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Title: An Epistle from the Koreans.
Description: The true story of the brutal murder of Korean exchange student In Ho Oh by a group of eleven black teenagers in Philadelphia during the spring of 1958. The film examines the background and trial of the teenagers, and the response from In Ho Oh's Christian parents, in the form of a letter, asking for forgiveness and mercy for the murderers. The film ends with the funeral ceremony at Old Pine St. Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.
Date Created: 1959
Name Subject(s): Oh, In Ho, 1931-1958., Byers, Arthur M., 1915-, Young, Lloyd E., Martin, W. Burton (Walter Burton), 1915-, Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908-, Douglas, Hugh., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Juvenile delinquency., Juvenile homicide., Forgiveness.
Geographic subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC B153; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: An Epistle from the Koreans [motion picture] / [presented by] the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1515
Identifier (local): b153_epistle_koreans
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:140439

Title: Witherspoon Building.
Description: [Front view of Witherspoon Building with Calder statues visible.]
Creator Name(s): Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News (Firm) (photographer)
Date Created: 1959
Name Subject(s): Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945., Witherspoon Building (Philadelphia, Pa.), Witherspoon Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RG 282, Box 2, Folder 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Witherspoon Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1895-1973.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-282
Identifier (local): ds3999
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8115

Title: First African Presbyterian Church Gloucester Memorial Society minutes, 1959-1962.
Creator Name(s): First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (author)
Date Created: 1959-1962, 1959
Name Subject(s): First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physical Location: RG 314, Box 2, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1809-1989.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-314
Identifier (local): rg314_b2_f3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:101838

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