<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv">viblbv01518</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book</titleproper><titleproper>Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book, <date>1892-1896</date> <num>Ms.1990.039</num></titleproper><author>John M. Jackson</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2022 (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">CC0 1.0</a>)</date></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2023-08-07 13:39:05 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc><revisiondesc><change><date>2020-09-09</date><item>Finding aid notes updated to new department standards. juliags</item></change><change><date>2021-07-19</date><item>LM Rozema added agent and missing notes for an unprocessed collection (abstract, acquisition, processing info, bio), added FA title and filing title, added FA date from EAD, and added component with instances previously attached to collection level.</item></change></revisiondesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book</unittitle>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1892/1896" type="inclusive">1892-1896</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_b421d2d948eda640eb6ced1d12d54960" label="Abstract">Record book documenting baptisms, meeting minutes, memberships, Sunday school attendance, and financial information for the Pulaski, Virginia, Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.</abstract>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_0fa14ba43afae257dc81df916942eb9f">The materials in the collection are in English.</langmaterial>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>The collection is open for research.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use</head>
<p>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. </p><p>Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: <a href="http://bit.ly/scuareproduction">http://bit.ly/scuareproduction</a>. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: <a href="http://bit.ly/scuapublication">http://bit.ly/scuapublication</a>. 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.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book, Ms1990-039, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>The Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1990.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>The processing and description of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book commenced and was completed in September, 2022.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Administrative History</head>
<p>The Pulaski, Virginia, Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South operated in Pulaski County, Virginia, during the late 19th century. In 1890, the Mission fell within the Wytheville District of the church's Holston Conference, but by 1892, the Mission had become part of the Radford District. The record book identifies J. T. Frazier as the mission's presiding elder.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>This collection consists of a single record book maintained by the Pulaski, Virginia, Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The volume bears the published title <title render="italic">The Complete Quarterly Conference Record Book, Embracing a Period of Four Years</title> and contains standardized forms for recording minutes and other routine business, as well as blank pages for the recording of supplemental information. The entries document the proceedings of the mission's quarterly conferences, listing members present and discussing attendance, financial information, mission business, operations of Sunday schools, revivals, and baptisms.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Rights Statement for Archival Description</head>
<p>The guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/">https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/</a>).</p>  </odd>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="n80019531" source="lcsh">Carroll County (Va.)</geogname>
    <subject source="local">Local/Regional History and Appalachian South</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="n82010777" source="lcsh">Pulaski County (Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="sh93009464" source="lcsh">Virginia, Southwest</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="sh85112549" source="lcsh">Religion</subject>
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