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George Drake Family Papers

 


Biographical Note:
President George Drake and his brother, Professor Richard Drake of Berea College, donated family papers to Grinnell College Archives January 1991. The bulk of the material is from their father, George Bryant Drake, 1895-1979, minister and President of Doane College. It consists of correspondence, notes for sermons, family financial and business records, clippings, photographs, ca. 1920s-80s. One box contains writings of Richard Drake, one box correspondence and writings of George Drake and family, one box papers of Alberta Drake, a box of Nell Drake's writings and publications


Arrangement Note:
The collection arrived in four parts between January and July 1991. The earlier parts are in standard Hollinger archives boxes, the later parts in large Hollinger record storage boxes. Except for one large box of Bryant Drake's sermons, papers have been transferred to acid-free folders, retaining original folder labels. Papers have not been rearranged; for the most part they are not in consistent chronological, alphabetical, or subject order.

Suggested citation: Drake Family papers,Grinnell College Libraries, Department of Special Collections, Grinnell, Iowa. Ms.01.30.


Box Listing:
Box 1:
Atonement: notes, articles, sermons on the cross and atonement.
Christianity: notes, articles, bulletins, sermons on Christianity and contemporary society.
Conflict: article on conflict in denominations and response to editor from G. B. Drake.
Preaching: sketches, outlines of sermons.
Teaching religion in tax-supported institutions: analysis.
Symbolism: symbols and Christianity.
Temptation: letter to G. B. Drake about temptation of Christ; Drake's response.
United Church of Christ: concept of Ordination by G. B. Drake.
Vocation: notes on choosing.
Book lists, ca. 1963-73.
Sermon suggestions, 1970s.
Misc. notes, 1960s and 70s.
Achievement Fund: American Missionary Association Anniversary brochures, First Congregational Church, La Grange, IL, 1977.
European trip, 1959: letters.
Colorado trip, 1962.
Japan, 1973.
Photographs.

Box 2:
Family clippings, 1920s-30s
Pictures and clippings, 1947-79
Autobiographical writings, Bryant Drake, 1960s
Life of George Bryant Drake Sr., Nellie Drake
Nell Drake (mother): financial
A. R. Stimson: mining stock papers, 1951-69
Virginia Ratcliff: business
Beverly Erickson, death 1984
Programs (Church, commencement, etc.), some correspondence, 1920s-70s

Box 3:
Correspondence ca. 1920s-78. Arranged alphabetically. A-M

Box 4:
Correspondence ca. 1920s-78. Arranged alphabetically. N-Z.
UCC Board of Home Missions correspondence, ca. 1956-76.
Christmas letters, 1932-86

Box 5:
Family correspondence 1977-82
Ruth Drake (sister of Bryant): correspondence, 1917-30, school work 1921.
George B. Drake letters to Bryant Drake, ca. 1913-40
A. R. Stimson letters to Bryant Drake, ca. 1947-64.
Stimson: misc. papers, 1970s.
Letters to George Drake 1950s
George Drake, President, Grinnell College. 1981-85.

Box 6:
Alberta Drake correspondence:
Round robin
Karl Ratcliff to Alberta & Bryant Drake, 1975-88
Audrey & Howard to Alberta & Bryant Drake, 1963-87

Box 7:
Correspondence, George Drake family to Alberta Drake, 1970s-80s, including letters from Oxford 1957-58, wedding photos, publications.

Box 8:
Doane College, personal correspondence 1942-47, clippings.
Doane College: President's reports. Ziegler report on Drake resignation in 1946.

Box 9:
Kobe College Corp. newsletters, financial statements, ca 1977-87
Kobe College Corp. newsletters, correspondence, brochures, 1980s
Kobe College reports, 1970s
Kobe College Corp. first biennial consultation, July 1973
Kobe College Corp. 1968-77
Japan trip 1950(?), letters, lists, photos

Box 10:
Bryant Drake retirement 1970s
Investments 1968-75
Washburn Univ. of Topeka, 1960s - 70s
Passports, etc.
Rev. George B. Drake: death, deeds, clippings, misc, 1940s
Bryant Drake death, 1979, misc. papers
Financial records, real estate, LaGrange, IL, 1970s
Annuity Fund, Pension Board, 1920s-80s

Box 11:
Bryant Drake Army papers 1918
Veterans' insurance 1920s-80s
Drake family genealogy
Marriage certificates: George Drake and Nellie Rice 1894, Richard Drake and Julie Angevine 1945
John Drake Civil War army discharge

Box 12:
Sympathy letters 1922
Letters from Uncle Charles, Aunt Flo, Howard & Audrey to Dad, Ratliffs, ca. 1958-62
Inventory of Drake Family Papers submitted with the collection, prepared by family members.
Congregational Church Bulletins 1930-37

Boxes 13-15:
Bryant Drake subject file: 4x6 sheets, typed, arranged by subject.

