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Anderson, W. F.

 Collection — Container: folder
Identifier: KUMA-02-358

Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Photograph, sepia tone, with handwritten note on reverse, "Bishop Anderson, given by Mrs. Wiley Kere; son Lorin Kere, KC."

Dates

  • Other: 1860-1944

Creator

Biographical or Historical Information

William Franklin Anderson was born in West Virginia on April 22, 1860, and earned his bachelor’s degree in divinity in 1887. In that year he was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was made a bishop in 1908 and served in many ministerial, academic, and administrative positions in New York, Tennessee, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Florida until his death in 1944. Bishop Anderson presided over the Southwest Kansas Annual Conference, held in Wellington, Kansas, in 1923.

Note written by Sarah Allen St. John

Extent

1.00 folders

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains one original photograph of Bishop W. F. Anderson, who presided at the 1923 Southwest Kansas Annual Conference.

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Author
Jen McCollough, Sarah St. John
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Repository Details

Part of the Baker University and Kansas United Methodist Archives Repository

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