Document Type
Finding Aid
Publication Date
11-9-2018
Inclusive Dates--Span
1559-1952
Inclusive Dates--Bulk
1820-1930
Scope and Content Note
This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts collected by the Tolles. Some of the materials have original autographs.
Biographical Note
James Marion Tolle, Jr. was born in Amarillo, Texas on October 22, 1915. Kathryn Adelaide Kerby was born in 1924 and the couple married on July 6, 1959. James attended Lipscomb College and the University of Tampa, Florida. He also did graduate work at George Peabody College and Los Angeles State. He preached throughout Tennessee, Florida, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. James died on June 22, 2005 and Kathryn died January 22, 2013.
Donor Note
James Marion, Jr. and Kathryn Adelaide Kerby Tolle
Arrangement
The collection remains in the order in which it was found in University Manuscripts.
Content List
Box 1
[First Folder] Finding Aid
P. T. Beauregard, autograph letter signed
Henry Cabot Lodge, autograph letter signed, 1952
Thomas Nast, autograph sketch signed
John D. Long, autograph letter signed, 1906
Royal Academy of Music, Paris, autograph letter signed, 1820
Frederick Lahrbush, autograph letter signed, 1874
David Starr Jordan, autograph letter signed, 1906
Thomas Francis Bayard, autograph letter signed, 1887
John Joseph Pershing, autograph letter signed, 1922
Vittorio Emmanuel Orlando, signed photograph
William James, autograph letter signed
Robert E. Lee, carte de visite
Elihu Root, autograph letter signed, 1928
Michael William Balfe, autograph letter signed
Ambrose Everett Burnside, autograph letter signed
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, autograph letter signed, 1865
Robert Henry Dana, autograph letter signed
Sir Walter Scott, autograph letter signed, 1814
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, autograph music manuscript
Niels Gade, autograph letter signed
Ruben Goldmark, autograph letter signed, 1931
Charles Gounod, autograph letter signed
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, autograph letter signed, 1733
William L. Macy, autograph letter signed, 1837
Ulysses S. Grant, cabinet photo
French manuscript on parchment, 1559
Jack Dempsey, signed photograph
Gerrit Smith, carte de visite
Edward Bates, carte de visite
John Van Buren, carte de visite
A. G. Noel Byron, autograph letter signed, 1847
Sabine Baring-Gould, signed photograph
Robert Edwin Peary, Sr., signed photograph
Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert (Wilhelm II), photograph
John Philip Sousa, signed photograph, 1903
Language
ENGLISH, FRENCH
Extent of Collection
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Manuscript Number
Center for Restoration Studies Manuscripts #448
Physical Location
Center for Restoration Studies
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [file or folder name], James Marion, Jr. & Kathryn Adelaide Kerby Tolle Collection, 1559-1952. Center for Restoration Studies MS #448. Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.
Use Restrictions
Open to researchers. Contact Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives to make an appointment.
Processing Status
Processed
Finding Aid created by
Brady Cox, Mac Ice, Amanda Dietz
Comments
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