Pastors Book: Bowie , 1903 - 1904
Scope and Contents
The contents of the Robert Gibbs Mood collections are made up of four types of documents: Pastor Journals; Thumb-Index Pastor Journals; Pressing Elder Minutes; and Condensed Minutes Books. In these various documents is information about the Methodist North Texas Conference including lists of members, people baptized, marriages officiated, sermons preached, money raised, delegates elected, total value of Church property, salary receipts, handwritten letters, and various shorthand math equations.
Within the pages of some of these journals there are folded or glued papers that relate to the preceding or following content, these can often be letters, both typed and written, to other members of the Church. Mood also has pamphlets of the various organizations he managed the financials for in many of his journals like Sunday Schools and Women's groups.
Dates
- 1903 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 3.13 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
This jounal lists the membership of the Church and how much money each person donated He aslo lists indivduals baptized and the finacial stamtents of the each stewards. Folded letter containing accounting information of church money. There is also a catatgory labeled, "Substrictpions to confence collections" which lists names, dates and money. This journal also posses a rostor of nothern confrecne members and the sub divisions there where put into. Mood also has a list of Methodist bishops that persided over certnat districts.
Repository Details
Part of the SU Distinctive Collections & Archives Repository