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Baptists -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Abner H. Tippett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0127
Scope and Contents

The Tippett Papers are divided into six sections, which were removed from a notebook. All relate to Southern Baptist church organizations and activities. Materials are primarily related to Sunday School and Training Union in the late 1950s and early 1960s and include materials for teachers, lesson outlines, attendance contests, and information on enlargement campaigns.

Dates: 1956-1968

Albert Henry Newman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0087
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1880-1956; Majority of material found within 1926-1934

Alec F. Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0133
Scope and Contents

This collection includes files from different Baptist churches, such as Groove Level Baptist, Beaufort Baptist, and Woodland Hills Baptist Church.

Dates: 1946-1989

Allen Troy and Renva Smith Acree Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0011
Scope and Contents

The Allen Troy and Renva Smith Acree Collection contains the personal papers of Rev. A. Troy and Renva S. Acree. There are family papers, sermon notes, paperwork, newsletters, bulletins, and other papers.

Dates: 1979-2007

Audio-visual materials

 Series
Scope and Contents

A collection of cassette tapes of recorded sermons by Louie D. Newton and WGST radio broadcasts. Four boxes of original tapes and four boxes of duplicates.

Dates: 1879-1986

Baptist Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) of Georgia Records

 Collection
Identifier: GB-GB-0001
Scope and Contents

The collection includes materials related to the running of the Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of Georgia. These items include meeting minutes, photographs, audio-visual materials, scrapbooks, serial publications, promotional and event materials, and memorabilia. The collection is divided into 15 series, largely based on the type of materials and the contents. Some boxes are more processed than the rest. Additional Items (unboxed): Girls Auxiliary Doll and Related Items.

Dates: 1878-2020

Bartow Davis Ragsdale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0102
Scope and Contents

Box 1 contains correspondence, account papers, and Bursar records. Box 2 contains speeches, sermons, and other materials related to his work in the Baptist denomination. Box 3 contains copper plate lithographs used in the printing of The Story of Georgia Baptists.

Dates: 1886-1958; Majority of material found within 1910-1938

BWA - Receipts and Expenditures, 1949 - 1956

 File — Box 19, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Louie D. Newton Papers consists of the personal papers of Louie Devotie Newton with materials dated 1879-1986. There are 29 boxes in total. The papers include correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs, ephemera, audio visial materials, and a scrapbook (1939) of clippings pertaining to the Baptist World Alliance. The materials document Newton's pastorate at Druid Hills Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), his activities with the Southern Baptist Convention, and his broadcasts on...
Dates: 1949 - 1956

Calvary Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: GB-CH-277