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Record Creator: | Stamm, John Samuel |
Title: | John Samuel Stamm Collection |
Dates: | 1912- 1963 |
Abstract: | John Samuel Stamm was an Evangelical United Brethren Church Bishop. The collection is made up of material relating to his ministry. |
Extent: | 1.0 cu. feet |
Resource ID: | gcah. ms. 3691 |
John Samuel Stamm (1878- 1956) was born in Elida, Kansas in 1878. After only five grades in public school, at the age of twenty he applied to the Evangelical College and Seminary. Not qualifying for advanced academic work, he took sub-academy courses, and twelve years later graduated from both the college and the seminary. After several parish appointments, he served the Glasgow Evangelical Mission in Missouri.
Stamm married Priscilla Wahl on March 19, 1912. He was elected to teach systematic theology at the Evangelical Seminary in Naperville, Illinois, and remained in this post until he was elected bishop in 1922. During his first eight years as bishop, Stamm served as General Secretary of Evangelism. Following his episcopal assignment he was President of the School of Theology in Reading, Pennsylvania until 1941. After this assignment , he served as President of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches 1945-1949, and then the Federal Council of Churches from 1948-1950. Stamm retired in 1950. He then moved back to Kansas City, Missouri, where he continued to preach. Bishop Stamm died on March 5, 1956.
The John Samuel Stamm Collection is comprised of two series. In the first series there are three typed manucript volumes which include lectures, Bible studies, and orientation messages delivered to Evangelical Seminary students in 1955. Other bound manuscript volumes include a commentary on I Thessalonians; an autobiobraphy; two volumes of sermons; letters of appreciation on the occasion of Stamm's retirement as well as a volume of Remembrances; and a history of the proceedings in the union of the Church of the United Brethren and the Evangelical Church. The second series is comprised of two scrapbooks containing clippings, articles, and expressions of appreciation at the time of his death.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Series: ManuscriptsWhen citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, John Samuel Stamm Collection, 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.
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
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.
Priscilla Marie Wahl Stamm Papers
Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
1350-5-4: 1 | Lectures | Undated |
1350-5-4: 2 | Bible Studies | Undated |
1350-5-4: 3 | Orientation Messages | Undated |
1350-5-4: 4 | Sermons and Addresses Vol.I | 1935-1956 |
1350-5-4: 5 | Sermons and Addresses Vol.2I | 1935-1956 |
1350-5-4: 6 | Autobiography | 1955 |
1350-5-4: 7 | I Thessalonians | 1957 |
1350-5-4: 8 | History of Procedures | 1952 |
1350-5-4: 9 | Correspondence | 1926-1950 |
1350-5-4: 10 | Remembrances | 1950 |
1350-5-4: 11 | Bishop Stamm Memorial | 1961 |
1350-5-4: 15 | Scrap Book | 1912-1963 |
Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
1350-5-4: 12 | Scrap Book I | 1933-1957 |
1350-5-4: 13 | Scrap Book 2 | 1946-1957 |
1350-5-4: 14 | Scrap Book 3 | 1946-1957 |