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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
- 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
- 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