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Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986. Louie Devotie Newton papers, 1935-1982 (bulk 1953-1977).

Title: Louie Devotie Newton papers, 1935-1982 (bulk 1953-1977).

The collection consists of papers of Louie Devotie Newton from 1935-1982. The papers include correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs, ephemera, and a scrapbook (1939) of clippings pertaining to the Baptist World Alliance. The materials document Newton's pastorate at Druid Hills Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), his activities with the Southern Baptist Convention, and his broadcasts on WSB radio.

ArchivalResource: 8.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477179 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

Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986. Papers, 1946-1948.

Title: Papers, 1946-1948.

Papers mostly related to his tenure as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1946-1948. Collection includes correspondence, addresses, Executive Committee material and programs. Includes some other material related to Newton.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44042954 View

Dehoney, William Wayne, 1918-2007. Collection, 1933-2005.

Title: Collection, 1933-2005.

The Dehoney Collection contains materials from Dr. Dehoney's tenure as president of the Southern Baptist Convention and as pastor of churches in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. The collection dates from 1933 until 2005, with the majority of the collection covering 1950-1985. The collection includes official papers, which are primarily of sermon notes, bound bulletins, correspondence, and clippings. Sermons are arranged alphabetically, and many sermon files contain a dictaphone recording and some sermons are on cassette tapes.

ArchivalResource: 102 boxes (60 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190589724 View

Owen, Richard Newton, 1898-. Collection, 1950-1978.

Title: Collection, 1950-1978.

Consists primarily of correspondence, but also includes typescripts of letters from pastors and talks that Owen gave. Correspondence include former SBC presidents William Wayne Dehoney, James David Grey, Robert Greene Lee, Louie Devotie Newton, Henry Franklin Paschall, William Ramsey Pollard, James Wilson Storer, James Lenox Sullivan, and Carl Casper Warren. Additional Baptist leaders include Clifton Judson Allen, Baker James Cauthen, Norman Wade Cox, W.C. Fields, John D. Freeman, J. Marse Grant, H.H. Hobbs, T.L. Holcomb, Alma Hunt, T.A. Patterson, Courts Redford, C. Winfield Rich, Porter Routh, O.W. Taylor, Foy Valentine, and Davis Collier Woolley. Correspondence from local, state, and national politicians include Beverly Briley (former mayor of Nashville), Frank G. Clement (former Tennessee Congressman), Albert Gore, Sr. (former Tennessee Senator), Brooks Hays (former Arkansas Senator and former SBC president), and Estes Kefauver.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56483487 View

Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986. Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, [microform] 1973-1981.

Title: Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, [microform] 1973-1981.

Edited transcript of series of oral history interviews with Louie Newton from 1973 to 1981. Newton talks about his early family life, education, courtship and marriage, early jobs, his Christian conversion, and his call to the ministry. He also discusses the 75 Million Campaign, the impact of the Depression on denominational programs, the efforts to pay the debts of the Convention, his service on the Executive Committee of the SBC, and the President's Committee on Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Newton also provides sketches of various leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist World Alliance.

ArchivalResource: 261 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166425921 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

Crouch, Austin, 1870-1957. Papers, 1893-1956.

Title: Papers, 1893-1956.

Correspondence (mostly personal); book manuscripts, sermons, Bible study notes, ordination papers dating from 1893, and other papers. Principal subjects are Baptist history, Christian education, church and state, cooperative program, evangelism, the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, and missions. Correspondents include Louis J. Bristow, J. H. Buchanan, W. L. Howse, Douglas Hudgins, E. E. Lee, William Lunsford, Hight C Moore, Louie D. Newton, and Porter Routh.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (2929 items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60931158 View

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

Southern Baptist Convention. Christian Life Commission. Administrative Files, 1947-1959.

Title: Administrative Files, 1947-1959.

The records are the official files of the Christian Life Commission beginning in 1947. The generally cover the administrations of Hugh Brimm and A.C. Miller. The records include publications, correspondence, and subject files. Issues prominent in the records are: race relations, temperance, labor relations, marriage and divorce, pornography, and religious liberty.

ArchivalResource: 11.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213413318 View

Southern Baptist Convention. Executive Committee. Administrative and program planning files, 1917-1989.

Title: Administrative and program planning files, 1917-1989.

The Administrative and program planing files are one series within the records of the Executive Committee. These files document the actions and programs of the Committee and much of denominational life. The records span the years from 1917 to 1989, but the bulk of the files date from the 1940's to 1980. The records include committee files, files on Baptist state conventions, convention agencies, and other Baptist organizations, agreements and contracts, budget information, correspondence of administrators and program leaders (Porter Routh, Albert McClellan, and Duke McCall), studies and reports, subject files, Inter-Agency Council material, committee and subcommittee minutes, and meeting files.

