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| Record Creator: | Wilson, Winslow |
| Title: | Winslow Wilson Papers |
| Date Span: | 1940-1997 |
| Abstract: | Winslow Wilson (1912-1997), Methodist Episcopal Church minister, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 6, 1912. He lived in St. Paul through college where he attended Hamline University and served as a member of the Methodist Federation for Social Action. He then attended the Boston School of Theology, where he graduated in 1936 and was subsequently ordained into the Minnesota Conference. Wilson served as pastor at churches in Kellogg and Brownsdale, Minnesota, as well as Cumberland, Superior, Black Falls, and La Crosse, Wisconsin. As a conscientious objector, Wilson served a year and one day in the Federal Correctional Institution of Sandstone, Minnesota after he refused to register for the draft. Wilson died on May 17, 1997 at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin after a brief illness. This collection contains information pertaining to the personal and professional life of Winslow Wilson. This file contains several autobiographies, his meditations and personal diary from prison which express his religious and conscientious objector views, personal and professional correspondence pertaining to his sentencing and beliefs, newspapers and scrapbook like clippings, publications from his imprisonment, as well as Bible study notes during and after his sentence. The collection was kept in the order intended by Wilson. |
| Extent: | 0.72 cubic feet |
| Identification: | gcah.ms.3740 |
Winslow Wilson (1912-1997), Methodist Episcopal Church minister, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 6, 1912. His parents were devoted members of the Dayton's Bluff Methodist Episcopal Church. He lived in St. Paul through college where he attended Hamline University and served as a member of the Methodist Federation for Social Action. He then attended the Boston School of Theology, where he graduated in 1936 and was subsequently ordained into the Minnesota Conference. Wilson served as pastor at churches in Kellogg and Brownsdale, Minnesota, as well as Cumberland, Superior, Black Falls, and La Crosse, Wisconsin. He served as a District Superintendent in 1960-66 and again in 1972-75. Wilson also served on the Wisconsin Annual Conference Program Staff from 1968-72, along with The United Methodist General Board of Social Concerns. Wilson helped establish the Pine Lake Methodist Church Camp, a spiritual retreat in Wisconsin. As a conscientious objector, Wilson served a year and one day in the Federal Correctional Institution of Sandstone, Minnesota after he refused to register for the draft. Following his release he remained an active pacifist, participating in numerous protests against the Vietnam War. Wilson belonged to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation for more than sixty years and attained the level of 32nd degree Mason. Wilson died on May 17, 1997 at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin after a brief illness.
This collection contains information pertaining to the personal and professional life of Winslow Wilson. This file contains several autobiographies, his meditations and personal diary from prison which express his religious and conscientious objector views, personal and professional correspondence pertaining to his sentencing and beliefs, newspapers clippings, publications from his imprisonment, as well as Bible study notes during and after his sentence.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Arranged in Winslow's original order.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Winslow Wilson 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.
There are no restrictions on 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.
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| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1588-2-3: 1 | Miscellaneous | 1961-1963 |
| 1588-2-3: 2 | The Gist Publication | 1941 |
| 1588-2-3: 3 | Personal Writing | 1989-1997 |
| 1588-2-3: 4 | Table of Contents | 1941-1997 |
| 1588-2-3: 5 | Early Thinking | 1940 |
| 1588-2-3: 6 | Clippings | 1940-1941 |
| 1588-2-3: 7 | Official Correspondence | 1940-1949 |
| 1588-2-3: 8 | Anti-Letters | 1940-1942 |
| 1588-2-3: 9 | Pro-letters | 1940-1941 |
| 1588-2-3: 10 | Post-prison Correspondence | 1941-1942 |
| 1588-2-3: 11 | Correspondence from fellow prisoners | 1941-1943 |
| 1588-2-4: 1 | Miscellaneous | 1944 |
| 1588-2-4: 2 | General Correspondence | 1941 |
| 1588-2-4: 3 | Correspondence to Maxine Wilson | 1941 |
| 1588-2-4: 4 | Correspondence from Maxine Wilson | 1941 |
| 1588-2-4: 5 | Correspondence from Family | 1941 |
| 1588-2-4: 6 | Daily Prison Diary | 1941 |
| 1588-2-4: 7 | Meditations | 1941 |
