Methodist Archives Center

The Methodist Archive Center would like to congratulate Bagdad United Methodist Church, out of Bagdad, Florida, for being our 2019 Local Church Heritage Award! They presented a beautiful book representing their “Preservation Celebration 2019.” A picture of their lovely book is below as well as a picture of the historical marker taken from the book.

“Preservation Celebration 2019” was a day for the church and community to come together to celebrate a historical event. The historical event was the unveiling of the Florida Heritage Landmark marker and the National Register of Historic Places recognition awarded that was given to Bagdad United Methodist Church in 1987. Along with the unveiling ceremony, the day included tours of the church, which was built in 1885, a video of the building of the church, an antique quilt display, craft sales, bake sale, gift baskets and holiday items sale as well as a BBQ chicken dinner fundraiser. Unfortunately, there will not be a presentation of the plaque at Annual Conference this year, however, the church will receive their plaque in the mail so they can proudly display it!

The Methodist Archives Center and Huntingdon College Special Collections concluded the 2020 Library & Archives Center Curator Contest this week. Congratulations to our 2020 winners Katie Cox and Jessica Brunk! The two curator displays this year are “Huntingdon College Panhellenic Review” (by Katie Cox) and “1944 – 1945 Huntingdon College Student, Harper Lee” (by Jessica Brunk).

Sharon Tucker, Archivist for the Alabama West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church and Huntingdon College Special Collections, proposed the idea of the contest to promote the interesting items that can be found in the Archives Center and Houghton Memorial Library. The objective of the contest was to create an interest for the students in developing their creative and research abilities, as well as to encourage students to interact with the college archivist, librarians, and their instructors.

Their winning cases are displayed at the Houghton Memorial Library. Check out the pictures of the two displays below. Again, congratulations to Katie Cox and Jessica Brunk!