Leon McBeth, Baptist Historian, Honored

Leon McBeth honored as Elder Statesman

By Ken Camp, Managing Editor, Baptist Standard, June 11, 2008

[The article begins]
"INDEPENDENCE—Leon McBeth, who wrote the definitive history of Texas Baptists and taught church history to a generation of seminary students, received the 2008 Texas Baptist Elder Statesman Award."
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"In addition to numerous articles for scholarly journals and Baptist state papers, McBeth also has written nine books, including The Baptist Heritage and Texas Baptists: A Sesquicentennial History."

Read more at
http://www.baptiststandard.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8101&Itemid=53

Texas Baptist Historical Collection - Dallas

http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?&pid=1124&srcid=1096
Hours/Location/Contact TBHC
The Texas Baptist Historical Collection is open weekdays 8:30 am - 4:30 pm and is closed on major holidays as well as the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. If you plan to visit the Collection in person, please contact the Collection before your visit.

The Collection is located at: 4144 N. Central Expressway, Suite 110, Dallas, Texas 75204 in the Ambertown Tower building located on the east frontage road of North Central Expressway (US Highway 75) between Fitzhugh and Haskell streets. Click here for a map.

Alan Lefever, Director
Naomi Taplin, Librarian

For more detailed information, please contact us:
Phone: (972) 331-2235
Fax: (972) 331-2244
E-mail: tbhc@bgct.org

Doc Summers at ETBU in Marshall mentions are review of the archives at

http://etbu.jerrysummers.com/?p=27