Charles Betts Galloway, son of Charles and Adelaide Dinkins Galloway, was born in Kosciusko in September 1, 1849. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1868 and began teaching a Sharon College in Madison County. In November 1868, he received his first appointment as an itinerant minister in the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. After serving at several churches (including churches in Vicksburg and Jackson) he was appointed as a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in May 1886. He served in this capacity until his death on May 12, 1909.

The collection is comprised of correspondence, sermons, addresses, financial material, newsclippings and pamphlets. The correspondence covers 1888–1904 with the bulk of the correspondence dealing with church-related matters. The correspondence is dated 1888–1904. There are sixty-seven (67) sermons and addresses (most of them undated) in the collection. Many of the sermons are fragmentary. See below for a title listing of the sermons and addresses.

Series:

1. Correspondence. 1880–1904; n.d. 136 items
2. Sermons and Addresses. 1875; 1879; n.d. 67 items
3. Financial Papers. 1879, 1885 2 items
4. Newsclippings. n.d. 3 items
5. Pamphlets. n.d. 2 items.

Folder Title List

• Box 1: Correspondence. 1888, Feb.–July, 1889 (ff. 1); Aug.–Oct. 1889 (ff. 2); Nov.–Dec. 1889 (ff. 3); Jan.–Feb. 1890 (ff. 4); Mar.–Dec. 1890 (ff. 5); 1891–1895, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1904 (ff. 6); n.d. (ff. 7)
• Box 2: Sermons. nos. 1–15 (ff. 1); nos. 16–30 (#23 missing) (ff. 2); nos. 31–68 (ff. 3), with 39-68 being untitled fragments; Financial Papers. 1879, 1885 (ff. 4); Newsclippings. n.d. (ff. 5); Printed matter. n.d. (ff. 6)

Series 2: Sermon Title List (ff. 1-3):
1. The Excellent Woman, Acts 9:38 (6 l/2 pp.)
2. Influence and Mission of Southern Womanhood (24 pp.)
3. Christ, The Christian Life, Phil. 1:21 (4 pp.)
4. Sowing by the Wayside, Luke 8:5 (1 p.)
5. Some Illustrious Dances (20 pp.)
6. A Commencement Address (24 pp.)
7. Conviction of Sin, John 16:8 (6 pp.)
8. Resurrection of Christ, Luke 24:34 (11 pp.)
9. Union Church, December 1879, Luke 16:26 (24 pp.)
10. The Valley of Dry Bones, Ezekiel 37:1–10 (19 pp.)
11. Parable of the Barren Fig Tree, Luke 13:6–9 (11 pp.)
12. Universality of the Atonement, Rev. 22:17 (16 pp.)
13. The Self-Conquest of Moses (7 pp.)
14. Christ's Baptism of Sufferings, Luke 12:50 (4 pp.)
15. Life and Times of Elijah, I Kings 19:13–18 (1 p.)
16. Bringing Men to Jesus, John 1:42 (21 pp.)
17. English History from Alfred the Great to William the Conqueror (7 l/2 pp.)
18. Sunday School Address, delivered at Madison Station, 6-24-1875 (12 pp.)
19. The Wonderful Name, Isaiah 9:16 (24 pp.)
20. Attachment to the House of God, I Chron. 29:3 (4 pp.)
21. The Strait Gate, Luke 13:24 (6 pp.)
22. The Law of Service, Matt. 20:26–27
23. Address at the unveiling of portrait of Rev. J. N. Waddell (6 pp.) (missing)
24. untitled (17 pp.)
25. Infant Baptism, Acts II 38–39 III 25 (3 pp.)
26. Scripture study by Chas. B. Galloway (19 pp.)
27. Lesson from the Life of Mary Somerville (7 pp.)
28. Mary Somerville (7 pp.)
29. Pastoral Instruction of Children (4 l 2 pp.)
30. The Doom of the Wicked (3 pp.)
31. The Duel (1 l/2 pp.)
32. Methodism—A Child of Providence (3 pp.)
33. The Baptists Embassy to Jesus, Luke 7:18–23 (4 pp.)
34. Glorying in the Cross, Gal. 6–14 (4 pp., frag.)
35. Psa. XCII–12—\"The Righteous Shall Flourish Like the Palm Tree\" (4 pp., frag.)
36. Holding the Dust Pan (1 p., frag.)
37. Elijah Steele, an Apostle of the Early South West (4 pp., frag.)
38. Public Morals (3 pp., frag.)

Items 39–68 are untitled fragments.