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urn:taro:smu.00124 Kate Warnick papers A Guide to the Collection Finding aid prepared by Timothy S. G. Binkley, 2009. The Archives at Bridwell Library

Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX

Finding aid encoded by Lara Corazalla, 2010. Finding aid written in English. Description based on DACS. Overview Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University Warnick, Kate, 1896-1993. Kate Warnick papers 1905-1984 1926-1972 8 boxes (5 linear feet) The Kate Warnick papers consist of eight boxes of papers, images, and artifacts documenting the history of Southern Methodist University, its theological library, and the career of librarian and museum curator Kate Warnick (1896-1993). The collection includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, SMU publications, and information about special collections that Kate Warnick managed. BridArch 203.03 and SMU 1995.0244 Material is in English Biographical Note

Marion Kate Cullom was born in Garland, Texas, the daughter of Dora Sewell Cullom and newspaperman John H. Cullom. As a young adult, Kate studied music at Southern Methodist University. She began working in the SMU library under the direction of Dorothy Amann in the fall of 1918. On May 20, 1920, she married John Warnick, an Army Air Corps veteran of World War I.

Kate Warnick served as Librarian of the SMU School of Theology from 1924 until 1949 and as Reference and Methodist Historical Librarian for Perkins School of Theology from 1950 to 1979. Her scholarship contributed to the production of Golden Prologue to the Future: A History of the Highland Park Methodist Church (1966) and Encyclopedia of World Methodism (1974). Kate Warnick was a member of the American Library Association, American Theological Library Association, and Southwestern Society of Biblical Research. She served one term as President of the Methodist Librarians Fellowship (1963-64) and several years as Librarian-Historian of the South Central Jurisdictional Association of Methodist Historical Societies.

On the personal side, Kate Cullom Warnick is remembered for her warm, welcoming personality, for taking a personal interest in the library patrons she served, for her thorough knowledge of the library’s collections, and for the delight she took in following the careers of people she knew as students. Kate Warnick was a talented singer, pianist, and organist. She was a long-term member of Highland Park United Methodist Church. Mrs. Warnick also enjoyed participating in the Dallas Historical Society, the Dallas Art Association, Sigma Kappa, the University Women’s Club, SMU Dames, and Colophon.

A document found in the collection quotes Decherd Turner, Director of Bridwell Library, as stating:

For six decades Kate has given devoted service to the world of Methodism through her work at Bridwell Library. Her warmth of spirit and command of the materials have touched the lives and work of a remarkable percentage of the clergy of the Southwest. But even the borders of the great Southwest are insufficient to contain her labors. Like Mr. Wesley, the world has been Kate’s parish, too. The writer Carlyle in describing Frederick the Great wrote: "So expert was he, and a living archive in that business." Bridwell Library does not have Frederick the Great, but it has that which is better – Kate the Great, our living archive! 1

Since 1979, the Texas United Methodist Historical Society has recognized outstanding United Methodist local church history publications by giving annual Kate Warnick Awards. These awards began in Kate Warnick’s honor and continue in her memory.

Note:

1 Statement quoted in the dedication printed in the choral anthem Lord Jesus, Think of Me by Philip E. Baker, 1977. Source: Kate Warnick Papers, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Box 573B, Folder 32.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Kate Warnick papers include materials from before, during, and after her long tenure at Southern Methodist University. This collection reflects the depth of Kate Warnick’s professional and personal involvement with SMU, its libraries, and the United Methodist Church. Items of special interest include an autobiographical retirement speech delivered in 1961, a choral anthem by Philip E. Baker dedicated in honor of Mrs. Warnick, a folder of family history data, and a photo album containing prints of destruction in Europe during World War I. The album belonged to John H. Warnick, who had served in the Army Air Corps. Oral history suggests that Mr. Warnick may have been the photographer who took these Grigg Studio (San Antonio, TX) copyrighted images.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is organized into four series:

Series 1: Library Special Collections, 1925-1975 Subseries 1: A. V. Lane Museum Records, 1925-1975 Subseries 2: Shettles and Hurja-Germany Collections Lists Series 2: Professional Papers, 1920-1979 Series 3: SMU Topical Files, 1915-1980 Series 4: Personal Papers and Artifacts, 1905-1984 Related Materials

Bridwell Library microfilm reel Theol. Film F16 no.57 History of the A.V. Lane Museum of S.M.U. in Kirby Hall, opened Nov. 1926 is a copy of the scrap book housed in Box 573A, File 01, of the Kate Warnick Papers.

The Bridwell Library owns and displays the 1972 portrait of Kate Warnick highlighted in Box 573C, Folder 5.

Access to Collection:

The collection is open for research use. Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Publication Rights:

Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the Bridwell Library.

