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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:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 3, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 3, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses social pronouncements of the General Assembly and Presbyterians' history of supporting education. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345268
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 2.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 2 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the work of the Advisory Council on Church and Society, including the creation of task forces. Lewis also discusses commissioners' resolutions at general assemblies, the General Assembly Mission Council, and other aspects of church polity. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
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., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Department of Church and Society., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345267
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 2, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 2, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses the functions of the Advisory Council on Church and Society and the processes of establishing task forces. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
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., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344680
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 1.
Description:
Cassette tape 1, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses his upbringing as a Southern Baptist in Missouri, his attendance of Yale Divinity School, his time as a pastor in Springdale, Arkansas, and his career leading up to his time in the Office of Church and Society. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Yale University. Divinity School., William Jewell College., Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962., First Presbyterian Church (Springdale, Ark.)
Topics:
Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344362
Title:
Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 2.
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
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:
Jim Costen interviewed by Lawrence Bottoms, 1991.
Description:
At Morningside Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 11 July 1991.
Creator:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee), Bottoms, Lawrence. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--History., African American churches., African Americans--Religious life.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:183344
Title:
Rachel Henderlite interview for the Journal of Presbyterian History.
Description:
Rachel Henderlite interview for the Journal of Presbyterian History, conducted by Lois A. Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge of Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas) in Austin, Texas, 1977 Jan. 24.
Creator:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139002
Title:
Rachel Henderlite interview for the Journal of Presbyterian History.
Description:
Rachel Henderlite interview for the Journal of Presbyterian History, conducted by Lois A. Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge of Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas) in Austin, Texas, 1977 Jan. 24.
Creator:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991 (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139001
Title:
Rachel Henderlite interview for the Journal of Presbyterian History.
Description:
Rachel Henderlite interview for the Journal of Presbyterian History, conducted by Lois A. Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge of Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas) in Austin, Texas, 1977 Jan. 24.
Creator:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139000
Title:
Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987.
Description:
Dr. Katie Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.
Topics:
Womanist theology., African American Presbyterians., African American women clergy., Women in the Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116524
Title:
Interview of William P. Lytle by Lois Boyd and R.D. Brackenridge.
Description:
Rev. William P. Lytle was moderator of the 1978 United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, San Diego, California; pastor of Madison Square United Presbyterian Church in San Antonio; and served on the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations as chair of the Frontier Internship Committee, chair of the Administrative Commission on Cuba, personnel development counselor for missionaries serving in Latin America, and inter-church negotiator with Chile and Mexico.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116485
Title:
Interview of William P. Lytle by Lois Boyd and R.D. Brackenridge, side 2.
Description:
Rev. William P. Lytle was moderator of the 1978 United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, San Diego, California; pastor of Madison Square United Presbyterian Church in San Antonio; and served on the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations as chair of the Frontier Internship Committee, chair of the Administrative Commission on Cuba, personnel development counselor for missionaries serving in Latin America, and inter-church negotiator with Chile and Mexico.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116467
Title:
Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987, side 1.
Description:
Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Women in the Presbyterian Church., Womanist theology., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy., African American intellectuals.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116466
Title:
Interview of William P. Lytle by Lois Boyd and R.D. Brackenridge, side 3.
Description:
Rev. William P. Lytle was moderator of the 1978 United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, San Diego, California; pastor of Madison Square United Presbyterian Church in San Antonio; and served on the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations as chair of the Frontier Internship Committee, chair of the Administrative Commission on Cuba, personnel development counselor for missionaries serving in Latin America, and inter-church negotiator with Chile and Mexico.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116465
Title:
Interview of William P. Lytle by Lois Boyd and R.D. Brackenridge, side 4.
Description:
Rev. William P. Lytle was moderator of the 1978 United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, San Diego, California; pastor of Madison Square United Presbyterian Church in San Antonio; and served on the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations as chair of the Frontier Internship Committee, chair of the Administrative Commission on Cuba, personnel development counselor for missionaries serving in Latin America, and inter-church negotiator with Chile and Mexico.
Creator:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923- (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116460
Title:
Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987, side 2.
Description:
Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Women in the Presbyterian Church., Womanist theology., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116459
Title:
Price H. Gwynn III interviewed by Carol Lytch, June 1998.
Description:
Oral history interview of moderator of the 202nd General Assembly, during June 1998 meetings of the Presbyterian Foundation.
Creator:
Gwynn, Price H., 1923- (interviewee), Lytch, Carol E. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation., Gwynn, Price H., 1923-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Moderator (1990: Gwynn), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (202nd : 1990 : Salt Lake City, Utah)
Geographic subjects:
Charlotte (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116446
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990.
Description:
Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton Junction (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116443
Title:
Faith "Birdie" Lytle interviewed by Lois Boyd and Doug Brackenridge, 1979.
Description:
Mrs. Lytle discusses her experiences as the wife of the Moderator of the United Presbyterian Church. Interview conducted by Lois Boyd and R. Douglas Brackenridge.
Creator:
Lytle, Faith Williamson, 1923-2005. (interviewee), Boyd, Lois A. (interviewer), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Lytle, William Pierce, 1923-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1978-1979 : Lytle)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116442

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