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Richard Calvin Gillum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSD-1942-117

Scope and Contents

Methodist volume 6912: Pastoral Record, 1944-1996.

Dates

  • Creation: 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

Title
Richard Calvin Gillum papers
Status
Completed
Subtitle
DePauw University, class of 1942
Author
Jenney Taylor
Date
9/24/2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository

Contact:
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States