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Charles McKendree Neal Papers, 1933

Charles M. Neal

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Preferred Citation [identification of item], [file or folder name], Charles McKendree Neal Papers, 1933. Center for Restoration Studies MS #37. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

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Charles McKendree Neal Papers, (1933)

Center for Restoration Studies Manuscripts #37

Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives Brown Library Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX 79699-9208

19 February 2020 About this collection Title: Charles McKendree Neal, 1933 ​

Creator: Charles McKendree Neal, 1878-1956 ​

Identifier/Call Number: Center for Restoration Studies Manuscripts #37 ​

Physical Description: 0.5 linear feet (1 box) ​

Dates (Inclusive): 1933 ​

Dates (Bulk): 1933 ​

Location: Center for Restoration Studies ​

Language of Materials: English ​

Scope and Content Note: This collection consists of Charles M. Neal's notes for his debate with ​ Foy E. Wallace, Jr. published as the Neal-Wallace Discussion on The Thousand Years Reign of ​ Christ. It is composed of various study notes on discussion sessions (labeled 1-5). Included are ​ an addendum and an index. The collection consists of one set of the original notes and a set of copies of all of the notes. The collection is arranged chronologically and is from 1933.

Biographical Note: Charles McKendree Neal was born in 1878. He was married twice. His first ​ marriage was to Glenn Vanderpool. Glenn passed away giving birth to their first child in 1906. He married Anna Winifred Bottorff in 1908. In their marriage she bore six children to him. He entered Potter Bible College in Bowling Green, Kentucky, around 1906 or 1907, and finished his ministry studies in September 1909. He preached Linton, Indiana; Dugger, Indiana; Portland, Maine; and Winchester, Kentucky. In Winchester he preached for the Main Street Church of Christ until his retirement from full-time work in 1940. Neal was a dispensational premillennialist and his views on thrust him into national attention among the . He held two debates with Texas preacher, Foy E. Wallace, Jr., who held to an amillennial view of the Kingdom. The first debate took place in Winchester, Kentucky, the latter in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The initial debate, for which the notes in this collection were prepared, was published as the Neal-Wallace Discussion by Gospel Advocate Company in 1933. ​ ​ In his latter years, Neal preached across the Midwest, the Great Plains, and as far south as Florida. He was affiliated with the Bible Truth Society and Biblical Research Society. He died in 1956 of uremic poisoning.

Administrative Information Immediate Source of Acquisition: unknown ​ Date of Acquisition: unknown ​ Accession Number: R 2007.94 ​ Date of Accession: 15 May 2007 ​ Accessioned by: Julia Reid ​ Processor and Date of Processing: Audrey Schaffner, 21 February 2014 ​ Finding Aid Creator and Date: Audrey Schaffner, McGarvey Ice, 18 March 2014 ​ Finding Aid Update: Mac Ice and Amanda Dietz, 19 February 2020 ​

Using this collection Processing Status: Processed ​

Conditions Governing Access: Materials are housed in the Abilene Christian University Special ​ Collections and Archives, Brown Library, Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas and are non-circulating. Access is available during normal business hours; prior appointments are preferred.

Conditions Governing Use: Materials are housed in the Abilene Christian University Special ​ Collections and Archives, Brown Library, Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas and are non-circulating. Access is available during normal business hours; prior appointments are preferred.

Preferred citation: [identification of item], [file or folder name], Charles McKendree Neal ​ Papers, 1933. Center for Restoration Studies MS #37. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

Copyright notice: Unless transferred in writing to Abilene Christian University, copyright is ​ retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States Copyright Law (Title 17 US Code). Researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law.

Arrangement of Materials: Arranged in numerical order (separated by folder), followed by the ​ addendum and index. Following the original set is a set of copies of the sessions (separated by folder). Following those a full set of copies (all contained in one folder).

Separated Materials: none ​

Subjects and keywords Premillennialism Neal, Charles McKendree (1878-1956) Wallace, Foy Esco, Jr. (1896-1979) Correspondence Manuscripts Sermons

Inventory

[First Folder] Finding Aid

Folders 1-5 Sessions 1-5 respectively

Folder 6 Addenda

Folder 7 Index

Folders 8-14 Paper copies of Folders 1-7 respectively

Folder 15 Complete copy (all parts)