Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 9 microfilm reels.

Summary

1. The records of the Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland consist of three series: Financial Records, Minute Books and Reports, and Cemetery Records. The Financial Records series, 1913-1944, contains trustee reports with entries pertaining to the cemetery. Collection plate records and records of rallies for church projects are also included. The Minute Books and Reports series, 1911-1962, contains the minutes of the official boards and various church groups as well as affiliated organizations in which the church has had membership. The latter includes the Baltimore Preachers Meetings and the Women's Society of Christian Service, North Baltimore District. The Cemetery Records series, 1873-1993, is comprised of ledgers in which are entered cemetery lot owners, burial and death records. In many ledgers information on place of origin, date of birth, cause of death and physician's name has been indicated. Information on the lots include location and number of burials per site. A schematic drawing of the cemetery is also included.

Subject

1. Mount Auburn Cemetery (Baltimore, Md.)
2. Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church (Baltimore, Md.)
3. Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church (Baltimore, Md.) -- History.
4. African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
5. African American Methodists.
6. African Americans -- Religion.
7. African American churches -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
8. Methodists -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
9. Cemeteries -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
10. Baltimore (Md.) -- Church history.

Call number

1. Sc Micro R-6637

Language

1. English

Reproduction (note)

1. Microfilm.

Original location (note)

1. Originals in Sharp Street United Methodist Church; 1206 Etting Street, Baltimore, Md. 21217

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission from church is required to purchase copy of microfilm. Letter authorizing reproduction should be sent to the Curator of Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., New York, NY 10037.

Source (note)

1. Sharp Street United Methodist Church
2. Originals in Sharp Street United Methodist Church

Biography (note)

1. The Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church originates from the establishment of the first black congregation in Baltimore, Maryland in 1787. The first church built in 1802 was located on Sharp Street; the present edifice was constructed in 1898.
2. Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded in 1872 by Reverend James Pack and the Memorial United Methodist Church in protest to segregation in the white Methodist Church at the time. As the oldest black cemetery in Baltimore, it contains burials of former slaves who had escaped to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available.

Reproduction

1. Microfilm. New York Public Library. 1992. 9 microfilm reels.

Source

1. Sharp Street United Methodist Church 1206 Etting Street, Baltimore, Md. 21217 1992 Microfilm.
2. Originals in Sharp Street United Methodist Church 1206 Etting Street, Baltimore, Md. 21217 1992 Microfilm.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid