C
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Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
8 linear feet
This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like
more information, please contact us at [email protected].
INTRODUCTION
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, programs, committee and officers reports,
pamphlets and published volumes of the Woman's Society of Christian Service.
Correspondence covers years 1940-1944. The bulk of the collection covers years 19401968.
DONOR INFORMATION
The papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri for the
Women’s Society of Christian Service by Mrs. J.O. Martin on 19 May 1970 (Accession
No.685).
ORGANIZATIONAL SKETCH
The Methodist Episcopal Church in America became divided in 1844 over the
movement to abolish slavery prior to the Civil War.
Two branches of Methodism-the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South-each had its separate board and conferences. These overlapped
geographically, so Missouri is concerned with the work of the M.E. Church and M.E.
Church, South. Originally, each of these had a Woman’s Home Missionary Society, A
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, and a Ladies Aid.
About 1910, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South united these three
organizations into “The Woman’s Missionary Society” under the Board of Missions in
the Church. The Methodist Episcopal Church continued the 3 separate organizations.
In 1939, Missouri was divided by geographical boundaries into three conferences:
(1) The Missouri Conference, including all area north of the Missouri River except
Montgomery, Warren, Lincoln, and St. Charles County. These counties were put into (2)
the St. Louis Conference, which included about half of the geographical area south of the
Missouri River. The rest of the state South of the Missouri River, including Kansas City,
was known as the Southwest Missouri Conference (3).
In 1961 these boundaries were realigned and Missouri became split almost in half
form north to south, and the Conferences became known as the Missouri East, and the
Missouri West Conferences. Each of these conferences had an organized conference
Woman’s Society of Christian Service, and as many district woman’s Societies as there
were districts within the respective conferences.
In 1968 there was still another change made in the Methodist Church. There was a
union with the Evangelical United Brethren Church in America. The name of the church
became known as this time as the United Methodist Church and the Woman’s Division of
the Board of Missions became known as the Women’s Division; and Conference,
District, and local societies now have the name of Women’s Society of Christian Service.
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
The Wesleyan Service Guilds are comparable in work and study programs for
missions to the Women’s Societies at conference, district, and local levels, but are
organized for gainfully employed women.
The above statement was written by Mrs. J.O. Martin, historian of the Columbia,
Missouri Society of Christian Service. A few minor changes were made.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection was arranged chronologically, within its original order, whenever
possible. A brief history of the Women’s Society of Christian Service, including mergers
and title changes, can be found in in the first folder.
For more detailed description of folder contents, please see the folder list.
FOLDER LIST
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1915-1928. Minutes of
conventions of the Young Peoples Branch of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union of Missouri, 1915-1916; yearbook of the Missouri
Young Peoples Branch of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union,
1919-1920; program of the Jubilee Year celebration under the auspices
of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and State
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1924; report of the 44th annual
convention Missouri Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 1926;
Directory of St. Louis Federation Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union, 1927-1928; photograph of Mrs. Belle H. Bennett, President,
Woman’s Missionary Council, Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Woman’s Missionary Council, 1911-1940. Programs of annual
sessions of the Woman’s Missionary Council, 1911, 1928, 1931; “St.
Louis Invites the Women’s Missionary Council of the M.E. Church,
South,” correspondence from the mayor and others in St. Louis asking
that the 25th anniversary meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Council
be held in St. Louis; newspaper clipping with photographs of officers
of the Woman’s Missionary Council, March 10, 1935.
1911-1931
1935-1940
Woman’s Missionary Society, 1931-1937. Programs of Annual
Meetings, 1931-1937; minutes of conference and district meetings,
1936; newspaper clippings with photographs of officers of the
Woman’s Missionary Society, 1936; photograph of Ivan Lee Holt, who
officiated at the 25th anniversary meeting of the Woman’s Missionary
Society.
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, 1882-1940. Minutes of the
Fifth Annual Meeting, Women’s Foreign Missionary Society, 1882; list
of auxiliaries and their secretaries, 1882; correspondence among
officers and members of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society,
1940; lists of charter members and officers of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, 1940, and officers lists for many districts of the
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Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, which became the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service in 1940; treasurer’s reports of the
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society from many districts, 1939-1940.
Reports of Special Work supported by various conferences of the
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, listing districts and amounts
contributed.
Organization Meetings, 1940. Outlines of meetings organizing the
Woman’s Society of Christian Service from the Woman’s Home and
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Societies; roll of delegates to the South
Central Jurisdictional Conference of Christian Service; program of the
Organizational Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1940.
Provisional Meeting, 1940. Lists of delegates to the provisional
meeting, correspondence making arrangements and plans for the
meeting, which further organized the Woman’s Society of Christian
Service in each conference; reports given at the provisional meeting;
financial notes of expenses and contributions.
Letters to Local Societies from the President, 1940-1944. Letters from
Mrs. W. Everett Hillyard, President of the Women’s society of
Christian Service, to local societies’ officers.
Vice-President, 1940-1943. Correspondence between Mrs. Maude
Dildine and Mary K. Longstreth, discussing plans for various meetings
and problems of their offices.
