February 2: J. Oliver Buswell, Jr.
On February 2, 1977, Dr. James Oliver Buswell Jr. was called to his heavenly home. It can truly be said of him, he had fought a good fight, he had…
November 13: Buswell’s Turn as Moderator (1936)
Day Two of their Second General Assembly The following materials are drawn from the scrapbooks gathered by the Rev. Henry G. Welbon. Initially organized as the Presbyterian Church of America, the…
January 16: J. Oliver Buswell, Jr.
Dr. J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. James Oliver Buswell, Jr. was born January 16, 1895, in Burlington Wisconsin. When he was four years old he moved with his family to Mellon, Wisconsin.…
November 15: Close of the 2d OPC Assembly
Keeping in mind that any news coverage inevitably has its own slant or perspective, we present with that caveat the following newspaper reports on the close of the second General…
September 30: Westminster, Witherspoon, and What to Do
Two Documents and a Digression Today's post is something of a modest exercise in exploring the archives, with two documents—both having the same date—drawn from two separate manuscript collections preserved at…