Collection number: MS 273
Size:
(1 folder)
About the Newfields Methodist Church (1835-1935)
The Newfields Methodist Church was established in 1836. In 1935 it joined with the Newfields Congregational Church and the Newfields Universalist Church to form the present Newfields Community Church.
About the Newfields Methodist Church Trustees Records (1901-1939)
This small collection consists of a book of trustees meeting minutes dated 1901-1916 and several loose papers dated 1912-1939. The book was mostly kept by treasurer Christopher A. Pollard (1865-1939). Topics include the electrification of the church in 1902 ($58), the Women's Foreign Missionary Society, bonds and investments, and the raising of funds to purchase a piano in 1916. Pasted on the inside of the front cover is an older page which reads in part: "Parsonage Built 1854, Barn built 1865 or 1866, Lydia Coleman fund received Nov. 25 1875."
The loose papers consist of:
- A paster's report (1912)
- A letter establishing federation between the three churches (29 April 1935)
- A bond certificate (1938)
- Committee nominations (1938)
- Receipt for a $1.50 donation to the Methodest Temperance Board (1939)
- Misc. correspondence.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
Contents of this collection are governed by U.S. copyright law. For questions about publication or reproduction rights, contact Special Collections staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Folder 3, Box 26, Newfields Methdist Church Trustees Records, 1901-1939, MS 273, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase from Carmen Valentino Rare Books, unknown date.
Collection Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological.
