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1 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 1 Biography Henry Gabriel Hawkins was born on October 5, 1866, in Choctaw County Alabama, to Gabriel Hawkins, M.D., and Martha Elizabeth Lawrence. Under the ministry of his father, Henry was converted and joined the church at the age of five. He was educated in the elementary schools of Alabama and went on to earn an A.B. degree from the University of Alabama in In 1885, the Hawkins family moved to Enterprise, Clark County, Mississippi, after the death of Gabriel Hawkins. Here Henry served as superintendent of education for two years, felt the call to preach and received his license in 1890 from the Quarterly Conference at Enterprise. He was admitted on trial at the 1890 Annual Conference session at Canton and appointed to Manassas, a circuit in Clark County. He discontinued the following session to study at the Theological School at Vanderbilt University. In 1892 he became an English instructor in the Japanese Government Middle School at Matsuyama, after which he wrote a booklet titled Twenty Months in Japan. Henry married Miss Mary Aletha Terral on November 27, They had one child named Henry Terral Hawkins who died at 10 months. His mother died soon after him in February of In December of 1897, Henry was ordained elder by Bishop Wilson at Jackson. In 1899, he served as pastor at Madison. While serving there he was married to Miss Annie Betts Galloway on October 18, Hawkins served as President of three different colleges, Whitworth College ( , 1925, 1928), Port Gibson Female College ( ) and Memphis Conference Female Institute ( ). He was President of the Mississippi Conference Historical Society and The Hawkins Foundation was established and named in his honor to underwrite Mississippi Methodist history books and projects. After his fourth year as a presiding elder in the Vicksburg district, Hawkins caught malaria. He continued to work until 1936, when he moved back to his home in Canton, Mississippi. There he was hit by an automobile while walking near his home. Over the course of two years he made a good recovery but never got over his painful injuries. On Friday October 13, 1939, Henry Gabriel Hawkins died, leaving behind his niece (Stella Galloway, whom he had raised as his own), two brothers (G.L. Hawkins and Reverend I.F. Hawkins), and three sisters (Mrs. J.J. Golden, Mrs. W.B. Jones, and Mrs. S.L. Heidelberg). Scope, contents, provenance: BOXES 1-3 contain documents associated with H.G. Hawkins business concerns, the Mississippi Methodist Historical Society, and his sermons and preaching. The papers include records, newsprint, correspondence, notes. The papers were acquired by College Librarian Tom Henderson at flea market sale, August, BOX 4 contains print material, pamphlets, books, journals associated with the Methodist Church and its educational institutions and missionaries. The collection of print materials

2 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 2 was given to Archives by Mrs. Connell from the estate of Stella Galloway Stevens, niece of H.G. Hawkins, in July, Inventory prepared by Student Assistants Ashley Oliver, Fall, 2004, and Shalanda Hudson, Summer, 2002 BOX 1: Documents associated with H.G. Hawkins s business concerns, the Mississippi Methodist Historical Society, and sermons/preaching. Folder: Business Papers F 1 Copiah-Lincoln Junior College (Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School) - News article, letter and argument concerning expenses, needs and requests for turning Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School into a Junior College. (No Date) F 2 Deeds and Agreements- 1930,1933,1937 F 3 Enochs and Flowers Correspondence (to and from Enochs and Flowers) Land contract Contract for sale of stock F 4 Fairley Realty Company Correspondence and account records F 5 Farming Correspondence and account records Oil and Gas Lease (August 18, 1930) Mississippi Cooperative Cotton Association documents F 6 Hinds County Water Company Correspondence Deposit slip Finical Statement F 7 Illinois Central System and Mississippi Central Railroads History of Country s Oldest Railroad Building- Woodville, Mississippi published in Commercial Appeal, Memphis 1923 Rail pass for ministerial work, correspondence

