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Title: "Wind and Flame: Women Claiming Sacred Space" event materials.
Description: Katie G. Cannon's materials related to "Wind and Flame: Women Claiming Sacred Space", an event celebrating the ordination of women in the Presbyterian Church. Held at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dr. Cannon presented the keynote address. Includes programs and planning correspondence.
Creator Name(s): Green, Bridgett A. (author), Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. (creator)
Date Created: 2006, March 2006, March 2006
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Katie G., Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy., African American women clergy.
Geographic subjects: United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 2, Folder 16; 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): 20-0817_b2_f28
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:307292

Title: Letters and greeting cards from Rachel Henderlite's friends following her ordination, May 1965.
Description: Miscellaneous well-wishings addressed to Rachel Henderlite from her friends following her ordination to the ministry, May 1965.
Date Created: 1965, May 1965, May 1965
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f2_05
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139412

Title: Rachel Henderlite ordination newspaper clippings.
Description: Photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the ordination of Rachel Henderlite. (Greensboro Daily News, May 14, 1965; Gastonia Gazette, may 17, 1965; Presbyterian News, June 1965; Texas Presbyterians, vol. 5, no. 7, July 1965)
Date Created: 1965, May-June 1966, May-June 1966
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f2_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140033

Title: Rachel Henderlite Papers
Description: Rachel Henderlite was a teacher, writer, ordained minister, and activist. In 1965, Henderlite was ordained by Hanover Presbytery as the first woman minister of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. The collection includes photographs, audio and video recordings, a scrapbook, correspondence, lecture and sermon notes, speeches and writings, and publications. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Bishop Frederick D. Jordan congratulates Dr. Rachel Henderlite.
Creator Name(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 504; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg504

Title: Rachel Henderlite Ordination scrapbook, 1964-1965.
Description: Scrapbook containing material related to Rachel Henderlite's Ordination to the Gospel Ministry in 1965 by Hanover Presbytery. Includes newspaper clippings; correspondence among friends and colleagues; Hanover Presbytery meeting programs; Rachel' personal notes for study; church programs from both First Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, North Carolina, and from All Souls Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia; her 1965 ordination program; and miscellaneous celebratory greeting cards.
Date Created: 1964, 1964-1965, 1964-1965
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., , Richmond (Va.), Gastonia (N.C.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond, North and Central America--United States--Gaston--North Carolina--Gastonia, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139479

Title: Henderlite family letters following her ordination, May 1965.
Description: Henderlite family letters, May 1965. Includes letters from Rachel Henderlite's niece, also named Rachel, to her mother. Also includes Rachel Henderlite's letter to her sister, Virginia, and her brother-in-law, Frank Jones, following her ordination to the ministry, 1965.
Creator Name(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991. (author), Thompson, Rachel. (author)
Date Created: 1965, May 1965, May 1965
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Jones, Frank S., Jones, Virginia., Jones, Virginia.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Monroe (N.C.), Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Union--North Carolina--Monroe, North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f2_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139463

Title: Rachel Henderlite ordination service script, 1965.
Date Created: 1965, May 12, 1965, May 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., , Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f3_07
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139934

Title: Rachel Henderlite assorted materials related to her ordination to the ministry.
Description: Miscellaneous materials related to Rachel Henderlite's ordination to the ministry in 1965. Includes correspondence with her friends and colleagues and newspaper clippings.
Date Created: 1963, 1963-1966; 1975-1976, 1963-1966; 1975-1976
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., , Richmond (Va.), Austin (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond, North and Central America--United States--Travis--Texas--Travis
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f3_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139948

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Laying on of hands - posed. L to R: James Lowell Harris, forehead only of Walter H. Eastwood, Richard Firth, Walter M. Cavert, Walter Fitton, Wm. H. McConaghy.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., Harris, James Lowell., Eastwood, Walter., Firth, Richard., Cavert, Walter., Fitton, Walter., McConaghy, William H., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6366
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146325

Title: Margaret Towner with James Lowell Harris and William H. McConaghy at her ordination service, 1956.
Description: At close of service with sponsoring pastors James Lowell Harris and Wm. H. McConaghy. First Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N.Y. 1956.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.), Harris, James Lowell., McConaghy, William H.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6363
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146322

