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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 West Virginia Episcopal Area Records

Prepared by Myong Shin Jeon, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist

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

11/6/2006


Overview of Records

Record Creator: United Methodist Church (U.S.). West Virginia Episcopal Area
Title: West Virginia Episcopal Area Records
Dates: 1973- 1975
Abstract: The records of the West Virginia Episcopal Area reflect the administrative duties of the bishop in charge. The collection contains information about the textbook controversy in West Virginia during the mid- 1970's.
Extent: 0.18 cu. feet
Resource ID: gcah.rg.4746



History Note

The records of the West Virginia Episcopal Area reflect the administrative duties of the bishop in charge. Bishops are elected by the Jurisdictional Conference. Episcopal assignments are determined by the Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy in consultation with the College of Bishops. Each bishop assumes his or her post on the first day of September following the Jurisdictional meeting. A bishop, however, cannot serve in an area where his or her latest membership was held.

Bishops are set apart as a separate ministry to oversee and supervise the districts and charges within their appointed geographic area. The denomination authorizes these ministers to guard the faith, order, liturgy, doctrine and discipline of the general church. District superintendents are appointed by the bishop to help administer the denominational directives in specific geographic areas. Bishops ordain, consecrate, commission and appoint the clergy to specific churches and ministries under their immediate charge. Bishops are also expected to serve the larger church through the general agencies, boards and commissions. They are in many ways the faces of the denomination when General Conference is no longer in session.


Scope Note

The collection contains information about the textbook controversy in West Virginia during the mid- 1970's when Bishop D. Frederick Wertz presided as bishop. Document types include correspondence, clippings and reports.


Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in the following manner.

Series: Frederick Wertz

Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, West Virginia Episcopal Area 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

Additonal Creators - Personal
:Wertz, D. Frederick.
Subject Topics
Education.
Subject Geographic
West Virginia.
Genre
Clippings
Reports.
Correspondence


Container List


Series: Frederick Wertz
Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
2321-5-1: 1 Textbook Controversy: Correspondence 1974 - 1975
2321-5-1: 2 Textbook Controversy: Reports 1973 - 1974
2321-5-1: 3 Textbook Controversy: Reports 1974 - 1975
2321-5-1: 4 Textbook Controversy: Clippings 1973 - 1975