BAILEY AND THURMAN FAMILIES
PAPERS, ca. 1882-1995
Manuscript Collection No. 807
Papers, ca. 1882-1995; 9 linear feet
Isaac G. and Susie E. Bailey were prominent
religious leaders who served as colporteurs for the
American Baptist Publication Society, selling Bibles
and other religious books throughout Arkansas. Susie
Bailey attended Sumner High School and Normal School
in St. Louis, Missouri. She served as president of Southeast
District Baptist Women's Association and as an agent
for the Women's American Mission Baptist Home Mission
Society. The collection tracks the political and religious
pursuits of the family through three generations. It
includes correspondence, writings, printed material,
newspaper clippings, books from the Bailey library,
photographs, legal documents, financial records, and
general ephemera. A large portion of the collection
is made up of correspondence written to family members.
The correspondence written to and by Isaac and Susie
Bailey is of particular interest. It covers familial
matters as well as those pertaining to the branches
of the Baptist Missionary Association. Additional material
relates to Arkansas Baptist College, the Southeast Baptist
Academy, the Southeast District Missionary Baptist Association,
the Baptist Women's Southeastern District Association,
and the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society.
The collection also includes a photo of Susie Bailey
with Gandhi.
The items we have selected for digital
access include a handful of photographs of the Bailey-Thurman
family (including Sue Bailey Thurman with Gandhi, pictured
above), some printed matter concerning children's education
(including the booklet, "The Children's Code of
Morals"), a few pamphlets from Baptist conventions
and services, and miscellaneous printed materials.
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Bailey-Thurman Papers
