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Van Ness, Isaac Jacobus, 1860-1947. Papers [microform], 1903-1944.

Title: Papers [microform], 1903-1944.

The collection documents Van Ness's career at the Baptist Sunday School Board including his time as the editorial secretary and as the executive secretary and treasurer.The collection includes a large portion of Van Ness's correspondence as well as some photographs, reports, pamphlets, and other papers. Includes information about the Board's publications, events in the life of the Southern Baptist Convention and the various ministries of the Board.

ArchivalResource: 39 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225082084 View

Welles mss., 1930-1950, (Bulk 1936-1947)

Title: Welles mss. 1930-1950 (Bulk 1936-1947)

Consists of the correspondence, papers, and memorabilia of actor, writer, producer, director Orson Welles.

ArchivalResource: 19,875 items

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAC2791 View

Truett, George W. (George Washington), 1867-1944. Collection, 1882-1961.

Title: Collection, 1882-1961.

Collection includes addresses, articles, Baptist World Alliance files, biographical information, books written by Truett, correspondence, travel files, diaries, material related to First Baptist Church, Dallas, lectures, maps, photographs, poems, prayers, and sermons. The collection documents Truett's influence as an evangelist and denominational spokesman.

ArchivalResource: 334 microfiches.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34063313 View

Scarborough, L. R. (Lee Rutland), 1870-1945. Gay lectures on evangelism 1939 / by Lee Rutland Scarborough.

Title: Gay lectures on evangelism 1939 / by Lee Rutland Scarborough. 1939.

ArchivalResource: 12, 18, 15, 14 leaves, bound ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41274835 View

Van Ness, Isaac Jacobus, 1860-1947. Papers, 1903-1944.

Title: Papers, 1903-1944.

The collection documents Van Ness's career at the Baptist Sunday School Board including his time as the editorial secretary and as the executive secretary and treasurer.The collection includes a large portion of Van Ness's correspondence as well as some photographs, reports, pamphlets, and other papers. Includes information about the Board's publications, events in the life of the Southern Baptist Convention and the various ministries of the Board.

ArchivalResource: 17 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164844822 View

Norris, J. Frank (John Frank), 1877-1952. Papers, 1928-1952.

Title: Papers, 1928-1952.

Papers include correspondence, clippings, records and other materials collected by Norris from 1928 to his death in 1952. Most of his papers prior to 1928 were destroyed in a fire at the First Baptist Church, Ft. Worth, Texas. The papers document the fundamentalist movement with the denomination from the 1920's into the post World War II period. Topics include the 1928 presidential campaign, the evolution controversy, Norris's charges of Communist sympathies on noted American churchmen, and his standing controversy with the agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18114653 View

Scarborough, L. R. (Lee Rutland), 1870-1945. [Letter, 1928] July 10 Richmond, Va. to [E.Y.] Mullins / L.R. Scarborough.

Title: [Letter, 1928] July 10 Richmond, Va. to [E.Y.] Mullins / L.R. Scarborough. [1928] July 10.

Scarborough, returning from the 4th Baptist World Congress in Toronto (June 23-29, 1928), wrote Mullins, former president of the Baptist World Alliance, who was seriously ill concerning the meeting. He told Mullins that his paper [read by George W. Truett, who presided] was "probably the best Baptist paper ever read to a Baptist assembly."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44492734 View

Norris, J. Frank (John Frank), 1877-1952. Papers [microform], 1928-1952.

Title: Papers [microform], 1928-1952.

Papers include correspondence, clippings, records and other materials collected by Norris from 1928 to his death in 1952. Most of his papers prior to 1928 were destroyed in a fire at the First Baptist Church, Ft. Worth, Texas. The papers document the fundamentalist movement with the denomination from the 1920's into the post World War II period. Topics include the 1928 presidential campaign, the evolution controversy, Norris's charges of Communist sympathies on noted American churchmen, and his standing controversy with the agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

ArchivalResource: 27 microfilm reels (46,360).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76702003 View

Moore, Hight C., 1871-1957. Collection, 1884-1956.

Title: Collection, 1884-1956.

Papers includes manuscripts for articles, books, speeches, and seminars related to Moore. Includes correspondence about Baptist life in North Carolina during his tenure as editor of the state Baptist newspaper, his work as editor at the Sunday School Board and his role as Recording Secretary of the SBC. Biographical information, photographs, clippings, Bibles, manuscript drafts, Bible study material, and other various materials are found in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 35 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/150901306 View

Gill, Everett, 1869-1958. Collection, 1878-1960.

Title: Collection, 1878-1960.

The collection contains biographical data and documents related to both father and son. It includes family correspondence, correspondence regarding biography of A.T. Robertson, sermons, addresses, scrapbooks, and writings. The non-family correspondence includes letters from A.T. Robertson, Ella Robertson, Herschel H. Hobbs, W.O. Carver, Roland Q. Leavell, the Macmillan Company, Charles E. Maddry, Hight C. Moore, E.Y. Mullins, E.C. Routh, John R. Sampey, and L.R. Scarborough. It mostly concerns Everett Gill's biography of A.T. Robertson. There is a significant amount of family correspondence between Everett Gill and Everett Gill, Jr., along with considerable family correspondence between Everett Gill, Jr., and his wife, Rachel. The family correspondence contains loving messages, family details (example: how the kids are doing), and missionary details.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422746117 View

Mullins, Edgar Young, 1860-1928. [Correspondence concerning Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and evolution / comp. by E.Y. Mullins].

Title: [Correspondence concerning Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and evolution / comp. by E.Y. Mullins]. [1927]

Reactions to the 1926 Southern Baptist Convention's statement on evolution. The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma threatened to cut off funding from Oklahoma to the Seminary until they were reassured that the Seminary's teaching reflected the Convention's statement.

ArchivalResource: 12 items ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44492737 View

Southern Baptist Convention. Seventy-Five Million Campaign. Collection, 1919-1925.

Title: Collection, 1919-1925.

The Seventy-five Million Campaign Collection (1919-1925) contains 1.25 linear feet of material in two boxes. The collection has two series: clippings and subject files. In the first series, there are three bound volumes of Baptist state paper clippings about the Campaign. These volumes are arranged by size, and researchers should note that the clippings are extremely fragile. A description about what papers are included in each volume can be found in the folder listing. The second series contains subject files about the Campaign and related information such as stewardship and missions. Included in this series are mainly promotional materials such as a campaign song, clippings, pamphlets, publicity handbook and posters with additional materials such as articles, correspondence, and programs.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261122573 View

Lee, Ernest Eugene, 1876-1962. Collection, 1908-1955.

Title: Collection, 1908-1955.

The collection consists primarily of programs, pamphlets, correspondence, and reports. It features a significant run of BYPU programs, important early pamphlets about BYPU organization and field work, and reports of field work. In addition, the collection includes correspondence, Sunday School Board business and policy materials, and covers Lee's denominational activities from 1908 to 1955. The major topics and issues included in the papers are: the early history and development of the Baptist Young People's Union, the Baptist Training Union, church work with youth, and the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Included in the correspondence files are letters from Baptist leaders such as: O.K. Armstrong, W.O. Carver, Corinne Byrd, W. A. Criswell, J.M. Frost, T.C. Gardner, W.A. Harrell, Brooks Hays, Jerry E. Lambdin, Blanche Linthicum, Clarence M. Managan, Helen McCullough (missionary to China), Perry Morgan, Joe B. Moseley, Henry Alford Porter, Edwin S. Preston, J.M Price, L.R. Scarborough, H.H. Snuggs (missionary to China), and George W. Truett.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/739718982 View