Scrapbook containing photographs, church bulletins, newspaper and magazine clippings, baptistry painting interpretations, etc. related to the various churches and individuals with whom Perry was associated. Special items of note: 1. Typed letter from J. Allman Pitts with church in Blackwell, Oklahoma thanking Perry for the painting. Perry notes, "It is letters like this that causes me to give so much of my time painting." --2. Article from Miami Sunday News Magazine "Seventh Avenue Church of Christ" giving extensive history of that congregation --3. Article on the history of the Church of Christ in Monroe, Louisiana --4. Letter from Otis Gatewood …
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Scrapbook containing photographs, church bulletins, newspaper and magazine clippings, baptistry painting interpretations, etc. related to the various churches and individuals with whom Perry was associated. Special items of note: 1. Typed letter from J. Allman Pitts with church in Blackwell, Oklahoma thanking Perry for the painting. Perry notes, "It is letters like this that causes me to give so much of my time painting." --2. Article from Miami Sunday News Magazine "Seventh Avenue Church of Christ" giving extensive history of that congregation --3. Article on the history of the Church of Christ in Monroe, Louisiana --4. Letter from Otis Gatewood to Don Morris, President of Abilene Christian College, introducing Yvonne Noel and asking for a place for her at the college.
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Born in 1890, Blanche Perry built a reputation as a painter of religious themes that included at least 222 church baptisteries. This collection includes records of names, addresses, correspondence, and other notes associated with the various painting projects Perry undertook.