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File consists of promotional posters for Dead Sea Scrolls Institute (DSSI) speaker events. Past speakers include: Dr. Marcus Tso (February 12, 2019), "A Brief Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls"; Ville Mäkipelto, Dr. Theol (November 14, 2018), "Rewriting Conquest Traditions in Late Second Temple Judaism"; Dr. Daniel Falk (November 14, 2017), "Why Repent? The Scriptural Motivation for Penitential Prayer in the Dead Sea Scroll"; Dr. Daniel Machiela (October 17, 2017), "Charity as a Theme in Some Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls" and Dr. Matthew Thiessen (October 17, 2017), "A Leper in the Hands of an Angry Jesus"; and Dr. Peter Flint, with TWU graduate alumni Dr. Kipp Davis, Dr. Andrew Perrin, Dr. Marvin Miller, and Dr. Dongshin Chan (February 23, 2016) "Re-imaging the Scriptural Past in the Dead Sea Scrolls".

Fonds consists mainly of promotional material related to Peter Flint's work related the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute, including newspaper clippings and magazine articles, televised interviews and recordings, and photographs of colleague Marty Abegg and others Dead Sea Scrolls scholars. In addition, there are two rare religious texts: "The Massorah" (1883); and the "Vetus Testamentum, Graece Juxta LXX Interpretes" (1859)

File consists of records including:
Email messages and order of service / program for Harro Van Brummelen (b. 1942; d. 2014)
Email message re passing of Hugh Walker (d. 2014)
Order of service / program for Ken Lawrence (b. 1929; d. 2014). Also the text of a tribute written by former TWU President Snider
Announcement and order of service / program for Russ Schmidt (b. 1943; d. 2014)
Newspaper obituaries for Ralph Swanson (b. 1919; d. 2014)
Copy of newspaper obituary for Muriel Hanson; one-pg brief biography (b. 1925; d. 2016)
Announcement, email message, and order of service / program for Peter Flint (b. 1951; d. 2016)
Email message re passing of Rink Beeksma; copy of online obituary (b. 1969; d. 2016)
Announcement re passing of Jake Kroontje (b. 1998; d. 2018); also a tribute written by a fellow student
Announcement and order of service / program for Stan Olson (b. 1941; d. 2018)
Email announcement re passing of Professor of Philosophy, Philip Wiebe (Phil Wiebe) (d. 2018); also text of eulogy presented by President Kuhn at the service; order of service / program.

File consists of records including minutes, reports, policies, discussion papers, financial reports, property assessments; Board Report: YTD Report and 2017/18 Annual Plan: Preliminary Look (02/17); In Memoriam of Peter W. Flint (1951-2016)

File consists of inaugural lecture invitations and programs for full professors and Canada Research Chairs, including: Dr. Peter Flint "The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Canada and Modern Society"; Dr. Jens Zimmermann "Faithful Interpretations of Humanity: Religion, Culture, and Ethics After Christianity"; Dr. Eve Stringham "Of Worms and Men: What Model Organisms Tell Us about Human Disease"; Dr. David Squires "Out of the Closet as a Composer: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Beauty"; Dr. Robynne Rogers Healy "Tales of an Incidental Quaker Historian: A Friendly Journey Through the Past"; and Dr. Andrew Perrin "Mapping the Uncharted World of the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls: The Canonical, Conceptual, and Cultural Impact of Understudied Ancient Texts".