Melvin Easterday Dieter Papers

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2021

Descriptive Summary

Title: Melvin Easterday Dieter Papers

Dates: circa 1924-1990

Collection Number: CFT00172

Creator/Collector: Dieter, Melvin Easterday

Extent: 18 Boxes

Repository: Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives

Pasadena, California 91182

Abstract: Melvin Easterday Dieter (b. 1924 – d. Oct 6, 2018) worked as the General Secretary of Educational Institutions of the Wesleyan Church and as a historian of the Wesleyan Holiness movement. Dieter assisted in the unification of the Pilgrim Holiness Church and the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America into the new Wesleyan Methodist Church (ratified in 1968). Later, he became vice-president and provost of Asbury Theological Seminary, retiring in 1990. The Melvin Easterday Dieter Collection contains correspondence, published and unpublished material, research notes, lecture notes and syllabi as well as tracts, pamphlets and ephemera documentary of the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements.

Language of Material: English

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Preferred Citation

Melvin Easterday Dieter Papers. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives

Scope and Content of Collection

The Melvin Easterday Dieter Collection contains correspondence, published and unpublished material, research notes, lecture notes and syllabi as well as tracts, pamphlets and ephemera documentary of the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements. The material in this collection consists of 18 boxes and spans his academic career. Dieter’s personal library is cataloged as the Melvin Easterday Dieter Special Collection. The collection consists of 480 volumes.

Indexing Terms

Holiness movement

Methodism

Pentecostalism

Houghton College

Pilgrim Holiness Church