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A.L. Davis Papers

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Identifier: 533
Scope and Contents The papers of New Orleans minister and community and political activist Reverend A.L. Davis mainly documents his unsuccessful run for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Districts 10 and 11 in 1967 with a small amount of material regarding his ministry of New Zion Baptist Church. The bulk of the collection (1967-1970) consists of news clippings regarding the 1967 campaign and photographs of Davis with community and political leaders (1956-1976). The photographs include...
Dates: Created: 1918-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1970; Other: Date acquired: 05/04/1996

Fred P. Ensminger letter

 Collection — Container: small collections
Identifier: 2493
Scope and Contents This single-item collection consists of a letter dated 24 May 1937 from Fred P. Ensminger, Associate Superintendent and Superintendent of Conferences of The Church Extension Boards of the Congregational and Christian Churches, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Rev. and Mrs. C.C. Haun of Crossville, Tennessee. Ensminger writes "I understand through Brother Nighingale that you are willing to take care of Rev. Richard A. Ewing, the pastor of Howard Congregational Church of Nashville, when he comes to...
Dates: Created: 1937 May 24; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2012

Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church collection

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Identifier: 441
Content Description This collection contains materials that document the history of Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana. The collection contains souvenir programs and orders of service, photographs of the membership, pamphlets on scripture, a history of the church, and a letter from Nelson Mandela, dated January 1993, in connection with the 56th anniversary of the church.The audiovisual material in the collection includes audiocassettes, videocassettes, and DVDs...
Dates: Other: 1937-2005

Frederick A. Hargett papers

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Identifier: 716
Content Description The bulk of the collection consists of Hargett’s typescript and hand script sermons and notations (circa 1938-1966). These materials are acidic and brittle; however in overall good condition. The bulk of the sermons are undated, with some copies of various orders of service interleaved within providing some estimation of dates for the sermons. Of interest is an early portrait of Hargett in his ministerial robes (circa 1936). Also included in the materials is a publication, ...
Dates: Other: 1871-1971

James H. Hargett papers

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Identifier: 490
Scope and Contents The papers of Reverend Dr. James Hester Hargett document his civil rights and social action driven ministries in Hawaii, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. The key topics covered in this collection are civil rights, community advocacy, social justice, missionary travels, multi-ethnic churches and transitional communities, race relations, and the recruitment of African American men and women into Christian service. The main strengths are Hargett's commitment towards diversifying...
Dates: Created: 1955-2007; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1995

Samuel Ralph Harlow papers

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Identifier: 167
Scope and Contents This collection documents the life, career, and interests of Samuel Ralph Harlow, who was a Congregational clergyman, missionary to the Near East, and professor of religion and Biblical literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The collection is comprised largely of correspondence (ca. 3800 items), along with diaries, sermons, poems, prayers, manuscripts of Harlow's books, other writings, scrapbooks, and other papers that relate to Harlow's interest in the afterlife and...
Dates: Created: 1862-1970; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1977

Norman A. Holmes papers

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Identifier: 183
Content Description This collection consists of scrapbooks and yearbooks donated by a former minister of Central Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Holmes was also a faculty member of Dillard University by whom he was honored upon his retirement in 1968 prior to his move to California. He and his wife received numerous tributes and were honorees at a testimonial. An album and scrapbook of letters document this event, and the two yearbooks include the 1957 issue that was...
Dates: Other: 1957-1968

Nicholas Hood II papers

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Identifier: 186
Content Description The papers of Nicholas Hood II document his work as a civil rights activists, minister, and city councilman. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, news clippings, sermons, and records generated as a city official and politician. The collection is a rich resource for the study of contemporary urban developments and chonicle the urban renewal activities of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Detroit, Michigan. Hood was a minister at Plymouth Congregational...
Dates: Other: 1941-1990

William A. Johnson papers

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Identifier: 660
Content Description The William A Johnson Papers consist of 2 linear feet organized in two groups of professional papers arranged alphabetically and sermons. The majority of the papers are texts of sermons Rev. Johnson preached during the years of 1933-1994. The sermons are arranged in chronological order according to the date the sermon was prepared and first preached. Many of the sermons were preached more than once in various churches and on different occasions. The collection includes sermons given for...
Dates: Other: 1931-1994

Robert Elijah Jones papers

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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

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