Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary debt burning.

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031547

Description

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Debt burning. Doctor L. R. Scarborough, center, Doctor E. D. Head (left) and Reverend J. B. Tidwell (right). Three men in dark suits burning a document over a large glass vase on a small wooden table. Behind them are a framed document and a translucent patterned window. Head is wearing a singe-breasted suit with a light shirt and a dark diagonally striped tie with a handkerchief in his breast pocket. Scarborough is wearing a pinstriped three-piece single-breasted suit with a dark patterned tie and a watch chain. Tidwell is wearing a striped single-breasted three-piece suit with a dark patterned tie. Scarborough and Tidwell are also wearing eyeglasses. Clipping: "Debt Goes Up In Smoke Smoke from a canceled $61,000 note, final payment on Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's $500,000 debt, curls in front of Dr. L. R. Scarborough center, former seminary president, at note-burning ceremony Friday morning. Left is Dr. E. D. Head, who succeeded Dr. Scarborough, and right is Rev. J. B. Tidwell, head of Baylor University Bible departments and a seminary trustee. --Star-Telegram Photo." Stamped: Star-Telegram Eve. Nov. 14, 1943

Archival Date

1943-11-11

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-296

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Tidwell, J.B.; Head, E.D.; Scarborough, L.R.; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Debt burning; Baptist churches