Just checking in with the latest news from ACU Special Collections…<\/p>\n
–Just this week we completed final processing touches on two more collections. One is a congregational history collection, the other is a rich collection of personal research papers: both are now fully processed and available for research.\u00a0 We will roll out finding aids next week.<\/p>\n
–We received a thirty years’ run of Chicago Christian<\/em>.\u00a0 Published by Cornell Avenue Church of Christ (later Stony Island Church of Christ) in Chicago, Illinois, they reflect congregational life, news of Churches of Christ in the midwest and a rich window into postwar missions among Churches of Christ in Japan.\u00a0 J. H. McCaleb, Harry Fox, O. D. Bixler, the list goes on!\u00a0 Our holdings span the later 1940’s through the middle 1970’s.\u00a0 Look for reflections on the processing of this collection by one of our student workers.<\/p>\n –We are preparing the finding aids for our already-processed-and-available collections to post to this site for viewing and download.\u00a0 This will be a great boost in raising awareness of the treasures in Milliken Special Collections.\u00a0 Check back often throughout October.<\/p>\n –Work in the Digital Scholarship Center progresses steadily on thousands of 35mm slides donated by Dr. Everett Ferguson.\u00a0 Dr. Ferguson photographed locations and artifacts across the Mediterranean world and in museums across the globe.\u00a0 He utilized them in his classroom teaching at ACU and by donating them to Special Collections, has ensured they will be available world-wide to scholars, students and researchers.\u00a0 How rich is this collection?\u00a0 Well, we have scanned and logged metadata for only about 1,000 so far…with thousands<\/em> more to come.\u00a0 We are excited about these slides!<\/p>\n –Our move to the lower level of Brown Library is complete.\u00a0 Like any move after dozens of years in one home, we experience some pains at getting used to change, coping with clutter, and finding new rhythms.\u00a0 After all is said and done, though, we\u00a0 feel more at home by the day.\u00a0 Our reading room is ready for your research.\u00a0 Our coffee pot is always available for you to visit and talk.<\/p>\n –Two displays are up and ready for viewing in our new space.\u00a0 Our 2013 Friends of the Year are Patty Sue and Frank Coldwater.\u00a0 Upon Patty’s death, Frank donated to Milliken Special Collections a fine collection representing Patty’s life of faith and vocation in the marketplace.\u00a0 Carisse Berryhill assembled an exhibit titled “Pieces, Poems and Prayers: The Patty Sue Coldwater Papers.”\u00a0 In the Coldwater collection we have a clear window into how a Christian woman pursued a successful career in advertising and direct-mail marketing.\u00a0 It will be a useful across several disciplines: from art and design to business and marketing and from English to theology.\u00a0 We honored Frank and remembered Patty at our March friends of ACU Library dinner.\u00a0 In September, at Summit, we unveiled a display, arranged by Mac Ice, titled “Yours and HIS: Letters from W. Carl Ketcherside.” The exhibit features books, tracts, photographs and letters by one of the more well-known editors and evangelists among Churches of Christ in the 20th century.\u00a0 Online versions of both exhibits are in the works.<\/p>\n –Finally, look for more content on this blog from our corps of student workers, more historic photos, items from current exhibits, collection spotlights, plus more descriptions of what we have and how we can serve you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just checking in with the latest news from ACU Special Collections… –Just this week we completed final processing touches on two more collections. One is a congregational history collection, the other is a rich collection of personal research papers: both … Continue reading