William D. Archibald, 1895-1995

MC 254, 346, 893

Size: 3 document cases, 1.6 linear ft.

Restrictions: none

Accession Number: MC 87-066, MC 88-059, M992.058, M995.044, M997.015

Provenance: donor

Processed by: Jenney Taylor, April 2005

William Darrell Archibald was born in Illinois May 2, 1895 to Hugh and Margaret (Morris) Archibald. He received degrees from Union Academy in 1919, Union College in 1922, Northwestern in 1927 and Garrett Biblical Institute in 1927. He married Laura Anne Lee 6/22/1924 and they adopted a son, James Hugh, in 1940. Laura died 4/24/1984. Rev. Archibald served in North and Northwest Indiana Conference from 1927 to 1960. He worked more than 30 years on church history into mid-1980s with historical data, church information; in 1969 edition of "Who’s Who in the Methodist Church." He served on the North Indiana Conference Commission on Archives and History and the Joint Archives Committee. Rev. Archibald died on February 1, 1995 in Frankfort, IN.

Collection contains statistical studies of the church in northern Indiana. It includes studies of abandoned churches, large-membership churches, membership and loss of membership in the United Methodist Church in the North Indiana and Northwest Indiana conferences.

– The Abandoned Churches of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church. The Churches. Local Church History Briefs.

– The Abandoned Churches of the Northwest Indiana Conference. The Churches. Neighboring Churches.

– The Abandoned Churches of the Northwest Indiana Conference. From the Journals. Vol. I

– The Abandoned Churches of the Northwest Indiana Conference. The Churches. Vol. II

– The Abandoned Churches of the Northwest Indiana Conference. Summaries, Tables, and Conclusions. Vol. III

– The Abandoned Churches of the Northwest Indiana Conference. Summaries, Tables, and Conclusions. Vol. IV

Churches of 500 Members - Report, 1940-1979

Loss of Membership in the North Indiana Conference, 1982-1983

Membership and Population Study of Abandoned Churches - Review, pp.84-112

A Study of Membership and Population of the Northwest Indiana Conference

Northwest Indiana Conference - History / Scrapbook

Calumet District

Lafayette District

Lebanon District

South Bend District

Terre Haute District

Missionaries

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