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Title: Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description: Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator Name(s): Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer), Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921- (interviewee)
Date Created: 1983
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 85-0930; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: R. W. Bauer papers, 1977-1985.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MzM2&qrs=
Identifier (local): 85-0930_bauer_wilmore_1983_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116429

Title: Gayraud Wilmore interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description: Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator Name(s): Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer), Wilmore, Gayraud S., 1921- (interviewee)
Date Created: 1983
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: 85-0930; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: R. W. Bauer papers, 1977-1985.
Identifier (local): 85-0930_bauer_wilmore_1983_side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116423

Title: Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 2.
Description: Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator Name(s): Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1983
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topical Subject(s): Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 85-0930; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: R. W. Bauer papers, 1977-1985.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MzM2&qrs=
Identifier (local): bauer_lewis_1983_side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116205

Title: Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983, side 1.
Description: Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator Name(s): Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1983
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topical Subject(s): Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 85-0930; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: R. W. Bauer papers, 1977-1985.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MzM2&qrs=
Identifier (local): bauer_lewis_1983_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:115623

Title: Dean Lewis interviewed by R. W. Bauer, 1983.
Description: Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator Name(s): Lewis, Dean H., 1926- (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1983
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (194th : 1982 : Hartford, Conn.)
Topical Subject(s): Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 85-0930; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: R. W. Bauer papers, 1977-1985.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MzM2&qrs=
Identifier (local): 85-0930_bauer
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116206

Title: Delrio A. Ligons-Berry oral history, 2021.
Description: Sonia Prescott interviewing Delrio A. Ligons-Berry of Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1 December 2021.
Creator Name(s): Ligons-Berry, Delrio A. (speaker), Prescott, Sonia. (speaker)
Date Created: 2021, December 1, 2021, December 1, 2021
Name Subject(s): Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--Pennsylvania--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 21-1203; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Delrio A. Ligons-Berry oral history, 2021.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAwOTc=&sI
Identifier (local): DelrioBerry1December
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:182034

Title: Heidi and Frank Vardeman oral history, 2019.
Description: Heidi and Frank Vardeman were allies in the More Light movement which worked for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the PC(USA). They became involved in the 1980s as pastors of John Calvin Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Florida), a welcoming congregation that helped form the Tampa AIDS Network.
Creator Name(s): Vardeman, Heidi. (interviewee), Vardeman, Frank. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, April 19, 2019, April 19, 2019
Name Subject(s): More Light Presbyterians., John Calvin Presbyterian Church (Tampa, Fla.), Macalester Plymouth Church (St. Paul, Minn.)
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Pastoral counseling of.
Geographic subjects: Tampa (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Florida--Hillsborough--Tampa
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0507; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Heidi and Frank Vardeman oral history, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzMjY%3d&
Identifier (local): HeidiFrankVardeman
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149298

Title: William B. Miller interviewed by R. Douglas Brackenridge and Fred Heuser, 1991, tape 4, side 1.
Description: Oral history with departing Director of the Presbyterian Historical Society, William B. Miller, taken by Trinity University's R. Douglas Brackenridge, and new PHS Director, Fred Heuser, July 1991.
Creator Name(s): Miller, William B. (William Bayard), 1924-2018. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer), Heuser, Frederick J. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1991, July 1991, July 1991
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Historical Society., Miller, William B. (William Bayard), 1924-2018.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: CASSETTE 337; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William B. Miller interviewed by R. Douglas Brackenridge and Fred Heuser, 1991--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1185
Identifier (local): miller4-1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:143449

Title: Chris Glaser oral history, 2022.
Description: Chris Glaser was raised as an American Baptist in North Hollywood, California. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1970 while in college at California State University, Northridge. He was an ordained elder at First Presbyterian Church of Van Nuys. From 1976 to 1978, he served as the only openly gay member of the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality. From 1977 to 1987, he served as the founding director of the Lazarus Project, a ministry of reconciliation between the church and the LGBTQ community in Los Angeles, located at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. He also served as the second national coordinator and treasurer of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC) and as editor of its newsletters (More Light). Interview covers the 1978 General Assembly, the UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality, the Lazarus Project, and Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (PLGC).
Creator Name(s): Glaser, Chris. (interviewee), Skaggs, Nicholas A. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2022, March 30, 2022, March 30, 2022
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (190th : 1978 : San Diego, Calif.), Lazarus Project., Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns., West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Glaser, Chris.
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 22-0319; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Chris Glaser oral history, 2022.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAxODA=
Identifier (local): 22-0319_Glaser
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:287983

