Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1919-1936 (Creation)
Extent
43 cu.ft. (43 boxes)
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
These are the working files of the National Council for the years 1920 through 1936. The years 1930, 1933, 1934, and 1935 are fairly complete with the other years scantily represented. Material consists of correspondence, notes, memoranda, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and some financial records of individuals’ gifts to the church. Most of the files are related to individuals, but there are also files for organizations, movements, conferences, and broad subjects. The material is arranged alphabetically within each year or span of years.
Arrangement
National Council Records, 1922-1929
National Council Records, 1930
National Council Records, 1931-1932
National Council Records, 1933
National Council Records, 1934
National Council Records, 1935
National Council Records, 1936
Conditions of access and use elements
Access conditions
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
Technical access
Rights and permissions
The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
Languages of the material
English
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Finding aids
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Custodial history
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Notes element
Specialized notes
- Abstract: Recognizing the increased administrative complexity of a growing church, the 1919 General Convention restructured the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (DFMS), eliminating the Board of Missions and introducing a new governing body. Canon 60 of the Constitution and Canons of that year established that the Presiding Bishop and a sixteen-member council (four Bishops, four Presbyters, and eight Laymen, all elected triennially) would be responsible for exercising the powers of the corporation. This Council would organize and oversee new departments dedicated to the church’s mission: The Department of Missions and Church Extension, the Department of Religious Education, the Department of Christian Social Service, the Department of Finance, and the Department of Publicity. This organizational structure would last until the 1964 restructuring of the DFMS.