Th e Ar k a n s a s Co n f e r e n c e Ar c h i v e s Ho l d i n g s o f t h e Ar c h i v e s - Up d a t e d Ju l y -24-2014

DISCIPLINES OF DENOMINATIONS THAT BECAME THE IN ARKANSAS: The Methodist Episcopal Church (MC, established 1784 & continued to 1844): 1742, 1778-79, 1784, 1785-1789, 1792, 1798, 1798 Reprint, 1801, 1804, 1808, 1812, 1820, 1821, 1824, 1828, 1830, 1832, 1836 1840, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1852, 1853, 1856, 1850, 1860, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936.

The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, established 1844 (MECS): 1846, 1854, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1858, 1859, 1864, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1910, 1900, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1914, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1938.

The Methodist Protestant Church, established 1830 (MP): 1854, 1831, 1854, 1858, 1868, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1888, 1904, 1928, 1936.

The Methodist Church, established in 1939 (MC) (Merger of the ME, MES & MP): 1939, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964.

The , established 1803 (EA) 1924

The Church of the United Brethren in Christ, established in 1800 (UB): 1886-1887, 1889-1891, 1892-1893, 1894-1896, 1897-1898, 1899-1900, 1902, 1904, 1917, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1945, 1945-1949, 1947.

The Evangelical United Brethren Church, established in 1948 (EUB) (Merger of EA and UB) 1959, 1967-1968 (some Journals not available).

The United Methodist Church, established 1968 (UMC) (Merger of the EUB & MC): Journal of the Uniting Conference 199391941, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.

OTHER METHODIST DENOMINATIONS: , 1900

JOURNALS OF CONFERENCES IN ARKANSAS: Arkansas Conference (MESC) - 1836 to 1881 (handwritten and on microfilm) 1880 to 1913 Arkansas Conference (old) (MEC) - 1878 to 1919

White River Conference (MECS) - 1870 to 1913 Arkansas Conference Methodist Protestant Church - 1870 to 1927 (handwritten and on microfilm); 1925 to 1939

Little Rock Conference -1880 to 2002 North Arkansas Conference - 1914 to 2002 Arkansas Conference (new) - 2003 to 2014

Southwest Conference of the ME Church (Primarily African American) - 1936-1940-1943-1944-1945-1946-1947-1948 (2)-1950-1955-1958 (2)-1962-1964 to 1960 -1961-1963--1964-1965-1966-1967 (2)-1968-1969-1971 (2)-1972 (2); copies Page 1 Page 2 of pastoral appointments - 1879 to 1972 (except 1915-1926-1937-1939-1943-1950-1955-1968)

Finding Aids to Pastoral Appointments in Journals of Conference in Arkansas: Indexes for Arkansas, White River, North Arkansas -1820 to 1990; Ouachita, Little Rock - 1858 to 1991; and Methodist Protestant - 1830 to 1939 Indexes for Memoirs in Journals: Arkansas, White River, North Arkansas Conferences - 1836 to 1990; Wachita and Little Rock Conferences 1858 to 2002 Arkansas Conference (New One) 2003 to 2010 Arkansas Conference Website: www.arumc.org under “Archives”

JOURNALS OF OTHER CONFERENCES RELATING TO ARKANSAS : Arkansas Valley Conference (United Brethren in Christ): 1886-1887-1889 to 1900-1902-1904-1931 Conference (MEC): 1848 to 1853-1858-1882-1890-1898-1906-1907-1914 to 1922-1925 to 1935 Missouri / Arkansas Conference (MEC): 1863-1866 to 1868 Memphis Conference; 1862 to 1867(2); 1994 to 1994, 1996 Missouri Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren: 1947 to 1968 St. Louis Conference- 1950 Centennial Yearbook: 1834 to 1934 - 1953, 1954, 1956

GENERAL MINUTES OF THE : MEC: 1773 to 1855 (missing: 1842-1843-1844-1845) MECS: 1858 to 1939 (missing: 1881-1887) 1913, 1931-1932 The Methodist Church: 1939 to 1990 (missing: 1940-1955-1968-1973-1979 to 1983-1985-1987-1988-1991 to 2001)

GENERAL CONFERENCE JOURNALS: Minutes of the Methodist Conference printed 1813, First Set of Minutes, Vol.1 MEC: 1796 to 1844; 1868 MECS: 1846 to 1938 The Methodist Church: 1939 to 1964 United Methodist Church: 1968-1972-1988 (missing: 1976-1980-1984-1992-1996-2000)

GENERAL MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCES IN THE U. S. & OVERSEAS:...... 1966 Minutes of the Annual Conferences of MECS 1846-1847...... Published by John Early Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the MECS 1857-58...... Published by Publishing House MECS

DAILY CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, GENERAL CONFERENCE: 1939-1944-1952-1956-1960-1964-1966-1968-1970, 1970 Special Session-1972-1976-1980-1984-1996

General Conference Conferences and Debates, A Two vol. Set: Vol.1 (1796-1836); Vol. 2 (1840-1844)

DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE UMC: 1940-1968; 1968-1988,1989-1992

JOINT COMMISSION ON UNIFICATION: Vol.. I-II-III, 1917-1918-1919

WORLD METHODIST CONFERENCE: 1956 (2); 1986; 1991; 1996

JOURNALS OF SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION: 1940 to 1992

CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION: 1976 to 1992 Page 3 HANDBOOK FOR DELEGATES, SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION: 1960-1968-1972

BRIEF HISTORY AND INTERPRETATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION, 1939 to 1972

