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By Tanner Simon '20
Collection Overview
Title: Roger E. Sappington Research Collection
ID: MSS/MSS-0006
Extent: 24.88 Linear Feet
Collection Historical Note
Roger Sappington (1929-1989) was born on March 6, 1929 to Ross and Beulah Sappington in Avon Park, Florida. He attended Manchester College and Bethany Theological Seminary before attaining his Ph.D from Duke University in 1959. In 1949, Sappington married LaVerle Hochstetler, with whom he had four children. In 1951, Sappington was ordained as a minister for the Church of the Brethren, serving a congregation in Lima, Ohio. In 1958, he took a position at Bridgewater College in Virginia as a professor of history, where he would teach for 31 years until his death in 1989. In addition to being a professor, Sappington was also the debate coach at the College. He was a member of the National Historical Committee of the Church of the Brethren, serving as chairman between 1958-1963 and 1970-1973. A dedicated Brethren historian, Sappington authored a number of books, including Brethren Social Policy (1960), Courageous Prophet (1964), The Brethren Along the Snake River (1966), The Brethren in the Carolinas (1971), The Brethren in Virginia (1973), The Brethren in the New Nation (1976), The Brethren in Industrial America (1985) and The Brethren in Tennessee and Alabama (1988). Sappington passed away in 1989 at the age of 60.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Brethren Service Committee, 1938-1952],
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Series 2: Brethren Social Policy, 1959-1961],
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Series 3: Research Material, 1800-1985],
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Series 4: Brethren in Virginia, 1889-1989],
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Series 5: Meeting Minutes and Committees, 1957-1980],
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Series 6: The History of the Bridgewater Virginia Church of the Brethren, 1813-1978],
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Series 7: Sappington's Sermons, 1935-1958],
[Series 8: Brethren Committee Meeting Notes, 1912-1985],
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Series 9: Professorial Papers, 1962-1987],
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Series 10: Assorted Biographical Research and Resources, 1833-1988],
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Series 11: General brethren Research, 1865-1970],
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Series 12: Brethren in Industrial America & The Brethren in the New Nation, 1893-1970],
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Series 13: The Brethren in the Carolinas: the history of the Church of the Brethren in the district of North and South Carolina, 1869-1986],
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Series 14: General Notes on Conscientious Objection and Peace, 1926-1988],
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Series 15: Correspondence, 1955-1988],
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Series 16: Sappington's Graduate Work, 1950-1992],
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Series 17: The Courageous Prophet: chapters from the life of John Kline; The Brethren Along the Snake River; Reuel B. Prichett: Tennessee churchman and antiquarian, 1964-1972],
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Series 18: Sappington's Classes, 1937-1991],
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Series 19: Sappington's Undergraduate Class Papers, 1946-1959],
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Series 20: Index Cards],
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All]
- Series 8: Brethren Committee Meeting Notes, 1912-1985
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Conference of Brethren Historians, Bridgewater, April 1978
- Folder 2: MEA (Mennonite History) #3 October 1979 Messiah College
- Folder 3: Joseph R. Shultz (Brethren Writers Conference), 1974
- Folder 4: Shenandoah Valley Historical institute
- Folder 5: Papers for Lower Shenandoah Valley Heritage Conference
- Folder 6: Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Publication Committee
- Folder 7: Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
- Folder 8: History of Broadfording (B-Sam D. Lindsay), 1976
- Folder 9: Summer Seminars, 1982
- Folder 10: Summer Seminar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985
- Folder 11: Summer Seminars, 1985
- Folder 12: Summer Seminars, 1988
- Folder 13: American History Bibliographies
- Folder 14: Brethren Conference on Mission-Ashland, Ohio, 1987
- Folder 15: Manchester Colleges and Hospital
- Folder 16: Council on Religious Life, 1963
- Folder 17: Conference on the Concept of the Believers' Church, June 1967
- Folder 18: T.K.A. Faculty Sponsor Minutes, 1963-1973, 1966-1967
- Folder 19: Philomanthean
- Folder 20: Certificates
- Folder 21: Miscellaneous Newsletters and Research
- Folder 22: Journals
- Folder 23: Booklets
- Folder 24: Identity Program, 1972
- Folder 25: Roger Sappington Historical Simulation
- Folder 26: Annual Conference Minutes Copies
- Folder 27: Annual Conference Publications
- Folder 28: Brethren Publications
- Folder 29: Brethren Church Publications
- Folder 30: Publications
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Brethren Service Committee, 1938-1952],
[
Series 2: Brethren Social Policy, 1959-1961],
[
Series 3: Research Material, 1800-1985],
[
Series 4: Brethren in Virginia, 1889-1989],
[
Series 5: Meeting Minutes and Committees, 1957-1980],
[
Series 6: The History of the Bridgewater Virginia Church of the Brethren, 1813-1978],
[
Series 7: Sappington's Sermons, 1935-1958],
[Series 8: Brethren Committee Meeting Notes, 1912-1985],
[
Series 9: Professorial Papers, 1962-1987],
[
Series 10: Assorted Biographical Research and Resources, 1833-1988],
[
Series 11: General brethren Research, 1865-1970],
[
Series 12: Brethren in Industrial America & The Brethren in the New Nation, 1893-1970],
[
Series 13: The Brethren in the Carolinas: the history of the Church of the Brethren in the district of North and South Carolina, 1869-1986],
[
Series 14: General Notes on Conscientious Objection and Peace, 1926-1988],
[
Series 15: Correspondence, 1955-1988],
[
Series 16: Sappington's Graduate Work, 1950-1992],
[
Series 17: The Courageous Prophet: chapters from the life of John Kline; The Brethren Along the Snake River; Reuel B. Prichett: Tennessee churchman and antiquarian, 1964-1972],
[
Series 18: Sappington's Classes, 1937-1991],
[
Series 19: Sappington's Undergraduate Class Papers, 1946-1959],
[
Series 20: Index Cards],
[
All]