Box 16:
Nell Rice Drake writings and publications, ca. 1930s-1960s; some correspondence, photos, clippings.

Boxes 17-19:
Photographs: mostly family. Ca 19th century-ca. early 1950s, bulk from early 20th century.
George B. Drake Sketchbook (Box 17)The following are large Hollinger record storage boxes.

Boxes 20-21:
Family correspondence: ca. 1919-1970s.Box 22
Bryant Drake's sermons, 1920s-

Box 23:
Misc. files, includes
Sermons, 1920s-1930s
Piedmont College correspondence 1950-53
Family property
Family correspondence
Letters from Alberta, 1960s
Nell Drake (includes family history)

Box 24:
Bryant Drake diaries, 1920s-19602
Nell Rice Drake diaries
Account ledgers, 1920s-1970s
Bryant Drake honors, awards, tributes

Box 25:
Richard Drake:
American Missionary Association and the Southern Negro 1861-88. Thesis, typescript.
Religious Depression 1925-35, 15 typed leaves
Richard Drake publications and writings
Berea College Social Science syllabus ca. 1964
Correspondence, 1940s-70s

Box 31

  1. Piedmont College Correspondence -1950
  2. Piedmont College Correspondence – 1951
  3. Piedmont College Correspondence -1952
  4. Piedmont College Correspondence -1953
  5. Piedmont College Correspondence -1954
  6. Piedmont College Documents – 1950’s
  7. Piedmont College Sermons, Speeches – 1950’s
  8. “What is Happening to the Liberal Arts?” documents
  9. Operation Abolition Newsletters
  10. Congressional Documents on Un-American Activities
  11. Rabbi Joseph Rudavsky Correspondence
  12. Family Correspondence
  13. Newsletters
  14. News Clippings
  15. News Coverage of Un-American Activities

Box 32

  1. UCC Merger Documents
  2. UCC Merger Writings
  3. UCC Merger Pamphlets
  4. Union Church Board of Trusties – 1970’s
  5. Unitarian Universalist Pamphlets

Box 33

            Bryant Drake Daily Diaries and Church Records

            36 Items

Box 34

  1. Parish Pamphlets
  2. Thursday Church School – 1939
  3. Baptism Records Book

Box 35

  1. American Missionary Association Excerpts
  2. An Analysis of Modern Church
  3. Andrew Carnegie
  4. The Appalachian South
  5. The Church-Related College and One World
  6. The Congregational Christian Student Movement
  7. The Golden Mean and the Left
  8. History of United Congregational Church (UCC)
  9. Human Nature and the Bible
  10. My Hobby
  11. Power and the Church
  12. The Relation of Religion to Education
  13. Religious Elements in Higher Education
  14. The Responsibility of the Christian Church
  15. The Status of Religion in Higher Education
  16. The Vikings
  17. What Jesus Thought and Taught
  18. The Will to Win and other Stories
  19. Propaganda for Missions – Thesis
  20. Seminar: The Importance of the Old Testament to the Christian
  21. Seminar: Problems in the Life of Jesus
  22. Conference: How to Choose a College

Box 36

  1. New Year’s Day
  2. Washington & Lincoln
  3. Easter & Lenten
  4. Mother’s Day
  5. Armistice
  6. Thanksgiving
  7. Christmas
  8. Communion
  9. Drama Sermons
  10. Junior Sermons
  11. Faith in Action
  12. Finding God
  13. Greatness of God
  14. Morality & Values
  15. Our Lord’s Prayer
  16. Religion in Contemporary Society
  17. Self-examination
  18. Tests of Character
  19. Value of Religion
  20. What Can I Believe?
  21. Clippings
  22. Keepsakes

Box 37

  1. Introductory Note from Richard Drake
  2. Advent Week
  3. American Values
  4. Choosing God
  5. The Christian Essentials (Series)
  6. Church as an Institution
  7. Collected Prayers
  8. Congregational Church
  9. Contemporary Society
  10. The Cross (Lenten Services Theme)
  11. Death and the Afterlife
  12. Doane College
  13. Early Sermons
  14. Easter Week
  15. Enduring in Faith
  16. The Eternal

