Walter Nathan Johnson Papers

MS462

Walter Johnson was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1899), and a Baptist pastor who served in North Carolina and Louisiana and held leadership roles in both states. His papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, educational files, legal documents, writings, subject files, and sermons and sermon notes.

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Summary Information
Biographical and Historical Note
Collection Overview
Collection Inventory
Administrative Information

Summary Information

Repository: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title: Walter Nathan Johnson Papers
Creator: Johnson, Walter Nathan
Date: 1905-1952 (inclusive)
Extent: 7.8 linear feet / 6 record cartons
ID: MS462

Biographical and Historical Note

Walter Nathan Johnson was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1899), and a Baptist pastor who served in North Carolina and Louisiana. He served as secretary of missions in both Louisiana (1907-1909) and North Carolina (1915-1920). Later he became secretary of the Steward League of Baptist ministers and editor of The Next Step in the Churches, the League's bulletin. He was author of a number of books and articles.

Collection Overview

This collection contains biographical information, correspondence, educational files, legal documents, writings, subject files, and sermons and sermon notes.

Administrative Information

Publication Information: Finding aid prepared by Processed by John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2004
Revision Description: Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2019
Access Restrictions: Collection is open.
Copyright Notice: The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Preferred Citation: Walter Nathan Johnson Papers (MS462), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Collection Inventory

