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Record Group 010

Published Church history, plus 20 cubic feet of unprocessed (as of May 8, 2015) records, photographs, and artifacts. Includes UMW materials.

Extent: ca. 20 cubic feet

Organizational Sketch:  Lafayette Street UMC was founded in 1900 at a pre-game meeting of a baseball team in Dothan. It began at the J. R. Taylor home, then met at Damon's Bar, then built its first sanctuary on South St. Andrews St. By 1909 the congregation moved into its building on East Lafayette St. at South St. Andrews St. in Dothan, AL. Lafayette Street UMC became Greystone Methodist Church and moved into its building at 4401 Fortner St. in March 2011. Dr. Mike Pearson became pastor in 2005. (See http://www.greystonedothan.org/)

Evangelist Bob Jones preached at the original church in 1900, but the most significant growth in membership occurred during the long ministry of Charles "Red" Hildreth, 1947-56. LSUMC created a history committee in the mid-1990s and has since established an archives room under its chair, Mrs. Lorene Gainous. UMC churches are required to send yearly reports from its various sections to the Conference, in this case the Alabama-West Florida Conference. LSUMC falls under the sub unit of the conference called the Dothan District. [Sources: Lafayette Street United Methodist Church: One Hundred Years, 1900-2000 (Dothan, The Church, 2000), and Alabama-West Florida Conference, United Methodist Church website, http://awfumc.org/]

Scope / Content Documents many of the important aspects of the congregation. Accession 010-02-009 contains the church’s 100th anniversary history and a newspaper clipping. Accession 010-12-1012 contains artifacts, photographs and scrapbooks, membership directories, guest books and attendance rosters, church bulletins and newsletters, Board minutes, UMW materials including meeting minutes and newsletters, church office files, and received publications.

Processing Notes: Accession 010-12-1012 is unprocessed as of May 7, 2015. Box level inventory is a rough sort. Order imposed by WA staff.

Provenance: Material gathered by the church history committee over many years.

Preferred Citation: Lafayette Street United Methodist Church Collection, RG010. Wiregrass Archives, ���ϱ��� University Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Acquisition Method: Gift

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Accession 010-02-009

Accession 010-02-009

Accession 010-12-1012, unprocessed: Temporary Box Level Inventory (MAY 2015):