Frank Baker collection of Methodist circuit plans, 1777-1984 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Baker, Frank, 1910-1999
Abstract:
Consists predominantly of circuit plans from the Methodist Church (Great Britain) and the earlier churches that merged to form it in 1907 and 1932: the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the Primitive Methodist Church, the United Methodist Free Churches, and the United Methodist Church (Great Britain). These circuit plans, collected by Frank Baker, document the history, growth, and organization of the itinerancy, established by John Wesley in the early years of the church when Methodism began to spread into the rural areas of England. The plans feature detailed schedules of where the itinerant preachers, known as circuit riders, were to appear and preach each week.
Extent:
8.5 Linear Feet
Approx. 2000 items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00892

Background

Scope and content:

The Frank Baker Collection of Methodist Circuit Plans, 1777-1984 and undated, consists predominantly of circuit plans from the Methodist Church (Great Britain) and the earlier churches that merged to form it in 1907 and 1932: the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the Primitive Methodist Church, the United Methodist Free Churches, and the United Methodist Church (Great Britain). These plans document the history, growth, and organization of the itinerancy, established by John Wesley in the early years of the church when Methodism began to spread into the rural areas of England. The circuit plans feature detailed schedules of where the itinerant preachers, known as circuit riders, were to appear and preach each week.

Items in the 19th Century and Overseas Circuits Series were donated in the 1970s and were organized at the item level and encapsulated in the early 1980s. Items were numbered in the order in which they were encapsulated, which bears no relationship to alphabetical order or circuit organization. They are currently boxed in numerical order in three boxes with the following number ranges: Box 1: items 1-240; Box 2, items 241-390; Box 3: items 391-527. Items in the 20th Century Series, numbering around 800 to 1000 items, were donated in the late 1980s and are organized to the folder level.

Biographical / historical:

Frank Baker was a scholar, editor, collector, and Duke University faculty member specializing in the history of English and American Methodist history, and of the life and career of minister John Wesley.

Acquisition information:
The Frank Baker Collection of Methodist Circuit Plans were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1976, 1996.
Processing information:

Processed by Marsha Kononenko, and Michael Shumate, February 2012

Encoded by Michael Shumate, Marsha Kononenko, and Keith Page, February 2012

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: The 1976 gift and parts of accession 96-052 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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Subjects:
Itinerancy (Church polity) -- Methodist Church -- History
Circuit riders -- History
Names:
Wesleyan Methodist Church
United Methodist Free Churches
United Methodist Church (Great Britain)
Primitive Methodist Church (Great Britain)
Methodist Church (Great Britain)
Baker, Frank, 1910-1999

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[Identification of item], Frank Baker Collection of Methodist Circuit Plans, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.