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Title: Edwin Bethea oral history part 2, 2023.
Description: Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created: 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359657

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history part 1, 2023.
Description: Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created: 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
Identifier (local): 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359656

Title: Committee sponsors canning drive.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: COMMITTEE SPONSORS CANNING DRIVE #S-3647 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An interfaith committee here has launched a program to save surplus crops from going to waste by canning them for overseas relief. Here two younger volunteers are preparing spinach prior to actual canning. The crops are gathered from throughout all of Duval County, and canning kitchens are manned by different denominations on different days. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JJ-MES-5E-6-W-M)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3647; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3647
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359654

Title: Bus solves evangelists' housing shortage.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BUS SOLVES EVANGELISTS’ HOUSING SHORTAGE #s3519 LOS ANGELES -- Ten members of the Libbey family, touring evangelists, are shown on the “back porch” of their rolling home. They travel from state to state presenting programs of religious music in different churches. The entire family is musical, including 82-year-old Grandfather, who plays the drums. The bus was bought five years ago after being honorably retired by the Los Angeles transportation system. It has been converted into living quarters by installing Pullman-style berths in the lower deck that fold out of the ceiling. When the berths come down, curtains automatically fall over the windows. The upper deck is used to store musical instruments and for cooking and eating when the weather is fine. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANH-LA-MES-5B-6-W)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3519; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3519
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359653

Title: Reconversion.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RECONVERSION #s-3518 DES MOINES, Iowa -- Because of building material shortages, Our Savior Lutheran church here was constructed from three prefabricated chicken brooder houses and a specially designed front. The Rev. William Henline is shown greeting prospective members of the church as they leave dedicatory services. Mr. Henline helped construct the building. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DES-M-R-MES-5B-6-L-W)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3518; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3518
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359652

Title: Italian church leader at Waldensian anniversary.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: ITALIAN CHURCH LEADER AT WALDENSIAN ANNIVERSARY s-3489 NEW YORK -- Principal speaker at the 40th anniversary dinner of Waldensian Church in Italy was the Rev. Guido Comba (right), who proposed establishment of a Protestant newspaper in Italy. Above, Mr. Comba shakes hands with Dr. Benjamin Bush, European representative of Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and a secretary of the World Council of Churches. Looking on (center) is Dr. A. Mangano, president of National Evangelistic Committee for Relief in Italy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-JOG-5B-6-W)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3489; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3489
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359651

Title: Ten Commandments in Iroquois.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TEN COMMANDMENTS IN IROQUOIS #S-3447 BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The Rev. David Munroe Cory, pastor of Cuyler Presbyterian church, points to the first of the Ten Commandments as it is translated into Iroquois. Dr. Cory learned the difficult language after a large group of Mohawk Indians settled in Brooklyn and became his parishioners. Many Iroquois words contain 18 letters, some have 30. Blackboard technique is used by the pastor to teach Indian youngsters the tenets of their faith. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-JOG-7C-6-W)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3447; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3447
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359650

Title: Baptist retire chapel car.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BAPTIST RETIRE CHAPEL CAR #S-3420 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago’s Baptists have bidden farewell to one of the last vestiges of a vanishing era in American life--a “chapel” car. A historic relic of Frontier Christianity, the “church on wheels” owned by the Northern Baptist Convention was on exhibition here before making its last trip to the convention’s assembly ground at Green Lake, Wisconsin. Known as “Grace” the car contained pulpit, organ, pews for 65 worshippers and a three-room apartment for the minister and his family. Standing beside the car here are the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Parry who used the car at Provo, Utah for two years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-LM-5A-6-W-B)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3420; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3420
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359649

Title: Monks break rocks for new abbey building.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MONKS BREAK ROCKS FOR NEW ABBEY BUILDING #c-3569 [sic] DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Monks of New Melleray Abbey near here break rock to be used in the foundation of a new building for the abbey. All the work of construction on the new building will be done by members of the abbey. The work is planned for completion in 1949, when the abbey will celebrate the centennial of its founding. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AS-DUB-MES-5C-6-C)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3570; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3570
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359648

Title: Chinese cardinal right at home.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CHINESE CARDINAL RIGHT AT HOME #c-3515 CHICAGO -- Thomas Cardinal Tien of China uses the chopsticks of his native land at a dinner given in his honor here by the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association. He was presented with a purse of $1,000 by Msgr. Joseph B. Lux for “whatever mission work the cardinal desires in China.” It was the gift of the Catholic Church Extension Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CHI-SUN-MES-5B-6-C)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3515; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3515
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359647

Title: Catholic drive goes over the top.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC DRIVE GOES OVER THE TOP #c-3366 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Scenes like this make Catholics everywhere happy. Clergy and lay workers cheer the announcement here that the $1,000,000 Buffalo Catholic Christian Charities Appeal drive had been exceeded. Left to right are: Judge Victor B. Wylegala, general chairman; the Rt. Rev. John A. Weismantel, V.F.; George W. Mumbach; the Most Rev. John F. O’Hara, C.S.C., Bishop of the Buffalo Diocese; Miss Joan M. Czerwinska; the Rev. Eugene A. Loftus; Miss Jennie Pollina and Miss Dolores E. Lander. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-BUF-MES-4D-6-C)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3366; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3366
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359646

Title: Fordham honors Negro priest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: FORDHAM HONORS NEGRO PRIEST #c-3324 NEW YORK -- The Rev. Basil Matthews, O.S.B., only Negro ever ordained in the Benedictine Order, will have his doctoral thesis on West Indian culture published by Fordham University, it was announced here. The 34-year-old priest, who is a native of Trinidad, and was ordained eleven years ago, will receive his doctor’s degree in June. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-TFD-4-C-6-C)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3324; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3324
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359645

