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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],
[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],
[
Series 9: Professorial Papers, 1962-1987],
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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],
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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],
[
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],
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Series 20: Index Cards],
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All]
- Series 4: Brethren in Virginia, 1889-1989
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Draft (a) of The Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 2: Draft (a) of The Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 3: Draft (a) of The Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 4: Draft (b) of The Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 5: Draft (b) of The Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 6: Draft (c) of The Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 7: Draft (c) of The Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 8: Church Histories
- Folder 9: Church Histories: publications
- Folder 10: Church of the Brethren Mission Board Minutes Book
- Folder 11: Church and District Directories, Misc.
- Folder 12: Ephrata (1940) Germantown (1923) VA Booklet
- Folder 13: Klaus Wust
- Folder 14: Brethren in VA Correspondence and Material
- Folder 15: Brethren in VA-New Material (1989)
- Folder 16: Southeast Regional Board Minutes c. 1930
- Folder 17: Second VA District Minutes, 1931-1941
- Folder 18: Second VA District Minutes, 1935-1939
- Folder 19: Second VA District Minutes, 1941-1949
- Folder 20: Brethren in Virginia
- Folder 21: Brethren in VA-Much Correpondence, Some Wine Papers
- Folder 22: Gifts in Kind/CPS, 1945
- Folder 23: District Merger
- Folder 24: Paul H. Bowman, Board of Administration, N. VA
- Folder 25: Brethren in Virginia: Board Minutes N. VA, 1958-1959
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]