Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

The Minnesota Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church is the regional organization of United Methodist congregations in Minnesota. The Conference Archive, in Minneapolis, Minnesota holds records, publications, photographs, audiotapes, films, artifacts and other materials from the 150-year history of the organization. The collection documents the history of the predecessors of the United Methodist Church; the Methodist Church, the Evangelical Church, and the United Brethren in Christ. For the Minnesota Digital Library, the archive contributed photographs that offer a glimpse of life in late 19th century and early 20th century at colleges, the State Fair, churches, and summer camps as well as church buildings with many different architectural styles typical of the time period.