Presbyterian General Assemblies

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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:
John Fife moderator's nomination and election, 1992.
Description:
Digital transfer from BetacamSP.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (204th : 1992 : Milwaukee, Wis.), Fife, John M. (John Macmillan), 1940- (speaker), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Moderator (1992-1993 : Fife)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340993
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:
181st General Assembly press releases regarding Black Manifesto and La Raza, 1969.
Description:
Press releases that spotlight the demands made at the 181st General Assembly in San Antonio, Texas, by James Forman of the National Black Economic Development Conference and Eliezer Risco of La Raza.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Council. (publisher), Forman, James, 1928-2005. (author), Risco, Eliezer. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-, Risco, Eliezer., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African Americans--Economic conditions., Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178705
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:
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:
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

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