Braddock Street United Methodist Church Records

925 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff. Last revised 11/20.

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EXTENT: 4.64 linear feet

DATE: 1778-1992

ALTERNATIVE FORM AVAILABLE: Some records in this collection have been microfilmed. These items are denoted by an [M] in the list below. Microfilm reels are kept in the reading room.

Scope and Content: The Braddock Street United Methodist Church Records contains include church registers (1778-1927); minutes and treasurers records (1879-1934), and other official records. There are items from the Woman’s Missionary Society, Braddock Street United Methodist Church Sewing Society records, quarterly conferences (1883-1989), as well as monographs relating to the history of Methodism and Braddock Street United Methodist Church.

Biographical/Historical: Braddock Street United Methodist Church formed from the Market Street Methodist Church following a dispute over reserved seating for students from the nearby Valley Female Institute.  It was formally organized on July 24, 1858, under the Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, by Sunday School Superintendent William R. Denny. The first minister was Reverend George H. Ray, who arrived in November 1858. During the Civil War, the church was used as a hospital by both sides. The church building underwent a major renovation in 1898-99. Between World War I (1914-1918) and World War II, (1939-1945) the church acquired additional land and its membership continued to grow.

Bibliography: Quarles, Garland R., Winchester, Virginia: Streets, Churches, Schools, Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, Winchester, VA, 1996, pgs. 140-143,

Cite As: Braddock Street United Methodist Church Records, 925 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ORGANIZATION

BOX 1

Church register, 1778-1887, containing a roll of the preachers who served Winchester and memorials, 109 pages, manuscript [M]

Church register, 1886-1891, 35 pages, manuscript [M]

Tyler, Reverend George, membership book, 1886-1887, 34 pages, manuscript [M]

Church register, 1890-1900, 62 pages, manuscript [M]

Church register, 1900-1906, 40 pages, manuscript [M]

Church register, 1906-1919, 76 pages, manuscript [M]

Church register, 1920-1927, 66 pages, manuscript [M]

BOX 2

"First Christmas at Braddock Street," news clipping, 1858, 1 page, printed [M]

Record book, first Sunday School organized by the Methodists of Winchester, 1838-1857, 64 pages, manuscript [M]

BOX 3

Records of the Woman's Missionary Society and Sewing Society Woman's Missionary Society - minutes, 1889-1897, 1 item, 37 pages, manuscript [M]

Woman's Missionary Society - minutes, 1898-1909, 1 item, 47 pages, manuscript [M]

Woman's Missionary Society - minutes, 1919, 1 item, 17 pages, manuscript [M]

Woman's Missionary Society - minutes, 1928-1934, 1 item, 104 pages, manuscript [M]

Woman's Missionary Society - treasurers records, 1879-1884, 1 item, 81 pages, manuscript [M]

Woman's Missionary Society - treasurers records, 1887-1899, 1 item, 71 pages, manuscript [M]

Woman's Missionary Society - treasurer's book, 1899-1904, 1 item, 24 pages, manuscript [M]

Sewing Society - minutes, 1913-1916, 1 item, 78 pages, manuscript [M]

Sewing Society - minutes, 1917-1919, 1 item, 20 pages, manuscript [M]

BOX 4

Woman's Missionary Society - report and history, 1895, 3 pages, manuscript

Woman's Missionary Society - miscellaneous, 1891-1928, 25 leaves, manuscript; 4 items, printed

Woman's Missionary Advocate, 3 items, printed:

• October 1903
• February 1904
• March 1904

Woman's Missionary Society, Baltimore Conference, 25th anniversary, 1914-1939, 26th Annual Report, 1939, 1 item, printed

"Through the Years with the Woman's Missionary Society," by Emma V. Peppler and Jessie W. Dashiell, 1939, history of the Baltimore Conference, 1 item, printed

Woman's Missionary Society - minutes, 1930-1940, 1 item, 128 pages, manuscript [M]

Woman's Society of Christian Service - minutes, 1940-1947, with signatures of charter members, 1 item, 102 pages, manuscript [M]

BOX 5 Church School Records

Missionary Sunday School Society - record book, 1882-1902, 1 item, 54 pages, manuscript

Bible Board, Baltimore Conference, ME Church South - minutes, 1904-1921, 1 item, 45 pages, 3 leaves, manuscript

Bible Board, Baltimore Conference, ME Church South -minutes, March 23-24, 1922, 2 leaves, typescript

American Bible Society - correspondence and receipts, 1913-1922, 6 leaves, typescript; 11 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Comrade Class – directory, June 1957-June 1958, 2 pages, typed/mimeographed

Francis Asbury Educational Fund - records, 1942-1946, 94 leaves, typescript; 2 leaves, manuscript

