Indiana United Methodist Church

Guidelines for Managing Records of the Local Church
This manual was created by the General Conference on Archives and History in 2017. It provides information on records management, storage and suggested retention schedules for records. This guide should be referenced before the transfer of records to the DePauw University Archives and Special Collections. On page 29, a detailed table is available to aid in record series titles, descriptions, and specific retention information. 

Guidelines for Managing Electronic Records
Ideas and suggestions on structuring and naming your files as well as ways to prepare them for permanent storage.

Disaffiliating Churches

Local church records can be delivered in-person, via mail or email. If the records cannot be delivered in-person, via mail or email, please see the instructions below: 

1. Disaffiliating churches should deliver or mail their records to the Indiana Director of Financial Services at the Indiana Conference Office in Carmel, Indiana. Please contact David Robinson at david.robinson@inumc.org.
    
2. If the records cannot be delivered to the Indiana Conference Office, please contact your Conference Superintendent to temporarily deposit the records in their locale. The Conference Superintendent will then contact the DePauw Archives and Special Collections to arrange a records pick-up

Active and Non-Active Church Records (Not Disaffiliating)

Local church records can be delivered in-person, via mail or email. The Archives and Special Collections is located in the Roy O. West Library. A DePauw University campus map is available online with up-to-date parking information. 

Address:

DePauw University Archives
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle, IN 46135

For additional information, please contact the DePauw University Archives and Special Collections by email at archives@depauw.edu.