NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG2673.AM: Swede Plain Methodist Church (Polk, Neb.)
Records and history: 1876-1955
Polk, Polk County, Neb.:
Size: 1 reel of microfilm
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Swede Plain Methodist Church was a rural church near Polk, Nebraska. It merged with the First Methodist Church in the village of Polk in 1935. However, entries were continued in the Swede Plain record book.
The collection is arranged in two series: 1) History of the church; and 2) Records, 1876-1955. The history was prepared by Mrs. Jennie Lind Phillips in 1929 and 1930. The records include a list of pastors, 1876-1954; record of baptisms, 1895-1955; membership roll, 1929-1930; record of members, 1879-1954; and a record of marriages, 1912-1953.
This collection was loaned to the Nebraska State Historical Society for microfilming by Rev. W.C. Birmingham of Polk, Nebraska, on January 30, 1956, as a part of the Norden Club project on the history of Scandinavians in Nebraska.
DESCRIPTION
Reel 1
Series 1 – History
History of the Swede Plain Methodist Church, by Mrs. Jennie Lind Phillips, 15 pp, typed, 1929 and 1930
Series 2 – Records
Church record of the Swede Plain Methodist Church, 1 volume, 1876-1955
ADDED ENTRIES:
Methodist Churches in Nebraska
Polk (Neb.) — Churches
Religious institutions and affairs — Nebraska — Polk County
Swede Plain Methodist Church (Polk, Neb.)
Swedes in Nebraska
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