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By Kara Jackman and Margaret Rosequist
Collection Overview
Title: Weaver, Rev. Dr. Bruce (Russia Initiative Papers), 1991-2003
ID: 12/002
Extent: 4.0 Boxes
Arrangement:
Series 1: UMCOR Disaster Response
Series 2: Joint Commission on Humanitarian Assistance
Series 3: Files, 1991-2011
Series 4: Russian Initiative Consultation Files
Series 5: Photographs
Series 6: Correspondence
Series 7: Ephemera and Newsclippings
Languages: Russian, English
Collection Historical Note
Dr. Bruce Weaver, former Coordinator Russia Initiative for Church Development from 1992-2003. Prior to that he served the United Methodist Commission on Relief (UMCOR) as interim director from 1991-1992 in New York. Weaver began his work with the Methodist Church serving churches in Texas and rising to Superintendent of the Dallas-Denton District, North Texas Conference in June 1986.
He became involved as a volunteer with UMCOR on the occassion of a major tornado that swept through Witchita Falls, Texas in May 1979, leaving more than 20,000 people homeless and 7,500 homes destroyed or severely damaged. Hew assisted UMCOR in recruiting and training volunteers, developing strategies for disaster response, and on site visits to disaster ravaged areas in the United States and in many country around the world. His travels have included the famine area in Somolia, Earthquake in Italy, Hurrican in Jamaica (1988), St. Croix (1989), and other disaster stricken areas.
In the North Texas Conference he was elected as a delegate in 1976, 1980, and 1988 General and Jurisdictional Conferences. His ministry also included having served as a member of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
He and his wife Doris have two sons and grandchildren. Dr. Weaver graduated from Gatesville High School, Baylor University, and Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.
Box and Folder Listing
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Box 1: Series 1-3, 1979-2006],
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Box 2: Series 3-5, 2000-2011],
[Box 3: Series 6-7, 1989-2011],
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- Box 3: Series 6-7, 1989-2011
Series 6 - Correspondence: Folders 1-38
Series 7 - Ephemera + Newclippings: Folders 39-58
- Folder 1: Ruediger Minor Conversations, 1999-2000
- Folder 2: Conversations with Robert Harman, 1994-2000
- Folder 3: Correspondence with Robert Harman, 1997-2000
- Folder 4: Correspondence with Robert Harman, 1996
- Folder 5: Correspondence with Robert Harman, 1993-1995
- Folder 6: Correspondence with Ruediger Minor, 1992
- Folder 7: Correspondence with Ruediger Minor, 1994
- Folder 8: Ruediger Minor Conversation, 2003
- Folder 9: Reudiger Minor Biography, 1996-2003
- Folder 10: Ruediger Minor Meeting, 1998
- Folder 11: *RESTRICTED ACCESS* Ruediger Minor Correspondence, 1998-1999
- Folder 12: Ruediger Minor Correspondence, 2000
- Folder 13: Ruediger Minor Correspondence, 2001-2003
- Folder 14: Ruediger Minor Correspondence, 1992-1994
- Folder 15: Ruediger Minor Correspondence, 2004-2006
- Folder 16: Ruediger Minor - Robert Harman Correspondence, 1994
- Folder 17: Correspondence with Emily Hart Meyer, 1995
- Folder 18: Reports by Terry Weide, 1995-1996
- Folder 19: Ruediger Minor - Bill Warnock Correspondence, 1994
- Folder 20: Ruediger Minor - James White Correspondence, 1994
- Folder 21: Ruediger Minor - Robert Harman Correspondence, 1993
- Folder 22: Ruediger Minor - Lara Dose Correspondence, 1993
- Folder 23: Russia Trip April 1992 - Correspondence with Adam Kuczma, 1992
- April, 1992
- Folder 24: Correspondence with Ruediger Minor, 1993
- Folder 25: Personal Correspondence, Notes, n.d.
- Folder 26: Nikolaev, Sergei - Evaluation Review Team of the General Board of Global Ministries, 2006
- Folder 27: *RESTRICTED ACCESS* Nikolaev, Sergei - Administrative Secretary of Russian Initiative, 2002
- Folder 28: Nikolaev, Sergei - Correspondence and Conversation, 1998-2007
- Folder 29: Nikolaev, Sergei - Moscow Seminary Dedication, 2005
- Folder 30: Nikolaev, Sergei - Russia United Methodist Theological Seminary Capital Campaign, 2005
- Folder 31: Michel, Don and Marian - Contributors to Russia Initiative/UMCOR, 1994-2002
- Folder 32: Donor/Contributors Prothro, Charles and Elizabeth - Wichita Falls, TX, 1992-2003
- Folder 33: Correspondence Regarding Archimandrite Ioan Ekonomtsev's Daughter Receiving Education in Austin, TX, 1991-1994
- Folder 34: Correspondence with Ms. Irina Myagkova - Russian Translator, Moscow, 1992-2003
- Folder 35: *RESTRICTED ACCESS* Samara United Methodist Ministry - To Asbury Seminary, 1997-1998
- Folder 36: *RESTRICTED ACCESS* Samara United Methodist Ministry - Tanya's Medical Treatment, 2000
- Folder 37: *RESTRICTED ACCESS* Samara United Methodist Ministry - Northern Europe Central Conference Election of Bishop (2001), 1999-2001
- Folder 38: *RESTRICTED ACCESS* Samara United Methodist Ministry - Visit to the United States from Samara, Russia, 1993-1994
- Folder 39: Russia Initiative Update, 1995-2001
- Folder 40: Newsclipping - Conversation with Bishop Ruediger Minor, 2002
- Folder 41: Newsclippings, 2004-2010
- Folder 42: Newsclippings, 1989-1991
- Folder 43: Newsclippings: Russian officials visit U.S., 1999
- Folder 44: Newsclipping: Weaver Receives Graves Award, 1992
- Folder 45: UMCOR Update Duplicates, Russian Initiative Update Duplicates, Newsclippings, 1991-2001
- Folder 46: Newspapers, Periodicals, Bulletins, 1990s-2000s
- Folder 47: Photos - Bruce Weaver and others, 1993-2003
- Folder 48: RUMC Conference Journal on CD, 2009
- Folder 49: Dallas Morning News, 2011
- Folder 50: New World Outlook Magazine, 2011
- Folder 51: U.S. Partner Churches - Partnership Church Denton, TX - Estonia (?), 1994-2011
- Folder 52: Russian Copy: "Methodism in Eurasia" - History, Theology, Service, n.d.
- Folder 53: Russian Version of "Methodism in Baltic Countries" - History and Development, 2003
- Folder 54: History of the Russian Methodist Church, 2002
- Folder 55: Newsclippings, 1991-1992
- Folder 56: Newsclippings, 1980s-1990s
- Folder 57: Newsclippings, 1990s-2000s
- Folder 58: UMCOR Update, 1991-1992
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Box 1: Series 1-3, 1979-2006],
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Box 2: Series 3-5, 2000-2011],
[Box 3: Series 6-7, 1989-2011],
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