It began with print and manuscript materials in Marshall’s special collections. It expanded to include print sources in the Internet Archive, the HathiTrust Digital Library, and other repositories; the current focus is videos of sermons in faith traditions other than Protestant Christianity.
This page contains links to presentations and publications that have grown out of the Library; collections of resources in which the Library is represented; and awards the project has received. If users have other items they’d like to be included, they are encouraged to get in touch with the lead curator, Dr. Robert Ellison.
Note: In most cases, the "Link to Full Text" button in the pages below will go to the item’s original “home” in Marshall Digital Scholar. From there, click the "Download" button to access the item itself.
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ASA Libraries, Museums, and Archives for Researching Appalachia
Robert H. Ellison
The Appalachian Studies Association maintains a "selected list of academic research centers, archives and manuscript collections, and libraries and museums." The Library of Appalachian Preaching was added to the list in June 2024.
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Aural and Oral Culture
Robert H. Ellison
This is a PDF of the slide deck and notes for a presentation Robert Ellison and Larry Sheret gave at the “Off the Grid” conference, which was held at the College of William and Mary in June 2023. Dr. Ellison’s part of the presentation was entitled “Orality, Aurality, and The Library of Appalachian Preaching,”
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An English Professor Who Studies Sermons?! My Work at Marshall University
Robert H. Ellison
This is a talk given at the First United Methodist Church of Huntington, WV in May 2023.Two versions are available: an MP4 video recorded ahead of time, and a PDF with the slides and script.
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Sermons of the Appalachian Preaching Mission, 1958-1977
Robert H. Ellison and Thomas Hilton
This is the slide deck for a presentation delivered at the 45th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, which was held at West Virginia University in March 2022. It can be downloaded as a PDF, with the script in a comment on each page.
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Library of Appalachian Preaching at Marshall University
Robert H. Ellison
This article appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of The Journal of Appalachian Studies, the "official journal" of the Appalachian Studies Association.
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ASCH Teaching and Research Archive for the History of Christianity
Robert H. Ellison
The American Society of Church History's Teaching and Research Archive (TARA) is a "curated collection [covering] the history of Christianity and its cultural contexts in all places and historical periods through the 20th century, including non-Western expressions." The Library of Appalachian Preaching was added to the Archive in September 2021.
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Library of Appalachian Preaching: A Digital Repository of Sermons
Robert H. Ellison and Larry Sheret
As the winners of the 2020-21 Distinguished Artists and Scholars Team award, Robert Ellison and Larry Sheret were invited to give a presentation at the August 2021 TRACE (Teaching, Research, and Community Engagement) Tuesday conference. This is a recording of that presentation.
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MU Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award
Robert H. Ellison
Marshall's Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award (DASA) recognizes "distinction in the fields of artistic and scholarly activity on the part of Marshall University faculty." Robert Ellison and Larry Sheret won the 2020-21 Team award for the Library of Appalachian Preaching.
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Library of Appalachian Preaching: A Digital Repository of Sermons
Robert H. Ellison
This is a poster created for the 44th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, which was held virtually in March 2021.
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Episcopal Sermons in the Library of Appalachian Preaching
Robert H. Ellison and Larry Sheret
This article appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of The Historiographer, a publication of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.
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Library of Appalachian Preaching: A Digital-Humanities Project at Marshall University
Robert H. Ellison and Larry Sheret
This article appeared in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of the Appalachian Curator, a publication of the Appalachian Studies Association's Special Collections Committee.
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Appalachian Sermons in Marshall's Special Collections: Holdings and Research Possibilities
Robert H. Ellison
This is a PDF of the slide deck and notes for a presentation accepted to the 43rd Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, which was scheduled to be held at the University of Kentucky in March 2020. Like so many other conferences that year, it wound up being canceled due to COVID.
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Digitizing Sermons in the Marshall University Libraries
Robert H. Ellison
This is the slide deck for a presentation delivered at the 3rd Conference on Sermon Studies, which was held in Dublin, Ireland in September 2019. The full script of the presentation is the “Notes” section of the slides.
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Rev. M. Homer Cummings Papers at Marshall University
Robert H. Ellison
This is the slide deck for a presentation delivered at the 42nd Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, which was held at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, in March 2019. The full script of the presentation is the "Notes" section of the slides.
