G.H. Scott family collection

Collection

Identifier: M0067

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The materials in the G.H. Scott Family Collection are divided into three series.

Series 1: General Henry "G.H." Scott — includes a brief family history written by Roger Fortner, the grandson of G.H. and Alma and son of Bernice, focused on their work in the church, as well as a collection of the songs sung by Bernice as a teenager in revivals and tent meetings

Series 2: Jack Scott — includes materials related to the missionary work of Jack Scott in Central America including slides and films of their training, travels, and ministry

Series 3: Roger D. Fortner — includes the book manuscript for _God Walks These Hills: Pentecost in the Ozarks_ written by Roger Fortner and two thumb drives containing digital copies of most of the materials in the collection and other files connected to the family

Dates

1920s–2019

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

General Henry "G.H." Scott was born on April 13, 1895 in Handley, Texas. He married Alma Morrow (January 11, 1897–September 12, 1974) and worked as a foreman on oil rigs as a young man. G.H. died September 3, 1970 in Pomona, California. Their preteen daughter, Bernice, was the first in the family to get saved when she started attending a Church of God Sunday school on her own in Electra, Texas. Her family came to see her sing at a tent revival where her parents were saved and joined the church. In 1930, the family moved to Celina, Texas and G.H. started a Sunday school in his home that was later organized as the Celina Church of God. The family later moved to Ameslan, Texas where they also helped start a Church of God. During World War II, like many others, the Scotts moved to California to find work to assist the war effort. In Pomona they found a small, independent Pentecostal church and helped organize it as a Church of God, known in 2019 as the Southern California Dream Center.

G.H. Scott proved to be an influential and productive layman in the Church of God and, while not clergy, he and his family were instrumental in the founding and building of multiple congregations. One of the family members, Jack Scott, served as a Church of God missionary in Central America after training at Lee College and International Preparatory Institute in San Antonio, Texas.