Daniel Baker College collection 1890-1935

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Daniel Baker College collection 1890-1935

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Daniel Baker College was founded by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Brownwood, Texas in 1890. The school was taken over by the Episcopal Church until the early 1950s. In 1952 Daniel Baker College was taken over by Howard Payne College, a Baptist school. This is an artificial collection of printed materials relating to the college.

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Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was created by the merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the Presbyterian Church in the United States on June 10, 1983. From the description of Presbyterian Church U.S.A. records, 1920-1980. (Johnson C Smith University, J B Duke Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 70970093 ...

Daniel Baker College (Brownwood, Tex.)

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Daniel Baker College was founded by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Brownwood, Texas in 1890, and Rev. B. T. McClelland served as its first president. While a pastor in Brownwood, McClelland was disturbed at the lack of an institution for Christian learning and began a movement to open one in this small town. A charter was issued to McClelland on April 5, 1889 and the school opened on the 2nd Monday in September 1890, despite the lack of funding from the U.S.A. Synod. By 1893 th...