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LIST OF OLD AC & WCG THESES, PAPERS & LECTURES

WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO FIND

 

I seek the below and anything else from the old WCG & AC that is not on my site. If you have them or know anyone who might (eg an elder, ex-AC student or lecturer), please do not hesitate in letting me know. If you have the paper or thesis scanned you can, of course, e-mail these to me. Or mail them to me for scanning. A list of deceased men whose families probably would have much of the below (plus those still alive) may be found here. I do NOT need the PTs,GNs, TWs, CWLs, PGRs books, booklets, STP.

There has been devastation to our history: the News Bureau research; inter-departmental memos; records; theses; research papers etc have been thrown into the bin! But we can soldier on and regather much, if we are committed to this task.

 

Critical Items

·   Pre-1970 WCG Ministerial bulletins and letters (ie Ministerial Report 1956-1957 and Ministerial Letter 1957-1970)

·   A paper advocating a Sunday Pentecost - Ernest Martin (1961) (93 pages)

·   The Bulletin of the Churches of God in Oregon. I have some here, but many are missing from the collection

·   The article by Clarence Dodd promoting the Feast days in mid-1930s

·   What is the Third Angel's Message? (original manuscript on the 'lost' tribes of Israel by HWA - 1929)

·   Church of God News. Australian Edition. What I have thus far are located here

  •    The Ambassador College Portfolios for Pasadena (commenced 1951); Big Sandy (commenced 1964); Bricket Wood (commenced 1960). What I been able to find or scan can be found here.
  •    The paperwork that HWA signed to hand over control to Joseph Tkach
  •   The paperwork signed by members of the COE to remove their ability to remove him. Under arrangements (apparently legal) he could not do so without their consent. So he went around to each of them individually to get them to sign it according to ex COE members. This would also make it easier for him to change doctrines
Rare and old WCG, AC & HWA Writings, Articles, Papers

·    The Sacred Calendar (booklet by HWA from the 1930s or early 1940s). It, along with several others, are shown on a page in the Autobiography (Vol 1, 1986 edition) with the following text: “Several early publications of the Church of God, Eugene, Oregon”

·   Ministerial conference notes and handouts

·   Any old WCG policy or Ministerial statements or papers, policies, public campaign brochures & advertisements, special letters, newspaper clippings etc etc. Nothing is unimportant. Especially from the 1950s and 1960s

·   Charles Dorothy's theological project (1974-76) (apparently different to the STP). Apparently it was authorised by HWA and included several papers. One of them was on the Pentecost change

·   Booklets by Gene Carter (early 1950s). Two are currently available here

·   Assyrian Migrations to Germany - Ernest Martin (1961)

·   A rumoured third volume of The Compendium of World History (more likely it was an updated version of vols 1 & 2). Information here

·   In Search of ... the Lost Tribes of Israel by Raymond F McNair. Most of it is available here but I seek the missing chapters

·   Any AC class handouts, notes, charts, papers, theses

·   A paper by Gerald Waterhouse on the Laodicean Era (90-100 pages)

AC Theses

·       A Dictionary of Biblical and Classical Antiquity - Carl Franklin

·       A Synchronized Chronology of the Ancient World - Carl Franklin

·       The Historicity of the Old Testament - Gunar Freibergs & Carl Franklin

·       The Addresses of Hebrew - by John Cheetham (MA thesis)

·       Baptismal Initiatory Rites in the First Century - by Russell Duke (MA thesis)

·       The Foundations of True History - by Lester Grabbe (MA thesis)

·       A Historical and Explanatory Introduction to the Epistles of John with Interlinear a - by Charles Dorothy (MA thesis; 1961; 209pp). It is mentioned  in Worldcat.

·       Lexocological Re-examination of Sabbaton in the New Testament - by Arvi Berendson (MA thesis)

·       Outline of the Basic Doctrines in Systematic Theology - by Frank Brown (MA thesis)

·       The Return of Jesus Christ Expected in the First Century - by James Kunz (MA thesis)

·       Truth about Ecumenical Councils - by Eugene Walter (MA thesis)

·       World Crisis in Agriculture - by Dale Schurter (MA thesis) (the booklet with the same title and which I have, is based on the thesis)

·       Bible and the Ecological Crisis - by Robin Connelly (MA thesis)

Videos and Audios

·       Video sermons by men such as Herman Hoeh, Raymond McNair, Leroy Neff etc

·       Israel in Prophecy – Part II video lecture series by Dr Rick Sherrod

·       Israel in Prophecy – Part I video lecture handouts by Dr Rick Sherrod

·       Friends of the Sabbath seminars - seeking missing audio and video presentations - list is here

·       The international Bible Learning Center - seeking missing lessons. What I have is here

·       Charles Dorothy's Ambassador Class lectures (audio tapes)

·       Lecture tapes (5) on writing and editing. Prepared and presented by the seller to seniors in the Big Sandy Ambassador College Mass Communications program, on the request of a faculty member.

·       Ambassador College Graduation, May 19, 1984 audiotape. (The title is handwritten, possibly by an office secretary.) An official editorial department copy. The commencement address is by Herman Hoeh, making a fascinating values/cultures connection. Due to Mr. Armstrong’s absence in Washington DC., Dr. Hoeh’s so doing was a rare event.

Miscellaneous Items

·       Herbert Armstrong’s dedicatory prayer, on the Auditorium letterhead

·       Any early 1970s and pre 1970s Ambassador College Class Notes or Handouts

·       A lecture handout, “Management Principles Taken from Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong’s Writings” by Richard Rice.

·       Leadership Article Series by Roderick Meredith.

·        “The Motivating Editor” and “How to Build a Better Editorial Team.” These two lecture-style (written-to-be-read) presentations, requested of the seller by the editorial department manager, ere for a proposed but aborted editing/writing class for Ambassador College Mass Comm. seniors.

·       A virtual writing workshop program:

o   This is in the form of a compilation of 28 staff-only-circulated Plain Truth article manuscripts (i.e., documents in the production cycle phase). (Incidentally, eight have Herman Hoeh’s penciled initials on the first page, indicating his signing off on them, which adds to the provenance of these manuscripts.) The most effective way to learn to write or edit is to see how a professional does it, and this compilation would greatly benefit any current or budding writer wanting to improve his or her craft.

o   The quantity and quality of these manuscripts’ notations would suffice as the basis for a two-or-three-day workshop. Some were extracted from for use in presentations for WCG departments and Ambassador College classes.

o   The great majority of these article manuscripts have dozens of edits/comments throughout, which helped show the writers in detail how to improve not only their individual drafts but their writing overall. For further reference, Dr. Hoeh himself told the Editorial staff to run their articles by the person whose personal files these drafts came from.

o   Sample manuscript sections are available that show the variety and range of edits/comments and suggestions. For serious requestees only.

Items from a Private Library
The below are extracted from a listing of papers held by a member (here) but is no longer in possession of them. I have the others in that listing with the ticks next to them.
Thus, the below are being sought.

 I. THESES AND SIMILAR PAPERS

2. ADDRESSEES OF HEBREWS, THE 83 pp. John Cheetham’s Master's Thesis

3. AFTER THE FLOOD 55 pp. - anonymous a research project

4. BAPTISMAL INITIATORY RITES IN THE FIRST CENTURY A.D.  127PP. – Russell Duke's Master's Thesis

8. CASE AGAINST EVOLUTION, THE 56pp. - Philip Wittmeyer; a collection of anti-evolution quotations

9. CHRISTMAS - HISTORICAL  BEGINNINGS  IN CHRISTIAN ERA 21pp. - Gerhard 0. Marx; a research project

12. CREATION  VS.  EVOLUTION 34pp. - A  summary of useful quotations on the subject of evolution

14. DESIGN AND  DEVELOPMENT OF THE  HOLY  SCRIPTURE

Ernest L.  Martin's Doctoral Dissertation 394 pp.

