John Lakin Brasher papers, 1857-1983 and undated

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John Lakin Brasher papers, 1857-1983 and undated

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27009940

The John Lakin Brasher Papers, 1857-1983 and n.d. (bulk 1917-1970) are comprised of church-related and personal correspondence; records of the Iowa Holiness Association; records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Alabama Conference; religious writings and speeches (including sermons, diaries and manuscripts of published works); printed material (tracts, religious brochures, serials, and hymnals); photographs (including many of camp meetings); transcriptions of tape recordings; legal papers; financial papers; and miscellanea. Most of the material concerns the religious career of John L. Brasher; the Holiness (Santification) movement in the Methodist Church, particularly in Alabama; Holiness education and the administration of the John H. Snead Seminary in Boaz, Alabama and Central Holiness University (later John Fletcher College) in University Park, Iowa; and camp meetings in the South, particularly Alabama, and the Midwest. Includes biographies of clergy and accounts of religious and family life in rural north Alabama. Among correspondents are Joseph P. Owens, F.D. Leete, John Paul, and missionaries in Eygpt, India, China, and Japan. Contains letters and printed material concerning the separation and reunification of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Unprocessed addition (97-187)(1500 items, dated [192-]-[197-]) to the collection consists primarily of correspondence between Brasher's son, James Hendricks Brasher, and his parents, including numerous letters and postcards written by Brasher. There is also correspondence with other family members and correspondents outside the family. Unprocessed addition (98-434) (30 items, dated 1923-1969) includes primarily letters between Brasher and his son. Unprocessed addition (08-171) (3 items, .1 lin. ft.; dated 1911-1924 and undated) includes one clipping, a postcard, and James Brasher's "daylogue" for 1923-1924.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7176068

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Brasher, John Lakin, 1868-1971

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Methodist preacher; evangelist; leader of Holiness movement. From the description of John Lakin Brasher papers, 1857-1983 and undated (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 27009940 Methodist minister, evangelist, and educator; leader in the Holiness movement within the Methodist church. From the description of Papers, [192-]-[197-]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38754593 1868, July...

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Leete, Frederick Deland, 1866-1958

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Paul, John, 1877-1967

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