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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Size | 6.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4,500 items) |
Abstract | Edwin McNeill Poteat was a Baptist preacher, teacher, and missionary in China, 1917-1929, author, president of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, 1944-1948, and pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., 1929-1937 and 1948-1955, and at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1937-1944. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, mainly 1944-1955, and writings of Poteat. Included are letters, 1925-1929, discussing the Chinese nationalist movement and its effect on missionary work; correspondence with various religious and social action organizations, particularly concerning conscientious objection to World War I and interracial cooperation; and routine office correspondence. Also included are sermons, articles, speeches, and an unpublished book manuscript. |
Creator | Poteat, Edwin McNeill, 1892-1955. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Edwin McNeill Poteat (1892-1955) was a Baptist preacher, teacher, and missionary in China, 1917-1929; author; president of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, 1944-1948; and pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., 1929-1937 and 1948-1955; and at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1937-1944. He also writer on religion and his book entitled Mandate to Humanity: An inquiry into the history and meaning of the Ten Commandments and their relation to contemporary culture was published in 1953 by Abington-Cokesbury Press, Nashville, Tenn.
Back to TopThe collection includes personal and professional correspondence, mainly 1944-1955, and writings of Edward McNeill Poteat. Included are letters, 1925-1929, discussing the Chinese nationalist movement and its effect on missionary work; correspondence with various religious and social action organizations, particularly concerning conscientious objection to World War I and interracial cooperation; and routine office correspondence. Also included are sermons, articles, speeches, and book manuscripts.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1925-1927 |
Folder 2-3
Folder 2Folder 3 |
1928-1929 |
Folder 4 |
1930-1932 |
Folder 5 |
1933-1937 |
Folder 6 |
1942 |
Folder 7-10
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10 |
1943 |
Folder 11-16
Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16 |
1944 |
Folder 17-24
Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24 |
1945-1946 |
Folder 25-28
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
1947 |
Folder 29-32
Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
1948 |
Folder 33-49
Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49 |
1949 |
Folder 50-68
Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68 |
1950 |
Folder 69-95
Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95 |
1951 |
Folder 96-119C |
1952 |
Folder 120-144C |
1953 |
Folder 145-170B |
1954 |
Folder 171-189C |
1955 |
Folder 190-194
Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194 |
1956, undated |
Folder 195-199
Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199 |
Writings |
Folder 200A-200C |
"Adam Was a Good Man" |
Folder 201 |
Mandate to Humanity, manuscript |
Folder 202 |
Volume 1: Sermon excerpts, 1938-1939; alphabetical index, 1938-1944 |
Folder 203 |
Volume 2: Sermon excerpts, 1940-1944 |