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Benediction following ordination. Rev. M.E. Towner with Richard Firth, Moderator of Presbytery.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.), Firth, Richard.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6368
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146327

Title: Margaret Towner with William H. McConaghy before her ordination service, 1956.
Description: Presbytery meeting before service. Gift of cross from Dr. Wm. H. McConaghy, Pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, Syracuse.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., McConaghy, William H., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6367
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146326

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: The actual laying on of hands. Ordination of Rev. Margaret E. Towner, First Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N.Y., 1956 October.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6365
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146324

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Being addressed the ordination questions.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6369
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146328

Title: Rachel Henderlite ordination service program, 1965.
Description: Ordination Service. Rachel Henderlite, Candidate. Wednesday, May 12, 1965, 7:30 o'clock. All Souls Presbyterian Church.
Date Created: 1965, May 12, 1965, May 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., , Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 9, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b9_f1b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139766

Title: Dr. Rachel Henderlite being greeted by Dr. Ernest Trice Thompson.
Description: Dr. Rachel Henderlite being greeted by Dr. Ernest Trice Thompson, professor emeritus at Union Theological Society, at her ordination service.
Date Created: 1965, May 12, 1965, May 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991., Thompson, Ernest Trice, 1894-1985., 1894-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., , Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f2_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139385

Title: Margaret Towner's ordaining committee.
Description: The Ordaining Committee. At time of ordination 1956 these persons were: (L to R) Walter Cavert (Presbytery), Herbert S. Schroeder, (East Genesee Syracuse), Richard Firth (Onondaga Presby.), Wm. McConaghy (1st Pres. Syra.), Walter Eastwood (1st Presby. Ch. Allentown, Pa.), Walter Fitton (1st Presby Ch. Allentown, Pa.) Missing in picture was James Lowell Harris (1st Presby. Ch. Syracuse.)
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925---Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Syracuse, N.Y.), Cavert, Walter., Schroeder, Herbert S., Firth, Richard., McConaghy, William H., Eastwood, Walter., Fitton, Walter.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: United States., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 19-0325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Towner photographs and correspondence, 1956-1982.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTgyNjE=
Identifier (local): ds6364
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146323

Title: Information service.
Description: Includes article, "World Council Report on Women in the Ministry," and "Employed Women and the Church."
Date Created: 1959, Dec 12, 1959, Dec 12, 1959
Name Subject(s): Henderlite, Rachel, 1905-1991--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Bureau of Research and Survey.
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Christianity--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States, North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 504, Box 8, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society
Related Item: Rachel Henderlite Papers, 1851-1993.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-504
Identifier (local): rg504_b8_f3_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139867

Title: Margaret Towner wearing Reverend Forster Freeman's pulpit robe with cross.
Description: Events surrounding the ordination of the Rev. Dr. Margaret E. Towner, First Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N.Y., October 24, 1956. Convening of Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery prior to the service of ordination.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925-
Topical Subject(s): Women in the Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Syracuse., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Geographic subjects: Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 89-0608; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Ellen Towner papers, 1954-1989.
Identifier (local): ds5625
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:83470

Title: Margaret Towner's ordination service, 1956.
Description: Laying on of hands during Margaret Towner's ordination service, Oct. 24, 1956.
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925-
Topical Subject(s): Women clergy--New York (State)--Syracuse., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women in the Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Geographic subjects: Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Onondaga--Syracuse
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Ellen Towner (1925-) Biographical Vertical File.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83724
Identifier (local): ds5626
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:83471

Title: First Woman Minister, Margaret Ellen Towner, 1956.
Description: Newspaper clipping of article, "First Woman Minister: Syracusan Sets Precedent in Presbyterian Church, October 24, 1956, by Roslyn Brownstein. With portrait of Margaret Ellen Towner in ordination robe.
Creator Name(s): Brownstein, Roslyn. (author)
Date Created: 1956, October 24, 1956, October 24, 1956
Name Subject(s): Towner, Margaret Ellen, 1925-
Topical Subject(s): Women in the Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Syracuse., Ordination of women--Presbyterian Church., Women clergy--New York (State)--Syracuse.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Syracuse., Syracuse (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Syracuse--Onondaga, New York (State), Syracuse.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 89-0608; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Ellen Towner papers, 1954-1989.
Identifier (local): ds5658
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:90819

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