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Mcreynolds, Benjamin, 1769-1845 (Mss 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 603. Manuscript books of sermons, religious, medical and other writings created by Benjamin McReynolds, a Butler County, Kentucky Methodist minister. Includes family history and records of schools operated by McReynolds.

Walton, Charles Potter, 1876-1971 (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1120. Sermon notes and Spanish-American War discharge certificate of Simpson County, Kentucky native, Charles Potter Walton, who served as a Methodist minister in the south central Kentucky area. Several items related to the Spanish-American War can be viewed in full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below).

Napier Collection (Sc 476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 476. Letters, 1926-1952 (3), sermons and speeches (15), commencement program, 1913, memo books, 1920-1923 (2) of Baxter W. Napier, Sr., Methodist minister, 1882(?)-1971; Masonic tribute and receipt, 1895 (2) of I. S. Napier; and miscellaneous items, 1842, 1951 (8).

Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 382. Correspondence, account books, receipts, sermons, drawings, and diaries of the Venable family of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, chiefly John Wesley Venable, Sr. and his wife Fannie and son John, Jr. Of particular interest is an 1839-1839 travel journal kept by John, Sr. while in Florida. Also includes John, Sr.’s sermons and sermon preparation material as well as thirty-nine small diaries documenting his career as an Episcopal priest in Versailles and Hopkinsville. Includes one of John, Sr.’s art sketch books.

Dowden, Darnell, 1824-1891 (Sc 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 226. Three leather bound notebooks of sermon notes, some copied from sermons published by J. M. Pendleton in “The Baptist.” Goshen, Walnut Grove, and Brandenburg are mentioned as places where the sermons were preached. Also includes Dowden biographical information.

Gordon, Angus Neal, 1893-1981 (Sc 2431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2431. Sermon notes, liturgies, and teaching outlines compiled by Angus Neal Gordon, a Presbyterian minister, who served as Pastor of The Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1952 to 1964. Of particular interest is a written statement given by Gordon after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Royden, Cynthia Ann (Fa 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 21. Interviews conducted by Cindy Royden with Oscar Tittle, Charles and Rosey Woolbright and Ivan H. Key, members of Pentecostal churches in Bowling Green, Kentucky, about their religious beliefs and practices. Includes taped services at Seventh Street Full Gospel Church and First United Pentecostal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Hurley, Edwin Gray (Sc 1954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1954. Two sermons delivered by Edwin Gray Hurley while he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Mcsween, Allen C., Jr. (Sc 1559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1559. Sermon, "Mr. Lincoln's Religion," delivered by Allen C. McSween, Jr. at the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Gen Ms 08 Walter E. Russell Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton

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Description:

Dr. Walter E. Russell Papers span the period 1874-1945, the bulk of them 1870s-1880s, consisting of writings on education and allied topics as well as his sermons. There are a small number of printed items and a photograph of the1928 School Summer Session. Russell often used printed material as scrap paper, so forms usually found in the office of an education administrator of the time occur in these Papers.

Date Range:

1874-1945

Size of Collection:

2 ft.

Record Of Sermons Preached In Easton, Pennsylvania, Etc., Commencing April 1, 1850, John Henry Augustus Bomberger

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This 44 page ledger contains Dr. John H. A. Bomberger's handwritten notes about the sermons preached during his final four years as pastor of the First Reformed Church of Easton, Pennsylvania. Entries contain the date, time of day, place, Biblical text and theme for each sermon. Often, additional remarks are found about the occasion of the sermon (a Confirmation, Communion, funeral, Harvest sermon or cornerstone laying, for example), the weather, and attendance. Names and ages of the deceased (and sometimes the cause of death) are recorded for the funeral services. The death of a child is frequently noted as the …

No Slavery In Nebraska. The Voice Of God Against National Crime, Joseph P. Thompson

Special Collections

Antislavery sermon speaking against allowing slavery in Nebraska.

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