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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:
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:
The J. Earl Jackman Relocation Program first year report, 1964-1965.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Institute of Strategic Studies. (creator), Goodman, Grace Ann. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Strategic Services--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Institute of Strategic Studies., Jackman, J. Earl, 1900-1984., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Division of Church Strategy and Development., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Home missions--United States., Missions--Educational work., High school students--Economic conditions., High school students--Social conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:178958
Title:
Cameron House, San Francisco, ca. 1920s.
Description:
Group of women and girls at Chinese Mission Home - San Francisco, California.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency--Archives., Donaldina Cameron House., Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968.
Topics:
Home missions--California--San Francisco., Church work with Asian Americans--California--San Francisco--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150478
Title:
The broken promise 4,200 Mississippi children will never forget.
Description:
National Committee for the Children of Mississippi poster appealing for more federal funds for Head Start programs.
Creator:
National Committee for the Children of Mississippi. (publisher)
Subject names:
Child Development Group of Mississippi., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Head Start programs--Mississippi., Federal aid to child welfare--Mississippi.
Geographic subjects:
Mississippi.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147491
Title:
Board of National Missions miners hospitals discussions, April 1963.
Description:
Miners Memorial Hospitals - Board of National Missions semi-annual meeting in New York, 1963 late April.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
West Virginia--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116482
Title:
Board of National Missions miners hospitals discussions, April 1963, tape 6.
Description:
Miners Memorial Hospitals - Board of National Missions semi-annual meeting in New York, 1963 late April.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
West Virginia--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116479
Title:
Board of National Missions miners hospitals discussions, April 1963, tape 2.
Description:
Miners Memorial Hospitals - Board of National Missions semi-annual meeting in New York, 1963 late April.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
West Virginia--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116471
Title:
Kenneth G. Neigh and Ross Greek on metropolitan mission, before 1967.
Description:
Audio tape portion of KIT 345, presented at annual meeting of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, New York, April 27-28, 1967. Urban ministry needs in Los Angeles. Focuses on: the West Hollywood Presbyterian Church with Ross Greek, minister; Watts; race relations; Budd Schulberg. Tape includes excerpts of a Neigh address from 1962, and a recording by Ross Greek from 1966.
Creator:
Greek, Ross Albert, 1914-1995. (speaker), Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Schulberg, Budd., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
City missions--California--Los Angeles., Church and social problems--California--Los Angeles., City churches--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116461
Title:
Board of National Missions miners hospitals discussions, April 1963, tape 3.
Description:
Miners Memorial Hospitals - Board of National Missions semi-annual meeting in New York, 1963 late April.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
West Virginia--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116451
Title:
Board of National Missions miners hospitals discussions, April 1963, tape 7.
Description:
Miners Memorial Hospitals - Board of National Missions semi-annual meeting in New York, 1963 late April.
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
West Virginia--Hospitals--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116450
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:
Neigh-Adair dinner, 1960s, side 1.
Description:
Recording of a 1960s dinner held in honor of Kenneth G. Neigh, including speeches, gospel music; topics include "urban problems" and "reconciliation."
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Topics:
Urban policy., Gospel music., Reconciliation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116399
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:
Neigh-Adair dinner, 1960s, side 2.
Description:
Recording of a 1960s dinner held in honor of Kenneth G. Neigh, including speeches, gospel music; topics include "urban problems" and "reconciliation."
Subject names:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
Topics:
Urban policy., Gospel music., Reconciliation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116391
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Street view of Manzanar incarceration Camp.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82985
Title:
Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description:
Sign for Protestant Church, Block 15, Building 15.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United Staes., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82984
Title:
Pacific Grove Cleaners.
Description:
Street view of Pacific Grove Cleaners, Pacific Grove, California.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians.
Geographic subjects:
Pacific Grove (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82608
Title:
The national mission in youth's poverty and plenty.
Description:
One of seven chapters reprinted from the Board of National Missions Annual Report for 1966. Focuses on Watts Neighborhood Association and Watts Rebellion in Los Angeles, California.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (author), Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (author)
Subject names:
Westminster Neighborhood Association (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Riots--California--Los Angeles--20th century., Poor., Church work with youth., Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Geographic subjects:
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:81465
Title:
Reverend Samuel Johnson sits with a group of teenagers.
Description:
School hours are informal but give kids a chance to get with it, educationally speaking. (The man sitting in for "teacher" here is Rev. Samuel Johnson, a Pentecostal preacher.) [Images from Presbyterian Life, 15 May 1967 article on Portland, Oregon, outreach to black youth and Albina neighborhood.]
Creator:
Delano Photographics (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Johnson, Samuel.
Topics:
African Americans--Missions--Oregon--Portland., City missions--Oregon--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Albina (Portland, Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71690

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