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Bessie Tift College (Forsyth, Ga.)

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Abbie Benton Bonsteel Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MU-PP-0008
Scope and Contents

The Abbie Benton Bonsteel collection contains her correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed books.

Dates: 1896 - 1966

Lois B. Lantz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0186
Scope and Contents The collection primarily consists of music and theatre programs collected by Lantz during her lifetime. These programs include Lantz’s performances and those that she attended at Indiana University, Tift College, and Mercer University. The programs were originally grouped by organization and date, and this order has been retained where possible. Some programs include handwritten notes on the front and/or back of the item. The collection also contains Lantz’s college degrees, “Lois Lantz Day”...
Dates: 1946-2018

Pearl Amelia Bigler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0183
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials from the life of Pearl Amelia Bigler. It includes diaries that span from her teens to her death in 1969, correspondence in both English and Portuguese, reports from Brazil regarding her missionary work, Bibles, Tift College yearbooks, passports, a short autobiography, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, and photo film. The scrapbooks range in topic and include photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, Christmas cards, wedding and birth...
Dates: 1916-1970

Riley B. Plymale Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0096
Scope and Contents While named the Riley B. Plymale Collection, the collection appears to be more focused on Foreman M. Hawes. Hawes and Plymale were long-time friends. Both were graduates of Mercer University and faculty colleagues at Locust Grove Institute. Included in the collection are files of correspondence and materials related to Locust Grove Institute, Mercer University, and Bessie Tift College, as well as Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Georgia Psi Chapter) and the Masonic Club. Hawes became...
Dates: 1925-1928, 1942-1966

Roy Lee Collins, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0187
Scope and Contents

The collection primarily consists of music programs collected by Collins during his lifetime. These programs include Collins’ performances and those that he attended at Tift College and other institutions (mainly churches). The programs are in chronological order. The collection also contains Collins’ college degrees, plaques, a scrapbook, and a framed item from Tift College.

Dates: 1950-2010 (Bulk 1950-1982)

Stella Stewart Center Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0171
Scope and Contents

The collection includes Dr. Stella Stewart Center’s correspondence, lecture notes, research, notebooks, publications, and photographs.

Dates: 1904-1969

Thomas E. Langley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0069
Scope and Contents The Langley collection contains one item, the journal of Thomas E. Langley, written from January 1, 1859-December 29, 1860 in Fort Valley, Georgia. The journal contains accounts of routine, daily life, including Langley’s travels in middle Georgia to preach or visit family. Accounts are general, with few details, although he does mention names of churches, Baptist preachers he meets, etc. Three family members donated Langley’s 282-page journal to the Georgia Baptist History Depository in...
Dates: 1859 - 1860

William J. Morcock Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0082
Scope and Content Note

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.

Dates: 1849-1895

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Baptist Universities and Colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- Georgia 2
Baptists -- Georgia -- Clergy 2
Lecture notes 2
Music education 2
American literature -- Women authors 1
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Authors, American -- Southern States 1
Baptist Churches -- Clergy -- South Carolina 1
Baptist Universities and Colleges -- Georgia 1
Baptist Universities and Colleges -- North America 1
Baptist Women -- Brazil 1
Baptist women 1
Baptist women -- Georgia 1
Baptist women -- United States 1
Baptists -- Brazil 1
Baptists -- Florida -- Clergy 1
Baptists -- Georgia 1
Baptists -- Missions 1
Baptists -- Missions -- Brazil 1
Berry Schools 1
Christmas cards 1
Education -- Literacy 1
Education -- Methods 1
Education, Secondary -- Outlines, syllabi, etc. 1
Educational sociology 1
Female friendship 1
Georgia Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union 1
Glee clubs 1
Love-letters -- United States 1
Mercer University -- Songs and music 1
Missionaries 1
Missionaries--Brazil 1
Missionaries--Brazil--Correspondence 1
Missions – Brazil 1
Missions – Brazil – Rio Grande do Sul (State) 1
Notebooks – Scrapbooks 1
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) 1
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) – Church History 1
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) – Emigration and Immigration 1
Progressive education -- United States 1
Sermons 1
Southern Baptist Convention. Foreign Mission Board 1
Southern Baptist Convention. International Mission Board 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Women -- Societies and clubs -- Georgia 1
Women Missionaries 1
Women Missionaries -- Brazil -- History 1
Women in church work -- Georgia 1
Women in church work -- United States 1
Women teachers -- Georgia 1
Women's colleges -- Georgia 1
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