Thomas McMillan Grant (d. 1952) Papers, PC.1597

Papers of Dr. Thomas M. Grant, Methodist pastor in New Bern and Rocky Mount, secretary of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church (1925-1952), and member of the board of trustees of Duke University. Letters to Grant concern church politics (1933), appointments of ministers, land owned by churches, bequests from Duke family to the N.C. Conference (1930, 1943), progress of Duke Divinity School (1944), and conference opposition to appointment of a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican (1951). Correspondents include Bishops Edwin D. Mouzon and Paul N. Garber, Rev. Dwight L. Fouts at Whiteville, Dr. A. Hollis Edens of Duke University, and U.S. Sen. Clyde R. Hoey. Also in collection are decisions of the judicial council (1951); journal of proceedings of the southeastern jurisdictional conference (1952); issues of church newspapers; biographical information on Grant; and certificate stubs indicating marriages he performed, 1929-1945.

Grant, Thomas McMillan

Mouzon, Edwin D.

Garber, Paul N.

Fouts, Dwight L.

Edens, A. Hollis

Hoey, Clyde Roark

Duke family

United States. Congress. Senate

North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church

Duke University

Duke University. Divinity School

Clergy

Bishops

Governors

Ceremony

Weddings

Universities and colleges

College trustees

Theological Seminaries

Gifts

Church polity

Politics, Practical

Charitable Bequests

Criticism

Church lands

Landowners

Appointment to Office

Ambassadors

Meetings

Judicial Councils

Jurisdiction

College presidents

New Bern (N.C.)

Rocky Mount

Vatican (Rome, Italy)

Southeast

Whiteville