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Rev. Dr. W. Horace Benjamin Papers, 1957-1978

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Contents List

Series 1: Sermon Reference Files

Box 1

Folder 1.   Newspaper Clippings, 1957-1968, photocopies

Folder 2.   Christmas

Folder 3.   Communism

Folder 4.   The Lord’s Supper

Folder 5.   Truett, George W. – Sermons

Folder 6.   Studies in Ephesians and I Thessalonians and James

Folder 7.   Easter and Resurrection

Folder 8.   Father’s Day

Folder 9.   Thanksgiving

Folder 10. Baptist World Congress and Mission Tour of South America

Folder 11. Sermons on the Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Folder 12. Sermons 1950s

Folder 13. Sermons 1950s

Folder 14. Sermons 1957

Folder 15. Baccalaureate Sermons

Folder 16. Lions Club

Folder 17. Pre-Marriage Awareness Inventory, Counseling Packet

Folder 18. Bulletins – First Baptist News [only contains sermons]

Folder 19. Assorted Church Paperwork, Articles, and Newspapers

Folder 20. Loose Sermon Material

Box 2

Folder 1.   Sermons from 1956, 1958

Folder 2.   Sermons from the Mid 50s

Folder 3.   Sermons from late 1950s

Folder 4.   Sermons 1955-1956, 1959, 1962

Folder 5.  Sermons from Late 50s, “The Sword of the Lord” Newspapers

Folder 6.   Sermons 1960, First Baptist Church

Folder 7.   Sermons 1961, First Baptist Church, Abbeville, SC

Folder 8.   Sermons 1962

Folder 9.   Sermons FBC Abbeville 1963

Folder 10. Sermons, 1964

Folder 11. Sermons, 1965

Folder 12. Sermons, 1966

Folder 13. Sermons, 1967

Folder 14. Sermons, 1959, 1963, 1969

Folder 15. Sermons Preached at Lamar

Folder 16. Sermons and Church News

Folder 17. P. S. 1978

Folder 18. Sermons, Newspapers, and Church News

Folder 19. Sermons at P Drive, 1968

Folder 20. Rev. Horace Benjamin, Abbeville First Baptist Church

Folder 21. Mother’s Day

Folder 22. 1970

Folder 23. Assorted Church Paperwork and Materials [Including Southern Baptist Missions Around the World Map]

Folder 24. Sermons and Biblical Authority

Folder 25. Stewardship

Series 2: Newsletters and Bulletins, First Baptist Church Abbeville, 1957-1958

Box 3

  • Bulletins, First Baptist Church Abbeville, December 1, 1957- December 28, 1958, bound
  • Newsletter, First Baptist News,  Church Abbeville, bound
    1. November 1, 1957- December 25, 1959
    2. January 1, 1960- December 29, 1961
    3. Jan 1, 1962- Dec 31, 1963
    4. Jan 1, 1964- Dec 31, 1965
    5. 1966-1967
    6. January 1967- August 1968

Box 4

Series 3 Column “Frankly Speaking”

Folder 1.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1959-1960

Folder 2.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1961

Folder 3.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1962

Folder 4.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1963

Folder 5.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1964

Folder 6.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1965

Folder 7.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1966

Folder 8.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1967

Folder 9.   Typescripts, “Franking Speaking,” 1968

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Folder 1. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1959-1961

Folder 2. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1962

Folder 3. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1963

Folder 4. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1964

Folder 5. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1965

Folder 6. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1966

Folder 7. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1967

Folder 8. Column “Frankly Speaking,” 1968

Folder 9. DVD, scans of “Frankly Speaking” columns, The Press and Banner

Series 4 Artifacts

  • Boxed Nike football autographed by Furman University football team, 2008

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Folder 1.Handwritten notes, undated

Folder 2.History of District Association

Folder 3.Sermons 1950s

Folder 4.Sermons 1960-1963

Folder 5.Sermons 1964-1969

Folder 6.Sermons 1970-1973

Folder 7.Sermons 1974-1978

Folder 8.Sermons, undated