R. H. Robb collection, 1877-1968, undated

Author/Creator:

Robb, R. H.

Publication/Creation:

1877-1968

Resource Type:

Archival Material or Manuscripts

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

R. H. Robb collection, 1877-1968, undated

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Robb, James Lindsey

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Certificates

Subjects:

Robb, R. H.
Methodist Episcopal Church.Georgia Conference
Circuit riders
Methodist Church--Clergy
Methodist Church--Georgia--Clergy
Methodists--Georgia

Description/Summary

Finding Aid:

Finding aid available electronically

Summary:

The R.H. Robb collection consists of a biographical sketch of Robb, certificates of ordination as deacon and elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and several published and unpublished works by Robb. Also included is "Story of Our Tour: England, Scotland, and Ireland," a travelogue by Robb's son James Lindsey Robb, which contains a photograph of R. H. Robb.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Materials in English.

Physical Type/Description:

.17 cubic feet (1 half-size archives box).

Restrictions on Access:

Access is unrestricted.

Use and Reproduction:

Reproduction requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Biographical/Historical Note:

Robert Henry Robb was born on February 25, 1852 in Tyrone County, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen. In 1875, he joined the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as a circuit rider in the North Georgia mountains. Robb retired from the active ministry after 42 years of service. During this time, he represented the Georgia Conference at the 1900 General Conference, served on the Methodist Episcopal Church's Board of Missions for four years, and was a member of the 1891 Ecumenical Conference on Methodism. After retirement, he spent several years as the financial agent for the Conference Claimants Endowment Fund of the Georgia Conference. At his final annual conference, he voted in favor of the Plan of Methodist Union which eventually united the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church. Robb died in Atlanta on March 10, 1937. He was buried in Atlanta's West View Cemetery. His only child, James Lindsey Robb, was a president of Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, Tennessee.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990007063080302486

OCLC Number:

165096931

Barcode:

300000445027