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Box 1 contains correspondence, account papers, and Bursar records. Box 2 contains speeches, sermons, and other materials related to his work in the Baptist denomination. Box 3 contains copper plate lithographs used in the printing of The Story of Georgia Baptists.

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The Columbus Roberts Papers include personal records (clippings/time line, correspondence, manuscript, photographs, recordings of interviews, scrapbook, and speeches) as well as materials related to the Georgia Milk Control Board, the Georgia Milk Producers Confederation, the Georgia Temperance League, and Mercer University.

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The Nicholson Papers contain correspondence, photographs, publications, clippings, programs, and handwritten notes spanning Nicholson’s early life and career to his death, but concentrating in particular on his 26 years as Baptist Student Union secretary for the Georgia Baptist Convention.

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The Hendley F. Jelks collection contains book drafts, photographs, sermon notes, papers, and other materials from Rev. Jelks’ career.

Scope and Contents The Rufus Washington Weaver Collection contains reports, correspondence, and other university-related documents from his time at Mercer University. The folders of the Weaver Papers are not in alphabetical order throughout the collection as a whole, but rather are generally alphabetized in groups of folders. Some groups stretch over several boxes, some groups span only one box or a portion of a box. Additionally, groups of records are not necessarily in chronological order. Items in box 6 are...

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The Ruth Jinks Collections contains correspondence, photographs, ledgers, programs, leaflets, and pamphlets.

Scope and Contents The Spencer B. King, Sr., Collection contains seven scrapbooks from moments in Rev. King’s life. The seven scrapbooks are in poor condition.. Scrapbook 1 contains clippings from the Armstrong Hotel register, the New York Journal, and William J. Bryan’s visit to Rome. Scrapbook 2 contains clippings of sermons, didactic essays, news stories, poetry, fiction, and biographical material about Arch Cree. Scrapbook 3 contains clippings from Georgia Baptist...

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The William J. Morcock Collection consists of sermons and daily business dealings of the Morcock family. Twelve folders contain sermons and essays written by Morcock, spanning the period 1849-1874. Three folders contain receipts for purchases made by the family between 1851 and 1895. A journal/account book covering 1870-1879, a small collection of correspondence from 1855 to 1863, and some miscellaneous writings of or about other members of the family complete the collection.