African American Methodists

Scope and Contents The papers of educator and husband of Clarie Collins Harvey, Martin Luther Harvey Jr. include correspondence (circa 1940s-1976), letters of appointment as Dean of Student Affairs at Southern University, invitations, programs, sermons, speeches, news clippings, certificates, photograph albums, memorabilia, and other printed items.A native of Newburgh, New York, Harvey was Dean of Student Affairs at Southern University for thirty-two years. The papers document his activities in...

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...

Content Description Reverend Darlene A. Moore is the pastor of Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and writer of inspirational literature. The collection consists of biographical information, photographs and books written by Pastor Moore including I am the Preachers Child, 1998, The ABC’s of Christian Women Living in the World, 1998 and Sista Pearl Chapbook Inspiration: For the Women of Every Color and the Men Who Love...