Jack J. Detzler papers

Collection

Identifier: MSM-2010-014

Scope and Contents

The collection includes church histories that Detzler compiled, along with miscellaneous other records and materials from his life and the Northwest Indiana Conference.

*Restricted file "Biographical Sketches of Ministers, Scandalous Reports" was opened and returned to this collection Feb. 26, 1992. It is located in MC 45, folder 11.

Dates

Creation: 1922 - 2005

Creator

Detzler, Jack J. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Portions of this collection are restricted. Contact the Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical Note

Jack J. Detzler was born July 20, 1922, in South Bend, Ind., the son of John Jacob and Thekla (King) Detzler. He received an A.B. in 1943 and a Ph.D. in 1952 from Indiana University, and an A.M. in 1946 from the University of Wisconsin. His writings include: History of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church: 1852-1951 (1952); South Bend, 1900-1910: The Awakening of a Small Town (1959; South Bend, 1910-1920: A Decade Dedicated to Reform (1960); Diary of Howard Stillwell Stanfield: 1864-65 (1969); South Bend, 1920-1930: The Emergence of a City (1973) and a biography of Paul M. Butler. Detzler, of Mishawaka, Ind., emeritus professor of history and vice-president at St. Mary's College, died Sept. 2005.