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THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
NEW YORK CITY
1940

INVENTORY OF THE CHUhCH ARCHIVES
OF NEW YORK CITY

THE METHODIST CHURCH

PREFARED BY
THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY
DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PROJECTS
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION

HE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YOhK

SPONSOR ;
. FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA

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The Historical Records Survey

Sargent B. Child, National Director
Charles C. Fisher, State Supervisor for New York City

Division of Professional and Service Projects
Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner

Agnes S. Cronin, Chief Regional Supervisor
Joseph L. Ginniff, Directoribr New York City

Work Projects Administration

Howard 0. Hunter, Acting Commissioner
R.F. Branion, Regional Director
Oliver A. Gottschalk, Acting Administrator for New York City

Sponsor

Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Mayor of the City of New York

FOREWORD

The Historical Records Survey, in attempting to preserve tne
archives of Jew York City Methodism, deserves the :ratitude of all
persons who ere interested in the history of the Methodisr Episco;al
Church in this locality. Although one might assume that a denomina—
tion which makes "method" a part of its name, and which‘ERes pride in
the thoroughness of its ecclesiastical system, would present a favor—
able area for such a survey, it must be confessed that little has been
done to preserve the records of our local churches.

There has been no central archive until verr recently, and boobs

of original record, especially of discontinued societies, have been

Widely disrersed and even lost or destroyed. This Suriey for tho inst

time gathers up such information as is at this moment available rerlrd—
ing the amount, content and location of existing records. It should

lead to the discovery and reclamation of others. Furthermore, the
interest aroused by this laudable piece of work snould so stimulate the
Methodist historical conscience as to insure the better rrsservntion of

historical material in the dcpositories which have now been officially

rem-

designated. On the other hand, though local church records are g
mentary, the general statistical and personal records of the Methodist
Episcopal Church as a whole have been printed and preserved with except-
ional diligence, and the Survey takes full account of these in a way
which will be of great assistance to students and rESearch workers.
Although it is inevitable that, as a pioneer in a difficult field,
sucn a Survey must leave many gaps, the work wtich has been done is

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marked by intelligence and skill. I welcome it, both or its present

excellence and for its promise as a foundation for still furdmm inquiry.

James R. Joy
150 Fifth Ave.,

December 16, 1940 librarian, Methodist Historical Socity of $320.

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In Je anuar; 1935, by authority 9 a Presidential letter, the Hi
ical Records Survey was established under the natiozial direction of D
Luther E. Evans, to provide use’ul employment for needgz unemployed
professional, technical, and clerical workers. Among the ra tion-wide
objectives 01 this oroject, was the compilation of inventories of all
ecclesiastical re.cords in the nited States, denominatio on by denomina—
tion. These records are invaluable, though heretofore large-13’ unlocet: d
or unknown, sources of social, religious, and vit.s l stat‘l stical studies
of national and local history. On March 1, 1940, Mr. Sargent 3. Child
succeeded Dr. Evans as National Director of the Survey.

Inventories of the records of each denomination will eventually be
published for every state. For the purpose of tris surve", New York City
was designated as a fortv-ninth state, with Mrs. Crete Hutchinson as
State Director. On April 26, 1937, she was replaced by Howard E C015”:
who was succeeded on June 15 of the same vear bv George J. MiN. er as
State Director and Jacob George Bra5in as Assistant Director. Upon
Mr. Miller's resignation in October 1939, Cho.rles 0. Fisher was ECJOintGd
Acting Director; and in September 1940, Isidor Paskoff succeeded Mr.lragm
as Assistant Director. The iew York City project ceased to exist as
part of Federal Project K0. 1 on September 1, 1339, from which time it
has Operated under the sponsorship of Fiorello H. La Guardia, Maror of
the City of New York.

The present inventorv of Methodist or urch archives is the sixth of
a series which eventually will Cover every denomination in few York City.
Other publications are noted on he last page of this volume. In the
course of preparing this inventory, some records assumed to have been
lost and others long misplaced were located; in some cases, records
found to be h poor condition have been rec conditioned. It is hOped that
subsequent irventories will lead to similar discoverv, centralization,
and preservation of other records now unkn.wn or believed lost.