Box 38

  1. Faith in Action
  2. Family
  3. Finding God
  4. Giving Thanks
  5. Greatness of God
  6. Holy Week – Maundy Thursday
  7. Humility
  8. Kindness
  9. Love
  10. Loving God
  11. Marriage
  12. Mediations
  13. Morality and Values

Box 39

  1. Nature of God
  2. Nature of Man
  3. Overcoming Struggle
  4. Penitence
  5. Prayer
  6. Redemption
  7. Religion on Campus
  8. Religion Worldwide
  9. Responsibility
  10. Role of Churchmen and Their Church
  11. Self-examination
  12. Sin
  13. Suffering and Morning
  14. Truth
  15. Church Bulletins
  16. Miscellaneous Materials

Box 40

            Diaries: Nellie R. Drake (1940), Alberta Stimson (1919-1940) and Dictionary

            4 Items

Box 41

            Bryant Drake Retirement Letters and Commemoration

            5 Items

Box 42

            Financial Ledgers 1920s-30s, 1970s-80s

            3 Items

Box 43

  1. Financial Ledger – Sept. 1935-1939
  2. Financial Ledger – 1940-1944
  3. Financial Ledger – 1945-1949
  4. Financial Ledger – 1950-1954
  5. Financial Ledger – 1955-1959
  6. Financial Ledger – 1960-1964
  7. Financial Ledger – 1965-1969
  8. Financial Ledger – 1970-1973
  9. Financial Ledger – Church Records
  10. Financial Ledger – Other Accounts

Box 44

  1. OK Farm Documents – 1960s
  2. OK Farm Documents – 1970s
  3. OK Farm Correspondence – 1960s
  4. OK Farm Correspondence – 1970s
  5. Capital Route #410 – 1910s-1950s
  6. Dallas House – 1960s & 70s
  7. Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund – 1920s-1960s

Box 45

  1. Primary School Years
  2. Secondary School Years
  3. Doane College – Documents
  4. Richard Drake Articles
  5. Collected Articles, Pamphlets, Journals

Box 46

  1. “Historical Essays in Honor of Kenneth R. Rossman.” Doane College. 1980.
  2. Richard Drake Correspondence – 1940s (To Judy)
  3. Richard Drake Family Correspondence – 1944
  4. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1945
  5. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1946
  6. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1947
  7. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1948
  8. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1949
  9. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1950
  10. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1951
  11. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1952
  12. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1953
  13. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1954
  14. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1955
  15. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1956
  16. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1957
  17. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1958
  18. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1959

Box 47

  1. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1960
  2. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1961
  3. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1962
  4. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1963
  5. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1964
  6. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1965
  7. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1966
  8. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1967
  9. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1968
  10. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1970
  11. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1971
  12. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1971 (India)
  13. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1972
  14. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1973
  15. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1974
  16. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1975
  17. Richard & Judy Drake Family Correspondence – 1976

Box 48

  1. Social Science Syllabus – Berea
  2. Berea Church of Christ Yearbook – 1972, 1974
  3. Annual Reports 1974-1982
  4. One Apostle Was a Lumberman

 Box 49

  1. Inventory; Recent Correspondence
  2. Washburn College, 1913-17; Correspondence
  3. Army, 1917-18
  4. Army, 1918-19
  5. Family Correspondence, 1919
  6. Family Correspondence,  1920-21
  7. Family Correspondence, 1922-23
  8. Family Correspondence, 1924
  9. Family Correspondence, 1925

 Box 50

  1. Family Correspondence, 1927-1928
  2. Family Correspondence, 1928-1930
  3. Dick; Correspondence, Family Correspondence,1965-88
  4. Dr. Drake’s Correspondence (Incl. photographs)
  5. Richard Bryant Drake: Sermons, Articles
  6. Personal Writings: Sermons, Articles
  7. Musings
  8. Richard Drake – from father’s file

 Box 51

  1. Agnes Scott College – Berea College – Southern Fellowship Fund
  2.  Univ. of Chicago, 1948-; Emory Univ., 1951-
  3. Piedmont College
  4. Richard Bryant Drake Cradle Roll Certificate, Aug. 5, 1925
  5. Richard Bryant Drake (Incl. photographs)
  6. Dick
  7. Indian Trip, 1971
  8. Retirement

 Box 52

  1. History 340, Seminar with W. B. Posey, Fall 1954
  2. Thesis Research; Letters & Agenda
  3. Articles
  4. Research Submitted for Publication
  5. Christian Higher Education
  6. “The Rise of Modern Congregationalism in the Midwest, 1832-52”
  7. The religion of American Democracy
  8. Congregational Historical Soc.
  9. Congregationalism