16. FOUNDATIONS  OF  TRUE  HISTORY,  THE 169 pp.

Lester Grabbe’s Master's Thesis

17. FOUNDATIONS  OF  BIBLICAL  CRITICISM, THE 129 pp.

Ronald L.  Dart's Master's Thesis

20. HISTORICAL  AND EXPLANATORY  INTRODUCTION  TO  THE  EPISTLES OF  JOHN 209 pp.

Charles V.  Dorothy's Master's Thesis

21. INTRODUCTION  TO  BIBLICAL  INTERPRETATION,  AN 109 pp.

Robert C.  Boraker's Master's Thesis

25. LEXOCOLOGICAL REEAMINATION  OF  SABBATON IN  THE  NEW TESTAMENT, A 77 pp.

Arvi Berendson's Master's Thesis

29. OUTLINE OF  THE  BASIC DOCTRINES IN  SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY,  AN 144 pp.

Frank Brown's Master's Thesis

33. POPULATION EXPLOSION, THE 90 pp.

William F. Dankenbring's Master’s Thesis

35. REASON  FOR  ANTI-SEMITISM, THE 26 pp.

Gerhard 0. Marx; a research project

36. RETURN  OF JESUS CHRIST - EXPECTED IN THE FIRST CENTURY, THE 69 pp.

James Kuns's Master's Thesis

38. SELECTED PROBLEMS IN THE HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS 132 pp.

Ben Chapman's Master's Thesis

42. TRUTH  ABOUT  ECUMENICAL  COUNCILS, THE 143 pp.

Eugene M,  Walter's Master's Thesis

45. WORLD CRISIS IN  AGRICULTURE 113 pp.

Dale Schurter's Master's Thesis

 

AMBASSADOR COLLEGE CLASS HANDOUTS

A.  GEOLOGY 27 pp.

1. Genesis and Geology I 10 pp.

2. Genesis and Geology II 8 pp.

3- Geologic Eras in Charts 1 p.

4. Rock Types, Their Formation and Recognition 8 pp.

 

D.  ARCHAEOLOGY 95 pp  (very obsolete)

1 .  Human Fossils 4  pp .

2. Archaeology 6  pp.

3. Basic Points  on  Archaeology 2  pp.

4.  Anati  Pre -Flood  Archaeology  7  pp.

5. Anatit  Pre-Flood Archaeology  II 8  pp.

6.  Anatit  Pre-Flood Archaeology  III 3 pp.

7.  Important  Quotes  from Anati 4  pp.

8.  Relationship of  Cain's  Activities  to  Archaeology 1 p.

9.  Archaeology  Early Post-Flood Palestine 8  pp.

10. Archaeology   The Late  Bronze  Age in  Palestine 2  pp.

11. Archaeology  The  Iron Age in  Palestine 8  pp.

12.  Archaeological Timetable  and  Supplement 4  pp.

13.  Archaeological  Periods of  Palestine  Chronology 3 pp.

14.  Proposed  Reconstructions  of  the   Archaeological  Record 3 pp.

15  Various  Dates  Valuable in  Studying Archaeology 1  p.

16.  Various  Charts,  Graphs,  and  Maps on  Archaeology 3 pp.

 

E.  HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY 34  pp. (largely   obsolete)

1.  Basic Dates  for  Ancient  History 11  pp.

2. Key Dates in History 2  pp.

3* Key Dates   and  Events  in  Ancient  History 1  p.

