urn:taro:smu.00155 F. D. Leete collection on Methodist Bishops A Guide to the Collection Finding aid prepared by Timothy S. G. Binkley with assistance from Heather M. Oglevie, 2010. The Archives at Bridwell Library
Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
Finding aid encoded by Lara Corazalla, 2010. Finding aid written in English. Description based on DACS. Overview Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University Leete, Frederick Deland, 1866-1958. F. D. Leete collection on Methodist Bishops 1830-1977 1870-1956 8 boxes (7.5 linear feet) The F. D. Leete collection on Methodist Bishops comprises eight boxes of correspondence, historical data, and images of 254 Methodist bishops collected by Bishop Frederick DeLand Leete (1866-1958) and augmented by Bridwell Library staff until 1979. BridArch 301.09A Material is in English Biographical Note

Frederick DeLand Leete was born at Avon, New York on October 1, 1866. He studied at Syracuse University, earning A.B. (1889) and A.M. (1891) degrees. On July 28, 1891, Leete married Jeanette Fuller. They had three children.

Rev. Leete joined the New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888 and served congregations in New York state until 1906, when he was appointed Pastor of the Central Methodist Church in Detroit, Michigan. The General Conference of 1912 elected Leete bishop. Before retiring, Bishop Leete served two four-year terms in three different locations: the Atlanta area (1912-1920), the Indianapolis area (1920-1928), and the Omaha area (1928-1936).

With insights gained from episcopacies in both northern and southern states, Bishop Frederick D. Leete advanced the cause of Methodist Church union. He also served as a member of the Ecumenical Methodist Conferences of 1911, 1921, and 1931 and as President of the Ecumenical Council of the Americas and Orient, 1931-1944.

Leete wrote the following books: Every-day Evangelism (1909); Christian Brotherhoods (1912); The Church in the City (1915); Palestine: Land of the Light (1917); Christianity in Science (1928); Palestine: its Scenery, Peoples and History (1933); Pictures of Jesus (1935); Skyward: A Book of Horizons (1936); New Testament Windows (1939); The Deland Family in America: a Biographical Genealogy (1943); and Methodist Bishops (1948). Twenty-one of his sermons, public addresses, essays and book reviews were also published between 1901 and 1947. In 1936 Southern Methodist University granted Bishop Leete an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

Frederick D. Leete was a member of the American Historical Association. As a church historian, he gathered a significant quantity of manuscript and published materials by and about Methodist bishops and items concerning other topics in Methodist history. Leete donated his Methodist Historical Library to Bridwell Library in 1956. After the bishop’s death in 1958, Librarian Kate Warnick continued adding materials to the Leete collections in his honor until her retirement in 1979.

Sources:

Earl, Jesse E. "Frederick D. Leete." In Encyclopedia of World Methodism, vol. 2. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1974.

Warnick, Kate. "The Romance of Methodism: The Methodist Historical Library, Inc." Perkins School of Theology Journal (Fall 1945): 17-21.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The F. D. Leete Bishops Collection consists of research materials on the lives of 254 Methodist bishops from the late eighteenth century through the middle of the twentieth century. The collection includes published and unpublished documents, personal and business correspondence, journals, biographical sketches, and images. These items range in date from 1830 to 1977. Materials collected before 1948 were used by Bishop Leete in writing Methodist Bishops: Personal Notes and Bibliographies.

 Arrangement of the Collection

The collection contains two series of materials:

Series 1: Alphabetical File, 1830-1977 Series 2: Prints and Photographs, 1852-1964 Related Materials

F. D. Leete collection on Methodist history, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

Derivative Collections:

The following five collections were part of the original Leete gift of Methodist bishops’ papers. Due to the size and significance of these collections, they have been processed as separate but related sub-collections.

Earl Cranston papers, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

John Fletcher Hurst papers, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

Thomas Nicholson papers, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

William Xavier Ninde Family papers, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

John Heyl Vincent papers, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

 Access to Collection:

The collection is open for research use. Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

 Publication Rights:

Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the Bridwell Library.

 Copyright Statement:

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain copyright authorization.

 Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms.

Methodist Church -- Bishops -- Biography. Methodist Church -- Clergy -- Biography. Methodist Church -- Bishops -- Portraits. Photographs. Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], F. D. Leete collection on Methodist Bishops, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

 Acquisition Information

Gift of Bishop Frederick DeLand Leete, 1956.

 Processing Information

This collection was arranged and described in 2010 by Timothy Binkley with assistance from Heather M. Oglevie.

