Inventory of the William Owen Carver Papers Ar. 76
INVENTORY OF THE WILLIAM OWEN CARVER PAPERS AR. 76 William Owen Carver Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives Revised September, 2011 2 WILLIAM OWEN CARVER PAPERS AR. 76 Summary Main Entry: William Owen Carver Papers. Date Span: 1850 – 1954 Abstract: Southern Baptist pastor, seminary professor, writer, and founder of the Southern Baptist Historical Society. Papers include articles, addresses, book manuscripts, book reviews, correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, class notes, materials related to Baptist missions, personal correspondence and papers, photographs and postcards, records relating to the Southern Baptist Historical Society, and general subject files. Much information relating to the seminary, the Southern Baptist Convention, Walnut Street Baptist Church, missions in China and Brazil, the Historical Society, and denominational controversies is located in the papers. Size: 30 linear feet Collection #: AR 76 Biographical Sketch William Owen Carver was born April 10, 1868 in Wilson Co., Tenn., the son of Alexander Jefferson and Almeda Adaline (Binkley) Carver. He was the second of 11 children. When Carver was 19, his mother died, and his father remarried and had nine children by his second wife. Carver served as pastor to churches in Tennessee and Kentucky before his appointment to professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville in 1898. He taught at the seminary until his retirement in 1943. He was active in the formation of the Southern Baptist Historical Society and the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. 1889 – 91 Pastor Concord Church, Caroline County, VA 1891 M. A. Richmond College, Va. 1891, Dec. 25 Ordained to the Baptist ministry. 1891 Began his studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
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