Lenexa United Methodist Church records
Overview
These official records of the Lenexa United Methodist Church (Lenexa, Kansas) include records of its members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths in the period 1865 to 1929, minutes of church conferences dating from 1867 to 1934, and a description of the church's early history as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lenexa.
Dates
- Creation: 1865-1956 (bulk 1865-1934)
Creator
- Lenexa United Methodist Church (Lenexa, Kan.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of the Lenexa United Methodist Church (Lenexa, Kan.)
The history of the Lenexa United Methodist Church of Lenexa, Kansas dates from the 1860s, when the church was known as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lenexa. In 1869, a church class was organized at Lenexa, and services were held in a school house one half mile south of the community. The church's first building was erected in 1878 at 91st Street and Caenen Lake Road, where a new church building was completed in 1924 and where various building additions and improvements have continued through the years.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
These official records of the Lenexa United Methodist Church (Lenexa, Kansas) include bound volumes in which are listed the names and dates of members received, transferred, and withdrawn, as well as names and dates of baptisms, marriages, and deaths in the period 1865 to 1929. The collection also contains minutes of the church's quarterly conferences from 1867 to 1934, identified first as the Lenexa Charge of the Leavenworth District in the Methodist Episcopal Church's Kansas Conference, and later as the Lenexa Charge of the Kansas City District.
A bound volume titled "Early Historical Record of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Lenexa, Kansas" contains some of the church's earliest records of members and quarterly conference minutes, prefaced by an account of the church's early history. Items found laid in two volumes are located in accompanying folders.
Physical Location
RH MS 869
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Lenexa United Methodist Church (Nora Walter), 1991
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Lenexa United Methodist Church Collection
- Subtitle
- Lenexa United Methodist Church records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0034129700
- Preferred citation
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Lenexa United Methodist Church (Lenexa, Kan.), Lenexa United Methodist Church records, Kansas Collection, RH MS 869, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository