Box 17
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Biographical sketches of Dr. Achilles Degrasse (A.D.) Sears (n.d.) and newspaper clipping with coverage of death and funeral of A.D. Sears, 1917 (17 pp.)
File — Box: 17, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Booklets, A.D. Sears, transcripts of a sermon, "The Points of Difference Between the Baptists and Other Religious Denominations", 1867 and "A defense of the exclusion of Dr. B.N. Herring for inciting unrest within the congregation of the First Baptist Church of Clarksville". Published in response to Dr. Herring taking his case to another church, 1873 (2 items)
File — Box: 17, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Notes and Biographical Sketches on the lives of Dr. A.U. Boone and Dr. R.R. Acree, n.d. (10 pp.)
File — Box: 17, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Memorial Booklet for Julia Ryland Knight, December 1923 (2 copies)
File — Box: 17, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Pamphlet, E.H. Greenwell, "Answer to Report to Dr. John A. Davison of Private Conversation Between us which was not meant for Public Information", regarding conflict over the practice of "alien immersion" (baptism outside the Baptist church) by the First Baptist Church, Clarksville, ca. 1920 - 1932
File — Box: 17, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Includes note cards with information on the conflict.
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Magazine, "Southwide Baptist Digest", Vol. 1, no. 11. Features articles profiling First Baptist Church pastor, Richard N. Owen, November 1, 1947
File — Box: 17, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Magazine, "The Watchman Examiner: A National Baptist Paper", Vol. 45, no. 10, March 7, 1957, profile on Dr. Robert L. McCan
File — Box: 17, Frame: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Robert L. McCan, sermon transcripts, February 12, 1956 - April 26, 1959 (14 items, 52 pp.)
File — Box: 17, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
1. "A Christian Approach to Brotherhood", February 12, 1956
2. "The Risen Christ", April 1, 1956
3. "Honest Thieves", November 4, 1956
4. "So Great a Cloud of Witnesses", December 2, 1956
5. "Basic Baptist Beliefs", February 10, 1957 (2 copies)
6. "Can a Man be Born a Second Time?", March 24, 1957
7. "Fix Your Eyes Upon Jesus", June 9, 1957
8. "Living Through Giving", June 30, 1957
9. "Our Church: A Spiritual Democracy", July 4, 1957
10. "Playing Ball with God", October 13, 1957
11. "Try...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Newsletters, programs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings from Dr. John Laida's time as a pastor of First Baptist Church, Clarksville, ca. 1977 - 1994 (10 items)
File — Box: 17, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015
Sermon transcript, Dr. John David Laida, "Was the Baptism of Jesus Alien Immersion?", March 3, 1968 (2 items, 6 pp.)
File — Box: 17, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes minute books, administrative records, notes, publications, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and other media pertaining to the history of the First Baptist Church, Clarksville. A large portion of the documents focus on efforts to expand and renovate church properties, ministry activities, various church group activities, and church staff. There are also several items pertaining to the wider governance of the Baptist Church in general,...
Dates:
1854 - 2015