Foldered & Finished: George Carter Collection, (1952-1967)

The George Carter Collection, (1952-1967), is ready for researchers. An updated finding aid and digitized selections from the collection are now available on DigitalCommons@ACU.

The Ways of Man, box 1, folder 7, George Carter Papers,
1952-1967. Center for Restoration Studies MS #3. Abilene Christian University Special
Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

The George Carter Collection contains sermons by various preachers and of the Saskatoon Star, a bulletin for the Saskatoon Church of Christ in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Jesus is the Water of Life, box 2, folder 10, George Carter Papers, 1952-1967. Center for Restoration Studies MS #3. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The collection is arranged numerically and alphabetically. It ranges from 1952 to 1967.

A selection of other manuscripts with connections to Canada:

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

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:

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

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.