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J. Curtis Dixon Papers
The collection contains mostly correspondence from the 1943-48 Summer Workshops at Mercer, including letters, budget and expense statements, handwritten notes, lists of attendees, receipts, and workshop summaries and descriptions of purpose.
Jack E. Ayers Papers
Most of the letters in this collection relate to a member of “The Greatest Generation” and “The Girl He Left Behind”—but later married. This collection contains many letters between Mr. Ayers to his wife, Daphne, as well as from family members and friends. There are also copies of Mr. Ayers’ Veterans Administration Financial Records, photographs, mixed materials, notebooks, eyeglasses, lists, booklets, and cards.
Jack U. Harwell Papers
The Jack U. Harwell Collection contains news clippings, articles, office files, correspondence, minutes, and financial statements.
Jackson “Jack” Williams Tarver Papers
This collection contains materials related to the dedication of the Jack Tarver Library on Mercer University’s Macon campus, newspaper clippings either about or by Jack Tarver, photographs, a brief biography of Jack Tarver, and a small amount of correspondence sent to or by the Tarver family.
Jacob Horace Smith, Jr. Papers
The Smith collection contains papers (photocopied) from the years 1872-1875. It includes Smith’s diary (1873-1875), newspaper articles (1873, 1875), correspondence (1874), a commencement address made by Smith at Mercer University (1872), and sermons. The originals are located at First Baptist Church in Rome, Georgia.
James C. Williams Papers
The James C. Williams collection contains a physician’s daily log possibly from 1949 that belonged to one of Dr. Williams’ relatives.
James Edgar Dillard, Jr. Papers
The James Edgar Dillard, Jr., Collection contains class notes, sermon notes, and other writings during Rev. Dillard’s lengthy career. Box 2 contains various pamphlets, handwritten sermon notes, and miscellaneous materials from Rev. Dillard.
James Hines Kilpatrick Papers
The James H. Kilpatrick Collection contains a scrapbook. This was apparently given to his son, William Heard Kilpatrick, upon his death in 1908. Inside are clippings, mostly from The Christian Index, but there are also clippings from the Texas Baptist Herald. There is a barely legible index of these clippings on the inside of the front and back covers. Topics var clippings and include church government, missions, temperance, and both amusing and moralistic anecdotes.
James Hoffman Harris Papers
The James H. Harris Collection contains personal papers, photographs, a beer stein, a mug, paperweights, and a medallion