Warren A. Candler papers, 1846-1977.

Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891

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Emma Abbott (born December 9, 1850, Chicago, Illinois – died January 5, 1891, Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume....

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He also served in the United States House of Representatives and as the United States Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Just before his death, he gained national attention for attacking the te...

Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915

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1834 February 1 Born in South Carolina, the son of Hardy and Sarah Greer Turner. 1853 Licensed to preach. 1858 Admitted to the ministry and itinerant work of the A.M.E. Church. 1862 Ordained Elder in Israel A.M.E. church, Washingt...

DuBose, Horace Mellard, 1858-1941.

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Boaz, Hiram Abiff, 1866-1962

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Hiram Abiff Boaz played a crucial role in the establishment and early years of Southern Methodist University. He was a major driving force behind the idea of erecting a Methodist university in the North Texas region. Serving as the president of Polytechnic College (currently Texas Wesleyan University) in Fort Worth in 1911, Boaz voted in favor of building a new university in Dallas. He became the first vice-president of SMU, and was later elected as the school’s second president in ...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Candler, Charles Howard, 1878-1957

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Charles Howard Candler, businessman and philanthropist, was born in Atlanta, Georgia 2 December 1878, and died there 1 October 1957. After studying medicine, Candler went into business with his father, Asa Griggs Candler, succeeding him as president of the Coca-Cola Company in 1916. He was again president (1920-1923) and a director of the company (1917-1957); a director of the bank Trust Company of Georgia; and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Emory University (1929-1957). He was an organize...

Candler, Warren A. (Warren Akin), 1857-1941

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Warren Akin Candler, Methodist clergyman and educator of Atlanta, Georgia, was born 23 August 1857, near Villa Rica in Carroll County, Georgia and died at his home in Atlanta on 25 September 1941. Candler graduated from Emory College (A.B., 1875; A.M., 1878); served various circuits in the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1875-1886); married Sarah Antoinette (Nettie) Curtright (1877); was appointed editor of the CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (1886); was elected President o...

Candler College (Havanna, Cuba)

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Yun, Ch'i-ho, 1865-1945.

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Yun Ch'i-ho (1864-1945), Korean Methodist minister and teacher, converted to Christianity at the Anglo-Chinese College operated by Young John Allen (1887). Allen arranged for Yun to become a theology student at Vanderbilt University (1881-1891). Yun transferred to Emory College (1891-1893) and visited rural churches during the summers to help raise money to support his educational endeavors. Extra money was entrusted to Emory's President Warren A. Candler for the establishment of a Methodist Chu...

Felton, Rebecca Latimer, 1835-1930

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Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton (June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, lecturer, reformer, and politician who became the first woman to serve in the US Senate, although she served for only one day. She was the most prominent woman in Georgia in the Progressive Era, and was honored by appointment to the Senate. She was sworn in November 21, 1922, and served just 24 hours. At 87 years, nine months, and 22 days old, she was the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate. She was the...

Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Washington, D.C.)

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Paine College (Augusta, Ga.)

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Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

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Episcopal bishop, missionary, author; chief of chaplain services, Amer. Exped. Forces during WWI. From the description of Letter to Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes [manuscript], 1927 May 6. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647953607 Clergyman and missionary. From the description of Papers of Charles Henry Brent, 1860-1991 (bulk 1901-1929). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449272 Biographical Note ...

Wesley Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...

Sledd, Andrew, 1870-1939

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Educator, Bible scholar. From the description of Papers, 1869-1939 (bulk 1897-1939) (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 38289155 Andrew Sledd, first president of the University of Florida, was born November 7, 1870 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He earned his B.A. and M. A. from Randolph-Macon College in 1894 and did graduate work at Harvard in 1896. From 1897 to 1902, Sledd taught Latin at Emory College. While at Emory, Sledd wrote a critique of race relation...

Denny, Collins, 1854-1943

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Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. From the description of Papers of Collins Denny [manuscript], 1872-1943. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647921264 Methodist bishop. From the description of Papers of Collins Denny [manuscript] 1875-1903. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647967854 ...

McMurry, William Fletcher, 1864-1934

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Ward, Seth, 1858-1909.

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Emory College

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Emory College was founded in 1836 by the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Early faculty members included Alexander Means, Gustavus John Orr, Osborne L. Smith, and George W. W. Stone. From the description of Emory College faculty records, 1847-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761669346 Emory College was chartered in 1836 to the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first librarian noted in Emory College records, in 1840, was George...

