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- Title
- Rachel Henderlite Papers
- Description
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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
- Phineas Densmore Gurley Papers
- Description
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Phineas Gurley was born in 1816 in Hamilton, N.Y. Gurley served as chaplain of the United States Senate in 1858 and as moderator of the General Assembly in 1867. He is perhaps best remembered for having been the pastor in attendance at the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln and for the sermon he preached at the President's funeral. The Phineas Densmore Gurley Papers include photographs, correspondence, and manuscript sermons, including a facsimile and transcript of "Faith in God," the sermon Gurley preached at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, and a transcript of the sermon he preached at the funeral of Lincoln's young son, William. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Portrait of Reverend Phineas D. Gurley. Photographed byJohn Goldin and Company, 1867. - Creator Name(s)
- Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868. (creator)
- Date Created
- 1837-1867, 1837
- Name Subject(s)
- Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868., Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865., Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. (Old School). General Assembly (79th : 1867 : Cincinnati, Ohio), Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. (Old School). General Assembly. Moderator (1867-1868 : Gurley), F Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
- Geographic subjects
- North and Central America--United States
- Physical Location
- RG 329; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Phineas Densmore Gurley Papers, 1837-1867.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-329
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:gurley
- Title
- William H. Sheppard Papers
- Description
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William H. Sheppard was a Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Congo for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, 1890-1910. Sheppard was one of the earliest African-American foreign missionaries for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. He and his wife, Lucy Gantt Sheppard, were stationed at Luebo and later at Ibanche. Collection consists primarily of photograph albums and photographs. Photographs document mission stations and churches at Luebo and Ibanche; the Sheppard family; other Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries; and native people of the Bateke, Baluba, Bakuba, Zappo Zap, and other tribes. The collection includes a small number of papers, including correspondence; Sheppard's reminiscences of his time at the Stillman Institute in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; a pamphlet entitled "How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom"; printed materials about the Congo and King Leopold; hymnbooks in Tshiluba and an unidentified language; and glass and nitrate negatives. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Sheppard with his mother. - Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (creator)
- Name Subject(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions., Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:whsheppard