CONFERENCE NEWSPAPER OF ARKANSAS: Since 1884 A computer index of the conference newspaper 1884- 2014 is available at the Arkansas Conference Archives at Bailey Library in Conway. Contact the conference archivists to obtain copies on any subject you need. We encourage you to visit the library and see the old newspapers. Newspapers are also available: •Online at arumc.org from 2008 to present •At the library at Philander Smith College in Little Rock (a few of the years are missing) • Microfilm at Bailey Library, Hendrix College downstairs •Entire collection of newspapers in the Conference Archives at Bailey Library, second floor To be the most helpful to you email the Archives at [email protected] to set an appointments to view the newspapers or use the microfilm. An archivist, Carole Teague or Marcia Crossman, can asssist you with the newspaper. A staff person from Bailey Library at Hendrix College in Conway can assist you with the microfilm machines. The Conference archivists will photograph or photocopy any documents you need.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION BULLETINS OF NORTH ARKANSAS CONFERENCE: 1926 to 1970

NORTH ARKANSAS CONFERENCE BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES AND REPORTS: 1928-1931-1940 to 1951- . 1953 to 1965 -1974 to 1976

WOMAN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY / HOME MISSIONS / WOMAN’S SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN

SERVICE / WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD / UNITED METHODIST WOMEN: Little Rock Conference Directories: 1893-1894-1900 to 1905-1908 to 1910-1914-1919 to 1964-1973 to 1997

North Arkansas Conference Directories: 1915 to 1977 - 1981 to 2000

Builders of A Kingdom: A History of the Little Rock Conference Woman’s Missionary Society of Arkansas .. by Coralee Gannaway Williams, 1873 to 1923

Diamond Jubilee: A History of the Little Rock Conference Woman’s Missionary Society of Arkansas, Part II.. by Coralee Gannaway Williams, 1923 to 1948

The Journey in Mission of United Methodist Women, Little Rock Conference: ...... 1878 to 1984

They Went Out Not Knowing, 100 Women in Mission ...... General Board of Global Ministry

Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of MECS, ...... Report for 1906-1907

Six Decades of Service 1880 to 1940, ...... Woman’s Home Missionary Society

A Guide to Materials on Women, in the U M Archives in Madison, N, J.

Reports of Woman’s Society of Christian Service, Wesleyan Service Guild, of the South Central Jurisdiction:1948-1949- 1951 to 1954 - 1959-1960 Samantha Among the Brethren, 100th Anniversary Observance of Women in General Conferences, 1988

Fifty Years of Service, (Woman’s Missionary Society of North Arkansas Conference 1878 to 1928) by Mrs. R. A...... Dowdy The Pomegranate (NA Conference UMW newsletter): Page 4 August 1981 - February 1982 - June 1982 - September 1982 - April 1983 - January 1984 - June 1984 - June 1985 - ...... April 1994 - Complete for 1999, 2000, 2001 UMW 1990 and UMW 2002 Assembly Program Books History of Arkansas School of Christian Mission (dated August 2000) Methodist Episcopal Membership, Russellville UMC, 1924

HISTORIES OF METHODISM IN ARKANSAS: History of Methodism in Arkansas...... Horace Jewell, 1892 Centennial History of Arkansas Methodism, 1815-1935...... James Anderson Methodism in Arkansas, 1816-1976, ...... Walter Vernon History of Methodist Higher Education in Arkansas, 1836 to 1933, ...... Willis Alderson Camp Grounds and Camp Meetings in Southern Arkansas, ...... Stanley Baugh Salem Pictorial History...... Shirley Gregory Two Centuries of Methodism in Arkansas, 1800 to 2000, ...... Nancy Britton An Annual Conference is Born ...... (Commemorative Booklet for Sequicentennial Celebration of Methodism in AR) History of Little Rock Conference, 1890-1929,...... Giessen Lest We Forget (Character Gems, South Arkansas (2)...... J. H. Riggin History of the Negro and Methodism in Arkansas and Oklahoma, ...... W.D. Lester Methodism’s Gateway to the Southwest (Henry’s Chapel and Washington)...... Stanley Baugh and Robert B. Moore, Jr. Hendrix College: A Centennial History, 1984, ...... James E. Lester, Jr. Hendrix College: The Move from Altus to Conway, ...... Robert Meriwether Henderson State College: The Methodist Years 1890-1929...... John Gladden Hall Riding Circuit in Arkansas, 1844-1845: An Excerpt from the Autobiography of ...... Reverend William Graham Building A Dream, Story of Methodist Hospital in Memphis...... Methodist Health Systems Women Answering God’s Call (Clergy Women in Arkansas - 50 Years)...... JoAnn Miles Salem Campground Meeting History (through 2000)...... Shirley Gregory History of Christian Preaching (pg 255 Wesley; pg 264 Whitefield...... Harwood Pattison Who’s Who in American Methodism, 1916...... Compiled and Edited by Carl F. Price