 Encoded by

Lara Corazalla, 2010.

 Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: Alphabetical File, 1830-1977

The first series includes 288 folders of information about, small images of, and correspondence with Methodist bishops and their families filed in alphabetical order by last name. Legal size and larger documents are housed in different boxes, as indicated in the inventory.

 5741Abe, Yoshimune 1933-1954 5742Ainsworth, William N. 1923-1931 579A1Ainsworth, William N. (legal size) 1910-1940 5743Ainsworth, William N. 1916-1940 5744Akawaza, Motozo 1925-1935 5745Alejandro, Dionisio Deisto 1915-1948 5746Ames, Edward R. 1853-1878 5747Anderson, William Franklin 1896-1945 5748Andrew, James Osgood 1937-1976 5749Andrews, Edward Gayer 1887-1907 57410Archer, Raymond L. 1950-1953 57411Arvidson, Theodor 1947-1958 57412Atkins, James 1905-1971 579A2Atkins, James (legal size) 1884-1944 57413Avila, Sixto 1937-1941 57414Badley, Brenton Thoburn 1904-1949 57415Baker, James Chamberlain 1927-1951 57416Baker, Osmon Cleander 1833-1864 57417Baker, Osmon Cleander 1841-1869 20229Baker, Osmon Cleander – Certificate (oversize) 1852 57418Balloch, Enrique Carlos 1941-1949 57419Barbieri, Sante Uberto 1956-1973 57420Barbieri, Sante Uberto 1954-1977 57421Barbieri, Sante Uberto 1932-1974 57422Barbieri, Sante Uberto – "The Presiding Elder" 1932 57423Bascom, Henry Bidleman 1937-1948 57424Bashford, J. W. 1889-1943 57425Bast, Anton 1920-1963 57426Bast, Anton 1926-1944 579A3Bast, Anton (legal size) 1919-1932 57427Baxter, Bruce Richard 1937-1947 57428Beauchamp, William Benjamin 1917-1931 57429Berry, Joseph Flintoft 1892-1923 57430Bickley, George H. 1908-1930 57431Bickley, George H. – Resolutions Book 1903 579A4Bickley, George H. (legal size) 1924 57432Birney, L. J. and Laura C. 1924-1977 57433Blake, Edgar 1923-1941 57434Boaz, Hiram A. 1932-1962 57435Booth, Newell Snow 1944-1963 57436Bowen, J. W. E. 1948-1949 57437Bowman, Thomas 1890-1911 57438Branscomb, John W. 1952-1953 57439Brashares, Charles W. 1944-1963 57440Bristol, Frank Milton 1889-1969 57441Brooks, Robert Nathaniel 1944 57442Broomfield, John Calvin 1934-1950 57443Brown, Wallace Elias 1909-1945 57444Burns, Charles Wesley 1925-1935 57445Burns, Francis 1957-1961 57446Burt, William 1903-1950 5751Camphor, Alexander Priestley 1917-1934 5752Candler, Warren Akin 1893-1934 5753Cannon, James Jr. 1929-1972 5754Cannon, James Jr. 1930-1931 5755Cannon, James Jr. 1930-1945 5756Capers, William 1948-1957 5757Carman, Albert 1917-1948 5758Chen, W. Y. 1944-1948 5759Chitambar, Jashwant Rao 1916-1952 579A5Chitambar, Jashwant Rao (legal size) 1922-1930 57510Chung, Choon Soo 1934-1939 57511Clair, Matthew Wesley Jr. 1921-1942 57512Clark, Davis Wasgatt 1842-1867 57513Cooke, Richard Joseph 1905-1931 57514Coors, D. Stanley 1944-1956 57515Corson, Fred Pierce 1943-1952 57516Cranston, Earl [contents moved – See Earl Cranston Papers] 57517Cushman, Ralph S. 1933-1956 57518Dacorso, Cesar Filho 1938-1950 57519Darlington, Urban Valentine Williams 1928-1953 57520Dawsey, Cyrus Bassett 1946-1950 57521Dawson, Dana 1948-1953 57522Decell, John Lloyd 1938-1945 57523Denny, Collins 1915-1946 579A6Denny, Collins (legal size) 1937 57524Dickey, James Edward 1905-1932 57525Dobbs, Hoyt M. 1932-1948 57526Doggett, David S. 1830-1880 57527DuBose, Horace Mellard 1884-1948 57528Duncan, William W. 1888-1904 57529Early, John 1870-1945 57530Elphick, Roberto 1940-1951 57531Ensley, F. Gerald 1952 57532Eveland, William Perry 1912-1947 57533Fairbarn, Charles Victor 1945-1952 57534Fisher, Frederick Bohn 1903-1928 57535Fitzgerald, James Newbury 1887-1905 57536Fitzgerald, Oscar Penn 1886-1957 57537Flint, Charles Wesley 