Scope and Contents The Bailey Family collection consists largely of materials curated by Fred and Ethel Bailey from their missionary trip to Mexico from 1907-1911. Documents found in the collection include sermons written by Fred and Charles, church documents pertaining to the Methodist and Catholic churches, correspondences from before, during, and after their stay in Mexico, and various personal papers. Books found within the collection are primarily about the Methodist church, but also include nonfiction...

Abstract Hyde Park United Methodist Church closed in January 1999. The records in this collection provide information about the church's history, beginning in 1883 as the First Church of the United Brethren in Christ. In 1946 two churches merged, United Brethren and First Church of the United Brethren in Christ, to become Hyde Park Evangelical United Brethren Church. Another merge occurred in 1968, Evangelical United Brethren Churches merged with Methodist churches and Hyde Park Evangelical United...