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The Crawford Doyle Burgess Collection contains a record of his pastorates, photographs, certificates, and other papers from his career.

Scope and Contents The papers cover the personal life and preaching career of Daniel Webster Key. The majority of the collection (5 folders) is correspondence, both personal and professional, from the last year of Dr. Key’s life (1926-1927). Also contained within the papers are several folders of sermons and sermon notes written by Dr. Key. Of special interest is a notebook containing a record of marriages, funerals, and baptisms performed between 1882-1920 by Dr. Key. The collection also contains...

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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 Dellena Jelks Collection contains her correspondence, diaries, photographs, and Bibles.

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The Donald M. Bain collection contains a scrapbook about Donald M. Bain’s life as a Scottish American who served in the Confederate Army. The volume is hardback and measures 8” x 10” x 2.25”.

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The Douglas Steeples Collection includes Civil War documents gifted to the Mercer University History Department by Douglas Steeples and Chinese chopsticks given to Steeples from a Chinese diplomat and visiting scholar.

Scope and Contents The Duncan Family Collection is divided into 5 series. Series 1 contains materials from Pope Alexander Duncan Sr., while Series 2-5 contain materials from Pope Alexander Duncan Jr. As a general rule, Duncan Sr.'s (d. 1938) sermon notes (Series 1) extended to no more than two handwritten half-sheets of paper or one typed half-sheet paper. He marked a few of them Gd = Good or Gt = Great. No full manuscripts were found. Most sermons were used only once or twice. A few were used...

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The Ebb G. Kilpatrick, Jr. Collection contains biographical data, correspondence, and sermon notes from Kilpatrick’s career. Kilpatrick’s sermon notes are listed at the item level.

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The Ebb G. Kilpatrick, Sr., Collection consists of sermons, clippings, and photographs. The items have been well preserved.

Scope and Contents The Edgar L. Morgan Papers contain five spiral-bound books of transcripts from Dr. Morgan’s sketches of missionary life in China (originally published in the Owenton, Kentucky, News-Herald); a letter by Carter Morgan describing the collection; and memorials for Edgar L. and Lelah Carter Morgan written by Carter (their son). The collection also contains a folder of supporting documents, including sample articles, business cards, and an obituary of Dr. Morgan. The collection was compiled and...