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| Record Creator: | Methodist Episcopal Church. Missionary Society Board of Managers |
| Title: | Microfilm Edition Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes |
| Date Span: | 1819-1916 |
| Abstract: | The Missionary Society was organized on April 5, 1819 in New York, and became an official agency, through General Conference action, in 1820. The purpose of the organization was to enable the several Annual Conferences to more effectively spread the Gospel and to aid them in their benevolent and charitable work in both domestic and foreign missions. The society administered its work through a Board of Managers and its Corresponding Secretaries, subject to the General Missionary Committee, which met annually to make appropriations and to establish policy. The board had its headquarters in New York City. The microfilm contains minutes created by the Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society Bord of Managers. |
| Extent: | 10 items |
| Identification: | gcah.rg.gcah5885 |
The Missionary Society was organized on April 5, 1819 in New York, and became an official agency, through General Conference action, in 1820. The purpose of the organization was to enable the several Annual Conferences to more effectively spread the Gospel and to aid them in their benevolent and charitable work in both domestic and foreign missions. The society administered its work through a Board of Managers and its Corresponding Secretaries, subject to the General Missionary Committee, which met annually to make appropriations and to establish policy. The board had its headquarters in New York City.
The microfilm contains minutes created by the Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society Bord of Managers.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
The collection is arranged by chronological date.
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| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 1: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, April 1819-July 1846 | 1819-1846 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 2: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, July 1846-September 1871 | 1846-1871 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 3: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, September 1871-January 1885 | 1871-1885 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 4: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, January 1885-November 1889 | 1885-1889 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 5: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, November 1889-October 1894 | 1889-1894 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 6: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, October 1894-April 1900 | 1894-1900 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 7: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, April 1900-June 1904 | 1900-1904 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 8: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, June 1904-April 1909 | 1904-1909 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 9: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, April 1909-September 1913 | 1909-1913 |
| UM-299: 1 | Reel 10: Methodist Episcopal Church, Missionary Society Board of Managers Minutes, September 1913-June 1916 | 1913-1916 |
