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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: Bettie Durrah Living History interview, 2013.
Description: Bettie J. Durrah is a Presbyterian elder, born in Newman, Georgia, a fourth-generation African American Presbyterian. She completed a bachelor's degree in Biology at Spelman College, and holds two master's degrees, from Clark Atlanta University and Georgia State University. From 1995 to 2004 she served in the PC(USA) Women's Ministries as national staff in the Synods of Living Waters, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Trinity. An elder at Radcliffe Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.), she has served as moderator of Presbyterian Women at congregation, presbytery, and synod levels; as moderator of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta; and was a commissioner to the 2000 General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): Durrah, Bettie J. (interviewee)
Date Created: 2013
Name Subject(s): Durrah, Bettie J.--Interviews.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American women in church work.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 18-0407; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Bettie Durrah Living History interview, 2013.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTc4NjM=
Identifier (local): 18-0407_BettieDurrah2013
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:124549

Title: Margaret Jerrido oral history.
Description: Oral history of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church archivist, Margaret Jerrido, conducted by David Staniunas, September 27, 2016. Margaret Jerrido is the archivist of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). She was born and raised in Philadelphia, graduated from Temple University, completed an MLIS at Drexel University, and was a long-serving archivist at the Temple Urban Archives.
Creator Name(s): Jerrido, Margaret. (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2016, September 27, 2016, September 27, 2016
Name Subject(s): Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Jerrido, Margaret.
Topical Subject(s): Church archives--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American churches--Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 20-1207; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Margaret Jerrido oral history.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTk3ODQ=&in
Identifier (local): MargaretJerrido_27September2016
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:166801

Title: Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987.
Description: Dr. Katie Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1987, December 7, 1987, December 7, 1987
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.
Topical Subject(s): Womanist theology., African American Presbyterians., African American women clergy., Women in the Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: CASSETTE 1900; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Interview of Katie Cannon [sound recording] / by Alice Brasfield.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1061
Identifier (local): cassette1900_katie_cannon
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116524

Title: Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987, side 2.
Description: Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1987, December 7, 1987, December 7, 1987
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Women in the Presbyterian Church., Womanist theology., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Boston--Suffolk, United States., Boston (Mass.)
Physical Location: CASSETTE 1900; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Interview of Katie Cannon [sound recording] / by Alice Brasfield.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1061
Identifier (local): cassette1900_katie_cannon_side2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116459

Title: Clinton Marsh interviewed by Lawrence Bottoms, 1990.
Description: In Atlanta, 6 December 1990.
Creator Name(s): Marsh, Clinton M. (Clinton McClurkin), 1916-2002. (interviewee), Bottoms, Lawrence Wendell, 1908-1994. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1990, December 6, 1990, December 6, 1990
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History., African American churches., African Americans--Religious life.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 01-1005d; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Office of the Stated Clerk records, 1990-1995.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mjk2MA==&qr
Identifier (local): 6December1990_Marsh
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:183345

Title: Lawrence Bottoms interviewed by Doug Brackenridge, 1975.
Description: Lawrence Bottoms was the first African American moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Recorded 2-17-75 at First Presbyterian Church (San Antonio, Tex.)
Creator Name(s): Bottoms, Lawrence, 1908-1994. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1975, February 17, 1975, February 17, 1975
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Physical Location: TAPE 507; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Lawrence Bottoms interviewed by Doug Brackenridge [sound recording].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=264
Identifier (local): TAPE507
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:280762

Title: Delrio A. Ligons-Berry oral history, 2021.
Description: Sonia Prescott interviewing Delrio A. Ligons-Berry of Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1 December 2021.
Creator Name(s): Ligons-Berry, Delrio A. (speaker), Prescott, Sonia. (speaker)
Date Created: 2021, December 1, 2021, December 1, 2021
Name Subject(s): Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--Pennsylvania--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 21-1203; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Delrio A. Ligons-Berry oral history, 2021.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjAwOTc=&sI
Identifier (local): DelrioBerry1December
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:182034

Title: Leon Fanniel interviewed by Beth Shalom Hessel, 2017.
Description: Leon Fanniel, Presbyterian musician, administrator, and minister, was born in 1930 in Kansas City, Mo., and graduated from Huston-Tillotson College (Austin, Tex.), George Williams College (Chicago, Ill.), and McCormick Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Chicago in 1969. Fanniel was executive of the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii in 1971-1972, and became the first executive director of the General Assembly Mission Council, serving from 1972 to 1975. Fanniel served as pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) from 1975 to 1996. He died December 20, 2018 in Pasadena, California.
Creator Name(s): Fanniel, Leon, 1930-2018. (interviewee), Hessel, Beth Shalom. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2017, August 28, 2017, August 28, 2017
Name Subject(s): National Black Presbyterian Caucus.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: United States--California--Pasadena
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0902; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Historical Society oral histories, 2017.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTE4NjU=&qr
Identifier (local): 17-0902_fanniel_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149653

