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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:
Rev. Bruce William Klunder memorial address by Eugene Carson Blake.
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
Title:
Becoming the Body.
Description:
Speech delivered by Rev. John M. Buchannan at the 1st Annual Conference of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Creator:
Buchanan, John M., 1938- (author)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians--Archives., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Buchanan, John M., 1938-
Topics:
Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288043
Title:
Cecil Corbett speech at General Assembly, 1968.
Description:
Cecil Corbett was a Nez Perce Presbyterian minister and church worker. A member of First Indian Presbyterian Church (Kamiah, Idaho), he served as president of Cook College and Theological School in Tempe, Arizona, as national agency staff liaison to Native American churches, and in retirement as an itinerant pastor. He died in 2020 of COVID-19.
Creator:
Cook College and Theological School., Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis), Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Topics:
Indigenous Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180807
Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians".
Description:
Address by King delivered at COEMAR breakfast, Presbyterian General Assembly, 1958. Second-generation dub from original recording in 89-0626c.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146281
Title:
The Phoenix debate on Amendment A
Description:
Transcript of the Phoenix Debate on Amendment A: Laird Stuart vs. Jack Haberer on January 19, 1998. The two leaders debated in Phoenix, Arizona over the proposal of "Amendment A" to the Book of Order which became known for striking "fidelity and chastity" as an ordination standard.
Creator:
Stuart, Laird J., 1943-2018. (author), Haberer, Jack (author)
Subject names:
Haberer, Jack--Archives.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144569
Title:
Rachel Henderlite at Mo-Ranch, July 1966.
Description:
Dr. Rachel Henderlite, Mo-Ranch, 11-12 Grade Workshop, July 13-23, 1966. Reel 1 - "What is man?" - "Man as destined," July 19, 1966 - 7:30 pm.
Creator:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139199
Title:
Highlights of the 178th General Assembly: William Phelps Thompson says hello.
Creator:
Thompson, William P., 1918- (speaker)
Subject names:
Thompson, William P., 1918-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (178th : 1966 : Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116541
Title:
Black manifesto, May 15, 1969.
Description:
Presentation of UPCUSA General Council to the General Assembly by Eliezer Risco, Obed Lopez, Gayraud Wilmore, James Forman, Metz Rollins, and Edler G. Hawkins to the 181st General Assembly, May 15, 1969, on Forman's Black Manifesto and racial reconciliation.
Creator:
Risco, Eliezer. (speaker), Lopez, Obed. (speaker), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (speaker), Forman, James, 1928-2005. (speaker), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116533
Title:
Sargent Shriver address.
Description:
Poverty: Address of R. Sargent Shriver, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, to the UPCUSA General Assembly, Columbus, Ohio, 1965 May.
Creator:
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (177th : 1965 : Columbus, Ohio)., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office of the General Secretary.
Topics:
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116531
Title:
Sargent Shriver address, tape 1.
Description:
Poverty: Address of R. Sargent Shriver, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, to the UPCUSA General Assembly, Columbus, Ohio, 1965 May.
Creator:
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (177th : 1965 : Columbus, Ohio)., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office of the General Secretary.
Topics:
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116520
Title:
Sargent Shriver address, tape 2.
Description:
Poverty: Address of R. Sargent Shriver, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, to the UPCUSA General Assembly, Columbus, Ohio, 1965 May.
Creator:
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (177th : 1965 : Columbus, Ohio), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office of the General Secretary.
Topics:
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116518
Title:
Carl McIntire broadcast against the Confession of 1967.
Description:
Broadcast by Carl McIntire from 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, by long-distance telephone to KYTM Inglewood, Calif.
Creator:
McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Creeds., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Doctrines.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116511
Title:
Edward B. Lindaman address, 1965.
Description:
Edward B. Lindaman address to the UPCUSA General Assembly, Columbus, Ohio, regarding the Call to the Renewal and Extension of the Church's Ministry, May 1965.
Creator:
Lindaman, Edward B., 1920-1982. (speaker)
Subject names:
Hermann, Mildred M., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Office of the General Secretary., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (177th : 1965 : Columbus, Ohio).
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116488
Title:
Kenneth Neigh remarks to standing committee on urbanization, 174th General Assembly, May 21, 1962, side 1.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh address to the Standing Committee on Urbanization, at the 174th UPCUSA General Assembly (Denver, Colo.), May 21, 1962.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (174th : 1962 : Denver, Colo.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Urbanization.
Geographic subjects:
Denver (Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116400
Title:
Kenneth Neigh remarks to standing committee on urbanization, 174th General Assembly, May 21, 1962, side 2.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh address to the Standing Committee on Urbanization, at the 174th UPCUSA General Assembly (Denver, Colo.), May 21, 1962.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (174th : 1962 : Denver, Colo.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Urbanization.
Geographic subjects:
Denver (Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116392
Title:
Edler G. Hawkins speech, 1964.
Description:
Edler Hawkins speaking on the role of the Presbyterian Church in the civil rights struggle. Presented at General Assembly, probably 1964.
Creator:
Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116235
Title:
Speech to Catawba Unit Youth Rally, September 12, 1987.
Creator:
Shirly, Robert L. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--History--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:110533
Title:
Marian Anderson response, 1952.
Description:
Response by Miss Anderson to a citation award presented in the interests of interracial relationships by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Recorded May 25, 1952 at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y. at a popular meeting held during the 164th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Creator:
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. (speaker)
Subject names:
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. (164th : 1952 : New York, N.Y.)
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14470
Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians," tape 2.
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4871
Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians," tape 1.
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4870

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