HISTORIES OF OTHER CONFERENCES RELATED TO EARLY ARKANSAS METHODISM: Scenes in Pioneer Methodism...... Annie Marie Barnes Methodism in the Memphis Conference, 1840-1990, ...... Wilkerson Methodism in , Vol. II 1804 to 1818, ...... John McFerrin Louisiana Methodism, ...... R. H. Harper Methodism Moves Across North Texas, 1815 to 1967, ...... Walter N. Vernon Methodism in the Mississippi Conference 1846-1870...... J. B. Cain The History of Methodism in ...... Rev. A. H. Redford Methodism in the Mississippi ...... William Burwell Jones History of Methodist in Oklahoma, Vol. I, ...... Babcock and Bryce Martyrdom in Missouri, Vol. I and II, ...... Leftwich History of Methodism in Missouri, Vol. I, ...... McAnally The Methodist Church in Missouri 1789-1939, ...... Tucker Circuit Riders to Crusades (Essays in Missouri Methodist History), ...... Gooch Protestant Episcopal Church in the Southern States During the Civil War and Reconstruction Period, 1938...... Robert L. Bearden, Jr. BOUND HISTORIES OF LOCAL CHURCHES IN ARKANSAS: Amity, Little Rock Asbury, Augusta, Batesville First, Bayou Meto, Benton, Bethesda, Camden First, Cedar Grove, Con- wayFirst, Conway First (new in 2007), Corning, Diamond City, Earle, El Dorado First, Eureka Springs, Evening Shade, Fayetteville Area Churches, Foreman, Fort Smith First, Harrisburg Harrison First, Hot Springs First, Jonesboro First, Pine Bluff Lakeside, Lepanto, Little Rock First, Lodge’s Corner, Magnolia First, Malvern, Mammoth Spring, Mayflower, Mc- Crory, McHue, Mt. Pleasant (Faulkner Co.), Mulberry, Nashville, Newport First, North Little Rock First, Little Rock Oak Forest, Oakland (Faulkner Co.), Old Mt. Zion (Vanndale), Osceola, Paris, Pine Bluff First, Perry, Prescott, Rose Bud, Rush- ing Memorial (Chidester), Russellville First, Fort Smith St. Andrew, Fort Smith St. Paul, Little Rock St. Paul, Salem UMC & Campground, Shiloh (Arkansas Co.), Stuttgart First, Stuttgart Grand Avenue, Union County Churches, Valley SpringsPage 5 Training School, Hot Springs Village, Vilonia, Waldron, Washington, Wilson, Winslow

DIRECTORIES: Arkansas Area of the United Methodist Church: 1983 to 2001 Pictorial Directories of Arkansas Area Clergy: 1980-1986-1991-1994-1997 Hendrix College Alumni Directory: 1992 United Methodist Directory (National) - 1999 Handbook of Denominations...... Frank Mead

NORTH ARKANSAS CONFERENCE RETIREES BOOKLETS: 1993 to 2001

Methodist Episcopal Church :1742, 1778-79, 1784 (2), 1785-1789, 1792, 1798 (2), 1798 Reprint,1801,1804, 1808, 1812, 1820 (2), 1821, 1824, 1828, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1840, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1852, 1853, 1856, 1850, 1860, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936

Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1846, 1854, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1858 (2), 1859, 1864, 1866, 1870 (2), 1873, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1910, 1900, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1911 , 1914, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1938.

Disciplines OF the methodist church: ...... 1939, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956 ,1960, 1964

Discipline of the Evangelical United Brethren ...... 1947, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967

Methodist Protestant Church Discipline ...... 1881, 1887, 1931, 1931, 1928, 1931, 1936, 1904, 1917, 1967, 1968, 1936, 1954,1947, 1963,

United Brethren: 1917, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1936, 1945

Discipline The United Methodist Church...... 1941, 1968, 1972, 1980 ,1988, 1992, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004

Colored Methodist Church Discipline: ...... 1938

Manual of the Discipline: 1880, 1911, 1920, 1924 History and Revision of the Discipline, 1889...... Peterson Catechism for Admission on Trial into Annual Conferences of MECS: 1894-1898 Prospectus of the Discipline of the Methodist Church, 1939 History and Revision of the Discipline, 1889...... Peterson Catechism for Admission on Trial into Annual Conferences of MECS: 1894-1898 Prospectus of the Discipline of the Methodist Church, 1939 History of The Discipline of the MEC...... Robert Emory History of the Revisions of the Discipline of the MEC...... David Sherman, D.D.

