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Title: Passing the Gavel.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Louisville -- Dr. Charles E.S. Kraemer (right) hands over the moderator's gavel to Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, the first black person ever to be moderator of the 900,000 member Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern). Dr. Bottoms, 66, the pastor of the predominantly white Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga., won a first-ballot victory at the denomination's 114th General Assembly in Louisville to succeed Dr. Kraemer as moderator. Dr. Bottoms had already set to other precedents in the 113-year-old PCUS, when he served as the first black moderator of the Louisville Presbytery and the first black moderator of any PCUS synod (Kentucky) -- both in 1962. Credit Must Read: Religious News Service Photo. (C-LOU-6C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 1974, June 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service., Bottoms, Lawrence., Kraemer, Charles E. S., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American clergy., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: Louisville (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Jefferson--Louisville
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Lawrence Bottoms Biographical Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=YzYzYjljY2MtNTRkYi00NDdkLTgxZmQtZGQ1NmRkZjkxMzk2&rID=Mjg4Mw==
Identifier (local): ds6700
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:281788

Title: Living The Life of Jubilee
Description: Katie Geneva Cannon address at Presbyterian Women Jubilee gathering, Louisville KY, July 15, 2000. Side B.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Date Created: 2000, July 15, 2000, July 15, 2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Louisville (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Jefferson--Louisville
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 7; 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): 20-0817Jubilee2000b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286341

Title: Living The Life of Jubilee
Description: Katie Geneva Cannon address at Presbyterian Women Jubilee gathering, Louisville KY, July 15, 2000. Side A.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Date Created: 2000, July 15, 2000, July 15, 2000
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Louisville (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Jefferson--Louisville
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 7; 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): 20-0817Jubilee2000a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286340

Title: Prophets for a New Day.
Description: Sermon delivered by Katie G. Cannon at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, December 4, 1992.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Date Created: 1992, December 4, 1992, December 4, 1992
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Geographic subjects: United States., Louisville (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Jefferson--Louisville
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 7; 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): 20-0817SBTS1992
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166498

Title: Family gospel group to be featured on television show, letter and backgrounder.
Description: Letter from Richard Jones to James Hansen with enclosed news release and backgrounder.
Date Created: 1980, ca. April 25, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation., Burson-Marsteller Associates., Cross, Vickie., Cross, Sha., Cross, Connie.
Topical Subject(s): African American gospel singers--Kentucky--Russellville., Public television--United States.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Kentucky, Russellville., , United States., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Russellville (Ky.), , , , North and Central America--United States------Logan--Kentucky--Russellville----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. P-53581; 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-53581_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149213

Title: Family gospel group to be featured on television show.
Description: Vickie Cross accompanies daughter Sha, right, as six-year-old Connie takes a break during a family gospel singing rehearsal.
Date Created: 1980, ca. April 25, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation., Cross, Vickie., Cross, Sha., Cross, Connie.
Topical Subject(s): African American gospel singers--Kentucky--Russellville., Public television--United States.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Kentucky, Russellville., , United States., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Russellville (Ky.), , , , North and Central America--United States------Logan--Kentucky--Russellville----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. P-53581; 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-53581
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148331

Title: Passing the gavel.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-45707 PASSING THE GAVEL LOUISVILLE -- Dr. Charles E.S. Kraemer (right) hands over the moderator’s gavel to Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, the first black person ever to be elected moderator of the 900,000-member Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern). Dr. Bottoms, 66, the pastor of the predominantly white Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga., won a first-ballot victory at the denomination’s 114th General Assembly in Louisville to succeed Dr. Kraemer as moderator. Dr. Bottoms had already set two other precedents in the 113-year-old PCUS, when he served as the first black moderator of the Louisville Presbytery and the first black moderator of any PCUS synod (Kentucky) -- both in 1963. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-LOU-6C-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, June 18, 1974, June 18, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kraemer, Charles E.S., Bottoms, Lawrence., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Clergy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly--Congresses., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Kentucky--Louisville., Clergy--Kentucky--Louisville., African American clergy--Kentucky--Louisville., African American Presbyterians--Kentucky--Louisville., Christian leadership--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: Kentucky, Louisville., Kentucky, Louisville., Kentucky, Louisville., Kentucky, Louisville., Louisville (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Jefferson--Louisville
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-45707; 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-45707
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360877

Title: American Mother of 1946.
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (author)
Date Created: 1946, May 2, 1946, May 2, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Clement, Emma Clarissa., Allen, Jo Ann., Emerson, Mary., Golden Rule Foundation. American Mothers Committee--Awards.
Topical Subject(s): Motherhood--United States., Award winners--Kentucky--Springfield., Women in church work--Kentucky--Springfield., African American women--Kentucky--Springfield.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3475; 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_3475_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359314

Title: American Mother of 1946.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: AMERICAN MOTHER OF 1946 #3475 SPRINGFIELD, Ky. -- Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement, granddaughter of a Negro slave and the widow of an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Bishop, has been chosen by the Golden Rule Foundation as the American Mother of 1946. She was attending a church conference here when notified of her selection. Shown with Mrs. Clement are Jo Ann Allen, left, and Mary Emerson, right. Mrs. Clement, 71-year-old mother of seven children, is a native of Providence, R.I., but now makes her home at Louisville, Ky. All her children went through college. One son, Dr. Rufus E. Clement, is president of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., and another, Frederick A. Clement, is professor of physics at West Virginia State College, Institute, W. Va. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, May 2, 1946, May 2, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Clement, Emma Clarissa., Allen, Jo Ann., Emerson, Mary., Golden Rule Foundation. American Mothers Committee--Awards.
Topical Subject(s): Motherhood--United States., Award winners--Kentucky--Springfield., Women in church work--Kentucky--Springfield., African American women--Kentucky--Springfield.
Geographic subjects: United States., Kentucky, Springfield., Kentucky, Springfield., Kentucky, Springfield., Springfield (Ky.), North and Central America--United States--Kentucky--Washington--Springfield
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3475; 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_3475
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359438

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