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No restrictions. Open for research.

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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the University Methodist Church #5272, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Doug Eyre of Chapel Hill, N.C., in April 2006 (Acc. 100383).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: Nathalie Wheaton, June 2006

Encoded by: Nathalie Wheaton, June 2006

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Church history.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Methodist Church--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• North Carolina--Religion--19th century.
• North Carolina--Religion--20th century.
• University Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
• University United Methodist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.)--History.

The University United Methodist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C., was known as University Methodist Church until 1968, when the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with the Methodist Church. The Methodist Annual Conference assigned its first Methodist minister to Chapel Hill in the 1840s. In 1853, the Methodist congregation's first church building opened its doors on Rosemary Street. In 1889, as the congregation grew, a new church was built between the University of North Carolina's campus and Franklin Street. In 1926, classrooms were added for the Church's Sunday School. In 1961, they were replaced when the Education Wing of the Church was built.

The collection contains Sunday school record books for the University Methodist Church (predecessor of the University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, N.C., 1879-1933. Many of the record books, particulary the earlier ones, have detailed information, including a register with names of members and teachers; a roll of officers, teachers, and students who attended each Sunday; and a record of church services for each Sunday that may include who conducted the service, collection information, weather, subject of lesson, and a tally of Sunday school participants in attendance. A few of the record books are less detailed and provide mostly administrative information, such as reports of the secretary and treasurer, minutes, and notes.