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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: The Susan Reynolds Underhill African Art Collection.
Description: Pamphlet for the Susan Reynolds Underhill African Art Collection at Lincoln University's Vail Library. The collection was gifted to the university by Rev. Irwin W. Underhill as a memorial to his wife who died in 1934 during her mission service in Cameroon.
Creator Name(s): Vail Library (Lincoln University) (creator)
Date Created: 1940, circa 1940s
Name Subject(s): Underhill, Irvin Windfield, 1896-1982--Archives., Underhill, Irvin Windfield, 1896-1982., Underhill, Susan R. (Susan Reynolds), 1904-1934., Vail Library (Lincoln University)
Topical Subject(s): Art objects, African., Art, African., Antiquities--Collection and preservation., African American missionaries--Cameroon., Women missionaries--Cameroon., Missionaries--Cameroon.
Geographic subjects: Cameroon., Cameroon., Cameroon., Chester County (Pa.), Africa, North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Chester
Physical Location: RG 418, Box 3, Folder 17; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Irvin Windfield Underhill Papers, 1928-1990.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-418
Identifier (local): rg418_b3_f17_underhill_art_collection
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345219

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

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: Emily Vera Gibbes.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Miss Emily V. Gibbes
Date Created: 1950, circa 1950s-1980s
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): ds7431
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348005

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: 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)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Adeke, Joseph., Ngare, Geoffrey., Adiku, Ehrenfried Tongo., Gana, David., Overton, Kermit Everett, 1924-1996., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kittoe, Charles Dawson., Agyako-Mensah, Emmanuel., Udali, Daudi., Manda, Wesley., Rachier, Hezron., Kamau, Laadan.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Clergy, Black--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Christian education--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
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:355911

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

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