Archives & History

 

The Commission on Archives and History is authorized by the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 2000 (¶ 1703) "...to promote and care for the historical interests of the United Methodist Church...gather, preserve, hold title to library and archival materials, and...disseminate interpretive materials on the history of the United Methodist Church...It shall maintain archives and libraries in which shall be preserved historical records and materials of every kind relating to the [UMC]...[and] provide guidance for the proper creation, maintenance, and disposition of documentary record material at all levels of the United Methodist Church."

The West Michigan Conference Commission on Archives and History meets four times a year and has archives at Albion College, housed in their Special Collections unit.

The General Commission on Archives and History is located at 36 Madison Avenue on the campus of Drew University, Madison, NJ (973) 408-3189 or www.gcah.org/center.htm.

The Detroit Conference Archives is located on the campus of Adrian College in the Shipman Library, http://www.adrian.edu/library/about/methodist.php.


MEMBERSHIP 2009

Chair,  Ken Gackler
gackler@iserv.net

Archivist, Stephanie Frederick
sfrederick@albion.edu
517/629.0487
Consultant, Larry Hall
lhall59@juno.com
989/463.3007

Member-At-Large
Rev. David Crawford
dkcraw@aol.com

Member-At-Large
Don Hiler
Member-At-Large
Emmett Kadwell 
Member-At-Large
Betty Uithoven
Member-At-Large
Maria Rutland
Youth Representative
 
Conference Director
Benton Heisler
Historian
Open

Chair
Detroit Archives & History
Marilyn McNitt
mmmcnitt@umich.edu
989/673.4355

Archivist
Detroit Conference
Matthew May
matthewtmay@yahoo.com
517/265-5161, ext.4429

 
 

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Research is by appointment only. Contact the Archivist to schedule an appointment.


 

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