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Finding Aid Roundup: 2022 Year in Review

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2022 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 61 accessions to the collection and added or updated 99 PDF finding aids to our DigitalCommons@ACU repository. 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.

61 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 730 linear feet. 

Center for Restoration Studies new finding aids, 614 linear feet

  1. Pat Hardcastle Papers, 1945-1967, CRS MS#527
  2. Donas Jackson Haymes Papers, 1940s-2019, CRS MS#534
  3. Lawrence S. Steinmetz Papers, 1964-1998, CRS MS#538
  4. Omar Truman Burleson Papers, 1947-1979, CRS MS#548
  5. G. W. Nicholas Papers, 1943-1944, CRS MS#550
  6. Paul Felix Edwards Papers, 1935-1962, CRS MS#551
  7. Sheryl Taylor Curlee Papers, 1855-2022, CRS MS#552
  8. Highland Oaks Church of Christ (Dallas, TX) Records, 1855-2022, CRS MS#553
  9. Michael Robbins Weed Papers, 1970-2015, CRS MS#554
  10. Harold L. Scott, 1952-2017, CRS MS#555
  11. Charles Danny and Judith Lynne Snow Anders Papers, 1954-1985, CRS MS#557
  12. Howard Wayne and Jane Pearce Norton Papers, 1930-2022, CRS MS#558
  13. Billy Dale Dillon Papers, 1993-2020, CRS MS#559
  14. George Arthur Mester Papers, 1960s-1970s, CRS MS#560
  15. Irvington (Indianapolis, Indiana) Church of Christ Records, 1949-1953, CRS MS#561
  16. Stuart Craig Churchill Papers, 1994-2006, CRS MS#562
  17. Helen Morey Papers, 1981-1987, CRS MS#563
  18. Joe Wiley Akins and Shirley Gardner Akins Barber Papers, 1943-1948, CRS MS#564
  19. Stanley Lockhart Papers, 1977-2005, CRS MS#565
  20. J. F. Doggett Papers, 1940s, CRS MS#566
  21. Weldon Cannon Papers, 1952-2022, CRS MS#567
  22. Arthur Emmitt Burnett Papers, 1926-1954, CRS MS#568
  23. John and Catherine Pennisi Papers, 1974-2011, CRS MS#569
  24. Mildred DeSpain Stovall Carson Papers, 1926-1994, CRS MS#570
  25. Walter and Mary Nelle Kreidel Papers, 1965-1996, CRS MS#571
  26. Robert Dean Crutchfield Papers, 1964-1971, CRS MS#573
  27. Luther and Jean Marsh Papers, 1944-2001, CRS MS#574

