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Title: James Costen Sr. interviewed by James Costen Jr., Interdenominational Theological Center, 1998.
Creator Name(s): Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee), Costen, James Hutten, 1955-2018. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1998, 1998, 1998
Name Subject(s): Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American Christian educators., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta--Fulton
Physical Location: RG 538, Box E, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: James and Melva Costen Papers, 1934-2019.--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-538
Identifier (local): E1JimSrJimJr1998
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348016

Title: Oscar McCloud on Cuba, 2019.
Description: Oral history taken with Oscar McCloud at the gathering of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus in Atlanta, June 27, 2019.
Creator Name(s): McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2019, June 27, 2019, June 27, 2019
Name Subject(s): McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936---Interviews.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: Cuba, Foreign relations, United States., United States., North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta--Fulton, North and Central America--Cuba
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0701; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus documentation, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzODA=&qr
Identifier (local): OscarMcCloud720
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:167078

Title: Allie Latimer oral history, 2019, part 2
Creator Name(s): Latimer, Allie, 1929-
Date Created: 2019, June 28-29, 2019, June 28-29, 2019
Name Subject(s): Deacons for Defense and Justice
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0701; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus documentation--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzODA=&qr
Identifier (local): AllieLatimer2sm
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166009

Title: Allie Latimer oral history, 2019, part 1
Creator Name(s): Latimer, Allie, 1929-
Date Created: 2019, June 28-29, 2019, June 28-29, 2019
Name Subject(s): Deacons for Defense and Justice
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0701; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus documentation--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzODA=&qr
Identifier (local): AllieLatimer_part1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166008

Title: Magalene McClarrin oral history, 2022
Description: Magalene McClarrin is a Presbyterian educator. Born in Roanoke, Va., she graduated from Johnson C. Smith University in 1972 and was recrutied to teach English in the Wyandanch Union Fre School District on Long Island. She is a member of Memorial Presbyterian Church (Roosevelt, N.Y.) and has served as moderator of the Presbytery of Long Island committee on ministry.
Creator Name(s): McClarrin, Magalene
Date Created: 2022, July 2022, July 2022
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIUVES 22-0701; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Magalene McClarrin oral history--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAzMDI=&qr
Identifier (local): 22-0701_McClarrin
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:287167

Title: Cedric Portis oral history, 2023
Description: Oral history, 28 November 2023, on the history of Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.), its property struggles with the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, and the eventual reparative actions undertaken by the presbytery in 2023.
Creator Name(s): Portis, Cedric (interviewee), Staniunas, David (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): Third Presbyterian Church (St. Louis, Mo.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Missouri--St. Louis
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-1143; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Cedric Portis oral history, 2023--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA4MTg=&s
Identifier (local): 23-1143_Portis
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:347416

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: Edwin Bethea oral history, 2023.
Description: Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023.
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0855; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Edwin Bethea oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3MTU%3d
Identifier (local): 23-0855_EdwinBethea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345295

Title: J. Herbert Nelson II oral history, 2023.
Description: Interview of PC(USA) stated clerk J. Herbert Nelson II by Margaret Priest of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, June 2023.
Creator Name(s): Nelson, J. Herbert, 1959-, II (interviewee)
Date Created: 2023, June 2023, June 2023
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
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=&q
Identifier (local): 23-0933_JHerbert
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357740

Title: Women in Theology and Ministry Oral History Program oral history interview with Melva Costen.
Description: Text transcribed from front of DVD: WTM Oral History Project - Melva Costen - October 1, 2008. Interview conducted at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Creator Name(s): Moore, Mary Elizabeth, 1945- (interviewer), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2008, October 1, 2008, October 1, 2008
Name Subject(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American leadership., African American Christian educators., Music--Religious aspects., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States, United States.
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 1, Folder 14; 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): Melva_interview_2008
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300798

Title: Corine Cannon oral history, 2019.
Description: Interview of Corine Cannon conducted in Atlanta, Ga., June 2019
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Corine, 1919-
Date Created: 2019, June 2019, June 2019
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Corine, 1919-
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects: Kannapolis (N.C.), United States., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Cabarrus--Kannapolis, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0701; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus documentation, 2019.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgzODA=&qr
Identifier (local): CorineCannon-720
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150680

Title: Joe Scrivner oral history, 2022
Description: Joe Scrivner is Dean of Chapel at Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and pastor of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Creator Name(s): Scrivner, Joe (interviewee)
Date Created: 2022, October 28, 2022, October 28, 2022
Name Subject(s): Stillman College, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians, Afrocentrism--Religious aspects--Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 22-1029; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Joe Scrivner oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA0MjA=&q
Identifier (local): Scrivner.mp4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:294115

Title: J. Herbert Nelson II oral history, 2023
Description: Interview of J. Herbert Nelson II, taken 13 January 2023, on his time at Liberation Community Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Creator Name(s): Nelson, J. Herbert II, 1959- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2023, January 13, 2023, January 13, 2023
Name Subject(s): Liberation Community Church (Memphis, Tenn.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians, Afrocentrism, Racism--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0107; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: J. Herbert Nelson II oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA0NjY=&q
Identifier (local): 23-0107_NelsonII
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309059

Title: Jermaine Ross-Allam oral history, 2023.
Description: Jermaine Ross-Allam of the PC(USA) Center for Repair of Historic Harms, interviewed by Margaret Priest of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, May 29, 2023.
Creator Name(s): Ross-Allam, Jermaine. (interviewee), Priest, Margaret. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, May 29, 2023, May 29, 2023
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Center for the Repair of Historic Harms.
Topical Subject(s): Racism--United States., Reparations for historical injustices., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: United States.
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=&q
Identifier (local): 23-0933_jermaine_ross-allam
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:354005

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
Related Item: Annanda Barclay oral history, 2021.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk5MjI=
Identifier (local): 21-0514_Barclay
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286179

Title: Bertram Johnson oral history, 2019.
Description: Bertram Johnson became the first openly gay African American to be ordained as a pastor in the PC(USA) in 2014. He grew up Baptist, attended Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington), and was ordained at Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington) as a Teaching Elder in 2014.
Creator Name(s): Johnson, Bertram. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2019, November 12, 2019, November 12, 2019
Name Subject(s): Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Wash.), Presbyterian Welcome (Organization), Johnson, Bertram.
Topical Subject(s): Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: Seattle (Wash.), North and Central America--United States--Washington--King--Seattle
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=
Identifier (local): 19-1125_Bertram_Johnson
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:281973

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: 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: Ashley DeTar-Birt oral history, 2019.
Description: In 2018, Rev. Ashley DeTar-Birt, an out bisexual woman, was ordained in the PC(USA). She was ordained by Rutgers Presbyterian Church in New York as the Pastoral Fellow for Youth and Families. Ashley DeTar-Birt holds a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. She currently serves on the board of More Light Presbyterians and is an advocate for youth ministry and social justice.
Creator Name(s): DeTar-Birt, Ashley. (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), DeTar-Birt, Ashley.
Topical Subject(s): Bisexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Social justice--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women., Ordination of gays., Ordination of lesbians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
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_Ashley_DeTarBirt
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166800

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