![]() ![]() The Frank Baker Papers date from 1641 through 2002, with the majority of the materials dating from the 1800s to the 1990s. Printed material abounds, and includes many maps, articles, clippings and newspapers, pamphlets, and religious music. There are abundant research materials on notable individuals associated with Methodism such as Charles Wesley and many other Wesley family members, William Grimshaw, and Francis Asbury. Topics covered include: the history of the Baker book and manuscript collections in the Duke University libraries the history and development of Methodism and of the Wesley family the Church of England the Methodist Church in England, the U.S., and other countries the development of academic research on Methodist history music and hymnology and material on the Wesley Works Series, a publishing project headed by Baker. Materials are arranged in the following series: Baker Collections Files Correspondence Libraries and Archives Ministry Personal Files Printed Materials Professional Service Scrapbooks and Albums Subject Files Teaching Materials and Writings and Research. Collection documents the professional career and life of Frank Baker, historian of Methodism and particularly of the founder and Methodist minister John Wesley. Scholar, editor, collector, and Duke University faculty member specializing in the history of English and American Methodist history, and the life and career of minister John Wesley.
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