The courtesv and material assistance of ministers and other church
officials, as well as that of secretaries of libraries, a d superinten—
dents of institutions, are gratefully acknosledged as having been in—
dispensable to the completion of the inventorv Te are greatly indebted
to Dr. James R. Joy, Librarian of the Methodist Eistorical society in
the City of New York, for his verT hind interest and assistarce in our
work. In addition to writing the foreword to this volume, Dr. Jo?
personally wrote the entry for the General Conference (entry 2); pre—
pared a list of source material in the library of the Society as a guide
to historical research; ﬁugmcﬁtﬂd bibliographical data by special lists
and in other ways and at all times aided in the progress of the inven~
tory,giving unstintingly of his time and experience.

Preface

The work of collecting, verifying, and editing the invento
been done under the direct supervision of Harry E. Greene, and
successor, Mrs. Alice Louise Hayes. The historical sketch is the work
of William Fisher. Editing, proofreading and indexing we
Melvin Sachs, Harry Pollack, Miguel Casillas, Celia Rogow.
following workers contributed to the writing of the entries;
Stanley, Bradley D. Cutler, Wallace W. Hooker, Mary C. Francis,
Connolly. Others who did research on the inventory were: Jessi
Preston, Lillian Parker, Helen harshall, George Lockwood, Roy E. Lee,
Evelyn Revesz, Harry Anderson, Harry L. Goodwin, Robert Dare, Milton
Hirsch, Sara T. Marshall, Anna Onstott. The typing was under the
direction and supervision of Fay Epstein.

Final editorial responsibility vas vested in Charles E. Baker,
Editor—in—Chief of the Eew York City Historical Records Survey. This
inventory was prepared in accordance with instructions from the Rational
Office of the Historical Records Survey Projects; detailed editorial
comments and criticism vere made by Donald A. Thompson, Assistent Arch—
ivist for Church Archives Inventories.

Charles C. Fisher
Acting Director
I.'.C.—Eistorical Records Survey

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Organization .

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Arrangement and Organizatior

Form of Entry

Records System

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Missionary Sccicty

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ﬂissionary Society

7scopal Social Union of Ncw

New York Deaconess Association

Huyler Rest Home a

dale Club

Glorieux-Din

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Table of Contents

Methodist Historical Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Epworth League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Board of Foreign Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension . . . .
Methodist Feceration for Social Service . . . . . . . .
Board of Missions and Church Extension . . . . . . .
New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church .

Wesleyan Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Methodist Episcopal Church Home
Alma Matthews House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Church entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New York East Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brooklyn and Long Island Church Society . . . . . .
Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn . . . . . .
Brooklyn Methodist EpiSCOpal Church House . . . . .
Brooklyn Deaconess Home . . . . . . . . , . . . . .

Church entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Newark Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church . ...

Church entries . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . .
Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church .
Church entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

East German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethany Deaconess and Hospital Society . . . . .
Bethany Home for the Aged . . . . . . . . . .

Church entries . . . . . . , . . . . .

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Hymnology and Hymnody

Lives of ﬁhn Bishops

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EXPLANATCRV NOTES

Orcanization
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Each single congregation with its own /astcr i: a uni
ization within the Methodist Churcho However, in tne s
congregations, unable to support a separate pas to or, two 0
gregations are sometimes placed under one pastor Each pastorate
whether of one or more congregations is kncmn as a charge
is governed by an Cff’icie l Beard which inclu es the past
class leader, steward, trustees, superintendent of the S
and represertatives of the other church societies.

The mini_ste ers of the Church are of two orders——F:acons and eldeis.
Both are authorized to preach, to conduct divine worship, to perform
the marriage ceremony, and to administer the Sacramgnt of tism, but

only an elder may minister the Sacrament of the Lord's Sup er.
tain conditions, laymen who hav_ ce-n adjudged to have "gifts. grace
and usefulness," arc mployed as Cthrters and local preacher
a stipulat d period oi scrvic: plus completion of a r r‘
study, a local preacher may be ordained as a ministe
regular ministers, known as traveling treachers, are claosﬁiv
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on trial and those who are members of annual ccnf rerces. The latter
group is further classified as effective, supernumerary, or retired.

si t rintendents are elders appointeU hr the bishops for

ersee the stiritual and tamptral affairs of the
churr» in districts. Thev "i31t crurch‘s, rresid: at quart-
erlv and dlwtrl c nference:. arr superv1ss Ch” tra'elirg 336 local

preachers.

