Church of God vs. A.J. Tomlinson collection

Collection

Identifier: M0021

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

For microfilmed collection: The Church of God Court Records, Cleveland, Tennessee, 1919 – 1953, includes approximately six cubic feet of documents brought together from three different archive locations for microfilming. The three archives contributing to this collection are the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center in Cleveland, Tennessee, The History Branch and Archives of the Cleveland Public Library of Cleveland, Tennessee, and the Tennessee State Library and Archives of Nashville, Tennessee. These records contain court records, financial reports, minutes, correspondence, form letters, petitions, printed materials, and postcards. Bradley County Chancery Court, case file #1174, M.L. Beard, et al vs. A.J. Tomlinson, et al and documents from Bradley County Chancery Court, case files #1891 and #3445 are located at the History Branch and Archives of the Cleveland Public Library. Depositions from Bradley County Chancery Court, case file #1891, The Church of God vs. The Tomlinson Church of God or The Church of God of Prophecy, Bradley County Chancery Court, and case file #3445, The Church of God vs. The Tomlinson Church of God, et al, and other pertinent documents are located at the Dixon Research Center at Lee University. The proceedings of case file #1891 and #5548, heard at the Tennessee Supreme Court, Eastern Division, at Knoxville are located at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

For M0021: This collection at the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center contains all items attributed to it heretofore. It also reflects additions made through 2019, which include but are not limited to—

material formerly housed in M0015, the Tomlinson Family Collection; any material related to church litigation or handling of funds on A.J. Tomlinson’s part was moved to M0021 in June 2019;

all material from Vault Box 226;

donations made by Michael Edwards in 2014, 2017, and 2018;

processing of previously unprocessed accessioned material housed at the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center;

and processing of a use copy of official court records for patron use.

The microfilm collection, housed in M0021 Box 9, and its finding aid serve as an addendum to M0021 and are included in this finding aid as such.

Dates

1919 – 1953

Creator

Tomlinson, A. J. (Ambrose Jessup), 1865–1943 (Person)

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.

Extent

7.0 Linear Feet

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

Custodial History

PROVENANCE: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 2002 Bradley County Public Library and History Branch, 2002 Bradley County Chancery Court Church of God Court Records Michael Edwards, 2001-2018

Related Materials

M0015 Tomlinson Family Collection M0002 North Cleveland Collection Tomlinson Information Files

Church of God vs. AJ Tomlinson CHURCH BX 7032 T45 CHURCH BX 7032 T452