Keener, John Christian, 1819-1906

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Clergyman. From the description of Letter of John Christian Keener, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423764 John Christian Keener, Methodist bishop, was born 7 February 1819, in Baltimore, Maryland, and died 19 January 1906, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was licensed to preach (1842) and was assigned to the New Orleans, Louisiana, Conference of the Methodist Church, South (1848-1906). From the description of John Christian Keener papers, 1864-1865. (Unknown...

Harris, Corra, 1869-1935

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"Novelist Corra White Harris was one of the most celebrated women from Georgia for nearly three decades in the early twentieth century. She is best known for her first novel, A Circuit Rider's Wife (1910), though she gained a national audience a decade before its publication. From 1899 through the 1920s, she published hundreds of essays and short stories and more than a thousand book reviews in such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, Harper's, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, and esp...

Kilgo, John Carlisle, 1861-1922

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John C. Kilgo served as President of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) from 1894 to 1910. From the description of John C. Kilgo records and papers, 1888-1970 (bulk 1894-1920). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55635806 Educator and Methodist bishop. From the description of Papers, 1891-1944. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122413276 College president, Methodist clergyman and bishop, born Laurens, South Carolina, July...

George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1878-1959

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Walter Franklin George was born on a farm near Preston, Webster County, Georgia on 29 January 1878. He graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1900 and from its law department in 1901. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Vienna, Georgia . He served as Solicitor General of the Cordele judicial circuit 1907-1912 and Judge of the Superior Court 1912-1917. From that bench he was elevated to Judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia from January to October 1917. H...

Hopkins, I. S. (Isaac Stiles), 1841-1914

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Dr. Isaac S. Hopkins served as Georgia Tech's first president from its founding until his resignation in 1896. From the description of Isaac S. Hopkins Papers, 1883. (Georgia Institute of Technology). WorldCat record id: 54808016 ...

Allen, Young John, 1836-1907

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Young John Allen, Methodist missionary, editor, and translator, was born 3 January 1836, in Burke County, Georgia, and died 30 May 1907, in Shanghai, China. Allen left the United States in 1859, to be a missionary in Shanghai, China, but after his arrival in 1860, he was forced to work also as a teacher, editor, and businessman due to the American Civil War and loss of contact with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in America. He later worked as a translator, became superintendent of the mis...

Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931

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Hoke Smith (1855-1931), lawyer, politician, U.S. Senator, born in Newton, North Carolina. From the description of Hoke Smith papers, 1879-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477511 Hoke Smith (1855-1931), politician, Georgia Governor (1907-1909, 1911), U.S. Senator, resided in Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Hoke Smith papers, 1886-1930 (bulk 1920-1925). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477302 Governor of the state of Georgia and Secretary o...

Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on 4 January 1858. Member of Virginia State Senate, 1898-1906; member of U.S. House of Representatives. 1902-1918; Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-1920, Member of U.S. Senate, 1920-1946. Died in Washington, D.C. on 28 May 1946. From the description of Letter : from Horace Mann Towner, 1925 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122701025 Virginia statesman; Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1933 February, Uni...

Coke, Thomas, 1747-1814

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Candler family.

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Haygood, Atticus G. (Atticus Greene), 1839-1896

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Atticus G. Haygood, an editor, author, and educator, was a distinguished president of Emory College and a progressive bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development, and he fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition. Atticus Greene Haygood was born on November...

Cannon, James, 1864-1944

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Methodist clergyman from Virginia, journalist, and leader in the prohibition movement. Also known as James Cannon, Jr. From the guide to the James Cannon Papers, 1869-1989, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Methodist clergyman, journalist, and leader in the prohibition movement, from Virginia. Also known as James Cannon, Jr. From the description of Papers, 1869-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122581338 ...

Wilson, Alpheus W. (Alpheus Waters), 1834-1916

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Alpheus Waters Wilson, Methodist bishop and author, was born 5 February 1834, in Baltimore, Maryland, and died there 21 November 1916. He was made secretary of the board of missions (1878); made bishop (1882); toured missions in East Asia (1886; 1890-1891; 1898-1900; 1907; Japan, Korea, China) and Brazil (1892-1903); and wrote many articles and books including MISSIONS and WITNESS TO CHRIST, a collection of lectures delivered at Vanderbilt University. He was married to Susan B. Lips...

