urn:taro:utexas.hrc.01319. Charles M. Sheldon: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Joan Sibley Harry Ransom Center, 2019 Finding aid encoded by Joan Sibley, 30 September 2019 Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Collection Summary Sheldon, Charles M., 1857-1946 Charles M. Sheldon Collection 1896-1948 Manuscript Collection MS-03809 1 document box (.21 linear feet) Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin This collection contains the handwritten manuscript for In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? (1897), written by the American Congregationalist minister Charles M. Sheldon, who was a leader in the Social Gospel movement. The manuscript indicates that it was read to his congregation at Central Church in Topeka, Kansas on Sundays between October 4 and December 20, 1896. Also present is the pen holder used for this and two of his other works according to an accompanying note by Sheldon, both given to his son Merriam in 1911. English Acquisition:

Purchase, 1966 (R2855)

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 Container List Works: 1.1Biographical sketch of Sheldon, 2 pages, 1948; pen holder with signed handwritten note to his son Merriam, December 24, 1911 In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? (published 1897), handwritten manuscript, 331 leaves, with annotations indicating dates read to congregation at Central Church in Topeka, Kansas on Sundays between October 4 and December 20, 1896: 1.2Chapters I-IV 1.3Chapters V-VIII 1.4Chapters IX-XII