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Title: Margaret Towner's ordaining committee.
Description: The Ordaining Committee. At time of ordination 1956 these persons were: (L to R) Walter Cavert (Presbytery), Herbert S. Schroeder, (East Genesee Syracuse), Richard Firth (Onondaga Presby.), Wm. McConaghy (1st Pres. Syra.), Walter Eastwood (1st Presby. Ch. Allentown, Pa.), Walter Fitton (1st Presby Ch. Allentown, Pa.) Missing in picture was James Lowell Harris (1st Presby. Ch. Syracuse.)
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.), Cavert, Walter., Schroeder, Herbert S., Firth, Richard., McConaghy, William H., Eastwood, Walter., Fitton, Walter.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6364
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146323

Title: Margaret Towner wearing Reverend Forster Freeman's pulpit robe with cross.
Description: Events surrounding the ordination of the Rev. Dr. Margaret E. Towner, First Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N.Y., October 24, 1956. Convening of Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery prior to the service of ordination.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925-
Topical Subject(s): Women in the Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Syracuse., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Geographic subjects: Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 89-0608; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Ellen Towner papers, 1954-1989.
Identifier (local): ds5625
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:83470

Title: Synod of Catawba minutes, 1956.
Description: Minutes of the sixty-ninth annual meeting of the Synod of Catawba, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, held in Johnson C. Smith University Church, Charlotte, N.C., June 20-22, 1956. Including reports.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba. (author)
Date Created: June 20-22, 1956, 1956
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Durham--Durham, Durham (N.C.)
Physical Location: RG 395, Box 1, Folder 21; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection, 1873-1988.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-395
Identifier (local): rg395_b1_f21_1956
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:109595

Title: Synod of Blue Ridge minutes, 1956.
Description: Minutes of the of the Blue Ridge Synod of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., 49th annual session held at Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, October 10-12, 1956.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Blue Ridge. (author)
Date Created: October 10-12, 1956, 1956
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Blue Ridge.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham, Birmingham (Ala.)
Physical Location: RG 395, Box 1, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection, 1873-1988.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-395
Identifier (local): rg395_b1_f16_1956
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:111407

Title: Synod of Atlantic minutes, 1956.
Description: Minutes of the Synod of Atlantic of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The eighty-seventh annual meeting held at Cordele, Georgia, October 24-26, 1956. Printed by order of Atlantic Synod.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic. (author)
Date Created: October 24-26, 1956, 1956
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic., St. Paul Presbyterian Church (Cordele, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Crisp--Cordele, Cordele (Ga.)
Physical Location: RG 395, Box 1, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection, 1873-1988.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-395
Identifier (local): rg395_b1_f7_1956
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:105163

Title: Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Tennessee.
Date Created: 1956, November 11, 1956
Name Subject(s): Bethel Presbyterian Church (Kingston, Tenn.)--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Tennessee--Kingston.
Geographic subjects: Kingston (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc., North and Central America--United States--Roane--Tennessee--Kingston
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0123, Site No. 61; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: American Presbyterian/Reformed Historic Sites Registry.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83308
Identifier (local): ds5803
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112721

Title: Are you an Orangeman?
Description: Promotional material designed for recruiting Protestants to join the Orange Order.
Creator Name(s): Loyal Orange Association of British America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1956, ca. 1956-1978
Name Subject(s): Knox Presbyterian Church (Kearny, N.J.)--Archives., Orange Order.
Topical Subject(s): Protestantism--Political aspects--Northern Ireland., Protestant Churches--Relations--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: Northern Ireland., Northern Ireland., Europe--Northern Ireland
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0316, Box 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Knox Presbyterian Church (Kearny, N.J.) records, 1881-2007.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTY4NDI=
Identifier (local): 18-0316_b3_orangeman
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150443

Title: Presbyterian Church, Sagola, Michigan, 1956.
Description: Presbyterian Church at Sagola, Mich. in western part of Upper Penn.
Date Created: 1956, September 1956, September 1956
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (Sagola, Mich.)
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Michigan--Sagola.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Sagola., Sagola (Mich.), North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Dickinson--Sagola
Physical Location: Gal3 Sa18; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds6220
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:138806

Title: Argus.
Description: Synod of Catawba Argus newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2-3, July-October, 1956, Charlotte, N.C.
Date Created: 1956, July-October 1956, July-October 1956
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba., Johnson C. Smith University--Buildings., Simmons, William James., Douglas, Julian T., Miller, J. M., George, Bryant., Lightner, Calvin E., Smith, J. W., Davie Street Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians--Periodicals., African American Presbyterians--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects: 20th century., Charlotte (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Mecklenburg--Charlotte
Physical Location: RG 395, Box 4, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection, 1873-1988.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-395
Identifier (local): rg395_b4_f3_v1_n2-3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150332

