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[Portrait of Rev. Samuel P. Wright]

Portrait of Rev. Samuel P. Wright, a Methodist minister and president of Waco Female College in Waco, TX, visible from the chest up. He wears a dark-colored three-piece suit and a bow tie. A hand written note on the back reads, "Rev. Samuel Pascal Wright (1838-1911)."

Date: unknown

Creator: Ashman

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Rev. James D. Shaw]

Portrait of Rev. Dr. James D. Shaw, senior pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist Church of Waco, Texas. Rev. Dr. Shaw (1841-1926) later left the ordained ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and became a "free thinker." He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas, where a VA grave marker was later placed on his grave. He is visible from the chest-up and wears a dark-colored three-piece suit and a bow tie.

Date: unknown

Creator: Jackson, W. D.

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Wesley Chapel M.E. Church

Photograph of Wesley Chapel M.E. Church in Austin, TX.

Date: unknown

Partner: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum

[Photograph of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg]

Negative of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church at 604 E Main St, Fredericksburg, TX 78624. The church is a one-story building with a small steeple. Above the door is the word "Revival." At the front of the photograph is a sign with information about the church.

Date: unknown

Location: 30.269343 -98.863390

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Congregation at Mount Pilgrim C.M.E. Church]

Copy print of the congregation at Mount Pilgrim Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Denton, Texas. Members of the church are seated on benches on either side of the photograph. Another group is posing in an alcove at the back of the church. A handwritten note on the back says, "Mt. Pilgrim C.M.E. Church, 339 Roberston St. 1939."

Date: unknown

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Group at Mount Pilgrim Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]

Photograph of a group of men and women at "Annual Usher Day" at Mount Pilgrim C.M.E. Church in Denton, Texas. The group is standing behind a communion railing and a pulpit is on the far left. Two men in clerical garb are on the left including Pastor Johnny Alexander (second from left). The two persons to the right of Pastor Alexander are identified as Opal Goodner (usher of the year) and Thomas Brotherton. The last two on the far right are identified as Johnson (first name unknown) and Evel… more

Date: unknown

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Youth Choir at Mount Pilgrim Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]

Photograph of the youth choir at Mount Pilgrim C.M.E. Church in Denton, Texas posing together outside of a building. Several adults are standing on either side of the choir including Pastor Johnny Alexander on the far right. The choir was directed by Gloria Stevens and Pastor Alexander.

Date: unknown

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oak Street Methodist Episcopal Church in The Chronicle Newspaper

Photograph of The Chronicle newspaper (5/12/1894 issue) showing a drawing of the Oak Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Newspaper caption: "Oak Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Erected 1884."

Date: unknown

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Photograph of Lee Simmons]

Photograph of Lee Simmons' gravestone. It is a small granite stone that reads "Lee Simmons Sept. 9, 1873 - Oct. 12, 1957.

Date: [2011-12..2012-03]

Creator: West, Carolyn Effie

Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

First Methodist Church

Photograph of First Methodist Church, erected in 1905. Writing on photograph indicates address E. Church South. A.L. Carnes, P.C.

Date: 1905

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

First Methodist Church

Photograph of of First Methodist Church (1918) located at Hwy 59 and Hanson Street.

Date: unknown

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[University United Methodist Church Sanctuary]

Photograph of the sanctuary of University United Methodist Church. Congregants are seated and a choir is singing. A pipe organ is visible behind the choir.

Date: [1950..1957]

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[913 E. Calhoun - Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church]

Close-up photograph of the front entrance of Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, located at 913 E. Calhoun Street, in Palestine, Texas. The brick building is a Gothic Revival-style building that has large towers on two of the corners with steep pyramidal roofs. There is a Texas Historical Marker plaque affixed to the tower on the left.

Date: 1991~

Creator: McReynolds, Oliver

Location: 31.768119 -95.622869

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Photograph of Mattie Wright]

Photograph of Mattie Wright, whose father was Reverend Samuel P. Wright of Waco, Texas. She poses for her picture wearing a long-sleeved dark dress, gloves, and a large hat. She was the first consecrated Deaconess in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Date: unknown

Creator: Mitchell

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis