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Recorded October 2, 1985 in Princeton, N.J. Part of oral history program for clergywomen. Peggy Howland was a Presbyterian minister and a peace and reproductive justice activist. Born in 1933, she graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and became the the 12th woman ordained a minister of word and sacrament on October 19, 1958. She completed a Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary in 1966. In 1968 she chaired the UPCUSA General Assembly's subcommittee on Vietnam. In 1969 she took the pastorate of Woodside Presbyterian Church (Troy, N.Y.). In Troy, she organized the Clergy Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancies, a group of fourteen clergy who provided "all options" counseling to women seeking legal or safe abortion. In the years after Roe v Wade, Howland was active in the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, seeking to maintain safe and legal abortion. In retirement in Florida she was active in the Orlando Gay Chorus. She died of COVID-19 in 2021.
Creator:
Howland, Margaret Elizabeth, 1933-2021. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Topics:
Women clergy--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286184
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Recorded at the 6th Assembly of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, Philadelphia, Pa., 12-3-63. Meditation delivered by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake at a memorial service for Pres. Kennedy, held on the night the President had been scheduled to speak at the Assembly.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Subject names:
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. General Assembly (6th : 1963 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286182
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Recorded October 18, 1979 in Philadelphia. Seminar conducted by Lois Boyd for the Oral History Committee of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator:
Presbyterian Historical Society, Boyd, Lois A., 1936-2007 (speaker)
Topics:
Public history--United States
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286181
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Blake and Barnes in conversation on their 1956 trip to Moscow as president and assistant general secretary, respectively, of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Recorded in the board room of the Presbyterian Historical Society, November 9, 1982. Also present, Jean Ware Hoyt Blake, William B. Miller, and Gerald Gillette. Conversation touches on anti-communism of the early 1950s, CIA recruitment of Blake, Blake's interactions with R. W. Scott McLeod and Joseph McCarthy. Includes account of Willem Visser 't Hooft's work with the Roman Catholic church.
Creator:
Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1990, Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286180
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Soboleff interviewed by Margaret Deck at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, May 23, 1987.
Creator:
Soboleff, Walter A., 1908-2011 (interviewee), Deck, Margaret. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Tlingit Indians--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286020
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Soboleff interviewed by Margaret Deck at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, May 23, 1987.
Creator:
Soboleff, Walter A., 1908-2011. (interviewee), Deck, Margaret. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Tlingit Indians--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285859
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285290
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G., Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians, African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285289
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G., Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285288
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Reel 1: Dr. Alfonso Rodriguez, Presbiteriano, New York. "Castillo Fuerte es Nuestro Dios," coro del Seminario Evangelico de Matanzas, Cuba. Rvdo. Max Salvador, Episcopal, Miami, Fla. "Tengo un Salvador Glorioso," Cuarteto Heraldos del Rey. Sra. Hortensia Sierra, Los Amigos, Miami, Fla. "Nadie pudo Amarme Como Cristo," Cuarteto de la Iglesia Metodista Hispana de Miami. Rvdo. Pablo Cotto, Discipulos de Cristo, New York, del ministerio Hispano Americano de la Iglesia Riverside en Nueva York. Sr. Saulo Salvador, Bautista, Miami, Fla. "El Nombre de Jesus," Ray Robles.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285214
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Lundy interviewed by David Staniunas, on her involvement in the Sanctuary movement.
Creator:
Lundy, Mary Ann. (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Subject names:
St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Wayzata, Minn.), Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), Lundy, Mary Ann.
Topics:
Sanctuary movement.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:284911
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Recorded at Aleppo College, Aleppo, Syria, March 1954. English and Arabic on parallel tracks. Recorded at 2-1/2 ips. Edit and mix by David Staniunas, March 2022.
Creator:
Jāmiʻat Ḥalab.
Subject names:
National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
Topics:
Missions--Syria, Universities and colleges -- Syria -- Aleppo
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281977
Description:
John Coventry Smith and William P. Thompson, May 14, 1969. News conference regarding the invitation issued to James Forman to address the 181st General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Thompson, William Phelps, 1918-2006 (speaker), Smith, John Coventry, 1903-1984 (speaker)
Topics:
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Distributive justice
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281976
Description:
William P. Thompson press conference on Black Manifesto and union churches. Recorded May 16, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas at the 181st General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Thompson, William Phelps, 1918-2006 (speaker)
Topics:
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281975
Description:
Recorded May 15, 1969, San Antonio, Texas in conjunction with the 181st General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Forman, James, 1928-2005 (speaker), Risco, Eliezer, 1936-2017, Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020, Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz) (1926-2009)
Topics:
Distributive justice, Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281974
Description:
Recorded at United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.).
Creator:
Young Lords (Organization), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Lopez, Obed (speaker), Schram, William (speaker)
Subject names:
McCormick Theological Seminary
Topics:
Distributive justice, Gentrification.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281933
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Medical missionary Edwin B. McDaniel speaking at Overbrook Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), July 11, 1954. 1986 Audio cassette dub from open-reel audio tape.
Creator:
McDaniel, Edwin B. (Edwin Bailey), 1917-1999 (speaker)
Subject names:
Overbrook Hospital (Chiang Mai, Thailand), Overbrook Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Missions -- Thailand, Missions, Medical -- Thailand
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281928
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281920
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977, Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1964-1965 : Hawkins)
Topics:
Civil rights
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280934
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977, Poling, David, 1928- (interviewer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:280872

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