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African American history, including church, mid council, and national agency records; personal papers; photographs; publications; and oral histories collected as part of the African American Leaders and Congregations Initiative. Featured image: Student minister with boys, Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Charlotte, N.C., circa 1950.

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Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) marriages, 1878-1909.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Marriage records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343426
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) baptisms, 1869-1890.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Baptismal records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343307
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1857-1880s.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343182
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1874-1895.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343069
Title:
Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1858-1868.
Description:
Register of Park Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator), Nathan Lane & Co. (manufacturer)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:342691
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1857-1897.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator), Austin & Magill (New York) (manufacturer)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:342576
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1915-1958.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:342365
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1906-1915.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Baptismal records--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Marriage records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:342150
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, 1857-1945.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Includes baptismal records, 1891-1905. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Baptismal records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341831
Title:
Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) baptisms, 1893-1896.
Description:
Register of Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1888 by the Brooklyn Presbytery; dissolved in 1896. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Cumberland Street Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Baptismal records--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341776
Title:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.) register, circa 1850s-1890s.
Description:
Register of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Organized in 1858 as Park Presbyterian Church by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) Presbytery of Brooklyn. Changed their name to Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1862. Credit: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 2009.011, Brooklyn Historical Society.
Creator:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Park Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--Brooklyn., Church records and registers--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Church history., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341673
Title:
Installation service of Kermit Overton as moderator of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, 1979, side b
Creator:
First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Philadelphia, Overton, Kermit, 1924-1996 (speaker)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:341006
Title:
Installation service of Kermit Overton as moderator of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, 1979, side a
Creator:
First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Philadelphia, Smith, John Coventry, 1903-1984 (speaker), Overton, Kermit, 1924-1996
Topics:
African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340998
Title:
How to Eat to Preach.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon sermon on Romans 12:1-2, recorded for Interdenominational Theological Center homiletics class about 1974. Original open reel tape recorded in two sides on a single track in two channels. Split to two files, forward and reverse, upon digital transfer.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Bible. Romans--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Richmond (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339490
Title:
Having the Courage to See.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon sermon on Proverbs 29:18, recorded for Interdenominational Theological Center homiletics class about 1974. Original open reel tape recorded in two sides on a single track in two channels. Split to two files, forward and reverse, upon digital transfer.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Bible. Proverbs--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Richmond (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339486
Title:
Clergywomen and clergymen panel, 1992.
Description:
Panel discussion with Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Rev. L. Dianna Flournoy, Rev. Brian K. Blount, and Dr. Michael Harris.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339485
Title:
Clergywomen and clergymen panel, 1992.
Description:
Panel discussion with Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Rev. L. Dianna Flournoy, Rev. Brian K. Blount, and Dr. Michael Harris. Side B.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (speaker), Flournoy, L. Dianna. (speaker), Blount, Brian K., 1956- (speaker), Harris, Michael N. (speaker)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Flournoy, L. Dianna., Blount, Brian K., 1956-, Harris, Michael N.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy., Clergy., Women clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339484
Title:
Catalogue of Stillman Institute for 1923-1924.
Description:
Catalogue of Stillman Institute, a historically Black Presbyterian school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In 1951, it became a four year college and changed its name to Stillman College. Conducted by the Executive Committee of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. (publisher)
Subject names:
Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topics:
African American universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., Universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., African American Presbyterians--Alabama--Tuscaloosa.
Geographic subjects:
Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339466
Title:
Stillman Institute, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Training School Stillman Institute.
Subject names:
Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topics:
African American universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., Universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa.
Geographic subjects:
Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339464
Title:
Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Stillman College - Sheppard Library early 1960's.
Subject names:
Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), William Henry Sheppard Library (Stillman College)
Topics:
African American universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., Universities and colleges--Alabama--Tuscaloosa., Academic libraries--Alabama--Tuscaloosa.
Geographic subjects:
Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:339463

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