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St. Matthew's United Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: 777
Content Description
The records of St. Matthew’s United Church of Christ pre-date its founding as the German Evangelical Church of Carrollton in 1849 and continue until 2003 prior to Hurricane Katrina and its merger with Central Congregational United Church of Christ in 2007.
The records consist of ledger books for member rolls, baptisms, confirmations, and deaths, as well as finances. There are extensive minutes for the church’s Consistory (1827-1982), as well as Consistory correspondence. Council minutes...
Dates:
Other: 1824-2003
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
A. Knighton Stanley papers
Collection
Identifier: 350
Content Description
Items pertain to the pastoral career of the United Church of Christ minister and to his community activities, notably in Washington, DC. Of particular interest are items relating to his work on the Bicentennial Committee, his support of the move to have Council House declared a historic site, and his authorship of articles, a thesis, and a book about African Americans in the Congregational Church. Council House is the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women purchased by...
Dates:
Other: 1952-1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers
Collection
Identifier: 351
Scope and Contents
The J. Taylor and Kathryn T. Stanley papers pertain to the development of Black Congregational and Christian churches in the southern United States during the early to mid twentieth century, as well as the roles Rev. and Mrs. Stanley held during that development. Apart from personal papers of the Stanleys, the collection also contains numerous documents generated by churches, conferences, and instrumentalities of the United Church of Christ and its predecessors. The collection...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1983; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1979; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Mabel Keaton Staupers papers
Collection
Identifier: 352
Scope and Contents
This collection pertains to the nursing career of Mabel Keaton Staupers. It includes correspondence, clippings, speeches, programs, invitations, and photographs. Correspondence of note includes several telegrams sent when she was named as a recipient of the Spingarn Medal in 1951, including notes of congratulations from Grace Nail Johnson and Lillian Smith. Also included are programs of events for which Staupers was commencement speaker, conference discussant, or honoree. Event programs of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1977; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1973
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
William M. Steen papers
Collection
Identifier: 353
Content Description
This collection consists of materials collected by William M. Steen, who served as an Africa Area Specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor and was an early advocate of Ethiopia in Washington, DC. The materials conern trade union movements in the United States and Africa. Organizations represented in the collection include the U.S. Department of Labor, the International Labor Office in Geneva, the United Nations, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and the African Trade...
Dates:
Other: 1949-1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Stella Jones Gallery records
Collection
Identifier: 628
Content Description
1982-2010The records of the Stella Jones Gallery consist of correspondence, artists’ resumes and curriculum vita, photographs of artists’ work, and ephemera. Some correspondence various artists’ promotional and sales materials, as well as a collection of various artists’ works on CDs. The records also contain correspondence regarding the Josephine Baker Story (1990), a letter from a Hurricane Katrina survivor, and a letter from the New Orleans Arts Council thanking the gallery...
Dates:
Other: 1982-2010
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Dorothy Sterling papers
Collection
Identifier: 354
Content Description
Dorothy Sterling is a scholar of African American history and has authored many books including Forever Free, Tear Down the Walls!, It Started in Montgomery, Speak Out in Thunder Tones, The Trouble They Seen. Collected items are research and documentary material accumulated for several of her books including those above, as well as Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of...
Dates:
Other: 1795-1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Philip Sterling papers
Collection
Identifier: 355
Content Description
Philip Sterling is an author, newspaper and broadcast journalist. His papers include material collected for The Real Teachers, a book of interviews with teachers of African American and Hispanic American students in Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Documents include correspondence, interview transcripts, notes, news clippings and audio cassettes. Additional documents are related to Sterling’s employment with CBS, his research...
Dates:
Other: 1939-1990
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Marion Fisher Stevenson papers
Collection
Identifier: 719
Content Description
The Marion Fisher Stevenson Papers document aspects of Stevenson's personal and church life, as well as the history of Union Bethel A.M.E. Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Stevenson attended. The collection contains a photograph scrapbook (circa 1900s-1970s) containing pictures of friends, family, and acquaintances of Stevenson. Photographs are both candid and portrait shots. Highlights include an image of two women on board the S.S. Catalina, which carried passengers between Los...
Dates:
Other: 1880-1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Robert H. Stewart Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 356
Scope and Contents
The Robert H. Stewart Family papers include correspondence, account books, and receipts and promissory notes regarding the operation of businesses owned by Natchez, Mississippi, morticians and furniture dealers Robert H. and Robert Stewart. The account books of Robert H. Stewart and his father, Robert Stewart, list business expenses such as supplies, freight charges, wages, and equipment; charges for coffins (for both whites and blacks) and making and repairing furniture; and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-1862; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1966
Found in:
Amistad Research Center