Katie G. Cannon Collection

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Katie Geneva Cannon was the first Black woman ordained a minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church. She was born in 1950 in the Fisher Town neighborhood of Kannapolis, N.C., one of the seven children of Corine and Esau Cannon. She graduated from Barber-Scotia College (Concord, N.C.), completed a Doctor of Divinity at Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, and was the first African American to complete a Doctor of Philosophy at Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). She was ordained by the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Catawba in 1974. A founding voice in Womanist theology, Cannon taught at Temple University, and Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, Va.). In 2018 she founded the Center for Womanist Ethics at Union in Richmond; she died August 8, 2018. This collection represents in a single online location personal records of Katie's that she intended to distribute among Presbyterian Historical Society, Union Presbyterian Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary in New York. Featured image: Katie G. Cannon preaching, circa 1993.

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Title:
Radcliffe Presbyterian Church Women's Day Worship Service.
Description:
Materials related to the Women's Day Worship Service at Radcliffe Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Includes images, planning correspondence, and an event program.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Stanley, Virginia P. (author)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Radcliffe Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), Durrah, Bettie J., Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020., Presbyterian Women (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian women--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:305750
Title:
Que Pasa?
Description:
Newsletter published periodically by the Women Employed by the Church of the Women's Ministry Unit.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Women's Ministry Unit. (publisher)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Women's Ministry Unit., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Vocation Agency. Office of Women in Ministry.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Women clergy., African American women clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:305586
Title:
Operation Crossroads Africa subject file.
Description:
Katie G. Cannon's subject file for Operation Crossroads Africa, a non-profit organization founded in 1957 by Rev. James H. Robinson to strengthen the community and relations between North America and Africa and the Caribbean. Includes correspondence, reports, programs, pamphlets, and other promotional materials.
Creator:
Vogel, Jerome M. (author), Robinson, James H., 1907-1972. (author), Operation Crossroads Africa. (creator)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Robinson, James H., 1907-1972., Vogel, Jerome M., Operation Crossroads Africa.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Christianity and international relations., Humanitarianism.
Geographic subjects:
Africa., Caribbean Area.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:304146
Title:
Katie G. Cannon papers, circa 1970s-1980s.
Description:
Includes various articles, notes, and bibliographies. Also includes publications by the National Council of the Churches of Christ and Union Theological Seminary.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (author), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Professional Church Leadership. (publisher), Christianity and Crisis, Inc. (publisher), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Professional Church Leadership.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Theology--Study and teaching., Education--Study and teaching., Womanist theology., Liberation theology.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:301744
Title:
Katie G. Cannon biographical and personal materials, circa 1966-2008.
Description:
Includes curricula vitae, an issue of the "Revelation" newsletter, certificates, programs, and Katie G. Cannon's Episcopal Divinity School faculty ID. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Episcopal Divinity School., Fowler, James W., 1940-, Porcher, Martha Springs., Fund for Theological Education., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Vocation Agency.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:283216

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