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Title: Easter COVID-19 collection
Description: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, churches across the nation have shown themselves to be beacons of hope—providing food and social services, pastoral care, and online worship. The Presbyterian Historical Society has responded to this unprecedented moment by gathering 2020 Easter Sunday worship services and sermons from PC(USA) congregations and other worshiping communities. The COVID-19 collection is a curated selection of these contributions, including services from congregations in California, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania -- including Arabic and Hakha Chin services from First Presbyterian Church (Allentown, Pa.) -- Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Topical Subject(s): COVID-19 (Disease)--United States., Easter sermons--United States--21st century., COVID-19--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Geographic subjects: United States., United States, 21st century., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 20-0401; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Easter COVID-19 collection--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTg2NDY=&qr
Identifier (local): islandora:covid19
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:covid19

Title: Bettie Durrah Living History interview, 2013.
Description: Bettie J. Durrah is a Presbyterian elder, born in Newman, Georgia, a fourth-generation African American Presbyterian. She completed a bachelor's degree in Biology at Spelman College, and holds two master's degrees, from Clark Atlanta University and Georgia State University. From 1995 to 2004 she served in the PC(USA) Women's Ministries as national staff in the Synods of Living Waters, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Trinity. An elder at Radcliffe Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), she has served as moderator of Presbyterian Women at congregation, presbytery, and synod levels; as moderator of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta; and was a commissioner to the 2000 General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): Durrah, Bettie J. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2013
Name Subject(s): Durrah, Bettie J.--Interviews.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American women in church work.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0407; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Bettie Durrah Living History interview, 2013.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTc4NjM=
Identifier (local): 18-0407_BettieDurrah2013
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:124549

Title: COVID-19 Pandemic
Description: A collection of Presbyterian responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic, including sermons, worship services, and oral histories. See the following related collection: Easter COVID-19 collection.
Featured image: Oregon Trail Presbyterian Ministry (Marysville, Kan.) Easter worship video.
Topical Subject(s): COVID-19 (Disease)--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Physical Location: Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): islandora:pandemic
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:pandemic

Title: Life and Death in Blakely, Georgia, 1991.
Description: Movie produced by the Center for Democratic Renewal documenting the Ku Klux Klan's involvement in and influence on the City of Blakely Fire Department. Includes coverage of the deaths of Charles McCoy and Antavious Williams, two African American children, purportedly due to the fire department's negligence; an interview segment with Sara Ann McCoy, mother of Charles; a speech by Rev. Dr. Mac Charles Jones, vice chair of the Center for Democratic Renewal; interview segments with Ben Cawthon and Wilbur Robinson of Blakely's Concerned Black Citizens Committee; and a statement by David Griffin, former Blakely City Council member, asserting that Blakely fire chief Franklin Brown was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Creator Name(s): Center for Democratic Renewal. (producer), Levitas, Daniel. (producer), Bailey, Louis. (film director), Ettinger, Bruce. (film editor)
Date Created: 1991
Name Subject(s): Center for Democratic Renewal., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
Topical Subject(s): Racism against Black people--United States., White supremacy movements--Georgia., Racial discrimination--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects: United States., Georgia., North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Early--Blakely, United States, 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 534, Box 10, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Emergency Fund for Legal Aid for Racial and Intercultural Justice Records, 1969-1998.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-534
Identifier (local): rg534_b10_f7_life_and_death_in_Blakely_GA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286343

Title: David Van Dyke oral history, 2019.
Description: David Van Dyke served as co-moderator of the Covenant Network during the passage of Amendment 10-A and 14-F, which respectively changed the Book of Order to allow the ordination of LGBTQ persons and same-sex marriage within the Presbyterian Church.
Creator Name(s): Van Dyke, David. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, April 26, 2019, April 26, 2019
Name Subject(s): Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Van Dyke, David.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0505; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Covenant Network: The Early Years reunion records, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzMjQ=
Identifier (local): David_VanDyke
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:177190

