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Geraldine Odester Amos collection
Collection
Identifier: SC2002
Content Description
Included is a 1925 letter from U. G. Mason and R. W. Coleman, minister at the First African Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, concerning a meeting of fraternal heads and educators throughout Alabama to establish a "Fraternal University for the training of the Negro youth." Also included is a promotional packet for a 1958 joint United Nations and foreign policy seminar sponsored by the Council on Christian Social Progress of the American Baptist Convention and the National Baptist...
Dates:
Other: 1925-1958
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
William H. Armstrong papers
Collection
Identifier: 519
Content Description
Reverend William H. Armstrong served as minister for the Calvary United Church of Christ, a racially-integrated inner city church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later for the Burton Congregational Church in Burton, Ohio. In addition to his church service, he pursues historical research and writing as a hobby. Armstrong also served as the Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in Swaziland, Africa, from 1966-1968. Armstrong's papers document his activities as minister to Calvary...
Dates:
Other: 1957-1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: 487
Content Description
The records of Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ consist mainly of minutes, annual reports and financial papers. The first minute book 1904 -1909 is available. The later books consist of the Board of Trustee Minutes 1935-1942, 1951-1954 and the Church Council Minutes 1977-1980. The main bulk of correspondence documents race relations, desegregation issues and church activities 1958 to 1968. Notable is the correspondence and working papers for the Interdenominational Ministerial...
Dates:
Other: 1904-2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Between a Rock and a Hard Place collection
Collection
Identifier: 601
Content Description
This collection consists of video and audio tape interviews of African American United Church of Christ clergy and laity documenting experiences with the Committee for Racial Justice NOW, the Ministers for Racial, Social, and Economic Justice, the Committee for Racial Justice, the United Black Christians, and the United Church of Christ. Interviewees include A. Knighton Stanley, Elder (MRSJ/MRSEJ), Dr. Shelby Rooks, Elder (MRSJ/MRSEJ), Reverend Leon White, Elder (CRJ/UBC/MRSJ/MRSEJ),...
Dates:
Other: 2000-2010
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Community Church of Chapel Hill collection
Collection
Identifier: 2035
Content Description
Includes collected publications, ephemera, correspondence, and sermons of Charles M. Jones and others affiliated with the Community Church of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sermons by Charles M. Jones include "The Church and the Supreme Court Decision: What the Church Can Say" from May 1954, "Facing Desegregation: How Religion Helps," and "A Realistic Look at Race Relations in Chapel Hill."
Dates:
Other: 1953-1959
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
A.L. Davis Papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church collection
Collection
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Frederick A. Hargett papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
James H. Hargett papers
Collection
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
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
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