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This solid walnut secretary desk belonged to Bishop Wilson T. Hogue.  Here at this desk partially paralyzed, the bishop typed with one hand the manuscript for his monumental two-volume HISTORY OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH, published in 1915

Sign from the Bethel, Nebraska Free Methodist Church - 1885

Wall of Bishops photographs beginning with Benjamin T. Roberts and E.P. Hart on near right

Hugh A. White Memorial Library (1)

Hugh A. White Memorial Library (2)

Light & Life Hour radio equipment used through the 1970's

Light & Life Hour radio display

Light & Life Hour record album cover

Light & Life Hour "On the Air" indicator

Light & Life Hour promotional radio tower bank

Dr. John Wesley Redfield's autobiography (1) completed 1862
Dr. John Wesley Redfield's autobiography (2)

Dr. John Wesley Redfield's autobiography (3)

Medicine case of Dr. W.A. Backenstoe, missionary doctor to Africa (1903-1932)

Black medical bag belonging to Dr. Esther Kuhn, missionary doctor to Africa (1947-1971)

Writing case used by Dr. John Wesley Redfield (1810-1863) containing his unfinished manuscript

Light & Life Publishing House furniture

Light & Life Publishing House display

Chinese Robe given to Edith Jones, missionary to China 1907-1951 by wealthy Chinese woman whom she had led to become a Christian.  The robe was later presented to Bishop Wilson T. Hogue.

Section of a stained glass window from the Parma Center, NY Free Methodist Church, donated 1974

Typewriter used by Missionary Secretary, Rev. Benjamin Winget from 1895-1915.  He took this typewriter with him when he visited mission fields around the turn of the 20th century.

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