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Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Preferred Citation

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Subject Terms

Container List [ + ]

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Guide to the Survey Commission Records

Prepared by Jean Yrigoeyn, Assistant Archivist and L. Dale Patterson, Archivist

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

5/23/2003


Overview of Records

Record Creator: Methodist Church (U.S.). Survey Commission
Title: Survey Commission Records
Date Span: 1948-1951
Abstract: The Survey Commission was established in 1948 by the General Conference of The Methodist Church for the task of re-organizing the general structure of the denomination with special focus on the general agencies. It reported to the 1952 General Conference where many of its proposals were enacted.
Quantity: 1.08 cu. feet
Resource ID: gcah.rg.4054



History Note

The Survey Commission was established in 1948 with the purpose of re-organizing and restructuring the administrative agencies of the denomination.


Scope Note

The records are composed of meeting minutes and reports of the Commission.


Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Survey Commission Records, 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
Church polity.


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1335-3-5: 1 Presentation with Respect to a General Survey of The Methodist Church, December 17, 1948
1335-3-5: 2 Plan of General Survey of The Methodist Church, April 1, 1949
1335-3-5: 3 Progress Report #1 - Plan of Organization of the Local Church, April 6, 1949
1335-3-5: 4 Progress Report #2 - General Organization of The Methodist Church, April 12, 1949
1335-3-5: 5 Executive Committee Meeting, Chicago, IL - Discussion Materials, July 1, 1949
1335-3-5: 6 Progress Report #3 - The Board of Missions and Church Extension, September 2, 1949
1335-3-5: 7 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Discussion Material, November 1-3, 1949
1335-3-5: 8 A Study in the Organization of the Local Church, April 25, 1950
1335-3-5: 9 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Discussion Material, May 9- 11, 1950
1335-3-5: 10 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Discussion Material - Folder 1, October 31 - November 2-3, 1950
1335-3-5: 11 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Discussion Material - Folder 2, October 31 - November 2-3, 1950
1335-3-6: 1 Commission Meeting, Cincinnati, OH - Discussion Material - Folder 1, January 9-11, 1951
1335-3-6: 2 Commission Meeting, Cincinnati, OH - Discussion Material - Folder 2, January 9-11, 1951
1335-3-6: 3 Progress Report #31 - Other Standing Commissions and Agencies, February 2, 1951
1335-3-6: 4 Progress Report #32 - Commissions and Committees Established for the Quadrennium, February 2, 1951
1335-3-6: 5 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Discussion Material, April 3-5, 1951
1335-3-6: 6 Commission Meeting, Denver, CO - Tentative Church Survey Draft for Discussion Purposes - Folder 1, July 3-7, 1951
1335-3-6: 7 Commission Meeting, Denver, CO - Tentative Church Survey Draft for Discussion Purposes - Folder 2, July 3-7, 1951
1335-3-6: 8 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Discussion Material - Folder 1, September 13-15, 1951
1335-3-6: 9 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Tentative Survey Report Draft for Discussion Purposes - Folder 2, September 13-15, 1951
1335-3-7: 1 Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL - Tentative Survey Report Draft for Discussion Purposes - Folder 3, September 13-15, 1951
1335-3-7: 2 Executive Committee Meeting, Chicago, IL - Agenda Material, October 12, 1951
1335-3-7: 3 Survey Report: Findings and Recommendations, Tentative Draft - Folder 1 1951
1335-3-7: 4 Survey Report: Findings and Recommendations, Tentative Draft - Folder 2 1951
1335-3-7: 5 The Methodist Church Survey Commission Report - Final Draft - Folder 1 1951
1335-3-7: 6 The Methodist Church Survey Commission Report - Final Draft - Folder 2 1951