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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 Pastor's Pocket Record

Prepared by Kristen Turner, Associate Archivist and Aaron Smith, Student Assistant

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

12/1/2003


Overview of Records

Record Creator: Keene, James E.
Title: Pastor's Pocket Record
Dates: 1903- 1950
Abstract: James E. Keene (1878-1986) was a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and Evangelical United Brethren denominations.
Extent: 0.68 cu. feet
Resource ID: gcah.ms.853



Biographical Note

James E. Keene (1878-1986), American minister, served in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and Evangelical United Brethren denominations. His pastoral service in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference was as follows: Intercourse (1903-1904), Jacksonville Circuit (1904-1908), Denver (1908-1909), Lititz (1909- 1914), Lancaster (1914-1918), Mont Clare (1918-1926), Pine Grove (1926-1933), Cleona and Pleasant Hill (1933- 1943), Avon (1943-1947), and Coatsville (1947-1950).


Scope Note

This collection contains thirty pastor's pocket record books. These notebooks record such information as membership rolls, pastoral visits, expenses, sermon topics, salaries, and other notations.


Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in the following manner.

The collection is arranged chronologically by appointments with records from each appointment being in a different folder. There are a total of ten folders.


Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, James E. Keene Pastor's Pocket Records, 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.


Subject Terms

Subject Geographic
Pennsylvania.


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
2432-7-1: 1 Intercourse and Jacksonville 1903-1905
2432-7-1: 2 Jacksonville Circuit 1905-1908
2432-7-1: 3 Denver 1908-1909
2432-7-1: 4 Lititz 1909-1914
2432-7-1: 5 Lancaster Otterbein 1914-1918
2432-7-1: 6 Mont Clare 1918-1925
2432-7-1: 7 Pinegrove 1926-1933
2432-7-2: 1 Cleona and Pleasant Hill 1933-1943
2432-7-2: 2 Avon 1943-1947
2432-7-2: 3 Coatesville 1947-1950