First United Methodist Church of Geneva records
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Records mainly contain class leader records (Items 1, 2, 3) (1835-1869). The other large group of records are those of the Quarterly Conference Meetings (April 1837-October 1899). Also included is a membership register (1836-1854).
The class leader records include: records of class money received, names of church members who were licensed to preach, reports on class and Sabbath school attendance, accounts of collections received for the poor fund and names of persons who received money from that fund, and rules of order to be observed at official meetings as veil as rules for conducting meetings.
Quarterly Conference Records include: records of subscription payments, names of leaders and numbers of students attending classes, reports of the estimating committee, and financial reports.
Dates
- 1835-1899.
Creator
- First United Methodist Church of Geneva (Geneva, N.Y.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The church was established in 1811 by the Reverend George Harrison. The church building was erected in 1821. After the church was erected, the society had its own minister. A second church was built in 1839.
Extent
1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)
Abstract
Mainly class leader records (1835-1869) including a decisions on when to hold a Love Feast and a discussion about an anti-slavery convention to be held in Rochester. Also records of the Quarterly Conference Meetings (April 1837-October 1899). Also included is a membership register (1836-1854).
Physical Description
Microfilm
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- B.D.
- Date completed:
- Nov. 1978
- EAD encoding:
- Andrea Hektor, June 2004
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by B.D.
- Date
- June 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu