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Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

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Related Material

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Guide to the Theodore N. Hagan Delaware Annual Conference Reference Collection

Daisy Wiggins King, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church
(Published for the African American Methodist Heritage Center)

2018-04-09


Overview of Collection

Record Creator: Hagan, Theodore N.
Title: Theodore N. Hagan Delaware Annual Conference Reference Collection
Date Span: 1939-1993
Abstract: Theodore N. Hagan (?-?), Lay Leader in the Janes Memorial United Methodist Church, Eastern Pennsylvanian Annual Conference and Philadelphia District was an active church leader and representative on all levels of the United Methodist connection. The documents are topical and wide ranging of work in the Delaware Annual Conference, 1939 church union and a Gulfside Assembly history. Other records include a few selected items documenting the former African American Delaware Annual Conference ministries to children and youth. Included are photographs, minutes, publications and bulletins for a Children's Workers Institute and a Centennial Celebration of the Delaware Annual Conference.
Extent: 0 cubic feet
Identification: aamc.in.gcah5148



History Note

Theodore N. Hagan (?-?), Lay Leader in the Janes Memorial United Methodist Church, Eastern Pennsylvanian Annual Conference and Philadelphia District was an active church leader and representative on all levels of the United Methodist connection. He served as the Janes UMC Sunday School Superintendent. On a district level Hagan was a member of the Conference District Council and as a General Church School Work leader on the District Staff on Christian Education. Hagan also served as a delegate to both the Northeast Jurisdiction and General Conference.


Scope and Content Note

The documents are topical and wide ranging of work in the Delaware Annual Conference, 1939 church union and a Gulfside Assembly history. Additional records include a few selected items documenting the former African American Delaware Annual Conference ministries to children and youth. Included are photographs, minutes, publications and bulletins for a Children's Workers Institute and a Centennial Celebration of the Delaware Annual Conference.

The photographs include group photographs of annual conference youth and young adult fellowship conferences. There are four photographs of adult leaders. Two issues of The Informer are included which was published by the Board of Education, Delaware Annual Conference (1962, 1964). The bulletins document the 1964 Centennial Celebration worship service along with the 1963 Program for the Children's Workers Institute. A 1962 Directory for the Delaware Youth Assembly, Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Youth Conference (1962) rounds out the rest of the collection.


Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in the following manner.

The arrangement is by record type and topic.



Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Theodore N. Hagan Delaware Annual Conference Reference Collection, African American Methodist Heritage Center - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items' call number as that is not a stable descriptor.


Access Restrictions

There are no restriction regarding this collection.


Use Access

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.


Related Material

Index Terms

Subject Terms
African American Methodists
Church anniversaries
Church work with young adults
Church work with youth
Methodist Church--Conferences
Geographic Terms
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Genre Terms
Bulletins
Clippings
Directories
Minutes
Newsletters
Photographs
Publications
Subject Names - Corporate Bodies
Methodist Church (U.S.). Central Jurisdiction
Methodist Church (U.S.). Delaware Annual Conference
Occupation Terms
Layperson.


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
2413-6-2: 1 Delaware Annual Conference Commemorative Booklet 1990
2413-6-2: 2 Miscellaneous Delaware Annual Conference Documents 1955-1965
2413-6-2: 3 Gulfside: Seventy Years of Service 1993
2413-6-2: 4 Christian Advocate: The New Pioneer Uniting Conference Edition, April 13 1939
2413-6-2: 8 Bulletins 1963-1964
2413-6-2: 9 Youth Directory 1962
2413-6-2: 10 Youth Fellowship Minutes 1962
2413-6-2: 11 The Informer Newsletters 1962-1964
2413-6-2: 12 Photographs 1948-1950