Box 53

  1. Congregational Church in the South
  2. Churches
  3. Photograph of Cecil Houg
  4. Photographs of Beatrice Jacobs (only Cousin of Bryant & Ruth Drake)
  5. Photographs of  Beatrice, Lilla Rice, & Walter Jacobs (Lilla was Sister of Nell Rice Drake)
  6. American Missionary Associations (AMA)
  7. A Stimson – Identification Papers
  8. Letters from Alberta to Dick (& Judy) 1950; 1982-86
  9. George Drake-Rhodes Scholarship
  10. George Drake-Europe 1956
  11. Hawaii-1958

Box 54

 

Geo. Burton Drake Sermon Notes 1930-41

 

Box 55

  1. Pictures (Mostly Portraits) Identification by Nell Rice Drake

Box 56

  1. Guest Book
  2. Washburn University of Topeka, etc.
  3. Kobe University Honorable Degree
  4. George Burton Drake, Record Book of His Pastorates 1893, 1941
  5. Bryant Drake, Church and Parish Record, Sept. 1, 1934

Box 57

  1. Richard Drake Notes
  2. Richard Drake Writings
  3. Role of Liberal Arts Writings, Correspondence, Research
  4. “A Quest for Community” Essays
  5. “A Quest for Community” Notes
  6. “American Missionary Association & Southern Negro: 1861-1888”
  7. Forum for Contemporary History Correspondence
  8. Photographs

Box 58

  1. Appalachia, Vol. 9, No. 6, Jun.-Jul. 1976
  2. Appalachian Reader Volunteers, 1966
  3. An Appalachian Reader, Vol. 1, 1970
  4. An Appalachian Reader, Vol. 2, 1970
  5. Mountaineers and Americans, 1976
  6. New Republic Articles –Apr., 1966
  7. Rapid City Journal –Jun., 1972
  8. Appachian Notes -1973-1975

 Box 59

  1. Family History: My Life Story. Nell Rice Drake
  2. Rev. & Mrs. Bryant Drake, Plymouth Place
  3. Medical, 1983
  4. Purchase of Cottage; Sale of 19 N. Edgewood; 76 Brewster Lane
  5. Household
  6. Nell Rice Drake –Letters, Christmas Cards, Poetry, Photographs
  7. Nell Rice Drake
  8. Trust Information
  9. Wills, Trusts, Burial Info., Etc.
  10.  Letters from Dick & Judy, Ruth & Edward; Article (folder 1)
  11.  Letters from Dick & Judy, Ruth & Edward; Article (folder 2)

 Box 60

1.  Letters from Dick & Judy, Ruth & Edward; Article (folder 3)

  1. George Burton Drake
  2. Nell Rice Drake
  3. Photographs
  4. Photos of Mt. Hope, etc.
  5. Bryant Drake Birthday -1905, Mt. Hope, Kansas
  6. Edited by Newmyer, Kent. Historical Essays In Honor Of Kenneth R. Rossman. Doane College, 1980.
  7. Friends in Springfield, Designed & Made by Mildred Alice Moore, 1937
  8. Bryant Drake Ledger, 191-s
  9. Drake, Nell Rice. American Overtones and Undertones. Nebraska: The North Printing Company, 1944.
  10. Drake, Nell Rice. The Flame. Mo.: Christian Board of Publication, 1940.
  11. Bryant Drake, Library Book

Accretions:    added in October of 2007. Brought to Archives by George Drake.
 
Photocopy of George Bryant Drake’s WWI registration card, dated June 5, 1917.
Color scan of  an oil painting by G. B. Drake.  Detailed notes in folder.

 

Ms 01.30, Oversize File #1
Diplomas, awards, military records and discharges, 2 photos, family tree.

 

Items discarded from collection:
George Drake Grinnell College presidental inauguration programs, clippings from Grinnell Magazine; these are available in College Archives collection.

Social Security cards, check vouchers and other information; copies of income tax returns; life insurance information; medical information were destroyed, July 2007.

Items returned to George Drake:
Bryant Drake appointment calendars 1977-79
Auto records 1920s-70s
Moral Rearmament publications 1959-71 (MRA Information Service), pamphlets on co-existence 1959, Department of Higher Education Newsletter 1947-61.
Bryant Drake medical records
Income tax forms

 

Processed by Rachel Pierce, 2005.

Additional processing by Cheryl Neubert, 2007.

 

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