Arva C. Floyd papers, 1924-1970.

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Arva C. Floyd papers, 1924-1970.

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The collection consists of manuscripts, subject files, and an audio tape of Arva C. Floyd from 1924-1970. Materials relate to world religions, Christianity in developing countries, his travels, and to classes taught by Floyd at Emory University. Manuscripts include papers written by some of his students, his thesis (Candler School of Theology, 1924), and some of his articles. The audiotape is of his 1967 retirement dinner.

4 linear ft. : (4 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Candler School of Theology

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Source: Bowen, Boone M. The Candler School of Theology: Sixty Years of Service (Emory University, Atlanta: 1974). The Candler School of Theology, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, opened in September 1914 in the Wesley Memorial Building in downtown Atlanta. In 1916 the school moved into Theology Building, the first building constructed on the present campus of Emory University. This building housed the Chancellor's office, other offices, classrooms, and t...

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...

Floyd, Arva C.

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Arva Colbert Floyd, missionary, educator, and author, was born 27 November 1898, in Chipley, Georgia, and died 12 June 1973, in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his B.D. from Emory University (1924) and his Ph. D. from Yale University (1939). Author of WHITE MAN--YELLOW MAN, and editor of THE DIARY OF YOUNG J. ALLEN, Floyd was a teaching missionary to Japan (1924-1928), and professor of Christian Mission and World Religions at Candler School of Theology, Emory University (1934-1967). Fr...