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[Bulletin from El Cajon Avenue Church of Christ] (open access)

[Bulletin from El Cajon Avenue Church of Christ]

A bulletin from El Cajon Avenue Church of Christ in San Diego. Cover has a picture of the church building with times of services. Inside is a typed essay from Perry entitled "Presentation and Interpretation: Baptistry Scenery."
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
St. John Daily Capital (St. John, Kansas), April 13, 1949, Volume 62, Number 59 (open access)

St. John Daily Capital (St. John, Kansas), April 13, 1949, Volume 62, Number 59

Issue of the St. John Daily Capital dated April 13, 1949, volume 62, number 59. Two articles specifically mention the Church and the baptistry painting. Article "Will Hold Formal Opening Sunday" shows photograph of the Church of Christ building exterior with details of the opening services. "Church of Christ Receives Oil Painting as Gift From Artist" describes the painting and its symbolism.
Date: April 13, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Grey Notebook] (open access)

[Grey Notebook]

Scrapbook containing photographs, church bulletins, newspaper and magazine clippings, baptistry painting interpretations, etc. related to the various churches and individuals with whom Perry was associated. Special items of note: 1. Typed letter from J. Allman Pitts with church in Blackwell, Oklahoma thanking Perry for the painting. Perry notes, "It is letters like this that causes me to give so much of my time painting." --2. Article from Miami Sunday News Magazine "Seventh Avenue Church of Christ" giving extensive history of that congregation --3. Article on the history of the Church of Christ in Monroe, Louisiana --4. Letter from Otis Gatewood to Don Morris, President of Abilene Christian College, introducing Yvonne Noel and asking for a place for her at the college.
Date: 1935/1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History