Tinsley collection

Tinsley Collection

Rev. A.S. Tinsley was a pastor in the Baptist Church in various parishes in Sydney and Adelaide. He died in 1988. He was involved in church sporting activities as well as evangelical and parish duties.

Mrs Tinsley donated this collection to the Library, together with books from Mr Tinsley's library, in 1992. It contains pamphlets relating to the Baptist Church in Australia, autograph books, films, and some personal notes and photographs.

The extent of the Tinsley Collection is 1.25 metres of shelving plus 2 film reels, with a date range of c.1940-1980.

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ABC religious broadcasts 1956-59.
Anti-Catholic pamphlets.
Australian Baptist Foreign Mission publications.
Six autograph books from 1930-1947, including signatures by:
- Zane Grey (American author - 1939)
- Bill Kendall (Australian sprint swimming champion - 1939)
- 4 members of the Australian Davis Cup Team - 1939
- Dulcie Holland (1939)
Baptist Church publications (various).
Baptist Union of Australia programmes and notes.
Campaigners for Christ News Bulletins.
Campsie Baptist Church church newsletters, programs etc.
Christian Endeavour Union publications.
"The Evangelist" - publication of the Sydney Missionary and Bible College, 1957-1961.
"Hearts Ablaze" - plans and program for pageant, Adelaide, 15 & 16 March 1963.
"Inter Varsity: the Magazine of the Inter-varsity Fellowship" - 1955-1963.
Miscellaneous pamphlets.
Miscellaneous tracts.
Missionary information (Australian and foreign).
New South Wales - Baptist Union, Theological College, Baptist Homes Trust.
New South Wales Churches Cricket Union - annual reports 1942-1955 and newsletters ("The Church Cricketer," 1948).
New South Wales Temperance Alliance pamphlets.
Non-religious publications, including programmes for sporting events, commemorative events, political pamphlets.
Personal notes, cards, photographs etc.
Scripture Union of S.A. - newsletter, minutes etc.
South Australian Baptist Union pamphlets, newsletters, programmes etc.
"Three dawns to Sydney. Part II". 2 reel-to-reel films (23 minutes each), 16mm. Second film is a duplicate of the first.
Unley Park Baptist Church.