PCA HISTORICAL CENTER
Archives and Manuscript Repository for the Continuing Presbyterian Church


R. Laird Harris

Manuscript Collection #010
Box 108.1


Content Summary:
Personal papers, correspondence A - Z.

Span dates: 1948-1961 Size: 1.0 cu. ft. (one carton)

Life dates : 1911 - 2008

Access:
This collection is open to researchers.

Preferred citation:
R. Laird Harris Manuscript Collection, Box 108.1, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, Missouri.

Related Collections:
Bible Presbyterian Church; Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod; Covenant Theological Seminary; Faith Theological Seminary; J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. Manuscript Collection, Box 068.1.

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Dr. R. Laird Harris
[1911-2008]


Box 108.1
ƒ01 — Lectures on the Westminster Confession of Faith for Laymen, 1951, 1. First in series, The Holy Scriptures, by Allan A. MacRae [16pp.]; 2. Second in series Of God, and the Holy Trinity, by J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. [14pp.]
ƒ02 — Christian Schools, Miscellaneous Pamphlets, including 1. Christian Schools or A Pagan Nation?; 2. Popular Objections to the Christian School; 3. Private Schools: The Solution to America's Educational Problem and 4. Miscellaneous literature from the Christian School Association of Wilmington, Delaware.
ƒ03 — Vos, Johannes G., undated, The Separated Life, 35pp. [two editions, both printed by the OPC]
ƒ04 — Griffiths, H. McAllister, undated, The Case for Compromise, 89pp.
ƒ05 — Harris, R. Laird [?], undated, Fundamental Protestant Doctrines: Our Bible and How We Got It, 17pp. [first in subsequent series under main title]
ƒ06 — National Missions Reporter, 1950, June issue, includes 1. "The Biblical Basis of Infant Baptism", by Rev. Kenneth A. Horner
ƒ07 — Horner, Kenneth A., Jr., 1963, Biblical Church Government, 50pp., inscribed by author
ƒ08 — MacRae, Allan A., 1954, "Communism and the Historic Christian Faith" [abridgment of an Address to the Third Plenary Congress of the International Council of Christian Churches]
ƒ09 — Philadelphia Area Presbytery [BPC], 1955-1956, Minutes; 25 June 1954 Minutes of the Publication Committee of the Bible Presbyterian Church
ƒ10 — Philadelphia Area Presbytery [BPC], 1952-1965, Minutes of the Executive Committee; Programs; Correspondence
ƒ11 — Philadelphia Area Presbytery, Women's Presbyterian Society, 1951, 1964, Minutes
ƒ12 — Faith Theological Seminary, 1954, 1955, Faculty Reports to the Board of Directors; 1953 Report on Financial Condition
ƒ13 — Smith, Futhey J., 1870, Historical Discourse delivered on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, 184pp. [very poor condition]
ƒ14 — Highland College, 1950-1951, Catalog
ƒ15 — Highland College, 1951-1952, Catalogue
ƒ16 — Hodge, Charles, "The Unity of the Church" [June 1958 reprint in Eternity Magazine of Hodge's 1866 sermon]
ƒ17 — Baptism, Miscellaneous Pamphlets, includes (1.) Baptism, by Francis A. Schaeffer [30 Mar. 1947]; (2.) Infant Baptism, by Arthur J. Dieffenbacher; (3.) A Closer Look at Sprinkling, by Tom Watson, Jr.; (4.) Baptism, by John Scott Johnson; (5.) The Biblical Basis of Infant Baptism, by Kenneth A. Horner, Jr.; (6.) Your Baby's Baptism, by W. Wilson Benton, Jr.; (7.) Infant Baptism: A Duty of God's People, by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.; (8.) Christian Baptism, by Arthur F. Williams.
ƒ18 — First Bible Presbyterian Church [St. Louis, MO], 1955, The Bible Press, Special Editions, # 1 & 2
ƒ19 — Covenant Presbyterian Church [St. Louis, MO], 1989, Covenant At Fifty: 1939-1989, 18pp.
ƒ20 — Baird, Betty J., 1967, A Proud Heritage!, 1732-1967, [History of Christiana Presbyterian Church, Christiana Bridge, DE], 38pp.
ƒ21 — Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church [Snow Hill, MD], 1933, 250th Anniversary bulletin