Title: Third Presbyterian Church More Light Committee oral history, 2019.
Description: Oral history interview with Ralph Carter, Betty Iwan, and Ann McMican on how Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) became a More Light congregation.
Creator Name(s): Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, June 2019, June 2019
Name Subject(s): More Light Presbyterians., Carter, Ralph C. (Ralph Campbell), Iwan, Elizabeth., McMican, Ann., Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0604; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.) More Light Committee oral history, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzNjI=
Identifier (local): 19-0604_ThirdChurch
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153475

Title: Gene Bay oral history interview, part 4.
Creator Name(s): Marshall, William J. (interviewer), Bay, Eugene Cooper, 1937- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2018, January 23-24, 2018
Name Subject(s): Bay, Eugene Cooper, 1937-
Geographic subjects: , North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania----Delaware----Newtown Square,
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0209; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Gene Bay oral history interview, 2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTY4MDE=
Identifier (local): DR-100_0003-01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116239

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: Peter Oddleifson oral history, 2019.
Description: Peter Oddleifson was an elder at Third Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY), an attorney who contributed to the national LGBTQ movement for equal ordination rights in the PC(USA), and an early member of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.
Creator Name(s): Oddleifson, Peter. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, June 1, 2019, June 1, 2019
Name Subject(s): That All May Freely Serve (Association), Spahr, Jane Adams., Oddleifson, Peter.
Topical Subject(s): Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0602; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: That All May Freely Serve oral histories, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzNjA=
Identifier (local): 19-0602_Oddleifson
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:285211

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
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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: Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 3, Side 1.
Description: Cassette tape 3, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses social pronouncements of the General Assembly and Presbyterians' history of supporting education. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator Name(s): Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1988, March 11-12, 1988, March 11-12, 1988
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topical Subject(s): Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: CASSETTE 1993-1997; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Interview of Dean H. Lewis / by R. Douglas Brackenridge.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1080
Identifier (local): cassette1993-1997_dean_lewis_tape3_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345268

Title: Barry Smith oral history, 2019.
Description: Barry Smith is the historian of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL). He was involved in the early years of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns in Chicago.
Creator Name(s): Smith, Barry (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Hobbs, John (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, October 2, 2019, October 2, 2019
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-1002; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Barry Smith and John Hobbs oral history interview--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTg0OTc=&qr
Identifier (local): 19-1002_barry_smith
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153450

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

Title: Interview of Dean H. Lewis by R. Douglas Brackenridge, Tape 1, Side 1.
Description: Cassette tape 1, side 1 of an interview recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 11 to 12, 1988. Dean Lewis discusses his upbringing as a Southern Baptist in Missouri, his attendance of Yale Divinity School, his time as a pastor in Springdale, Arkansas, and his career leading up to his time in the Office of Church and Society. Part of a 5 cassette tape set.
Creator Name(s): Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021. (interviewee), Brackenridge, R. Douglas. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1988, March 11-12, 1988, March 11-12, 1988
Name Subject(s): Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., Yale University. Divinity School., William Jewell College., Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962., First Presbyterian Church (Springdale, Ark.)
Topical Subject(s): Church and the world., Social policy., Church polity.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: CASSETTE 1993-1997; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Interview of Dean H. Lewis / by R. Douglas Brackenridge.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1080
Identifier (local): cassette1993-1997_dean_lewis_tape1_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344362

Title: Joanna Adams oral history, 2017.
Description: Joanna Moseley Adams, Presbyterian minister, was born October 17, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Columbia Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1979. She served Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), North Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.), and Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), before spending two years as co-pastor alongside John Buchanan at Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.). From 1996 on she was an organizer for and moderator of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. She retired in 2010.
Creator Name(s): Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer), Adams, Joanna. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2017, August 16, 2017, August 16, 2017
Name Subject(s): Adams, Joanna., Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), North Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.), Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women., Ecumenical movement., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--DeKalb--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0902; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Historical Society oral histories, 2017.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTE4NjU=
Identifier (local): 17-0902_adams_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286239

Title: Paul Lamar oral history, 2021.
Description: Paul Lamar, the oldest son of UPCUSA moderator Robert C. Lamar, talks about his father's work and witness, and about growing up gay inside and outside the Presbyterian Church.
Creator Name(s): Lamar, Paul. (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2021, February 18, 2021, February 18, 2021
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1974 : Lamar), First Presbyterian Church (Albany, N.Y.), Lamar, Paul--Interviews., Lamar, Robert C.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--Albany--Albany, United States.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 21-0216; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Paul Lamar oral history, 2021.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk4MTA=&qr
Identifier (local): 21_0216_Lamar
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:175927

Title: Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023.
Description: Oral history of Stated Clerk Emeritus Cliff Kirkpatrick interviewed by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa and recorded via Zoom by Randy Hobson of OGA Communications on July 24, 2023. The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick is an ordained minister who served for fifteen years as the Director of the Worldwide Ministries Division before becoming Stated Clerk. He served in this capacity from 1996-2008 and, at the conclusion of his service, was elected by the General Assembly as Stated Clerk Emeritus. His other leadership roles included Co-moderator of the General Assembly Special Committee on the Belhar Confession and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Kirkpatrick attended Davidson College (BA), Yale University (MDiv), and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin).
Creator Name(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945- (interviewee), Presa, Neal D. (interviewer), Hobson, Randy. (recording engineer)
Date Created: 2023, July 24, 2023, July 24, 2023
Name Subject(s): Kirkpatrick, Clifton, 1945-, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Office of the Stated Clerk., Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church leadership--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0805; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): CliffKirkpatrick_20230724
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346652

Title: David B. Smith oral history, 2019.
Description: David B. Smith is a Presbyterian minister, serving Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church (Bryn Mawr, Pa.). He grew up in western North Carolina, and attended Montreat College and Montreat Presbyterian Church (Montreat, N.C.). He completed a Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 2018.
Creator Name(s): Smith, David B. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, April 2, 2019, April 2, 2019
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Geographic subjects: United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0410; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): 19-0410_Smith
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146379

Title: Ruben Armendáriz oral history, 1975
Description: Recorded 4-19-75 in Austin, Texas. An interview with Rev. Ruben Armendáriz, director of the Hispanic-American Institute. He discusses activities of Mexican Americans at the Institute and within the Synod of Texas, PCUS. Interview conducted by R. Douglas Brackenridge.
Creator Name(s): Armendáriz, Ruben P.
Date Created: 1975, April 19, 1975, April 19, 1975
Name Subject(s): Hispanic-American Institute (Austin, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of Texas
Topical Subject(s): Mexican Americans--Religion., Mexican Americans--Texas
Geographic subjects: Texas, North America--United States--Texas--Austin
Physical Location: TAPE 509; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Ruben Armendáriz oral history, 1975--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=213
Identifier (local): tape509_ruben_armendariz
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150883

Title: Pearl Rugless O'Meally and Mary Ludlow Bookout oral history, 2019.
Description: Pearl Rugless O'Meally and Mary Ludlow were on the nominating committee that called Janie Spahr to serve as pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church and early members of That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). TAMFS began in 1993 after Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian minister, was banned by the Permanent Judicial Commission from accepting a call to serve as a pastor of Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, NY). Downtown Church formed TAMFS ministry in response, electing Spahr to serve as a "lesbian evangelist" to the PC(USA), and advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ Presbyterians.
Creator Name(s): Rugless O'Meally, Pearl. (interviewee), Ludlow, Mary. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, June 2019, June 2019
Name Subject(s): That All May Freely Serve (Association), Downtown United Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N.Y.), Rugless O'Meally, Pearl., Ludlow, Mary., Spahr, Jane Adams.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)--Homosexuality--Religious aspects., Ordination of lesbians., Presbyterian women.
Geographic subjects: Rochester (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0602; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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Identifier (local): 19-0602_OMeallyBookout
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:177400

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