Biographical File
- Biographical Data (1904-1952) Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence
- A, (1950.) Box 1 Folder 2
- Binkley, Olin Trivette, (1952.) Folder 3
- Blackwell, Hoyt, (1946-1952.) Folder 4
- C, (1948-1950.) Folder 5
- Carpenter, Levi Leonidas, (1891-1966), (1950.) Folder 6
- Cullom, Willis Richard, (1867-1963), (1950-1951.) Folder 7
- D, (1950.) Folder 8
- Deane, Charles, Bennett, (1898-1969), (1950, undated) Folder 9
- E, (1952.) Folder 10
- Formal Letters, (1947, 1952, undated) Folder 11
- Gaddy, Claude Fisher, (1897-1971), (1950-1952.) Folder 12
- H, (1950-1951.) Folder 13
- Interracial Retreat, Mars Hill College, North Carolina, (July 14-18, 1952.) Folder 14
- J-K, (1950-1951, undated) Folder 15
- L, (1952.) Folder 16
- Mc, (1950-1951.) Folder 17
- O-R, (1950-1951.) Folder 18
- S, (1950-1952.) Folder 19
- T-V, (1950-1952.) Folder 20
- W, (1950-1952.) Folder 21
- Wake Forest Lodge, (1928.) Box 1 Folder 22
Educational File
- Notebook, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, (February 1905.) Box 1 Folder 23
Legal Documents
- Codicil Regarding Johnson's Manuscripts, draft, (undated) Box 1 Folder 24
- Contract for the publication of Stewardship Vitalized between Walt N. Johnson of Mars Hill, North Carolina and Baptist Sunday School Board, (March 31, 1926.) Box 1 Folder 25
Pictorial Materials
- Forgotten Commandment drawing (undated) Box 3 Folder 107
- Fidelis Class, Berkley Ave. Baptist Church, (April 20, 1924.) Folder 108
- Portrait, (1952.) Box 3 Folder 109
Sermons by Chapter
- Old Testament
  - Genesis. Box 6 Folder 197
  - Psalms. Box 6 Folder 198
- New Testament
  - Matthew. Box 6 Folder 199
  - Mark. Folder 200
  - Luke. Folder 201
  - John. Folder 202
  - Acts. Folder 203
  - Epistle to the Romans. Folder 204
  - I Corinthians. Folder 205
  - II Corinthians. Folder 206
  - Ephesians. Folder 207
  - Philippians. Folder 208
  - Colossians. Folder 209
  - I Thessalonians. Folder 210
  - Hebrew. Folder 211
  - John I Box 6 Folder 212
- Sermon notes Box 6 Folder 213
Subject File
- "Bethesda" Meeting Notes and Agenda, (January 1947.) Box 3 Folder 110
- Interracial Prayer Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, (1947.) Folder 111
- Mission Drive Bulletin, Walter N. Johnson Correspondent Secretary, (March 1919.) Folder 112
- Next Step In The Churches
  - (November 25, 1926-1928.) Box 4 Folder 113
  - (May 1929-December 1931.) Folder 114
  - (1932-1938.) Folder 115-117
  - (March 1939-December 1939.) Folder 118
  - (1940-1949.) Box 4 Folder 119-128
- Notes by subject ([undated])
  - Adult Christian Education Box 4 Folder 129-130
  - Agenda for a Generation. Folder 131
  - Calendar, Curricula, Schedules, Etc., for Adult Education in the Churches. Folder 132
  - Christian-Doing His Duty. Folder 133
  - Christian Education (2 folders) Folder 134-135
  - Christian-Living Among Men. Folder 136
  - Christian-Personally Related to God and Things Above. Folder 137
  - Christian Teaching. Folder 138
  - Church and State-Through the State. Folder 139
  - Church and Labor-Through Labor. Folder 140
  - Church History. Folder 141
  - Church Vitalization. Folder 142
  - Churches Serving. Folder 143
  - Churches Vitalized in Corporate Worship. Folder 144
  - Churches Witnessing. Folder 145
  - Cooperating With One Another Through Institutions. Folder 146
  - Economia, 1-5 Box 5 Folder 148-151 Box 4 Folder 147
  - Ground of Authority. Box 5 Folder 152
  - Experience of Jesus Alive and Immediate to Us In Spirit (2 folders) Folder 153-154
  - Finally, Universal Worship. Folder 155
  - Foreign Missions. Folder 156
  - Full-Time Frontier Minorities; Awakened Persons Teaming Together. Folder 157
  - Interracial Matters. Folder 158
  - Jesus Now Present in Churches (2 folders) Folder 159-160
  - Meeting Human Needs Directly. Folder 161
  - Preparing for Pentecost-Through World Organization. Folder 162
  - Primacy of Experience (2 folders) Folder 163-164
  - Process of Teaming. Folder 165
  - Study of New Testament Teaming. Folder 166
  - Supreme Experience: Worship. Folder 167
  - Teamed Groups Vitalizing Churches; Churches Now Devitalized. Folder 168
  - Teaming As Ministers. Folder 169
  - Teaming As Stewards. Folder 170
  - Teaming For Routine Work in Church. Folder 171
  - Teaming In Family Life (Church and Family). Folder 172
  - Teaming In Race Relations. Folder 173
  - Teaming In Spiritual Laboratory. Box 5 Folder 174
  - Teaming In Worship. Box 6 Folder 175
  - Teaming In Worthy Offerings. Box 6 Folder 176
  - Through Art and Literature. Folder 177
  - Through Baptist Organizations and Institutions. Folder 178
  - Through Capital. Folder 179
  - Through Power Machinery. Folder 180
  - Through Publicity. Folder 181
  - Through Religious Organizations. Folder 182
  - Through Schools. Folder 183
  - Through the Catholic Church. Folder 184
  - Vitalize a Few Churches (2 folders) Folder 185-186
  - A Wartime Program for Churches. Folder 187
  - What Adult Christians Face Today Through Emergent Democracy. Folder 188
  - Witnessing In Daily Living. Folder 189
  - Witnessing In Evangelization. Folder 190
  - Witnessing in Mission. Folder 191
  - World Respondent to Vitalized Churches-Lend People Into Worship. Folder 192
  - Worship or War. Folder 193
  - General (3 folders) Box 6 Folder 194-196
Writings
