Collection on the Perkins and Prothro families, 1846-2002, bulk 1945-1989.

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Collection on the Perkins and Prothro families, 1846-2002, bulk 1945-1989.

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The Collection on the Perkins and Prothro Families documents the lives of philanthropists Joe J. and Lois Perkins, their daughter Elizabeth Perkins Prothro, and her husband Charles N. Prothro. The two families were benefactors of Southern Methodist University (SMU) and especially of its School of Theology, which was renamed in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins in 1945. This collection contains correspondence, reports, printed material, photographs, and news articles detailing the two families' interactions with SMU, Southwestern University, and Sweet Briar College.

8 boxes (5.5 linear feet)

Bridwell Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8143210

Bridwell Library

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Prothro, Elizabeth Perkins

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Prothro family.

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Perkins, Joe (Soul singer)

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Bridwell Library.

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Thomas Haweis was born to Thomas and Bridgeman (Willyams) Haweis in Redruth, Cornwall, England on January 1, 1734. His father died in 1744, leading him to relocate with his mother to Carnanton, where they lived with her widowed brother and his son. Haweis attended Truro Grammar School under George Conon and then apprenticed briefly to a surgeon. After being converted under the preaching of Samuel Walker, Haweis felt called to ministry. He studied at Oxford beginning in 1755 and obta...

Perkins, Lois Craddock, 1887-1983

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Perkins family.

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Perkins School of Theology

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The School of Theology at Southern Methodist University was one of the original schools established at the new university upon its opening in 1915. Although SMU was a small, newly-built institution on the distant edges of Dallas at the time, the theology school was expected to assume a prominent place within the Methodist Church. Church leaders intended the school to serve as the principal locale for the training of Methodist clergymen west of the Mississippi, with Emory University ...