4.  Basic Outline  of  World History . 2  pp.

5.  A Correlation  of  Carbon-14  Dates   with  Historic  Dates 1  p.

6.  Dates  for  Ancient  Baby Ionia and  Related  Areas 1  p.

10. Time Ip.

 

F.  BIBLICAL CHRONOLOGY 41  pp.

1.  The Chronological Record 7pp 

3.  Basic Chronological Outline  for  Ancient  Israel 1p.

4.  Chronology  of  the  Judges 1 p.

5.  Chronology  Problems  of  the  Book of  Judges 3  pp.

6.  The Kings  and  Prophets of  Judah  and  Israel 2  pp.

7.  Kings  of  Israel and  Judah 1 p.

 

G.  EGYPTIAN HISTORY 53pp (very obsolete)

1.  Ethiopia and Egypt Chronology Chart 2 pp.

3. Key Facts about the Dynasties of  Egypt 2 pp.

4.  Outline of  Egyptian History 6 pp.

6.  Early Egypt 4  pp.

7.  The  Story of  Dynasty  II  of  Thenis 4 pp.

8.  Religious Background of Egypt for   Joseph  and Job 1 p.

9.  Suggested Reconstruction of  the Era of  Joseph,  Job. 

10.  Egypt  to  the  Exodus 9 pp.

11.  Akhnaten  and the Close  of  Dynasty Eighteen 5 pp 

12.  Simple  Outline of  Egyptian  History 4 pp.

13.  Background in  Egyptian  History for   Bible Study  on  the  Period of  the  Exodus 1 p.

 

M. MISCELLANEOUS  57pp.

4.  Correct  and Incorrect Areas of  Ancient  History 2pp

5.  Compendium Corrections (1969  ed.) 7pp 

9.  Classical Literature Books  in  Library 1p 

 

III. VARIOUS PAPERS AND STUDIES

Animal Sacrifices -   Will They Be Reinstituted In  The Millenium?  Bob  Overstreet 19pp

Basic Principles Of Song Leading L.  Leroy Neff 16pp.

BIBLE CRITICISM

A Summary of the Development of Higher Criticism  8pp.

Bible Study Aids    Lester L. Grabbe    34pp.

 

Contraceptives, Fertility,  And Hormone Balance Stig R.  Erlander 44p pp.

Letter Vs.  Spirit Charles V.  Dorothy 47pp.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Advanced  Speech  Recommended  Book  List 9  pp

Survey of  Greek   Philosophy 3  pp.

Prophetic Trade-Marks 4 pp.

The  Purpose of  Life and the Plan of  Salvation 1 p.

The  True Christian 1 p.

The Number  of  the Beast - 666 4 pp.

Chronology Leading to  the 2nd  Coming  of  Christ 1p.

Bible Subject Index 8 pp.

"Endure" 1 p.

"Holy" 1 p.

"Deliverance" Ip.

Saints Ip.

 

NEW TESTAMENT

The Authors of  "The  Seven" Charles V.  Dorothy 21 pp.

Galatians Summarised in  an Allegory   1p.

A, Study of Galatians 31pp.

The  Spirit that Lusts to Envy Charles V.  Dorothy 6 pp.

1 Corinthians 7:36 - Father or  Suitor?   Charles V.  Dorothy 10 pp.

Notes  on  Matthew   8 pp.

Herod’s Family Tree   1p

Outline of  Paul’s Life 2 pp.

 

OLD TESTAMENT

Outline of  Proverbs 14 pp.

Proverbs  Charles V.  Dorothy 17 pp.

An Overview  of  the Old  Testament Orlin Grabbe   37 pp.

Recital of  Certain Psalms 3  PP-

Appendix  to Deuteronomy  Outline 19 pp.

Kings  of  Israel 1p.

God's  Design  in the Book  of  Psalms 1 p.

 

PASSOVER

Jesus' Last Passover - Nisan  145 pp.

Days of  Unleavened  Bread 2 pp.

 

SCIENCE

Proper Use of Statistics 8  pp.

The Validity of Carbon-14 Dating 10  pp.

A Correlation of Carbon-14 Dates  with  Historical Dates 3 pp.

