Collection, 1950-1978.

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Collection, 1950-1978.

Consists primarily of correspondence, but also includes typescripts of letters from pastors and talks that Owen gave. Correspondence include former SBC presidents William Wayne Dehoney, James David Grey, Robert Greene Lee, Louie Devotie Newton, Henry Franklin Paschall, William Ramsey Pollard, James Wilson Storer, James Lenox Sullivan, and Carl Casper Warren. Additional Baptist leaders include Clifton Judson Allen, Baker James Cauthen, Norman Wade Cox, W.C. Fields, John D. Freeman, J. Marse Grant, H.H. Hobbs, T.L. Holcomb, Alma Hunt, T.A. Patterson, Courts Redford, C. Winfield Rich, Porter Routh, O.W. Taylor, Foy Valentine, and Davis Collier Woolley. Correspondence from local, state, and national politicians include Beverly Briley (former mayor of Nashville), Frank G. Clement (former Tennessee Congressman), Albert Gore, Sr. (former Tennessee Senator), Brooks Hays (former Arkansas Senator and former SBC president), and Estes Kefauver.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Warren, Casper Carl, 1896-1973

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Southern Baptist minister and denominational leader. He served as pastor to churches in Kentucky, Arkansas, and North Carolina. He was elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1956 and 1957. Warren directed the "30,000 Movement" under the direction of the Home Mission Board. From the description of Papers, 1920-1988. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 50704083 ...

Dehoney, William Wayne, 1918-

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Redford, Courts, 1898-1977.

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Tennessee Baptist Convention

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Sullivan, James Lenox, 1910-

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Southern Baptist clergyman. Served as pastor to churches in Mississippi and Tennessee. Served as President of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1954 to 1975. From the description of Address on Baptist history at Belmont Heights Baptist Church, Nashville, TN, July 22, 1992 [videorecording]. 1992. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 38276068 ...

Baptist and Reflector (Tenn.)

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Owen, Richard Newton, 1898-

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Editor of The Baptist and Reflector (Tennessee's state Baptist newspaper) from 1950-1968, pastor, denominational leader, and veteran of United States Army. Used The Baptist and Reflector as a voice of support for integration and for allowing religion in public schools. From the description of Collection, 1950-1978. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 56483487 ...

Routh, Porter Wroe, 1911-1987.

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Holcomb, Thomas Luther, 1882-1972.

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Southern Baptist clergyman and Executive secretary of the Sunday School Board from 1935-1953. From the description of Records, [microform] 1953. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 166141155 ...

Cauthen, Baker James, 1909-1985.

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Valentine, Foy, 1923-

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Clement, Frank Goad, 1920-1969.

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Allen, Clifton J. (Clifton Judson), 1901-1986

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Author is General editor, Broadman Bible commentary; formerly Editorial secretary, Baptist Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention. From the description of Two inseparables for our ministry / Clifton J. Allen. 1970. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 41268909 Southern Baptist pastor, denominational leader, and Sunday School Board Executive. Graduate of Furman University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Th.M. and Ph.D). Served as pastor to churches in ...

Southern Baptist Press Association

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The organizational meeting of the Baptist state paper editors was held in 1895 with the formation of the Southern Baptist Press Association. From the description of Records, 1926-1994. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 44720206 ...

Paschall, Henry Franklin, 1922-

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Southern Baptist pastor and denominational leader. Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Nashville, Tennessee from 1956-1983 and President of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1966-1968. From the description of Papers, 1956-1983. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 44042953 ...

Fields, Wilmer Clement, 1922-

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Gore, Albert Sr., 1907-1963.

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Grey, J. D. (James David), 1906-1985

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Lee, Robert Greene, 1886-1978

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Hobbs, Herschel Harold, 1907-1995.

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Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Estes Kefauver : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419842 Estes Kefauver was a long-time senator from Tennessee and an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for president. From the description of Personal papers, 1934-1939 (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 44918282 Carey Estes Kefauver (b. July 26, 1903, Monroe Count...

Storer, J. W. (James Wilson), 1884-1970

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Dr. James Wilson (J. W.) Storer was President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1953-1955, and President of the Executive Committee from 1952-1953. Following his tenure as pastor of First Baptist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1931 to 1956, Dr. Storer was the Executive Secretary for the Southern Baptist Foundation until his retirement in 1967. He also worked with other denominational agencies as a member of the Relief and Annuity Board and Foreign Mission Board. Dr. Storer served on the Boar...

Woolley, Davis Collier, 1908-1971.

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Dr. Woolley served as Executive Secretary of the Historical Commission, Southern Baptist Convention, from 1959-1970 and as editor of Baptist History and Heritage from 1965-1970. Prior to his position at the Commission, Dr. Woolley worked in education positions within the Convention including Director, Extension Division, Howard College, Secretary of the Alabama State Baptist Student Union, Student Director of Baptist Student Union, First Baptist Church, Auburn, Alabama. He also held pastorates a...

Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986

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Southern Baptist pastor, editor, educator, and denominational leader. Pastor of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1929 to 1968. President of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1947-1948. From the description of Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, 1973-1981. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 26980241 From the description of Oral memoirs of Louie Devotie Newton, [microform] 1973-1981. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id...

Hays, Brooks

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Baptist lawyer and congressman from Arkansas. Served on the Christian Life Commission and served as President of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1957-1959. From the description of Papers [microform], 1950-1959. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 72533314 From the description of Papers, 1950-1959. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 51231066 Employee of U.S. Department of Agriculture and later U.S. representative from Arkansas,...