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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:
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:
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:
KFAB Church of the Air, Dundee Church choir and Dr. Louis Evans, 1957.
Description:
Performance by the choir of Dundee Presbyterian Church, Omaha, Nebraska, and sermon by Dr. Louis Evans entitled, "The Lord is my Shepherd or What science is thinking," at 169th General Assembly, Omaha, Nebraska, 1957.
Creator:
Evans, Louis Hadley, 1897- (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (169th : 1957 : Omaha, Neb.), Church of the air (Radio program)
Topics:
Religious broadcasting.
Geographic subjects:
Omaha (Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116514
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:
Eugene Carson Blake press conference, May 21, 1966.
Description:
News conference concerning Eugene Carson Blake's election as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. Blake also comments on the proposed Confession of 1967.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker)
Subject names:
World Council of Churches., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (178th : 1966 : Boston, Mass.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116490
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:
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:
Highlights of the 183rd General Assembly, Rochester, N.Y., May 17-26, 1971.
Description:
Lois Stair moderatorial acceptance speech -- National Council of Churches, Cynthia C. Wedel -- Consultation on Church Union, James McCord -- Reunion, K. Hobbs.
Creator:
Stair, Lois, 1923-1981. (speaker), Wedel, Cynthia. (speaker), McCord, James I. (James Iley), 1919-1990. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116483
Title:
Highlights of the 183rd General Assembly, Rochester, N.Y., May 17-26, 1971, side 2.
Description:
Black Presbyterians amendment on reunion -- French Reformed Church message -- Task force on women.
Creator:
Thompson, William Phelps. (speaker), Wagner, Michel. (speaker), Stair, Lois, 1923-1981. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116477
Title:
Highlights of the 183rd General Assembly, Rochester, N.Y., May 17-26, 1971, side 1.
Description:
Lois Stair moderatorial acceptance speech -- National Council of Churches, Cynthia C. Wedel -- Consultation on Church Union, James McCord -- Reunion, K. Hobbs.
Creator:
Stair, Lois, 1923-1981. (speaker), Wedel, Cynthia. (speaker), McCord, James I. (James Iley), 1919-1990. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116473
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:
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:
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:
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
Title:
Isabel Rogers interviewed by Carol Lytch, June 1998.
Description:
Oral history of Isabel Rogers, moderator of the 199th General Assembly, taken during meetings of the Presbyterian Foundation in Charlotte, N.C., June 1998.
Creator:
Rogers, Isabel Wood. (interviewee), Lytch, Carol E. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (199th : 1987 : Biloxi, Miss.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Moderator (1987 : Rogers), Rogers, Isabel Wood., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation.
Geographic subjects:
Charlotte (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116441

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