This Just In: Roy Osborne papers and tapes

A few days ago John Harp rolled in to Abilene with a load of sermon tapes (some on reels, most on cassette), files and books from Roy Osborne, longtime minister at Sunset Ridge Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas.  Pictured below are John and Mac after we unloaded and finished a tour of Special Collections.

 

In 1964 J. D. Thomas and Biblical Research Press published a volume of Roy’s sermons in the ‘Great Preachers of Today’ series.  They reissued it under a new title in 1983.   The Osborne Papers contain tapes from a fairly wide span of Roy’s preaching.  The collection should prove exceedingly useful to historians and rhetoricians because of the time span covered by the reels and tapes, as well as providing a complementary audio version of the kind of preaching committed to print in Roy’s book.  As samples of the kind of preaching held forth as exemplary by J. D. Thomas, these sermons will provide a fine window into the changing shape of homiletics and theology in post-war and late twentieth-century Churches of Christ.

They are currently in the queue for processing.  We will publicize the finding aid when it is complete.

 

This Just In: Sermon charts from Billy Carson Reed

A few weeks ago we received a small collection of ten cloth sermon charts used by Billy Carson Reed (1932-2008) in his preaching, ca. 1960s-1972.  Reed studied at Oklahoma Christian University (BA) and Kansas State University (MA), and preached in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.

The charts are hand-drawn on cotton bedsheets and measure about 3-4-ft square. They are our newest collection and are in the queue for processing.  Pictured here are three of them…our newest collection!

Cloth sermon chart, Billy Carson Reed Papers, Center for Restoration Studies, Special Collections and Archives, Abilene Christian University

Cloth sermon chart, Billy Carson Reed Papers, Center for Restoration Studies, Special Collections and Archives, Abilene Christian University

Cloth sermon chart, Billy Carson Reed Papers, Center for Restoration Studies, Special Collections and Archives, Abilene Christian University

Tillit Sidney Teddlie Centennial Singing, June 2, 1985, Prestoncrest Church of Christ, Dallas, Texas

In June 1985, Tilllit S. Teddlie celebrated his 100th birthday.  Friends honored him with an afternoon of song.  This video describes Teddlie’s work as a hymnist, songwriter, publisher, and song leader among Churches of Christ.  It was filmed at Prestoncrest Church of Christ in Dallas, June 2, 1985.

Tillit Sidney Teddlie was a singing school teacher, composer, publisher, and minister of the Church of Christ. Teddlie was educated in Southern Development Normal in Waco, Texas, a school for advanced instruction in theory and harmony. He also attended what is now North Texas State University. He composed his first song in 1906. During his lifetime, Teddlie taught singing schools for 61 years, composed 130 songs, published 14 song books, and served as a full-time minister, including the Johnson Street Church of Christ (1945–1951), Central Church of Christ in Greenville, Texas, and Churches of Christ in Ennis, Sulphur Springs, Lone Oak and Quinlan. For two years he sang only with Foy E. Wallace, Jr. while traveling across the country for gospel meetings.

Additionally, we hold a small collection of his song lyrics and sermon notes, which are Manuscripts #29, and our Austin Taylor Hymnal Collection holds copies of Teddlie’s hymnals.

Enjoy the film!