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Title: NCC Officials Face Mississippi Press.
Description: Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, [meet with reporters in the concourse of the Jackson, Mississippi airport to explain the Delta Ministry's summer student program].
Creator Name(s): Chambers, Elsie M. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Jackson (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Jackson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31163; 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): ds3169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7199

Title: Delta Ministry.
Description: [A Delta Ministry staff member and two Mississippi residents walk past a voter registration center.]
Date Created: 1964, ca. 1964
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century., Voting--Mississippi.
Geographic subjects: Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RT 746, Box 5, Social Corporate Ministries: Delta Ministry; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries. Office of Communications Records, 1966-1973.
Identifier (local): ds3144
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7110

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen participate in a morning prayer service.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3166
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7161

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Hattiesburg Minister's Project volunteer clergymen meet in a local church.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3167
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7064

Title: We mean to stay:
Description: Documents the agency of the National Council of Churches offering economic and social welfare assistance to the underprivileged in the delta area of Mississippi.
Creator Name(s): Roos, Barbara. (contributor), Thompson, Ken. (contributor)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Mississippi., African Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi., North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Delta, Delta (Miss. : Region)
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC B250; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: We mean to stay : the Delta Ministry in Mississippi /produced and filmed by Barbara Roos and Ken Thompson [motion picture].--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1395
Identifier (local): B250 We Mean To Stay 1965
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4288

Title: People of the Delta.
Description: Greenville, Miss.--A tenant family near Greenville. The Delta Ministry is attempting to help such families understand their rights as citizens, and to provide job training and new housing, in some cases, at "Freedom City." [People of the Delta five part series, photo 1 of 5.]
Creator Name(s): Fujihira, Toge. (photographer)
Date Created: 1967
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives
Topical Subject(s): African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century., African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., Greenville (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Greenville
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 36444; 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): ds3098
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7384

Title: Photo proofs of Mount Beulah, Mississippi.
Description: [Photo proofs of Mount Beulah, Mississippi.]
Creator Name(s): Basom, Nash. (photographer)
Date Created: 1967
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi., North and Central America--United States--Mississippi
Physical Location: NCC 03-0531b, Box 2, Delta Ministry; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.
Identifier (local): ds3135
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7118

Title: Delta Ministry posters.
Description: Hattiesburg, Miss.--Posters in the window of the Hattiesburg, Miss. offices of the National Council of Churches' Mississippi Delta Ministry call attention to various phases of the long-range relief, rehabilitation and education program among impoverished Negroes and whites. Hailed by many and criticized by others, largely for its encouragement of the Negro voter registration and efforts to organize laborers, the Ministry is the first such project in this country to receive support from the World Council of Churches. Headquartered in Greenville, Ministry centers also are maintained in Cleveland, Hattiesburg and McComb, Miss.
Creator Name(s): Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Date Created: 1966
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 34159; 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): ds3097
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7369

Title: Hattiesburg race effort continuing.
Description: Picketing demonstration in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Creator Name(s): Bollis, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31238; 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): ds3165
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7132

Title: Mississippi residents vote.
Description: Mississippi Delta residents await their turn to start the process of registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council of Churches' Delta Ministry. | Text transcribed from original caption: Mississippi Delta Negroes await their turn to start the process of registering to vote. Encouraging the impoverished residents of the state to take advantage of their voting rights is a key phase of the National Council of Churches' Delta Ministry.
Creator Name(s): Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Date Created: 1966
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--20th century., Voter registration--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi, 20th century., Mississippi., North and Central America--United States--Mississippi
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 34155; 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): ds3096
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7163

Title: Rev. Don G. Morse and another clergyman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Description: [Rev. Don G. Morse and another clergyman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.]
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects., Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RG 301.9, Box 14, Folder 66; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race Records, 1963-1971.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-3019
Identifier (local): ds3178
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7216

Title: Rev. Robert Lyon Beech.
Description: [Rev. Robert Lyon Beech, director of the NCC's Hattiesburg Minister's Project.]
Creator Name(s): Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries--Archives., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights workers--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RT 746, Box 5, Social Corporate Ministries: Delta Ministries; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries. Office of Communications Records, 1966-1973.
Identifier (local): ds3143
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6995

Title: Operation Listen.
Description: [Elsie Penfield, member of United Presbyterian Women, participates in Operation Listen, a program in Mississippi, June].
Creator Name(s): Griffing, Fred. (photographer)
Date Created: 1969, June 1969
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Women.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi., North and Central America--United States--Mississippi
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 91-0820; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: UPW Records, 1958-1988.
Identifier (local): ds3241
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7275

Title: Letter to Gayraud S. Wilmore from Robert Beech.
Description: [Letter to Gayraud S. Wilmore from Robert Beech regarding the attack on Rev. Paul Dotson.]
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race--Archives., Wilmore, Gayraud S., Beech, Robert, 1935-2008.
Topical Subject(s): African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RG 301.9, Box 8, Folder 13; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Council on Church and Race Records, 1963-1971.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-3019
Identifier (local): ds3151
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7438

Title: Clergymen Demonstrate in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: The almost constant rain in Hattiesburg dampened everything but the spirits of the clergy demonstrators. The four pictured below are (left to right) United Presbyterians Dudley E. Sarfaty, Carl Raymond Smith, John Coventry Smith, and Robert J. Stone.
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Hattiesburg Ministers Project., Smith, Carl R., Sarfaty, Dudley E., Smith, John Coventry, 1903-, Stone, Robert John, 1919-
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 20th century., Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Life.
Identifier (local): ds3130
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7337

Title: Delta Ministry.
Description: [Delta Ministry brochure cover.]
Date Created: 1967, ca. 1967
Name Subject(s): Delta Ministry of Mississippi., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Support Agency. Research Unit--Archives.
Geographic subjects: Hattiesburg (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Physical Location: RG 503, Box 1, Folder 13; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of Christian Education Office of Church and Society Records, 1943-1980.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-503
Identifier (local): ds3139
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7258

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