Links
Written Resources
- How To Write a Local Church History
- Archives Brochure
- Significant Dates Related To Arkansas Methodism
- Holdings of the Arkansas Archives
- Why the Wesleys, and others, came to be called Methodists
- Formation of The United Methodist Church
- The Archives Offers Treasures from the ‘Family Album’
- Timeline of Methodism in Arkansas 1830-2000
Video Resources for Church Historians
- Archives – A Ministry of Memory
- Archives & History: Connecting Church Past, Present, Future
- Archives: Preserving Methodist Life Stories
- The Archives: Museum of Methodism
- Tips for Preserving Your Local Church History
- How to handle antique documents
- How to repair pages that are dog-eared
- How to Open Uncut Pages in Old Books
- How to preserve old photographs
- How to remove mold and mildew from old books
- Drying Water Damaged Books
- Cleaning Antique books carefully
- Leather Book Repair – General Principals
- How to Deodorize Musty, Smelly Books
- How to Repair Book Cover Corners
- Household Items Useful for Book Repair
Methodist History Video Resources
- Methodist History: Bishop Fought Slavery
- Black College History
- General Commission Museum at Drew
- U.M. Archives at Drew
- Methodist History Comes to Life at St. George’s
- St. George UMC, Oldest UMC in America
- Methodist History: Slave welcomed as church member
- Methodist History: The Mourner’s Bench
- Circuit Riders: Rural Roots of United Methodism
- Methodist History: The Founding of Mother’s Day
- John Wesley (75 minute movie from 1954)
- John Wesley (6 minutes – Chuck knows Church)
- Life of John Wesley (5 minutes – by Singapore Methodist Church)
- John Wesley, (170 minutes from 2009)
- UMC 101 – Wesleyan Quadrilateral (by UMCOM)
- UMC 101 – Wesleyan Heritage (by UMCOM)
- UMC 101 – Sacraments (by UMCOM)
- UMC 101 – How Do United Methodist “Do” Church? (by UMCOM)
- UMC 101 – John Wesley’s Theology (by UMCOM)
- John Wesley’s Chapel in London (hymn sing-along by the BBC)
- Hendrix College’s 49th Candlelight Christmas Carol Service
- Philander Smith College: Rev. Ronnie Miller-Yow
- Kathryn Maurer: Methodist Angel Welcomed Immigrants
- Susanna Wesley: Mother of Methodism
- How Aldersgate Changed John Wesley
- Charles Wesley’s Gift of Music
- Fanny Crosby: The Methodist Hymnwriter (50 videos)
- Methodist History: The Founding of Mother’s Day
- Sharing Martin Luther King’s Dream (9 videos)
- How Aldersgate Changed John Wesley
- More Methodist Videos from UMCOM on YouTube
- Methodist History: Mother African Zoar’s Legacy
- Farmers Who Sowed Methodism in America
- Francis Asbury: A Flame Spirit
- Francis Asbury: Methodism’s American Saint
- Methodist History: The Mourner’s Bench
- Methodist History: Communion Cups
- How United Methodists Understand Communion
- Chuck Knows Church: Communion, part one
- Chuck Knows Church: Communion, part two
- How United Methodists Understand Baptism
- Baptism: God’s Gift to Us All
- Chuck Knows Church: Baptism
- Oklahoma Conference History Video
- Chuck Knows Church: Confirmation, part one
- Chuck Knows Church: Confirmation, part two
- ”Precious Memories: Our Vanishing Rural Churches”
This 26 minute video by AETN takes a look back at the small country churches around the state of Arkansas. These church homes, featuring Arkansas’ Smyrna UMC & Point Cedar UMC, are historic and detail a way of life and heritage threatened by extinction in today’s society. - Our Methodist Memories
This video is the oral history of Earlene Brown Henry and Fay Marie Stafford Johnson, both lifelong members of the First United Methodist Church in Springdale, Arkansas, share their memories of church life.
Bishops of Arkansas (suitable for framing)
- The Southwest Conference Bishops 1879-1972
- The White River Conference Bishops 1870-1913
- The Ouachita Conference Bishops 1854-1869
- The EUB Bishops of Arkansas 1885-1968
- The North Arkansas Conference Bishops 1914-2003
- The Little Rock Conference Bishops 1870-2003
- The Arkansas Conference Bishops 1836-1913, 2003-present
- Maps of the Six Historic Methodist Conferences of Arkansas
- Historic List of Bishops & Conference Secretaries (1816-2008)
Websites of Interest
- Arkansas Historical Association (includes County historical societies, Quarterly newsletters, Membership information)
- Arkansas State Archives (includes Folklife in Arkansas, Civil War Information, Photographs)
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
- General Commission on Archives and History
- The American Methodism Project
The American Methodism Project is a digitized collection of interdisciplinary and historical materials related to American Methodism, sponsored by a partnership between United Methodist-related seminary libraries, the Internet Archive, the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History, and the Methodist Librarians Fellowship.
Click here for a detailed list of additional United Methodist Archivists, Commissions on Archives & History, Conference Historians, and Conference Archive websites from across the Country.