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Title: Eugene Turner, Gayraud Wilmore, and Oscar McCloud at General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921- (creator)
Date Created: 2000, ca. 2000s
Name Subject(s): Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921---Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Turner, Eugene G., 1934-, McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 526, Box 1, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Gayraud Wilmore Papers, 1848-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-526
Identifier (local): ds6608
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:160497

Title: Rev. Dr. James H. Costen at the 209th General Assembly in Syracuse, New York, June 1997.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 209th General Assembly - Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Syracuse, N.Y. - June 1997 - Photo by Ron Rice.
Creator Name(s): Rice, Ronald B., 1937- (photographer)
Date Created: 1997, June 1997, June 1997
Name Subject(s): Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (209th : 1997 : Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American clergy.
Geographic subjects: Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Onondaga--New York--Syracuse
Physical Location: RG 538, Box 6, Folder 18; 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): ds7343
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300395

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: 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: Arthur Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator Name(s): Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Arthur., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American clergy--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7210
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289480

Title: 182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Dr. Hazaiah Williams, Director of Urban Black Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, addressing the Pre-Assembly Conference on Evangelism.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media.
Date Created: 1970, May 20-27, 1970
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), Graduate Theological Union. Center for Urban-Black Studies., Williams, Hazaiah.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: SLIDES B49 (3); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 182nd General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1794
Identifier (local): slides_b49_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161341

Title: 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description: James Forman, spokesman for National Black Economic Development Conference, addresses the General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator), Griffing, Fred. (photographer)
Date Created: 1969, May 14-21, 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: SLIDES B28 (18); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 181st General Assembly [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1917
Identifier (local): ds6644
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161300

Title: 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description: James Forman, spokesman for National Black Economic Development Conference, addresses the General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator), Griffing, Fred. (photographer)
Date Created: 1969, May 14-21, 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: SLIDES B28 (10); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 181st General Assembly [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1917
Identifier (local): ds6645
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161282

Title: 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: James Forman, spokesman for National Black Economic Development Conference, addresses the General Assembly.
Date Created: 1969, May 14-21, 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: SLIDES B95 (18); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 181st General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1854
Identifier (local): slides_b95_18
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161319

Title: 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Close-up of James Forman.
Date Created: 1969, May 14-21, 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: SLIDES B95 (19); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 181st General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1854
Identifier (local): slides_b95_19
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161321

Title: 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Gayraud Wilmore, Chairman of Division of Church and Race, addresses the General Assembly.
Date Created: 1969, May 14-21, 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: SLIDES B95 (20); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 181st General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1854
Identifier (local): slides_b95_20
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161322

Title: Black manifesto, May 15, 1969.
Description: Presentation of UPCUSA General Council to the General Assembly by Eliezer Risco, Obed Lopez, Gayraud Wilmore, James Forman, Metz Rollins, and Edler G. Hawkins to the 181st General Assembly, May 15, 1969, on Forman's Black Manifesto and racial reconciliation.
Creator Name(s): Risco, Eliezer. (speaker), Lopez, Obed. (speaker), Wilmore, Gayraud S. (speaker), Forman, James, 1928-2005. (speaker), Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- (speaker), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977. (speaker)
Date Created: 1969, May 15, 1969
Name Subject(s): Forman, James, 1928-2005., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--San Antonio
Physical Location: TAPE 1178; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Black manifesto and related demands] [sound recording].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=459
Identifier (local): tape1178_black_manifesto
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116533

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: 182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Mr. Herman Holmes, Acting Director, National Black Economic Development Conference.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Date Created: 1970, May 20-27, 1970
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), National Black Economic Development Conference., Holmes, Herman.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American civil rights workers., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: SLIDES B49 (14); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 182nd General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1794
Identifier (local): slides_b49_14
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161351

Title: 182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Virgil Jones, Chairman of Standing Committee on Church and Race.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Date Created: 1970, May 20-27, 1970
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., Jones, Virgil.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: SLIDES B49 (18); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 182nd General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1794
Identifier (local): slides_b49_18
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161355

Title: 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. Edler Hawkins, Chairman of Council on Church and Race, Rev. Gayraud Wilmore, Chairman of Division of Church and Race, and Rev. John Duley, Chairman Standing Committee on Church and Society.
Date Created: 1969, May 14-21, 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., Wilmore, Gayraud S. (Gayraud Stephen), 1921-, Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., Duley, John.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., African American Presbyterians., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Bexar--San Antonio
Physical Location: SLIDES B95 (21); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 181st General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1854
Identifier (local): slides_b95_21
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161288

