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Description:
History of Dakota Community Presbyterian Church in Dakota, Illinois. Includes images of the church campus and congregation, plat maps, and other documentation throughout. Bibliographical references found on page 38.
Creator:
Weber, Diane K. (author)
Subject names:
Dakota Community Presbyterian Church (Dakota, Ill.), Dakota Community Presbyterian Church (Dakota, Ill.)--History.
Geographic subjects:
Dakota (Ill.), Dakota (Ill.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344319
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the history of the Department of Social Education and Action (SEA), the Department of Social Education and Evangelism, and the Office of Church and Society and the work of the Office of Church and Society throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Social Education and Action., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Office of Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
Geographic subjects:
South Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344318
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
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
Description:
Transcript of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake's memorial address for Rev. Bruce William Klunder, a white Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist who died after he was run over by a bulldozer while protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Blake delivered the eulogy at Klunder's funeral services at Church of the Covenant.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (author)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964--Death and burial., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964.
Topics:
Civil rights workers--Ohio--Cleveland., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Ohio--Cleveland., Funeral service--Ohio--Cleveland., Segregation in education--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344177
Description:
Oral history with Babs Miller, parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.), on her career in ministry, including with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.) during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, and as an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) in the 2000s. Babs Miller is a Presbyterian minister, ordained by Mission Presbytery in 2014. Born in Victoria, Texas in 1942, she attended the Presbyterian School for Christian Education (Richmond, Va.) in the 1960s, and worked as a Christian educator, a social worker, and a high school teacher in Texas. She went to Austin Theological Seminary from 1987 to 1990, came out as a lesbian, and began work with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.). From about 2004 to 2012 she was an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). She has served as parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.) since 2014, and continues advocacy for GLBTQ+ rights, in particular protection of trans youth and their families threatened by Texas state law codifying trans health therapies as child abuse. Starting in 2015, Miller was part of the group at St. Andrew's, as part of the Austin Sanctuary Network, declaring public sanctuary for migrants, and helped a mother and child, Hilda and Ivan, seek asylum.
Creator:
Miller, Babs Ann, 1942- (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.), That All May Freely Serve (Association), St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.)
Topics:
Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterians., Sanctuary movement., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterians., Church work with immigrants.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344175
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344124
Description:
Text transcribed from postcard: House of Hope, Presbyterian Church, Summit Avenue, St. Paul. Organized in 1855. One of the handsomest religious structures in the city. Cost, $350,000.
Creator:
Minneapolis Selling Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.) (publisher)
Subject names:
House of Hope Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344123
Creator:
Minneapolis Selling Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.) (publisher)
Subject names:
House of Hope Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344122
Creator:
Kwin & Co. (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher), Sweet (Minneapolis, Minn.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Central Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344120
Creator:
Kwin & Co. (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher), Sweet (Minneapolis, Minn.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Central Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344119
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
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
Description:
Newsletter published by Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church in Tampa, Florida. Vol. 1, no. 10, Summer 1953.
Creator:
Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Fla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Fla.), Poland, Robert A.
Topics:
Church newsletters--Florida--Tampa.
Geographic subjects:
Tampa (Fla.)--Church history., Tampa (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344019
Description:
Newsletter published by Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church in Tampa, Florida. Vol. 1, no. 3, December 1952.
Creator:
Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Fla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Fla.), Poland, Robert A.
Topics:
Church newsletters--Florida--Tampa.
Geographic subjects:
Tampa (Fla.)--Church history., Tampa (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344008
Description:
Newsletter published by Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church in Tampa, Florida. Vol. 1, no. 2, November 1952.
Creator:
Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Fla.) (creator)
Subject names:
Seminole Heights Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Fla.), Poland, Robert A.
Topics:
Church newsletters--Florida--Tampa.
Geographic subjects:
Tampa (Fla.)--Church history., Tampa (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343999
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--El Paso., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--El Paso., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Texas--El Paso.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343997
Description:
Scrapbook of the House of Neighborly Service, a community center in San Antonio, Texas which was jointly supported by the Synod of Texas and the Board of National Missions. Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and lists of financial contributors. Also includes "A History of the Mexican Mission Work Conducted by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in the Synod of Texas" by B. A. Hodges.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) (creator), Hodges, B. A. (author)
Subject names:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Texas. Texas Synodical., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--San Antonio., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--San Antonio., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Texas--San Antonio., Social settlements--Texas--San Antonio., Community centers--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343628
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Session of Mexican Church. El Paso, Texas. 1914.
Creator:
Juarez, M. H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana (El Paso, Tex.)
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--El Paso.
Geographic subjects:
El Paso (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343627
Description:
Constitution and by-laws of the Board of Directors of the House of Neighborly Service, a community center in San Antonio, Texas which was jointly supported by the Synod of Texas and the Board of National Missions.
Creator:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.) Board of Directors. (creator)
Subject names:
House of Neighborly Service (San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Texas. Texas Synodical., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Mexican Americans--Religious life--Texas--San Antonio., Mexican Americans--Missions--Texas--San Antonio., Presbyterian Church--Home missions--Texas--San Antonio., Social settlements--Texas--San Antonio., Community centers--Texas--San Antonio.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:343618

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