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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: Barber Memorial Seminary, 1935.
Description: Promotional motion picture for Presbyterian school organized in 1896 in Anniston, Alabama.
Creator Name(s): Castle Films, inc. (contributor)
Date Created: 1935
Name Subject(s): Barber Memorial Seminary.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--Alabama--Anniston., African Americans--Education--Alabama--Anniston.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Anniston., North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Anniston--Calhoun, Alabama, Anniston., Anniston (Ala.)
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC A10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Barber Memorial Seminary [motion picture].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1571
Identifier (local): A10 Barber Memorial Seminary 1935
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4304

Title: We mean to stay:
Description: Documents the agency of the National Council of Churches offering economic and social welfare assistance to the underprivileged in the delta area of Mississippi.
Creator Name(s): Roos, Barbara. (contributor), Thompson, Ken. (contributor)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Mississippi., African Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi., North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Delta, Delta (Miss. : Region)
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC B250; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: We mean to stay : the Delta Ministry in Mississippi /produced and filmed by Barbara Roos and Ken Thompson [motion picture].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1395
Identifier (local): B250 We Mean To Stay 1965
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4288

Title: Little Negro Americans, 1945.
Description: Depicts the influence of the church in the daily lives of African-American children in the North and the South. Intended to be used in a Getting Better Acquainted program for children.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Agnew, Edith J. (Edith Josephine), 1897-1988.
Topical Subject(s): African American children., Church work with African American youth., African Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC A8; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Little Negro Americans [motion picture] / produced by the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1551
Identifier (local): A8 Little Negro Americans 1945
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4305

Title: Path of progress (1945)
Description: Documents educational and medical mission work among African-Americans in the South.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (producer)
Date Created: 1945
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African Americans--Educational work.--Missions, African Americans--Missions, Medical.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: Motion Picture A19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Path of progress [motion picture] / produced by the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1620
Identifier (local): A19_PathofProgress_1945
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4317

Title: Journey to Liberation
Description: Written, directed, and produced by Anika Leila Gibbons. Executive produced by Union Theological Seminary. Includes interviews with Dr. Emilie Townes, Dr. Jacquelyn Grant, Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas and Dr. Katie Cannon.
Creator Name(s): Gibbons, Anika Leila. (creator), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) (producer)
Date Created: 2014, August 1, 2014, August 1, 2014
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Townes, Emilie Maureen, 1955-, Grant, Jacquelyn., Douglas, Kelly Brown., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy., Womanist theology., Christian ethics.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 9; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): JourneyToLiberation-1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:287112

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: The Rise of a Race, 1940.
Description: Sponsored by the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dramatization of mission work among young African Americans in the South.
Date Created: 1940, ca. 1940
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the United States. Board of National Missions.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Missions--Educational work--Southern states.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States, Southern states.
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC A102; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The Rise of a race [motion picture].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1604
Identifier (local): A102 Rise of a Race 1940
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4302

Title: Edler G. Hawkins speech, 1964.
Description: Edler Hawkins speaking on the role of the Presbyterian Church in the civil rights struggle. Presented at General Assembly, probably 1964.
Creator Name(s): Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Date Created: 1964, ca. 1964
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects: Oklahoma City (Okla.), North and Central America--United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC A99; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Civil rights speech by Edler Hawkins [motion picture].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1693
Identifier (local): A99 Edler G Hawkins 1964
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116235

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

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