Guide to the Daniel Kumler Flickinger Papers
Prepared by Lacey Brother, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist
United Methodist Archives and History Center
General
Commission on Archives and History, Madison, New Jersey
4/29/2004
Overview of Records
Biographical Note
Daniel Kumler Flickinger (1824-1911) was an American United Brethren preacher and missionary bishop. He was largely self-educated. Beginning in 1846, he taught several terms in a rural school in Ohio. He married Mary Litner on February 25, 1847. His pastor recommended him for a quarterly conference license to preach, which was granted in April, 1849. He was then licensed by the Miami (Ohio) Conference, United Brethren in Christ, in 1850.
After serving as a junior preacher for a year, he resigned to enter Miami (Ohio) University. After the death, in 1851, of his wife he never returned to the university.
Flickinger accepted an appointment in 1851, but his poor health kept him from taking an assignment in 1852. Instead, he accompanied Bishop J. J. Glossenbrenner to Virginia and married the bishop's daughter Catherine on January 9, 1853.
Flickinger was ordained at the 1853 session of the Miami Conference and assigned to the Dayton Circuit. His second wife died in August 1854. He then offered himself to go to Africa to establish a mission, and departed on January 4, 1855. While in Sierra Leone, he married Susan Woosley, a missionary for the Congregationalists, on October 30, 1855. He and his wife returned to America in 1856, but Flickenger made a return trip to Africa in 1857 to help in the settlement of two missionaries.
Upon his return he was elected secretary of the missionary work for his denomination, but resigned a few months later due to poor health. In 1858 he as reelected to the post and continued in this office until 1885 when he was elected the first missionary bishop for the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. His tenure as bishop lasted four years. He died on August 29, 1911 at Columbus, Ohio, and was buried at Oxford, Ohio.
Scope Note
Record types include: diaries, letterbooks, oversized photographs, a book, a map, and three scrapbooks. The diaries (1895-1906) describe his trip to Africa with considerable detail about the work there. Included within these diaries are the records of African members. The 1902 letterbook contains letters concerning the Daniel F. Wilberforce cannibalism charge. There are three oversized photographs, a book written by Flickinger titled History of the Flickinger Family and a map in german of the Berlin area. Clippings comprise the bulk of the 1901 scrapbook. These clippings helped form the basis of his book, Fifty-five Years of Active Ministerial Life which is located in the library department. The other two scrapbooks are mainly comprised of clippings as well. The 1882-1895 scrapbook also contains lectures on Africa. The third scrapbook is a history of the United Brethren Church.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Series: Correspondences
Series: Diaries
Series: Miscellaneous
Series: Scrapbooks
Preferred Citation
When citing material
from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file
folder, Daniel Kumler Flickinger Papers, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New
Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable
descriptor.
Access Restrictions
There are no
restrictions regarding this collection.
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.
Related Material
For additional
material related to Daniel Kumler Flickinger see the Original Evangelical United Brethren Records
(EUB 5, Folder 39); and the Records of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (Accession 1972-
002).
Also see his autobiography: Fifty-five Years of Active Ministerial Life which is available in the Methodist Center Library.
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Subject Terms |
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Subject Names - Personal |
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:Wilberforce,
Daniel F.. |
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Subject Geographic |
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Africa. |
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Books |
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Diaries |
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Letter books |
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Maps. |
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Scrapbooks |
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Clippings |
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Occupations |
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Missionary |
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Missionary Bishop. |
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Preacher |
Series: Correspondences
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1554-6-1:
14 |
Correspondences: Sierra Leone |
1880-1887 |
| 1554-6-1:
15 |
Correspondences: Sierra Leone |
1895-1905 |
| 1554-6-1:
16 |
Correspondences: Carbon Copies |
1885-1891 |
Series: Diaries
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1554-6-1:
2 |
Diary (Typed Copy) (Temporarily Misplaced) |
1855 |
| 1554-6-1:
4 |
Diary |
1856-1857 |
| 1554-6-1:
7 |
Diary (Biographical Information) |
1880 |
| 1554-6-1:
8 |
Diary |
1882-1885 |
| 1554-6-1:
9 |
Diary |
1885-1889 |
| 1554-6-1:
11 |
Diary |
1895-1905 |
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13 |
Diary |
1902-1906 |
Series: Miscellaneous
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1554-6-1:
17 |
History of the Flickinger Family |
1892-1929 |
| 1554-6-1:
18 |
Map of Berlin in German |
Undated |
| 1554-6-2:
1 |
Oversized Photograph (Fld 1) |
Undated |
| 1554-6-2:
2 |
Oversized Photograph (Fld 2) |
Undated |
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3 |
Oversized Photograph (Fld 3) |
Undated |
Series: Scrapbooks
| Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
| 1554-6-2:
4 |
Scrapbook |
1882-1895 |
| 1554-6-2:
5 |
Scrapbook related to Missions in Africa |
Undated |
| 1554-6-2:
6 |
Scrapbook: History of the United Brethren Missionary Society |
Undated |
