Mt. Zion AME Church records
Collection Overview
The collection consist of two separate series, each in chronological order. The first series of member and financial records contains information regarding members of the church, their donations and occasional notations as to deaths, baptisms, expulsions and withdrawals; as well as money collected at rallies and other church functions and how the money was spent. The second series contains minutes of various church and related meetings. These minutes offer insights into church leadership issues, building repairs, complaints, finances and other business matters.
Dates
- Creation: 1884-1949
Creator
- Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Charleston, S.C.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material is in English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Historical Note
Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1882 in Charleston, South Carolina after the church divided from Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, due to its inability to accommodate all its members. The new congregation, led by Norman B. Sterrett, purchased the Zion Presbyterian Church building on Glebe Street. Sterrett served briefly as Mt. Zion's pastor before becoming the regular pastor of Emmanuel AME Church.
Extent
2.25 linear feet (5 archival boxes, 1 oversize box)
Abstract
Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1882 in Charleston, South Carolina after the church divided from Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, due to its inability to accommodate all its members. The new congregation, led by Norman B. Sterrett, purchased the Zion Presbyterian Church building on Glebe Street. The collection consist of two separate series, each in chronological order. The first series of member and financial records contains information regarding members of the church, their donations and occasional notations as to deaths, baptisms, expulsions and withdrawals; as well as money collected at rallies and other church functions and how the money was spent. The second series contains minutes of various church and related meetings. These minutes offer insights into church leadership issues, building repairs, complaints, finances and other business matters.
Collection Arrangement
1. Member and Financial Records
2. Meeting Minutes
Acquisitions Information
Donated by J. Michael Graves, authorized representative of Mt. Zion AME Church, June 1992
Processing Information
Processed by Lance Brodrero, July 2006
Encoded by Melissa Bronheim, July 2010
Edited by Melissa Bronheim, July 2010
Funding from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supported the processing of this collection.
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the collection processing and encoding of this finding aid.
- Title
- Inventory of the Mt. Zion AME Church, 1884 - 1949
- Author
- Processed by: Lance Brodrero; machine-readable finding aid created by: Melissa Bronheim
- Date
- © 2010
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the collection processing and encoding of this finding aid.
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu