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Title: Conversations with Metz Rollins and Will Campbell, Tape 1, Part 1.
Description: Metz Rollins speaking about the civil rights movement at Ghost Ranch (Abiquiú, New Mexico) on July 19, 1983. Rollins speaks about the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, his time in Tallahassee, Florida (including his arrest for aiding Florida A&M University students in the Tallahassee city bus boycott), his time in Nashville, Tennessee (including his participation in the Nashville sit-ins), and the Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Part 1 of 12.
Creator Name(s): Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker)
Date Created: 1983, July 19, 1983, July 19, 1983
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights demonstrations.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., North and Central America--United States--New Mexico--Rio Arriba--Abiquiu
Physical Location: RG 540, Box 200; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Advisory Council on Church and Society Records, circa 1916-2002.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-540
Identifier (local): Conversations_metz_rollins_tape_1_part_1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344307

Title: Unita Blackwell, United Presbyterian Women, 1970.
Description: Recorded July 1970 at the annual meeting of the United Presbyterian Women held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Unita Blackwell, community organizer of programs in Mississippi for the National Council of Negro Women, tells her story of institutional racism in Mississippi.
Creator Name(s): Blackwell, Unita, 1933-, United Presbyterian Women. National Meeting (1970 : Purdue University), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Date Created: 1970, July 1970, July 1970
Name Subject(s): Blackwell, Unita, 1933-
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., African American women--Mississippi--20th century., Politics and government--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--African Americans--Mississippi--20th century., Voter registration--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., North and Central America--Mississippi
Physical Location: TAPE 1170; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Address [sound recording] / Mrs. Unita Blackwell.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=359
Identifier (local): tape1170_unita_blackwell_1970
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166471

Title: Strategy meeting for student demonstration, circa 1960's.
Date Created: 1960, ca. 1960's
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--United States., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 395, Box 1, Folder 9; 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): ds5761
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:104616

Title: Malcolm X in conversation with Presbyterian executives, 1964, reel 3.
Description: Recorded in the Board Room of the Board of National Missions, Interchurch Center, New York, NY in 1964. Conversations between Malcolm X and executives from various Presbyterian agencies and boards. Executives present include: Dr. Archie R. Crouch, Rev. Bryant George, Dr. Kenneth Neigh, Dr. David Ramage, Dr. Harry Stearns, Rev. Matthew H. Thies, Dr. Gayraud S. Willmore, Jr. Others present have not been identified.
Creator Name(s): X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (speaker), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Crouch, Archie R., 1909-1999., George, Bryant, 1927-2007., Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996., Ramage, David., Stearns, Harry L., 1900-1985., Thies, Matthew Henry, 1923-1985., Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Topical Subject(s): African American leadership., African American clergy--Political activity., African Americans--Civil rights., Church and social problems--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects-- Islam.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: TAPE 463; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: [Conversation with Presbyterian Church executives].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=226
Identifier (local): tape463_malcolmx_tape3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346907

Title: Malcolm X in conversation with Presbyterian executives, 1964, reel 1.
Description: Recorded in the Board Room of the Board of National Missions, Interchurch Center, New York, NY in 1964. Conversations between Malcolm X and executives from various Presbyterian agencies and boards. Executives present include: Dr. Archie R. Crouch, Rev. Bryant George, Dr. Kenneth Neigh, Dr. David Ramage, Dr. Harry Stearns, Rev. Matthew H. Thies, Dr. Gayraud S. Willmore, Jr. Others present have not been identified.
Creator Name(s): X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (speaker), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Crouch, Archie R., 1909-1999., George, Bryant, 1927-2007., Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996., Ramage, David., Stearns, Harry L., 1900-1985., Thies, Matthew Henry, 1923-1985., Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Topical Subject(s): African American leadership., African American clergy--Political activity., African Americans--Civil rights., Church and social problems--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: TAPE 463; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: [Conversation with Presbyterian Church executives].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=226
Identifier (local): tape463_malcolmx_tape4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346909

Title: Malcolm X in conversation with Presbyterian executives, 1964, reel 4.
Description: Recorded in the Board Room of the Board of National Missions, Interchurch Center, New York, NY in 1964. Conversations between Malcolm X and executives from various Presbyterian agencies and boards. Executives present include: Dr. Archie R. Crouch, Rev. Bryant George, Dr. Kenneth Neigh, Dr. David Ramage, Dr. Harry Stearns, Rev. Matthew H. Thies, Dr. Gayraud S. Willmore, Jr. Others present have not been identified.
Creator Name(s): X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (speaker), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Crouch, Archie R., 1909-1999., George, Bryant, 1927-2007., Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996., Ramage, David., Stearns, Harry L., 1900-1985., Thies, Matthew Henry, 1923-1985., Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921-2020., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Topical Subject(s): African American leadership., African American clergy--Political activity., African Americans--Civil rights., Church and social problems--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: TAPE 463; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: [Conversation with Presbyterian Church executives].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=226
Identifier (local): tape463_malcolmx_tape4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346908

Title: Shelton Bishop Waters oral history, probably 1998, side b
Description: Shelton Bishop Waters was an African American Presbyterian minister. Born in 1918 in Pittsburgh, he was educated at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.) and Lincoln University. From 1947 to 1969 he was pastor of First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, serving as moderator of the presbytery in 1965 and moderator of the Synod of the Trinity in 1966. From 1975 to 1985 he was pastor of Northeastern Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.). He died in 2013.
Creator Name(s): Waters, Shelton Bishop, 1918-2013
Date Created: 1998, about 1998, about 1998
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0647, box 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Mission Agency Communications records, 1978-2008.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA4MDc=&q
Identifier (local): 17-0647_WatersB
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346986

Title: Clinton Marsh interviewed by Lawrence Bottoms, 1990.
Description: In Atlanta, 6 December 1990.
Creator Name(s): Marsh, Clinton M. (Clinton McClurkin), 1916-2002. (interviewee), Bottoms, Lawrence Wendell, 1908-1994. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1990, December 6, 1990, December 6, 1990
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History., African American churches., African Americans--Religious life.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 01-1005d; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Office of the Stated Clerk records, 1990-1995.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mjk2MA==&qr
Identifier (local): 6December1990_Marsh
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:183345

Title: Katie Geneva Cannon, Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) Ennis lectures, 2004, side 1
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G., Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date Created: 2004, 2004, 2004
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 22-0313; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Bettie Durrah papers, 1976-2013.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAxNzU=&qr
Identifier (local): 22-0313_sidea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:285288

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: Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side A.
Description: Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side A.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Date Created: 1971, May 1971, May 1971
Name Subject(s): Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Political activists--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals.--United States--20th century., Imprisonment--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., Rochester (N.Y.)
Physical Location: CASSETTE 85; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly [sound recording].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1180
Identifier (local): CASSETTE85a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166011

Title: Eric Thomas oral history, 2019.
Description: Eric Thomas graduated from the Interdenominational Theological Center and is currently completing a PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity at Drew University, focusing on a queer of color biblical criticism. He was ordained in 2017 in the PC(USA). Eric is the Interim Pastor of Siloam Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York) and also serves on the board of More Light Presbyterians.
Creator Name(s): Thomas, Eric. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, November 11, 2019, November 11, 2019
Name Subject(s): More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Thomas, Eric.
Topical Subject(s): Queer theology., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African American Presbyterians., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: United States--North and Central America
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-1125; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Pam Byers Collecting Initiative oral histories, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTg1MzI=&qr
Identifier (local): 19-1125_Eric_Thomas
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:154093

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
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_2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359657

Title: Shelton Bishop Waters oral history, probably 1998, side a
Description: Shelton Bishop Waters was an African American Presbyterian minister. Born in 1918 in Pittsburgh, he was educated at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.) and Lincoln University. From 1947 to 1969 he was pastor of First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, serving as moderator of the presbytery in 1965 and moderator of the Synod of the Trinity in 1966. From 1975 to 1985 he was pastor of Northeastern Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.). He died in 2013.
Creator Name(s): Waters, Shelton Bishop, 1918-2013
Date Created: 1998, about 1998, about 1998
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0647, box 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Mission Agency Communications records, 1978-2008.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA4MDc=&q
Identifier (local): 17-0647_WatersA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346985

Title: Richard Dozier oral history, 2024
Description: Oral history with Richard Dozier, contributions from Joe Rigsby, 23 February 2024, on the Harbison Development Corporation (Harbison, S.C.). Richard Franklin Dozier is an African American Presbyterian minister, born 30 May 1942 in Saluda, S.C. He completed a bachelor's degree at Johnson C. Smith University in 1964, and graduated from Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary in 1967. He served Northminster Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.) from its organization in 1967 until 2011. From 1968 to 1983 he and Jim Costen led the Harbison Development Corporation, a land-development corporation for the new community of Harbison, S.C.
Creator Name(s): Dozier, Richard Franklin, 1942- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2024, February 23, 2024, February 23, 2024
Name Subject(s): Harbison Development Corporation (Columbia, S.C.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians, Real estate development
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--South Carolina--Columbia
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 24-0218; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Richard Dozier oral history, 2024--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA4ODQ=&s
Identifier (local): 24-0218_Dozier
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:354014

Title: Annanda Barclay oral history, 2021.
Description: Annanda Barclay is an advocate for intersectional justice in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She has worked for LGBTQIA+ rights and served as Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians, a board member of the Spahr Reconciliation Initiative, and has helped plan pastoral candidate retreats with Parity (formerly Presbyterian Welcome). Barclay graduated with her M.Div. from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 2014. She is currently working as a pastor at Mission Bay Community Church (San Francisco, CA) and as interim chaplain at the University of the Redlands, while pursuing a full-time career in chaplaincy.
Creator Name(s): Barclay, Annanda. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2021, May 2021, May 2021
Name Subject(s): More Light Presbyterians., Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Barclay, Annanda.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 21-0514; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Annanda Barclay oral history, 2021.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MjI=
Identifier (local): 21-0514_Barclay
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286179

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