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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: John Morton Ellis sermons, 1960-1965.
Description: Sermons by John Morton Ellis, Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist.
Creator Name(s): Ellis, John Morton, 1919-2001. (author)
Date Created: 1960, 1960-1965, 1960-1965
Name Subject(s): Ellis, John Morton, 1919-2001.
Topical Subject(s): African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Sermons, American.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0112; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Morton Ellis papers, 1960-1999.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=107995
Identifier (local): 19-0112_john_morton_ellis_sermons_1960-1965
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:221462

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: Out of the Shadows of Death
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2000, April 2000, April 2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G., Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1972-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk4MDY=
Identifier (local): 21-0109_b1_022
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:174578

Title: Out of the Shadows of Death
Description: Includes multiple working drafts written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Womanist theology., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b2_f70
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:291291

Title: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
Description: Various essays, publications, and correspondence related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes writings by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), Franklin, Robert M., 1954- (author), Jackson, Timothy P. (Timothy Patrick) (author)
Date Created: 2000, circa 2000s
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Liberation theology., Ethics.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 49; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f49
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:304709

Title: 30 Years After Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death
Description: Materials related to The Presbyterian Outlook forum which reflected on the 30 year anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes a contribution by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., and planning correspondence with Robert Bullock, Editor of the publication.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), Bullock, Robert. (author)
Date Created: 1998
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 48; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f48
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:303289

Title: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. subject file.
Description: Various articles, publications, and educational materials related to the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes works written by Katie G. Cannon. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (author), Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998. (author), Bennett, John C. (John Coleman), 1902-1995. (author), Heschel, Abraham J. (Abraham Joshua), 1907-1972. (author)
Date Created: 1967, circa 1967-2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam (U.S.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Religious aspects--Christianity., Ethics., Liberation theology., Black power., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b1_f19
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:281978

Title: Field Examination II.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, candidate for Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 1980, December 1980, December 1980
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., African American civil rights workers., Ethics.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b1_f22
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:283716

Title: The Beloved Community and Eco-Justice.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., to commemorate the forty-second anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2010
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Ethics., Liberation ethics., Environmental justice.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, NYC
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1965-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MzQ=
Identifier (local): 21-0602_b2_f48
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:290710

Title: Preaching in the Language of Justice.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., to commemorate the thirty-second anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for a lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary. Also includes correspondence with PTS staff planning her speaking engagement at the school.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 1999, 1999-2000, 1999-2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Princeton Theological Seminary.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Theology--Study and teaching., Liberation theology.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 47; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f47
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:302204

Title: Justice Ethics
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., to commemorate the thirty-sixth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 2004
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., Theology--Study and teaching., Liberation theology.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 41; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f41
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:304888

Title: Tribute to the Reverend Doctor Gardner C. Taylor.
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., for the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Pastors Conference. Includes a letter from Dr. Iva E. Carruthers.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author), Carruthers, Iva E., 1945- (author)
Date Created: 2003, 2003-2004, 2003-2004
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Taylor, Gardner C., Samuel DeWitt Proctor Pastors Conference (2004)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American civil rights workers., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 1, Folder 34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): 20-0817_b1_f34
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:306793

Title: Black Thought/Black Strategy
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 1983, December 3, 1983, December 3, 1983
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Cox, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1901-1974., Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963., Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950., Kelsey, George D., 1910-1996.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., Ethics., African American educators.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1972-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk4MDY=
Identifier (local): 21-0109_b4_013
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:174331

Title: Black Thought/Black Strategy
Description: Written by Katie G. Cannon. Pages 19-22 of document are not included. Credit: Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (author)
Date Created: 1983, December 3, 1983, December 3, 1983
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G., Archives., Cox, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1901-1974., Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963., Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950., Kelsey, George D., 1910-1996.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American seminarians., Women seminarians., Ethics., African American educators.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Digital files only at PHS. Original records at Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon papers, 1972-2018.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk4MDY=
Identifier (local): 21-0109_b4_014
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:174299

Title: Gayraud Wilmore address at Virginia Union University, 2005.
Description: WAV rip from CD.
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (speaker)
Date Created: 2005
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals.
Geographic subjects: Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 9; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): Wilmore2005
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339453

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: 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: 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: 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.
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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
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Identifier (local): 21-0514_Barclay
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286179

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