Presiding Elder's Minutes: Greenville , 1908 - 1909
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
- 1908 - 1909
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 book lists the quartlery conference assesments for various districts, that servers as a report on there current fianancial condition. There are 16 district stewards listed in this jounal meaning 16 districts where assesed. The reports contain inofrmation like the number of houses of worship, number of patrons, insurence carried, total value of chruch property, money rasied by Sunday schools, expendedatures, and fundrasing for missions. Additionaly, there are just general statistics about the day-to-day affairs of the church.
Repository Details
Part of the SU Distinctive Collections & Archives Repository