Leroy Garrett is a renowned scholar, preacher, and historian from the Stone Campbell movement. Graduating from ACU with his B.S. he went on to Harvard for his Ph.D. This is possibly Leroy’s last official speaking engagement of this kind
Click on the link below to see Dr. Garrett’s notes from his Valedictory speech at this year’s Summit.
Few individuals among Churches of Christ in the 20th century were as well-known as Carl Ketcherside (1908-1989). He described his journey as that of a piece-maker who became a peacemaker. He was for many a champion for the recovery of a lost unity amid a divided fellowship; for others, his voice represented a dangerous departure from historic restorationism if not biblical teaching. However his legacy is characterized, any interpretation of it rests on available sources: from a voluminous published corpus to archival materials from his own hand. On the one hand, ACU Special Collections holds a robust collection of his published books. Further we have copies or originals of as complete a set of his periodicals as is obtainable. On the other hand, we have numerous letters written by Carl to several of his associates. Never intended for publication, they shed additional light into his ministry and through his life, the wider story of Churches of Christ in his day. Each letter includes an attached transcription, and as a result of the typed transcriptions, the letters are now text searchable. We thank Ian Davidson, Cecil Hook. Hoy Ledbetter, Boyce Mouton, Stan Paregien, and Terry Gardner for making the letters, transcriptions, and annotations available.
During the 2013 ACU Friends of ACU Library luncheon during Summit Mac Ice discussed the archival significance of this correspondence and the role archives play in the preservation and dissemination of our faith story. A video of Mac’s presentation is at the bottom of the page.
Letters
We have scanned over 135 letters from Carl to these five associates. Click the name below to access the correspondence (in PDF form) from W. Carl Ketcherside to that individual. Terry J. Gardner meticulously transcribed and annotated many of these letters.
If you have any information about these, or any other letters to or from Carl Ketcherside – please contact Mac Ice.
It is unclear how the whole of the Sewell Photo Collection came to be a part of the Special Collections within the Brown Library. Many of the photos deal with the early history of Abilene Christian University (formerly College), including photos of Jesse P. Sewell (ACU’s first President), faculty, students, sports, and facilities. These photos seem to be the main emphasis of what was the original collection, and are believed to be a part of Jesse P. Sewell’s private collection that was donated to the college. Many of these photos have little to no information available on or connected to them as to who is in them or where they were taken. It also appears that some photos gathered for the Prickly Pear (ACU’s yearbook), were added to the collection as well.
As more photos were being donated to an overall history of ACU through the years, they were added to the Sewell Photo Collection. This has resulted in an eclectic range of photos dealing with Church of Christ buildings from across the United States. Many of these photos can be linked to Jesse P. Sewell, but not all of them have this specific information noted on them.
We are providing you with a downloadable and searchable PDF finding aid below, as well as links to our Flickr site below. If you would like a high-resolution digitized copy of any of these photographs, please contact the Digital Scholarship Center for details and pricing.
Sewell Photo Collection Finding Aid
To view the items in the Sewell Photo Collection, please use the finding aid and then find the photos on Flickr using the “Folder #” given to each item: