Merom Institute records, 1935-1973.

Collection

Identifier: RG4993

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes board meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, reports, receipts, correspondence, legal papers, historical sketches, and calendars.

Dates

1935-1973

Creator

Chicago Theological Seminary (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

Access to this collection is unrestricted and open to the public.

Restrictions on Use

Items in this collection are subject to U.S. Copyright Law. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine the copyright status of collection items and to secure any permissions necessary for their reproduction and publication. Requests for permission to publish material must be discussed with the archivist or librarian.

Biographical / Historical

The Merom Institute was founded in 1936 as a Protestant ecumenical religious center offering a camp, seminars, lectures and various community activities. Located in Merom, Indiana it was the site of the previously closed Union Christian College. The Merom Institute was renamed the Merom Conference Center sometime in the late 1970s when it was taken over as a ministry of the Indiana-Kentucky UCC Conference. Arthur E. Holt, President of Chicago Theological Seminary in the 1930s, was an instrumental founder of the Merom Institute. After President Holt's death in 1942, the Chicago Theological Seminary kept close institutional ties with the Merom Institute under its next president, A.C. McGiffert, and beyond.

Extent

2.53 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

This series are arranged chronologically.

Series 1: Merom Files, 1935-1944.

Series 2: Meeting Minutes and Finances, 1935-1966.

Series 3: A. E. Holt Papers, 1936-1942.

Series 4: C.T.S. President Files, 1936-1948.

Series 5: Renewal Project, 1939-1963.

Series 6: Printed Materials, 1942-1972.

Series 7: Reports and Schedules, 1944-1973.

Series 8: Arthur C. McGiffert Papers, 1946-1957.

Series 9: Correspondences, 1946-1977.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was received in both 2011 and 2014. Original accession number is 2011-31 and the second accrual was given the accession number 2014-56.

Related Materials

There is a set of microfilm which focuses on the Merom Conference Center, which was successor to the Merom Institute, located in Microfilm Cabinet 10. Also, RG4851 is the Merom, Ind. Union Christian College records which was the predecessor to the Merom Institute.