Samuel C. Perry collection

Collection

Identifier: M0097

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Samuel C. Perry collection is dervied from a donation of his daughter, Grace Anderson. The most significant part of the collection is 41 original issues of Perry's self-published newspaper, A Call To Prayer dating from 1940 through 1965, his ministerial credientials with the General Council of the Assemblies of God, correspondence with early leaders in the Pentecostal movement, and photocopies of Perry and his family. The collection also consists of a collection of books, gospel tracts, magazines, newsletters, and individual articles by various authors. Also included are some items from the ministry of his wife, Edna M. Perry.

Dates

1908–1960

Conditions Governing Use

This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use any digitized or otherwise copied material from our holdings for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Clement Perry was born April 4, 1875. Very little is known about his early life. He became a prominent minister in the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) during its formative years. He united with the Church of God in 1909. Being enrolled as a freshman with Asbury College, he was the first minister in the denomination with any collegiate experience. He was very successful with church planting; establishing churches in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. He is also believed to be the first Pentecostal minister to preach in Cuba.

Perry was a bishop with the Church of God. He served in several capacities including pastor, state overseer, Council of Elders member, a member of the Editorial and Publications Board. In 1923, he was ordained with the General Council of the Assemblies of God but withdrew in 1934, reuniting with the Church of God until 1940. After that time, he ministered in his church based in Miami, Florida and published a periodical titled, A Call to Prayer.

Passing away in 1960, his obituary lists his spouse, Edna; 5 sons, 4 daughters, 25 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (3 containers)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Separated Materials

8 photographs including Samuel C. Perry, his church, Edna M. Dickerson Perry, his sons Jim and Sam Jr., and daughter Grace, photocopied and returned to his daughter, Grace.

The Cross and the Switchblade, v.1, n.3, June-July 1965

Baptism With The Holy Ghost, Henry Clay Morrison, 1900, Pentecostal Publishing Company; Louisville, Kentucky

Lost and Restored, Aimee Semple McPherson, The Bridal Call; Los Angeles, California

His Last Great Speech...Wm. J. Bryan is Gone, J.W. Welch, Gospel Publishing House; Springfield Missouri

A Barley Loaf, Alice Reynolds Flower, 1938

Concerning Spiritual Gifts, Donald Gee, 1938, Edgeley Press, Great Britain

Divine Healing Sermons, Aimee Semple McPherson, undated

Fables for Young and Old, Lillian Trasher, 1956, Portland, Oregon

In His Presence, E.W. Kenyon, 1944, Seattle, Washington

Bees In Clover, Bud Robinson, Nazarene Publishing House, 1921, Kansas City, Missouri

Asbury's Journal v.2, Abraham Paul Printer, 1821

Spiritual Renewal for Methodism, Samuel Emerick ed., 1958, Methodist Evangelistic Materials, Nashville, Tennessee

The Sequence of the Supernatural, J. Robert Ashcroft, 1972, Gospel Publishing House, Springfield, Missouri

Palestine In Pictures and Prophecy, Charles S. Price, 1937, Pasadena, California

Two (2) Evangel College newsletters

One (1) Camp Ambassador newsletter

One (1) Central Bible Institute newsletter