3 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 3 F 8 Insurance Policies from Guarantee Fund Life Association Lamar Life Insurance Company New England Mutual Life Insurance Company The State Life Insurance Company Weems and Chambers Postal Life and Causality Insurance Company F 9 Jackson Motor Club Correspondence Contract for sale of stock F 10 Kiwanis Club Correspondence Club records F 11 A Copy of H.G. Hawkins last will and testament 1936 (not signed) F 12 Correspondence concerning H.G. Hawkins war work 1918 (Red Cross, YMCA) Letter from Bishop W.R. Lambuth, New York City, July 17,1918 F 13 H.G. Hawkins inventory of property (July 13, 1936) F 14 Letters from J.R. Galloway and J.E. Beach about Florida Property 1930 Letter from Clayton J. Weir, Attorney (concerning land) Three blank offer of sale of participation trust certificates Letters from Jewett Appraisal Service F 15 Correspondence concerning properties ( ) F 16 Newspaper clippings concerning Love Petroleum Company and discovery of oil well (1930) F 17 Response letters to Capital National Bank and Tylertown Bank (1927,1928,1930) F 18 F 19 F 20 R.H. Green Wholesale Grocer and The New Mississippi Company Wholesale Grocer (1929) Tax records and receipts (Many documents deteriorated) Tax records and receipts (Many documents deteriorated)

4 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 4 F 21 Vicksburg Military Park F 22 WA Ferguson rental account records F 23 Pocket account, calendar, and notes book (1914 and ) F 24 Miscellaneous Business correspondences Mississippi Methodist Historical Society F 25 Advocates Mississippi Methodist Historical Society Correspondence (from editors) Articles from the New Orleans Advocate, Daily Clarion-Ledger, and The Christian Advocate Exhibit of Relics at General Conference 1934 Anniversary of American Methodism (150 th ) F 26 Bert Rose Company God s Answer Letters to and from Bert Rose Publishing Company, publisher of God s Answer, collection of sermonettes by 365 authors, H.G. Hawkins contributing author Invoices and receipts F 27 Biographical information on H.G. Hawkins Biographical Sketch from edition of Who s Who In American Education correspondence to Mr. E.M. Jackson F 28 Gibson Memorial Service for General Conference (trip to Vicksburg) 1934 Correspondence Plans Articles F 29 Mississippi Conference Historical Society Project (Marking several historic spots of Mississippi Methodism) 1935 Monuments and markers accomplished by 1935 Sharon Methodist Church Methodist meeting house in Washington, Mississippi Lambuth Monument of Pearl River Church in Madison County Removal of grave and monument of Tobias Gibson to Crawford Street Church

5 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 5 Site where Cokesbury Chapel was located in Natchez Site of the Fourth Mississippi Conference in 1816 at William Foster s home Midway, site of Annual Conferences 1817 and 1920 Adam Camp Grounds, site of Third Session of the Mississippi Annual Conference, 1815 Methodist Hospital of the Mississippi Conference, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (H.G. Hawkins as campaign manager) 1920 Articles Correspondence Speeches and Drafts The Miracles of Healing Our Opportunity Two ways to fulfil the Social Duties Dear to the Heart of Jesus F 28 Correspondence and articles about the Meridian District Conference ( ) F 29 Presiding Elder of Meridian District (correspondence ) Newspaper clippings Correspondence concerning plans for monuments F 33 F 34 F 35 Memphis Conference Female Institution (MCFI) - H.G. Hawkins became President June 1912 Plan for unified system of Mississippi Methodist Colleges (Millsaps, Grenada, and Whitworth College),1928 Correspondence concerning recommendations and applications for presidency at Martha Washington College and the Women s College of Montgomery, Alabama (1922 & 1923) F 36 Mansfield Female College (1923) Sheet containing Calendar, list of Board of Trustees, and Faculty Correspondence F 37 Whitworth College Newspaper clippings Correspondence Report of the President of Whitworth College to the Board of Trustees May 22, 1928 (copy)

6 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 6 Outstanding Fact of Whitworth College Sessions of , , , complied by H.G. Hawkins outgoing president, May 21, 1928 Brookhaven, Mississippi. (2 copies) Officers and Faculty session Roster of Students (2 copies) Concerning the proposed plan for running only two years of college work at Whitworth College F 38 The Methodist Episcopal Church, South Standard Training School Letters of recommendation and congratulations Lesson plans Notes Writing Assignments F 39 Teaching Certificates General Board of Education MEC, South General Sunday School Board F 40 Mississippi Conference Certificate Copies 1795 and 1797 Lewis Garrett for office of an Elder Nov. 28, 1797 Lewis Garret for office of a Deacon Nov. 28, 1795 Correspondence from J.W. Garrett Jan. 11, 1938 F 41 Miscellaneous correspondence concerning Mississippi Methodist Conference Sermons and Preaching (essays, notes, newspaper and printed clippings) F 42 F 43 F 44 List of newspapers in Mississippi Articles and essays from The Expositor and The Christian Century Pulpit (Notes attached on paper and envelopes) Articles and essays from The Expositor and The Christian Century Pulpit (Notes attached on paper and envelopes) F 45 News articles, small clippings, notes, short writings and sermons (1922) Home Missions (TS) The Powerful Motive of the Love of Christ Baptist Settlements (MSS)