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Laying on of hands - posed. L to R: James Lowell Harris, forehead only of Walter H. Eastwood, Richard Firth, Walter M. Cavert, Walter Fitton, Wm. H. McConaghy.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., Harris, James Lowell., Eastwood, Walter., Firth, Richard., Cavert, Walter., Fitton, Walter., McConaghy, William H., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6366
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146325

Title: Margaret Towner with James Lowell Harris and William H. McConaghy at her ordination service, 1956.
Description: At close of service with sponsoring pastors James Lowell Harris and Wm. H. McConaghy. First Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N.Y. 1956.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.), Harris, James Lowell., McConaghy, William H.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6363
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146322

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Benediction following ordination. Rev. M.E. Towner with Richard Firth, Moderator of Presbytery.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.), Firth, Richard.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6368
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146327

Title: Margaret Towner with William H. McConaghy before her ordination service, 1956.
Description: Presbytery meeting before service. Gift of cross from Dr. Wm. H. McConaghy, Pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, Syracuse.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., McConaghy, William H., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6367
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146326

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: The actual laying on of hands. Ordination of Rev. Margaret E. Towner, First Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N.Y., 1956 October.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6365
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146324

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Being addressed the ordination questions.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6369
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146328

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Laying on of hands during Margaret Towner's ordination service, Oct. 24, 1956.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925-
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--New York (State)--Syracuse., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women in the Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Geographic subjects: Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Ellen Towner (1925-) Biographical Vertical File.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83724
Identifier (local): ds5626
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:83471

Title: First Woman Minister, Margaret Ellen Towner, 1956.
Description: Newspaper clipping of article, "First Woman Minister: Syracusan Sets Precedent in Presbyterian Church, October 24, 1956, by Roslyn Brownstein. With portrait of Margaret Ellen Towner in ordination robe.
Creator Name(s): Brownstein, Roslyn. (author)
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925-
Topical Subject(s): Women in the Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Syracuse., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Syracuse., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Syracuse--Onondaga, New York (State), Syracuse.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 89-0608; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Ellen Towner papers, 1954-1989.
Identifier (local): ds5658
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:90819

Title: Argus.
Description: Synod of Catawba Argus newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1956, Charlotte, N.C.
Date Created: 1956, January 1956, January 1956
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba., Smith, J. W., Miller, J. M., Spears, A. E., Murphy, Vera.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians--Periodicals., African American Presbyterians--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects: 20th century., Charlotte (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Charlotte--Mecklenburg
Physical Location: RG 395, Box 4, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection, 1873-1988.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-395
Identifier (local): rg395_b4_f3_v1_n1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150323

Title: Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska) baptismal certificate stubs, 1956-1958.
Description: Baptismal certificate stubs, 1956 through 1958, of Memorial Presbyterian Church, a congregation with a mostly Tlingit population.
Creator Name(s): Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska) (creator), C. R. Gibson & Co. (manufacturer)
Date Created: 1956, 1956-1958, 1956-1958
Name Subject(s): Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska)
Topical Subject(s): Tlingit Indians--Religion., Church records and registers--Alaska--Juneau., Baptismal records--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Juneau., Alaska, Juneau., Juneau (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Juneau--Juneau
Physical Location: Digital files only at Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska) records, 1894-1962.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=67867
Identifier (local): V_MI46_J956mb_baptismal_stubs_1956-1958
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:163726

Title: Synod of Catawba training conference program, 1956.
Description: Program, Synod Training Conference, docket of proceedings of the sixty-ninth annual meeting of Catawba Synod, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C., June 19-22, 1956.
Date Created: June 19-22, 1956, 1956
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Catawba., Johnson C. Smith University.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History--20th century.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Mecklenburg--Charlotte, Charlotte (N.C.)
Physical Location: RG 395, Box 4, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. African American Synods Collection, 1873-1988.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-395
Identifier (local): rg395_b4_f4_1956
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:110949

Title: Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska) marriage certificate stubs, 1956-1960.
Description: Marriage certificate stubs, 1956 through 1960, of Memorial Presbyterian Church, a congregation with a mostly Tlingit population.
Creator Name(s): Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska) (creator), C. R. Gibson & Co. (manufacturer)
Date Created: 1956, 1956-1960, 1956-1960
Name Subject(s): Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska)
Topical Subject(s): Tlingit Indians--Religion., Church records and registers--Alaska--Juneau., Marriage records--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Juneau., Alaska, Juneau., Juneau (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Juneau--Juneau
Physical Location: Digital files only at Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska) records, 1894-1962.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=67867
Identifier (local): V_MI46_J956mm_marriage_stubs_1956-1960
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:163934

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