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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:
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:
Steps toward reconciliation, 1969, reel 2.
Description:
"An interpretive presentation for the congregations, sessions, presbyteries, and synods of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. dealing with the confrontation between the Church and Black Power, Brown Power, and Red Power groups."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005., Risco, Eliezer, 1936-2017., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Racism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:165933
Title:
Steps toward reconciliation, 1969, reel 1.
Description:
"An interpretive presentation for the congregations, sessions, presbyteries, and synods of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. dealing with the confrontation between the Church and Black Power, Brown Power, and Red Power groups."
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Subject names:
Forman, James, 1928-2005, Forman, James, 1928-2005., Risco, Eliezer, 1936-2017., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church.--Racism--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Texas)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:165931
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:
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:
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:
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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