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- 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
- 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 - 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
- Churchmen visiting Russia.
- Description
- These nine American Protestant leaders left here March 9 to visit Moscow where they will hold talks with Christian leaders there. Their 10-day trip marks the first phase of a two-way visit that will bring Russian churchmen to this country next June as guests of the National Council of Churches. Shown left to right are: front row, Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal District; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church USA and president of the National Council; and Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J. (Methodist), an attorney and member of the National Council's General Board. In rear: Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (Methodist), executive director of the National Council's Department of International Affairs; Dr. Herbet Gezork of Newton Center, Mass. (Baptist), president of Andover Newton Theological Seminary; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York (Presbyterian), the National Council's associate general secretary; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America; and Paul B. Anderson of New York (Congregational Christian), secretary of the YMCA International Committee.
- Creator Name(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1956, March 7, 1956, March 7, 1956
- Name Subject(s)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
- Geographic subjects
- Soviet Union., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Soviet Union.
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18844; 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)
- ds4585
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:11056
- 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
- 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
- Title
- News clippings about Raoul Wallenberg.
- Description
- "The Mystery of a War Hero" by Joseph L. Lichten, ADL Bulletin, May 1956, 2 p. "Begin wants Carter to ask Soviets: Is Raoul Wallenberg still alive?" by Martin Sieff, Jerusalem Post, June 14, 1979, 1 p. "Rescued Jews insist Wallenberg lives in Soviet mental prison" by Elenore Lester, American Examiner-Jewish Week, June 24, 1979, 2 p. "Mystery Surrounds Fate of Swede Who Saved Jews" by Nadine Brozan, The New York Times, August 4, 1979, 1 p. "After meeting missing diplomat in 'Gulag' prison Jew jailed for seeing Wallenberg" by Mark Segal, Jerusalem Post, August 12, 1979, 1 p. "Swede is remembered for helping Jews in '44," New York Daily News, March 20, 1980, 1 p.
- Creator Name(s)
- Lichten, Joseph L. (author), Sieff, Martin. (author), Lester, Elenore, 1919- (author), Brozan, Nadine. (author), Segal, Mark. (author), B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. (publisher), Jerusalem post. (publisher), The Jewish week and the American examiner. (publisher), New York times. (publisher), New York Daily New (Firm)
- Date Created
- 1956, 1956, 1979-1980, 1956, 1979-1980
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League., Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Budapest., World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary--Budapest., Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
- Geographic subjects
- Hungary, Budapest., Hungary, Budapest., Soviet Union., New York (N.Y.), Jerusalem., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Asia--Israel--Jerusalem--Jerusalem
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53496; 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_J-53496_05
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:149071