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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
- 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