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Finding Aid For Rees Odeil And Patti Mattox Bryant Papers, Patti Mattox Bryant, Rees Odeil Bryant
Finding Aid For Rees Odeil And Patti Mattox Bryant Papers, Patti Mattox Bryant, Rees Odeil Bryant
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Finding aid for the Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers.
The Pneuma Network: Transnational Pentecostal Print Culture In The United States And South Africa, 1906-1948, Lindsey Brooke Maxwell
The Pneuma Network: Transnational Pentecostal Print Culture In The United States And South Africa, 1906-1948, Lindsey Brooke Maxwell
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Exploding on the American scene in 1906, Pentecostalism became arguably the most influential religious phenomenon of the twentieth century. Sparked by the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, the movement grew rapidly throughout the United States and garnered global momentum. This study investigates the original Los Angeles Apostolic Faith Mission and the subsequent extension of the mission to South Africa through an examination of periodicals, mission records, and personal documents. Using the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa as a case study, this study measures the significance of print media in the emergence and evolution of the early Pentecostal movement. …
Mission Boys, Civilized Men, And Marriage: Educated African Men In The Missions Of Southern Rhodesia, 1920–1945, Carol Summers
Mission Boys, Civilized Men, And Marriage: Educated African Men In The Missions Of Southern Rhodesia, 1920–1945, Carol Summers
History Faculty Publications
This paper examines what marriage may have meant to African men within the Christian elite of Southern Rhodesia. Using mission and government sources, it argues that domestic, Christian marriage was important to elite African men as a way of allowing them to achieve adulthood while remaining in good standing with mission sponsors who generally objected to or feared indigenous ideas of patriarchal male adulthood. Tracing life histories of two American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions ministers, one who succeeded in remaining within the mission system and one who left, blacklisted, it explores how domestic, Christian marriage defused many of …
Photograph Of Bible School Children, Unknown
Photograph Of Bible School Children, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Photograph has caption written on the back in black pen: "Bible School Children, Church of Christ, Ala Omah W/S; Etche County Council, Ahoadah [illegible]; 8/12/66." and has a purple stamp presumably from the company who produced the print. There are multiple rows of children sitting and standing in front of a building. Several children are holding books. Date of creation is estimated.
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant And Bible Training College Students, Unknown
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant And Bible Training College Students, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Photograph has following caption written in verso: "Rees Bryant and ON BTC students working in a field." The field is presumably near the Bible Training College in Nigeria. The date of creation is estimated.
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant Teaching At The Bible Training College, Unknown
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant Teaching At The Bible Training College, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Photograph of Rees Odeil Bryant teaching at the Bible Training College in Nigeria. He is wearing a white shirt and a bowtie. The back of the photograph has the following caption written in black pen: "35. Rees Bryant teaching at the ON BTC."
Photograph Of Nigerian Christian Bible Correspondence School, Unknown
Photograph Of Nigerian Christian Bible Correspondence School, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Photograph has following caption written on back in black pen: "NCBCS with chart". The Nigerian Christian Bible Correspondence School chart is being held up by a man. A young boy is also in the photograph on the far right. Date of creation is estimated.
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant Preaching, Unknown
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant Preaching, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Photograph of Rees Odeil Bryant preaching in Nigeria. Bryant is standing behind a wooden podium with a Bible open and is wearing a white shirt and a bowtie. The date of creation is estimated.
Photograph Of Nancy Petty, Henry Farrar, And Iris Hayes, Unknown
Photograph Of Nancy Petty, Henry Farrar, And Iris Hayes, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Photograph of (from left to right) Nancy Petty, Henry Farrar, and Iris Hayes presumably in Nigeria, possibly working through the African Christian Hospitals Foundation. The date of creation is estimated.
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant And Graduate Of Bible Training College, Unknown
Photograph Of Rees Odeil Bryant And Graduate Of Bible Training College, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Back of photograph has caption written in blue pen: "Rees Bryant with a 3rd year student on the day of his graduation from the BTC [Bible Training College]." The graduate is on the left of the photograph and Rees Bryant is on the right of the photograph. Both men are in profile facing each other. Date of creation is estimated.
Photograph Of The Bryant Family, Unknown
Photograph Of The Bryant Family, Unknown
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Photograph of Patti Mattox Bryant and Rees Odeil Bryant with their children. The children are, from left to right, William, Rebecca, Sara Jo, and David. The photograph appears to have been taken in Nigeria and the date of creation is estimated.
Letter From Patti Mattox Bryant To F. W. And Mildred Mattox, Patti Mattox Bryant
Letter From Patti Mattox Bryant To F. W. And Mildred Mattox, Patti Mattox Bryant
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Letter from Patti Mattox Bryant to her parents F. W. and Mildred Mattox dated 18 December 1960. Patti thanks her parents for the Christmas package they sent to the Bryant family in Nigeria.
Letter From Patti Mattox Bryant To F. W. And Mildred Mattox, Patti Mattox Bryant
Letter From Patti Mattox Bryant To F. W. And Mildred Mattox, Patti Mattox Bryant
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Letter from Patti Mattox Bryant to her parents, F. W. and Mildred Mattox, dated 11 August 1960. Patti writes to her parents about her memories of her recently deceased grandfather.
Letter From Patti Mattox Bryant To F. W. And Mildred Mattox, Patti Mattox Bryant
Letter From Patti Mattox Bryant To F. W. And Mildred Mattox, Patti Mattox Bryant
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Letter from Patti Mattox Bryant to her parents, F. W. and Mildred Mattox, dated 7 April 1960. Patti writes about her family's travel to Nigeria and their first few days of settling in to their new life.
Newsletter No. 4, Rees Odeil Bryant
Newsletter No. 4, Rees Odeil Bryant
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Newsletter No. 4 dated 1 May 1958 written by Patti Mattox Bryant from Nigeria. In the newsletter she describes their adjustments to Nigeria and their ongoing ministry.
Newsletter No. 3, Patti Mattox Bryant, Rees Odeil Bryant
Newsletter No. 3, Patti Mattox Bryant, Rees Odeil Bryant
Rees Odeil and Patti Mattox Bryant Papers
Newsletter No. 3 from Rees and Patti Bryant dated 1 May 1958. In the newsletter the Bryants write about the ministry opportunities they had during the month of April.