Title: Black Manifesto Leadership at 181st General Assembly, 1969.
Description: Spokesmen for black- and brown-power organizations outline their positions at press conference following Assembly session. From left: Obed Lopez, of the Latin American Defense Organization; Eliezer Risco, of La Raza; James Forman, of the National Black Economic Development Conference; the Rev. Gayraud S. Wilmore, chairman of the Presbyterian Division of Church and Race; the Rev. J. Metz Rollins, of the National Committee of Black Churchmen; the Rev. Willis C. Tabor, of Black Presbyterians United; and the Rev. Frank H. Heinze, of the Presbyterian Office of Information. (From Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1969, p. 8, "Challenge and response" article.)
Date Created: 1969, May 1969, May 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Texas), Lopez, Obed., Risco, Eliezer., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-, Tabor, Willis C., Heinze, Frank H., Latin American Defense Organization (Chicago, Ill.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.), National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Bexar--Texas--San Antonio
Physical Location: MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds6222
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139009

Title: Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator Name(s): Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7216
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289483

Title: Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator Name(s): Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7228
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289488

Title: Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator Name(s): Sorem, Al. (photographer)
Date Created: 1976, circa 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7222
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289492

Title: Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator Name(s): Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7237
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289470

Title: Thelma Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: UPC Moderator Thelma Adair.
Date Created: 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7233
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289474

Title: Thelma Adair moderating at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Mod. Thelma Adair at work - staff of Vocation Agency.
Creator Name(s): Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Vocation Agency.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7227
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289457

Title: Thelma Adair, UPC Moderator.
Date Created: 1976, circa 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7212
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289468

Title: Thelma and Arthur Adair at the 188th General Assembly, 1976.
Creator Name(s): Kostyu, Frank A. (photographer)
Date Created: 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., Adair, Arthur., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7241
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289473

Title: United Presbyterians Elect Black Woman.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Presbyterians Elect Black Woman. Baltimore -- Dr. Thelma Davidson Adair, 55, of New York City, was chosen as the first black woman moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. during its General Assembly in Baltimore. An unprecedented four ballots were needed for her election to a one-year term as the denomination's top elected official. The General Assembly also elected another woman, Martha P. Martin of Cincinnati, as their vice-moderator for the year ahead. Dr. Adair is an elder (lay leader) of the Mount Morris Presbyterian Church in Harlem, of which her husband is pastor. She has taught at all levels, from college to nursery school, and has held many church posts.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1976, circa 1976
Name Subject(s): Adair, Thelma., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (188th : 1976 : Baltimore), \tMt. Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Presbyterian women--United States., Social reformers--United States., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Maryland, Baltimore., North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 84-0221, Box 19; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.D. Magazine Records, 1950-1983.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=NDQ3&qrs=
Identifier (local): ds7219
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:289493

Title: Rev. Kermit Overton at the 183rd General Assembly in Rochester, N.Y., 1971.
Description: The Rev. Kermit Overton of Black Presbyterians United, urging modification of reunion plans with the Presbyterian Church U.S.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.) (creator)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.), Overton, Kermit Everett, 1924-1996., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): Christian union--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States--20th century., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: 20th century., United States, 20th century., Rochester (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Physical Location: SLIDES B66 (30); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Slides of the 183rd General Assembly] United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1783
Identifier (local): ds6601
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:160304

Title: Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side B.
Description: Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side B.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Date Created: 1971, May 1971, May 1971
Name Subject(s): Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Imprisonment--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals--20th century., Political activists--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., 20th century., United States, 20th century., Rochester (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Physical Location: CASSETTE85; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly [sound recording].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1180
Identifier (local): CASSETTE85b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166012

Title: 181st General Assembly press releases regarding Black Manifesto and La Raza, 1969.
Description: Press releases that spotlight the demands made at the 181st General Assembly in San Antonio, Texas, by James Forman of the National Black Economic Development Conference and Eliezer Risco of La Raza.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Council. (publisher), Forman, James, 1928-2005. (author), Risco, Eliezer. (author)
Date Created: 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Forman, James, 1928-2005., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-, Risco, Eliezer., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.)
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., African Americans--Economic conditions., Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions.
Geographic subjects: San Antonio (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Bexar--Texas--San Antonio
Physical Location: RG 301.9, Box 12, Folder 22; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race Records, 1963-1971.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-3019
Identifier (local): rg301-9_b12_f22
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:178705

Title: Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly, 1971, side A.
Description: Debate about Angela Davis at the 183rd General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Recorded in Rochester, N.Y., May 1971. Side A.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Date Created: 1971, May 1971, May 1971
Name Subject(s): Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (183rd : 1971 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Political activists--United States--20th century., African American intellectuals.--United States--20th century., Imprisonment--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., Rochester (N.Y.)
Physical Location: CASSETTE 85; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Angela Davis debate, 183rd General Assembly [sound recording].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1180
Identifier (local): CASSETTE85a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166011

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