Bishops,crigindly called general superi ntenderts,
elected by th, jurisdictional and general crnferences and cons
by three bishops, or by one bishop and tw, elders. They orsside at
annual, jurisdictional and general conferences, make annual arpcint—
ments to charges, ordain deacons and elders, ani have general oversight
of the religious work of the church.

The Quarterly Conference, identical in membership with the Offidal
Board, is the highe st authority in each charge for the purrose of local
administration. It is p esided over by a district supzrintzndent or an
elde r designattd bv H‘il- It is mandatory that a First and Fourth
Qu arterly Conference be held, while the Second and Third are held
the discretion of the district suyerintendent. It supervises the wor-
ip, roll call, organization, reports, Finance 11
men Md atiors, elections, gene eral and miscellaneous affairs of the Church.

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Explanatory notes

The district ccnference is a "ccnvenience rather than an integral
part of the conference system."1 It is ccmprsed of a rw n
each type of church officer from among the officer cf 0.
within a given district. It meets once a year under the presid
the district superintendent, and its dutie es are ide‘ i

it cal Vith these ,5
the quarterly conference with the :xceptim that it reviewe th; rela-
ticns existing between the charges within its district.

Thc- Annual Conference is the basic administrative bcdy oi the
Church; thcre are six annual ccnfzrences 1n ﬂew York City. it ‘5 com—
trsen of all the travelin ng preachers, trgether with a la: menber
elected by each charge within a definite territorial tr rac1al—language
beundary. It is presided ever by a BlSHCP- It r:ce1ves repsrts from
Dastgrs, district superintendents, and statisticians; apprtves rrdiha—
ticn of mi inisters, appoints travelir rg miristars tr charges, d€c1des on
questitrs of di scitline, and elec s delegates tr the Jurisdictitnal and
General Cor ferenc es. The lay dclegat:s may not T*otf rn matters cf
ordination, character, nor relaticrs with "i“‘"ters.

ext is the Jurisdiction l Ctnfereq
divided in ntt Ml j‘risdic t
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-rs Cf each annual Clnferencw, rr majrr fract

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lumber cf lay' delegates; provided that

denied the pr wilege of two delegates,

meets within twelve months after the Gen

than six weeks after tha.t body has adjc urned.

gelistic, educational, missionary and bene

and its institutions within its territor ry; c
1“ carrying out plans fcr the'r support as C

Conference; fixes theepisccral residence wit
ssigns the Bishop tr same; ? 3

a i:,s the DDUIG
subject to the General Conference-
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uric diction from decisirns 0? tr iTii crmr
The highest bcdy of the Metho is t Church is the Genera
which is a legislative and judicial body. It mzets quadrenni
is composed of not less than 600 or me re than 800 delegates,

Wh(m are traveling preachers and half laymen, elected by the a_nual
conferences. It is presided over by the bishc ps, who are members ex-

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0ff10i0, with limited privileges. It authr crizes the organiza i n of
annual and jurisdictional conferences and fixes th€.ir bcundaries;
1. Bureau of he Census, "lﬁthodist Bodies," ieligicus Bodies, 1936,

Washington, D.C., 1940, p. 19.

Explanatory notes

provides the judicial system and a method of judicial procedure for the
church; determines the conditions, rinlrgsJ, and duties of church
membership; defines and fixes the qualifications of church officers,

It elects bishots, official editors, publishing agents, the correspond-
ing secretaries and boards of managers of the administrative societies
of the Church, the members of the d_1fferent boards of trustees, and the
lrcal book committees at New York and Cincinnati.

Arrangement And Organization Dates

The church entries are arranged in chronological order of or ger—
iz miion under their respective conferences. then a congre ation vms

formerly a circuit, station, or mission of another church, it is treated

as a pact of that church, usually in the form of a sub—entry (see

entry 3A). Whenever a church had an earlier missionary existerce, the
entry mentions that fact or ma.es cross—reference to the pertinent sub—
entry. The entries of national or conference organi iz4tions follow
chronologically after the General Conference entry.

