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Robert Elijah Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: 205
Scope and Contents
The Robert Elijah Jones papers document the career of Jones, an African American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, who committed his life to religion, racial equality, education, and community development through his work as the editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, a general superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South, and the founder of Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi. The papers encompass 4.05 linear feet of...
Dates:
Created: 1872-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Harold R. Perry papers
Collection
Identifier: 758
Content Description
The papers of Bishop Harold R. Perry document his childhood and family, his religious training, and his pastorates. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1916, Perry entered the seminary of the Society of the Divine Word in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He entered the priesthood in 1944 and served pastorates in Lafayette and St. Martinville, Louisiana; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and Mound Bayou, Mississippi, before becoming founding pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Broussard, Louisiana. Perry was...
Dates:
Other: 1917-1991
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Milton Peters papers
Collection
Identifier: 505
Content Description
Milton Peters served as a Deacon with Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ in New Orleans, as well as a social worker. His papers include photographs, certificates, and a greeting card.
Dates:
Other: 1956-1992
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Robert L. Polk papers
Collection
Identifier: 304
Scope and Contents
The papers of Reverend Dr. Robert L. Polk document his commitment to serving young people in North Dakota, New York and New Orleans. The key topics covered in this collection are human rights, pastoral ministry, and social action. The main strengths are Polk's commitment towards youth and community development. The collection encompasses 4.17 linear feet of incoming and outgoing correspondence, newsletters, order of services, reports, sermons and speeches.
Dates:
Created: 1966-1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Robert L. Polk papers addenda
Collection
Identifier: 304-1
Content Description
The addenda to the Robert L. Polk papers mainly consists of correspondence, photographs and albums, news clippings, church and funeral service ephemera related to his work at a United Church of Christ minister. Of interest is a photograph album from Polk’s trip as a member of the ecumenical delegation that accompanied Archbishop John J. O’Connor to the Vatican in Italy in 1985. Also, of interest are Polk’s two yearbooks (1950 and 1952) from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. Of...
Dates:
Other: 1934-2019
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Henry Hugh and Adeline L. Davis Proctor papers
Collection
Identifier: 308
Dates:
Other: 1881-1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
James Herman Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: 314
Scope and Contents
The papers document the public career of James Herman Robinson, an African American Presbyterian clergyman, who achieved world recognition for his work in New York’s Harlem and his accomplishments in founding Operation Crossroads Africa, which served as one of the models for the Peace Corps. The papers encompass 21.6 linear feet of correspondence, writings, reports, publications, lists, financial statements, minutes, schedules and agendas, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs,...
Dates:
Created: 1935-1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Howard E. Spragg papers
Collection
Identifier: 348
Content Description
Dr. Howard E. Spragg was a United Church of Christ clergyman who served as Treasurer (1959-1969) and Executive Vice President (1969-1983)of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The items include a cover letter (1988) accompanying a copy of a 1940 statement on the Selective Training and Service Act, a letter concerning his enrollment in Union Theological Seminary (1941) and remarks made by Spragg before an annual meeting of Eastman Kodak Company Shareholders (1967)....
Dates:
Other: 1940-1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Gardner C. Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: 804
Content Description
The Gardner C. Taylor papers mainly consist of sermons both in paper form and sound recordings (1977-2008), with a small amount of correspondence (1996-2014), photographs (1952-2004), and ephemeral materials (1948-2016) generated during Taylor’s later life. The bulk of the collection dates from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s.The strength of the collection can be found in the sound recordings, mainly in standard audiocassette format of Taylor preaching at Concord Baptist Church...
Dates:
1921-2015; Majority of material found within 1977-2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
United Black Christians records
Collection
Identifier: 742
Content Description
Includes video recordings of the United Black Christians 1990 conference and of a 1994 event at Harambee United Church of Christ. Also included are correspondence, meeting minutes and financial records.
Dates:
Other: 1990-2001
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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