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This collection documents the role women have played in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its predecessor denominations, at home and abroad.

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Title:
Anne Edgar Randolph.
Creator:
Ichida, Souda, 1843-1896. (photographer)
Subject names:
Randolph, A.E. (Anne Edgar), 1827-1902., Randolph, A.E. (Anne Edgar)--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Women missionaries--Japan., Missionaries--Japan., Missions--Japan--Kōbe-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Kōbe-shi (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356217
Title:
Anne Edgar Randolph.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #125 9-7-15 Mrs. Annie E. Randolph. China + Japan. Born 9/14/27 Died 3/27/02. Presbyterian Bd of World Missions Box 330 Nashville, Tenn.
Creator:
Calvert, Peter Ross, 1855-1931. (photographer), Calvert, Ebenezer, 1850-1924. (photographer), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. (publisher)
Subject names:
Randolph, A.E. (Anne Edgar), 1897-1902., Randolph, A.E. (Anne Randolph), 1827-1902--Portraits.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Women missionaries--China., Women missionaries--Japan., Missionaries--Japan., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects:
Nashville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356216
Title:
Group photograph at the wedding of Eunice Blanchard and Richard Poethig.
Description:
Text transcribed from verso: June 7, 1952. Erna Poethig, Eunice Blanchard & Richard Poethig, Juliet Rumsey Stroh Blanchard, David Blanchard. [Individuals described from left to right.]
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Richard P., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018.
Topics:
Presbyterian men., Presbyterian women., Weddings.
Geographic subjects:
Dayton (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356169
Title:
Teachers' Training group photograph.
Description:
Text transcribed from verso: May 1, 1968. Dear Mrs. Poethig, Just a simple remembrance from our VCS CREGMA Teachers' Training. Personally, I will always remember you and your family. Thanks for all your help and kindness. With love, Leony. [Eunice Blanchard Poethig is featured in the front row, sixth from left.]
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018.
Topics:
Presbyterian women., Women educators--Philippines.
Geographic subjects:
Philippines.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356167
Title:
Letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, April 1, 1948.
Description:
April 1, 1948 letter to Eunice Blanchard from Elizabeth Howell, Assistant Secretary, Office of Youth Work, informing Blanchard that she is one of the Alaska Pioneers in the Youth Caravan.
Creator:
Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018. (addressee), Howell, Elizabeth. (author)
Subject names:
Poethig, Richard P.--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018--Archives., Poethig, Eunice Blanchard, 1930-2018., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Westminster Fellowship.
Topics:
Presbyterian women., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356165
Title:
Reverend Janie Spahr, circa 2000-2003.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Jerry, Howard, Janie.
Subject names:
Spahr, Jane Adams., Spahr, Jane Adams--Archives., Warren, Howard, Rev.
Topics:
Lesbian clergy--United States., Women clergy--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354013
Title:
Reverend Janie Spahr, 1978.
Description:
Rev. Janie Spahr officiating at the marriage of Kathy Williams and Glenn Nichols.
Subject names:
Spahr, Jane Adams., Spahr, Jane Adams--Archives.
Topics:
Lesbian clergy--United States., Women clergy--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354012
Title:
Reverend Janie Spahr, 1997.
Description:
Rev. Janie Spahr officiating at the holy union of Karen Grace and Nancy Carpenter in Vermont.
Subject names:
Spahr, Jane Adams., Spahr, Jane Adams--Archives.
Topics:
Lesbian clergy--United States., Women clergy--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Vermont.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354011
Title:
Exploring Relationships, 1995.
Description:
Schedule for discussions with Rev. Jane Spahr sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns.
Creator:
Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns. (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., Spahr, Jane Adams., Spahr, Jane Adams--Archives.
Topics:
Lesbian clergy.--United States., Women clergy--United States., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Pottstown (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354007
Title:
Bear Ride and Susan Craig oral history, 2024.
Description:
Bear Ride is a Presbyterian minister, raised in First Presbyterian Church (Santa Monica, Calif.), and ordained in 1978 by the Presbytery of the Pacific. She's the younger sister of Dr. Sally Ride. Susan Halcomb Craig is a Presbyterian minister, ordained in 1987 by the Presbytery of Utica. The two met at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and served in campus ministry at the United University Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). The couple have been active in LGBTQ liberation struggles in the Presbyterian and United Methodist churches since the 1970s.
Creator:
Ride, Bear, 1953- (interviewee), Craig, Susan Halcomb, 1942- (interviewee)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians, United University Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353355
Title:
Fifty-four Years in India
Description:
Compiled by her sister, Anna M. Fullerton.
Creator:
Fullerton, Mary. (author), Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938. (author)
Subject names:
Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938., Fullerton, Mary.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--India., Missionaries--India., Women missionaries--India.
Geographic subjects:
India--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353265
Title:
Rev. Bear Ride, Rev. Susan Craig, and Brian Symonds.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Joyful: The Rev. Bear Ride, left, and her spouse, the Rev. Susan Craig, celebrate with Brian Symonds, a gay ministerial candidate, after a Pacific Presbytery vote. A Minnesota vote put the U.S. ratification over the top. [Clipping from the May 11, 2011 issue of the Los Angeles Times.]
Creator:
Gauthier, Robert. (photographer), Los Angeles times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Ride, Bear, 1953-, Craig, Susan., Gaeta-Symonds, Brian., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Pacific.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348011
Title:
Emily Vera Gibbes.
Subject names:
Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004., Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004--Portraits.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian Women., Women in missionary work--Cameroon., Women in missionary work--Kenya., Women Christian educators.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348006
Title:
Emily Vera Gibbes.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Emily V. Gibbes
Subject names:
Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004., Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004--Portraits.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Women in missionary work--Cameroon., Women in missionary work--Kenya., Women Christian educators.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348005
Title:
Melva Costen memorial service video, 2023
Description:
Memorial service for Melva Costen, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Oscar McCloud presiding. Speakers include J. Herbert Nelson, Denise Anderson, Paul Roberts.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Nelson, J. Herbert, II, 1959-, McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-, Anderson, T. Denise
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345474
Title:
"Music and Worship in the African American Christian Tradition," Melva Costen, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, about 1993.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345456
Title:
"Music and Worship in the African American Christian Tradition," Melva Costen, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, tape 4, about 1993.
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345455
Title:
"Music and Worship in the African American Christian Tradition," Melva Costen, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, tape 3, about 1993.
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345454
Title:
"Music and Worship in the African American Christian Tradition," Melva Costen, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, tape 2, about 1993.
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345435
Title:
"Music and Worship in the African American Christian Tradition," Melva Costen, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, tape 1, about 1993.
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345434

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