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| Record Creator: | Methodist Student Movement |
| Title: | Records of the Methodist Student Movement |
| Title: | MSM Collection |
| Date Span: | 1937-1965 |
| Abstract: | In 1938, the Methodist Student Movement was born in anticipation of church union among the three largest American Methodist bodies in 1939. Methodist college and seminary students now had a national platform to press forward their concerns on how the church specifically and society generally should be shaped while drawing on the vast resources of the new denomination to sustain its momentum. This artificial collection primarily contains programs and minutes of the Methodist Student Movement. Its strength centers on the formative years of the Movement as well as the 1965 meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| Extent: | 0.18 cubic feet |
| Resource ID: | drew.ms.4325 |
The Methodist Student Movement has its direct roots with the Wesley Foundation campus ministries which was founded by James Baker in 1913 at the University of Illinois. With the intellectual and political higher landscape became more complex after World War 1 and the great Depression, there created a need to provide a progressive pastoral, yet prophetic, style of ministries for this new kind of college student. In 1938, the Methodist Student Movement was born in anticipation of church union among the three largest American Methodist bodies in 1939. Methodist college and seminary students now had a national platform to press forward their concerns on how the church specifically and society generally should be shaped while drawing on the vast resources of the new denomination to sustain its momentum. MSM was organized geographically by jurisdictions, regions and states along with a national board to promote its varied social interests of race, war, peace, ecumenism, new theologies, and art. Perhaps their greatest legacy comes in the form of their cutting edge magazine called motive. The movement’s high point of national influence came during the 1950 and 1960's when American society began to radically reexamine its norms and mores which created great social upheaval. By 1969, the Methodist Student Movement burned itself out and disbanded to make room for a new focus on more ecumenical understanding rather than denominational.
This artificial collection primarily contains programs and minutes of the Methodist Student Movement. Its strength centers on the formative years of the Movement as well as the 1965 meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Materials are arranged by record type.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Methodist Student Movement Collection, Methodist Collection - Drew University, 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. 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.
Records of the United Methodist Church General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
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Administrative files of United Methodist Communications
Records of the National Division of the General Board of Global Ministries
Administrative records of the Division of General Welfare of the General Board of Church and Society
Administrative records of the Division of World Peace of the General Board of Church and Society
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 2128-7-5: 1 | Bulletins | 1937 |
| 2128-7-5: 2 | Bulletins | 1964-1965 |
| 2128-7-5: 3 | Minutes | 1937 |
| 2128-7-5: 4 | Programs | 1937 |
| 2128-7-5: 5 | Programs | 1964-1965 |
| 2128-7-5: 6 | Memorandums | 1964-1965 |
