Presiding Elder's Minuets: Sherman, 1913 - 1914
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
- 1913 - 1914
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 quartly confrence assesmnets for various district that is essentialy a report of there current fiancial situiation. There are 14 district stewards listed in total with 9 trustees. The reports themselves contain information like number of housees of worship, number of partons, insurence carried, total value of church property, money rasied by Sunday Schools, expendedatures, and fundrasing for missions.
Repository Details
Part of the SU Distinctive Collections & Archives Repository