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The Special Collections of Lupton Library contain several religious collections. Includes personal papers and libraries of local pastors, the Hood-Williamson Archives of the Serpent Handlers of Southern Appalachia (video documentation on DVD), and the Early Music Choir Book (above). For more information about the collections, click on the links below. Reverend W.C. Dailey Correspondence Hood-Williamson Archives of the Serpent Handlers of Southern Appalachia Reverend Thomas H. McCallie Memoirs
The David Lewis Beebe Letters
MS 014 .5 linear foot Date Range: 1864-1883
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Methodist Episcopal minister, Cleveland, TN. Letters to Rev. Daily from Methodist bishops (esp. Davis W. Clark) and other Methodist clergy pertaining to organizing the Church in east Tennessee.
The Early Music Choir Book MS 101 3 linear feet Date Range: 1500s-1600s Scope and Content: Large, early European music choir book, in Latin. Using early music notation, hand printed on vellum, some pages missing. MS 020 .5 linear foot Date Range: 1920-1929
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William A. Guerry (1861-1928) was Episcopal Bishop, Chaplain, and Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, University of the South, 1893-1907; father of Alexander Guerry, former University of Chattanooga President (1929 - 1938). Manuscripts of sermons, religious tracts, booklets and articles in religious journals written by William Guerry, many from the 1920's. Also oration by Guerry in the book, Semi-Centennial of the University of the South, 1857-1907.
The J. Clarke Hagey Collection 15 linear feet Date Range: 1548-1880 J. Clarke Hagey was the Dean of Theology of Grant University from 1886 until 1888. Upon his death in 1888 his personal library of of several dozen religious books, many in Latin and Greek, were bequeathed to the University. Titles range from the mid 1500s to 1888. MS 079 12 linear feet Date Range: 1972-1994
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Dr. Thor Hall was a professor of Religious Studies at UTC from 1972 until his retirement in 1994. His collection includes his class notes, essays, publications, correspondence, books and manuscripts. Dr. Hall is also an ordained United Methodist minister. Prior to his coming to UTC he taught at the Duke University Divinity School.
MS 074 6 linear feet Date Range: 1975-2004
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The Serpent Handler Interviews collection is a series of nearly 200 DVDs of filmed interviews and church services that follow the tradition of "taking up serpents." To get at the awareness of what such an experience means to believers, the structure of each interview was open-ended and was begun with the same initial question: "Can you think of a particular time that you have taken up a serpent, and can you describe in as much detail as possible what that experience was like?" What followed for approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours were detailed descriptions of specific events of serpent handling--some of which included bites and near-death experiences. Also included in many interviews were personal narratives and descriptions of various personal experiences such as witnessing fatal bites, being devinely healed, ingesting poison (another Mark 16 sign), and experiencing the anointing. Some restrictions apply.
View Detail MS 027 .5 linear foot Date Range: 1901-1912
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Thomas Hooks McCallie (1837-1912) was a Presbyterian minister, Chattanooga and Hamilton County. Photocopy of handwritten memoirs, begun in 1901 and continued through his last years.
Bound copies of the Quarterly from Volume 1 to Volume 86 (1818-1904). Some issues missing, and set is in fragile condition.
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