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History of Presbyterian and Reformed church governance, congregations, ministers, and theology. See the following related collections: Presbyterian General Assemblies; Church buildings; Protestant Reformation; and Sermons. Featured image: Synod of Catawba clergy and lay commissioners.

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Title:
Conversations with Metz Rollins and Will Campbell, Tape 1, Part 1.
Description:
Metz Rollins speaking about the civil rights movement at Ghost Ranch (Abiquiú, New Mexico) on July 19, 1983. Rollins speaks about the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, his time in Tallahassee, Florida (including his arrest for aiding Florida A&M University students in the Tallahassee city bus boycott), his time in Nashville, Tennessee (including his participation in the Nashville sit-ins), and the Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part 1 of 12.
Creator:
Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights demonstrations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344307
Title:
Statement of Resignation to the General Assembly Mission Council of the United Presbyterian Church, USA by the Reverend Leon E. Fanniel, Executive Director.
Creator:
Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly Mission Council.
Topics:
Church and the world., African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344287
Title:
Trinity United Presbyterian Church (Camden, Ala.) fifth anniversary, 1957.
Description:
Fifth anniversary program for Trinity United Presbyterian Church, a predominantly Black congregation in Camden, Alabama. Rev. James Reese served as pastor of the church.
Creator:
Trinity United Presbyterian Church (Camden, Ala.) (creator)
Subject names:
Trinity United Presbyterian Church (Camden, Ala.), Trinity United Presbyterian Church (Camden, Ala.)--Anniversaries, etc., Reese, James Foster.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Camden (Ala.)--Church history., Camden (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344064
Title:
Warren Julius Nelson.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Warren Julius Nelson -- Pastor/Church Administrator (1884-1962)
Subject names:
Nelson, Warren Julius., Nelson, Warren Julius--Portraits.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344033
Title:
Edler Hawkins commonplace book, circa 1940s-1960s.
Description:
Commonplace book of Edler Hawkins, the first Black moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book is chiefly Langston Hughes poems, circa 1940s-1960s.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (creator), Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314960
Title:
Edler Hawkins correspondence and clippings, 1972-1986.
Description:
Correspondence and clippings of Edler Hawkins, the first Black moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Includes materials related to Hawkins' passing in 1977.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (author)
Subject names:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., Livingston, Michael., Hawkins, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1964-1965 : Hawkins)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314785
Title:
Edler Hawkins commonplace book, circa 1940s-1960s.
Description:
Commonplace book of Edler Hawkins, the first Black moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book is chiefly poems copied by Hawkins, including the Internationale, circa 1940s-1960s.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:314718
Title:
Women in Theology and Ministry Oral History Program oral history interview with Melva Costen.
Description:
Text transcribed from front of DVD: WTM Oral History Project - Melva Costen - October 1, 2008. Interview conducted at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Creator:
Moore, Mary Elizabeth, 1945- (interviewer), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (interviewee)
Subject names:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators., Music--Religious aspects., Civil rights movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300798
Title:
The Installation of The Reverend James Hutton Costen, Pastor, The Church of the Master, United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Description:
Program for installation service event on February 27, 1966.
Creator:
Church of the Master Presbyterian (Atlanta, Ga.) (creator)
Subject names:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Church of the Master Presbyterian (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300386
Title:
Black Perspectives on Union with the Presbyterian Church, U.S.
Description:
Written by James H. Costen, January 1972.
Creator:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (author)
Subject names:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Presbyterian Church of the United States., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Christian union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300366
Title:
Annanda Barclay oral history, 2021.
Description:
Annanda Barclay is an advocate for intersectional justice in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She has worked for LGBTQIA+ rights and served as Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians, a board member of the Spahr Reconciliation Initiative, and has helped plan pastoral candidate retreats with Parity (formerly Presbyterian Welcome). Barclay graduated with her M.Div. from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014. She is currently working as a pastor at Mission Bay Community Church (San Francisco, CA) and as interim chaplain at the University of the Redlands, while pursuing a full-time career in chaplaincy.
Creator:
Barclay, Annanda. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Barclay, Annanda.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286179
Title:
Bertram Johnson oral history, 2019.
Description:
Bertram Johnson became the first openly gay African American to be ordained as a pastor in the PC(USA) in 2014. He grew up Baptist, attended Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington), and was ordained at Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington) as a Teaching Elder in 2014.
Creator:
Johnson, Bertram. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.), Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Johnson, Bertram.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281973
Title:
Lawrence Bottoms.
Subject names:
Bottoms, Lawrence--Portraits., Bottoms, Lawrence.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281789
Title:
Passing the Gavel.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Louisville -- Dr. Charles E.S. Kraemer (right) hands over the moderator's gavel to Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, the first black person ever to be moderator of the 900,000 member Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern). Dr. Bottoms, 66, the pastor of the predominantly white Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga., won a first-ballot victory at the denomination's 114th General Assembly in Louisville to succeed Dr. Kraemer as moderator. Dr. Bottoms had already set to other precedents in the 113-year-old PCUS, when he served as the first black moderator of the Louisville Presbytery and the first black moderator of any PCUS synod (Kentucky) -- both in 1962. Credit Must Read: Religious News Service Photo. (C-LOU-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service., Bottoms, Lawrence., Kraemer, Charles E. S., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:281788
Title:
John Morton Ellis sermons, 1960-1965.
Description:
Sermons by John Morton Ellis, Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist.
Creator:
Ellis, John Morton, 1919-2001. (author)
Subject names:
Ellis, John Morton, 1919-2001.
Topics:
African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Sermons, American.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:221462
Title:
Fairfield-McClelland Presbytery and Women's Work
Description:
June 1998 revised edition compiled by Thelma M. Harrison.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland. (creator), Harrison, Thelma M. (compiler)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland--History.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Women in church work.
Geographic subjects:
South Carolina--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179572
Title:
A Historical Overview of Fairfield-McClelland Presbytery and the Presbyterial Women's Involvement, 1872-1984.
Description:
Includes historical sketches of local churches within the bounds of the Presbytery.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland. Presbyterial. (creator), Harrison, Thelma M. (compiler)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield-McClelland--History.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Women in church work.
Geographic subjects:
South Carolina--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179469
Title:
History of Fairfield Presbytery, 1868-1888.
Description:
A history of the presbytery from its founding to 1888.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Fairfield--History.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
South Carolina--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179444
Title:
Ashley DeTar-Birt oral history, 2019.
Description:
In 2018, Rev. Ashley DeTar-Birt, an out bisexual woman, was ordained in the PC(USA). She was ordained by Rutgers Presbyterian Church in New York as the Pastoral Fellow for Youth and Families. Ashley DeTar-Birt holds a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. She currently serves on the board of More Light Presbyterians and is an advocate for youth ministry and social justice.
Creator:
DeTar-Birt, Ashley. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)
Subject names:
More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), DeTar-Birt, Ashley.
Topics:
Bisexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166800
Title:
182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Virgil Jones, Chairman of Standing Committee on Church and Race.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., Jones, Virgil.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161355

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