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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:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1907-1922.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355444
Title:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1966-1972.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355310
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1888-1907.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355196
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1864-1888.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355012
Title:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1956-1961.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354900
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) register, 1844-1886.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354850
Title:
Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes, 1950-1960.
Creator:
Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Reeve Memorial Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354731
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) register, 1930-1933.
Description:
Includes dismissial and reception certificate stubs.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354721
Title:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1928-1944.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354547
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1844-1864.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354428
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1844-1922.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354356
Title:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) administrative conference minutes, 1920-1923.
Creator:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354320
Title:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) session minutes and register, 1944-1955.
Creator:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:354093
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) trustees minutes, 1952-1957.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183903
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) session minutes, May 1945-February 1960.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183576
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) register, 1938-1964.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183427
Title:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) register, 1914-1923.
Description:
The Presbyterian Tioga Mission was organized at Broad and Butler Streets in 1903. The next year the mission moved to 30 W. Rittenhouse Street in Germantown, and was renamed People's Presbyterian Mission. The congregation was reported by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North as Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) in 1914. The church was sited at Pulaski Avenue near Penn Street after 1916, and a stone church building was completed there in 1927. Reuben Armstrong, a Lincoln University graduate and assistant to Matthew Anderson at Berean Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). served the church from 1904 until his death in 1924. Clarence Cave served the church from 1950 to 1963. In 1965 Faith merged with the white Second Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) to form Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.) (creator)
Subject names:
Faith Presbyterian Church (Germantown, Pa.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183347
Title:
Maffett family scrapbook pages.
Creator:
Maffett, Zandra. (creator)
Subject names:
Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011., Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011., Maffett, Lalon Pearson., Maffett, Garvin Samuel., Maffett, Zandra., Henderson, Ruth., Brooks, Brenda.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176181
Title:
Robert Lee Maffett.
Subject names:
Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Portraits.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176176
Title:
Rev. Robert Lee Maffett and chaplains at Philadelphia General Hospital.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The Rev. Robert Lee Maffett (3rd from right) Head of Chaplaincy Services, Philadelphia General Hospital with his staff of clergy of different faiths.
Subject names:
Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011., Philadelphia General Hospital., Philadelphia General Hospital--Chaplains.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Chaplains, Hospital--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176175

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