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain copyright authorization.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms.

Warnick, Kate, 1896-1993. Academic librarians -- Texas -- Dallas. Southern Methodist University -- History. Perkins School of Theology -- Professional staff. Bridwell Library -- History. Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Kate Warnick papers, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

Acquisition Information

The papers of librarian and curator Kate Warnick (1896-1993) were left to the Bridwell Library by Mrs. Warnick upon her second retirement in 1979. The A. V. Lane Museum accession ledger in box 573A, File 05, was repatriated from Bridwell Archives box 1700 in October, 2009. In November of 2009, three boxes of Kate Warnick’s files from the University Archives (Accession SMU 1995.0244) were added to Bridwell Library’s Warnick holdings.

Processing Information

These records were arranged and described in 2009 by Timothy S. G. Binkley. Parts of the collection had been arranged previously by Bridwell Library staff and by SMU Archives staff. Prior arrangement data can be located in the Bridwell Archives Subject Files.

In processing the collection, several folders of A. V. Lane Collection research data post-dating Kate Warnick were removed. These files are now part of the Bridwell Archives Subject Files. Additionally, three folders of SMU / Perkins Directories were removed from Series 3 and placed in the Perkins School of Theology Archive.

Encoded by

Lara Corazalla, 2010.

Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: Library Special Collections, 1925-1975

The first series, Library Special Collections, begins with the A. V. Lane Museum records: 27 folders of artifact data, administrative papers, background information on A. V. Lane and Edgar J. Banks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photos, exhibit labels, and guest books. Items in this subseries date from 1925 to 1975.

A separate subseries, Shettles and Hurja-Germany Collections Lists, consists of two folders. The first contains an annotated list of Shettles Collection books given to SMU by the Methodist Publishing House, Dallas, in 1915. The second is an inventory of two hundred thirteen pamphlets sent to Gene Germany by Emil Harja in 1939.

Subseries 1: A. V. Lane Museum, 1925-1975 572A1Scrapbook: "History of the A. V. Lane Museum of SMU" 1926-1935 572A2Loose papers removed from scrapbook Box 573A, File 1 1930-1963 572A3Photocopied correspondence from scrapbook Box 573A, F1 1927-1932 572A4Photocopied news clippings from scrapbook Box 573A, F1 1927-1935 572A5Museum guest book, volume 1 1926-1945 572A6Museum guest book, volume 2 1946-1966 572A7Museum accessions ledger 1926-1950 572A8Museum administration correspondence 1931-1975 572B1John H. Hicks photographs and correspondence 1937-1948 572B2A. V. Lane biographical data 1930-1938 572B3Exhibit labels 1926-1969 572B4Exhibit photographs 1931-1959 572B5Collection lists 1952-1975 572B6Annual reports 1934-1943 572B7Educational resources 1952 572B8Mesopotamian cones and tablets 1930-1933 572B9Mummy 1930-1959 572B10Oxyrhynchus papyri and bark texts 1922-1975 572B11Entemena inscription 1931 572B12Coins 1933-1935 572B13Nebuchadnezzar brick 1938-1939 572B14Kwong Wong figures 1927 572B15Incantation bowl 1931-1939 572B16Haverford College loan 1939-1959 572B17Institute of Texan Cultures loan 1967-1968 572B18Sacred Hawk loan 1975 572C1Academic Journals 1925-1931 Subseries 2: Shettles and Hurja-Germany Collections Lists 572C2Shettles Collection inventory 1928 572C3Hurja-Germany pamphlet collection list 1939 Series 2: Professional Papers, 1920-1979

Series 2, Professional Papers, comprises nine folders of work-related articles, photos, honors, correspondence, and research. Materials in this series date between 1920 and 1979.

572C4Senior Appreciation Day tribute 1949 572C5First retirement 1961 572C6Portrait presentation dinner 1972 572C7Commission on Archives certificate of appreciation 1976 572C8General Correspondence 1926-1979 572C9Walter Vernon Correspondence 1965-1979 572C10Articles and clippings 1931-1961 572C11List of WWI Methodist Chaplains from Texas 1920-1930 572C12Historical Library book committee 1915-1940 Series 3: SMU Topical Files, 1915-1980

Series 3, SMU Topical Files, is the largest series. It contains correspondence, articles, publications, and photographs collected by Kate Warnick documenting campus life at SMU between 1915 and 1980. These folders are filed in alphabetical order by topic. Series 3 also includes a box of large format materials, mostly newspapers. All Series 3 items had previously been housed in the University Archives as Accession SMU 95.244. They were transferred to Bridwell Library and re-united with Bridwell’s Kate Warnick papers in 2009.

