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Richard Calvin Gillum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSD-1942-117

Scope and Contents

Methodist volume 6912: Pastoral Record, 1944-1996.

Dates

  • 1944 - 1996

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University or the United Methodist Church.

Biographical / Historical

DePauw University, class of 1942. June 1941 - License to Preach Quarterly Conference North Church Vincennes, Spring 1941; June 1942 - Admitted on Trial Indiana Conference; June 17, 1943 - Ordained Deacon Indiana Conference; June 25, 1944 - Ordained Elder Indiana Conference; June 25, 1944 - First Appointment Salem (Evansville, Ind.); April 12, 1942 - First Sermon Preached, Hingham, Massachusetts; July 16, 1944 - First communion served, Salem (Evansville, Ind.); October 18, 1944 - First funeral, Mrs. Emma Schmidt, Salem (Evansville, Ind.); November 4, 1944 - First wedding, Calvin Gantner and Alma Bender, Salem (Evansville, Ind.); July 1944, first new member, Barbara Gillum (wife), Salem (Evansville, Ind.); March 25, 1945 - first baptism, Raymond Lee Yates Powell, Salem (Evansville, Ind.); June 20, 1947, appointed Sandborn / Marco; June 20, 1948, appointed Shelburn; June 25, 1950, appointed Brownsviile / Boston; June 21, 1953, appointed Milroy; March 7, 1955, appointed New Palestine; June 19, 1960 - appointed Bicknell; June 16, 1963 - disability leave (lived in Indianapolis - Brightwood); June 21, 1964 - appointed Paoli; June 1969 - appointed Barbour Avenue (Terre Haute, Ind.); June 1971 - appointed Edinburg; November 14, 1974, appointed Clinton; June 1978 - appointed Grant Line (New Albany, Ind.); June 1985 - Retired Wall Street Associate Jeffersonville; June 1992 - Named Pastor Emeritus, Wall Street

Extent

.10 Cubic Feet (1 bound volume)

Language of Materials

English