Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ead xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader findaidstatus="Completed" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/27733 ">MS494</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Walter Harrelson Papers <num>MS494</num> </titleproper> <subtitle>1915-1992, 1.89 linear feet</subtitle> <author>Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex</author> <sponsor>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.</sponsor> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline> <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline> </address> <date>2004</date> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2019-04-26T09:53-0400</date> </creation> <langusage>Description is in <language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2019</date> <item>Revised by Olivia Field</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>Walter Harrelson Papers</unittitle> <unitid>MS494</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <physdesc> <extent>1.89 linear feet</extent> <extent>4 document boxes, 1 half-document box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1915/1992" type="inclusive">1915-1992</unitdate> <abstract id="ref3" label="Abstract">Walter J. Harrelson was a Hebrew Bible Scholar, a dean of divinity schools and a supporter of Wake Forest University's School of Divinity. This collection consists of translations, detailed class notes and rosters, essays and scholarly works by Harrelson, books and articles in progress, and retirement letters and correspondence regarding other activities.</abstract> <origination label="creator"> <persname source="ingest">Harrelson, Walter</persname> </origination> </did> <accessrestrict id="ref5"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open.</p> </accessrestrict> <prefercite id="ref7"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Walter Harrelson Papers (MS494), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p> </prefercite> <acqinfo id="ref8"> <head>Acquisitions Information</head> <p>Harrelson, Walter, Wake Forest University. Gift, July 1, 1996</p> <p>MS 494.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref9"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by John Woodard and Cat McDowell. Encoded by Apex, April 2005. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through <extref ns2:href="http://www.ncecho.org/">North Carolina ECHO</extref>. Reappraised and revised, circa 2013-2014. Finding aid revised in 2019.</p> </processinfo> <bioghist id="ref10"> <head>Biographical Note</head> <p>Walter J. Harrelson was born in Winnabow, N.C., on November 28, 1919. Before serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he attended Mars Hill College. A scholar of the Hebrew Bible, he received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, and M.Div. and Th.D. degrees from Union Theological Seminary. Harrelson served on the faculty of the University of Chicago Divinity School and Vanderbilt University Divinity School from 1955 to 1990, including terms as Dean at both universities. He was also among a select group of scholars of the Hebrew Bible to produce the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible in 1990. Harrelson became a Professor of Religion at Wake Forest University in 1994. He also served as a consultant in the establishment of Wake Forest School of Divinity from 1995 to 1996, and later received Professor Emeritus status. He passed away on September 5, 2012, in Winston-Salem, N.C., at the age of 92.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="ref11"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains work on Bible translations and research that Harrelson gathered, mainly in the form of papyri, Hebrew, and cuneiform text reproductions. The majority of the collection is comprised of writings sent to or collected by Harrelson. These primarily take the form of typescript article drafts or oral presentations, dissertations and other student assignments, book reviews, and copies of published literature. This collection consists of translations, detailed class notes and rosters, essays and scholarly works by Harrelson, books and articles in progress, and retirement letters and correspondence regarding other activities.</p> </scopecontent> <userestrict id="ref82"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>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.</p> </userestrict> <dsc> <c id="ref81" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Biographical and personal materials</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref52" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Biographical materials</unittitle> <container id="cid1021001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1021001" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate normal="1996/2012" type="inclusive">1996-2012</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref54" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle> <container id="cid1023031" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">4</container> <container parent="cid1023031" type="Folder">7</container> <container id="cid1023008" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023008" type="Folder">11</container> <unitdate normal="1949/1991" type="inclusive">1949-1991</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref68" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Letters on retirement</unittitle> <container id="cid1023024" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1023024" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1989/1989">1989</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref77" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>National Institute of Medicine Committee in Social and Ethical Impacts of Advances in Biomedicine, agendas and minutes</unittitle> <container id="cid1025003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1025003" type="Folder">8</container> <unitdate normal="1992/1993" type="inclusive">1992-1993</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref64" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Published articles</unittitle> <container id="cid1023020" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1023020" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate normal="1956/1964" type="inclusive">1956-1964</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref53" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Published interviews</unittitle> <container id="cid1021002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1021002" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate normal="2000/2003" type="inclusive">2000-2003</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref55" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Syllabi materials</unittitle> <container id="cid1023010" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023010" type="Folder">13</container> <unitdate normal="1980/1990" type="inclusive">1980-1990</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref13" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Research and writings</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref75" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Beyond the Impasse, University of Richmond book proposal</unittitle> <container id="cid1025001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1025001" type="Folder">6</container> <unitdate normal="1992/1992">1992</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref65" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Bible Study notes, Jeremiah</unittitle> <container id="cid1023021" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1023021" type="Folder">3</container> <unitdate normal="1990/1990">1990</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref57" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Book of Isaiah lecture outline</unittitle> <container id="cid1023011" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023011" type="Folder">14</container> <unitdate normal="1950/1959" type="inclusive">circa 1950s</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref31" level="file"> <did> <unittitle><title render="doublequote">Chaos, Order, and Freedom in World Religions,</title> Joseph M. Kitagawa</unittitle> <container id="cid1023009" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023009" type="Folder">12</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref61" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Essays</unittitle> <container id="cid1023015" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid1023015" type="Folder">1-3</container> <unitdate normal="1950/1976" type="inclusive">1950-1976</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref76" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Ge'ez (Ethiopic) grammar, lessons and exercises</unittitle> <container id="cid1025002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1025002" type="Folder">7</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <title render="doublequote">In Defense of a Secular Christmas Celebration</title> </unittitle> <container id="cid1023003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023003" type="Folder">6</container> <unitdate normal="1960/1960">1960</unitdate> <physdesc id="ref16" label="General Physical Description note"> <extent>(See Oversize)</extent> </physdesc> </did> </c> <c id="ref51" level="file"> <did> <unittitle><title render="doublequote">Jesus Christ,</title> S. MacLean Gilmore</unittitle> <container id="cid1023007" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023007" type="Folder">10</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref78" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Jewish-Christian Relations, Course and Writings (Vanderbilt), with Randall Falk</unittitle> <container id="cid1025004" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">5</container> <container parent="cid1025004" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref17" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <title render="doublequote">Nonroyal Motifs in the Royal Eschatology</title> </unittitle> <container id="cid1023002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023002" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1962/1962">1962</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref58" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <title render="doublequote">Post-Exilic Prophetic Eschatology and the End of Prophecy</title> </unittitle> <container id="cid1023012" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023012" type="Folder">15</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref18" level="file"> <did> <unittitle><title render="doublequote">Sin and Grace in the Old and New Testaments</title> syllabus, lecture notes</unittitle> <container id="cid1023001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023001" type="Folder">4</container> <unitdate normal="1976/1976">1976</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref79" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Bible, New Revised Standard Version, writings</unittitle> <container id="cid1025005" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">5</container> <container parent="cid1025005" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1991/1991">1991</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref26" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Writings by Harrelson and others</unittitle> <container id="cid1021003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1021003" type="Folder">3</container> <unitdate normal="1960/1975" type="inclusive">circa 1960-1975</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref19" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Research reproductions and photocopies</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref24" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Comparative Bible translations, Genesis 37-50</unittitle> <container id="cid1023005" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023005" type="Folder">7-9</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> <physdesc id="ref25" label="General Physical Description note"> <extent>(See Oversize)</extent> </physdesc> </did> </c> <c id="ref63" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Hebrew Bible and the Moral Life, book essays</unittitle> <container id="cid1023019" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1023019" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate normal="1990/1990">1990</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref59" level="file"> <did> <unittitle><title render="doublequote">Ezra Apocalypse,</title> translation</unittitle> <container id="cid1023013" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid1023013" type="Folder">16</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref67" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Literature I, lecture notes; 1-2 Maccabees, Tobit, Judith</unittitle> <container id="cid1023023" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1023023" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1998/1998">1998</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref71" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Jeremiah, lecture notes</unittitle> <container id="cid1023027" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">4</container> <container parent="cid1023027" type="Folder">3</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref72" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Ezra book outline</unittitle> <container id="cid1023028" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">4</container> <container parent="cid1023028" type="Folder">4</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref69" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Reprints and writings</unittitle> <container id="cid1023025" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">4</container> <container parent="cid1023025" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref66" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Inscription reproductions</unittitle> <container id="cid1023022" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">3</container> <container parent="cid1023022" type="Folder">4</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref70" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Papyri reproductions</unittitle> <container id="cid1023026" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">4</container> <container parent="cid1023026" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref73" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Greek translated Esther seminar notes</unittitle> <container id="cid1023029" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">4</container> <container parent="cid1023029" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref62" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Translations</unittitle> <container id="cid1023018" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid1023018" type="Folder">4</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref74" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Greek translations</unittitle> <container id="cid1023030" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">4</container> <container parent="cid1023030" type="Folder">6</container> <unitdate normal="1977/1977">1977</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>