Wayne Flynt Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection mainly consists of research materials collected by Professor Gerald Berkley and Professor Wayne Flynt, and the drafts and proofs of their book entitled Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950.
Prof. Berkley started to collect the materials when he first had the idea in the early 1980s of writing a book on Alabama missionaries who served in China. Before he went to pursue a law degree in 1986, Prof. Berkley turned them over to Prof. Flynt to continue the research. After a vast amount of research work, Prof. Flynt completed the project and published the book in 1997.
This collection mainly consists of research materials on the featured missionaries and their related churches. There are articles, book chapters, clippings, correspondences, transcripts of interviews and archival records, etc. Drafts and proofs in the publishing process and the index cards for preparing the appendices are also included.
- Geographic coverage
- China and the United States
- Types of documents
- Articles, an audio record of interview (Cassette tape), book chapters, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and reports
Dates
- 1843-1996, undated
Creator
- Flynt, Wayne, 1940- (Person)
Language of Materials
English, Chinese
Restriction
Anyone using this collection must sign an Agreement to use the Wayne Flynt Collection. Photocopying of unpublished material is prohibited.
Biography
Professor Wayne Flynt was a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Auburn University in Alabama before his retirement. He has been recognized with numerous awards and honors. He was a visiting scholar at Hong Kong Baptist University in 1992.
- Full name
- Flynt, James Wayne
- Birthdate
- October 4, 1940, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, the United States
- Parents
- James H. and Mae Moore Flynt
- Marital Status
- Married to Dorothy Ann (Smith) Flynt
- Children
- David (Wife: Kelly) and Sean (Wife: Shannon)
- Grandchildren
- Dallas and Harper
Education
- 1961
- B.A. Howard College
- 1962
- M.S. Florida State University
- 1965
- Ph.D. Florida State University
Career
- 1965-1977
- Taught at Samford University
- 1977-2005
- Head of History Department, Auburn University
- 2003
- President of the Southern Historical Association
Awards and Honors
- 1972
- Rembert Patrick Award, Best book on Florida by the Florida Historical Society
- 1983
- Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors
- 1990
- Lillian Smith Award [non-fiction]
- 1991
- Alabama's Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
- 1991-1992
- Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture, Auburn University
- 1991, 1995, 2005
- James F. Sulzby Award
- 1991, 2000
- Alabama Author Award [non-fiction]
- 1995, 1997, 2003
- Anne B. & James B. McMillan Prize by The University of Alabama Press
- 2006
- Alabama Academy of Honor
Major publications
- Flynt, W. (1971). Duncan Upshaw Fletcher: Dixie's reluctant progressive. Tallahassee: Florida State University Press.
- Flynt, W. (1977). Cracker messiah, Governor Sidney J. Catts of Florida. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
- Flynt, W. (1979). Dixie's forgotten people: The South's poor whites. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- Flynt, W. (1989). Poor but proud: Alabama's poor whites. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
- Flynt, W., & Berkley, G. W. (1997). Taking Christianity to China: Alabama missionaries in the middle kingdom, 1850-1950. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
- Flynt, W. (1998). Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
- Flynt, W. (2004). Alabama in the twentieth century. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
- Flynt, W. (2017). Mockingbird Songs: My friendship with Harper Lee. London: William Heinemann.
- Rogers, W. W., Ward, R. D., Atkins, L. R., & Flynt, W. (2018). Alabama: The History of a Deep South state.
Extent
4.34 Linear Feet (9 document cases)
Arrangement
The collector arranged and marked the documents within folders with color codes, mainly according to the topic or background. The color codes on the original folders are photocopied in color and kept in their respective folders for reference.
The collection’s original arrangement is retained while some folder titles are provided by the archivist for better indication of the content. The folders are now arranged alphabetically by subject and document type.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials for this collection were received by the Special Collections & Archives in November 1996.
Sources used
Alabama Academy of Honor. (n.d.). Current Members of the Academy. Retrieved October 6, 2021, from https://www.alabamaacademyofhonor.org/j-wayne-flynt
Alabama Library Association. (n.d.). Alabama Authors. Retrieved October 6, 2021, from https://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/
Alabama Library Association. (n.d.). Alabama Library Association Handbook: History: Alabama Author Awards. Retrieved October 6, 2021, from https://alla.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/AlabamaAuthorAwardsWinners.pdf
Auburn University. (2021). Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture. Retrieved October 6, 2021, from https://graduate.auburn.edu/distinguished-graduate-faculty-lecture/
Flynt, W., & Berkley, G. W. (1997). Taking Christianity to China: Alabama missionaries in the middle kingdom, 1850-1950. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Jaques Cattell Press. (1978). Directory of American scholars (7th ed.). R.R. Bowker.
The University of Alabama Press. (n.d.). Awards Sponsored by The Faculty Editorial Board of The University of Alabama Press. Retrieved October 6, 2021, from http://www.uapress.ua.edu/pages/ManuscriptGuidelines.aspx
Processing Information
In this document, the notation “folder 4-2” means box 4, folder 2.
Creator
- Flynt, Wayne, 1940- (Person)
- Date
- October 6, 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the HKBU Special Collections Repository
Special Collections & Archives
AML 405, L4, Au Shue Hung Memorial Library,
Hong Kong Baptist University
34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong
(852) 3411-5937
libarc@hkbu.edu.hk