All May be Saved to the Uttermost
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All May be Saved to the Uttermost
Methodist Archives and Universities
Philip ThornborowLiaison Officer for Methodist Archives
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An archive of Methodism1799 Vital records and a basement1848 Fireproof safes and widening scope 1882 Custodian and Committee1923 Back to square two1932 And there’s more: Methodist Union
1956 Serious thought1961 A Methodist Archive and Research Centre1975 Where and how?
1977-1978 Salvation
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Why outsource?
• Methodism = A discipleship movement, shaped for mission
• Standards of care
• Support for users
• Professional expertise
• Scholarship in context
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Points of tension• Access
• Managing expectations
• Whose collection?
• Changing funding
• What’s the value?• Mission and supporting Methodist learning• Eighteenth century studies and Nonconformist theology• Colonial and postcolonial studies• The back story of American Methodism
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Thirty years on• Changes in Universities and Archives
• Changes in communication
• Changes in the audience
• Changes in Methodism
• Structure (Methodist Church House)
• Committees
• The Fruitful Field
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The way ahead• New deals
• Aims of the Methodist Heritage Committee
• http://www.methodistheritage.org.uk/ (About us. Our advice)
• http://methodist.org.uk/ (Our reports)
• Collection development
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The way ahead (2014-2016)
• Training
• Databases and websites
• MAYC and transfers
•Annual work plan • 2014 Getting back on track
• 2015 Cataloguing Thomas Coke material ?
• 2016 Methodist Women in Britain collection
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Wesley’s four “all”s
All need to be savedAll may be savedAll may know that they are savedAll may be saved to the uttermost.