Every congregation has a closet or workroom with old curriculum and instructional materials.  We are especially interested in curriculum produced by and for Churches of Christ and Christian Churches.  Pictured here are issues of Little Jewels, published by Gospel Advocate Company in Nashville, Tennessee, for young children.  The volume numbering suggests this series began publication in the 1880s.  We have precious few of them.  Items such as these were produced for the moment, consumed and cast aside as life went on.   We wish to locate and preserve this kind of material.  Titles such as Little Jewels are ripe for examining the history of Churches of Christ from several angles: spiritual formation of children, Biblical narration and storytelling, moral formation, the history of interpretation of Biblical texts, and they give a window into the practice of teaching in Sunday Schools.  That’s quite a bit of potential research value; and we could support that kind of inquiry if we had the materials at hand.  Please remember us the next time your congregation has a work day in the curriculum room.  Contact Mac Ice for further assistance: mac.ice@acu.edu

Little Jewels, Gospel Advocate Company, 1948

Little Jewels, Gospel Advocate Company, 1948