Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
History of WV Methodists who have received the Conference Cane, "awarded to men of age and long years of service ... almost always awarded to the oldest man who has given his life for a worthy cause."
Campbell, John Charles -- 1867-1919.; Conference of Southern Mountain Workers (Knoxville, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the thirteenth annual program of the Conference of Southern Mountain workers held in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 17-19, 1925. About two hundred delegates represented most of the schools in...
West Virginia Wesleyan College; Universities & colleges
This photo postcard, dated 1892, shows the original seminary building of West Virginia Conference Seminary (now West Virginia Wesleyan College).
Finished in 1890, it stood where the current Administration Building is located. It was made in part...
Campbell, John Charles -- 1867-1919.; Education, Rural -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Congresses and conventions.; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Congresses and conventions.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the "Mountain Conference" at Knoxville: "it includes all churches, all professions, all interests pertaining to the mountains." It was originated and developed by John C....
Rev. Samuel Patton (1797-1854): Methodist minister in the Holston Conference and newspaper editor. He is credited with proposing that Emory & Henry College be named for Methodist Bishop John Emory and Governor Patrick Henry.
Julia Anderson McClung: In 1878 she helped to establish the Holston Conference Missionary Society at Church Street Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., and was annually elected as its president for thirty-one consecutive years.
Rev. Isaac Lewis (1801-1864): Methodist minister in the Holston Conference; in 1825 he preached the funeral service for Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell
Russell, Elizabeth (Henry) Campbell, 1749-1825; Methodist Women - Virginia - History; Holston Conference; Methodist
Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell (Madam Russell) Home. Bishop Francis Asbury stayed at this home when he presided over the first Methodist Conference in the Holston region.
The minutes of the fall 1841 meeting of the Holston Annual Conference, which contain the list of ministers who attended and where they would be assigned for the 1841-42 year. It also contains membership numbers and financial data, as well as the...
Christianity; education; churches; church history; academics; religion; religious communities
This document is a hand-written address by Reverend Samuel Kelly, delivered to the Western Virginia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, regarding the Inauguration of the L & H (Literary and Historical) Society. A typed...