Scope and Contents The Audio Reel collection conatins reel to reel audio tapes from Bethel and the Baptist General Conference. They contain sermons, conferences, music, and missionary recordings. Because the archives does not have a playback machine, labels are based on what is written on the boxes, which is often limited. The six reels from March 5, 1960 appear to be from a homiletics conference, all of which are labeled "Quiggle", the last name of a seminary student.The missionary...

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The Calhoun papers span one box of .5 cubic feet and date between 1951 and 1958.

The Photographs folder holds four photographs of Donald and the Calhoun family.

The Newsletters folder dates to 1951 and 1952, and were sent ot supporters and donors.

The dated folders span from 1949 to 1958. Their contents include mostly correspondence, financial information, and minutes from the Baptist General Conference Board meetings relevant to the Calhouns.

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The Lidbom papers date between 1966 and 1990 and cover one box.

The documents in the file include correspondence, church bulletins, and autobiographical account by Harold, and information about the Ethiopian Bible.

Two Ethiopian Bibles in the Amharic language are included in the collection, both with wooden covers and handwritten on sheepskin. The larger-sized book was given to Bethel by the Lidboms and likely contains Psalms and Song of Solomon.

Scope and Contents The J. Warren and Ruth Johnson papers date between 1945 and 1981, spanning one box. J. Warren and Ruth's passports date to 1945 and 1950. The Newsletters date between 1949 and 1981 and were sent to supporters for their missions.The Autobiographies folder contain written histories by J. Warren and Ruth prior to becoming missionaries, likely written for J. Warren's ordination in 1945.The dated folders contain primarily correspondence with the...

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The James and Margaret Luckman papers date between 1949 to 1962, mostly covering their time in Ethiopia.

The dated folders contain mostly correspondence, but also minutes of the Baptist General Conference Foreign Mission Board, visa applications, and financial records.

The Newsletters date between 1951 and 1957 and detail mission work in Ethiopia.

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This collection consists of 5 boxes of vinyl records, mostly 12 inch LPs, covering 3.5 cubic feet. Almost all records are of Bethel music, such as the choir, the Male Chorus, the Women's Choir, and instrumental groups. A few are recordings from churches or from the Baptist General Conference.

Scope and Contents There are sixteen scrapbooks in this collection dating between 1900 and 1970. They feature missions around the world, showing photographs, newspaper clippings, newlsetters, and more. They are in three boxes spanning 3.5 cubic feet, plus an external scrapbook.The Home and Foreign Fields scrapbook shows Dr. Mansfield Bailey and Dr. C.S. Ngeo at Kwei Lin Hospital in China on the cover. Other missionaries mentioned in this scrapbook are Catharine Mabie, Howard Freas, O.L. Swanson, J.A....

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The Norman and Dorette Copeland papers span two boxes and date between 1949 and 1983.

The dated folders mostly contain correspondence, as well as some financial information.

The Newsletters date between 1954 and the early 1980s. These newsletters were sent donors and supporters of their mission work. They were written in Ethiopia, Thailand, and Benin.

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The Filmstrips and Slideshows collection is made up of various media types, including photographic slides, filmstrips, audio magnetic reels, LP vinyl records, and audiocassettes. Some include a printed script. Much of the content is either about Bethel or missions initiatives in the Baptist General Conference, particularly slideshows created by missionaries about their time on the mission field.

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This collection is made up of 48 boxes spanning 33 cubic feet. The tapes date between 1979 and 2007. The content of most tapes is of Bethel, with various other mission or church tapes from the Baptist General Conference.