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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],
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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],
[Series 18: Sappington's Classes, 1937-1991],
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Series 19: Sappington's Undergraduate Class Papers, 1946-1959],
[
Series 20: Index Cards],
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All]
- Series 18: Sappington's Classes, 1937-1991
- Box 18
- Folder 1: Brethren Missions
- Folder 2: Pioneer Clubs
- Folder 3: United Nations c. 1950 Pamphlets
- Folder 4: Worship 1957 and Some Class 1952-1953
- Folder 5: Inventors
- Folder 6: Ethical Characteristics of the Church-Sect Motif-- Using the Church of the Brethren as an Example by Ernest Lefever, 1943-1944
- Folder 7: Latin America
- Folder 8: Sex Education
- Folder 9: Visual and Audio Aids
- Folder 10: Adult Education
- Folder 11: Foreign Commerce
- Folder 12: General
- Folder 13: Statesmen-Woodrow Wilson
- Folder 14: CB "Fieldmen" Region and District Southeast Research Paper
- Folder 15: Historiography-- Parker
- Folder 16: History 212--Recent Interpretations of U.S. History-- Watson, 1966
- Folder 17: History 264--Early American History--Lefler
- Folder 18: General American Historiography
- Folder 19: Ancient History
- Folder 20: Conferences and Conventions
- Folder 21: Communism
- Folder 22: Europe, Modern
- Folder 23: Far East
- Folder 24: Southeast Asia
- Folder 25: History 80--Historiography
- Folder 26: Sappington's Doctoral Dissertation: Puerto Rico and Brethren Service Commission
- Folder 27: Mediaeval History
- Folder 28: History 245--Modern History
- Folder 29: Advanced United States History 415-425-- United States
- Folder 30: Political Science 231
- Folder 31: History 145 (1966)
- Folder 32: Sebring, FL Church of the Brethren Bulletins: Pastor Fleishman
- Folder 33: Sebring, FL Church of the Brethren: Pastor Mitchell
- Box 18b
- Folder 1: Christian Publications from Sebring, FL; A collection of Sebring, FL Bulletins, 1937-1958
- Box 18c
- Item 1: Cassette Tape Recordings of Sebring, FL Sermons, 1985-1991
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]
