Restrictions

Denominational agency journals, reports and committee minutes are open to the public unless they have been closed in accordance with requirements specified in the Discipline. Denominational agency staff office records are closed for twenty-five (25) years after creation. Personnel records are closed for at least 75 years. Appeals can be made to the General Commission on Archives and History, P. O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940.


Restrictions on Use

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.


Subject Terms

Subject Topics
Itinerancy.
Ministry
Ordination
Functions
Study commissions.


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1336-1-8: 1 Minutes: Study Commission on the Itineracy Meetings 1978
1336-1-8: 2 Correspondence 1978-1979
1336-1-8: 3 Proposed Study Outline 1978
1336-1-8: 4 Reports 1976-1980
1336-1-8: 5 Working Papers 1978
1336-1-8: 6 Miscellaneous 1977-1978
1336-1-8: 7 Bibliography Undated
1336-1-8: 8 Study Paper: "The System of Itineracy in American Methodism: An Historical Essay," by E. Dale Dunlap 1978