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Description:Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.Creator:Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)Subject names:Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.Topics:African American Presbyterians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359657
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Description:Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.Creator:Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)Subject names:Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.Topics:African American Presbyterians.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359656
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Subject names:Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357737
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Creator:Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)Subject names:Calvin Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)Topics:Church bulletins--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American Presbyterian churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.Geographic subjects:Philadelphia (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357732
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Title:Description:Written by Ward L. Kaiser with Arthur O.F. Bauer, former staff at Friendship Press.Creator:Kaiser, Ward L., 1923- (author), Bauer, Arthur O. F., 1925- (author)Subject names:Friendship Press, inc., Peters projection (Cartography)Topics:Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century., Publishers and publishing--Canada--History--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356189
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Description:Sermon preached by Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York City, November 16, 1924.Creator:Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-1954. (author)Subject names:Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)Topics:Freedom of religion--Sermons., Liberty of conscience--Sermons., Presbyterian Church--Doctrines., Sermons, American--20th century.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356170
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Title: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
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Title: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
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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
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Description:Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, December 1749.Creator:Youngs, David. (author)Subject names:Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)Topics:Sermons, American--18th century.Geographic subjects:Setauket (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353380
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Description:Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, October 1749.Creator:Youngs, David. (author)Subject names:Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)Topics:Sermons, American--18th century.Geographic subjects:Setauket (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353367
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Description:Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, November 1749.Creator:Youngs, David. (author)Subject names:Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)Topics:Sermons, American--18th century.Geographic subjects:Setauket (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353356
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Description:Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) session records, 1893-1911; with church school records, 1900-1903; including list of members. Organized 1893 as the Spanish Mission of First Presbyterian Church (Santa Fe, N.M.). Reported 1894 by the Presbytery of Santa Fe. Also reported as Spanish Presbyterian Church. Changed name to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1950. Anglophone worship after 1966.Creator:Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.) (creator)Subject names:Iglesia Segunda Presbiteriana (Santa Fe, N.M.)Topics:Church records and registers--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Mexicans--Religious life--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Mexican Americans--Religious life--New Mexico--Santa Fe., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--New Mexico--Santa Fe.Geographic subjects:Santa Fe (N.M.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353181