Title: Deborah Block oral history, 2019.
Description: Deborah Block was in the first generation of women who were ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. She graduated from Carroll College in 1974 and began ordained ministry in 1978 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Milwaukee, WI). Deborah became an advocate for LGBTQ rights at the 1978 General Assembly and went on to serve as co-moderator of the Covenant Network.
Creator Name(s): Block, Deborah. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, April 29, 2019, April 29, 2019
Name Subject(s): Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Block, Deborah.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0505; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Covenant Network: The Early Years reunion records, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzMjQ=
Identifier (local): 19-0505_CovenantNetwork_DB
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153479

Title: Tim Hart-Andersen oral history, 2019.
Description: Timothy Hart-Andersen is a Presbyterian minister, a founding Board Member of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, and one of the initiators of the NEXT Church movement. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Los Ranchos in 1985, and took the pastorate at Old First Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, Calif.) in 1990. Since 1999, he has served as pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Creator Name(s): Hart-Andersen, Timothy. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, April 30, 2019, April 30, 2019
Name Subject(s): Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Hart-Andersen, Timothy.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0505; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Covenant Network: The Early Years reunion records, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzMjQ=
Identifier (local): 19-0505_CovenantNetwork_THA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153478

Title: Daniel Vigilante oral history, 2019.
Description: Daniel Vigilante graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2004, where he joined the student group Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Supporters (BGLASS). He was ordained by Westminster Presbyterian Church on August 25, 2013, becoming one of the first openly gay Presbyterian ministers to be ordained in Minnesota. In the early 2000s, he became actively involved in the Covenant Network, primarily working with Youth Advisory Delegates at General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): Vigilante, Daniel. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, April 26, 2019, April 26, 2019
Name Subject(s): Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Vigilante, Daniel.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0505; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Covenant Network: The Early Years reunion records, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzMjQ=
Identifier (local): 19-0505_CovenantNetwork_DV
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153473

Title: John Wilkinson oral history, 2019.
Description: John Wilkinson helped organize the Covenant Network of Presbyterians in 1997 and served on the PC(USA) Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity from 2001-2006.
Creator Name(s): Wilkinson, John. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, June 2, 2019, June 2, 2019
Name Subject(s): Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.), Wilkinson, John.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0605; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Wilkinson oral history, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzNjM=
Identifier (local): 19-0605_john_wilkinson
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153474

Title: Melva Costen unedited Living History interview, part 1.
Description: Melva Costen, wife of former general assembly moderator James Costen, discusses her musical life inside and outside the Presbyterian church, and her family's involvement in the Civil Rights movement.
Creator Name(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2013
Name Subject(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-
Topical Subject(s): African American civil rights workers., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): 20131007205731
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:124561

Title: Women in Theology and Ministry Oral History Program oral history interview with Melva Costen.
Description: Text transcribed from front of DVD: WTM Oral History Project - Melva Costen - October 1, 2008. Interview conducted at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Creator Name(s): Moore, Mary Elizabeth, 1945- (interviewer), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2008, October 1, 2008, October 1, 2008
Name Subject(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators., Music--Religious aspects., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States, United States.
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 1, Folder 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: James and Melva Costen Papers, 1934-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-538
Identifier (local): Melva_interview_2008
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300798

Title: "There Was Light!" A Video Documentary
Creator Name(s): Jitegemea Production (film producer), Boro, Wanjiku (film director)
Date Created: 1991
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church of East Africa., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): East Africans.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Kenya
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 5, Folder 17; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: James and Melva Costen Papers, 1934-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-538
Identifier (local): There_was_a_light_PCEA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300799

Title: Dr. James Costen Interdenominational Theological Center interview.
Description: Interview with Dr. James Costen regarding his retirement from the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998.
Creator Name(s): Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1998, ca. 1998, ca. 1998
Name Subject(s): Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American leadership.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 5, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: James and Melva Costen Papers, 1934-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-538
Identifier (local): Jim_ITC_interview
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300797

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