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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
The Sanctuary Movement
Description:
Typewritten article by Rev. John M. Fife, pastor of Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona.
Creator:
Fife, John M. (John Macmillian), 1940-. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Fife, John M. (John Macmillian), 1940-., Southside Presbyterian Church (Tucson, Ariz.)
Topics:
Sanctuary movement--Arizona--Tucson., Church work with refugees--Arizona--Tucson.
Geographic subjects:
Tucson (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348024
Title:
Indian Highways.
Description:
"Indian Highways" newsletter, no. 154.
Creator:
Byrd, Sidney H. (editor)
Subject names:
Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020--Archives., Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020., Cook Christian Training School.
Topics:
Indigenous Presbyterians., Presbyterian universities and colleges., Religious education.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288172
Title:
Free as the Eagle.
Description:
Publication advertising the programs and mission of Cook Christian Training School.
Subject names:
Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020--Archives., Cook Christian Training School., Theological Education by Extension (Program), Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Topics:
Indigenous Presbyterians., Presbyterian universities and colleges., Religious education., Pastoral theology.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288159
Title:
Cook Christian Training School: Three Phases of Its Ministry.
Description:
A series of articles written about Cook Christian Training School's ministry and mission. Articles originally published in the Tempe Daily News, then compiled and reprinted by Cook Christian Training School.
Creator:
Cook Christian Training School. (printer), Bryant, Peggy. (author)
Subject names:
Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020--Archives., Cook Christian Training School., Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Topics:
Indigenous Presbyterians., Presbyterian universities and colleges., Religious education.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288150
Title:
Southside Presbyterian Church (Tucson, Ariz.) Pentecost worship, 2020.
Description:
Includes a message by J. Herbert Nelson II.
Creator:
Southside Presbyterian Church (Tucson, Ariz.) (creator), Nelson, James, II. (speaker)
Subject names:
Southside Presbyterian Church (Tucson, Ariz.)
Topics:
Police brutality--United States., Police-community relations--United States., Racism--United States--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Tucson (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181655
Title:
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing records, 1933-1945.
Description:
Records for the School of Nursing at Sage Memorial Hospital, a Presbyterian mission hospital serving the Navajo people in Ganado, Arizona. Primarily concerns commencement ceremonies and graduates of the school. Includes correspondence, programs, postcards, clippings, and a sermon by Dr. Robert Freeman.
Creator:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.) (creator), Gladfelter, Katharine E (author), Salsbury, Clarence G., 1886-1980. (author), Scott, Anna M. (author), Freeman, Robert. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Health, Education and Welfare--Archives., Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Nursing--Study and teaching--Arizona--Ganado., Hospitals--Arizona--Ganado., Nurses--Arizona--Ganado., Home missions--Arizona--Ganado.
Geographic subjects:
Ganado (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179027
Title:
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing correspondence and personnel records, 1941-1943.
Description:
Correspondence and personnel records for the School of Nursing at Sage Memorial Hospital, a Presbyterian mission hospital serving the Navajo people in Ganado, Arizona.
Creator:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.) (creator), Blake, Ella Lacy. (author), Refsland, Martha B. (author), Farver, Peru. (author)
Subject names:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.)--Archives., Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Nursing--Study and teaching--Arizona--Ganado., Hospitals--Arizona--Ganado., Nurses--Arizona--Ganado., Home missions--Arizona--Ganado.
Geographic subjects:
Ganado (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178988
Title:
Translating Bible into Navajo.
Description:
The Rev. William Goudbert, Phoenix, Ariz., works on translation of I Corinthians into Navajo while three students missionaries at the Cook Training School assist. Grouped around Mr. Goudbert are, left to right, Harold Navajo, Alfred Miller and Albert Brady.
Creator:
Gianelli, Frank. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society., Goudbert, William., Navajo, Harold., Miller, Alfred., Brady, Albert.
Topics:
Navajo Indians--Arizona--Phoenix., Navajo language--Arizona--Phoenix., Indians of North America--Missions--Arizona--Phoenix., Home missions--Arizona--Phoenix., Bible--Translating--Arizona--Phoenix.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148274
Title:
Presbyteer.
Description:
Presbyteer, Vol. 24, No. 7, July 1971. Published by First Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Features the main article, "The Angela Davis Affair," which originated as a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Charles R. Ehrhardt.
Creator:
Ehrhardt, Charles. (author)
Subject names:
Stair, Lois, 1923-1981., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund., First Presbyterian Church (Phoenix, Ariz.), Ehrhardt, Charles.
Topics:
Church controversies--Presbyterian Church--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145544
Title:
The Phoenix debate on Amendment A
Description:
Transcript of the Phoenix Debate on Amendment A: Laird Stuart vs. Jack Haberer on January 19, 1998. The two leaders debated in Phoenix, Arizona over the proposal of "Amendment A" to the Book of Order which became known for striking "fidelity and chastity" as an ordination standard.
Creator:
Stuart, Laird J., 1943-2018. (author), Haberer, Jack (author)
Subject names:
Haberer, Jack--Archives.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church, Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144569

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