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Title: Emily Vera Gibbes.
Date Created: 1972
Name Subject(s): Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004., Gibbes, Emily Vera, 1915-2004--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian Women., Women in missionary work--Cameroon., Women in missionary work--Kenya., Women Christian educators.
Geographic subjects: Cameroon., Kenya.
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Emily Vera Gibbes (1915-2004) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MzQ3Mg==&
Identifier (local): ds7432
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348006

Title: Adolphus Clemens Good Papers
Description: Adolphus Clemens Good was appointed in 1882 by the Board of Foreign Missions to the West Africa Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Initially assigned to the Baraka Station, he was transferred to the Ogowe River area in 1884 and spent the bulk of his career there. In addition to his work as a teacher and evangelist, Dr. Good studied bird and animal life in the Ogowe Valley and in the Cameroon, as well as the ethnology and religious beliefs of various West African tribes. He also prepared a text on Bulu grammar which was published posthumously. Consists of Dr. Good's journals and notes, his papers on the religious beliefs of the Gabwa and the role of women among the Bulu, and miscellaneous Bulu language items. The collection also contains various personal items, including letters sent to his widow, Lydia B. Walker Good. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Portrait of Adolphus Clemens Good, undated.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (creator)
Date Created: 1882, 1882-1896, 1882, 1896, 1882-1896
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894., Good, Lydia Belle Walker, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Africa., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Missions--Gabon., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon., Bulu (African people)--Social life and customs., Gabonese--Religion., Bulu language--Texts.
Geographic subjects: Africa., Africa, West., Congo (Democratic Republic), Gabon., Cameroon., Ogooué River Region (Gabon), Baraka (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Gabon, Africa--Cameroon, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 169; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adolphus Clemens Good Papers, 1882-1896.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-169
Identifier (local): rg169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:adgood

Title: Senior African pastors.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32195 SENIOR AFRICAN PASTORS NEW YORK -- Certificates marking completion of a nine-month African Senior Pastors’ Institute in the U.S. were presented to 10 African clergymen at the National Council of Churches’ headquarters in New York. Jointly arranged by the NCC and the World Council of Churches, the institute included seminary study, conferences and three months of local parish work. From left to right are the Rev. Joseph Adeke of the Anglican Church in Uganda; the Rev. Geoffrey Ngare, Presbyterian pastor from Ghana; the Rev. David Gana, Presbyterian pastor from West Cameroon; the Rev. Kermit Overton, fraternal worker in Cameroon for the United Presbyterian Church and director of the Institute; the Rev. Charles Kittoe, principal of Freeman College in Ghana where Methodist lay workers and catechists are trained; the Rev. Emmanuel Agyako-Mensah, Presbyterian pastor in Ghana; the Rev. Daudi Udali, Anglican pastor in Kenya; the Rev. Wesley Manda, Presbyterian pastor in Malawi; the Rev. Hezron Rachier, Anglican pastor in Kenya, and the Rev. Laadan Kamau, Anglican pastor in Kenya. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2D-65-W)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32195; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32195
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356023

Title: Evelyn Adams in African clothing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Evelyn Adams in African School-girl costume Batanga, West-Africa.
Date Created: 1912, ca. 1912
Name Subject(s): Adams, Evelyn A. (Evelyn Alice), 1907-2003., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. West Africa Mission.
Geographic subjects: Cameroon., Africa--Cameroon
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 14-0603; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Simonton family correspondence, 1867-1868.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78199
Identifier (local): ds703
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5070

Title: African exhibit at Baptist conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #4378 AFRICAN EXHIBIT AT BAPTIST CONFERENCE TACOMA, Wash. -- Missionaries attending the 28th meeting here of the North American Baptist Conference, formerly the German Baptist Conference, examine an African exhibit at the First Baptist church. Articles came from the Cameroons, West Africa, where these missionaries will take up their work. LEFT TO RIGHT are: George D. Henderson, Toccoa Falls, Ga.; Miss Alma Siewert, Milwaukee, Wis.; the Rev. George A. Dunger, Hartford, Conn.; the Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Schneider, Dallas, Ore.; Miss Esther Schultz, Auburn, Mich., and Miss Clara Gebauer, McMinnville, Ore. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (YP-TAC-WASH-MES-8E-6-M)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4378; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_4378
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360344

Title: Robert Ervin Wilson oral history.
Description: Presbyterian Historical Society Records Archivist David Staniunas interviews Robert E. Wilson, vice-moderator of the 217th Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama, 2006. Wilson was born on January 23, 1939 in Gastonia, N.C., and raised in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Barred from professional employment by segregation in North Carolina, Wilson found federal civil service work at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, N.J., in 1961. He and Patricia Isles were married on June 17, 1961. The couple joined Ironia Presbyterian Church (Ironia, N.J.) in 1963. Wilson retired from the federal civil service in 1995. In 2001, he served as president of the National Council of Presbyterian Men.
Creator Name(s): Wilson, Robert E., 1939- (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2017, June 29, 2017, June 29, 2017
Name Subject(s): Wilson, Robert E., 1939-, Gray, Joan S. (Joan Standridge), 1952-
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0516, SPP 128; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Robert Wilson papers, 2006-2008.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=107933
Identifier (local): 17-0516_robert-wilson
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116406

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: Dr. James Costen Interdenominational Theological Center interview.
Description: Interview with Dr. James Costen regarding his retirement from the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998.
Creator Name(s): Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1998, ca. 1998, ca. 1998
Name Subject(s): Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American leadership.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 5, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: James and Melva Costen Papers, 1934-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-538
Identifier (local): Jim_ITC_interview
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300797

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