3001 Mercer University Dr., Atlanta, ga 30341

Manuscript Collection

A

Diaries during missionary service; correspondence with Rachel Braithwaite; general 1890-1900; circular letters and clippings 1894-1897; missionary letters 1899-1910; Anti-Opium Campaign clippings 1892- 1893; records of the closing of the Central China Baptist Mission, 1920; 2 photograph albums.

Anthony, Alfred Williams 860-1939 RG-1007 Minister 1.4 linear feet

Correspondence to and from Anthony, related to the General Conference. Materials related to the merger of the Free Baptists with the Northern Baptists and other groups. Copies of 4 published works.

Armitage, Thomas 1819-1896 RG-1384 Minister & Historian 1 linear foot

Manuscript of Armitage's History of the Baptists.

Office files including lecture notes, clippings, correspondence and typescripts of books, 1960-1980; sermon file, 1951-1960.

Ashbrook, Milan Forest 1896-1979 RG-1186 Minister 9 items

Typescript addresses; photographs; historical items pertaining to the M & M Board.

Asquith, Glenn Hackney 1904- RG-1248 Minister 1 linear foot

Correspondence, 1935-1970; pertaining to his roles in pastoral and administrative posts; biographical material.

Aubrey, Edwin Ewart 1896-1956 RG-1380 Educator 100 items

Correspondence, 1943-1949, especially about the Commission on the Relation of the Church to the War; clippings and report, 1946-1949, of the Intercultural Committee of the Delaware County (Pa) Health and Welfare Council.

Augir, Franklin P. 1818-1893 RG-1337 Minister 7 items

Correspondence (6 letters), largely personal; scrapbook, (1 volume).

Austin, Eugene Munger 1910-1962 RG-1345 Minister & Educator 1.4 linear feet

Sermon notes, 1939-1958.

B

Correspondence 1821-1874 includes letters from prominent missionary figures including Heman Lincoln, Elon Galusha, John Stevens, Isaac McCoy, Barnas Sears.

Backus, Isaac 1724-1806 RG-1091 Minister 28 items

Published Sermons, 1764-1800; correspondence, 1760's-1800, including letters from James Manning, Jonathan Maxcy, others.

Bailey, Gilbert Stephen 1822-1891 RG-1307 Minister & Missionary 2 items

Scrapbook of articles published by Bailey, 1885-1890 (1 volume).

Bailey, Raymond Lull 1909-1957 RG-1008 Minister 13.5 linear feet

Sermons, 1929-1956; seminary lecture notes, 1930-1933; autobiography of Ambrose Moody Bailey, 1935.

Bailey, Gilbert Swartzlander 1897-1940 RG-1229 Layman 250 items

File of lectures on church school administration; correspondence regarding Committee of Philadelphia Baptists preparing for National Baptist Convention annual meeting in Philadelphia in 1937; minutes and correspondence of the Philadelphia Baptist Advisory Committee on Councils, 1935-1939; correspondence with various members of the Baptist Bible School Superintendents' Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1932-1939.

Baker, Oren Huling 1894-1982 RG 1009 Minister & Educator 75 items

Colgate Rochester reports, 1931-1948; texts of speeches, papers, and sermons on general theme of education, 1951-1969.

Baldwin, Thomas 1753-1825 RG-1324 Minister 26 items

26 pamphlets of which one is a memoir of Baldwin.

Balla, George Ballai 1899-1979 RG-1365 Minister 12 items

Masters' thesis, "The Contribution of the Hungarian Baptist Church to the Religious Adjustment of the Hungarian Immigrant Family"; History of the First Hungarian Baptist Church, NYC, 1981; 1 bound volume of Vilagossag, 1936-1943; copy of George B. Balla, ed., American Hungarian Baptist History, 1906-1958; American-Hungarian Hymnal, 1953.

Bamford, Mary Ellen fl. 1920 RG-1088 Missionary Worker 11 items

correspondence (1920's) relating to work of missionary organizations in Northern California.

