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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:
Highlights of the 180th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A, side 2.
Description:
Election of moderator -- Ralph Abernathy -- General Council --Edler Hawkins -- Anderson Southern Presbyterian -- A Study in frustration form of government.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.) (creator), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179065
Title:
Highlights of the 180th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A, side 1.
Description:
Election of moderator -- Ralph Abernathy -- General Council --Edler Hawkins -- Anderson Southern Presbyterian -- A Study in frustration form of government.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.) (creator), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179064
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:
Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side B.
Description:
Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side B.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Imprisonment--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals--20th century., Political activists--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166012
Title:
Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side A.
Description:
Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side A.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Subject names:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Political activists--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals.--United States--20th century., Imprisonment--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166011
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

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