Sermon Conclusions: "Facing Life's Inescapables"; "The House We are Building"; "The Misuse of Prayer"; "Success In Life"; "Life Is What You Make It", 1948-1950
Subseries Description
The subseries contains papers from King’s theological coursework, bibliographic resources, records about the seminary, and other documents related to this stage of his education. Class notes, essays, sermon outlines, exam questions, and reports discuss several topics including worship, public service, the Old Testament, theology, ministry, philosophy, Christianity, science, esthetics, and ethics. One of his classes, the Problems of Esthetics, was taken at University of Pennsylvania. Along with these manuscripts are pamphlets, bibliographies, and other items presumably used in his classes on Public Worship, the Ministers Use of Radio, and Christian Theology. As a student, King appears to have used the Filco Memory-O-Matic system, Filco Reference Library, a filing system for illustrations, and lists of books selected by Bucknell Librarian Edward C. Starr to conduct research and organize citations. The subseries also has his transcript of record, comprehensive examinations instructions, a brochure about the seminary, an order of service for the student chapel, and volume 42, number 3 of The Bulletin. In addition, there are King’s Graduate Record Exam scores, an announcement for pulpit robes, and religious book club order forms.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1950
Language of Materials
Materials are in English, French, and German.
Physical Description
persname: Robert E. Keighton
Restrictions on Access
Access is restricted to digital surrogates available in the Archives and Special Collections Department of the Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Extent
From the Sub-Series: 0.85 Linear feet
Physical Description
persname: Robert E. Keighton
General
See also later version of "Facing Life's Inescapables" and an outline of "The Misuse of Prayer" in Subseries 2.2.: Writings by Martin Luther King, Jr.: Sermons.
Repository Details
Part of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. Repository