STH: Special Collections

This publication lists the basic Disciplinary Questions (who is ordained) and gives a list of appointments with statistics on local churches.

• United Methodist Church (U.S.) Reference BX 8381 .A2
  (1968-2000)
• Methodist Church (U.S.) Reference BX 8381 .A2
  (1939-1967)
• Methodist Episcopal Church. Earliest volumes titled “Minutes of some conversations between the preachers in connection with the Rev. Mr. John Wesley.” Reference BX 8381 .A2
  (1773-1939)

Reference BX 8382.2 .N48

• The New England Conference (1994-2001+)

• The Maine Conference (1841-1993)
  Reference BX 8381 .M3
• The East Maine Conference (1848-1922)
  Reference BX 8381 .M33
• The New Hampshire Conference (1833-1993)
  Reference BX 8381 .N38
• The Southern New England Conference (1970-1993)
  Reference BX 8382.2 .S75
• The New England Southern Conference (1881-1969)
  Reference BX 8381. N35
• The Providence Conference (1842-1880)
  Reference BX 8381 .N35
• The New England Conference (1845-1969) The conference started in 1797, but only began printing annual journals in 1845; for earlier information, see the General Minutes.
  Reference BX 8381 .N33

Annual Conferences in the United States

Reference BX 8382.2 .A01     Current volumes, alphabetically.

The collections listed here are located in our Archives and Special Collections. Access to archival holdings (e.g. paper church records, personal papers, baptism certificates, etc). are by appointment only; please send an email to our reference librarians at sthref@bu.edu. For access to books in our special collections, please find a full-time librarian on staff during daytime hours (see the right sidebar on the School of Theology Library homepage for regular hours during the current academic period) who will be happy to pull the material for you.