1927-1956 57538Foss, Cyrus David 1883-1906 57539Foster, Randolph Sinks 1878-1948 57540Fowler, Charles Henry 1872-1904 57541Franklin, Marvin Augustus 1949-1954 57542Galloway, Charles B. 1892-1946 57543Galloway, Paul V. 1970-1973 57544Garber, Paul Neff 1933-1956 57545Garth, Schuyler Edward 1945-1947 57546Gattinoni, Juan E. 1934-1945 57547George, Enoch 1928 57548Goodsell, Daniel Ayres 1890-1954 57549Gowdy, John 1920-1940 57550Granbery, John Cowper 1895-1956 57551Griffith, George William 1909-1946 57552Gross, George R. 1912-1924 57553Guerra, Eleazar 1938-1947 57554Hagen, Odd 1953 57555Hamilton, Franklin Elmer Ellsworth 1890-1918 57556Hamilton, John William 1892-1964 57557Hamilton, John William 1906-1933 57558Hamilton, John William - Photographs 1900-1933 579A7Hamilton, John William (legal size) 1908-1934 202210Hamilton, John William – Resolution (oversize) 1934 5761Hamline, Leonidas Lent 1845-1883 5762Hammaker, Wilbur Emery 1938-1953 5763Hargrove, Robert Kennon 1889-1901 5764Harrell, Costen Jordan 1908-1952 5765Harris, Merriman Colbert 1887-1962 5766Harris, William Logan 1870-1884 5767Hartman, Lewis Oliver 1928-1954 5768Hartzell, Joseph 1911-1945 5769Haven, Erastus Otis 1858-1881 57610Haven, Gilbert 1869-1879 57611Hay, Samuel Ross 1937-1950 57612Haygood, Atticus Green 1866-1946 579A8Haygood, Atticus Green (legal size) 1866-1868 202211Haygood, Atticus Green (oversize) 1888-1899 57613Hedding, Elijah 1862-1951 57614Henderson, Theodore Sommers 1912-1927 57615Hendrix, Eugene Russell 1888-1945 57616Hiraiwa, Yoshiyasu 1902-1915 57617Holt, Ivan Lee 1934-1967 57618Honda, Yoitsu 1894-1956 57619Honda, Yoitsu – Diary 1906 57620Hoss, Elijah Embree 1897-1917 57621Hughes, Edwin Holt 1908-1948 57622Hughes, Matthew Simpson 1898-1918 57623Hughes, William Alfred Carroll 1927-1952 57624Hurst, John Fletcher [contents moved to John Fletcher Hurst Papers] 57625Janes, Edmund Storer 1851-1876 57626Johnson, Eben Samuel 1916-1939 57627Jones, Burton Rensselaer 1947-1948 57628Jones, Robert Elijah 1920-1942 57629Joyce, Isaac Wilson 1882-1905 57630Kaung, Z. T. 1941-1950 57631Kavanaugh, Hubbard Hinde 1853-1947 57632Keener, John Christian 1876-1950 57633Keeney, Frederick 1920-1952 57634Kelly, Edward Wendall 1950 57635Kennedy, Gerald H. 1948-1964 57636Kern, Paul Bentley 1932-1953 57637Key, Joseph Staunton 1874-1947 57638Kilgo, John Carlisle 1921-1926 57639Kim, Chong Oo 1938-1949 57640King, Willis Jefferson 1895-1954 57641Kingsley, Calvin 1861-1975 57642Kugimiya, Tokio 1937-1939 57643Lacy, George Carleton 1944-1951 57644Lambuth, Walter Russell 1948 57645Ledden, W. Earl 1934-1947 57646Lee, Edwin Ferdinand 1932-1955 57647Leete, Frederick DeLand 1937-1963 57648Leonard, Adna Wright 1863-1945 57649Leonard, Adna Wright 1863-1943 579A9Leonard, Adna Wright (legal size) 1943 57650Lew, H. J. 1956 57651Lewis, W. S. 1900-1920 57652Locke, Charles Edward 1912-1946 57653Lord, John Wesley 1949 57654Lowe, Titus 1924-1950 57655Luccock, Naphtali 1877-1952 5771Magee, Junius Ralph 1934-1971 5772Mallallieu, Willard Francis 1886-1910 5773Marston, Leslie Roy 1943-1964 5774Marvin, Enoch Mather 1875-1950 5775McCabe, Charles Cardwell 1872-1906 5776McConnell, Francis John 1909-1947 5777McCoy, James Henry 1901-1955 5778McDowell, William Fraser 1892-1937 5779McIntyre, Robert 1888-1913 57710McKendree, William 1897 57711McMurray, William Fletcher 1916-1968 57712McTyreire, Holland Nimmons 1880-1942 57713Mead, Charles Larew 1920-1941 57714Melle, Freidrich Heinrich Otto 1921-1948 57715Merrill, Stephen Mason 1885-1966 57716Miller, George Ames 1924-1954 57717Mitchell, Charles Bayard 1901-1942 57718Mondol, Shot Kumar 1941-1957 57719Moore, Arthur J. 1934-1954 