Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 1980-1981 Page: 3
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General Information
Brief History
Abilene Christian University was founded in September, 1906, by A. B. Barret, a
Tennessee preacher who envisioned a center of Christian education in the Southwest,
and has been closely related to the churches of Christ throughout its history. Known as
Childers Classical Institute, the school began with a student body of 25 and grew slowly
during its early years.
During the presidency of Jesse P. Sewell (1912-1924), the school attained senior
college status in 1919 and was renamed Abilene Christian College a year later. Sewell was
followed in the presidency by Batsell Baxter (1924-1932) and James F. Cox (1932-1940).
Don H. Morris was president from 1940 to 1969. John C. Stevens has been president since
September, 1969. The name was changed to Abilene Christian University in February,
1976.
The university was originally located on North First Street, but in 1929 it moved to its
present 102-acre location, and eight permanent buildings were erected on the "hill."
Original buildings were: Administration Building, Sewell Auditorium, Zona Luce
Building, Chambers Hall, Bennett Gymnasium, McDonald Dormitory, Zellner Dormitory,
and the President's house (now Baxter Hall).
The following buildings have been added: Foster Science Buiding (1946), McKinzie
Dormitory (1947), Industrial Education (1953), Mabee Dormitory (1953), Burford Music
Center (1955), Bible Building (1955), Edwards Dormitory (1955), Nelson Dormitory (1955),
Citizenship Building (1960), Gardner Dormitory (1961), Moody Coliseum and Gibson
Physical Education (1968), McGlothlin Campus Center (1968), Central Plant (1968),
Science Building Halls and Walling Lecture Hall (1969), Maintenance Building (1970),
Brown Library and Mabee Library Auditorium (1970), Sherrod Residential Park (1974), A.
B. Morris Dormitory (1975), Sikes Dormitory (1977), Don H. Morris Center (1978), and
Smith-Adams Dormitory (1978).
The university has total assets amounting to $54,561,078, including endowment assets
of $13,642,177.
The Margarett and Herman Brown Library is the center of the campus, physically and
academically, providing multimedia resources to support undergraduate and graduate
curricula, as well as general reading and listening experiences for students, faculty and
staff of the University, and other community members.
The library presently contains over 437,403 titles, including 225,531 print volumes,
1,311 government documents and 205,492 microforms, plus 25,069 nonprint items and
subscriptions to 1,213 current periodicals and 11 daily newspapers. In addition, it has
been appointed as a federal depository library for selective government publications.
Special collections include the Robbins Railroad Collection; the Omar Burleson
Archives; the Herald of Truth Radio and Television Archives; and a rare Bible collection,
as well as much church and ACU archival material.
Participation in the AMIGOS/OCLC network, Texas Information Exchange, The
Texas List and other union lists, and the Southwest Academic Library Consortium
increases library services, especially in processing and inter-library sharing.
Reading and research opportunities for Abilene students are multiplied through the
cooperation of the ACU, Hardin-Simmons, and McMurry libraries.General Information 3
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