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: 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

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: William Lloyd Imes oral history transcript, 1980
Description: William Lloyd Imes interviewed by J. Oscar McCloud in Dundee, N.Y., 1980. Imes was a long-serving pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.).
Creator Name(s): Imes, William Lloyd, 1889-1986 (interviewee), McCloud, J. Oscar (James Oscar), 1936-
Date Created: 1980, 1980, 1980
Name Subject(s): St. James Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 93-0929a; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Program Agency records, 1980-1982.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTU0NQ==&q
Identifier (local): 93-0929a_Imes
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:294116

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: Ethel Hawkins interviewed by Mrs. Fletcher, side B, 1991.
Creator Name(s): Hawkins, Ethel. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1991
Name Subject(s): Richard Allen Institute (Pine Bluff, Ark.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History., African American churches., African Americans--Religious life.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 01-1005d; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Office of the Stated Clerk records, 1990-1995.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mjk2MA==&qr
Identifier (local): 1991EthelHawkinsb
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:183635

Title: Ethel Hawkins interviewed by Mrs. Fletcher, side A, 1991.
Creator Name(s): Hawkins, Ethel. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1991
Name Subject(s): Richard Allen Institute (Pine Bluff, Ark.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History., African American churches., African Americans--Religious life.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 01-1005d; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Office of the Stated Clerk records, 1990-1995.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mjk2MA==&qr
Identifier (local): 1991EthelHawkinsa
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:183346

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: 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: Jim Costen interviewed by Lawrence Bottoms, 1991.
Description: At Morningside Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 11 July 1991.
Creator Name(s): Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003. (interviewee), Bottoms, Lawrence. (interviewer)
Date Created: 1991, July 11, 1991, July 11, 1991
Name Subject(s): Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--History., African American churches., African Americans--Religious life.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 01-1005d; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Office of the Stated Clerk records, 1990-1995.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mjk2MA==&qr
Identifier (local): 11July1991_Costen
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:183344

Title: Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987, side 1.
Description: Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Date Created: 1987, December 7, 1987, December 7, 1987
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., Women in the Presbyterian Church., Womanist theology., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy., African American intellectuals.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Boston--Suffolk, United States., Boston (Mass.)
Physical Location: CASSETTE 1900; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Interview of Katie Cannon [sound recording] / by Alice Brasfield.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1061
Identifier (local): cassette1900_katie_cannon_side1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116466

Title: Shelton Bishop Waters oral history, probably 1998, side b
Description: Shelton Bishop Waters was an African American Presbyterian minister. Born in 1918 in Pittsburgh, he was educated at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.) and Lincoln University. From 1947 to 1969 he was pastor of First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, serving as moderator of the presbytery in 1965 and moderator of the Synod of the Trinity in 1966. From 1975 to 1985 he was pastor of Northeastern Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.). He died in 2013.
Creator Name(s): Waters, Shelton Bishop, 1918-2013
Date Created: 1998, about 1998, about 1998
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0647, box 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Mission Agency Communications records, 1978-2008.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA4MDc=&q
Identifier (local): 17-0647_WatersB
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346986

Title: Shelton Bishop Waters oral history, probably 1998, side a
Description: Shelton Bishop Waters was an African American Presbyterian minister. Born in 1918 in Pittsburgh, he was educated at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.) and Lincoln University. From 1947 to 1969 he was pastor of First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, serving as moderator of the presbytery in 1965 and moderator of the Synod of the Trinity in 1966. From 1975 to 1985 he was pastor of Northeastern Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.). He died in 2013.
Creator Name(s): Waters, Shelton Bishop, 1918-2013
Date Created: 1998, about 1998, about 1998
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 17-0647, box 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Mission Agency Communications records, 1978-2008.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA4MDc=&q
Identifier (local): 17-0647_WatersA
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346985

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: Richard Dozier oral history, 2024
Description: Oral history with Richard Dozier, contributions from Joe Rigsby, 23 February 2024, on the Harbison Development Corporation (Harbison, S.C.). Richard Franklin Dozier is an African American Presbyterian minister, born 30 May 1942 in Saluda, S.C. He completed a bachelor's degree at Johnson C. Smith University in 1964, and graduated from Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary in 1967. He served Northminster Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.) from its organization in 1967 until 2011. From 1968 to 1983 he and Jim Costen led the Harbison Development Corporation, a land-development corporation for the new community of Harbison, S.C.
Creator Name(s): Dozier, Richard Franklin, 1942- (interviewee)
Date Created: 2024, February 23, 2024, February 23, 2024
Name Subject(s): Harbison Development Corporation (Columbia, S.C.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians, Real estate development
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--South Carolina--Columbia
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 24-0218; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Richard Dozier oral history, 2024--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA4ODQ=&s
Identifier (local): 24-0218_Dozier
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:354014

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

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