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Date(s)
- 1919-1963 (Creation)
Extent
6.25 cu.ft. (7 boxes)
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Scope and content
This collection contains reports generated during the National Council period. Most significantly, it contains a complete set of National Council Annual Reports and a large number of Church General Program and missionary bishop reports. It also contains a smaller number of Triennial reports, bylaws, Bulletins of the Presiding Bishop and Council, and Church Pension Fund reports.
Arrangement
Annual Reports, 1919-1964
Reports of the Missionary Bishops, 1939-1958
Bylaws, 1920-1962
Triennial Reports, 1922-1937
Bulletins of the Presiding Bishop and Council, 1921-1939
Church General Program Reports, 1923-1961
Church Pension Fund Reports, 1939-1943
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Access conditions
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
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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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- 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.