Murray, John, 1898-1975

Content Description From the Collection: Unfortunately for scholars of John Murray and his contribution to Reformed theology, when Murray retired from WTS in 1966, he felt that his published works constituted the totality of his thoughts and opinions—and so he made a bonfire of his manuscript papers(!) Only a few Murray papers, gathered by Stanley Hagberg, Peter Smith, Elsie Palmer, and Whitman (unknown forename) have survived. Their collections are held in the Special Collections of Westminster Theological Seminary. Anyone who is...

Content Description From the Collection: Unfortunately for scholars of John Murray and his contribution to Reformed theology, when Murray retired from WTS in 1966, he felt that his published works constituted the totality of his thoughts and opinions—and so he made a bonfire of his manuscript papers(!) Only a few Murray papers, gathered by Stanley Hagberg, Peter Smith, Elsie Palmer, and Whitman (unknown forename) have survived. Their collections are held in the Special Collections of Westminster Theological Seminary. Anyone who is...

Content Description From the Collection: This collection contains the accumulated papers, photographs, and sound recordings of Dr. William Young (1918-2015), who was a conservative Presbyterian pastor, and philosophy professor.Dr. William Young must have been what is known as a “hoarder,” meaning that he discarded almost nothing. At the time that Westminster Theological Seminary acquired this collection, it consisted of approximately fifty cubic feet of papers of all sorts. In addition to his handwritten manuscripts,...

Content Description From the Collection: Much of what is contained in the R.B. Kuiper Collection pertains to his tenure as a professor at Westminster and a minister in the PCA/OPC. There is little in the collection from his time at Calvin College, CTS, the CRC, or the RCA. (Researchers should consult the R.B. Kuiper Collection at Calvin Theological Seminary for additional information on those years.)A significant portion of the records pertaining to the PCA/OPC relate to the Gordon Clark case. There is little that...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of the Allis Collection relates to his work as a teacher, writer, and an editor. One noteworthy feature of the collection is the amount of correspondence. Allis was not only a prolific letter-writer; he was also an early adopter of the typewriter and kept carbon copies of many of the letters he sent. Interested researchers will be able, in many cases, to reconstruct the “conversation” between Allis and his correspondents. The subject matter of the correspondence ranges from the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Smith-Murray Collection contains a small sampling of Murray’s work: some notebooks from his school days in Scotland, reports to the Reformed Ecumenical Synod’s Committee on Inspiration of Scripture, early drafts on Divorce (later published by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing in 1976), and essays on Calvinist theological subject-matter. There is also a folder containing Murray’s writings on lessons titled “Application of Redemption.” This file, whose contents Murray wrote in a...

Abstract

The Hagberg-Murray Collection (Collectino 030), along with the Palmer-Murray, the Smith-Murray, and the Whitman-Murray collections, constitute the totality of papers left by (and not destroyed by) John Murray, who taught at Westminster Theological Seminary from 1930 to 1966.

Scope and Contents The Hunt family collection contains primarily the papers and photographs of William Brewster Hunt and his son, Bruce Finley Hunt (and to a lesser extent the papers of their family members and more distant relatives). The chronology of this collection spans from 1840 to 1992, when Bruce Hunt died. In terms of geography, it mostly pertains to Korea, Manuchuria and the United States. The Hunts were Christian missionaries to Korea and Manchuria, having spent decades bringing the Gospel to...

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This collection contains the personal papers, records, sermons, journals and correspondence of Edmund P. Clowney.