Documents

Church Bulletins

Church Directories

Chimes Newsletters

UMW Yearbooks

Archive Files Index, A-Z

Photographs

  • Additional sources for Methodist history and archive material


Indiana: DePauw University Library. Greencastle, IN 

    - Indiana United Methodism Collection

    - Indiana United Methodist Historical Society

    - DePauw University Library, Archives & Special

     Collections. 

     

National:  Drew University Library. Madison, NJ

    - Methodist Resources

    - United Methodist Archives & History Center

    - Drew University Library, Special Collections. 


Obituaries / Columbarium

Books, Memorabilia, and Artifacts

Photo Challenge. Answer

 Did you see the movie Selma?

Joe Emerson, Methodist minister and longtime FUMC Bloomington staff member attended Boston University with Martin Luther King, Jr. Joe was one of the clergy who answered the call to march in Selma.  The H-T captured his recollections in an interview. 

Watch the H-T video
Read the article


Who Else?  Are there other FUMCB members that marched or gathered with Martin Luther King during the 1960's?  Let us know! Use the Contact Form.


Another Bloomington Connection

-MARCH, Graphic Art, and John Lewis-

As a young civil rights organizer, Senator John Lewis marched in Selma. Lewis' memoirs are detailed in three books illustrated by well-known graphic artist Nate Powell who happens to live in Bloomington. John Lewis was in Bloomington September 2015 as the featured speaker for Power of Words sponsored by the Friends of the Monroe County Public Library.


Audio / Visual Collections

Sermons, audio  (current sermons are available at fumcb.org)

Choral Works, video and CD

Oral Histories, video

Read a fascinating note by Brubeck

about A Light in the Wilderness.

Memories, Stories, and Interviews

Oral Histories


First United Methodist Church, Bloomington Indiana
 

First United Methodist Church, 219 E 4th ST. Bloomington, Indiana 47401   812-332-6396

NOTE: This site is under development.  
At present the site lists the types of materials contained in the Archives. 
Additional categories, information, dates, descriptions, and links will be added.  Please contact us if you have questions or wish to visit the archives.

Archives Collection