"Whatsoever hath Fins and Scales"  Stuart M. Powell 14 pp

 

SUBJECT OUTLINES

Hell 6  pp.

New Heavens & New Earth John Turner 6  pp.

The Millenium 5 pp.

An Outline History on the Fables of  Hell 8  pp.

Prayer 6  pp.

Resurrection 7 pp.

Secret Rapture Theory  4pp.

 

IV. FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM PAPERS
(Pasadena,  April 19-20, 1976)

JERUSALEM - CITY AND IMAGE IN THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN PERCEPTION IN THE MIDDLE AGES Yael Katzir 9 pp.

CHILD-REARING AND THE ROLE OF THE FATHER Chris Reeve 6 pp.

WHY THE TRAGEDY OF THE ONE-PARENT FAMILY? Ivor Fletcher 11 pp.

THE EXCELLENT EMPLOYER John Davis 5 pp.

EVIDENCE OF LINGUISTIC JUDGMENT IN MATTHEW’S QUOTATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

K. J. Stavrinides 20 pp,

Human Factors Preventing A Satisfactory  Explanation For The Existence Of  Living Organism Groups On The Earth Graham Mitchell 18 pp.

 

V. STUDENT PROJECTS

1. BIBLE CHARACTERS

a. Character Sketch of Joseph 5 pp.

b. Character Sketches John Turner 17 pp.

c. Job and I Terry Mattson 3 pp.

d. Job and I John Turner 5 pp.

e. The Public Relations Man (Daniel) Terry Mattson 4 pp.

f. series of Bible character sketches Roger Meyer 32 pp.

g. series of Bible character sketches Barbara Hots 6 pp.

 

2. BOOK REPORTS

a. After its Kind John Turner 4 pp.

b. The Case for Creation Barbara Hots 10 pp.

c. The Genesis Flood John Turner 19 pp.

d. Genesis Flood Barbara Hots 18 pp.

 

3. CHURCH HISTORY

a. The Council of Nicaea Lawrence R. Keener 4 pp.

c. Outline of Gibbon's Chapter 15 Lawrence R. Keener 7 pp.

d. Church History Semester  Final 7 pp.

 

4. CLASSICS

a. The Bible and Mythology Everett Long 9 pp.

b. Classical Literature Everett Long 5 pp.

c. Epictetus Everett Long 8 pp.

 

5. COMMENTARY ON COLOSSIANS AND ROMANS Ron Allen 44 pp.

 

6. ESCHATOLOGY

a. The Doctrine of Hell Everett Long 19 pp.

b. Doctrine of Judgment Everett Long 8 pp.

c. The Millenium - Everett  Long 15 pp.

d. The New Heavens and the New Earth Everett Long 12 pp.

e. The Rapture Everett Long 11 pp.

f. The Rapture Theory and the Millenium Larry Keener 7 pp.

g. The Resurrection Everett  Long 23 pp.

h. So This is Heaven! Everett Long 4 pp.

 

8. HOLY SPIRIT AND TRINITY

a. The Doctrine of Sin and The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit Everett Long  11 pp.

b. Doctrine of the Holy Spirit 8 pp.

c. "Trinity" articles from encyclopedias 18 pp.

 

9. JUDAISM

a. Olden Jewish Marriage Ceremonies – Beverly Holden 2 pp.

c. They Had Them Then Too larry Nenstiel 11 pp.

 

10.  MISCELLANEOUS

a. Do it to a Finish 41  pp.

b. Has One Sex Got it Over the Other? Larry Keener 4 pp.

c. What are the Effects of Chemical Fertilizers? John R. Hawkins 11 pp.

d. How to Pray Barbara Hotz 8 pp.

e. Knowledge, Understanding, and Wisdom Terry Mattson 3 pp.