57720Moore, David Hastings 1884-1915 57721Moore, John M. 1948 57722Moore, John M. 1912-1975 57723Morris, Thomas Asbury 1845-1915 57724Morrison, Henry Clay 1906-1907 579A10Mouzon, Edwin DuBose (legal size) 1917 57725Mouzon, Edwin DuBose 1912-1937 57726Murrah, William Belton 1913-1914 57727Neely, Thomas Benjamin 1893-1924 57728Newell, Frederick Buckley 1952-1955 57729Newman, John Philip 1877-1958 57730Nicholson, Thomas [contents moved to Thomas Nicholson Papers] 57731Ninde, William X. [contents moved to William X. Ninde Family Papers] 57732Northcott, H. Clifford 1948-1955 57733Nuelsen, John Louis 1910-1946 57734Oldham, William Fitzjames 1900-1937 57735Ormston, Mark D. 1939-1951 57736Oxnam, Garfield Bromley 1937-1957 57737Oxnam, Garfield Bromley 1940-1955 57738Oxnam, Garfield Bromley 1940-1955 57739Paine, Robert 1882-1941 57740Parker, Edwin Wallace 1890-1969 57741Parker, Linus 1946 57742Pascoe, Juan Nicanor 1930-1932 57743Pearce, William 1939-1947 57744Peck, Jesse Treusdell 1873-1881 57745Peele, William Walter 1938-1951 57746Phillips, Glenn R. 1949-1964 57747Pickett, Jarrell Waskom 1942-1950 57748Pierce, George Foster 1881-1951 57749Purcell, Clare 1938-1952 57750Quayle, William Alfred 1899-1948 57751Raines, Richard C. 1930-1954 57752Reed, Marshall R. 1944-1954 57753Richardson, Ernest Gladstone 1874-1947 57754Richardson, James 1860-1890 57755Roberts, Benjamin Titus 1885-1953 57756Roberts, Robert Richford 1840-1890 57757Robinson, John Edward 1904-1919 57758Robinson, John Wesley 1912-1947 57759Rockey, Clement Daniel 1938-1952 57760Ryang, Ju Sam 1932-1954 5781Scott, Isaiah Benjamin 1899-1949 5782Selecman, Charles Claude 1923-1971 5783Sellew, Walter Ashbel 1900-1948 5784Shaw, Alexander Preston 1926-1946 5785Shepherd, William Orville 1913-1947 5786Shepherd, William Orville – Bible 1879-1930 5787Short, Roy H. 1948-1973 5788Simpson, Matthew 1873-1942 5789Slicer, Henry 1875-1956 57810Smith, Alexander Coke 1889-1907 57811Smith, Charles William 1898-1911 57812Smith, Harry Lester 1912-1944 57813Smith, Philander 1860-1920 57814Smith, William Angie 1944-1953 57815Sommer, J. W. Ernst 1946-1952 57816Soule, Joshua 1842-1948 57817Spellmeyer, Henry 1880-1907 57818Springer, John McKendree 1912-1958 57819Springer, John McKendree: "I Love the Trail" 1950 57820Springer, John McKendree 1953 57821Straughn, James Henry 1937-1968 57822Stuntz, Homer Clyde 1883-1920 57823Subhan, John Abdus 1940-1951 57824Sucasas, Isaias Fernandes 1946 57825Tarboux, John William 1940-1947 57826Taylor, J. Paul 1947-1949 57827Taylor, William 1863-1951 57828Thirkeild, Wilbur Patterson 1894-1969 57829Thoburn, James Mills 1888-1907 57830Tigert, John James III 1899-1950 57831Tippett, Donald H. 1948-1952 57832Usaki, Kogoro 1910-1950 57833Valencia, José L. 1953-1959 57834Vincent, John H. [contents moved to John Heyl Vincent Papers] 57835Voight, Edwin E. 1952-1955 57836Wade, Raymond J. 1922-1954 57837Walden, John Morgan 1873-1911 57838Waldorf, Ernest Lynn 1920-1948 57839Wang, Chih P’ing 1930-1948 57840Ward, Ralph A. 1938-1963 57841Ward, Seth 1887-1946 57842Warne, Francis Wesley 1900-1939 57843Warne, Francis Wesley – Lizzie Johnson’s Quilt 1910-1930 57844Warren, Henry White 1864-1948 57845Waterhouse, Richard Green 1898-1937 57846Watkins, William Turner 1938-1957 57847Watts, H. Bascom 1952 57848Welch, Herbert 1910-1962 579A11Welch, Herbert (legal size) 1932-1960 57849Werner, Hazen G. 1950-1956 57850Wesley, Arthur Frederick 1945-1949 57851Wicke, Lloyd C. 1953-1968 57852Wightman, William May 1845 57853Wilson, Alpheus W. 1895-1908 57854Wilson, Luther Barton 1902-1948 57855Zahniser, Arthur DeFrance 1933-1950 Series 2: Prints and Photographs, 1852-1964

