We received two grants to digitize the Journals of the Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church.
The first was a Rescuing Texas History mini-grant from the University of North Texas for $1,000 to digitize the 1910-1929 Journals and make them available through the Portal to Texas History.
The second grant was received from the Summerlee Foundation for $7,500 to digitize the 1930-1997 Journals and make them accessible through the Portal as well.
The 1998-2020 journals are already in digital format and will also be made available through the Portal.
The 1910-1997 Journals are online and available for research now.
The journals are the annual record of the conference and include membership and financial information on dividual churches, committees, and organizations, and a record of the business and important issues discussed at the annual conference. The journals also include appointments of clergy and laity, lists of retirements, and obituaries of the clergy. Information in the journals is of interest not only to church historians, but also to genealogists, local historians, and social historians.
The Summerlee Foundation funds animal protection and Texas history. https://summerlee.org/
The Portal to Texas History is sited at the University of North Texas and staffed by their Library’s digital services staff.
The Rescuing Texas History grant program. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848595/
The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/
Northwest Texas Conference Journals on the Portal. https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=Northwest+Texas+Conference+Methodist+Church&t=fulltext&fq=untl_institution%3ANWTUMC&sort=date_a