7 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 7 The 1st Chap. of Rev. introduces us to the whole book (TS) William First Printer of English New Testament (TS) by H.G. Hawkins The Mission of Prophecy Ezra v. 1,2 (TS) The Pure in Heart Shall See God. (TS) F 46 Articles and essays from The Christian Century Pulpit, The Christian Observer, and The Commercial Appeal (1919 and ) BOX 2: Folders contain documents concerning H.G. Hawkins sermons and preaching (newspaper articles, notes, sermons, and essays) Folder: F1 Articles from The Christian Century Pulpit, Christian Century Pulpit, Christianity Today, The Expositor, and The Christian Advocate (notes attached) Adapted from Newton- Luke 24:32 Did not our hearts burn with in us, while he talked with us by the way? (TS) The Four Kinds of Soil (Source chiefly from Wm. Taylor) (TS) Learn to pray by praying (TS) F2 Articles from Christianity Today, The Christian Century Pulpit, notes, short writings, and sermons The Image of God In Us The Choice of Moses Psalms 33:4 For the word of the land is right Maruel not the I said thee, Ye must be born again. F3 Newspaper clippings from The Memphis News Scimitar, The St. Louis Republic, Vicksburg Evening Post, and The Visitor F 4 Newspaper clippings from The Christian Advocate, The Commercial Appeal, Daily Clarion-Ledger, Collier s The National Weekly, The Protector, notes and writing Housekeeping in the Institutional Home How-do-we-do F 5 News article clippings from The Jackson Daily News, The Commercial Appeal, and The Christian Advocate (1919 and ) F 6 News article clippings The Jackson Daily News, The Southern Ruralist and The Commercial Appeal ( and 1930)

8 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 8 F Mississippi Christian Herald F 8 Supreme Council Bulletins (August 1927-Feburary 1928) F 9 Newspaper clippings from The Christian Advocate and The Commercial Appeal, notes and short writings Luke IX, 24. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. (MSS) The Divine Library Genera View (half TS and half MSS) From Abraham to Moses (MSS on envelope) Independent man (MSS on envelope) Holy Spirit (TS) F 10 Articles with notes attached, short writings, and sermons based on books of the Bible (Acts, Jeremiah) and other themes (death, hate) Purpose and Plan (MSS) Hate (MSS) Hebrews 13:12-13, Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctify the people (MSS) Jeremiah (TS) Josiah s Good Reign (TS) The gospels are not biographies (TS) Church Schools (TS) F 11 Articles with notes written on envelopes attached (notes on offering and giving) The Kingdom Call A newssheet published now and then for friendly helpers in the 1933 Campaign for Benevolences by Paul B. Kern, Editor (TS) Kingdom Extension offering Mississippi Conference (Payments January 1- December ) (TS) F 12 Notes, speeches, short writings and sermons The Influence of Mothers Over Their Sons Has Always Been Wonderful (MSS) Centenary Talk (TS) Talk at America Legion Memorial Service (TS) II Corinthians 34:3 While he was yet young he began to seek after the God of David his father. (MSS) F 13 News article clippings (many about prohibition), notes, sermons and short writings Yes We Are Able Cup and Baptism Ezra, 1.1 Now in the first year of Cyrus As a Shadow of a Great Rock In a Weary Land Isa. 32:2