Recording Secretary, 1940-1942. Letters from Mrs. Fred McMahon to
Margaret Hillyard regarding minutes of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, conference, district, and committee meetings.
Corresponding Secretary, 1940-1944. Letters to Mrs. Dildine from
Katherine Drain, corresponding secretary, concerning the orresponding
secretary’s business, meetings, struggles to raise funds, and family
matters.
1940-1941
1942-1944
Treasurer’s Correspondence, 1940-1944. Letters to Margaret Hillyard
regarding family matters, making arrangements for meetings, and a few
financial reports.
Treasurer’s Reports, 1941-1944. Treasurer’s reports of Dorothy Carter,
for all districts of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service. Shows
total receipts and disbursements and itemized lists of disbursements.
Also, each districts’ reports to Miss Carter.
1941-1942
1943-1944
Treasurer’s Reports, St. Louis District, 1954-1961. Reports of the
treasurer of the St. Louis District, Woman’s Society of Christian
Service, Mrs. Irene Riek, itemizing funds to which money was given;
also the amounts given by local societies from the St. Louis District for
each fund.
Missionary Education. Letters to the president and vice-president from
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missionaries reporting on their activities and expenses. Reports on
missionaries from Marcia Myers, Secretary of Missionary Education
and Service, Woman’s Society of Christian Service. Letters discussing
forthcoming meetings. Form letters from the secretary to local society
secretaries. Also a pamphlet on Scarrit College for training
missionaries and deaconesses.
Scholarships, 1940-1942. Report of the Missionary Personnel
committee; letters concerning scholarships to Scarrit College; reports
on the work of finding and educating missionaries for “full time
Christian Service” by the secretaries to the president.
Christian Social Relations and Local Church Activities, 1941-1944.
Letters and reports to local secretaries of Christian Social Relations and
Local Church Activities by the conference secretary; letters to the
conference president and vice president concerning forthcoming
meetings, and suggesting possible activities for local churches.
Student Work, 1940-1944. Reports and letters of the secretary of
Student Work concerning the Society’s relationship with students and
servicemen, and possible activities for the youth of the church.
Young Women and Girls Work, 1940-1942. Correspondence between
the district secretary of Young Women and Girls Work and the
president concerning meetings and conferences; letters giving
instructions to local secretaries about the plans and objectives of Young
Women and Girls Work.
House Party, Missionary Maidens, 1940-1944. House Party was a twoweek seminar for Junior and Senior High School girls, studying Bible,
methods, and missionary studies. Its activities were coordinated with
the Secretary on Young Women and Girls Work. Missionary Maidens
of Methodism were those attending House Party. The folder contains
minutes of House Party Executive Board Meetings, correspondence
planning meetings, and programs.
Children’s Work. Reports, correspondence, programs and bulletins
regarding the Sunday School work. Includes totals of children
attending Sunday school from each district of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Instructions to conference secretaries from the state
secretary; World Friendship Bulletin for secretaries of Children’s
Work, winter, 1942, winter, 1944.
Supplies, 1940-1942. Conference and district supply secretary’s
correspondence asking the president and vice-president for information
concerning the duties of the Supply secretary, and lists of other district
and local supply secretaries; their duties are to buy supplies for various
missionary and church schools and foreign missionaries. Some
beneficiaries supplied are Wesley Community House, Epworth School,
Spofford Home, Mother Jewell’s Home, National training school, and
Foreign supplies, or missionaries.
Literature and Publicity, 1940-1942. Reports and correspondence of
Emily Stapleton, literature and publicity secretary regarding literature
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displays at meetings, lists of books and magazines promoting
Methodism and assisting Society officers. The literature secretary is in
charge of ordering and promoting literature at various meetings.
Kingdom House, 1952-1953. “Fiftieth Anniversary of Kingdom
House”, a short history of Kingdom House, 1902-1952; “The History
and Mission of Kingdom House”, remarks of Bishop Ivan Lee Holt at a
special meeting of the executive committee of the board of directors of
Kingdom House, 1953.
Special Memberships, Honorary Rolls, and Memorials, 1940-1968.
These lists are for special contributions to the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, in memorial, for births, and honorary memberships.
Memorial Certificates and Roll of Honorary Members, St. Louis
Conference, 1940-1953
Roll of Special Memberships, St. Louis Conference, 1953-1956
1956-1957
1958-1959
Roll of Special Memberships, Missouri East Conference, 19611962
1963-1964
1965-1966
Wesleyan Service Guild, 1940-1944. The Wesleyan Service Guild is a
branch of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service set up exclusively
for working women. The folder contains correspondence, newsletters,
brochures, reports, constitution and by-laws regarding the work of the
Wesleyan Service Guild, 1940-1944.
Standing Committees, 1940-1942. Correspondence to the president
from chairmen of standing committees: Committee on the Status of
Women, Committee on Spiritual Life, Program Committee, Committee
on Christian Social Relations and Local Church Activities, and others.
