Buck CreekUnited Methodist Church (Tippecanoe County - Buck Creek, Indiana)                                                                                                    

MC 611, 612, 451, 614

Size: 4 containers, linear feet: 1.4; 3 volumes, linear feet:.2

Restrictions: none

Accession #: MC 87-35

Processed by: Joan Cunningham 1987/1988

Historical Background

Services were first held in the area of Buck Creek in 1832 about two miles west of the town. In 1868 it was decided to move the church into Buck Creek. The present church building was erected in 1908.

Collection Statement

The collection consists of the records of the Buck Creek U.M.C. including Official Board Records, Sunday School Records, and the Women's Society of Christian Service, class books, history, letters, and  newsletters.

Board of Education, 1959 - 1967

Buck Creek Memorial Association, 1930 - 1951

Church Treasurers Record, 1975 - 1979

Class Books, Bible, 1939 - 1943, 1947

Class Books, Children, 1970 - 1971, 1979 - 1980

Class Books, Goodwill Bible, 1935 - 1939

Class Books, Intermediate, 1957 - 1960

Class Books, Junior, 1961 - 1964

Class Books, Young Adults, 1974

Class Books, Young Peoples, 1930 - 1933

History

Letter of Dismissal, 1921

Library Committee, 1972

Manual for the Four Commissions of Every Methodist Church, 1952

Newsletters, 1983 -

Official Board, 1959 - 1982

Official Board, minutes, 1959 - 1973

Official Board, minutes, 1975 - 1982

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1913 - 1915

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1936 - 1943

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1944 - 1950

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1950 - 1955

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1955 - 1957

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1957 - 1961

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1962 - 1966

Quarterly Conference Reports, 1967 - 1973

Service Programs

Sunday School Budget, 1974 - 1977

Sunday School Class, Teen Times, 1958 - 1971

vol. 2768, Sunday School minutes, 1911 - 1914

vol. 2769, Sunday School minutes, 1914 - 1915

vol. 2770, Sunday School minutes, 1915 - 1918

vol. 2771, Sunday School minutes, 1931 - 1935

vol. 2772, Sunday School minutes, 1935 - 1938

vol. 2773, Sunday School minutes, 1938 - 1941

vol. 2774, Sunday School minutes, 1941 - 1944

vol. 2775, Sunday School minutes, 1944 - 1946

vol. 2776, Sunday School minutes, 1947 - 1949

vol. 2777, Sunday School minutes, 1949 - 1954

vol. 2778, Sunday School minutes, 1954 - 1957

vol. 2779, Sunday School minutes, 1957 - 1960

vol. 2780, Sunday School minutes, 1960 - 1966

Sunday School minutes, 1962 - 1969

Sunday School minutes, 1966 - 1970

Sunday School minutes, 1970 - 1972

Sunday School minutes, 1972 - 1975

vol. 3069, Sunday School minutes, 1975 - 1979

Sunday School, Treasurer Records, 1947 - 1952

Vacation Bible School, 1960

Women's Society of Christian Service (WSCS), 1972 Directory

WSCS, History

WSCS, Memorials

WSCS, minutes, 1940 - 1950

vol. 3067, WSCS, minutes, 1950 - 1962

loose papers removed from vol. 3067

vol. 3068, WSCS, minutes, 1962 - 1978

loose papers removed from vol. 3068

WSCS, Presidents Book, 1961 - 1976

WSCS, programs

WSCS, Subscription Record Book, 1965 - 1973

WSCS, Yearbooks, 1961 - 1984

Church History File (church survey information)

MC 43, Detzler, # 109, 202