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History of Presbyterian General Assemblies--annual and now biennial meetings to review the work of the denomination and resolve controversies within the church. Featured image: Rev. Joan Salmon Campbell at the 202nd General Assembly, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1990.

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Title:
United Presbyterians Elect Black Woman.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: United Presbyterians Elect Black Woman. Baltimore -- Dr. Thelma Davidson Adair, 55, of New York City, was chosen as the first black woman moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. during its General Assembly in Baltimore. An unprecedented four ballots were needed for her election to a one-year term as the denomination's top elected official. The General Assembly also elected another woman, Martha P. Martin of Cincinnati, as their vice-moderator for the year ahead. Dr. Adair is an elder (lay leader) of the Mount Morris Presbyterian Church in Harlem, of which her husband is pastor. She has taught at all levels, from college to nursery school, and has held many church posts.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore), \tMt. Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289493
Title:
Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator:
Sorem, Al. (photographer)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289492
Title:
Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator:
Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289488
Title:
Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator:
Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289483
Title:
Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: UPC Moderator Thelma Adair.
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289474
Title:
Thelma and Arthur Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator:
Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., Adair, Arthur., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289473
Title:
Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator:
Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289470
Title:
Thelma Adair, UPC Moderator.
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289468
Title:
Thelma Adair moderating at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mod. Thelma Adair at work - staff of Vocation Agency.
Creator:
Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Vocation Agency.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:289457
Title:
Lois Stair, Moderator of the 183rd UPCUSA General Assembly.
Description:
Lois Stair addressing the General Assembly after her election as moderator.
Creator:
Griffing, Fred. (photographer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (publisher)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1971-1972 : Stair), Stair, Lois, 1923-1981.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175778
Title:
Lois Stair, Moderator of the 183rd UPCUSA General Assembly.
Description:
From Concern, vol. 13, no. 7, Sept. 1971, p. 8.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Women. (publisher)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1971-1972 : Stair), Stair, Lois, 1923-1981.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175772
Title:
Moderator Lois Stair – A Precedent Is Set.
Description:
Article about Lois Star being the first woman elected Moderator at the 183rd General Assembly in Rochester, New York. From Presbyterian Life, volume 24, July 1, 1971, pages 10-12.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1971-1972 : Stair), Stair, Lois, 1923-1981.
Topics:
Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175768
Title:
Presentations to the 1970 General Assembly Task Force and Standing Committee on Women.
Description:
Recorded in Chicago at the 1970 General Assembly. Includes Lois Boesch speech on side A, Women's Lib presentation on side B. Side A irretrievable as of 2021. Donation of A.G. Earle, August 22, 1983.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Task Force and Standing Committee on Women., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), Boesch, Lois
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Task Force and Standing Committee on Women., Boesch, Lois.
Topics:
Women in the Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian Church--Religious aspects--Feminism--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:168277
Title:
Portrait of Marj Carpenter.
Description:
Marj Carpenter, Moderator of the 207th Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly.
Creator:
Silvestri, Gilbert. (photographer)
Subject names:
Carpenter, Marj--Portraits., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Moderator (1995 : Carpenter)
Topics:
Presbyterian women--Portraits.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161408
Title:
182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Representatives of Women's Liberation.
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.), Women's Liberation Movement (Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Women political activists., Feminism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161352
Title:
Presbyterians at Pittsburgh 1958.
Description:
Mrs. J. Russell Salsbury (standing, center), president of the National Council of Presbyterian Women.
Creator:
Byers, Arthur M., 1915- (photographer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dept. of Stewardship and Promotion. (publisher)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh, Pa.), National Council of Presbyterian Women's Organizations.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7035

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