BOOKS ON : The Heavenly World Letters to Young Women (from John Wesley)...... edited by Frank G. Porter John Wesley Works, 1750’s 20 vol. set...... published by John Wesley, Bristol Out of Aldersgate ...... Board of Missions of the UMC Fifty years in Buckles and Saddle, 1932...... James Shieldesa. The Beauties of Methodism...... John Wesley, M. Son to Susanna, Private Life of Wesley...... Elsie Harrison Life and times of Rev. Samuel Wesley...... L. Tyerman Page 6 The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4...... edited by Ernest Rhys The Works of John Wesley, Vol 1, 2, 3, 4, 18 ...... edited by Albert C. Outler The Heart of John Wesley’s Journal, ...... edited by Percy L. Parker The Heart of John Wesley’s Journal...... edited by Hugh Price Hughes, M.A. The Works of John Wesley, Vol. I, edited by...... Sermons on Several Occasions Vol. I-II , IV ...... Rev. John Wesley Fifty-Three Sermons...... Rev. John Wesley . Forty-Four Sermons ...... Rev. John Wesley Saddlebag of Sermons and Other Works...... Rev. John Wesley Wesleyan Standards, Sermons Vol. II...... Rev. John Wesley Select Psalms arranged by John Wesley...... edited by Charles S. Harrower Selections from John Wesley’s Writings...... edited by T. Otto Nall John Wesley’s ...... edited by Frederick Gill , as believed and taught by John Wesley...... edited by Thomas Kepler A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, ...... John Wesley Primitive Physic, John Wesley’s Treatise on Medicine...... John Wesley The Christian’s Pattern...... John WesleyWesley’s Standard Sermons, Vol I, IIedited by Edward H. Sugden John Wesley’s Notes on Romans...... John Wesley Wesley’s Notes (Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament...... John Wesley John Wesley - Sketch of the Man from His Letters, ...... edited by Ole Borgen John Wesley, Founder of Methodism (Ladybird book)...... by John Vickers The Message of the Wesley’s ...... compiled by Philip Watson From Epworth to with John Wesley ...... Stevenson and Edmondson John Wesley ...... Frank Banfield A Compend of Wesley’s ...... Burtner and Chiles John Wesley ...... May McNeer and Lynd Ward 20th Century Aldersgate ...... by Ten Methodist Celebrating Aldersgate ...... (suggestions for 250th Anniversary of Aldersgate) What Happened at Aldersgate, ...... Elmer T. Clark Methodism’s Aldersgate Heritage...... Arnett, Rose, Dayton and Mavis Abundant Life Through Aldersgate...... Ernest Thomas Strangely Warmed, The Amazing Life of John Wesley ...... Garth Lean John Wesley and the ...... Frank Baker My Dear Sister ...... Maldwyn Edwards The Rediscovery of John Wesley...... George C. Cell Studies in the Life of John Wesley...... E. B. Chappell Wesley: The Radical Wesley & Patterns for Church Renewal...... Howard Snyder {explanatory notes upon the New Testament} John Wesley, Evangelist ...... Francis Gerald Ensley Wesley and His Century...... W. H. Fitchett In the Steps of John Wesley,...... Frederick Gill Through the Years with John Wesley ...... Frederick Gill John Wesley ...... R. Green The Elusive Mr. Wesley, Vol. I-II, ...... Richard Heitzenrater Journals and Diaries, edited by ...... Reginald Ward and Richard Heitzenrater Faithful Unto Death, Last Years and Legacy of John Wesley...... Heitzenrater John Wesley, Founder of Methodism...... Edith Kenyon The Lord’s Horseman ...... Umphrey Lee John Wesley and Modern Religion...... Umphrey Lee John Wesley ...... Arnold Lunn Page 7 John Wesley ...... Francis J. McConnell The Real John Wesley...... W. W. Meredith John Wesley ...... J. H. Overton Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit...... Albert C. Outler Wesley’s Legacy to the World,...... J. Ernest Rattenbury Wesley in the Christian Tradition,...... edited by Kenneth E. Rowe John Wesley, a Theological Biography, Vol. I...... Martin Schmidt John Wesley, Friend of the People ...... Oscar Sherwin John Wesley and the Methodist Societies ...... J. W. Simon The Radical Wesley (church renewal)...... Howard and Snyder The Real Life of John Wesley...... W.W. Meredith Life of Wesley ...... Richard Watson One at London, ...... Max W. Woodward John Wesley, The Holy Spirit and Power, paraphrased...... Clare Weakley John Wesley’s Theology Today...... Colin Williams The Life of John Wesley, ...... C. T. Winchester The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M...... Richard Watson John Wesley; Holiness of Heart and Life...... Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. Generation Rising, A Future with HOPE for the UMC...... edited by Andrew Thompson United Methodist Altars...... Hoyt L. Hickman A Collection of Hymns for the People Called Methodists...... Rev. John Wesley, M.A.

John Wesley’s Family: The Life of John Wesley and the Life of ...... Henry Moore The Life and Times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley...... L. Tyerman I Am Your Affectionate Brother...... compiled by Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology Several small booklets about John Wesley and the Wesley Family ...... Arnold Dallimore Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley .edited by Kimbrough & Beckerlegge {See Arkansas Authors, Franklin Wilder} Lost In Wonder: The Meaning of His Hymns Today...... S.T.Kimbrough, Jr. A Wesley Family Book of Days ...... Susan Pellowe Anecdotes of the Wesleys...... J. B. Wakeley History of Christian Preaching Wesley and Whitfield...... Harwood Pattison The Journal of Charles Wesley, M.A., 1736-1739...... The Methodist Reprint Society Book of Common , 1776...... Rites and Ceremonies of the Church in England

