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- 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
- Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 1, side 2.
- Description
- Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
- Creator Name(s)
- Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
- Date Created
- 1989, December 7, 1989-January 18, 1990
- Name Subject(s)
- Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
- Geographic subjects
- Princeton Junction (N.J.), North and Central America--United States--New Jersey--Mercer--Princeton Junction
- Physical Location
- CASSETTE 557; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- [Interview with] Kenneth Neigh [sound recording] / [conducted by] Susan Miller.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1280
- Identifier (local)
- cassette557_neigh_tape1_side2
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:116419
- 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
- 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
- Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 2, side 2.
- Description
- Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of PHS.
- Creator Name(s)
- Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
- Date Created
- December 7, 1989-January 18, 1990, 1989
- Name Subject(s)
- Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
- Geographic subjects
- Princeton Junction (N.J.), North and Central America--United States--Princeton--New Jersey--Mercer
- Physical Location
- CASSETTE 557; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- [Interview with] Kenneth Neigh [sound recording] / [conducted by] Susan Miller.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1280
- Identifier (local)
- cassette557_neigh_tape2_side2
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:116414
- 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
- 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
- Kenneth G. Neigh interviewed by Susan Miller, 1989-1990, tape 2, side 1.
- Description
- Kenneth Neigh, general secretary of the UPCUSA Board of National Missions, interviewed by Susan Miller of PHS.
- Creator Name(s)
- Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Miller, Susan, 1963- (interviewer)
- Date Created
- 1989, December 7, 1989-January 18, 1990
- Name Subject(s)
- Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996.
- Geographic subjects
- Princeton Junction (N.J.), North and Central America--United States--New Jersey--Mercer--Princeton
- Physical Location
- CASSETTE 557; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- [Interview with] Kenneth Neigh [sound recording] / [conducted by] Susan Miller.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1280
- Identifier (local)
- cassette557_neigh_tape2_side1
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:116427
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Related Item
- Cliff Kirkpatrick oral history, 2023. --https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA2ODQ=
- 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
- Related Item
- David B. Smith oral history, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyOTE=&qr
- 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
- Related Item
- That All May Freely Serve oral histories, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzNjA=&qr
- Identifier (local)
- 19-0602_OMeallyBookout
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:177400