Center for Restoration Studies revised finding aids, 551.35 linear feet

  1. Blue Ridge Encampment Papers, 1952-2002, CRS MS#38
  2. Central Church of Christ (Nashville, TN) Records, 1925-1969, CRS MS#39
  3. Robert S. Bell Papers, 1936-1988, CRS MS#40
  4. James Sterling Dunn Papers, 1892-1922, CRS MS#41
  5. James Burton Coffman Papers, 1901-1990, CRS MS#44
  6. Ira Young Rice Jr. Papers, 1943-1946, CRS MS#45
  7. Vernon A. and Ruthe Thompson Jackson Papers, 1955-2012, CRS MS#46
  8. Howard Patrick Horton Papers, 1947-2000, CRS MS#47
  9. A. M. Morris Papers, 1869-1977, CRS MS#48
  10. Luther Lamar Plunket Papers, 1960-2000, CRS MS#49
  11. Alfred Ellmore Papers, 1888-1915, CRS MS#56
  12. Slater Family Papers, 1928-2016, CRS MS#57
  13. Claud Francis Witty Papers, 1907-1948, CRS MS#58
  14. Robert McMillan Randolph Papers, 1930-2015, CRS MS#61
  15. Carl Herbert Stem Papers, 1967-1997, CRS MS#62
  16. Hillsboro Church of Christ (Hillsboro, TN) Records, 1957-2004, CRS MS#64
  17. Jack Welch Papers, 1896-1961, CRS MS#65
  18. Leroy Garrett Papers, 1947-2004, CRS MS#66
  19. John Franklin Wolfe Papers, 1939-2001, CRS MS#67
  20. Elmer and Bessie Lorene Chambers Patterson Papers, 1948-1984, CRS MS#68
  21. Kenney Carl Moser Papers, 1922-2000, CRS MS#69
  22. Horace Glen and Emma Dott Forsythe Coffman Papers, 1929-2001, CRS MS#70
  23. Edward Dean Clutter Papers, 1958-2001, CRS MS#71
  24. James Meadows, 1978-2002, CRS MS#72
  25. Reece Vernon Boyd Papers, 1894-2016, CRS MS#73
  26. Orlando Clayton Lambert Papers, 1918-1956, CRS MS#74
  27. Edward William Fudge Papers, 1969-2012, CRS MS#76
  28. Walter Ellis Burch, Jr. Papers, 1956-2006, CRS MS#77
  29. Joe Mac Lynn Papers, 1980-2000s, CRS MS#79
  30. George Stuart Benson Papers, 1955-1983, CRS MS#81
  31. James David Bales Papers, 1938-1991, CRS MS#82
  32. John Ridley Stroop Papers, 1859-2002, CRS MS#83
  33. Robert Henry Boll Papers, 1948-2012, CRS MS#84
  34. Joseph C. Malone Papers, 1925-1999, CRS MS#87
  35. John Lee Norris, 1927-1952, CRS MS#88
  36. Minter Lane Church of Christ Records, 1951-2004, CRS MS#89
  37. Jacob Vincent Papers, 1959-1995, CRS MS#90
  38. Global Campaigns (Abilene, TX) Records, 1981-1994, CRS MS#91
  39. Lester Clois Fowler Papers, 1920-2003, CRS MS#92
  40. Douglas LeCroy Papers, 1908-1993 CRS MS#95
  41. Restoration Forum Records, 1987-2007, CRS MS#97
  42. Rochester College Tape Collection, 1977-1985, CRS MS#99
  43. Ralph Clair Yadon Papers, 1920-1950, CRS MS#102
  44. Francis M. Churchill Papers, 1977-1992, CRS MS#103
  45. Harvie Mac Pruitt Papers, 1918-1967, CRS MS#104
  46. Leonard Ginther Wymore Papers, 1909-2010, CRS MS#108
  47. Robert Woodward Papers, 1980-2008, CRS MS#151
  48. Otis Gatewood Papers, 1910-1999, CRS MS#164
  49. Thomas Alexander Langford Papers, 1950-2011, CRS MS#189
  50. Paul Marlin Tucker Papers, 1940s-2000s, CRS MS#192
  51. John N. Clayton Papers, 1977-1990, CRS MS#208 
  52. James R. Fife, 1957-1983, CRS MS#241
  53. James T. Barclay Papers, 1807-1876, CRS MS#292
  54. Ernest Leo Stumbo Papers, circa 1940s-1970s, CRS MS#300
  55. Albert George Lemmons Papers, 1855-2014, CRS MS#301
  56. Epifanius Stephan Bilak Papers, 1974-1991, CRS MS#302
  57. Cooper’s Chapel Church of Christ Collection, 1950-1980, CRS MS#303
  58. Robert Carl Spain Papers, 1920s-1990, CRS MS#306
  59. Hezekiah Rastus “H. R.” Stringer Papers, 1918-2010, CRS MS#307
  60. National Conference on Youth Ministries Collection, 2012-2013, CRS MS#308
  61. Clifton Leslie Rogers Papers, 1941-1990, CRS MS#309
  62. Richard Barr Collection, 1975-2005, CRS MS#310
  63. Larry M. James Papers, 1975-2001, CRS MS#312
  64. Carladean Thompson Papers, 1955-2013, CRS MS#313
  65. Brush Run Church Collection, 1811-1950, CRS MS#314
  66. Jerry Wood Hill Papers, 1959-2014, CRS MS#319
  67. Bill D. Hoffman Collection, 1926-1957, CRS MS#393
  68. John Wilkins Papers, 2000-2010, CRS MS#428
  69. Timothy W. Bench Papers, 2012-2022, CRS MS#440
  70. Joe Allen Wilson Papers, 1960-1981, CRS MS#510
  71. Artie Odell Collins Papers, circa 1970s-2000s, CRS MS#511
  72. Week of Compassion Records, 1996-2005, CRS MS#524

Stay tuned to see where 2023 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!

Royce Money’s 1999 apology at Southwestern Christian College now available on video

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In November 1999 Dr. Royce Money, President of Abilene Christian University, made a formal apology on behalf of Abilene Christian University, its board, administration, faculty and staff, to an assembly at the 50th anniversary celebration of Southwestern Christian College, Terrell, Texas.

Dr. Money was introduced by Southwestern President Dr. Jack Evans, whose remarks begin at the 1:17:15 mark.

Money confessed that ACU acted in prejudiced and discriminatory ways toward African-Americans, particularly by denying their admission for almost the first full sixty years of the school’s existence.  The full video can be viewed here: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/historical_audio_video/101/

He repeated his statement at the annual Bible lectureship at ACU in February, 2000. The audio recording of that speech is available here: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/historical_audio_video/8

Finding Aid Roundup: 2021 Year in Review

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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!