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Crowder Collection of Wesleyana and American Methodism

Crowder Collection of Wesleyana and American Methodism

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The Crowder Collection of Wesleyana and American Methodism is comprised of a unique and diverse assortment of memorabilia related to John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Francis Asbury, and other instrumental Methodists in both the United Kingdom and America. Items included in this collection are commemorative tableware, paintings, prints, medallions and coins (exonumia), preserved wax seals, statuettes, jasperware, and manuscripts. The collection includes two original unpublished manuscripts of William Spencer, a Methodist preacher and Circuit Rider. Additionally, there are some scarcer items, including a bronze seal, two horse vertebrae carved and painted as preachers, a window stop, and glass lantern slides.

The collection was the generous gift of Thelma and Harold Crowder of South Boston, Virginia, who collected and preserved many items which memorialized Wesley and traditions of Methodism.

Collection Details

Collection Number: 11258/33130

Title: Crowder Collection of Wesleyana and American Methodism

Date: 1778-1988 and undated items

Creator: Crowder, Thelma and Harold

Extent: 529 items

Repository: Duke Divinity School Library Special Collections

Language: English

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Access and Copyright Information

Items in this collection are made available by a commercial use prohibited, attribution required, share alike, creative commons license (CC BY-NC-ShareAlike).

Citation Guidelines

Preferred citation for the digital version:

[Identification of item], [Author], Crowder Collection of Wesleyana and American Methodism. Duke Divinity School Library, Duke University. [Item URL].

Preferred citation for the original documents in the archives on campus, if consulted:

[Identification of item], Crowder Collection of Wesleyana and American Methodism, Duke Divinity School Library, Duke University.

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The Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyana and British Methodism, 1536-1996 and undated (see especially Series 11)

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Title: Miscellaneous Quarterly Tickets Author: Various Methodist Churches Date: 1845-1890
Title: Love Feast Tickets Author: Unknown Methodist Church Date: 1805-1839
Title: Wesleyan Methodist Church Quarterly Tickets of Membership Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church Date: 1923-1930
Title: Wesleyan-Methodist Society Class Tickets Author: Wesleyan-Methodist Society Date: 1823-1887
Title: Print: Charles Wesley, MA Author: Faber, T. Date: Undated
Title: Print: "Rev John Wesley" London, L. Tallis Author: Tallis, L. Date: Undated
Title: Silkscreen prints on black card stock Author: The Bicentennial of American Methodism Date: 1966
Title: Print: "J Wesley" engraved by A. B. Walter Author: Walter, A. B. Date: Undated
Title: Print: "The Revd John Wesley MA" from first issue of Arminian Magazine Author: Unknown Artist Date: 1778
Title: Print: Small print of Wesley Holding Bible - "K1790" Author: Unknown Artist Date: 1790
Title: Print: Large Print of John Wesley, MA Late Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford Author: Unknown Artist Date: Undated
Title: Print: Methodist Clergymen Wesley, Hamilton, Cole Author: Kay Date: 1790
Title: Print: "John Wesley, MA" age 63 from 1766, painting by Nathaniel Horne Author: Bland Date: Undated
Title: Print: Cartoon/Satire "Royal Methodists" Author: Unknown Artist Date: Undated
Title: Print: Cartoon/Satire "The Mischief of Methodism" Author: Unknown Artist Date: Undated
Title: Print: Cartoon/Satire "Love Feast" Author: The Satirist Date: 1808
Title: Framed Currier and Ives Print Author: Currier & Ives Date: Undated
Title: Print: John Wesley MA, James Hamilton MD, Revd Joseph Cole Author: Unknown Artist Date: Undated
Title: Print: Large Print of Wesley escaping fire at Epworth Author: Unknown Artist Date: Undated
Title: Print of John Wesley Depicting Same Scene as Large Oil Painting Author: Jones, John Date: Undated

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