S.A. (Samuel Augustus) Steel papers, 1867-1989 (bulk 1867-1934).

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S.A. (Samuel Augustus) Steel papers, 1867-1989 (bulk 1867-1934).

The collection consists of the papers of Samuel Augustus Steel from 1867 until 1934. The papers include family and personal correspondence, clippings, typed copies, printed material, photographs, sermons and sermon notes, other writings and manuscripts, diaries, reminiscences, and biographical information. Steel's diaries date from 1866 and 1925. His columns are representated by clippings and typed copies; other writings include THE SUNNY ROAD and a manuscript of "Amazing Amanda" about his mother, Amanda Fitzgerald Hawkins Steel. Correspondence includes letters from Warren A. Candler about reunification of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Sermons and sermon notes are by Steel; the biographical information is about him. Also included are reminiscences of a number of prominent Methodists including Holland Nommons McTyeire and John Albert Broadus. Later correspondence is among his daughters and grandson, Chloe Steel, Ethel Steel Creighton and Edward M. Steel, Jr.

3 linear ft. : (3 boxes)

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McTyeire, Holland Nommons, 1824-1889.

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Steel, Amanda Fitzgerald Hawkins.

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Steele family.

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Creighton, Ethel Steel.

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Steel, Chloe

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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...

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...

Steel, Edward M., Jr.

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Broadus, John Albert, 1827-1895

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Southern Baptist clergyman and long time professor of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. From the description of Day book, [microform] 1857-1894 (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 39049413 1859-1895, professor, 1889-1895, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. From the description of [Correspondence to John A. Broadus, 1843-1894]. [1843-1894] (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 44478445 1858, Bro...

Steel, S. A. (Samuel Augustus), 1849-

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Samuel Augustus Hawkins Steel, Methodist clergyman and author, was born in 1849 and died in 1934. Steel lived in Mississippi in his early years. After he became a Methodist minister, he wrote several books and at least two regular newspaper columns, "From the Pelican Pines" (1921-1925) and "Creole Gumbo" (for the Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 1929-1930). From the description of S.A. (Samuel Augustus) Steel papers, 1867-1989 (bulk 1867-1934). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863082 ...