Title: Father Alfred A. Purcell.
Description: Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3696 Churchmen in the news Father Alfred A. Purcell Instructor Fordham University Camera Club.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3696; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3696
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359644

Title: Youth for Christ in Tokyo.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH FOR CHRIST IN TOKYO #3673 TOKYO -- Japanese civilians and American servicemen are led in a hymn by Lt. Paul Parker during a Youth for Christ meeting at Ginza Methodist church here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (J-TOK-MES-5D-6-M-I-C)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3673; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3673
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359643

Title: Chaplain for the big top.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CHAPLAIN FOR THE BIG TOP #3615-A BOSTON -- Circus life is no novelty to Father Edward S. Sullivan, unofficial chaplain of circus people throughout the country. A curate of St. Peter’s church, Cambridge, Mass., Father Sullivan has distributed over 3,600 medals of the Blessed Virgin to circus people during the last 20 years. Shown here with one of the star clowns, Father Sullivan is chaplain of the Circus Fans Association, a group of over 1,000 circus lovers who have banded together to break down prejudices against circus people. As part of his duties, Father Sullivan visits every circus that comes to New England. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOS-MES-5D-6-R-C)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3615; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3615
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359642

Title: Stuyvesant Church.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3589; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3589
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359641

Title: GIs study for ministry.
Description: Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3581 GIs study for ministry Union Theological Seminary Woman in pix is Miss Alice von Storch Former 1st Lieut in WAC’s
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3581; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3581
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359640

Title: Passover celebration.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3579; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3579
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359639

Title: American Bible Society.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Left to right. # 39 Dr. F. H. Mann, General Secretary, American Bible Society presents certificate to Dr. Chester S. Miao who is a member of managers, American Bible Society # 6 Chaplain Col. Martin C. Poch, United States Army # 5 Dr. Frank C. Laubach [other, unidentified photograph] # 40 Rear Admiral William N. Thomas, Chief of Chaplains United States Navy. Number #39 #40 films before Developing to Correspond with holder numbers, With Pencil
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3578; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3578
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359638

Title: Rural church.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3577; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3577
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359637

Title: Choir boys.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3576; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3576
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359636

Title: National Book Week.
Description: Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3562 National Book Week L to R George N. Shuster, president of Hunter College. May Lamberton Becker, NY Herald-Tribune book review Anne Fremantle of the Commonweal Dr. A. Stanley Trickett, former chaplain. May 10/46 BH Also index under NCCJ
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3562; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3562
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359635

Title: Hatching eggs for Poland.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: HATCHING EGGS FOR POLAND #3561 DAYTON, Ohio -- To help restock the farms of stricken Poland, 55,800 hatching eggs were shipped by plane from here to Warsaw. Top photo shows the Rev. Moyne Landis, pastor of the Oakland Church of the Brethren, near Gettysburg, Ohio, accepting eggs from Mrs. Elsie Apple. Below, a Brethren trailer-truck is backed up to the huge four-motored plane which carried the shipment from the airport here to Warsaw. The eggs were collected by Brethren congregations throughout Southern Ohio and Northern Indiana. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HW-DO-MES-5C-6-W)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3561; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3561
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359634

Title: Historic American churches.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: HISTORIC AMERICAN CHURCHES #3556 NEW YORK -- One of the most famous landmarks in New York is Trinity Church, at the head of Wall Street. Chartered in 1697 by King William III and endowed with broad lands, Trinity has played a great part in the city’s history. George Washington and members of his Congress worshipped in Trinity’s St. Paul Chapel. Trinity’s churchyard is the final resting place of Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, William Bradford, who founded New York’s first newspaper, and Robert Fulton, who invented the steamboat. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-N.Y.-7-JOG-R)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3556; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3556
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359633

Title: Church Farm School.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CHURCH FARM SCHOOL #3549 PHILADELPHIA -- Rural Life Sunday (May 26) draws attention to institutions such as the Church Farm School, located 25 miles west of here. This unique institution, founded by Dr. Charles W. Shreiner, farmer pastor of a church in West Philadelphia, is now completing is 26th year. The school enrolls boys whose fathers are either dead, or have divorced or deserted the boy’s mother. It has 700 acres of land, and the students do practically all the farm work. Chief crop is grain, but the boys also raise chickens and pigs, and tend to a herd of 150 guernsey cows and heifers. Here a faculty member chats with a group of students while waiting for the supper bell. About 500 applications for admission to the school are received each year but only 25 students are selected. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LM-5B-6-W-A-E)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3549; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3549
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359632

Title: Dr. Frederick Grant.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3526; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3526
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359631

Title: Choir boys.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3516; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3516
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359630

Title: Cardinal Hutchinson conferring pallium to Archbishop Vehr of Denver.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3490; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3490
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359629

Title: Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, Executive Secretary of the Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3483; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3483
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359628

Title: American Mother of 1946.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: AMERICAN MOTHER OF 1946 #3475 SPRINGFIELD, Ky. -- Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement, granddaughter of a Negro slave and the widow of an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Bishop, has been chosen by the Golden Rule Foundation as the American Mother of 1946. She was attending a church conference here when notified of her selection. Shown with Mrs. Clement are Jo Ann Allen, left, and Mary Emerson, right. Mrs. Clement, 71-year-old mother of seven children, is a native of Providence, R.I., but now makes her home at Louisville, Ky. All her children went through college. One son, Dr. Rufus E. Clement, is president of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., and another, Frederick A. Clement, is professor of physics at West Virginia State College, Institute, W. Va. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3475; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3475
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359627

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