Maybrook Methodist Church/Montgomery Methodist Church, New York, 1952 - 1956

The first series of this collection includes materials relating to Robert L. Glass’s family and career. Included are publicity photographs, personal photographs, bulletins, newspaper clippings, church newsletters, correspondence, personal notes and cards, and miscellaneous other items that illustrate the scope and substance of his work in each position. It also includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and personal notes and cards pertaining to the role of Marjory Glass as a minister’s/pastor’s wife, 1952-1990, and materials about their children James Arthur Glass, Kathryn Ann (Glass) Ehret, Jon Lee Glass, Jeffrey Mark Glass, and Bonnie Lynn (Glass) MacDonald).

Career-related materials include the following: Drew Seminary (1949-1952), student minister positions, and Minister, Maybrook and Montgomery (New York) Methodist Churches (1952-1956); Youth minister, First Methodist Church and Federated Churches, West Lafayette, Indiana (1956-1957); Associate Minister, Central Methodist Church, Evansville (1958-1962); Associate Minister, First Methodist Church, Fort Wayne (1962-1965); Executive Secretary, Board of Education, North Indiana Conference (1965-1969); Program Director, First United Methodist Church, Marion (1969-1971); Pastor, Whiting United Methodist Church, Whiting, Indiana (1971-1978); Senior Pastor, Simpson United Methodist Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana (1978-1990). A scrapbook, titled “Warm Fuzzies,” from Maybrook-Whiting, circa 1952-1978; a scrapbook, titled “Significant Moments in Our Ministry” circa 1952-1990; a box of slides taken by Robert Glass and others of him, showing programs and events in his church career, 1950-1990; and miscellaneous clippings, bulletins, and newsletters pertaining to the Indiana Area of the Methodist Church, circa 1950-1970s.

The second series includes Ruth C. Brown's materials in relation to her two positions with the Indiana Area of the Methodist Church (1954-1965). Most of the materials are contained in a scrapbook compiled by Ruth Brown after her retirement in 1965 and include a certificate of appreciation on her retirement, retirement cards from co-workers, and publicity photos taken of Bishop Richard C. Raines with the office staff, circa 1957. There are also cards and notes between Ruth and her immediate supervisor, Nelson Price, 1954-1957. In addition, the scrapbook includes miscellaneous issues of the Indiana Area newsletter, circa 1957-1967. The second major section of the scrapbook contains materials related to the career of Ruth’s boss from 1957-1965, Dr. James E. Doty, first Director of Pastoral Care and Counseling for the Indiana Area of the Methodist Church. Included are numerous publicity photos of Doty and his family, articles by him about counseling by clergy, a resume for Doty, and minutes taken by Ruth Brown of a 1965 meeting held by the Indiana Area Board of Pastoral Care and Counseling. A final segment in the scrapbook contains some materials pertaining to Doty’s visits to Dr. Albert Schweitzer and the friendship that ensued. It includes a 1957 article by Doty about his visit to Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Lambarene, French Equatorial Africa and news clippings about Schweitzer and Doty. Finally, there are announcements of Doty’s appointment as president of Baker University, Kansas.