The Cain Archives is the repository for historical records of the Mississippi Conference, United Methodist Church, and its antecedent groups. The conference was established in 1813 as the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, following Tobias Gibson’s appointment from South Carolina to the Natchez Territory in 1799. We welcome you to schedule a visit in-house to enjoy the many manuscripts, photographs and memorabilia available in the collections.
About the J.B. Cain Archives of Mississippi Methodism
Collections
CC Registers: Church Conference Records
QC: Quarterly Conference Registers
CR Church Registers: Membership, Sunday School, Women’s Societies
ChR Church Records: Local Churches
Conference Records and Registers
District Records and Registers
DC – District Conference Records
DR – District Records and Reports: Presiding Elders/District Superintendents
DS – District Stewards’ Journals
PE – Presiding Elders’ Minutes
Mississippi Methodist Historical Society Publications
Published Histories of Mississippi Methodism
Exhibits
Biography
Tobias Gibson: The Man Who Brought Methodism to Mississippi
The Story of the Lambuth Family
William Winans: Early Circuit Rider
Antecedents to the Mississippi Conference, UMC
Beginnings of Churches and Christian Work in Mississippi
Beginnings of Methodism in North Mississippi
Black Methodists in Mississippi: A Brief History
Historic Methodist Churches and Landmarks in Mississippi
Post Cards of Methodist Churches in Mississippi
Digital Exhibits
Memoirs and Obituaries of Ministers
Mississippi Conference (and Antecedents) Annual Journals
Mississippi Conference (and Antecedents) Histories