EARLY METHODIST LEADERS AND PIONEER EVANGELISM: A Letter to a Preacher on Entrance into The Work of the Ministry...... Admonitory Counsels addressed to A Methodist (Christian Experience & Practice)...... John Bakewell Missouri Methodism, Centennial Volume...... Marcus L. Gray, 1907 The Preacher’s Manual: Four Discourses...... 1857 The above book includes “A Compendium of Scriptural Knowledge” ...... Adam Clarke From Wesley to Asbury, ...... Frank Baker , the Prophet of the Long Road...... Ezra Squier Tipple The Heart of Asbury’s Journal Francis Asbury ...... L. C. Rudolph Francis Asbury, A Biographical Study,...... Horace DuBose Asbury: Francis Asbury’s America (Album) ...... James Harrison Rigg Jesse Lee ...... William Henry Meredith William Marley Punshon...... Joseph Dewood William Owen ...... S. Parkes Carmen Wit and Wisdom of Warren Aken Candler...... edited by Elam Franklin Dempsey Page 8 Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, (2)...... edited by W. P. Strickland Adam Clarke’s Life and Labours Life of Thomas Coke...... Warren A. Candler Bishop Charles Betts Galloway, ...... Warren A. Candler Ninety Years and Counting, Autobiography of ...... Nolan B. Harmon Life and Work of Lucinda B. Helm,...... Arabel W. Alexander Window to a Changed World, Memoirs of William Graham...... Donald Parman Life and Times of H. H. Kavanaugh...... A. H. Redford The Top Sergeant (Jesse Lee) ...... William Duren William McKendree, A Biographical Study ...... Bishop E. E. Hoss The Life and Times of William McKendree (bishop of the Meth. Epis. Ch)...... Robert Paine, D.D. Lives of Methodists Bishops...... Flood & Hamilton Life and Labors of Bishop Marvin ...... D. R. M’Anally Bishop to All Peoples...... Arthur J. Moore Narative in Labours in South Wales ...... Rev. Joseph Pilmore D. D. Life and Journal of Christian Newcomer ...... transcribed by John Hildt Life and Times of George F. Pierce...... G. G. Smith Early Methodist Leaders: Love Abounds, {profile of Harry Denman}...... Smith and Potts The Lights and Shadows of Itinerate Life, Autobiography of ...... Simon Richardson Life of Bishop ...... George R. Crooks Life of , Autobiography of ...... William Stevenson William Stevenson, Riding Preacher ...... Walter N. Vernon George Whitfield, Field Preacher ...... James P. Gledstone Memoirs of Rev. ...... John Gillies The Women of Methodism (Susanna Wesley, Countess of Huntingdon, Barbara Heck) ...... Abel Stevens Methodism and the Common People of the 18th Century ...... Robert Wearmouth The Mehodist Church-Member’s Manual...... J. E. Godbey, D.D. The Early Methodist Class Meeting...... David Lowes Watson The Circuit Rider ...... Edward Eggleston The Methodist Meeting House ...... Paul Neff Garber History of the Camp Meeting and Grounds (at Wesleyan Grove and Martha’s Vineyard) ...... H. Vincent Rev. Thomas Coke-His Various Travels...... Samuel Drew

GENERAL METHODISM: Dramatic Story of Early American Methodism ...... Frederick Maser Methodists and the Making of America: Bi-Centennial Edition...... Charles W. Ferguson Endless Line of Splendor 2 copies ...... Halford Luccock Who’s Who in Pan-Methodism, 1940-41, Who’s Who in the Methodist Church Bicentennial Moments ...... Robert L. Hunt Eminent Methodists ...... O.P. Fitzgerald and C. B. Galloway Heroes of Methodism...... J. B. Wakeley Makers of Methodism...... W. H. Withrow Album of Methodist History ...... Elmer T. Clark Our Hymnody ...... Robert Guy McCutchan The Methodist Hymn-Book...... London, Wesleyan Conference Office Methodist Hymnbook...... The Methodist Book and Publishing House World Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church...... Ralph E. Diffendorfer 1923 A New Connection ...... William H. Willimon Early Methodist Philanthropy...... Eric McCoy North The Methodist Primer...... Charles Claude Selecman The Governing Conference in Methodist...... Thomas B. Neely The Methodist Yearbook, 1914 (overview of Methodism in that year)...... Oliver Baketel, Editor Page 9 EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION & UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST: EUB: The Pastor’s Companion and Minister’s Companion EUB: A Historical Sampler (pub. 2000)...... Sarah D. Brooks Blair EUB: The Pastor’s Companion...... John Wilson Owen EUB: The Minister’s Companion...... Paul R. Koontz

UNITED METHODIST THEOLOGY / MISSION / DOCTRINE: History of the M.E. Church, (1840’s)...... Nathan Bangs, D.D. Constitutional History of American Episcopal Methodism (1894)...... Jno. J. Tigert, D.D. Articles of Religion of Methodist Church ...... Thomas F. Chilcote A History of the Methodist Church, South in the ...... Gross Alexander, D.D. An Appeal to Matter of Face and Common Sense (1772 reprinted 1848)...... Vindication of the Methodist Episcopacy (1820)...... Nathan Bangs, D.D. World Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church...... Ralph E. Diffendorfer 1923 A New Connection ...... William H. Willimon Pastor’s Ideal Funeral Book...... Arthur H. DeLong Wesley’s Designated Successor, 1785...... John William Fletcher Thirty Years in the Itinerancy, 1875...... W. G. Miller My Boyhood in a Parsonage, 1946...... Thomas W. Lamont Sixty-One Years In Church and State, 1899...... Thomas Hall Pearne Sketches of a Superannuate, 1857...... David Lewis Union of Episcopal Methodism, 1892...... R. S. Foster The Methodists of the World, 1950...... Ivan Lee Holt History and Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South...... A. H. Redford Congregational Methodist Church, Constitution and Government History of the Council of Bishops of UMC, 1939-1979 ...... Roy Short Why Infants are Baptized ...... Erskine White Catechism of Bible History, 1875...... Bishop H. N. McTyrier Grace & Responsibility A for Today ...... John B. Cobb, Jr. Theological Compend: A System of Divinity ...... Amos Binney The Yoke of Obedience, Meaning of in Methodism ...... Dennis Campbell Practical Divinity ...... Thomas Langford Spiritual Renewal for Methodism ...... edited by Samuel Emerick The Disruption of the MEC 1844-1846...... Edward H. Myers, D.D. The Sunday School and Its Methods ...... J. A. Lyons Post Oak Circuit ...... a member of the “Red River Conference” The Methodist Fact Book (1960) ...... editor A. C. Hoover Articles of Religion of Methodist Church ...... Thomas F. Chilcote Methodists United for Action ...... John R. Mott Methodism in Belief and Action ...... John M. Moore Doctrines of Christ and the Church ...... Robert Turner Brown A Manual of Christian Doctrine...... John S. Banks/Jno. J. Tigert Methodism Has A Message...... Paul Kern Wesleyan Theology Today-A Bicentennial Theological Consultation...... edited by Theodore Runyon Rethinking Methodist History - A Bicentennial Historical consultation...... edited by Russell E. Richey & Kenneth Rowe That the World May Believe...... Albert C. Outler Wesleyan Methodism ...... edited by William K. Anderson A Catechism on Church Government, (2 copies) ...... Holland McTyeire The Quest and Character of a United Church ...... Winfred Garrison Polity of the Methodist Episcopal Church ...... David Plumb The Essentials of Methodism ...... Francis J. McConnell What is Methodism? ...... Leonard Barnett Page 10

