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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.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5000 items) |
| Abstract | Thomas Neely Carruthers (1900-1960) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop of South Carolina. This collection chiefly contains the sermons of Carruthers. Also included is correspondence, subject files, and writings related to the Episcopal Church in South Carolina and elsewhere, as well as some material regarding the Porter Military Academy. |
| Creator | Carruthers, Thomas Neely, 1900-1960. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2011
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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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Thomas Neely Carruthers (1900-1960) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop of South Carolina.
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Scope and Content
This collection chiefly contains the sermons of South Carolina Episcopal bishop Thomas Neely Carruthers (1900-1960). Also included is correspondence, subject files, and writings related to the Episcopal Church in South Carolina and elsewhere, as well as some material regarding the Porter Military Academy.
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Series 1. Correspondence, Subject Files, and Writings, 1935-1960 and undated.
This series contains correspondence, subject files, and articles and manuscripts related to Carruthers and his work with the Episcopal Church.
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Subseries 1.1. Correspondence, 1935-1953.
Arrangement: chronological.
This subseries contains scattered correspondence of Thomas Neely Carruthers.
| Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
| Folder 1 |
1935-1941 |
Folder 2-7
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7 |
1944 |
| Folder 8 |
1945, 1952-1953 |
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Subseries 1.2. Subject Files, 1937-1960.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
This subseries contains subject files related to various parishes around the United States, as well as conventions, Thomas N. Carruthers Junior and the Porter Military Academy.
| Folder 9 |
Air Reserve training manual controversy, 1960 |
| Folder 10 |
Camp St. Christopher, 1960 |
| Folder 11 |
Carruthers, Thomas N., Jr., 1939-1953 |
| Folder 12 |
The Church Congress, 1938-1944 |
| Folder 13 |
Consecration, 1944 |
| Folder 14 |
Diocese of South Carolina Convention, 1954 |
| Folder 15 |
Gray, Walter- Bishop, 1955 |
| Folder 16 |
Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tenn., 1959 |
| Folder 17 |
Lambeth Congress, 1958 |
| Folder 18 |
Nashville, Tenn., Trip, 1956 |
| Folder 19 |
National Council of Churches, 1960 |
| Folder 20 |
Porter Military Academy, 1940-1951 |
| Folder 21 |
St. Paul's Church, Baltimore, Md., 1955-1965 |
| Folder 22 |
St. Philip's Church, Charleston, S.C., 1956 |
| Folder 23 |
Thomas, Albert Sidney- Bishop, 1958 |
| Folder 24 |
Trinity Episcopal Church, Houston, Tex., 1937-1938 |
| Folder 25 |
University of the South, 1960 |
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Subseries 1.3. Writings and Manuscripts, 1936, 1953 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
This subseries contains one article and two manuscripts by Thomas N. Carruthers, along with two Trinity Church leaflets and a small amount of correspondence.
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Series 2. Sermons and Writings, 1937-1960 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
This series contains sermons and writings of Thomas N. Carruthers, the bulk of which are handwritten and undated, and vary in length and depth. The sermons cover a variety of religious topics, but also include contemporary topics such as patriotism and communism. Also included are a few writings on African Americans and race, material related to the Porter Military Academy, and copies of Southern Churchman and Texas Churchman.