 

11. NEW TESTAMENT

a. Colossians 2114-16 Mike Castro 7 pp.

b. Galilee and Her Great Sea 6 pp.

c. Outline of II Corinthians Lawrence R. Keener 8 pp.

d . Outline of Hebrews Larry Keener 6 pp.

e. Outline of I Thessalonians Lawrence R. Keener 8 pp.

f. Outline of Colossians Larry Keener 3 pp./

 

12. OLD TESTAMENT

a. A Commentary of Obadiah Larry Nenstiel 6 pp.

b. Commentary on Genesis Four John Turner 9 pp.

c. A Comparative of Ecclesiasticus and the Holy Bible Terry Mattson 13 pp.

d. The Message of Malachi Barbara Hotz 8 pp.

e. Outline of the Minor Prophets Roger Meyer 17 pp.

f. Psalm 22 John Turner 8 pp.

g. Psalm Twenty -Two Larry Nenstiel 7 pp.

h. The Truth Behind Genesis 1*1 Terry Mattson 4 pp.

i. Studies of the Old Testament Books Terry Mattson 37 pp.

 

13. OTHER RELIGIONS

a. Buddhism John Turner 10 pp.

b. The Madonna Barbara Hotz 15 pp.

c. Who are the Baptists? Barbara Hotz 12 pp.

 

14. PAUL

a. Background of Paul Barbara Hotz 6 pp.

b. Epistles of Paul John Turner 11 pp.

c. Journeys of Paul Barbara Hotz 3 pp.

d. The Life and Epistles of Paul Larry Nenstiel 10 pp.

e. The Life and Epistles of Saint Paul John Turner 10 pp.

 

15. PROPHECY

A Summary of Possible Dates for the Decree  of Daniel 9:25 Ronald A. Lohr 27pp

 

16.  SACRIFICIAL  SYSTEM

a. 5 Types of Sacrifices Barbara Hotz 7 pp.

b. The Law of the Sacrifices Terry Mattson 5 pp.

c. Leviticus - The Sacrifices Roger Meyer 6 pp.

d. The Sacrifices John Turner 9 pp.

e. The Sacrifices Larry Nenstiel 8 pp.

f. The Tabernacle John Turner 11 pp. g. The Tabernacle Roger Meyer 12 pp.

 

17, SIN, LAW, AND  GRACE

a. Sin John Turner 4 pp.

b. Law & Grace John Turner 4 pp.

c. Law and Grace Everett Long 10 pp.

 

18. STAR OF BETHLEHEM

a. The Star of Bethlehem Beverly Holden 8 pp.

 

VI. MISCELLANEOUS

a. DR. HOEH - NOTES, LETTERS, ETC.

The Laodicean Era  26 pp.

Notes from a history session  4 pp.

b. LEADERSHIP TRAINING CLASS 79 pp.

 

i. ODDS AND ENDS

j. PERSONAL  CORRESPONDENCE

l. COMMENTARY ON CERTAIN BIBLE BOOKS 148 pp.

m. AGRICULTURAL  RESEARCH  PAPERS 145 pp.

n. RESEARCH PAPERS (not available)

-- Tithing. A  Historical Study of its Application and Practice Lester Grabbe 18 pp

-- Is this the End Time? Gary Alexander 10 pp.

-- Bare-Faced Facts about Make-up Robert E. Neitsch 14 pp.

- Hierarchy or  Holy Spirit?  Mike  Allard 3 pp.

- Divorce and Re-marriage research notes Gunar Freibergs 6 pp.  

Key items found:

·    Herman L Hoeh sermon dated 27 January 1990 [found and provided by a kind person 26 June 2021] Persistence is worth it!

·   Merritt Dickinson's articles on the 'lost' tribes of Israel in The Bible Advocate around 1918. He also published a booklet titled The Final Gathering of the Children of Israel around 1919, apparently based on one of the articles in the Bible Advocate (obtained 1 June 2024)

·   Greenbury G Rupert's articles on the Holy Days in the May, June, July 1913 editions of the Bible Advocate (obtained 1 June 2024)