PCA HISTORICAL CENTER
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Covenant Theological Seminary, Records | |||||||||||||
Record Group #013
Content Summary: A diverse
collection of materials on the life and work of the institution, including
official publications, faculty correspondence, Self-Study Papers, death
notices for Dr. Robert G. Rayburn and news clippings on the death of Elizabeth
Mackintosh.
Access: This collection is open to researchers. |
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Organizational History: Covenant Theological Seminary was established
in 1956 by vote of the General Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Church, Columbus Synod (later renamed Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 1961-65).
In 1955 the Synod had founded Covenant College, which was relocated in
the following year to share with the Seminary a twenty-one acre campus
in St. Louis County. By 1964, the two schools having outgrown this campus
in Creve Coeur, the College was moved to Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga,
Tennessee. The Seminary remained on the Creve Coeur campus and by 1965
was operated under a separate board of trustees. The founding president of both Covenant College and Covenant Theological Seminary was Dr. Robert G. Rayburn [1915-1990], who, after resigning his position as President in 1976, continued on the faculty as Professor of Practical Theology. Dean of the graduate school of theology when the Seminary was established with Covenant College was Dr. J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. [1895-1977], whose theological teaching has left a lasting influence on the Seminary's instruction. Collection Focus: Click
here to see the 1960 Bagpipe articles on the donation and subsequent
move of what is now the Administration Building at Covenant Theological
Seminary. Box 6 - Financial Reports; Faculty
Minutes; Faculty correspondence and syllabii; Death notice for Dr. J.
Barton Payne; Seminary publications and promotional materials. Box 14 - Urban Ministries Institute; Self-Study Report; Proposed Campus Buildings Box 62 - Photographs of faculty, staff and campus buildings©PCA Historical Center, 12330 Conway Road, St. Louis, MO, 2018. All Rights Reserved. |