Layman’s Guide to the Life of Christ...... Franklin Wilder Primer of Beliefs for Methodist Laymen ...... Kenneth Copeland Methodist Primer ...... published by Methodist Evangelistic Materials Going on to Salvation, Study in Wesleyan Tradition ...... Maxie Dunham Why I Am A United Methodist ...... William Willimon Beliefs of a United Methodist Christian ...... Emerson Colaw Major Methodist Beliefs, ...... Mack B. Stokes The Meaning of Methodism,...... Gilbert T. Rowe This We Believe, Articles of Religion of UMC...... Norman P. Madsen Understanding the Methodist Church ...... Nolan B. Harmon United Methodist Profile...... Walter Vernon The District Superintendent ...... edited by Nolan Harmon Meet the Methodists ...... Charles Allen A Digest of Methodist Law...... Bishop S.M. Merrill Lights and Shades of Missionary Life: Travels, Sketches, Incidents, 1860...... John Pitezel Methodism at Work ...... Henry Burton Trimble A Methodist Church and Its Work ...... Worth Tippy and Paul Kern The Cross of Christ ...... H. B. Bascom The Methodist Meeting House...... Paul Neff Garber Theological and Historical Roots of United Methodists

THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Methodist Union in the Courts...... Walter McElreath Inside Methodist Union...... James Straughn United Methodism in America...... John G. McEllhenney The Organization of the United Methodist Church ...... Jack Tuell The Organization of the United Methodist Church...... Nolan B. Harmon United Methodist Member’s Handbook ...... George Koehler Handbook of UM-Related Schools (1992)...... Gen. Bd. Of Higher Edu. and Min. United Methodist Primer, Revised Edition...... Chester E. Custer We Are United Methodists! ...... Ewart G. Watts Questions Asked by United Methodists ...... Mack Stokes Courage Past, Bold Future: Clergywomen in the UMC (pub. 2006)...... Patricia J,. Thompson Keeping Up With A Revolution: Story of UM Communications, 1940-1990...... Maynard & Roger Burgess Turning Corners ...... George M. Daniels

RELATED METHODIST CHURCH DENOMINATIONS: Great Voices of the Reformation...... Harry Emerson Fosdick History of the Christian Church...... George P. Fisher Methodism and the Working Class Movements of England...... Wearmouth Lost Chapters Recovered from Early History of American Methodist ...... J. B. Wakeley Organization of the Methodist Church ...... Nolan B. Harmon Church of the United Brethren History, 1897...... Rev. Daniel Berger The Methodist Church...... Charles Edwin Schofield Methodism and the South ...... James W. Lee History of the MECS History of the Organization of the MECS, 1871...... A. H. Redford History of the Organization of the MECS with Journal of Its First Conference Methodist Episcopal Membership...... 1924 Russellville, AR History of the Methodist Protestant Church ...... Ancel H. Bassett Helps to Official Members of the MEC...... James Porter Page 11 History of the Sunday School Movement in the MEC ...... Addie Grace Wardle Sketches of Western Methodism ...... James B. Finley Methodism in American History (2)...... William W. Sweet Story of American Methodism...... Frederick Norwood and Paul Hutchinson American Methodism ...... M. L. Scudder The Beginnings of American Methodism...... John O. Gross History of Methodism, (3 copies) (1884)...... Holland N. McTyeire A Short History of the Methodists in the United States of America (written in 1810)...... Jesse Lee Studies in Methodist History ...... J. M. Culbreath Story and Work of the Methodist Church ...... Constance Rumbough The Methodist Heritage ...... Henry Carter The Methodist Pulpit South ...... compiled by William T. Smithson Methodism in Earnest: Revival in Great Britain ...... James Caughey The Methodist Armor...... Hillary T. Hudson The Doctrines and Discipline of the A.M.E. Church...... Rev. J. I. Lowe, D.D. Pentecostal , Manual 1911