Young Christians Sunday School class - roll book, 1924, 1 item, manuscript

Young Christians Sunday School class - officers, 1926, 1 page, manuscript

Young Christians Sunday School class, 1932-1936, 93 pages, manuscript; 2 pages, typescript; 1 printed bond with envelope

BOX 6

The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1894, 1 item, printed

A History of Methodism, by Holland N. McTyeire, 1884, Southern Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, 1 item, printed

Quarterly Conference, Winchester Station - record books for the following years: [M]

• 1883-1898
• 1898-1902
• 1902-1906
• 1906-1910
• May 1910 - March 6, 1911
• May 9, 1911 - March 15, 1915
• June 1915 - March 24, 1919
• July 7, 1919 - March 21, 1923
• June 20, 1923 - September 12, 1927
• March 4, 1927 - September 23, 1930
• June 17, 1930 - September 18, 1934
• December 12, 1934 - September 12, 1938
• 1939-1941
• January 29, 1941 - October 1, 1948
• October 1, 1948 - June 1954

BOX 7

Board of Trustees, Winchester Station, 1893-1895, 1 item, manuscript [M]

Board of Stewards - record book, 1909-1917, 1 item, manuscript [M]

Treasurer's records, Braddock Street Methodist Church, 1946-1968, Shenandoah National Bank printed on cover, 1 item, manuscript

Official Board minutes, 1948-1949, 74 leaves, typescript/manuscript [M]

Official Board records, 1953-1955, 111 leaves, typescript/manuscript [M]

Official Board records, 1955-1957, 83 leaves, typescript [M]

BOX 8

Board of Education - minutes, 5 items, typescript [M]:

• 1938-1944, 85 leaves
• 1944-1945, 17 leaves
• 1946-1950, 70 leaves
• 1950-1953, 65 leaves
• 1953-1956, 79 leaves

BOX 9

Board of Stewards - minutes, 8 items:

• 1920-1925, 100 leaves, manuscript/typescript
• 1926-1927, 89 leaves, manuscript/typescript
• 1928-1930, 70 leaves, typescript
• 1931-1932, 53 leaves, typescript
• 1933-1934, 61 leaves, manuscript/typescript
• 1935-1936, 54 leaves, typescript
• 1937-1939, 49 leaves, typescript
• 1940-1944, 72 leaves, typescript

Directories (lists of members), printed:

• 1913, 3 items
• 1923, 3 items
• 1966-1967, 2 items
• 1973, 2 items
• 1981, 3 items
• 1989, 3 items

BOX 10

News Articles – unnumbered leaves, printed (photocopy)

Bulletins – October 21, 1926; November 26, 1944, printed

Certificate of Church Membership – Linda Virginia Ebert, April 11, 1963, 1 booklet, 4 pages, printed and manuscript

"Church History Notes," by William G. Hardy, 112 leaves, typescript; 2 leaves manuscript; 13 leaves, carbon typescript

History of Braddock Street ME Church, by Charles D. Bulla, 1904, 1 item, printed

Methodism in Winchester, by John I. Sloat, 1926, 1 item, printed

"A History of the New Church Enterprise," 1926, 10 leaves typescript; 1 leaf, 1 page, printed; 2 leaves, printed (photocopy); 1 leaf, manuscript

"The First One Hundred Years of Braddock Street Methodist Church, 1858-1958," 2 items, 32 pages printed

"Brief Items of Braddock Street Church History," by Walter M. Shade, 1981, 2 items, 12 leaves, manuscript (photocopy)

"A History of the Braddock Street United Methodist Church," by Garland R. Quarles, 1984, 1 item, printed

Civil War damages claim (National Archives Records), 180 leaves, photocopy

Correspondence, 1911-1955, 9 items, l leaf, manuscript on printed form; 1 leaf, typescript; 6 leaves manuscript with envelopes; 1 manuscript

Steele, Mary Louise - memorabilia, 1902-1986, 20 items, printed; 9 newspaper clippings

New education building, 1956, 1 brochure, printed; 26 leaves, typescript; 1 leaf, manuscript

New sanctuary, 1975, 1 brochure, printed; 16 leaves, typescript; 4 leaves, manuscript on printed form

Building Fund Campaign, 1992 (folder contains the following):

• “A Leap of Faith – A Mission Possible: A Building Fund Campaign” September, 1992, 4 pages, printed
• Notice to Adjoining Property Owners, by City of Winchester, September 3, 1992, 1 leaf, typescript
• Letter read to Planning Commission, September 15, 1992, 2 leaves, typescript

Poetry by Church members, 4 leaves, manuscript; 1 envelope

Sunday School - miscellaneous, 6 items, printed; 3 leaves, manuscript; 13 leaves, typescript

OVERSIZE

MAPCASE 2, DRAWER 14

Braddock Street ME Church, new education building, 1956, 1 leaf, blueprint

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