Deaconesses Work, Wesley House, 1941-1944. Correspondence
largely from secretaries of deaconess’s work asking for lists of
deaconesses on the local, district, and conference levels; minutes of
deaconesses association meetings; reports, correspondence, and
financial statements on Wesley House, an educational center for
underprivileged children and adults in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Jurisdiction Officers, 1941-1943. Letters to jurisdiction officers from
the president of the south-central jurisdiction advising them of
meetings, programs and duties; minutes of Executive Committee
meetings, south central jurisdiction; booklet entitled “Jurisdiction and
Conference Officers of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service.”
Division Officers Letters from President. Correspondence from the
President of the Board of Missions and Church Extension, Woman’s
Division of Christian Service to officers of Jurisdiction, Conference,
and District Women’s Societies of Christian service, informing them of
meetings they should attend, giving advice and instructions as to their
duties.
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Reports of District Officers, 1940-1941. Correspondence reporting on
new memberships in the Society, and organization of Charter Societies;
reports naming new officers of local Societies, and asking for guidance
and instruction for new societies.
District Letters, 1940-1943. Map of Missouri showing “Proposed
District Lines in the Two New Annual Conferences in Missouri,” n.d.;
minutes of district meetings; letters of inquiry to the president
regarding duties and responsibilities of district officers, were to locate
supplies, and news of meetings; lists of local officers in each district.
Chillicothe-Richmond District
Fayette District
Hannibal District
Kirksville District
Maryville District
St. Joseph District
Council of Church Women, 1943-1944. Correspondence, constitution,
by-laws, and minutes of the Missouri Council of Church Women. This
organization included women of all Christian denominations to provide
fellowship among church women across denominational lines over the
state.
Jurisdiction Society Meetings, 1940-1942. Correspondence to
conference officers from the chairman of the Jurisdictional Committee;
organizational report of the Missouri Conference, Woman’s Society of
Christian Service; letters concerning the Jurisdictional Meeting at
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1940; letters concerning a later Jurisdictional
Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1942.
Notes on Annual Meetings, 1941-1943. Correspondence advising the
hostess society of presence at the annual meeting of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service in Columbia, Missouri, November, 1941
and April, 1942, and in Chillicothe, Missouri, April, 1943.
Conference Meeting, Missouri Conference, Methodist Church,
Columbia, Missouri, 1942. Programs, song sheet, correspondence
making arrangements for speakers, estimating attendance and arranging
transportation and rooms for the Annual Meeting in Columbia, April,
1942; booklet giving history of the Missouri Methodist Church
building in Columbia, Missouri.
Minutes of Committee Meetings, 1941-1942. Findings of the
Provisional Committee; minutes of finance committee, executive
committee, administrative committee; minutes of first annual meeting,
1942; minutes of House Party Executive Board Meeting, 1943; minutes
of executive committee meeting at the second annual meeting at
Chillicothe, Missouri, 1943; Program of second annual meeting, 1943,
and Executive committee meetings, 1943.
Seminar Programs and Announcements, 1954-1964. Newsletters
announcing dates of forthcoming seminars; programs of seminars held
by various conferences, districts, and local societies of the Woman’s
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Society of Christian Service.
Meetings of Zone I, Fayette District, 1944-1961. Programs, notes,
committee reports and minutes of meetings of the Columbia Zone of
Fayette District, 1944-1954.
Programs of Jurisdictions, Conferences, and Zones, 1940-1969.
Programs for Annual Meetings of Jurisdiction, Conference, District ,
and Zone of Woman’s Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan
Service Guild. Also schools of Missions of Jurisdiction and
Conference.
1940-1949
1950-1955
1956-1959
1960-1964
1965-1966
1967-1969
Reports, 1963-1968. Reports of secretaries of Missionary Education;
District Educational Reports to the Conference secretary of Missionary
Education and Service, and her subsequent reports to Jurisdiction
secretary and national secretary, reporting numbers of meetings, titles
of programs, numbers attending, books used, etc.; also reports of the
secretary of literature and publications reporting the number of
publications used by each local society.
First Assembly, 1942. Programs, reports, and educational literature
given at the first assembly, May 19-22, 1942, a national convention of
Methodist Church women; Social Questions Bulletin, May 19-22,
1942; The Assembly Bulletin, May 19-22, 1942, with articles on home
and foreign missions, the president’s message, and evangelism.
Fourth Assembly, 1954. Programs of the Fourth Assembly, May 2528, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with literature, song sheets, and
magazines used there.
Fifth Assembly, 1958. Literature packet of the Fifth Assembly held in
St. Louis, Missouri, May 5-8, 1958, including a prayer book, “The
Upper Room”; seating arrangement in Keil Auditorium, The Daily
Announcer, the daily program of the assembly, May 7-9, 1958; Christ’s
Message for Today, source book of discussion material and program of
the Fifth Assembly; brochures of exhibits, newspaper clippings.
Seventh Assembly, 1966. Speaker’s Kit of the Seventh Assembly, held
May 12-15, 1966, in Portland, Oregon, including the Daily News
Bulletin, May 12-15, 1966; the Oregon Methodist, May, 1966; a map of
downtown Portland, and the auditorium, and seating arrangement for
the assembly in the coliseum.