9 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 9 Paul and The Galatians Four or five years ago Russia passed a law Earth teaching Heaven I Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. F 14 Sermons, short writings, article clippings The Greatest Is Servant of All The Divine Cauusel The Tongue Is a Fine; a World of Iniquity David as a Scout Using the Powers of Our Being F 15 Articles and writing on Race, Gender, and Health Lines Written to Wm. Duffner, Co. H 2 nd Indiana Vol. Infantry, U.S.A. From: A. K. Shaifer, Co. K 1 st Miss. L. A. C. S. A. F 16 Writing and article clippings on stewardship F 17 Sermons, outlines, notes and articles Quote from page 278 of the New Discipline of Our Church Outline of Thanksgiving sermon. O, give thanks unto the Lord The Three sons of Zeruiah (envelope) He departed without being desired (envelope) There are two reasons why we may believe that this world is the moral center There have been men who made thinking about nature a substitute for facing the practical responsibility of doing the will of God God s attitude towards sinners According to Prof. James Prayer at Grave of Maury Stanton, February 11, 1930 Except ye be converted, and become as a little child, ye can not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 8,3 The Molten Golden Calf Prayer at funeral of A.C. Morgan (Natchez, Mississippi December 31,1929) Funeral of Mrs. Mary Bales Prayer Meeting Talk on Matthew The Allegory of Melchisedek Revelation The Pastor and Books A Short Study of the Manna

10 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 10 Faith vs. Unbelief Psalms 107, 8 O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness BOX 3: Folders contain documents concerning H.G. Hawkins sermons and preaching (newspaper articles, notes, sermons, and essays) Folder: F 1 Two, string bound, notebooks with writing Affliction of Jesus and the Social Life Instruction of Children Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself F 2 Historic Natchez Trace (newspaper clippings) F 3 Notes and drafts of sermons and short writings by H. G. Hawkins The Gospel Stories (on envelope) The Perplexing Problems The Council at Jerusalem was Ways in which the Christian Family May Contribute to the Christianization of the World Miracles of Healing in Luke Doctrines What is meant by the Holy Spirit To every man there openeth a highway and a low Paul Didn t Eat Turkey, But Had Sheep and Lamb and Mutton Dancing and card play (small booklet attached) The Pastor and The Centenary Loyalty to a Cause F 4 Sermons and Notes Christ Is In the Temple With His Disciples Natchez March 16, 1913 Joshua 3:4 For yes have not passed this way here to fore (notes attached) The Great Supper Luke XIV (notes attached) Thus has set my feet in a large room Psalms 31:18 (on envelope) Pilate saith unto them, what shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ This incident teaches us (clippings and notes attached) I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect Genesis 17:1 Galatians VI 7,8 And that night they caught nothing (MSS) Biography of Francis Xavier (MSS)

11 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 11 Biography of Joshua Hawkins by Warren D. Chapman (MSS) Jerome (MSS) F 5 Sermons and Notes Two parts of a map Who is Christ Victory Over Satan the Seven utterances of Jesus from the Cross The Boat Which Was Simon s Thanksgiving sermon (Woodville, Mississippi, November 29, 1925) Keeping the Sabbath F 6 Sermons and Notes Paul After Meeting Jesus (envelopes) What was scripture to say? (envelope) Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an aposthe, separated unto the gospel of God. Missionary Sermon-Comical F 7 Sermons, short writings, notes and articles Sermon to the Youth Success Greater or Virtuous Woman Choosing Life Work (outline) Small booklets on ministry F 8 News article clippings, note, sermons and a letter all concerning money Thought Questions Answered- Christianization of Wealth, Chapter VIII (MSS) Thoughts concerning Money (TS) Four J s of Stewardship (on envelope) (MSS) F 9 Articles from The Christian Advocate, notes and writhing The Cross the Symbol of Self-Preservation F 10 Articles and notes concerning the Youth F 11 Keeping the Sabbath- Sunday Theatre Shows (1930) F 12 Funerals Articles Obituaries

