{"id":3810,"date":"2021-06-21T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=3810"},"modified":"2021-05-05T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:18:31","slug":"finding-aid-round-up-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2021\/06\/21\/finding-aid-round-up-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Aid Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been busy writing finding aids for recent acquisitions and revising finding aids for sets of papers already in our holdings. You can browse all of our collections on DigitalCommons<\/a>. See something below that piques your interest or could be useful for your research?\u00a0Get in touch<\/a>\u00a0and let us know what you\u2019re thinking about; we\u2019d love to help!<\/p>\n

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Lloyd A. Boyll Papers, 1942-2017, MS#59 [Revised Finding Aid]<\/strong><\/a>
\nLloyd A. Boyll was born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1917. He began preaching in Sullivan in 1941 two years after he married his wife, Stella Ellinger. He attended Indiana State Teachers’ College and Terre Haute (BS, MS). He served churches in Sullivan, Indiana, Mentone, Indiana, Evanston, Illinois, and Lafayette, Indiana. Boyll taught American History in Sullivan public schools for seven years while preaching for small churches. He served as co-editor and publisher of\u00a0Fellowship News<\/i>, 1948-1953 and conducted a daily radio program at Evanston, Illinois for nearly a year. He also taught Bible to Purdue University students in a cooperative housing unit maintained for Christian boys and was editor of\u00a0A New Spirit<\/i>. These papers include audio tapes from a lecture series, notes from a lecture series, transparencies, and manuscripts from books. Included is a paper by Boyll on the Sommer Segment movement within the Restoration Movement and the manuscript of “A Spiritual Odyssey.” This collection also includes a book of sermons, Boyll’s Minister’s Personal Record Book: 1942-1990s, and a video series – The Heritage of the Church (Recorded at Elmwood Ave. Church of Christ in Lafayette, IN) -1994. In addition are various papers collected, written by, or pertaining to Lloyd A. Boyll.<\/p>\n

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“The Sommer Segment in Retrospect,” Box 7, Lloyd A. Boyll Papers, 1942-2017. Center for Restoration Studies MS #59. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.<\/p><\/div>\n

Nelson Coates Collection, MS#397 [Revised Finding Aid]<\/strong><\/a>
\nNelson Coates (’84) is an Emmy-nominated production designer. This collection contains two Ethiopian prayer books written in Ge\u2019ez. The prayer books are estimated to be between 300-400 years old.<\/p>\n

Mirror Lake Christian Church (St. Petersburg, Florida) Records, 1920-1991, MS#453 [Revised Finding Aid]<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis record group includes one oversized folder of photographs, awards, and historical information about the Mirror Lake Christian Church in Saint Petersburg, Florida.<\/p>\n

Christian Tape Library Collection, circa 1978, MS#477 [Revised Finding Aid]<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe donor of these Christian Tape Library recordings is unknown. This collection includes two copies of 41 numbered sermon and lecture audio cassette tapes produced by the Christian Tape Library on various topics by various Church of Christ ministers. It also includes a brochure organizing the tapes by topic matter.<\/p>\n

Harold Thomas and Nellie Jeannette Scruggs Lipford Papers, 1932-2010, MS#517 [New Finding Aid]<\/strong><\/a>
\nThese papers include materials from Jeannette and Harold\u2019s time at Abilene Christian University as students and then as faculty and involved community members. There are also church bulletins, sermon notes, scrapbooks, awards, and a few A\/V materials.<\/p>\n

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Abilene Christian College 1949-1950 A Capella Chorus program, Box 1, Harold Thomas and Nellie Jeannette Scruggs Lipford Papers, 1932-2010. Center for Restoration Studies MS #517. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stay tuned for more installments of Finding Aid Round Ups!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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