Board of Missions, Missouri East Conference, 1964-1966. Minutes of
organizational meetings, and subsequent meetings of the Board of
Missions.
Missionary Education Tours, 1961-1964. Correspondence of the
Secretary of Youth Work and the secretary of Missionary Education,
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about Missionary Education Tours for Junior and High School age girls
interested in Missionary work; minutes of Missionary Education Tour
Committee Meetings; brochures on advance information concerning
what to take, the itinerary, qualifications needed to go on tour, and
application forms, 1961, 1962, 1964. Also, thank you notes from some
of the girls who went on tour.
Missionaries and Workers, 1964-1970. Short biographical sketches,
some with photographs of missionaries to their supporting churches
relating their experiences on their Christian mission. Some
missionaries mentioned are Dora L. Ingram, Joanna Gayle Wright,
Judith Dodge, Claudia Whittle, Mildred Wright, Jerome Freund, Dr.
and Mrs. Raymond Isley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hanson, Mildred
Black, Kathleen A. Norris, Lena Belle Robinson, Dr. Olin Stockwell,
Pearle McCain, Clement W. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thoburn,
Wilma Corder, Fred W. Gaston, Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Marble, and
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cooper, also, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Williams.
Consecration Services, 1931-1938. Programs of Consecration Service,
missionaries and deaconesses, March 17, 1931, at First Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, Memphis, Tennessee; March 17, 1935, at
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis, Missouri;
March 14, 1937, at Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, Columbia, South Carolina; and March 13, 1938, at Boston
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Booklets on Home Missions, 1951-1960. Pamphlets, leaflets, and
brochures on some Home Missions supported by the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service.
Cherokee United Methodist Mission, Cherokee, North Carolina;
Valley Institute, Pharr, Texas; Friendship Square, El Paso,
Texas; Della C. Lamb Neighborhood House, Kansas City,
Missouri; Alma Mathews House, New York, New York. Also a
pamphlet, Do You Know?, projects of the Department of Work in
the United States and the West Indies, Woman’s Division of
Christian Service, Board of Missions, the Methodist Church
Epworth School for Girls, Webster Groves, Missouri; Bennett
College, Greensboro, North Carolina; Spofford Home, Kansas
City, Missouri. Also The Christian Worker.
National College for Christian Workers, Kansas City, Missouri,
various city settlement and neighborhood houses.
Pamphlets on Missions in the inner city; map of the U.S.
showing roads leading to missions.
Booklets on Foreign Missions, 1931-1957. Booklets, brochures,
pamphlets, magazine articles, and other promotional material
explaining and describing foreign missions supported by the Methodist
Church. Some countries represented are Puerto Rico, Japan, Latin
America, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Southeast Asia, China, Africa and
Burma.
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The United Nations, 1943-1968. Brochures and pamphlets on the
United Nations and the church’s role in its support.
Merger of Methodist Women’s and United Brethren Women’s
Organizations, 1968. In 1968 the Methodist Church united with the
Evangelical United Brethren Church in America, and changed its name
to the United Methodist Church. Also the Woman’s Division of the
Board of Missions became the Women’s Division of the Board of
Missions. District and local societies changed their names to Women’s
Society of Christian Service. Includes the informational material sent
to the Women’s Societies of Christian Service regarding the merger,
and new organization and structure of the United Methodist Church.
Included are suggested guidelines for mergers, Women’s Society of
Christian Service; procedures for elections at the organizational
meeting, September, 1968; Report and Recommendations of the section
of program and education for Christian Mission to the Woman’s
Division, 1968; Report and recommendations from the Joint
Committee on Budget and Finances, 1968; possible resolutions for the
World Division, 1968; Report and Recommendations from the section
of Christian Social Relations; Recommendations to the Women’s
Society from the Committee of the Wesleyan Service Guild; family tree
of the formation of the United Methodist Church following more than
two centuries of Methodist and evangelical United Brethren Church
History.
The Council Bulletin, 1926-1940. The Council Bulletin, published at
the annual meetings of the Woman’s Missionary Council, giving a
summary of each day’s activities, who’s who at the Council, and
progress made in foreign missions during the preceding year.
1926-1927
1928-1929
1930-1931
1932-1933
1934-1935
1936-1937
1938-1939
1940
News Bulletins, 1940-1962. The Christian Advocate, September 25,
1929; Woman’s Home Missions, July-August, 1940; Information and
Action Bulletin, November, 1947, 1949; The Missouri Methodist, May,
1955; The Informer, June, 1967-March, 1968; Missouri Conference
News, July, 1958-December 1958; Daily News Bulletin, sixth assembly,
May 1962.
Miscellaneous Newsletters, 1940-1965. Newsletters from local
societies. Some are the Knox County, Missouri Methodist Parish,
Jefferson County, Missouri, St. Louis, South district, and the Missouri
Conference.
Study Guides, 1947-1970. Pamphlets making suggestions for study
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classes and ways of following up study classes of local societies with
activities; book lists of suggested reading during and after study
classes; and booklet suggesting a self-analysis meeting for Women’s
Societies of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guilds.
Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 1950-1967. Miscellaneous pamphlets
published by various sections of the Women’s Division, Methodist
Church, covering such subjects as Civil Rights, and race
discrimination, status of Women, housing, poverty, foreign travel and
world hospitality, and the war in Viet Nam.
School of Missions, Mount Sequoyah, June 1961. Programs of the
morning watch, listing meditations to be read while in silent worship;
Mountain Minutes, daily newspaper of the school; program of the
School of Missions and Christian Service, South Central Jurisdiction.
Conference School of Missions, 1961-1970. Programs, study guides,
prayer calendars, and informational brochures given at the annual
conference schools of missions, 1961-1970.
1961
1962
1963-1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969-1970
South Central Jurisdiction Meetings, 1961, 1965. Programs, brochures
and handouts from the South Central Jurisdiction Meeting, 1961, and
School of Missions at Mount Sequoyah, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in
1965.
Annual Meeting Packet, St. Louis Conference, 1961. Programs,
brochures, and newspaper article from the annual meeting of the St.
Louis Conference, held in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; reports from
recording secretary, vice-president, secretary of promotion, spiritual
life cultivation, missionary education, Christian social relations, student
work, youth work, children’s work, supply work, and literature and
publications.
Annual Meeting Packets, Missouri East Conference, 1962-1971.
Programs, brochures, song sheets, and officers’ reports and
recommendations at the annual meetings of the Missouri East
Conference, Women’s Society of Christian Service, 1962-1971.
1962-1963
1964-1965
1966
1967
1968-1969
1970
1971
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v. 1-114
v. 1
v. 2-11
v. 2
v. 3
v. 4
v. 5
v. 6
v. 7
v. 8
v. 9
v. 10
v. 11
v. 12-33
v. 12
v. 13
v. 14
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v. 17
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Annual Reports, 1879-1970.
Annual Report of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, with minutes of the first
meeting of the Executive Association, held in the Broadway
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Louisville, Kentucky, 1879.
Annual reports of the Woman’s Missionary Council of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1923-1938.
13th, 1923
16th, 1926
17th, 1927
20th, 1930
21st, 1931
23rd, 1933
25th, 1935
20th, 1936
27th, 1937
28th, 1938
Annual Report, Woman’s Missionary Society of the St. Louis
Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
1st, 1912
7th, 1918
9th, 1920
10th, 1921
11th, 1922
12th, 1923
13th, 1924
15th, 1926
16th, 1927
17th, 1928
18th, 1929
19th, 1930
20th, 1931
21st, 1932
22nd, 1933
23rd, 1934
24th, 1935
25th, 1936
26th, 1937
27th, 1938
28th, 1939
29th, 1940
Journal of the First Quadrennial Meeting for Organization of the
Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist
Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1940.
Journal of the … Annual Meeting of the Board of Missions and
Church Extension of the Methodist Church
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v. 38-65
v. 66-76
v. 66
v. 67
v. 68
v. 69
v. 70
v. 71
v. 72
v. 73
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v. 75
v. 76
v. 77-94
v. 95-105
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1st, 1940
4th, 1943
6th, 1945
Annual Report, Woman’s Division of Christian Service of the
Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist
Church, 1940-1968. It changed its name slightly in later years.
Collection lacks the 7th annual report, 1946-1947.
Annual Report, Woman’s Society of Christian Service, South
Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church, 1942-1964.
Yearbook and First report, 1942
2nd, 1943
7th, 1947-1948
8th, 1948-1949
9th, 1949-1950
10th, 1950-1951
11th, 1951-1952
16th, 1956-1957
17th, 1957-1958
22nd, 1963-1964
23rd, 1964
Annual Report, St. Louis Conference, Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, the Methodist Church. Collection includes the
1st to the 21st reports, 1940-1961, with the 2nd, 4th and 19th
lacking.
Missouri Conference, Woman’s Society of Christian Service, the
Methodist Church, ... Annual Report, 1946-1961.
5th & 6th, 1946-1948
8th, 1948-1949
9th & 10th, 1949-1951
11th, 1952
12th, 1953
13th, 1954
15th, 1955-1956
16th, 1956-1957
17th, 1957-1958
19th, 1959-1960
20th, 1960-1961
Annual Report, the Woman’s Society of Christian Service,
including Wesleyan Service Guild, Missouri East Conference,
the Methodist Church, 1962-1970.
Organizational Report, 1961
1st, 1962
2nd, 1963
3rd, 1964
4th, 1965
5th, 1966
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
v. 112
v. 113
v. 114
v. 115
v. 116
v. 117-136
v. 137-170
v. 137
v. 138
v. 139
v. 140
v. 141
v. 142
v. 143
v. 144
v. 145
v. 146
v. 147
v. 148
v. 149
v. 150
v. 151
v. 152
v. 153
v. 154
v. 155
v. 156
v. 157
v. 158
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6th, 1967
7th, 1961
2nd, Women’s Soc., 1970
Fifty-fifty annual report, the Woman’s Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1935-1936.
Twenty-seventh annual report, Woman’s Missionary Society of
the Missouri Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
1940.
Prayer Calendars, 1948-1970. Prayer Calendar, Woman’s Division of
Christian Service, Board of Missions and Church Extension, the
Methodist church, listing foreign and home missions for which to pray
every day of the year. Collection is incomplete from 1948 to 1970.
Lacks 1952-1953, and 1964.
Program and Worship Books, 1940-1967. Material for programs and
worship services with coordinating Bible verses and music for varying
themes of worship.
Great Adventurers, Program Material, 1940.
Investing Our Heritage, Programs, 1940-1941
The Lord’s Song in a Strange Land, Programs, 1944
The Lord’s Song in a Strange Land, Worship Services, 1944
That Thy Way May Be Known Upon the Earth, Worship
Services, 1948
By His Light Shall the Nations Walk, Worship Services, 19481949
By His Light Shall the Nations Walk, Program Material, 19481949
Christ Jesus Himself the Cornerstone, Worship Services, 19491950
Christ Jesus Himself the Cornerstone, Program Material, 19491950
Thy Saving Health Among All Nations, Worship Booklet, 19501951
Thy Saving Health Among All Nations, Program Material, 19501951
The Earth is the Lord’s, Worship Booklet, 1951-1952
A Sower Went Forth, Program Book, 1953-1954
A Sower Went Forth, Worship Booklet, 1953-1954
Except the Lord Keep the City, Program Book, 1954-1955
Except the Lord Keep the City, Worship Booklet, 1954-1955
To The End of the Earth, Program Book, 1955-1956
The Islands Await His Word, Worship Booklet, 1956-1957
The Islands Await His Word, Program Book, 1956-1957
The March of Missions, Worship Booklet, 1957-1958
The March of Missions, Program Book, 1957-1958
Boundless Adventure, Worship Services and Programs for a
World Friendship Group of Girls, 1957-1958
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
v. 159
v. 160
v. 161
v. 162
v. 163
v. 164
v. 165
v. 166
v. 167
v. 168
v. 169
v. 170
v. 171-187
v. 171
v. 172
v. 173
v. 174
v. 175
v. 176
v. 177
v. 178
v. 179
v. 180
v. 181
v. 182
v. 183
v. 184
v. 185
v. 186
v. 187
v. 188-199
v. 188
v. 189
v. 190
v. 191
v. 192
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Christ For the World We Sing, Worship Booklet, 1958-1959
There’s A Light Upon the Mountains, Worship Booklet, 19591960
There’s A Light Upon the Mountains, Program Book, 1959-1960
The Word In Our Midst, Program Book, 1960-1961
The Word In Our Midst, Worship Booklet, 1960-1961
The Household of God, Program Book, 1961-1962
Program Plans for Employed Church Women 1962
Called Confronted, Compelled, Program Book, 1962-1963
Witness Through Service, Program Book, 1963-1964
Summoned to a New Age, Program Book, 1964-1965
Living in Such An Age, Program Book, 1965-1966
Dialogue And Design, Program Book, 1966-1967
Catalogs, 1947-1970. Publications and catalogs of religious books,
literature for use by secretaries, missionary information, and stamps,
pins, membership cards, seals, posters, banners, and other items needed
by Society officers.
Publications, Women’s Division of Christian Service, 1947-1948
1948-1949
1949-1950
Catalog, Woman’s Division of Christian Service, 1950-1951
1951-1952
1952-1953
1953-1954
1954-1955
1956-1957
The Catalog of Literature, Literature Headquarters, 1959-1960
1961-1962
1962-1963
Service Center (Formerly Literature Headquarters), 1964-1965
Catalog, Board of Missions, the Methodist Church, Service,
Center, 1966-1967
1967-1968
Board of Missions, United Methodist Church, Catalog, 19681969
1969-1970
Handbooks, 1938-1964. There are handbooks for many of the officers
and secretaries of the Society, including purposes and goals of the
offices, directions on how to do the reports, responsibilities at meetings,
and conferences, and other general information.
Handbook for Woman’s Missionary Societies, 1938
Spiritual Life Handbook, 1960-1964
Handbook for the Vice President, 1952-1956
Handbook, Secretaries of Missionary Education and Service,
1952-1956
Handbook, Missionary Education and Service, 1956-1960
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
v. 193
v. 194
v. 195
v. 196
v. 197
v. 198
v. 199
v. 200-203
v. 200
v. 201
v. 202
v. 203
v. 204-205
v. 206-210
v. 206
v. 207
v. 208
v. 209
v. 210
v. 211-213
v. 214-217
v. 214
v. 215
v. 216
Handbook Wesleyan Service Guild, 1952-1956
Handbook of Christian Social Relations and Local Church
Activities, 1948
Handbook Christian Social Relations, 1960-1964
Handbook on Program, 1964
Handbook on Finance, 1964
Handbook for the Woman’s Society of Christian Service, 1964
World Federation of Methodist Women, Conference Report and
Handbook
A Guide for the Woman’s Society of Christian Service, 1944-1960.
Published by the Woman’s Division of Christian Service, Board of
Missions, this pamphlet lists goals and purposes of the Society, brief
summaries of duties of officers, and committees, explains missionary
projects, how to conduct a meeting, and includes the constitution and
bylaws of the Society.