The date of orga l ization is CCLSidereo that or which a Wcrsbi:;ing
body became an inderer der t Methodis tChurch. Th. Iroblum of determining
organ izatior dates has sometimes been difficult, O”lﬁg to m:rger and
dis solutions of churches. The dates determined uron have zsielly been
those claimed by the church, those argear ing in conference icurnals, or

those in the certificates of incorporation.

When a church has lost its identity by merger, it 18 treated in e
seg:a:ete entry for the period of its indorend nce Congreg .
retaining their is entity despite mergers, eta ain also their original

rganization dates.

Form Of Entry

The entries follow a uniform style and are divided into four
parts as follows:

CAPTION: Includes entry number, popular name, followed by full
cort rorate title Where known, organization date, follo ed by hy::hens
(to indicate a living church), or by date of demise (if defu not), stree
address and borough.

TEXT: Include s a brief sketch of the church, confined chiefly to
origin, change of names, locations and mergers. Dedication and incor-
poration dates are given when known. Cross references are given for
convenience of the reader, and do not nece essarily indicate that further
information may be found there. Cite tier 3
source material. Names of first and Ereser

in brackets follow secondary
t clergymep, their tenure

Explanatory Notes

and educational backgrounda are given. Cmiss ion of the educational
background of a cle ergyman ma}; be due to the fact that the informa tion
was withheld, or was not known to the Survey. Degrees of living cier gy-
men have been omitted in all entries.

BIBLICGRAPHY: Items pertaining to the p-artic ular church or insti—
tution; unless—otherwise stated, their location is the church. Symbols
(see list of abbreviations) indicate libraryw vher item is locate

RECORDS: In those instances in which the records were not actually
checked by the Survey, the information was given by autho ize
of the church or institution. "Register" in the singular rindic
all types of registrations aprear in each volume of a serie es 1 e s
”Registers” in the plural indicates that parallel series are kept for
two or more types.

Records System:

Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Gnu urci, 1940, grovides
for the keeping of records.*
Local Churches;
Bart isms and Marriages: The Pastor shall kee; and transmit to
his successor an accu ra ate register of the names of baptiz d
chi1ldren within his Pastoral Charge, giving the dates of their
birth and Baptism, the names of their parents, and the places of
their residence. Should they remove, he shall issue to them
Certificates of Registration (141) . . . (but) keep a permanent
record of all Baptisms and marriages in the bounds of ”is Charge
(223, Art. 2) . . .
Membership; A permanent record of membership shall be kept, both
relat'on 1n the

Active and Nonresident, including all changes of 1 1 ~

same. Each entry shall bear its prcoer date, and the Pastor shall
leport all such changes in memtorsh1r at the her xt Q art

erence (15 6).

It is recommended that each Chayich shall provide, in addition to
such records of membership, a Membership Register, havin ‘70
for home address and date and manner of admission into m 5
Each pers son, at the time of admission into membership b
reques ed to sign this registe r. This register shallb e ou
and not a loose— leaf volume (158).

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Par'agrarhs and articles in: Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist
Church, 1340. -—

Explanatory Notes

The Active and Nonresident Members shall be counted in making th:
Annual Conference reports of total membershir, but they shall be
reported in separate columns, and only the number of Active

Members shall be corsidere d in making the agrortionments (147).
When a member is about to move to a neW'community, it shall be the
duty of the Pastor to call upon him and as scertain his wishes as to
his future Church relations. In case a member moves without making
such arrangements, the Pastor shall address an inquiry to such mem—
ber together with a blank form for reply. Notice of
shall be sent to a Pastor near the place of residence
together with return blank (148).

such removal
cf the memben

The Ministry; To keep amembersh i}; for his Charge in Which shell
Be noted the name, witha the time and manna_ n

r of rocegtior and dis—
rosc.l, of' eve ry member of t‘o Church Ir C urches containing more
than one organizrd congr gation, the names of the member rs shall be

arranged under the name of the Church to Which they belo ong
(225, Art. 2) . . .

To keep and transmit to hi

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