Rachel Henderlite Papers

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Rachel Henderlite was a teacher, writer, ordained minister, and activist. In 1965, Henderlite was ordained by Hanover Presbytery as the first woman minister of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. The collection includes photographs, audio and video recordings, a scrapbook, correspondence, lecture and sermon notes, speeches and writings, and publications. View the collection guide to learn more. Featured image: Bishop Frederick D. Jordan congratulates Dr. Rachel Henderlite.

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Title:
The Church woman.
Description:
The Church Woman, an Interdenominational Magazine. Official publication of the Department of United Church Women, Division of Christian Unity, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Features an announcement of Rachel Henderlite's ordination to the ministry in "Women in the News," p. 20.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991., Weber, Ruth.
Topics:
Women in church work--Periodicals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140041
Title:
Rev. James H. Henderlite memorial service program, 1946.
Description:
First Presbyterian Church, Gastonia, North Carolina. Rev. Irving M. Ellis, Minister. In Loving Memory of Rev. James H. Henderlite, D.D., Pastor of this Church, 1913-1940. "He who lives in the heart and minds of his fellowmen has not died." Service occurred 4 years after Rev. Henderlite passed in 1942.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, J. H. (James Henry), 1872-1942., First Presbyterian Church (Gastonia, N.C.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--North Carolina--Gastonia., Memorial service programs--North Carolina
Geographic subjects:
Gastonia (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139944
Title:
Letters to Rachel Henderlite from her Consultation on Church Union friends, 1981.
Description:
Letters addressed to Rachel Henderlite from various friends and colleagues in response to her resignation as president of the Consultation on Church Union.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991., Consultation on Church Union.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139876
Title:
Information service.
Description:
Includes article, "World Council Report on Women in the Ministry," and "Employed Women and the Church."
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Bureau of Research and Survey.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Christianity--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Social conditions--Periodicals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139867
Title:
Rachel Henderlite personal materials from her resignation as COCU president, 1981.
Description:
Personal materials relating to the service for Rachel Henderlite's resignation as president of the Consultation on Church Union. Also includes handwritten notes for her speech dedicated to the president elect of COCU, Bishop Arthur Marshall.
Creator:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (author)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Consultation on Church Union., Marshall, Arthur.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139855
Title:
Rachel Henderlite sermons.
Description:
Typed and handwritten drafts of sermons by Rachel Henderlite, 1965 and undated.
Creator:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (author)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139827
Title:
Rachel Henderlite memorial service program, 1991.
Description:
Order of Worship to the Glory of God and in Memory of Rachel Henderlite. Memorial service for Rachel Henderlite, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Chapel, November 11, 1991.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991., Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Memorial service programs--Texas--Austin.
Geographic subjects:
Austin (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139801
Title:
Rev. James H. Henderlite's personal materials related to his retirement from the ministry, 1940.
Description:
Newspaper clippings announcing the retirement of James H. Henderlite, 1940.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, J. H. (James Henry), 1872-1942., First Presbyterian Church (Gastonia, N.C.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--North Carolina--Gastonia.
Geographic subjects:
Gastonia (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139785
Title:
Christian education materials and exams.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Examinations
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139771
Title:
Circular letter from the co-chairpersons of the Joint Committee on Reunion, 1982.
Description:
Circular letter from the co-chairpersons of the Joint Committee on Reunion concerning church leaders' recordings of their vision statements for a reunited Church, April 2, 1982.
Creator:
Lamar, Robert C. (author), Taylor, J. Randolph (John Randolph), 1929- (author)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Joint Committee on Presbyterian Union.
Topics:
Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139408
Title:
First Presbyterian Church, Gastonia, North Carolina, morning worship program, 1965.
Description:
First Presbyterian Church, Gastonia, North Carolina. Sunday, May 30, 1965. Morning Worship, 11:00 O'Clock. Sermon during worship delivered by Rachel Henderlite.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Gastonia, N.C.)
Topics:
Public worship--North Carolina--Gastonia., Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Gastonia (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139403
Title:
Rev. James H. Henderlite's personal materials related to his retirement from the ministry, 1940.
Description:
Rev. James H. Henderlite' handwritten remarks given at his final service to the congregation of First Presbyterian Church, Gastonia, North Carolina, on June 6, 1940.
Creator:
Henderlite, J. H. (James Henry), 1872-1942. (author)
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, J. H. (James Henry), 1872-1942., First Presbyterian Church (Gastonia, N.C.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--North Carolina--Gastonia.
Geographic subjects:
Gastonia (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139398
Title:
Rev. James H. Henderlite's personal materials related to his retirement from the ministry, 1940.
Description:
Resolutions of Respect by Kings Mountain Presbytery for Rev. J.H. Henderlite, D.D., after his death in January 1942.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, J. H. (James Henry), 1872-1942., First Presbyterian Church (Gastonia, N.C.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--North Carolina--Gastonia.
Geographic subjects:
Gastonia (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139395
Title:
Rachel Henderlite at the 13th Plenary of the Consultation on Church Union, 1976.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991., Consultation on Church Union.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Dayton (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139394
Title:
Japanese children at sunset, Futami.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan--Futami-kō., Missions--Educational work--Japan, Women missionaries--Japan--Futami-kō., Children--Japan--Futami-kō.
Geographic subjects:
Futami-kō (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139393
Title:
On the deck of the Andrew Jackson.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--Japan., Ships--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139392
Title:
Rachel Henderlite at the 15th Plenary of the Consultation on Church Union, 1982.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991., Consultation on Church Union.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139391
Title:
On the deck of the Andrew Jackson.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missionaries--Japan., Ships--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139390
Title:
Rachel Henderlite leading worship.
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
Topics:
Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Public worship.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139389
Title:
Rachel Henderlite and Grace Mizuno at Kinjo College in Japan.
Description:
The author, Rachel Henderlite, and Grace Mizuno, a freshman at Mary Baldwin this year. [From "I Taught in a Mission College," by Rachel Henderlite, Alumnae News Letter, p. 5.]
Subject names:
Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991., Mizuno, Grace., Kinjō Daigaku., Mary Baldwin College.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan., Missions--Educational work--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan., College students--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139388

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