Online digital repository reaches new milestone, thousands of items just clicks away

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Mac Ice

In September our online digital repository reached a new milestone, with over 100,000 downloads in a single month. Launched in 2014, the repository contains over 27,000 items: from single photographs to audio recordings to full-length books and dissertations. In September researchers from 1800 institutions in 185 countries downloaded materials.

There is a wealth of information here. What can you discover?

This screen shot is not clickable, so here are the direct links. Each link opens in a new window:

The most popular papers in September were:
Church Directory and List of Preachers of Churches of Christ (6613 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books/416
The Effect of Anxiety and Depression on College Students’ Academic Performance: Exploring Social Support as a Moderator (2669 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/51
A Qualitative Case Study Examining Parental Involvement and Parent-School Partnership Strategies in a Middle School: Perspectives of Parents, Teachers, and Administrators (931 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/332

The most popular publications in September were:
Everett Ferguson Photo Collection (27432 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/ferguson_photos
Lectureship and Summit Audio Collection (15888 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sumlec_audio
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (15674 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd

This Just In: Sermon charts from Billy Carson Reed

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Mac Ice

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

Be on the lookout: Directory of the Ministry

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Mac Ice

Back in 2020 we received a gift of several volumes of A Directory of the Ministry of the Undenominational Fellowship of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Pictured here are the volumes for 1970, 1971, and 1974. This directory contains a wealth of information about ministers, congregations, missionary groups and parachurch organizations. The 2020 gift filled in most of the gaps in the collection.

A Directory of the Ministry of the Undenominational Fellowship of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.

With the new additions, our collection how holds most all editions from 1966-2010.

We lack these volumes:

1955-1965

1975-1978

1981-1985

1987

1988

2002

2011-present

It is an essential part of our collection, and we really ought to have a nice, full complete set. Can you please help us secure these much-needed volumes? Contact Mac Ice at mac.ice@acu.edu