PREFACE
Tue HISTORICAL Rsconns Sunvsv WAS ESTABLISHED IN HEST VIRGINIA IN 1936 AS
PART OF THE FEDERAL HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY, UNDER THE NATIONAL DIRECTION OF
DR. LUTHER H. EVANS. PURSUANT TO AN ACT OF CONGRESS, THE FEDERAL HISTORICAL
RECORDS SURVEY, WITH OTHER HORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL PROJECTS, WAS
TERMINATED AUGUST 3I, I939. ITS WORK IN HEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CONTINUED
SINCE THAT TIME BY THE HEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY, SPONSORED BY
THE HEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT or EDUCATION UNTIL Junv I, I940 AND AFTER THAT
DATE BY THE HEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY- HR. SARGENT B•
CHILD succcauen DR. EvAus AS DIRECTOR or HISTORICAL Rsconus Sunvcv PROJECTS
MARCH I, I940.
S(DI‘ IHE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIAL RELATING TO CHURCHES IN THIS AND OTHER STATES
IS PRESENTED IN PRELIMINARY FORM WITH THE REALIZATION THAT THE LISTING IS FAR
FROM COMPLETE AND THAT, AS WORK PROGRESSES ON THE INVENTORY OF CHURCH ARCHIVES
NEW MATERIAL WILL CONSTANTLY BE ADDED. THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS PREPARED FOR USE
BY THE EDITORIAL FORCE OF THE HEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY WITH NO
THOUGHT OF PUBLICATION. HOWEVER, THE HASHINGTON OFFICE SAW FIT TO ASK THAT
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY BE PUBLISHED IN PRELIMINARY FORM.
BECAUSE MANY HEST VIRGINIA CHURCHES HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN VIRGINIA CHURCHES
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES SOME MATERIAL FOR THAT STATE, AND BECAUSE WE MUST
FREQUENTLY CONSULT THE RECORDS OF KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO CHURCHES IN COM-
PILING OUR HISTORY THESE TOD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. CHURCHES FOLLOWED SETTLE—
MENTS, AND MANY VIRGINIA CHURCHES ARE MOTHER CHURCHES OF THOSE IN HEST VIR-
, GINIA WHILE OUR CHURCHES SERVED AS MOTHER CHURCHES TO THOSE FARTHER WEST.
IHE MAJOR PORTION OF THE WORK ON THIS VOLUME WAS DONE BY IRVIN E. YOUNG,
ASSISTANT STATE SUPERVISOR OF THE PROJECT, AND NOW OF HASHINGTON, U. C. AD-
DITIONAL WORK IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION HAS BEEN DONE BY HILLIAM FRED
Couusn, Cuuncu EDITOR, AND Rex S. HOLFE, PRESENT ASSISTANT STATE SUPERVISOR.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS MADE TO DR. ROY BIRD COOK FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN THE
PREPARATION OF THIS MATERIAL AND THE USE OF HIS PRIVATE LIBRARY; TO Has.
INNIS C, DAVIS, STATE ARCHIVIST AND OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE PROJECT} TO THE
OFFICIALS OF THE HORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, HR. JOSEPH H. ALDERSON,
STATE ADMINISTRATOR, HRS. IRENE FALLON OILLGOLY, DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL
AND SERVICE PROJECTS, AND HR. PAUL B. SHANKS, SUPERVISOR OF RECORDS AND HE-
SEARCH PROJECT5 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
A LIST OF COMPLETED PUBLICATIONS OF THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY IN
HEST VIRGINIA WILL UE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS VOLUME. REQUESTS FOR INFOR-
MATION CONCERNING THESE PUBLICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE HISTORICAL
HECORUS SURVEY, 2IO SMALLRIDGE BUILDING, CHARLESTON, HEST VIRGINIA.
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