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Robert Avon Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: 042
Content Description
The Robert Avon Bennett papers consists of correspondence, new clippings, church bulletins, speeches, sermons, and other printed items generated by Bennett in the course of his training as a minister in the Episcopal Church and in his practice of the profession. Items include notebooks for courses, programs, school catalogs, especially for the Episcopal Theological School where Bennett was appointed to the faculty as a graduate fellow, and other printed items. Foreign and domestic...
Dates:
Other: 1955-1986
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Amistad Research Center
Catholic Council on Human Relations records
Collection
Identifier: 077
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a variety of materials regarding the Catholic Council on Human Relations (CCHR) and their work to desegregate New Orleans parochial schools. The collection includes correspondence by and to C. Ellic Henican, Charles Plauche, Henry Bezou, and Henry Cabirac. The collection includes the organization's foundational documents, collected publications, and financial materials. Much of the collection consists of correspondence between CCHR staff and directors,...
Dates:
Created: 1955-1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
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Amistad Research Center
Samuel Ralph Harlow papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
William A. Johnson papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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
Jane T. Lemann papers
Collection
Identifier: 214
Scope and Contents
The Jane T. Lemann papers reflect Lemann's wide civic involvement in New Orleans, particularly in areas pertaining to educational reform and student welfare. Materials reflecting Lemann's involvement in efforts to desegregate the New Orleans Public Schools comprise the bulk of the collection. The collection consists mostly of planning and meeting notes, reports, correspondence, collected ephemera and publications, and newsclippings. Some materials pertain to Lemann's work with multiple...
Dates:
Created: 1944-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1983
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Amistad Research Center
Homer C. McEwen papers
Collection
Identifier: 238
Scope and Contents
The Homer Clyde McEwen papers encompass 15 linear feet of material extensively covering the subject areas of civil rights in the South and ministerial work particularly in relation to school segregation; the discrepancies of funding allocation for African American education; voting rights in Georgia; local organizational history; and the history of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Atlanta, Georgia. The collection is arranged into seven groups of materials that are extensively...
Dates:
Created: 1930-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/07/1987
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
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