Herbert Ware Reherd Westminster College President's scrapbook, 1919-1931.

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Reherd, Herbert Ware, b. 1869. Herbert Ware Reherd Westminster College President's scrapbook, 1919-1931.

Herbert Ware Reherd Westminster College President's scrapbook, 1919-1931.

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This collection consists of a single scrapbook which appears to have been compiled by Herbert W. Reherd, 4th president of Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah). While President Reherd's name is not attached to the scrapbook, his handwritten notations throughout its pages clearly identify him as its creator. The scrapbook chronicles Reherd's fundraising campaigns during his presidency (1913-1939), as well as various articles concerning Westminster College. The information contained in the scrapbook opens with the designation of Westminster College as a "Special Object" of the General Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church on November 22, 1922, of which there is "only one for the entire denomination." The materials in the scrapbook end abruptly, without a conclusion or explanation, with a final clipping dated May 7, 1931. Most attempts at fundraising were originally published in Presbyterian publications, The Continent, The Presbyterian Magazine, and The Pacific Christian Advocate. Many clippings in the series highlight the importance of a good Christian education in "the heart of Mormonism." Westminster College was heralded for having three unique characteristics that distinguished the institution from other educational opportunities available: an interdenominational program centered around Christian ideals, the lack of a rival school in Utah and its surrounding states (Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming), and the valiant efforts of Christian educators within the overwhelmingly Mormon population. The scrapbook exemplifies Reherd's extensive efforts to raise money for the college, attempting to extend Christianity and Presbyterianism in the area as well as expanding and rebuilding the college, (especially after a devastating fire burning Converse Hall in the spring of 1926.) Clippings not related to the fundraising campaign are often connected to the activities of students and Reherd's various speeches, both at home and away from Westminster. A substantial collection of clippings concerning the expansion of the LDS Church in Utah and beyond are interspersed throughout the scrapbook. These articles, as well as various curiosities about Utah (i.e. dinosaur quarries, the cosmopolitan nature of Salt Lake City, etc.), are intended to inspire readers to contribute to Westminster College, "the Christian Star in the West."

0.2 linear feet

Westminster College, Giovale Library