Baptist Universities and Colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- Georgia

The Albert Henry Newman Collection contains correspondence to and from Newman, a prominent Baptist Church Historian, from 1926 to 1933; correspondence between Spencer B. King, Jr. and Frederick Eby (1956) pertaining to a biographical sketch of Newman for the Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists; Newman’s lecture notes on church history; and the book A Manual of Church History by T. J. Morgan (1880).

The Albert T. Spalding Collection includes a book, journals, account books, personal writings, and papers from Spalding’s time as a Baptist pastor and Mercer University trustee.

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.

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

The Ferrol Sams collections contains eleven boxes of handwritten and typed book manuscripts, both edited and unedited; it also contains the author’s correspondence and other personal papers.

The Frank Arthur Hooper III Collection consists of 29 carte de visites, 16 cabinet cards, and one memory book. The items were donated by Marjorie F. Hooper, widow of Frank Arthur Hooper, III, who was the grandson of Frank Arthur Hooper of the Mercer University class of 1885. During his grandfather’s time at Mercer, he collected carte de visites of classmates and other students during that time. Most of the cabinet cards are unlabeled and are likely of family members.

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

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