Description
The Richard (Dick) E Brown II Collection, 1903-2008 consists of papers and recordings documenting the varied life of Rev Brown,
a minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). These include wartime letters to family at home, a collection of
music accumulated through a lifetime of singing, papers from several Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) where Dick Brown
served as pastor and family letters and mementos, as well as many Rudy Atwood and the Old Fashioned Revival Hour (OFRH) Quartet
recordings.
Background
Richard E. Brown II (1922 - 2011) was a member of the first entering class of Fuller Theological Seminary in the Fall of 1947.
He was at that time a member of the Old Fashioned Revival Hour Quartet. Having grown up in the Christian Church he made the
decision, affirmed by Charles E. Fuller, to pursue ordination in that denomination. He therefore left Fuller in order to earn
his Bachelor of Divinity at Brite Seminary, Texas Christian University in Forth Worth, Texas. After many years of ministry
in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), in 1987 he entered an active retirement of ministry, teaching, writing, travel
and golf. In 1997 he helped found Christian Heritage Ministry which began rebroadcasting the Old Fashioned Revival Hour in
2002.