2021 saw growth across the board in ACU Special Collections and Archives, and new archival accessions and finding aids for these materials were no exception. We added 71 accessions to the collection and added or updated 125 PDF finding aids to our DigitalCommons@ACU repository. Many of these finding aids were featured in our regular blogpost series, Finding Aid Round Up.  These new accessions contain material of almost every type and kind: from sermon manuscripts and teaching notes to correspondence, from photographs to magnetic audio reels, and from church records to university records.

71 accessions into University Archives and Center for Restoration Studies

These accessions include new acquisitions, accruals to existing collections, and maintaining records for existing record groups. The total materials accessioned this year totaled over 600 linear feet. 

Center for Restoration Studies new finding aids, 252 linear feet

1. Charles H. Marler Papers, 1825-2013, CRS MS#123
2. Howard Samuel and Mary Alice Hartsfield Swann Papers, 1950-2010, CRS MS#492
3. Fowler Family Papers, 1943-1992, CRS MS#495
4. Central Church of Christ (Birmingham, AL) Records, 1961-1969, CRS MS#508
5. Alice Sorrells Bush Papers, 1976-2013, CRS MS#509
6. J. Hermon Taylor Papers, circa 1915-1930, CRS MS#512
7. Flaleah Byrd Cotter Papers, 1953-2002, CRS MS#513
8. Everett Oscar Coffman Papers, 1928-1934, CRS MS#514
9. William Wesley Grasham Papers, 1955-2016, CRS MS#515
10. Harold Thomas and Nellie Jeannette Scruggs Lipford Papers, 1932-2010, CRS MS#517
11. Westover Hills Church of Christ (Austin, TX) Records, 1970s-2000s, CRS MS#518
12. David Henry Bobo Papers, 1960s, CRS MS#519
13. Marion Frances Bush Papers, 1948-2019, CRS MS#522
14. Family Encampment at Red River Records, 1974-2015, CRS MS#523
15. Week of Compassion Records, 1996-2000, CRS MS#524
16. Herbert Ray Patterson Papers, circa 1900-1950, CRS MS#526
17. Paul Layton Watson Papers, 1960-2021, CRS MS#528
18. Onis “Dick” Floy and Catherine LaRue Gibson Case Papers, 1945-2019, CRS MS#529
19. West End Church of Christ (Nashville, TN) Records, 1929-2019, CRS MS#530
20. Luther Doniphan Burrus Papers, 1945-1975, CRS MS#531
21. Harold Kent Straughn Papers, 1945-2021, CRS MS#533
22. Brady Kal Cox, 2015-2019, CRS MS#535
23. Eileen Rose Emch Papers, 1952-2021, CRS MS#536
24. Clarence Elbert King and Nancy Cloe Barnett King Cash Papers, 1952-2021, CRS MS#537
25. William Edward McDaniel Papers, 1940-1955, CRS MS#539
26. Tom Tune Papers, 1960s-1970s, CRS MS#542
27. George Wilmeth Ewing Papers, 1977, CRS MS#543
28. Joe Carl Nix Papers, 1955-2014, CRS MS#544