ArchivalResource: 102 boxes (125 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26348271 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

G. Bromley Oxnam papers, 1823-1963

Title: G. Bromley Oxnam papers, 1823-1963

Correspondence; diaries(1903-63) documented with letters, addresses, sermons, lectures, articles, book reviews, newspaper clippings, programs, church bulletins, and photographs documenting Oxnam's life and work; subject files concerning his role in the controversy over diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the Vatican, his participation in the issue of church and state and Protestantism vs. Catholicism, the charges of the House Un-American Activities Committee against him, his work with the Church of All Nations, and other matters; drafts and typescripts (1913-60) of his articles, books, addresses, lectures, and sermons; and scrapbooks presenting details of his life as reported by the press. Correspondents include the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, the Rev. Bishop Herbert Welch, the Rev. Messrs. George Smith Brown, Samuel McCrea Cavert, Henry Hitt Crane, Franklin Clark Fry, Frederick Brown Harris, Louie Devotie Newton, Daniel A. Poling, and William L. Stidger; Matthew J. Connelly, John Foster Dulles, Sherwood Eddy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Cordell Hull, Donald L. Jackson, David E. Lilienthal, Carl and Marvin H. McIntyre, Charles C. Parlin, Pres. and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry L. Stimson, Myron C. Taylor, Harry S. Truman, Harold H. Velde, and Henry A. Wallace.

ArchivalResource: 16,000 items. 137 containers. 54.8 linear feet

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Baptist Hour sermons, 1942-1978.

Title: Baptist Hour sermons, 1942-1978.

Printed radio sermons from "The Baptist Hour," a weekly production of the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission. Includes sermons by Herschel H. Hobbs, Frank Pollard, Wayne Dehoney, Pat Neff, Louie D. Newton, and others. The collection dates from 1942, but primarily includes the years 1968-1978.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23031486 View

G. Bromley Oxman Papers, 1823-1923, (bulk 1912-1960)

Title: G. Bromley Oxman Papers 1823-1923 (bulk 1912-1960)

Methodist clergyman and theologian. Diaries, correspondence, writings, printed matter, photographs, and miscellaneous material documenting Oxnam's life and work as a clergyman, stance on church-state issues, and controversies relating to Catholicism, anti-communism, and other issues of faith and politics.

ArchivalResource: 16,000 items; 137 containers; 54.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012046 View

Storer, James Wilson, 1884-1970. Collection, 1910-1969.

Title: Collection, 1910-1969.

The collection documents the tenure of Dr. Storer as President of the Southern Baptist Convention with some additional materials related to his work as Executive Secretary of the Southern Baptist Foundation. Majority of the collection is correspondence between Dr. Storer and other Baptist leaders including Baker J. Cauthen, W. A. Criswell, Norman W. Cox, James T. Draper, Herschel H. Hobbs, Kearnie Keegan, Albert McClellan, Louie D. Newton, Courts Redford, Porter Routh, and James L. Sullivan. There are also four photograph albums and two scrapbooks that document the Southern Baptist Convention meetings in 1953, 1954, and 1955. The scrapbooks also include clippings and correspondence congratulating Dr. Storer on his election as President. Another photograph album contains images of a 1954 European trip that Dr. Storer conducted as part of his presidential duties.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261123270 View

Cox, Norman Wade, 1888-1968. Papers, 1915-1959.

Title: Papers, 1915-1959.

The Cox Papers deal with Dr. Cox's work in the ministry prior to his tenure as Executive Secretary of the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Materials in the collection include correspondence, lessons, devotionals, articles, sermons, funeral cards, pastor's pocket books, manuscripts, clippings, and one scrapbook. Included in the correspondence is a series of letters to soldiers during World War II, and details about making the Baptist Sunday School Board's Dargan-Carver Library the repository for materials of the Historical Commission.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213413320 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

Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986. Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, 1973-1981.

Title: Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, 1973-1981.

Edited transcript of series of oral history interviews with Louie Newton from 1973 to 1981. Newton talks about his early family life, education, courtship and marriage, early jobs, his Christian conversion, and his call to the ministry. He also discusses the 75 Million Campaign, the impact of the Depression on denominational programs, the efforts to pay the debts of the Convention, his service on the Executive Committee of the SBC, and the President's Committee on Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Newton also provides sketches of various leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist World Alliance.

ArchivalResource: 261 p. ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26980241 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

Southern Baptist Convention. Sunday School Board. Executive Office. James Lenox Sullivan Papers, 1940-1981.

Title: James Lenox Sullivan Papers, 1940-1981.

The collection is the official papers of James L. Sullivan and the Executive Office of the Sunday School Board from 1954 to 1975 and includes information on all aspects of the work of the Board. The papers include extensive in-house and external correspondence with Board managers, denominational leaders and workers, Baptist ministers, state Baptist Convention leaders, political figures, and church members. The papers also include extensive complaint letters relating to all areas of the Board's programs. Information files include detailed files about the working of the Board's program. Included are minutes of staff and committee meetings; addresses and sermons; reports of all kinds; studies; budget and audit information; policy information; Baptist World Alliance material; and files on Board related controversies, including the Elliott controversy, the Broadman Bible Commentary, and the Becoming episode. The collection also deals with the issues of race relations, integration, and segregation that surfaced among Baptists in these three decades. Contained in the papers is material on bookstores, the book publishing program, clippings, files on the cooperative work with state Baptist conventions, curriculum matters, manuscripts, personnel issues, files on Trustees, and material related to the 30,000 movement. Files on various agencies of the SBC are a part of the papers.

ArchivalResource: 61 boxes (77 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663108253 View

Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986. Papers [microform], 1946-1948.

Title: Papers [microform], 1946-1948.

Papers mostly related to his tenure as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1946-1948. Collection includes correspondence, addresses, Executive Committee material and programs. Includes some other material related to Newton.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71202961 View