Foldered & Finished: James Frank Black Papers, (1940-1946)

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Amanda Dietz

The James Frank Black Papers, (1940-1946), are ready for researchers. An updated finding aid for these papers is now available and the entirety of the collection has been recently digitized and is on DigitalCommons@ACU and primed for research.

Page 54 of 1941 diary, box 1, folder 2, James Frank Black Papers, 1940-1946. Center for Restoration Studies MS #1. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

This collection consists of photocopies of a diary from January 1940 through December 1946. The collection is housed in one box and in one series.

Page 1 of 1943 diary, box 1, folder 4, James Frank Black Papers, 1940-1946. Center for Restoration Studies MS #1. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

James Frank Black was a minister associated with the Church of Christ in Sheffield, Texas and with the Pecos River Encampment. He was born about 1894 and his date of death is unknown.

Related holdings in ACU Special Collections and Archives:

The Leon Sharp Papers, 1949-1997
- Sharp was also involved with the Church of Christ in Sheffield, Texas
Pecos River Family Encampment Papers, 1944-1996

Foldered & Finished: Orem Church of Christ (Orem, Utah) Records, 1946-2006

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Amanda Dietz

The Orem Church of Christ (Orem, Utah) Records, 1946-2006, are now processed and ready for researchers. An updated finding aid for this two box record group is now available on DigitalCommons@ACU.

Charter, I/2 – Charter, Orem Church of Christ (Orem, UT) Records, 1946-2006. Center for Restoration Studies MS #80. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

These records include founding documents, meeting minutes, directories, attendance records, property records, and financial records concerning the history of the Orem Church of Christ.

October 1963 church directory, II/6 – Church Directories, Orem Church of Christ (Orem, UT) Records, 1946-2006. Center for Restoration Studies MS #80. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

The Orem Church of Christ began as the Provo Church of Christ (Provo, Utah) in 1941 with the assistance of Otis Gatewood. The church purchased and remodeled property and moved about five miles north to Orem, Utah in 1957 in order to be closer to Geneva Steel where many of the church members worked. The church purchased a new property in 1997 and sold it in 2006 when the church closed.

Foldered & Finished: Ethel Lorraine Webb Small Papers, 1960-1980

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Amanda Dietz

The Ethel Lorraine Webb Small Papers, 1960-1980, are now processed and ready for researchers.

The Small papers contain twenty spiral notebooks, eight envelopes, and loose papers, used by Mrs. Small in the study and preparation for Bible classes. The finding aid for this 1.0 foot linear collection is now available here and digitized selections from this collection are available here.

Notebook of Old Testament Lessons, Ethel Lorraine Webb Small Papers, 1960-1980. Center for Restoration Studies MS #482. Milliken Special Collections, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

Ethel Lorraine Webb Small Papers, 1960-1980, Center for Restoration Studies MS #482.