LEADER 03462cpc 2200433Ia 4500001 ocn314766387 003 OCoLC 005 20141212171547.0 008 090313i18911987ncu eng d 035 (Sirsi) o314766387 035 (Sirsi) o314766387 035 (OCoLC)314766387 040 ERE |cERE |dUtOrBLW 049 EREE 099 #221 100 1 Bethea, Neil Graham, |d1872-1957. |=^A796722 245 10 Neil Graham Bethea papers, |f1891-1987. 300 0.650 |fcubic ft.(173 items)(2 volumes) 506 |3Joyner-No access restrictions. 520 Correspondence concerns Bethea's trip to Palestine; an effort to rebuild the Shakespeare Memorial Theater; Bethea's pension fund; his son's work with the Inter-American Geodetic Survey in Tegucigalpa, Honduras; and historical research concerning Harmony United Methodist Church and Bethea's ministry there. Also contains letters from church members serving in World War II thanking Bethea for boosting morale. A scrapbook contains Bethea's articles for the "Methodist Protestant Herald." Financial records include bonds, mortgages, deeds, stock certificates, insurance policies, and receipts. Other materials include a quarterly report for the Fletcher Charge, booklets and bulletins concerning the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church and its affiliates, sermons, histories for churches with which Bethea was associated, a history of Yadkin College, photographs of Bethea's trip to Palestine, and journals. 524 Neil Graham Bethea Papers (#221), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. 540 |3Joyner-Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofMr. and Mrs. Vance J. Bethea. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofMrs. Pauline Bethea Willcox. 545 Dr. Neil Graham Bethea (1872-1957) was a Methodist Protestant evangelist and minister. A native of Little River, N.C., Bethea joined the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church in 1897 and served as Conference Evangelist for a number of years. Dr. Bethea's first pastorate was in Ellenboro, after which he went to Bessemer City, where "Bethea's Chapel" was later built and named in his honor. He also served in pastorates at Gibsonville, Yarborough, Granville Circuit, Halifax Circuit, Lexington, Asheville, Fletcher, Tryon, and Swannanoa, N.C. He helped to found High Point College and subsequently received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from that institution. 600 10 Bethea, Neil Graham, |d1872-1957. |=^A796722 610 20 Yadkin College. |=^A665547 610 20 Inter American Geodetic Survey. |=^A436149 610 20 Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England) |=^A304245 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xReligious aspects. |=^A37884 650 0 Methodist Church |zNorth Carolina. |=^A670851 650 0 Methodist Church |xClergy. |=^A246343 651 0 Palestine |xDescription and travel. |=^A60350 856 42 |3Finding aid: |uhttp://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0221/ 994 C0 |bERE 945 1501190 596 1 998 917538