573A1Alumni Association 1972-1979 573A2All Around Dickens Club 1915 573A3Advertisement 1939 573A4Anniversaries 1940-1965 573A5Annual Report 1936 573A6Athletics - Football 1915, 1974 573A7Benefactors of SMU 1927 573A8Bird, Phyllis 1975-1977 573A9Boaz Hall Dedication 1956 573A10Boaz, Hiram 1957 573A11Campus Map - SMU 1958-1960 573A12Calendar - SMU Photo Calendar 1926 573A13Commencement Convocation booklets 1935-1964 573A14Commencement Convocation booklets 1968-1980 573A15Convocation Programs 1922-1977 573A16Convocation – Honors Day booklets 1958-1969 573A17Convocation – President Ford 1975 573A18Convocation – School of Theology 1945 573A19Convocation – Thanksgiving 1948 573A20Cotting, John Ruggles 1957 573A21Daily Compost 1978 573A22Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports 1976 573A23Development Booklet: You Can Open 1959 573A24Endowed Chairs Workbook 1974 573A25Evans, J. Claude 1975 573A26Faculty Handbook 1957 573A27Faculty Planning Committee 1963 573A28Financial Information – SMU 1976 573A29Fondren Library 1938-1940 573A30Founders Day 1933 573B1Gambrell, Herbert Pickens 1968 573B2Gealy, Mrs. Fred D. 1957 573B3Grimes, Johnnie Marie 1975 573B4Hardin, Paul 1972-1974 573B5Hemphill and Hill Hebrew Bible Translations 1923-1938 573B6Hilltop Club 1974-1975 573B7Homecoming 1975-1977 573B8Hoon, John 1964-1966 573B9Hyer Family 1969 573B10Integration 1956 573B11Kennedy Memorial Service 1963 573B12Kirby Hall Dedication 1925 573B13Lee, Umphrey 1939, 1957 573B14Leete, Bishop F. D. 1957 573B15McCord, Mary 1959 573B16Moore, Stephen Halcuit 1957 573B17Perkins Hall Opening 1970 573B18Phi Beta Kappa 1973 573B19Quillian, Joseph D. 1974 573B20Rubottom, Richard 1976 573B21Seven Great Universities (United Methodist) – booklet 1975-1976 573B22Shuttles Hall Dedication 1957 573B23Smith, Bishop W. Angie 1957 573B24SMU Architecture, 1966-1976 573B25SMU Review of First Term 1916 573B26Tate, Willis 1955, 1976 573B27Tate Lecture Series 1978 573B28University Woman's Club 1950-1961 573B29Van Katwijk, Paul 1938,1974 573B30Vocational Conference 1919 573B31Woman's Staff Club 1952-1961 573B32Zumberge, James 1975-1977 573B33Zumberge, Marilyn 1975 2154A (Large Format Box)1Daily Campus 1974-1975 2154A (Large Format Box)2Daily Campus - Weekender 1976, 1978 2154A (Large Format Box)3Founding of SMU (Outler article) 1974 2154A (Large Format Box)4Graduate Research Center 1957 2154A (Large Format Box)5Hardin, James 1972-1977 2154A (Large Format Box)6Lee, Umphrey 1939 2154A (Large Format Box)7Miller, Mary 1975 2154A (Large Format Box)8Presidential Search 1974 2154A (Large Format Box)9Rote, Kyle, Jr. 1974 2154A (Large Format Box)10SMU Profile – booklet 1967 2154A (Large Format Box)11SMU Now 1974-1975 2154A (Large Format Box)12Snickerberger, Walter A. 1976 2154A (Large Format Box)13Tate, Willis 1976 2154A (Large Format Box)14Zumberge, James 1975-1976 Series 4: Personal Papers and Artifacts, 1905-1984

The final series, Personal Papers and Artifacts, dates from 1905 to 1984 and includes papers and photographs reflecting Kate Warnick’s interest in music, family history, Methodist history, and denominational service organizations. It concludes with a single artifact: the carved wood "Mrs. Warnick" nameplate that sat on her desk for many years.

573C1Perkins Talent Show Script 1957 573C2Music 1977 573C3Photographs – Personal 1919-1964 573C4Photographs – SMU campus 1930-1939 573C5Photographs – World War I 1919 573C6Warnick and Cullom family history 1905-1936 573C7Methodist Bicentennial Celebration 1965-1966 573C8South Central Jurisdictional Methodist Historical Societies 1960-1964 573C9South Central Jurisdictional Methodist Historical Societies 1961-1966 573C10South Central Jurisdictional Methodist Historical Societies 1963-1984 573C11South Central Jurisdictional Methodist Historical Societies 1965-1971 573C12SCJ Women’s Society of Christian Service 1964-1966 2154B1Name Plate ca. 1950