12 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 12 Notes Sermons F 13 Typed sermons and notes from small binder The Problem of Evil Matthew XIX Benediction of Little Children The Value of Man Sermon to Youth Natchez, Mississippi April 26 Jesus the Storm Stiller Talk Introducing Mrs. G.P. Mckeown Lecture on Japan Eph. 1:20-22 Prayer Defined, Adapted from Henry W. Frost The Christ Who Sang, Adapted from Fred Smith Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away have mad shipwreck I Timothy 1:19 Missionary council in New Orleans February 24-26, 1931 F 14 Sermons and Short writings The Freckled Faced Girl (MSS) Missionary Sermon Comical (TS) FISH in Christian Symbolism (TS) Notes (MSS) F 15 Short writings, essays, and letters about and from Japan 1892 Books by S. Moriya Great Japanese Education by Sayeki The Story of My Life by Sakata What I Do Every Day by Y. Kunimatsu Japanese Educational System K. Matsumo Japanese Common School by Sheda Common School by Ke Ito Japanese Middle Schools by Y. Mizuo Silk by N. Takahahi Common School by H. Kawalugashi Japanese Common School by T. Isao Japanese Common Schools by M. Yauo F 16 Clippings of news articles (a few written about or by H.G. Hawkins) The Memphis Conference M.E. Church, South, is bounded on the (TS)

13 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 13 Paul at Saloniki (TS) F 17 News articles by H.G. Hawkins Churches and Christian Work. Beginnings in Mississippi, Wilkinson County and Woodville. July 19, 1924, The Woodville Republican A Visit to Mammoth Cave May 7, 1915, The Christian Advocate One Hundred Years of Methodism in Jasper County by Reverend Geo. H. Jones A biographical sketch of Bishop Robert Paine A Hanging (TS) Memphis Young People s Convention (TS) Outline for County Wide Evangelistic Campaign (TS) The History of Methodism in Kentucky by Rev. A.H. Redford (TS) The Methodist Magazine for the 1823 (TS) F 18 Essays written by H.G. Hawkins Reassurances to our faith in the Christian religion that come to us from mission lands (notes attached) The Christian Church Ought To Be Truly Medigenous In All Lands My Reasons For Believing That Christianity Can Meet The Needs of the World Religious Education in the Modern Church Papers 1-4 The Reaction of Religious Education to the Accomplishment of the Task of Christianizing the World Fourteen Steps Which Ought to Be Taken By Christians Toward So Living the Present Racial Tension in the World What Light is Thrown upon Missions and the Rural Problem by the Present, Rural Problems of the Home Church in America? The Chief Religious is the World is Not Between Christianity and the Non- Christian Religions, But Between Materialism and the Spirit of Christianity How May the Christian Church Best Cooperate with All Other Agencies in the World toward Saving Asia and Africa from the Evils of a Selfish Industrialism? Changes that have come over the world of my life time that affect the Christian Missionary Enterprise F 19 Methodism in Natchez Letters of appreciation Typescript of Methodism in Natchez F 20 William Winans Article by H. G. Hawkins Letter to H.G. Hawkins from E.A. King containing photos of the Winans house

14 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 14 F 21 Books, Journal, and Manual Stewardship Manual For Use of Pastors The Methodist Workers Guide 1930 Calendar Book compliments of National Mutual Church Insurance Company 1932 Ritual Methodist Episcopal Church, South The Expositor April 1932 F 22 Small Printed Booklets The Gospel of Luke (compliments of Men s Bible Class) What the Dollar Said At The Judgement How Much Owest Thou? by Reverend J.J. Stowe, D.D. How To Pray by Dr. Charles Jefferson What Becomes of Your Benevolent Dollar? Who is Jesus Christ? by Charles R. Brown He Found Out How To Do It by Lucy Foreman What We Protest Against by H. Walter Featherstun, D.D. Brief Studies in Christian Sociology. by Reverend W.A. Betts I Know by H. Walter Featherstun, D.D. Attractions of the Ministry in Modern Life by Reverend Benjamin M. Gemmill, Ph.D. From the Apostles to Wesley by H. Walter Featherstun, D.D. the Minister s High Calling by Thomas Carter Shall My Son Be a Minister of the Gospel by Reverend J.A. Kern, D.D. The Independent Woman (An address before the Alabama Girls Technical Institute Montevallo, Alabama, October 17, 1914) by Fairfax Harrison The Fight For Character by Henry Churchill King The Education of Women For the New Age by John Milford Williams Lost Art of Thinking by Nicholas Butler Correspondence F 23 Letters from Dr. Theodore Copeland ( ) F 24 Mrs. M.E. Hawkins (H.G. Hawkins mother) 1924 Letter written to Reverend Hawkins by his mother Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Hawkins after her 90 th Birthday. Includes a Kodak picture of her and her gift of flowers F 25 Letters from Russel Avery 1930 and 1931

