Scope and Contents
The papers include sermons, outlines, and sermon notes, correspondence, manuscripts of short stories and articles, memorabilia, and Christian Celebrity Tyme materials including programs, notes, and sound recordings.
Series I: includes sermons, outlines and notes.
Series II: contains outgoing and incoming correspondence. Incoming letters are organized alphabetically by name or organization title.
Series III: contains manuscripts of short stories, articles, and other writings.
Series IV: consists of programs, notes, and reel to reel audio recordings of Christian Celebrity Tyme.
Series V: contains memorabilia.
The 1977 addendum contains additional Christian Celebrity Tyme recordings.
There are ninety-three reel to reel recordings in the collection. Recordings of Christian Celebrity Tyme consist of interviews with public figures. Among the persons interviewed are: Thomas Campbell Clark, Alma Crosby, Alvin Dark, Everett Dirkson, Clair Engle, Brooks Hays, Harry Holt, Hubert Humphrey, Estes Kefauver, Sherman Lollar, Mary Margaret McBride, Almer S. (Mike) Monroney, Wayne L. Morse, Thruston B. Morton, Hugh Murchison, Parry O'Brien, Jesse Owens, James Cash Penney, Mary Pickford, Norris Poulson, Adam Clayton Powell, Roy Rogers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hugh Scott, Stuart Symington, Ralph Yarborough, Paul Douglas, Stephen Young, John F. Kennedy, J. Roosevelt, Enos Slaughter, Alfred Jones, Dale Alford, Carroll Kearns, John L. McClelland, and Con Robinson.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1959
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.
Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Collection includes sound recordings, moving images, and digital files to which access is restricted. Access to these materials is governed by repository policy and may require the production of listening or viewing copies. Researchers requiring access must notify Special Collections and University Archives in advance and pay fees for reproduction services as necessary.
Collection digital files may be requested through Special Collections and University Archives Reproductions Request Form or accessed online.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Haywood P. Sconce was a Baptist minister, born in Wirth, Arkansas and educated at Oklahoma Baptist University and Central Theological Seminary. He served congregations in Oregon and Washington, and in 1954 founded and became director of Christian Celebrity Tyme, a religious radio program.
Extent
5.5 linear feet (5 containers) : 3 record storage boxes, 2 manuscript boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Haywood P. Sconce was a Baptist minister who served congregations in Oregon and Washington, and in 1954 founded and became director of Christian Celebrity Tyme, a religious radio program. The papers include sermons, outlines, and sermon notes, correspondence, manuscripts of short stories and articles, memorabilia, and Christian Celebrity Tyme materials including programs, notes, and recordings.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into the following series:
Series I: Sermons
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Manuscripts
Series IV: Christian Celebrity Tyme
Series V: Memorabilia
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Existence and Location of Copies
Selected items are available online in the Haywood P. Sconce Papers in Aviary.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, 1968-1977.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents
Subject
- Sconce, Haywood P. (Haywood Pressley), 1905-1959 (Person)
- Christian Celebrity Tyme (Organization)
- Sconce, Haywood P. (Haywood Pressley), 1905-1959 (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Baptists -- Clergy
- Baptists -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Celebrities -- Interviews
- Radio producers and directors -- United States
- Religion
- Religious broadcasting -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century
- Religious broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Religious broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Religious broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Title
- Guide to the Haywood P. Sconce Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
