{"id":4640,"date":"2025-02-04T10:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2025-02-04T13:06:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:06:42","slug":"foldered-finished-the-west-berry-church-of-christ-fort-worth-tx-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2025\/02\/04\/foldered-finished-the-west-berry-church-of-christ-fort-worth-tx-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Foldered &amp; Finished: The West Berry Church of Christ (Fort Worth, TX) Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The West Berry Church of Christ (Fort Worth, TX) Records (1940-2017) are processed and ready for researchers. <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/findingaids\/869\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The finding aid<\/a> is available at DigitalCommons@ACU. The records include 8 linear feet (6 boxes) of church newsletters, directories, photos, and missions correspondence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The church started in 1924 as South Summit Church of Christ before moving to West Berry Street in 1949 and changing names in 1950.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4642\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4642\" class=\"wp-image-4642\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_002-scaled-e1738687287813.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_002-scaled-e1738687287813-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_002-scaled-e1738687287813-490x379.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_002-scaled-e1738687287813-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_002-scaled-e1738687287813-388x300.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>South Summit Sun<\/i>, Box 2, Folder 1, West Berry Church of Christ (Fort Worth, TX) Records, 1940-2017. Center for Restoration Studies MS #596. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The church supported missions projects both within the United States and in other countries,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">especially Mexico. The records contain extensive correspondence between the West Berry elders and Neil Massie, whom they supported at North Shore Church of Christ in Boston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4643\" style=\"width: 1988px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4643\" class=\"wp-image-4643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-379x490.jpg 379w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_003-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission Report, Box 5, Correspondence with Neil Massie folder, West Berry Church of Christ (Fort Worth, TX) Records, 1940-2017. Center for Restoration Studies MS #596. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The records also contain correspondence with ministers in Mexico and newsletters from Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4641\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4641\" class=\"wp-image-4641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745-490x379.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745-2048x1582.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/02\/ACU_WestBerry_MS596_001-scaled-e1738687380745-388x300.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>The Latin-American Christian<\/i>, Box 3, Folder 5, West Berry Church of Christ (Fort Worth, TX) Records, 1940-2017. Center for Restoration Studies MS #596. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To view this collection please schedule a research visit in advance by emailing Erica Pye at exp10a@acu.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guest post by Emily Thompson, who has been working as an intern in Special Collections and Archives since September 2024.\u00a0 She is completing the\u00a0Master of Library Science at the University of North Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Berry Church of Christ (Fort Worth, TX) Records (1940-2017) are processed and ready for researchers. The finding aid is available at DigitalCommons@ACU. 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