1944-1948
1948-1952
1952-1956
1956-1960
Constitution and By-laws, 1960, 1965. Constitution and by-laws of the
Woman’s Division of Christian Service, Woman’s Society of Christian
Service, Wesleyan Service, Guild, Board of Missions of the Methodist
Church.
Directories, 1961-1967. Directory, Woman’s Division of Christian
Service, Board of Missions, the Methodist Church. Lists names and
addresses of officers and staff of the Society, with names and addresses
of deaconesses and missionaries.
1961-1961
1963
1964
1965
1966-1967
Journal of the Executive Committee, 1944-1946. Journal of the
Executive Committee, Woman’s Division of Christian Service, of the
Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church,
including minutes, offices, and committee reports of the executive
committee meetings, 1944-1946.
Miscellaneous Yearbooks, 1935-1940
The Japan Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
Yearbook and minutes of the Fiftieth Annual Meeting held at
Kobe, Japan, 1935.
Yearbook of the Japan Mission of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and Minutes of the Fiftieth Annual Meeting,
1938.
Yearbook of the Woman’s Missionary Society, Methodist
Episcopal Church South, with suggested programs for pledge
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C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
v. 217
v. 218-225
v. 218
v. 219
v. 220
v. 221
v. 222
v. 223
v. 224
v. 225
v. 226-229
v. 226
v. 227
v. 228
v. 229
v. 230-248
v. 230
v. 231
v. 232
v. 233
v. 234
v. 235
v. 236
v. 237
v. 238
v. 239
v. 240
v. 241
v. 242
v. 243
services.
Yearbook for the Woman’s Missionary Society, Methodist
Episcopal Church, South with suggested programs for pledge
services, 1940.
The Methodist Woman, 1940-1953. The Methodist Woman was a
monthly publication of the Woman’s Division of Christian Service,
Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church.
Recommendations for possible topics for activities for the secretary of
Christian Social Relations and Local Church Activities.
1940-1941
1942
1943
1945
1946
1947
1952
1953
Activities Pamphlets, 1944-1967. Recommendations for possible
topics for activities for the secretary of Christian Social Relations and
Local Church Activities.
1944
1953-1954
1957-1958
1966-1967
Miscellaneous Books
Life of Jesus, n.d.
Women of Scripture, by Arthur Bruce Moss, n.d.
The Song of Our Syrian Guest, by William Allen Knight, 1906
Women and Missions In the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
by Sara Estelle Hasken, 1922
International Sunday School Convention, 1922
Methodist Womanhood, A Jubilee Dramatization, by Mary De
Bardeleben, 1928
Jubilee Sketches, by Juanita Brown, 1928
Year of Jubilee, 1878-1928, Woman’s Missionary Society,
Missouri Cnference, 1928
Belle Harris Bennett, Her Life Work, by Mrs. R.W. Macdonell,
1928
Report of Commission on Woman’s Place of Service in the
Church. Woman’s Missionary Council, Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, 1930.
Travel the Jericho Road!, by Ethel L. Kitchell, 1939
The Unseen Guest, A Missionary Prayer Book in 2 volumes, n.d.
The Unseen Guest, vol. 2
Scrapbook of the Missouri Conference, Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, prepared by Mrs. Sam T. Evans, 1945.
Page 16
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
v. 244
v. 245
v. 246
v. 247
v. 248
Page 17
Where Prayer and Purpose Meet, The WCTU Story, by Helen E.
Tyler.
Declaring His Glory, Methodist Women At Work around the
World, by Eloise Andrews Woolever.
Methodism in Two Counties in Missouri, 1961, by Roy A. Strum,
Department of Research and Survey, Division of National
Missions, of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church.
Officers and Staff of the Women’s Division, the United
Methodist Church, 1968-1972 Quadrennium, 1968.
Women United for Mission, A History of the Woman’s Society of
World Service of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, 19461968, by Audrie E. Reber.
INDEX TERMS
Subject
A Guide for the Women's Society of Christian Service
Adkins, Roy, Mrs.
Albert, Betty
Andrews, Charles Freer
Asia--Missions--Methodist Church
Atkinson, Virginia
Bagley, Robert, Mrs.
Baldwin, Eva W.
Bardeleben, Mary De
Barnwell, Mary Lou
Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina
Bennett, Belle Harris
Bentley, Thomas E., Mrs.
Black, Mildred A.
Bragg, J. D., Mrs.
Brown, Elvin, Mrs.
Brown, Juanita
Brummel, Adelaide
Campbell Friendship House, Gary, Indiana
Carryer, Ruth M.
Carter, Dorothy
Catalogs--Religious literature
Chaittan, Sarah (1905-1954)
Cherokee United Methodist Mission, Cherokee, North
Carolina
Civil rights--Missouri
Cookson Hills Center, Cookson, Oklahoma
Cooper, Clyde
Davis, Harry J.
Folders
Volumes
v. 200-203
83
84
112
110
118
84
63
v. 235
106
107
v. 238
107
104
6,10,16,67
83
v. 236
46
107
107
22-24,65
v. 171-187
110
106
99,129
107
104
25-45
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
Subject
Della C. Lamb Neighborhood House, New York, New York
Diemer, Stella
Dildine, Harry G., Mrs.
