Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records,
Scope and Content
Collection contains church registers, bulletins, recording steward's book, financial reports, treasurer's book, quarterly conference minutes, Sunday school records, the Women's Foreign Missionary Service records, and the Women's Society of Christian Service records.
Dates
- Creation: 1857 - 1975
Creator
- Whisner Memorial Methodist Church (Blacksburg, Va.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records must be obtained from the Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Historical Information
The Methodist Church of Blacksburg, Virginia was formally organized in the late eighteenth-century. Following the construction of a new building in 1906, members named the structure the Whisner Memorial Methodist Church after Reverend P. H. Whisner, a popular local minister who died a few months prior to the completion of the building which bears his name.
Full Extent
4 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of records generated by the Methodist Church located in Blacksburg, Virginia from 1857 through 1975.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Acquisition Information
The Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records were donated to the Special Collections
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records commenced in September 2006 and was completed in October 2006. In April 2013, the Record of Baptism was removed from Box 3 and re-housed in Box 5.
Subject
- Whisner Memorial Methodist Church (Blacksburg, Va.) (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records, 1857-1975
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2006 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu