Solomon Franklin Dowis Collection, 1891-1967.

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Solomon Franklin Dowis Collection, 1891-1967.

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The collection consists primarily of correspondence and subject files related to Dowis' tenure as Director of Cooperative Missions at the Home Mission Board. Dowis' correspondence files from 1953 to 1956 comprise about two-thirds of the collection. Other materials in the collection include subject files and promotional materials related to Rural Church Conferences, Western Missions Conferences, Eastern and Western Rural Life Conference, and survey programs.

4.5 linear ft.

Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958942

Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives

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Lawrence, John Benjamin, 1871-1968.

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Miller, Acker Calvin, 1891-1984.

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Dowis, S. F. (Solomon Franklin), 1891-1967

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Hunt, Alma, 1909-

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Maston, T. B. (Thomas Buford), 1897-1988

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Professor of Christian Ethics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1922 to 1963. Pioneer in the study of Christian ethics among Southern Baptists and wrote 23 books on that subject. He was a leader in the racial desegregation movement among Southern Baptists. From the description of Collection, 1955-1988. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 19866511 ...

Southern Baptist Convention. Home Mission Board

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The Home Mission Board began work in Cuba in 1886. Work in the country expanded for about a decade, but by the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, nearly all mission activity had been demoralized. At the close of the war, the Board entered an agreement with the American Baptist Home Mission Society under which the eastern half of Cuba was transferred to the Society and the SBC's Home Mission Board retained the western half. Southern Baptist work in Western Cuba flourished through the 1950s....

Sullivan, James L. (James Lenox), 1910-2005.

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McClellan, Albert Alfred, 1912-2004.

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Southern Baptist Convention

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Agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention created charters in an effort to establish their authority, purpose, organizational structure and governmental requirements. From the description of Charters, 1907-1928. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 244247149 At 1992 annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention, James L. Holly proposed a resolution recommending a study of Freemasonry. Holly believed that the principles and rituals of Freemasonry made ...

Redford, Courts, 1898-1977.

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Routh, Porter Wroe, 1911-1987.

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