Description: This catalogue describes the final year of classes at Austin Seminary before the school closed in May 1918. The Seminary began teaching classes again in the fall of 1921.
Description: In the years leading up tot he U.S. entry into the war, Austin Seminary was experiencing severe financial hardship. This statement from the Board lays out the Seminary's financial position and makes the case for increased support in order to continue…
Description: Rachel Henderlite was the first woman to be ordained in the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the first woman to serve as a full professor at Austin Seminary. During the seminary's search for a new president, Henderlite emphasized…
Description: Memo in advance of the arrival of Patricia Ann McClurg as Westminster's new assistant pastor. A committee was in charge of the formal installation rites for McClurg, composed of Rev. John R. Hendrick, Rev. Herrbert Meza, Tom Maid, and Rev. John…
Description: Memo written on behalf of The Session of Elders by John R. Hendrick and Carl Schahn sent to members of Westminster Church concerning the hiring of Patricia McClurg as Assistant Pastor and Walter E. Becker as Office Manager-Bookkeeper.
Description: Photograph of Neither Black or White: The Whole Church for a Broken World by David O. Shipley, an account by Shipley on his experience as a black student at Austin Seminary during the 1950s.
Description: This page from the opening of the 1950-1951 academic year shows the signature of Daniel Clark Jr., Austin Seminary’s first African-American student.
Description: On December 17, 1947, Austin Seminary faculty made the following decision on the application of a black student: “The application of Lonnie R. Proctor, a Negro, for admission to the Seminary as a theological student was presented. No action by the…