Tomlinson, Homer A. (Homer Aubrey), 1892-1968

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The General Photograph Collection at the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center contains:

1. Photographs of persons, events, institutions, and buildings related to the Church of God.

2. Photographs related to other Pentecostal denominations or Charismatic ministries.

3. Photographs related to the history of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

The collection is arranged in folders by subject (names, places, events).

Scope and Contents

Contains one (1) folder of unitemized materials on the named topic.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of business and personal items belonging to members of the Tomlinson family spanning the years 1900 to 2015. The items have been divided into series according to family members, and organized chronologically within each series. The first series contains photographs, papers, books, and artifacts relating to the patriarch of the family, Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson. These items trace Tomlinson’s early work in the Church of God and the birth of the Church of...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The third series holds items relating to the elder son of A.J. Tomlinson, Homer Tomlinson. This series includes five campaign buttons from Homer’s candidacy for President of the United States. There is also a photograph of Homer in front of the Jamaica Church of God in New York, as well as research notes gathered by Bill Snell in 2001, with information regarding Homer Tomlinson and The Church of God in Queens, New York, and a The Church of God flag that Homer Tomlinson flew in New York’s...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes the official correspondence of the general overseer's office beginning in 1949 under the leadership of H. L. Chesser. It is entered in the system at the file level, organized chronologically, then alphabetically. It includes incoming and outgoing mail. The file records in the archive catalog include the names of the correspondents included in the file, though subjects have not been attached at this time.