15 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 15 F 26 F 27 Letters from C.H. Galloway, Hervey, Tip Ray, Mary Ella Letters from family F 28 Letter from Bishop Murrah (July 21, 1919) F 29 Correspondence of Stella Galloway F 30 Miscellaneous Documents Newsletters and sale papers The Congo Mission during 1936 (TS) Booklist Two Photos Small Booklets F 31 Miscellaneous Correspondence BOX 4: Folder contains printed materials, pamphlets, books, and journals all associated with the Methodist Church Folder: F1 The Methodist Church School (suggestions for Pastors, Church School Superintendents, Etc.) Outlines of Sunday School Lectures (1875). F2 The Training of Men for the World's Future. Thwing, Charles, 1916 Christian Education Nov No. 2 The Education of Women for the New Age: A Plea for Greater Liberality for Women's College. The Contribution of the Christian College to the Life of the Nation. Outlines of Sermons on the Christian Education Religious Education: Journal of the Religious Education Ass. Feb. 1928, No. 2 F3 Catalogue of Whitworth College (4 copies) F4 The Whitworth Clionian: Sophomore Edition, March 1904

16 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 16 The Whitworth Clionian: Junior Edition, April 1904 F5 The Expositor Jan The Homiletic Review Sept The Homiletic Review Aug F6 The Methodist Quarterly Review July 1926 F7 The Cameo June 1916 The Cameo Nov ( 3 copies) F8 Catalogue of Port Gibson Female College Prospectus and Announcement of Port Gibson Female College 1898 (2 copies). Catalogue of Port Gibson Female College Catalogue of Port Gibson Female College Prospectus and Announcement of Port Gibson Female College 1905 F9 Annual Catalogue of Fairview Male and Female College F10 Register of Vanderbuilt University , Announcement F11 Proceedings of the State Teachers' Association of Mississippi Annual Meeting 1890 F12 Catalogue of Poplar Spring High School F13 Pastors' Book: Henry G. Hawkins Madison-charge, Jackson-district 1899 F14 First United Methodist Church Magee, MS. History F15 Missionary Tidings: A Record of Christian Work April 1893-Jan. 1894

17 M 86 HAWKINS, (Henry Gabriel) Papers Page 17 F16 Names and Addresses of Missionaries in Japan and Korea. Publisher Rev. Henry Loomis Names and Addresses of Missionaries in Japan and Korea. Publisher Francis Staniland F17 Minutes of the First Session of the Japan Mission Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South July 20 th - 27 th 1892 (2 copies ) Minutes of the Second Session of the Japan Mission Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South July 13 th -18 th 1893 (3 copies) Minutes of the Third Session of the Japan Mission Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Aug. 9 th -14 th 1894 F18 Minutes of the Memphis Conference M. E. Church, South 1914 F19 Mississippi Annual Conference 77 th Session Dec. 17 th -22 nd Mississippi Annual Conference 78 th Session Dec. 9 th -14 th Mississippi Annual Conference 79 th Session Dec 14 th -19 th 1892 (2 copies) Mississippi Annual Conference 81 st Session Dec 12 th -17 th 1894 Mississippi Annual Conference 82 nd Session Dec. 4 th -8 th 1895 Mississippi Annual Conference 83 rd Session Dec. 2 nd -6 th 1896 Mississippi Annual Conference 84 th Session Dec Jan 3, 1898 Mississippi Annual Conference 85th Session Dec Jan 2, 1899 Proceedings of the Mississippi Annual Conference 85 th Session Dec. 29, 1898-Jan. 2, 1899 Proceedings of the Mississippi Annual Conference 85 th Session Dec. 13 th -18 th 1899 (2 copies) Minutes of the 88 th Session of the Mississippi Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, South Dec. 11 th -16 th Journal of the 89 th Session of the Mississippi Annual Conference of the M.E. Church, South Dec. 11 th -15 th Journal of the 111 th Session of the Mississippi Annual Conference of the M.E. Church, South Dec. Nov. 5 th -9 th Archives Documents/WPMyFile and Docs/Hawkins, H.G. Papers Inventory rev. 1/06