HISTORY OF METHODISM IN THE WORLD: History of Methodist Missions, Vol. I, II, III ...... Wade Crawford Barclay History of American Methodism, Vol. I, II, III The Centenary of the Methodist Church in Southern Asia ...... John Hollister The Methodists of the World...... Ivan Lee Holt The History of the Christian Church ...... William Jones Antiquities of the Jews/Works of Flavius Josephus/The Jewish War A Hundred Years of China Methodism ...... Walter N. Lacy Methodist Overseas Missions (1953) ...... edited by Barbara Lewis Constitution and Government of Congregational Methodist Churches History of Southern Methodist Missions...... James Cannon III Methodism in Earnest: Revival in Great Britain ...... James Caughey The Methodist First Reader ...... Charles Selectman and George Jones Symbol of Methodism,...... H. M. DuBose Each in Our Own Tongue ...... Justo L. Gonzalez The Story of Methodism (2)...... Halford Luccock, Paul Hutchinson, Robert Goodloe Umphrey Lee, A Biography ...... Winifred Weiss and Charles Proctor Leaders of the Church Universal ...... MacCracken A Diary of Devotion ...... A. W. Martin, Jr. Brother Will, A Biography of William C. Martin ...... James Kirby To Fulfill This Ministry...... William C. Martin Life and I ...... John M. Moore Our Church in Sandburg ...... S. W. Moore Sketches of the Pioneers of Methodism in NC and VA ...... M. H. Moore Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam ...... Robert Moats Miller Personalities in Social Reform ...... G. Bromley Oxnam The Drillmaster of Methodism...... C. L. Goodell Journal of Joseph Pilmore A Pope at Roam, {autobiography} ...... W. Kenneth Pope The Iron Duke of the Methodist Itinerancy (Life and Labors of John Tillett of North Carolina) ...... A. W. Plyler Methodism and Society, Vol I, II, III , IV...... Cameron, Muelder, Schilling History of the MEC, Vol. II, III, IV...... Abel Stevens History of the MEC, Vol. II, III...... Nathan Bangs, D.D. Compendium of Methodist: embracing the hisstory and present condition in all countries...... Rev. James Porter Page 12 Builders of Bridges, A Biography of Roy H. Short ...... T. Otto Nall Methodism Unmasked ...... J. H. Tharp Abundant Life Through Aldersgate ...... G. Ernest Thomas The Call of the Forgotten Man (2)...... Luther Todd Forever Building: the Life and Ministry of Paul E. Martin...... Walter Vernon Selections From the Writings of John Wesley ...... Herbert Welch Wesleyan Spirituality in Contemporary Theological Education...... Division Of Ordained Ministry Methodists Linking Two Continents, ...... Friedrich Wunderlich Organization and Administration of the Sunday School ...... Cunningham & North The Book...... O. P. Fitzgerald The Methodist Lesson Leaf, 1941 Handbook of the MYF World Service of MEC Lorenzo Dow’s Journal Brochures and Booklets about Early Methodists, Methodism, Landmarks The Illustrated History of Methodism in Great Britain and America, ...... W..H. Daniels The Illustrated History of Methodism ...... Lee, Luccock, Dixon Encyclopaedia of Methodism Scenes of Pioneer Methodist ...... Annie Maria Barnew

INTERESTING CHRISTIAN BOOKS Sacred Biography, 1820, Vol. I...... J.W. Morris

ARKANSAS AUTHORS: Six Steps To A Generous Life...... Robert Crossman Campgrounds and Camp Meetings in South Arkansas ...... Stanley Baugh Magnificent Youth - Story of Epworth League...... Stanley Baugh My Anchor Holds ...... R. E. L. Bearden Branson’s Sermons ...... A. M. R. Branson Chrises of Conscience...... James T. Clemons Salem UMC and Salem Camp Meeting...... Shirley Gregory Unto A New Church, Sermons ...... Joel Cooper No Price I Bring ...... Joel Cooper Joanna Hall Davidson...... W. C. Davidson The City Which Hath Foundations ...... O. R. Findley Reflections of A Country Parson...... O. R. Findley The Story of My Heart ...... Philip Cone Fletcher The Radiant Philip Cone Fletcher ...... Silas Rogers Just Plain Bread ...... Gaston Foote Lights and Shadows of 70 Years ...... J. E. Godbey Foundation of Faith ...... J. E. Godbey The Methodist Evangel ...... O. E. Goddard Bennie D. Warner: Blacks Marks on White Paper CD ...... Tiny Seed Films: Bob Hagar/Galen Perkins With Unveiled Faces ...... Theressa Hoover My Treasure Chest ...... Forney Hutchinson Lay Speaking Ministry ...... James Lane The Lark’s Nest ...... F. A. Lark The Holy Spirit in John Wesley’s Theology ...... Arvest Lawson History of Sloan Hendrix Academy ...... Marvin Lawson History of the Negro and Methodism in Arkansas and Oklahoma ...... W. D. Lester Hendrix College, the Move from Altus to Conway ...... Robert Meriwether Women Answering God’s Call (50th Anniversary of Women in Ordained Ministry) ...... Miles, JoAnn Telling Their Stories: The History of Women in the Local Church...... Resource Packet GCAH Page 13 Uncle Billy’s Camp Meeting Stories ...... Edgar Miller and Ratcliffe Groves Congratulations to You, High School Seniors...... Robert B. Moore Profiles and Passion and Power ...... Withers M. Moore Navy Chaplains in Vietnam ...... Withers M. Moore Singer of Seasons, Prayers of ...... Beverly Sawyer Lay Speakers’ Handbook...... Charles Stuck The People’s House ...... Dorothy Sorrells Nobody But Mildred...... Mildred Walton Immortal Mother ...... Franklin Wilder The Father of the Wesley’s...... Franklin Wilder Martha Wesley ...... Franklin Wilder The Methodist Riots ...... Franklin Wilder The Devil Died Last Night...... Franklin Wilder The Remarkable World of John Wesley...... Franklin Wilder John Wesley Rides Again...... Franklin Wilder Lectionary Worship Aids, Vol. 1, 2, 3...... James R. Wilson 56 More Devotions on Short Notice...... James R. Wilson Speeches & Recitations for Young Children...... Abingham Press, parts of book by Jackie Wilson And Are We Yet Alive...... Richard Wilke Slaves to Christ: Methodism and Slavery in Arkansas - a thesis...... Joshua Bradley Williams Behold the Lamb of God ...... H. R. Withers Reminiscences ...... J. P. Womack Fireflies in a Fruit Jar...... John Workman Open Windows ...... John Workman Travels in a Tree House ...... John Workman With My Head Bowed, {story} ...... Edith Martin Christian Stories ...... Clay Hale

