Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records, Ms1964-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
4 Cubic Feet 5 boxes
Creator:
Whisner Memorial Methodist Church (Blacksburg, Va.)
Abstract:
This collection consists of records generated by the Whisner Memorial Methodist Church located in Blacksburg, Virginia, from 1857 through 1975.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records, Ms1964-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The 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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
The Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records were donated to the Special Collections in August 1964.
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.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard