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[St. Paul's Church Resolution]

Description: A resolution of appreciation of the efforts of O. F. Sensabaugh as Presiding Elder for the district, by the board of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church in Abilene, Texas. The resolution is addressed to the Bishop Jas Cannon, Jr. and Cabinet of the Northwest Texas Conference.
Date: October 30, 1918
Creator: Fulwiler, W. J.
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[Supplement A - First Quarterly Conference, St. Paul's Church]

Description: A handwritten document addressed to the members of the First Quarterly Conference (presumably of St. Paul's Church), reporting greater than normal church attendance and with the spiritual condition of the church described as unusually good. The document also expresses a need for a deep awakening and a new sense of God in Christ, and lists the names of 45 people who have recently been added to the church.
Date: January 29, 1919
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[Supplement B - Educational Report]

Description: A handwritten document containing an educational report for the members of St. Paul's Church. Of note is a report on early plans and fundraising for a Methodist college in Abilene. That college would become McMurry College (now McMurry University).
Date: August 30, 1920
Creator: Hunt, James Winford
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[McMurry's Position on the Moot Question of the Touchdown]

Description: An essay written by James W. Hunt, President of McMurry College, regarding McMurry's position on a controversial football game between McMurry and Abilene Christian College, in which A.C.C. won the game, allegedly due to a bad call by the referees. The essay refers to comments about the game made by Harold L. (Prexy) Anderson, sports writer for A.C.C.'s student newspaper "The Optimist," and later for the Abilene Reporter-News.
Date: 1925/1934
Creator: Hunt, James Winford
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[Letter from James W. Hunt to Roger A. Burgess]

Description: A two-page photocopy of a letter from James W. Hunt to Professor Roger A. Burgess of Childress, Texas, dated July 22, 1927. The letter provides some information Hunt felt necessary to the completion of a thesis by Burgess, and concerns historical information regarding the plains of Texas and the Estacado.
Date: July 22, 1927
Creator: Hunt, James W.
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[Letter from W. R. McPherson to James W. Hunt]

Description: A letter from W. R. McPherson of Pendleton, Texas, to James W. Hunt, dated November 3, 1932. The letter alleges a conspiracy by supporters of former Texas Governor James Ferguson and his wife to damage Hunt's reputation in retaliation for Hunt's comments about the Fergusons during a recent radio program.
Date: November 3, 1932
Creator: McPherson, W. R.
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