Marking 25 years, C-N's Baptist Archives celebrates, expands
This year marked the 25th anniversary of Baptist archives at Carson-Newman. What began in 1986 as a collection focused on East Tennessee Baptist history, expanded in June as C-N's Archives took delivery of the Middle Tennessee Baptist Archives. Some of the material dates back as far as 1808 and includes a copy of the "Proceedings of the First Meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention," various historical manuscripts, church histories, and Baptist Training Union scrapbooks from the 1920s and 30s. Once housed at Belmont University, the collection was returned to the TBC following the dissolved relationship between BU and the Convention. In February, the Tennessee Baptist Historical Committee approved a request for C-N to be the new home for the Middle Tennessee Archives. The collection is housed in C-N's Stephens-Burnett Library and is open to the public.
Homecoming Celebrates Several Campus Projects
Two unveilings held in conjunction with Homecoming blended purpose and honor.
C-N's Women of Vision held a grand reopening in what was
previously
referred to as Sarah Swann Residence Hall's Parlor A. The large room has been transformed into an event venue that will memorialize a 1943 alumna who was a vital part of the C-N and Jefferson City communities.
Now known as Colleen Keebler Harmon Parlor, the capstone project of a multi-phase facelift for Swann will be available for campus functions, private events and wedding receptions. Colleen Harmon strongly supported her husband, Roy Harmon, a C-N professor and coaching legend credited by scores of alumni for their successes on the field and in life. A portrait of the honoree was painted by Elizabeth Sromalla Casper '68. Led by Tom '68 and Donna Harmon, the Colleen Keebler Harmon Parlor revitalization effort was supported by family members and numerous friends.
Scores of alumni, including dozens of former baseball players, gathered at the Silver Diamond Complex to dedicate the Bobby Wilson Indoor Baseball Facility. The 4,000 square foot addition, which includes two batting cages, two pitching mounds and retractable
netting, was made
possible by the support of family, alumni, and friends since Wilson's death in 2008.
C-N's baseball coach for 23 years, Wilson won 11 conference titles, including 10 consecutive from 1965- 74. He compiled a 490-260-1 C-N record and had 16 All-Americans play for him from 1965-87. He was inducted in C-N's Athletic Hall of Fame and saw his #38 jersey retired.
The ribbon was cut by his widow Martha Wilson, C-N physical education professor emerita. (Photo on page 31, bottom right.)
1952 alumna Jama Seahorn (left) and 13- year old Rebekah Duckett, daughter of Becky Duckett '80, help with the WOV Swann project.
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