Dallas Theological Seminary President's Office records, 1897-1991, and undated.

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Dallas Theological Seminary President's Office records, 1897-1991, and undated.

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Correspondence, articles, and notes related to the history of Dallas Theological Seminary. This collection, in one small document box, is composed primarily of photocopies collected by Donald K. Campbell. They relate to the history of Dallas Theological Seminary and its first, second, and third presidents. Many of the records concern the development of the campus during Lewis Sperry Chafer's term. Although the photocopies in this collection may duplicate carbon copies in other collections of records from the President's Office, these documents indicate topics of interest to Dr. Campbell. This collection also pulls together documents which are in separate files in other collections.

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Dallas Theological Seminary, Turpin Library

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Dallas Theological Seminary, Turpin Library

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Dallas Theological Seminary.

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Chafer, Lewis Sperry, 1871-1952

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Lewis Sperry Chafer was born on February 27, 1871 in Rock Creek, Ohio. He was the youngest of Thomas and Lomira Chafer's three children. Thomas was a parson and died when Lewis was 11. To support the family, Lewis' mother taught school, then later kept boarders in their home, and the children earned what they could at odd jobs. Lewis met Ella Loraine Case at Oberlin College, and they married on April 22, 1896. Lewis' early training was in music, but he became convinced that God was calling him t...

Campbell, Donald K.

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Rev. Samuel Williamson (12 June 1795--12 Mar. 1882) was born in York District, S.C., the son of Samuel and Ann Starr Williamson. His father served in the Revolutionary War and fought at the Battle of Hucks Defeat, Brattonville, S.C. In 1838, Reverend Williamson became a professor at Davidson College, a Presbyterian institution located in Davidson, N.C. He later served as president of the college before retiring in 1854. In 1856, Samuel Williamson moved to Arkansas to become the first pastor of t...

Dallas Theological Seminary. President's Office.

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Lewis Sperry Chafer was born in 1871 in Ohio. He founded the Evangelical Theological College in 1924 and served as the seminary's president until his death in August 1952. The school was renamed Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) in 1936. Chafer's wife, Ella Loraine, died in 1944. John F. Walvoord was born in 1910 in Wisconsin and received his Th.D. from DTS in 1936. That same year he joined the faculty and also started serving as registrar. Walvoord became Dr. Chafer's a...

Walvoord, John F.

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