- "A Baptist College Answering the Needs of our Time and our State" , Address to Louisiana Baptist Convention, (1910.) Folder 26
- "Budget Churches and Special Appeals," (undated) Folder 27
- "At God's Heart," (undated) Folder 28
- "Bible or Experience: Which Is Final In Religion?" (undated) Folder 29
- "Bible Study Notes," Natchitochis, LA., (September 1905.) Folder 30
- "Challenge," (undated) Folder 31
- "A Challenge to the Real Disciples of Jesus in Bethesda Church," (May 2, 1948.) Folder 32
- "Church Communities and State Communities Manuscript" Notes, (undated) Folder 33
- "Church Vitalization," Outline, (undated) Folder 34
- "A City Slum in a Show Window," (undated) Folder 35
- "Discipline of Jesus in his Churches," (undated) Folder 36
- "Do the Signs of the Times Indicate an Abolition of War?" (undated) Folder 37
- "Fellowship and/or Organization," (undated) Folder 38
- "A Free Soul in a Complex Social Order," Southern Baptist Home Missions, Vol. 16, No. 11, (November 1945.) Folder 39
- "Fresh Experience of Christ," Study Outline, (undated) Folder 40
- "Has Modern Christianity Lost Its Message?" Biblical Recorder, Vol. 106, No. 8, (February 21, 1940.) Folder 41
- "At the Heart of Things," (Four Addresses), Biblical Recorder, Vol. 75, No. 49, (June 8, 1910.) Folder 42
- "In Preparation," (undated) Folder 43
- "Independent Churches in an Organized Age," Biblical Recorder, (January 14-21, 1914.) Folder 44
- "Inspired or Insane," (undated) Folder 45
- Johnson, Eva Coppedge, author: Stewardship Excerpts, 2-3 (undated) Box 3 Folder 105-106
- "Lawyer and the Preacher," Biblical Recorder, (September 21, 1910.) Box 1 Folder 46
- "Letters from the Lighted Couch: A Discussion of Ethics and Eugenics." A Sequel to the Story of the Lighted Couch, typescript: Introduction-Letter 9 (undated) Folder 47-49
- "Letters from the Lighted Couch: A Discussion of Science and Ethics in Human Eugenics" , typescript: Contents-Letter 9. (undated) Folder 50-52
- "Letters from the Lighted Couch: A Discussion of the Discipline of Jesus in Human Genetics," Standard Copy, Typescript. (undated) Folder 53
- "Lighted Couch: The Story of a Re-Reading of the New Testament In Our Atomic Times," Typescript
  - Draft 1-2, (undated) Folder 54-56
  - Draft 3, Desk Copy, Chapters 1-15. (undated) Folder 57-59
  - Orders, (undated) Folder 60
- "Limitation of Law," Baptist World, Vol. 15, No. 38, (September 21, 1911.) Folder 61
- "Lordship of Jesus Christ in Wake Forest Expressed in a Church Building" (Address), (November 1911.) Folder 62
- "Modern Experience," (undated) Folder 63
- "A New Seminary Moves In," (undated) Folder 64
- "Old Salt: Lunatic or Seer?" , sequel to the Story of "The Lighted Couch". A Discussion of Suprasexual Impregnation": Outline-Chapter 8 (undated) Box 2 Folder 65-69
- "The Original Christianity of the New Testament Projected Into Modern Business" (1922.) Box 6 Folder 215
- "Our Churches Staying out of War to Make Democracy Safe for the World," Draft, (September-October 1939.) Box 2 Folder 70
- "Our Nation in International Affairs," (undated) Folder 71
- "Outlines of other articles," (undated) Folder 72
- "Radically Christian: A World Program" : Draft 1-2 (undated) Folder 73-75
- "Release of Power in Churches Vitalized to Save Our Modern World" , Charity and Children Press, (1946.) Folder 76
- "Re-Reading and Re-Testing the New Testament For Our Times" : Reader's Copy I (undated) Folder 77
- "Re-Reading and Re-Testing the New Testament For Our Times" : Reader's Copy 2 (1947) Folder 78
- "Resurgence of the New Testament Experience in Modern Churches: Let It Start In Prayer Meetings," (undated) Folder 79
- Salutatory to Wake Forest Church, (undated) Folder 80
- "Some Reflections on First Period at Wake Forest," Outline, (undated) Folder 81
- "Some Thoughts from Mrs. Mosquito," Baptist Chronicle, (October 12, 1905.) Folder 82
- "Spinal Adjustment In Southern Baptist Life," Mars Hill, North Carolina, Mars Hill Press, (1931.) Folder 83
- Stewardship, Bible Notes on, (1915.) Box 2 Folder 84
- "Stewardship Applied: A Start In Steward Training" , typescript (undated)
  - Draft 1 (undated) Box 2 Folder 85
  - Draft 2 (For Adult Christians in our Churches and for College Students) (undated) Folder 86
  - Original (undated) Folder 87
  - Standard Copy (undated) Box 2 Folder 88
- Stewardship Applied. A Start in Steward Training. Typescript Carbon Copy. (circa 1930s) Box 6 Folder 214
- "Stewardship Vitalized," Nashville, TN., Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, (1926.) Folder 89
- "True Individuality," Address to the 1899 graduating class, Wake Forest, North Carolina, (May 20, 1899.) Folder 90
- "A Vitalized Church," (undated) Box 3 Folder 91
- "Which-Dominate or Permeate?" Kansas City, MO., Western Baptist Publishing Co., (1929.) Folder 92
- Untitled, (undated)
  - Chapter 1: Devotional, Practical, Personal. (undated) Box 3 Folder 93
  - Chapter 2: Church Life 1. Folder 94
  - Chapter 3: Church Life 2. Folder 95
  - Chapter 4: Christian Experiment and Experience. Folder 96
  - Chapter 5: Christian Education. Folder 97
  - Chapter 6-8, Miscellaneous Sermons. Folder 98-100
  - Economic Impulse of Regenerate People. Folder 101
  - Baptist Outlook. Folder 102
  - Appendix. Folder 103
  - Notes for Chapter 2-9. Box 3 Folder 104

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