Arkansas Annual Conferences ON DVD BEGINNING 2008 to present

INTERFAITH DISASTER RECOVERY IN ARKANSAS, 1996 to 1997

MICROFILM: Papers (Scrapbooks) Bishop Paul V. Galloway Bryant FUMC 1888 -1997 The Arkansas Methodist Newspaper (Arkansas United Methodist Newspaper)...... 1884-2008 Located on the first floor of Bailey Library with the Microfilm collection

AUDIO CASSETTES: “Last Methodist Circuit Rider” 3-15-1998...... Rev. Lawrence I. Brown, german Adoption Project ...... Interview with L. K. Brown Proclaiming the Faith, Pulaski Heights UMC, ...... 1996 1996 General Conference Laity Address...... Jim Lane Damascus UMC, 50th Year Anniversary...... 8-25-1996 Mt. Zion, Celebration of Early Methodism...... 10-10-1993 School of Christian Mission...... 8-1993 Bailey Library Dedication...... 4-29-2994 World Methodist Conference Highlights...... 1976 Discovery Series on John Wesley...... Page 14 VIDEO CASSETTES: Mt. Zion ...... 10-10-1993 Sesquicentennial Celebration of Arkansas Methodism...... 11-8-1986 Interview with Bill and Earline Cheyne ...... Larry and Terry Powell Liberty Hall, Conway District, Centennial Jeanie Burton Interview...... 5-18-1995 Quitman College, Historical Site Presentation...... 10-29-1995 Eli Lindsey Memorial UMC, Historical Site Presentation...... 12-10-1995 Old Washington UMC, Historical Site Presentation...... 10-20-1990 Ozark Mission Project Diaconal Miinistries, LR Conf. Board of Diaconal Ministries...... 1-1990 NA Conf, Native Am. Ministry Multi-Cultural Celebration...... 3-21-1998 North Arkansas Annual Conference...... 2002, {all worship services}

DVD SETS: Annual Conference Resources, Recorded by the Conference Communications Office...... 2008 Annual Conference Resources, Recorded by the Conference Communications Office...... 2009 Annual Conference Resources, Recorded by the Conference Communications Office...... 2010 Annual Conference Resources, Recorded by the Conference Communications Office...... 2011 Annual Conference Resources, Recorded by the Conference Communications Office...... 2012 Annual Conference Resources, Recorded by the Conference Communications Office...... 2013

HYMNALS, FROM U. S. AND ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church...... Committee of Bishops in 1846 Hymn Book of the Methodist Church, So...... Book Agents in the ME, So. in 1889

METHODIST HISTORY: Gen. Comm. On Archives and History, 1964 to 2002 ...... (Indexed)

TOGETHER MAGAZINES: October 1956 to December 1969 Together Area News Editions, 1964 - 1965

FILES: Large File of Myers Ranch / Nawake / Mt. Eagle Records Flat Files: posters, photos, certificates, maps and blueprints, newspapers relating to U M history in the United ...... States and in Arkansas

METHODIST RECORDS COLLECTIONS IN FILE CABINETS: File 1 - Incomplete Records; Handwritten Conference Journals of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ouachita, White River Conferences Incomplete local church Membership Records File 2 - World Methodism; American Methodism; All Conferences of the Arkansas Area File 3 - Little Rock Conference Records File 4 - North Arkansas Conference Records File 5 - Reference files of Little Rock Conference Local Churches File 6 - Reference files of North Arkansas Conference Local Churches Files 7 & 8 - Reference files of Arkansas Methodist Clergy Files, Letters and Pictures from Pearle McCain, missionary to China

LOCAL ARKANSAS UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES: Amity; Asbury, Little Rock; Augusta; Batesville, First; Bayou Meto; Benton; Bethesda; Camden; Cedar Grove; Conway, First; Conway First (printed in 2007);Corning; Diamond City; Page 14

Earle; El Dorado, First; Eureka Springs; Evening Shade; Fayetteville Churches, Fayetteville Central; Foreman; Fort Smith, First; Goddard, Fort Smith Goddard (updated’08) Good Faith, Granade’s Chapel, Pine Bluff; Harrisburg; Harrison, First; Hermitage, Harmony Grove, Hot Springs, First; Jonesboro, First; Lakeside, Pine Bluff; Lepanto; Little Rock, First; Lodge’s Corner; Magnolia, First, Malvern; Mammoth Spring; Mayflower; McCrory; McHue; Mt. Pleasant (Faulkner Co.); Mountain View (recipe book); Mulberry; Nashville, First; Newport, First; North Little Rock, First; Oak Forest, Little Rock; Oakland (Faulkner Co.); Old Mt. Zion, Vanndale; Osceola; Paris; Perry; Pine Bluff, First; Prescott; Pulaski Heights (new), Little Rock; Rose Bud; Rushing Memorial, Chidester; Russellville, First; St. Andrew, Fort Smith (notebook); St. Paul, Fort Smith; St. Paul, Little Rock; Shiloh, (Arkansas Co.); Stuttgart First; Stuttgart, Grand Avenue; Union Co. Churches; Valley Springs Training School; Village, Hot Springs Village; Vilonia; Waldron; Washington (Old Washington); Wheatley; Wilson; Win- slow.