Dildine, Maude
Discrimination in religion
Dodge, Judith
Donati, Matteo
Drain, Katherine
Farmer, Dorothy
Farmer, E. H., Mrs.
Fison, Aleen
Friendship Square, El Paso, Texas, 1950-1960
Frink, Ruth
Galatas, Elsie
Gaston, Fred W.
Gillespie, Virginia
Grace, Curtis, Mrs.
Hanson, Robert
Hillyard, W. Everett, Mrs.
Holland, Alma H.
Holt, Ivan Lee (1886-1967)
Howell, Mabel K.
Ingram, Dora L.
Iseley, Raymond
Jones, Jane D.
Kingdom House, St. Louis, Missouri
Klingeberger, Ida
Littlejohn, Mary Beth
Longstreth, Mary K.
Luetzow, Herman H.
Mapel, Ida Latta
Marble, Robert V.
McCain, Pearle
McCullogh, Frances
McMahon, Virginia
Methodist Church, Board of Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Church, Board of Missions, Division of National
Missions, Department of Research and Survey
Methodist Church, Board of Missions, Women's Division of
Christian Service, Directories
Methodist Church, Missions
Methodist Church, Programs of Worship
Folders
Page 18
Volumes
106
72
1-147
1-147
106-109,129
104
112
20, 21
64, 83
64, 83
104
106
83
52
104
102
73
104
17-19, 46-55, 63-78
46
55
47
104
104
46
55
101
65
18, 64
102
64
104
104
102
19
v. 34, 117-136,
211-213
v. 246
v 206-210
6-11, 46, 47, 103, 104,
106-112, 130-138
v. 214-217
v. 137-170
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
Subject
Methodist Church, Puerto Rico
Methodist Church, Treasurer's Reports, 1941-1961
Methodist Church, Vietnam, 1967
Methodist Church, Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church--Missions
Methodist Church--Missions--Africa
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis Conference,
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, St. Louis Conference,
Woman's Missionary Society, Annual Report,
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Woman's Missionary
Council, 1911-1940
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Woman's Missionary
Society
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Woman's Society of
Christian Service, Missouri Conference, Scrapbook, 1945
Methodist Episcopal Church, Woman's Home Missionary
Society, Annual Report, 1935-1936
Missions, Christian--Latin America
Missouri Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri
Moore, Fulton, Mrs.
Moore, Leatha
Morris, Homer K.
Morrison, Annabel.
Myers, Marcia
Norfolk, Verna
Norris, Kathleen A.
Peet, Hubert W.
Porter, Susan
Prescott, Martha Evelyn
Prohibition
Ransom, Ruth
Religion
Religious Literature, 1940
Richardson, James, Mrs.
Robinson, Lenna Belle
Scarritt Bible and Training School, Nashville, Tennessee
Schweppe, Dora
Sheldon, Mabel
Spofford Home, Kansas City, Missouri
Stallings, Nina B.
Stapleton, Emily
Stephens, Blanche Louise Howard (1872-1931)
Stockwell, Olin F.
Folders
Volumes
110
23-45
129
6-11, 46, 47, 103, 104,
106-112, 130-138
111
v. 214-217
v. 28-33
v. 12-33
3-4
v. 2-11
5
v 1, 116
v. 243
v 115
110
79
49
49
102
79
46
50
104
112
2
47
1-2
47
1-147
54
103
104
46, 47
48
46
107
47
54, 127
118
104
Page 19
v. 1-248
C3120 Women’s Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church, Papers, 1879-1971
Subject
The Council Bulletin, Women's Missionary Council,
Methodist Church
The Methodist Woman, 1940-1953
Thoburn, Stanley
Thomas M. Spofford Receiving Home, Kansas City,
Missouri
Thomas, Clement W.
Tillman, J. Fount, Mrs.
Tillman, Sadie Wilson
United Brethren Church in America
United Methodist Church, Board of Missions, Catalogs
United Nations
Valley Institute, Pharr, Texas, 1950-1960
Van Hooser, Ruby
Weary, Ruth
Wesley Community Center, St. Joseph, Missouri
Wesley House, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1941-1944
Whittle, Claudia
William Johnson Bethlehem Center, Jackson, Michigan
Williams, Joseph G.
Wilson, Eva
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Division of Christian Service, Methodist Church,
Constitution and By-Laws
Womans' Foreign Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal
Church, 1940
Woman's Missionary Council, Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, 1911-1940
Woman's Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, 1931-1937
Woman's Society of Christian Service, Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Women's Society of Christian Service, Membership
Women--Societies
Woolever, Eliose Andrews
Wright, Joannah Gayle
Wright, Mildred
Wright, Nancy S.
Youth--Religious life
Folders
Volumes
118-125
v. 218-225
104
112
104
99, 126
99, 126
116-117
171-187
113-114
106
52
53
107
65
104
46
104
69
1-2
v. 244
v. 200-205
6-10
3-4
5
56-62
1-147
104
104
6-10
50-51
Page 20
v. 1-248
v. 245