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We are at the beginning of a multi-year process of scanning all of the Journals of the Arkansas, North Arkansas, Little Rock, Ouachita, Southwest, and White River Conferences. About 170 journals are now available below.

If you have any of the missing years, shown in grey below, please contact the Archives.

Missouri/Arkansas Conference (Methodist Episcopal)
(Handwritten Journals of the Missouri Conference, including the Arkansas District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, compliments of John D. Finley, Archivist of the Missouri Conference at Central Methodist University)

1849
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853
From 1853-60, Arkansas and Missouri held separate conferences, but the Arkansas Conference included churches in Southwest Missouri. The Arkansas Archives does not have copies of the Arkansas ME Conference Journal for these years. If you have any of the missing years, please contact the Arkansas Archives.
1861, 1862, 1863 (transcribed), 1864

Missouri and Arkansas continued to meet together until 1869, when the St. Louis Conference was created. From 1869-1872 Arkansas was part of the St. Louis Conference. We don’t have any of those minutes, not even the printed journals. However, the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia does have the following printed journals:

1865-68 Missouri/Arkansas (C558, F192)
1869-80 St. Louis Conference (C558, F101)

Southwest Conference (Little Rock, MEC) (Methodist Episcopal, Methodist, United Methodist)

1879
1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, January 1917, December 1917, 1918, 1919
1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
1970, 1971, 1972

Little Rock Conference (Methodist Episcopal South, Methodist, United Methodist)

1929
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002

North Arkansas Conference (Methodist Episcopal South, Methodist, United Methodist)

1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949,
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969,
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979,
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002

Arkansas Conference (Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South, United Methodist)

1836, 1837, 1838, 1839
1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859
1860, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869
1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879
1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021

White River Conference (Methodist Episcopal South)

1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879
1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913

Arkansas Conference (Methodist Protestant, merged with Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Episcopal South in 1939)

1928, 1929
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

Ouachita Conference (Methodist Episcopal South)

1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859
1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869

Fort Smith and Oklahoma Conference (Methodist Protestant)

1917, 1918, 1919
1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

Missouri/Arkansas Conference (Evangelical United Brethren)

1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968

Arkansas Valley Conference (United Brethren in Christ, later merged to form Evangelical United Brethren)

1898, 1899
1900