Center for Restoration Studies revised finding aids, 541.5 linear feet

1. George Dallas Smith Papers, 1895-1921, CRS MS#28
2. Wilson Clark Orr Papers, 1971-2003, CRS MS#32
3. Paul C. Witt Papers, 1908-1970, CRS MS#34
4. Theodore Orosco Norton Papers, 1937-1982, CRS MS#35
5. Dwayne Dale VanRheenen Papers, 1962-2015, CRS MS#36
6. Myrta Blanche Garrett Perry Papers, 1895-1990, CRS MS#42
7. Homer Hailey Papers, 1892-1998, CRS MS#43
8. Cecil Niel Wright Papers, 1930-1937, CRS MS#51
9. Frank Lucius Cox Papers, 1937-1938, CRS MS#52
10. Henry Earl Smith Papers, 1922-1967, CRS MS#54
11. Lloyd A. Boyll Papers, 1942-2017, CRS MS#59
12. Jim Bevis Papers, 1966-2004, CRS MS#63
13. William Frasier “Bill” Nash Papers, 1983-2003, CRS MS#100
14. Charles H. Marler Papers, 1825-2013, CRS MS#123
15. Robert Carl Spain Papers, 1920s-1990, CRS MS#306
16. Sabinal Christian College (Sabinal, TX) Records, 1905-1922, CRS MS#358
17. Edith Winifred Burgess Emett Papers, 1933-1934, CRS MS#395
18. Bobby Joe Morrow Collection, 1956-1984, CRS MS#396
19. Nelson Coates Collection, CRS MS#397
20. Abigail Curlee Holbrook Papers, 1924-1999, CRS MS#398
21. Ibaraki Christian College (Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) Records, 1953-2016, CRS MS#400
22. Louie Welch Papers, 1984, CRS MS#401
23. Austin Hallett Emery, Jr. Papers, 1963-2016, CRS MS#402
24. Jack Pearl Lewis Papers, 1943-1995, CRS MS#403
25. Milton Vaden Showalter Papers, 1953-1961, CRS MS#404
26. John Archibald Wheeler Papers, 1930s-1999, CRS MS#405
27. Ancel Edward Nunn Collection, 2002, CRS MS#406
28. Callie Faye Milliken Papers, 1934-1990, CRS MS#407
29. Phil Boone Collection, 2010-2012, CRS MS#408
30. Gaylan Jane Collier Papers, 1947-1991, CRS MS#409
31. Mima Ann Williams Papers, 1916-1957, CRS MS#412
32. Royce Lynn Money Papers, 1973-1974, CRS MS#413
33. Albert Frederick William Schoenrock II Collection, 1997, CRS MS#414
34. Great Songs of the Church Artifacts, 1960s-1970s, CRS MS#416
35. John Gresham Hardin Papers, 1933-1956, CRS MS#418
36. Lee Len Clardy Collection, 1992, CRS MS#419
37. John Wright Papers, 1844-1847, CRS MS#420
38. Leon Henthorn Collection, 1906-1922, CRS MS#421
39. Carr Family Bible, CRS MS#422
40. D’Esta Love Papers, 1985-2014, CRS MS#424
41. Carl Paul Matheny Papers, 1987-2003, CRS MS#425
42. John Early Arceneaux Papers, 1904-1967, CRS MS#426
43. Morris Solon May Papers, 1956-1995, CRS MS#429
44. University Avenue Church of Christ (Austin, TX), Records, 1847-2005, CRS MS#430
45. Sammie Guild Papers, 1978-2005, CRS MS#432
46. Archie Harold Kennamer Papers, 1979-1989, CRS MS#433
47. Sermon Charts Collection, circa 1930-1940, CRS MS#434
48. David Ross Mickey Papers, 1959-2001, CRS MS#436
49. Kenith Soule and Lillian Eva Hodges O’Neil Papers, 1941-1945, CRS MS#437
50. Freddy Carl Brecheen Papers, 1955-2009, CRS MS#439
51. Timothy W. Bench Papers, 2012-2018, CRS MS#440
52. Sidney Vaughn Papers, 1978-1995, CRS MS#441
53. Henry C. Farrar, Jr. Papers, 1973-1993, CRS MS#442
54. Edwin Harold “Ed” Enzor, Jr. Papers, 1950-2015, CRS MS#443
55. Wendel Lavern Moore Papers, 1951-1986, CRS MS#444
56. William Roy “W. R.” Smith Papers, 1951-1969, CRS MS#446
57. John Henry Austin Varner Papers, 1939-1985, CRS MS#447
58. James Marion, Jr. and Kathryn Adelaide Kerby Tolle Collection, 1559-1952, CRS MS#448
59. Barton Warren Stone, 1833, CRS MS#449
60. Burl Edward “B. E.” Davis Papers, 1936-1989, CRS MS#450
61. James Orville Wilburn Papers, 1927-1970, CRS MS#451
62. Mirror Lake Christian Church (St. Petersburg, FL) Records, 1920-1991, CRS MS#453
63. Gailyn Van Rheenen Papers, 1972-2016, CRS MS#455
64. Don L. Hicks Papers, 1950-2016, CRS MS#456
65. Edwin Randall “Randy” Becton Papers, 1970-2012, CRS MS#458
66. Dawn Leslie Callaway Papers, 1991-2016, CRS MS#459
67. Ghana Bible College Collection, 1967-2013, CRS MS#460
68. Morris Dupree Norman Papers, 1948-2012, CRS MS#461
69. Steve Holt, Sr. Papers, 1973-2018, CRS MS#462
70. Paul William “Bill” Hosse Papers, 1949-2015, CRS MS#463
71. Noble Festus Patterson, Jr. Papers, 1938-2013, CRS MS#465
72. Robert D., Sr. and Lula Arrington Smith Papers, 1898-1993, CRS MS#466
73. James Durward Willeford Papers, 1928-1967, CRS MS#468 
74. Ray and Nancy Hansen Papers, 1943-1944, CRS MS#469
75. Eddie Leon Sharp, Sr. Papers, 1949-1997, CRS MS#470
76. 11th and Willis Church of Christ Tape Collection, CRS MS#472
77. Gary Joe Sorrells Papers, 1965-2017, CRS MS#473
78. Dale Victor Knowles II Papers, 1984-2008, CRS MS#476
79. Christian Tape Library Collection, circa 1978, CRS MS#477
80. Ewell Prather Papers, 1767-1976, CRS MS#478
81. Carol Gafford Papers, 1974, CRS MS#479
82. Hubert Connor “Con” Sweet, Jr. Collection, 1927-1928, CRS MS#480
83. Lloyd Theodore ‘Ted’ Poe Papers, 2005-2018, CRS MS#483
84. Alice Carlson Papers, 1946-1989, CRS MS#489
85. Fifth and Grape Church of Christ (Abilene, TX) Records, 2006-2015, CRS MS#493
86. Commerce Church of Christ (Commerce, TX) Records, 1963-2011, CRS MS#496
87. Churches of Christ Audio Collection, 1955-2007, CRS MS#497
88. A. M. and John McCormick Papers, 1934-1973, CRS MS#498
89. Hermitage Church of Christ (Nashville, TN) Records, 1967-2017, CRS MS#499
90. Joe Allen Wilson Papers, 1960-1981, CRS MS#510
91. James David “J. D.” Thomas Papers, 1930-2004, CRS MS#520

Stay tuned to see where 2022 takes us! As always, if you see something above that piques your interest or could be useful for your research please get in touch and let us know what you’re thinking about; we’d love to help!