Guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church Of Dresden Records,

Collection Number: 6130

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Methodist Episcopal Church of Dresden records, 1827-1929/
Collection Number:
6130
Creator:
Methodist Episcopal Church of Dresden (Dresden, N.Y.)
Quantity:
2 reels microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Register, steward's book and conference records.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
One volume register (1827-1929), a leader's and a steward's book (1869-1908), one volume of quarterly conference records (1868-1903), a Sunday school register (1859-1873), one volume of Ladies Benevolent Society meeting minutes (1855-1877), and one volume of financial records concerning the construction of the church (1830-1832).
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In 1827 Methodist circuit riders began to hold services in Dresden when it became a charge on the Crooked Lake circuit. The society began to collect funds, in 1829 to buy a lot and build a church. The church was completed in 1832. The first class of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Dresden was organized in 1831. The church was sold to Baptists during a low period for the Methodist Episcopal society. No trustee or board meetings were held between 1841-1848. A board meeting in the Presbyterian church reorganized the church March 21, 1848 and by April 1848 the church had purchased their old church from the Baptist society.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

One volume register (1827-1929), a leader's and a steward's book (1869-1908), one volume of quarterly conference records (1868-1903), a Sunday school register (1859-1873), one volume of Ladies Benevolent Society meeting minutes (1855-1877), and one volume of financial records concerning the construction of the church (1830-1832).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Methodist Episcopal Church of Dresden (Dresden, N.Y.)
Methodist Episcopal Church of Dresden (Dresden, N.Y.)Ladies Benevolent Society.

Subjects:
Church records and registers--New York (State)--Dresden.
Methodist Episcopal Church--New York (State)--Dresden.
Methodist church buildings.

Places:
Yates County (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.
Dresden (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.

Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
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Cite As:
Methodist Episcopal Church of Dresden records, #6130. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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