Graves, John Temple, 1892-1961

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...

Smith, George G.

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George Gilman Smith (1836-1913) was a Methodist clergyman and historian, of Macon, Ga. Smith was born at Sheffield, now in Rockdale County, Ga., and educated at Emory College. He entered the Methodist minsitry in 1857 and served as a chaplain in the Confederate army during the Civil War. After the war he preached in Baltimord, Md., and Lewisburg, W. Va., and was the author of books and articles on the history of Methodism. From the guide to the George Gilman Smith Books, ., 1853-1910...

Galloway, Charles B. (Charles Betts), 1849-1909

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Charles Betts Galloway, Methodist bishop and editor, was born 1 September 1849, in Kosciusko, Mississippi, and died 12 May 1909, in Jackson, Mississippi. He became a minister in the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1868; serving the cities of Jackson and Vicksburg the longest); edited the New Orleans CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (1882-1886); became a bishop (1886); was a University of Mississippi trustee (1882-1894) and a Vanderbilt University trustee (President of the Boar...

Cox, Harvey Warren, 1875-1944

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President of Emory University. From the description of Papers, 1865-1961 (bulk 1920-1944). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419054 Harvey Warren Cox (1875-1944), President of Emory University from 1920-1942. From the description of Harvey Warren Cox papers, 1865-1961 (bulk 1920-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557052 ...

Darlington, Urban Valentine William, 1870-1954.

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Dickey, James Edward, 1864-1928.

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James Edward Dickey was an alumnus and president of Emory College. He later became a Methodist pastor and bishop. From the description of James Edward Dickey papers, 1903-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173862921 ...

Candler, Nettie Curtright (Sarah Antoinette Curtright)

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Vanderbilt University.

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Fitzgerald, O. P. (Oscar Penn), 1829-1911

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Mouzon, Edwin D. (Edwin Du Bose), 1869-1937

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Candler, Asa Griggs, 1851-1929

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Asa Griggs Candler, businessman, philanthropist, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and founder of the Coca-Cola Company, was born 30 December 1851, near Villa Rica, Carroll County, Georgia, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, 12 March 1929. Candler married Lucy Elizabeth Howard (1859-1919) in 1878 and Mary Reagan Little in 1923. As an Atlanta druggist (1873-1890), Candler became sole owner and manufacturer of the Coca-Cola elixir. After selling that company, he invested in real estate, opened banks in Atlant...

Ainsworth, William Newman, 1872-1942.

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Southern Methodist University.

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Shared governance had a short life at SMU. The concept was popular from initial research forays into its feasibility for the university in the 1960s until the death of the University Assembly in 1975. The University Assembly grew increasingly unpopular with the SMU faculty over time. From the guide to the University Assembly of Southern Methodist University records SMU 2010. 0421., 1968-1975, (Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University) ...

Norwood, Thomas M. (Thomas Manson), 1830-1913

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Confederate soldier and U. S. senator from Georgia. From the description of Thomas M. Norwood papers, 1856-1908 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23269448 Thomas Manson Norwood (1830-1913) was a lawyer, judge, Confederate soldier, and United States senator from Georgia. From the guide to the Thomas M. Norwood Papers, ., 1856-1908, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Thomas Manson Norwood, lawyer, legisl...

Candler, Walter Turner, 1885-1967.

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Walter Turner Candler (1885-1967), businessman, philanthropist, and horse sportsman, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, October 5, 1885, and died there April 23, 1967. Son of Asa Griggs Candler, he was a graduate of Emory College and president of the Class of 1907. Candler endowed two lectureships at Emory University, the Walter T. Candler Lectureship (1952) and the John Gordon Stipe Memorial Lectureship in Spanish Culture (1953); helped organize the Emory Alumni Association (president, 1943-1946); a...

Emory university

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The Baccalaureate service is an inter-religious ceremony for all graduating Emory University students receiving bachelor's degrees and consists of prayers, music, and an address by the Emory University President. The Commencement ceremony includes all Emory University graduates and consists of an address by the commencement speaker, the conferral of honorary degrees and awards, and the conferral of degrees en masse. From the description of Emory University Baccalaureate and Commencem...