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Bethel A.M.E. Church - Iowa City, Iowa
Application Information from National Register of Historic Places Form

Major Bibliographical References

Bergmann, Leola Nelson. The Negro in Iowa. Des Moines: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1948, reprinted 1969.

"Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Iowa City, Iowa, 127th Anniversary Celebration." Collection of Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1995.

Church Records, edited by Francine Thompson and Diana Bryant. Collection of Bethel A.M.E. Church, various formats and dates.

Cools, Gabriel Victor. "The Negro in Typical Communities of Iowa." Unpubl. M.A. Thesis, State University of Iowa, 1918.

Crawford, Herbert Jenkins. "The Negro Student at the University of Iowa: A Sociological Study." Unpubl. M.A. Thesis, State University of Iowa, 1933.

Crist, John R. "The Negro of Iowa City: A Study in Negro Leadership and Racial Accommodation." Unpubl. M.A. Thesis, State University of Iowa, 1945.

Donnegan, Lottie. "First History of the A.M.E. Church." Handwritten m.s., 1937. Collection of Bethel A.M.E. Church.

Dykstra, Robert. "Iowans and the Politics of Race in America, 1857-1880," pp. 129-158. In Iowa History Reader, edited by Marvin Bergman. Iowa City: Iowa State University Press, 1996.

"Fire Makes Three Efforts to Raze Home." Iowa City Press-Citizen. 02/11/1924. Franklin, John Hope. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.

Goodall, Elisabeta, Paul Diebold, Iris Yateman. "Bethel A.M.E. Church" [Indianapolis, Indiana]. National Register of Historic Places registration form, 1991.

"In Memoriam." [Iowa City] Daily Press. 06/01/1874. C.H. Berryhill's obituary.

Johnson County Records
     Recorder's Office, Deed Record Books.
     Johnson County Auditor's Office, Land Transfer Books.

Johnson, Richard, Trustee. "Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church" [Reading, Pennsylvania]. National Register of Historic Places inventory-nomination form, 1979.

Johnstone, Janette. "St. James AME Zion Church" [Ithaca, New York]. National Register of Historic Places  inventory-nomination form, 1982.

Litwack, Leon F. North of Slavery: The Negro in the Free States. 1790-1860. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1961.

Mansheim, Gerald. Iowa City. An Illustrated History. Norfolk, VA: The Donning Company, 1989.

Payne, Daniel A. History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Nashville: Publishing House of the A.M.E. Sunday School Union, 1891. Reprinted by the Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, 1968.

Proceedings of Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. 33 and 34th Annual Sessions, 1934-35. Collection of Bethel A.M.E. Church.

Research Notes, Leslie Schwalm, from the collections at the Iowa Women's Archives.

Untitled note. [Iowa City] Daily Press, 08/11/1874. Contains a note about "colored Methodist camp meeting" to be held in "Berryhill's grove."

Untitled note. [Iowa City] Daily Press, 08/15/1874. Contains a note about the "camp meeting conducted by the colored Methodists of this city."

Untitled note. Iowa City Republican, 08/19/1874. Contains a note about the "failure" of the "colored camp meeting."

U.S. Census, Johnson County manuscript census records, 1860; 1870.

Smith, Hazel. "The Negro Church in Iowa." Unpubl. M.A. Thesis, State University of Iowa, 1926.

Smith, James H. Vital Facts Concerning the African Methodist Episcopal Church. No publ., 1939. Collection of Bethel A.M.E. Church.

"The Camp Meeting." [Iowa City] Daily Press, 08/17/1877. Discusses success of camp meeting.

"Three Fires Mark Sunday in Iowa City." Iowa City Press-Citizen. 05/07/1923.

Walker, Clarence E. A Rock in A Weary Land: The African Methodist Episcopal Church
     During the Civil War and Reconstruction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.

(Source: U.S. Dept of Interior, National Register of Historic Places registration form)


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