PP. Personal Papers

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The George William Garner Collection contains one large, ornate scrapbook from Mr. Garner. The scrapbook contains several cut-out articles from The Christian Index.

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Every effort has been made to retain the original order of the papers. Titles were taken from Wesberry’s original folders. Sermons were arranged according to the numbering system used by Wesberry, and titles of folders are approximations assigned by processor.

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This collection contains correspondence and papers from the life of Coleman Clarke. There are also some correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs from his parents, W. Harvey and Lucile Daniel Clarke and their time as missionaries in Japan. The publications in this collection were collected by Clarke and cover topics related to his missionary work in Japan.

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The William Jones Carswell Collection contains three boxes of sermon notes, two of which are filed in letter-sized folders and one of which is filed in the original envelopes; one box of published books, slides, and photographs; and a final box of research notes on 4ʺ × 6ʺ cards.

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The Mary R. Wilder papers consist of four general topics: her correspondence, her writings, newspaper articles about her, and a file with materials on her family and personal accomplishments. The collection also includes a number of oversized artifacts. The archives received these items in multiple accessions and arranged them accordingly; therefore, one may find similar items across multiple accessions.

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The John Claypool Papers were found in the Cecil Sherman Collection and separated. Box 1 contains clippings, articles, speeches, correspondence, and other various papers by Claypool; Box 2 contains mainly sermons and papers from Claypool’s years at Crescent Hill Baptist Church.

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The collection contains mostly correspondence from the 1943-48 Summer Workshops at Mercer, including letters, budget and expense statements, handwritten notes, lists of attendees, receipts, and workshop summaries and descriptions of purpose.

Scope and Contents The collection is divided into two series: sermons and personal papers. There are several dates and locations listed on most of the sermons in this collection. The sermons are organized by the earliest year written on the sermon notes. The personal papers series includes mainly correspondence, as well as some schoolwork and newspaper clippings. The majority of the correspondence is related to Stokes’ resignations at First Baptist Church of Knoxville (1949) and First Baptist Church of Macon...

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The Griffin B. Bell Collection contains correspondence, speeches, publications, legal documents, official papers, photographs, audio-visual materials, plaques, and posters.

Scope and Contents The collection contains a book that was given to William Singleton from Thomas Stocks. Singleton wrote that the book was given to him at Penfield in 1863, and a good third of the volume includes mathematical problems from 1864. Lists of Mercer matriculates from the administration of Pres. H. H. Tucker, dating from the Spring 1867 term through the Fall 1870 term, follow the mathematical problems. The next section of the volume is mainly blank pages with a few loose items interfiled followed...