Creighton Lacy papers, 1952-1988

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Summary

Creator:
Lacy, Creighton, 1919-
Abstract:
Creighton Lacy has seved as a professor at Duke University Divinity School since 1953. The collection contains correspondence, reports, sermons, directories, memoranda, printed matter and clippings.
Extent:
1 Linear Foot
1000 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.29.02.0098
University Archives Record Group:
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates > 02 -- Individuals

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence, reports, sermons, directories, memoranda, printed matter and clippings. The papers include programs for the annual Symposium on Christian Missions sponsored by the Divinity school and its Missions Committee. There are several folders on Duke alumni who were active in the missions of the Methodist and other churches, particularly those in the Far East. Also included are manuscripts, memoranda, and clippings concerning the Nixon Library controversy of 1981, a civil rights sit-in at Watts Grill in Chapel Hill in 1964 and clippings and newspapers about student unrest at Duke and other campuses between 1968-1970.

Biographical / historical:

Creighton Lacy was born in China in 1919. He received his A. B. (summa cum laude) at Swarthmore College, his B. D. (magna cum laude), Yale University Divinity School, and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He began teaching in the Divinity School in 1953 and was Professor of World Christianity at Duke University Divinity School. As of 1991, he is a Professor Emeritus of Parish Ministry at Duke University Divinity School.

Acquisition information:
The Creighton Lacy Papers were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1988-1989, 1998.
Processing information:

Processed by Archives Staff, September 2006

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, September 2006

Accessions A88-0036, A89-0036, A98-49 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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[Identification of item], Creighton Lacy Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.