Ban, Joseph Daniel 1926- RG-1346 Minister & Educator 1.4 linear feet

Office files- minutes, reports, correspondence from his work with the American Baptist Home Mission Society, 1958-1964.

Barbour, Thomas Seymour 1853-1915 RG-1010 Minister 150 items

Correspondence and notes relating to a trip to Russia in 1907 and to the British and Foreign Bible Society; speech texts; notes on foreign countries such as Finland, China and Burma.

Barnes, Lemuel Call 1854-1938 RG-1011 Minister 1 linear foot

Three scrapbooks of clippings about Barnes, 1879-1898; notes about John Gano's relationship to George Washington, and other research.

Barras, Harry Watson 1868-1936 RG-1226 Minister & Educator 3 items

Scrapbook, 1914-1919, containing articles written by Barras; correspondence, 1926.

Bartlett, Gene Ebert 1910- RG-1163 Minister & Educator 2 linear feet

Reports and papers from various ABC-related conferences, 1959-1974; correspondence and other materials relating to Bartlett's tenure as President of the American Baptist Convention.

Batten, Samuel Zane 1859-1925 RG-1012 Minister 11 linear feet

Essays by Batten on various social and theological issues (such as temperance, "Brotherhood in Industry, " The League of Nations, and "The Kingship of Christ"); published articles; clippings of articles Batten saved in the course of this reading and research; sermon notes; Letters from Batten's fellow members of The Brotherhood of the Kingdom, Walter Rauschenbusch, and George Dana Boardman.

Beaven, Albert William 1882-1943 RG-1013 Minister 2.5 linear feet

Sermon texts, speeches; newspaper clipping and photographs about Beaven; correspondence related to the Divinity School.

Beeson, Ida fl.1900s RG-1421 Missionary 3 linear inches

Correspondence 1896-1941; Photographs of close adopted family in Burma.

Bellamy, David 1806-1864 RG-1014 Minister 270 items

Sermons, 1859-1864; correspondence with family including Francis Bellamy, author of the Pledge of Allegiance (mostly personal); correspondence with Baptist missionary, David Benedict; a journal, 1830-41.

Bender, Thorwald Warner 1908- RG-1347 Minister & Educator 65 items

Manuscripts of scholarly papers, 1959-1966; limited correspondence; published articles, 1939-1967.

Benedict, David 1779-1874 RG-1105 Minister 9 items

Correspondence (9 letters).

Bennett, Albert Arnold 1849-1909 RG-1466 Missionary 14 items

Passports for mission work in Japan.

Berg, August A. 1895-1959 RG-1255 Missionary 20 items

Correspondence and articles concerning mission work in Bengal-Orissa and especially the Santals.

Berry, George Ricker 1865-1945 RG-1015 Minister & Educator 3 linear feet

Eight diaries, 1879, 1880, 1884-1888, 1891; correspondence received by Berry, 1886-1908; Undated notebooks; File of lecture notes, sermons, writings, and addresses by Berry (most are undated).

Beynon, Lee James Sr. 1890-1975 RG-1379 Minister 1.75 linear feet

Sermons, 1933-1969.

Bingham, Abel 1786-1865 RG-1390 Missionary 6 linear inches

Journal (2 volumes).

Blizinger, August Charles 1877-1963 RG-1444 Minister & Missionary 1 item

Notebook.

Boardman, George Dana 1828-1903 RG-1016 Minister 5.5 linear feet

Files and scrapbooks of biographical data; texts of speeches and lectures; programs and bulletins; correspondence, both professional and personal, 1855-1903.

Boggs, William Bambrick 1842-1913 RG-1242 Missionary 38 items

Photocopy of a journal kept by William Bambrick Boggs, ca. 1862-1892; 13 photographs of persons and scenes on the mission field in Ongole; 24 published reports about the mission work in Ongole, 1913-1963.

Bolles, Lucius 1779-1844 RG-1094 Minister 4 items

Journal, 1824-1827; correspondence 1833-1840 relating to overseas missions.

