Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum

The Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum houses a valuable collection of documents, artifacts and information.

The Museum and Reference Library contain numerous collections including:

  • Wesley — journals, diaries, rare pamphlets, family biographies, letters
  • Georgia Methodism
  • Area History
  • Missionaries in America

The Museum houses the Archival records of the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. Individual records from local churches in South Georgia are also available.

The Research Library has 6000 volumes that include journals, biographies, diaries, and other reference material. References include:

  • Wesley
  • Early Methodism
  • General and Jurisdictional Conference Minutes
  • Publications, letters, and manuscripts
  • South Georgia Conference History
  • Georgia Methodism
    • Georgia Conference Minutes 1830-1867
    • South Georgia Conference Minutes 1867-current
    • North Georgia Conference Minutes 1867-current
    • Atlanta and Savannah Conference (incomplete)
    • Georgia Conference 1952-1968 (Black Conference)
    • South Georgia Conference Local Church Histories
    • Records of Conference Agencies
    • Women's Work 1888-current
    • Very early handwritten Conference and District Records (incomplete)
    • Obituaries of South Georgia Conference Ministerial Members, 1867-current
    • Depository of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate July 1878
  • Disciplines
    • Methodist Episcopal Church, 1784-1936
    • Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1846-1938
    • The Methodist Church, 1939-1964
    • United Brethren Church (incomplete)
    • Evangelical Church (incomplete)
    • Evangelical United Brethren Church (incomplete)
    • United Methodist Church

 

Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum entrance

Resource for:

Early Methodism

Georgia Conferences

Lives of John and Charles Wesley

South Georgia Conference Archives

South Georgia Local Church Histories