MSS 3

Bryant, Arthur Durham, 1856-1939

Papers of Arthur Durham Bryant, 1887-1924

 

Gallaudet University Archives.

 

 

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 3
 Creator: Arthur D. Bryant
Title: Papers of Arthur Durham Bryant, 1887-1924
 Quantity: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 document box)
Abstract: This collection contains the correspondence of the first ordained Deaf Baptist minister.
Note: This document last updated 2005 November 23.

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Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

 

 

Related Material in the Archives:

 

Films

 

·         Gettysburg [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 25-4.

·         A little journey to some historic place in old Virginia [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 57-4, 434-4

 

 

Photographs

 

·         Photograph album owner unknown [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 30

·         Photograph album of Robert Werdig [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 66.

·         Arthur Durham Bryant [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits

 

Small Manuscripts

 

·         Papers, Thomas Watson Osborne, 1933-1937. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Edward Eugene McConnell, 1923-1945. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

·         Papers, Gallaudet family, 1824-1962. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

 


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Biographical Sketch

            Arthur D. Bryant was a graduate of the Kendall School for the Deaf, and a member of the Gallaudet Class of 1880. He was an excellent art instructor at Kendall and Gallaudet from 1880-1916 and produced many outstanding artists and architects.

            Bryant was the first Gallaudet graduate to become an ordained Baptist minister. He was ordained in 1911. He founded the Calvary Baptist Church for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., the first of its kind. This church is still in existence today. He continued his work with the church until his death in 1939.

            Gallaudet awarded him a honorary Master of Arts degree in 1932, and a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1939.

 

 

Scope and Content

 

Correspondence between Bryant and others from 1887-1924.

 

Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

 

No Series.

 

Box

Folder

Number and Title of Folder

Date

1

 

 

 

1

 

Will J. Probasco to Arthur D. Bryant

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

01

Mertyle E. Martin to Arthur D. Bryant

21 June 1887

1

02

Elizabeth Peet's handwriting of the Announcement from Sophomore Class in Public Speaking

May 30

1

03

 

28 November 1898

1

04

Harley D. Drake to Arthur D. Bryant

8515

1

05

Will J. Probasco to ADB

25 May 1899

1

06

Harley D. Drake to ADB

9083

1

07

Mattie Warner to ADB

23 May 1887

1

08

Ted Griffing to ADB

8857

1

09

Guilford D. Euritt to ADB

5096

1

10

Ted Griffing to ADB

8451

1

11

John Sheldon to ADB

12 December 1895

1

12

Byron B. Burnes to ADB

8797

1

13

James L. Norris to ADB

23 November 1892

1

14

James L. Norris to Col. H.L.D. Lewis

23 November 1892

1

15

James L. Norris to ADB

29 November 1892

1

16

Wesley Lauritsen to ADB

8273

1

17

C. G. Coutant to ADB

2146

1

18

same as above

 

1

19

0. W. Norton to ADB

4317

1

20

none

 

1

21

John W. Newell to the Relatives of Benjamin D. Stelle, Esq. deceased

9 May 1876

1

22

none

 

1

23

William N. Meserve to ADB

3726

1

24

none

 

1

25

Louis L. Hooper to ADB

4231

1

26

none

 

1

27

Ernest Bingham to ADB

30 December 1897

1

28

none

 

1

29

Lyman Steed to ADB

6491

1

30

none

3649

1

31

John B. Hotchkiss to ADB

 

1

32

none

 

1

33

J. L. Smith to ADB

3 April 1894

1

34

none

 

1

35

John A. McIlvaine, Jr. to ADB

138

1

36

Geo. F. Flick to ADB

338

1

37

Geo. F. Flick to ADB

2929

1

38

Vernon S. Birck to ADB

4395

1

39

Shelby W. Harris to ADB

4477

1

40

Shelby W. Harris to ADB

4402

1

41

Shelby W. Harris to ADB

4401

1

42

B. R. Allabough to ADB

3250

1

43

B. R. Allabough to ADB

3224

1

44

Roy J. Stewart to ADB

4018

1

45

George A. Billings to ADB

2958

1

46

George Faupel to ADB

4497

1

47

George Faupel to ADB

 5 May 1912

1

48

James E. Gallaher to ADB

3698

1

49

James E. Gallaher to ADB

3719

1

50

Winfield S. Runde to ADB

709

1

51

J. L. Smith to ADB

 14 April 1894

1

52

Thomas J. Blake to ADB

3806

1

53

N. S. Wright to ADB

401

1

54

George M. Teegarden to ADB

8120

1

55

Bell Merrill Draper to Mrs. Bryant

4338

1

56

Olof Hanson to ADB

14 November 1898

1

56

 a note written by Judge Moylan

n.d.

1

57

Olof Hanson to ADB

4863

1

58

Thomas S. Marr to ADB

4837

1

59

W. P. Souder to ADB

8941

1

60

Albert Berg to Mrs. Bryant

5849

1

61

Elizabeth Peet and Helen Northrop to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bryant

1 Aug. 1918

1

Will J. Probasco to Charles

8 June 1898