Guide to the Methodist Church in Wyoming Collection, 1888-1957

Wyoming State Archives

Wyoming State Archives
2301 Central Avenue
Barrett Building
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
USA
Email: wyarchive@wyo.gov



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Collection Summary

Title Methodist Church in Wyoming Collection
Dates (Inclusive) 1888-1957
Collector Crisman, Homer, 1883-1978
Abstract Records of Methodist Church activities and accomplishments in Wyoming. Some references to Methodist activities in other states are also included.
Collection Number H76-1
Size 2.5 cubic feet
Repository Wyoming State Archives
Languages English

Biographical Note

Reverend Homer Crisman maintained this collection of materials about the Methodist Church in Wyoming. After publishing a weekly newspaper with his father in Ordway, Colorado between 1917 and 1919, Crisman moved to Denver and enrolled in the Iliff School of Theology. He served in Methodist Churches in Wyoming and Colorado for 35 years, including two years as the state Senate chaplin.


Arrangement

Item level inventory available on-site.


Scope and Content

Records of Methodist Church activities and accomplishments in Wyoming. Some references to Methodist activities in other states are also included.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.


Preferred Citation

Item description, H76-1, Methodist Church in Wyoming Collection, Wyoming State Archives.


Processing Information

Originally accessioned as H57-33, reaccessioned in 1976. Finding aid prepared in 2006 by Curtis Greubel.


Acquisition Information

Donated by Rev. Homer C. Crisman of Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 1957.


Separated Material


Related Material

There are no other known collections by Rev. Homer C. Crisman known at the writing of this finding aid.


Access Terms

Baggs (Wyo.)

Basin (Wyo.)

Bear Creek (Wyo.)

Big Horn (Wyo.)

Buffalo (Wyo.)

Cambria (Wyo.)

Carbon (Wyo.)

Carpenter (Wyo.)

Casper (Wyo.)

Cheyenne (Wyo.)

Cody (Wyo.)

Daniel (Wyo.)

Douglas (Wyo.)

Egbert (Wyo.)

Encampment (Wyo.)

Evanston (Wyo.)

Garland (Wyo.)

Guernsey (Wyo.)

Hanna (Wyo.)

Hyattville (Wyo.)

Kemmerer (Wyo.)

Lander (Wyo.)

Laramie (Wyo.)

Lovell (Wyo.)

Manville (Wyo.)

Meridan (Wyo.)

Methodist Church--Wyoming

Monarch (Wyo.)

Newcastle (Wyo.)

Otto (Wyo.)

Pine Bluffs (Wyo.)

Powell (Wyo.)

Rawlins (Wyo.)

Religious facilities--Wyoming

Religious services

Riverton (Wyo.)

Rock Springs (Wyo.)

Sheridan (Wyo.)

Slack (Wyo.)

Sundance (Wyo.)

Tensleep (Wyo.)

Thermopolis (Wyo.)

Torrington (Wyo.)

Upton (Wyo.)

Wheatland (Wyo.)

Worland (Wyo.)

Wyoming Ministers Wives Association


Container List

Description Container

Addresses on Church History  

Box  1  

Church History – Superintendents File  

Box  1  

Conference Records  

 

First Jurisdictional Conference  1940

Box  1  

Miscellaneous 

Box  1  

Rocky Mountain Conference of the Methodist Church, Annual Conference Journal   1957

Box  1  

Sheridan District – First District Conference  1917

Box  1  

Wyoming State Conference of the Methodist Church  1915-1956 (not inclusive)

Box  1  

Correspondence  1953, 1956

Box  1  

Historical Societies  1940-1953

Box  1  

Local Histories on Methodism  

Notes on the Histories of Methodist Churches in Wyoming Towns

Baggs

Basin

Bear Creek

Big Horn

Buffalo

Cambria

Carbon

Carpenter

Casper

Cheyenne

Cody

Daniel

Douglas

Egbert

Encampment

Evanston

Garland

Guernsey

Hanna

Hyattville

Kemmerer

Lander

Laramie

Lovell

Manville

Meridan

Monarch

Newcastle

Otto

Pine Bluffs

Powell

Rawlins

Riverton

Rock Springs

Sheridan

Slack

Sundance

Tensleep

Thermopolis

Torrington

Upton

Wheatland

Worland

Box  1  

Membership Roll – Lost Spring, Wyoming  ca. 1920s

Box  2  

“The Methodist Episcopal Church in Wyoming, 1867-1888”  

Box  2  

Miscellaneous  

Box  2  

Photographs (copies)  

Box  2  

Proceedings – Wyoming Mission (4 folders, 6 volumes)  1888-1951, 1953-1954

Box  2  

Publications  

 

“The Christian Advocate”  1938

Box  3  

“The Daily Christian Advocate”  1939-1940, 1952

Box  3  

“The Wyoming Advocate” (Sheridan)  1912-1913

Box  3  

Wyoming Ministers Wives Association  1929-1951

Box  3