Papers, 1948-1979, 1955-1979.

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1948-1979, 1955-1979.

Diaries of George Thomas Preer from 1948 and 1955-1979 containing his opinions on a wide variety of topics from the weather to integration with detailed descriptions of his residences and gardening. Also included are sermons, religious papers, pamphlets, letters, and a few personal papers relating mostly to his residence in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, his duties as Presbyterian student advisor at the University of Southern Mississippi, and his tenure as professor of Philosophy and Greek at Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi.

.90 cu.ft.

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

University of Southern Mississippi

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t4v9v (corporateBody)

Belhaven College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b332bd (corporateBody)

Preer, George Thomas, 1906-1981.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj312x (person)

Born in 1906 in Columbus, Georgia; attended Davidson College and Brown University, and the University of Virginia; Th. D. from Columbia Theological Seminary; married Gertrude Gardenshire Reiney in 1937; ordained Presbyterian minister with pastorates in Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, and Mississippi; Presbyterian student advisor at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1954-1960; taught at Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1960-1972; died in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1981. ...