The second series consists of prints and photographs divided into three subseries: prints (ordered by date), photographs of individuals (ordered by last name), and group photographs (ordered by date). All images in box 2023 are larger than 8x10". Smaller prints and photographs can be found in many of the series 1 folders and in box 579A, files 12-26.

 Subseries 1: Prints 20231Bishops of the M. E. Church, South 1852 20232Centenary of American Methodism 1866 20233American Methodism 1872 20234Founder Bishops M. E. Church 1872 20235Bishops of the M. E. Church 1872 20236Bishops of the M. E. Church 1873 20237Bishops of the M. E. Church, South (3 copies) 1877 Subseries 2: Photographs of Individuals 20238Ainsworth, William N. 1900-1925 579A12Asbury, Francis (Leete book, pages 25 and 45) 1948 20239Hamilton, John William 1932 202310Hurst, John F. 1890-1903 202311Lambuth, Walter Russell 1900-1921 202312Nicholson, Thomas 1920-1950 202313Ninde, William X. 1890-1901 202314Smith, A. Frank 1950-1960 202315Waldorf, Earnest Lynn 1900-1950 Subseries 3: Group Photographs 202316Bishops of the M. E. Church 1884 202317Bishop Ninde preaching to the Foochow Conf. 1885-1890 202318Bareilly Theological Seminary (Bishop Ninde) 1886 202319Bishops of the M. E. Church 1888-1901 202320Bishops of the M. E. Church (by W. L. Hoff) 1891 202321Bishops of the M. E. Church (2 copies) 1895 202322Bishops of the M. E. Church 1900 202323Bishops, M. E. Church, South in Asheville, NC 1902-1919 579A13Bishops of the M. E. Church, South 1904 202324Bishops of the M. E. Church, South in Waco, TX 1904 202325Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1909 202326Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1910-1919 202327Board of Bishops, M. E. Church 1912 202328Bishops of the M. E. Church 1913 579A14Bishops: "Hostetler – Des Moines" 1920 202329Bishops of the M. E. Church 1920 579A15Bishops meeting, Darjeeling, India 1921 202330Bishops of the M. E. Church, South (2 copies) 1923 202331College of Bishops, M. E. Church, South (2 copies) 1930 202332Judicial Council, M. E. Church, South (2 copies) 1934 579A16Our Bishops 1784-1934 (MECS) 1934 579A17MEC, MECS, and MPC bishops in Nashville, TN 1938 202333Bishops attending Methodist Unification Conference 1939 579A18Bishops Moore, Straughn, and Hughes 1939 579A19Bishops of the Free Methodist Church (Leete, p. 441) 1942 579A20Some early bishops (Leete book, p. 101) 1948 579A21First bishops of the MECS (Leete, p. 121) 1948 579A22M. E. bishops of the Nineteenth Century (Leete, p. 185) 1948 579A23MECS bishops, Middle Period (Leete, p. 255) 1948 579A24Bishops Attending Meth. Unification Conference (p. 441) 1948 579A25Bishops’ Council, Methodist Church 1949 202334Methodist Church bishops in Minneapolis 1956 579A26Multiple bishops (some identified) 1900-1960 202335Council of Bishops, Methodist Church 1964