Books and other Publications

• Fire on the Prairie, Methodism in the History of Kansas by Don W. Holton
• Out of Zion, with Limnings of Mission Life, by Rev. William Henry Goode, (this is a rare book, published in 1864)

• The Dramatic Story of Early American Methodism by Grederick E. Maser
• The Beginnings of American Methodism by John O. Gross
• Methodist History, the official historical publication of the United Methodist Church, issued quarterly, containing articles on UM events and personalities, book reviews, and analyses of trends across the years. Write for a brochure. Back issues are available, as is an Index for volumes I-XX, 1962-1982.
• See also "How to Research Methodist Records and History" Part I
and Part II, for a bibliography in process

• Diary of an Oxford Methodist: Benjamin Ingham, 1733-1734, ed. by Richard P. Heitzenrater

for lists of resources and how to order books, etc.

General Commission on Archives and History

Archives

Kansas is divided into two Conferences (administrative areas)

• Write the Archivist at Baker University Collins Library where the records are kept for some of the early Kansas Annual Conferences and local Churches before formation of the present East and West Annual Conferences plus the Kansas East Annual Conference Archives
Maxine Kreutziger
Archives and History
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS 66006
913-594-6451, ext.380
• Write the Archivist of the Kansas West Annual Conference where the records
are also kept for the former Southwest and Northwest Annual Conferences.
Leda Bechtel
Kansas West Conference Archives
9440 E. Boston, Suite 198
Wichita, KS 67207
316-684-0266; Fax: 316-684-0044
• Write the Communications Director of Kansas West Conference. Request the name and address of the Conference Historical Society
• Write the Communications Director of Kansas East Conference. Request the name and address of the Conference Historical Society
• Write to St. Paul's School of Theology, Kansas City, MO, requesting contact information for the Dana Dawson Library's Heritage Collection.
• Write to Archivist at the Missouri United Methodist Archives, Smiley Library, Central Methodist College Fayette, MO, which houses a growing collection of regional church historical source material.
• Write the Research Librarian or search the Online College Catalog for "Methodist" at Southwestern College, Winfield, KS
• Check the Kansas History site, or the Kansas State Historical Society
United States
• Write the Archivist at The Archives and History Center of the United Methodist Church, on the campus of Drew University
England and Ireland
• Write the Archivist at Ryland University Library in Manchester, UK, where records are archived for British Methodism. Excellent suggestions for researching English and Irish Methodism at this location.
• Visit the website of Westminster College at Oxford,Wesley and Methodist Studies Centre

Articles

Kansas Methodist History
• From 1830 to Civil War by Fredrick Norwood
• A Center of Traditional Americanism Kansas Methodism in the 1920's
• Indian Missions
• Educational Institutions
• Homes and Hospitals
• Historic Places
Kansas Methodist Family Album
• Volume I (Pictures, Anecdotes and Biographies of the People Called Methodist in Kansas
• Volume II (Historical information on Methodist Churches, Clergy and Citizens in Kansas
What you need to know to research Methodist records and History
A Bibliography in Process

Websites to explore

Kansas
• English "Chapel" on campus of Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas
• Kansas State Historical Socities Newspaper Collection
• Locate the word "Methodist" in William G. Cutler's History of Kansas
England and Ireland
• British Methodism
• Sources for Women's Studies in Methodist Archives in UK
• How to Research a Methodist "Chapel" in England
• Women and Wesley's Times
• The Wesleys and Their Times
• Wesley ancedotal material
• Tour Map of Wesley in England
General
• Resource Organizations, Local, Regional and National
• The American Association for State and Local History
• Methodism (a short history)
• Historical timeline (text version)
• History of Methodism taken from the 1992 Book of Discipline
• About United Methodism (official site)
• Methodist Doctrinal History
• Images of historical importance
• Methodist Picture Gallery and more
• "The Cradle of Methodism"
• Barratt's Chapel
• First American property owned by Methodists
• All the divisions in American Methodism (1771-1968)
• Official United Methodist history site
• Historical Collections
• Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology
• Biographies
Miscellaneous
• Wesleyan hymnody
• Methodist Hymn Finder (with music)
• Shaped note singing
Sacred Harp Homepage
• Campmeetings and Revivalism
• Missionary Movement
• Kansas Methodist Missionaries
• Women Missionaries
• Circuit Riders
• First American Circuit Rider
• Kansas Circuit Riders
• Circuit Rider Graphics
• United Methodist Links (unofficial)
• Listing of Methodist Bishops (1784 to 1996)
• United Methodist Connections on the Web (official)
• Search the UMC Website
• Interactive Map of the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church
• US Government Maps Website (locate geographic features of all kinds)
• Search for maps of cities, towns and areas, and zoom in