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Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0032
Scope and Contents
The Ivy Walker Duggan Papers contains four volumes covering the time period of 1828-1869: two volumes of printed Baptist Association minutes, one volume of printed letters from Duggan at battle fronts (1861-1865), and one journal by George R. Barker (1869). Mercer received the collection in 1992 through Furman B. Lewis from the estate of Mrs. Walter B. Hill, the daughter of Ivy W. Duggan. The collection was cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access...
Dates:
1828-1881
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0037
Scope and Contents
The J. Gorham Garrison Collection consists of one box of certificates, correspondence, speeches, pamphlets, and clippings throughout Mr. Garrison’s career.
Dates:
1950-1979
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0182
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials related to the dedication of the Jack Tarver Library on Mercer University’s Macon campus, newspaper clippings either about or by Jack Tarver, photographs, a brief biography of Jack Tarver, and a small amount of correspondence sent to or by the Tarver family.
Dates:
1962-2000
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0114
Scope and Contents
The Smith collection contains papers (photocopied) from the years 1872-1875. It includes Smith’s diary (1873-1875), newspaper articles (1873, 1875), correspondence (1874), a commencement address made by Smith at Mercer University (1872), and sermons. The originals are located at First Baptist Church in Rome, Georgia.
Dates:
1872-1875
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0135
Scope and Contents
The James C. Williams collection contains a physician’s daily log possibly from 1949 that belonged to one of Dr. Williams’ relatives.
Dates:
1949
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0027
Scope and Contents
The James Edgar Dillard, Jr., Collection contains class notes, sermon notes, and other writings during Rev. Dillard’s lengthy career. Box 2 contains various pamphlets, handwritten sermon notes, and miscellaneous materials from Rev. Dillard.
Dates:
1931-1988
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0175
Scope and Contents
The James H. Kilpatrick Collection contains a scrapbook. This was apparently given to his son, William Heard Kilpatrick, upon his death in 1908. Inside are clippings, mostly from The Christian Index, but there are also clippings from the Texas Baptist Herald. There is a barely legible index of these clippings on the inside of the front and back covers. Topics var clippings and include church government, missions, temperance, and both amusing and moralistic anecdotes.
Dates:
1908
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0047
Scope and Contents
The James Ostelle Harrison Papers include typed manuscripts and published articles/columns by Harrison, graduate and professional research, course syllabi and related materials, and news clippings about him. The collection also includes papers created after his death concerning the shrunken head (or “tsantsa”) he brought to Mercer University and attempts to authenticate it prior to its return to Ecuador in 2019. Original folder names (including spelling) and organization have...
Dates:
1943-2019
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0081
Scope and Contents
The Merritt Papers contain clippings that Merritt collected from The Christian Index during the years 1915, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924. The 1915 and 1917 clippings are related to B.Y.P.U. events and news. The 1920-24 clippings are mainly “Our Georgia Baptist Sunday Schools” pages from the time that Merritt was a field director for the Sunday School Department. The collection contains a few entire special issues of The Christian Index as noted below. The collection was donated...
Dates:
1915-1924
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0015
Scope and Contents
The Cockfield Papers contain materials compiled by Cockfield during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, while teaching at Mercer University. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, items related to the business of the history department, minutes of meetings of the Board of Student Publications, and items related to the Faculty Welfare Committee and College of Liberal Arts. Jamie H. Cockfield gave the papers to the Archives in August 1996.In 2015 three additional...
Dates:
1967-1998
