Church of the Good Shepherd (Chicago, Il.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gertrude Banks collection
Collection
Identifier: 032
Content Description
This collection includes a small amount of correspondence, newsletters, clippings from the Chicago press mainly, church bulletins (especially for the Church of the Good Shepherd (Chicago, IL), and obituaries. An item of interest is the 1956 commencement program for the Poro College in Chicago that was founded by Annie M. Malone. She was president of the institution that trained beauticians with a primary focus on the Black client. The letters include the first official letter written by the...
Dates:
Other: 1956-1990
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Gertrude Banks collection
Church of the Good Shepherd records
Collection
Identifier: 089
Content Description
The collection consists primarily of orders of service, programs, schedules of activities, and other various materials. The collection documents the activities of African American United Church of Christ churches, and they augment holdings about African American Congregational churches in particular.
Dates:
Other: 1987