Bourne, John Hill 1870-1930 RG-1330 Minister 3 items

Scrapbooks, 1897-1902, articles and clippings related to pastoral ministries.

Brackney, William Henry 1948- RG-1387 Minister & Educator 3 linear feet

Correspondence, 1972-1986; papers, addresses, speeches, personal documents, 1972-1986.

Branton, James Rodney 1906-1967 RG-1017 Minister & Educator 4.4 linear feet

Student notes; lecture notes, reports; correspondence (professional).

Brimson, Alice Worthington Smith 1884-1981 RG-1452 Minister & Educator 1 item

Scrapbook of articles and pamphlets concerning Christian Home Missions.

Brock, Beatrice Lillian Slade 1863-1938 RG-1415 Missionary 15 items

Private journal undated; correspondence to Women's Union of Home Church January 21, 1924; Program pamphlets about the Teluga mission work; Farewell notices for Rev. and Mrs. G.H. Brock; Dr. Rev. George Brock's typed notes on Becoming a Baptist and miscellaneous articles about mission work in South India.

Brockett, Edward Judson 1833-1919 RG-1089 Minister 74 items

Correspondence, 1860-1919 include letters from Edward Judson, Henry G. Weston, Amzi C. Dixon, Russell H. Conwell.

Brokaw, Abram Covert 1898-? RG-1467 1 item

Student notes on Virginia Baptist History.

Bronson, Miles 1812-1883 RG-1142 Missionary 2 items

2 manuscript items: a letter from Bronson, 1857; part of a journal kept by Ruth Monague Lucas Bronson, 1836. Guide Available.

Brown, Lewis Arley 1895-1982 RG-1219 Missionary 7 items

Correspondence, 1925-1930; typescript reminiscences of the 1924 trip to Africa; photocopies of personal memorabilia.

Bubeck, Theodore E. 1899- RG-1227 Missionary 40 items

Selected issues of Missionary Heroes, Stories of Great Missionaries for Teen Age Boys (Baptist Board of Education), ca. 1930's; selected issues of Africa Fact Sheet, 1964-1968, published by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.

Bucklin, Dorothy Olive 1906-1984 RG-1268 Missionary 25 items

Biographical sketch, 1970; speech texts; photos of Bucklin, ca. 1930-1961.

Bumpus, Lester Wilson 1894- RG-1019 Minister 2.5 linear feet

Materials related to the Associated Home Mission Agencies (reports, minutes, conferences) 1945-1962; items related to Pittsburgh Baptist Association 1944-1958; subject files of articles and papers 1920- 1963.

Burgess, Gideon Albert 1854-1945 RG-1153 Minister 1 item

Letterbook concerning the publication of the Free Baptist Cyclopedia and Parker College.

Burnham, Marion Grace 1895- RG-1230 Missionary 200 items

Photo album containing about 200 black and white photos of Gauhati, Assam, mission work; correspondence, 1928-1958; typescripts of 15 deputation speeches; clippings of articles by Burnham and/or about Assam.

Burnham, Sylvester 1842-1935 RG-1470 Educator 1.3 linear feet

Course lecture notes; Essays & addresses; sermons; Manuscript for Manual of Old Testament Interpretation.

Burr, Hugh Chamberlain 1890-1975 RG-1378 Minister 300 items

Sermon notes; correspondence pertaining to Michigan Baptists and the Northern Baptist Convention.

Burrage, Champlin 1874-1950 RG-1182 Librarian & Historian 2.7 linear feet

Notebooks (62 volumes), containing hand written transcripts of rare tracts and pamphlets, most pre- 1700; originals are in English repositories.

Burroughs, Peleg 1748-1800 RG-1180 Minister 5 items

Journal, 1780-1786; a volume of acrostics, poems, and hymns, 1775-1799.

Buzzell, John 1766-1863 RG-1254 Minister 5 items

Correspondence, 1820's.