Religion

Scope and Contents The Collins Family Papers consist of correspondence dated 1889-1987 that comprises about one-third of the collection. The majority of the letters are between Sophronia A. Collins Easley and her brother Malachi C. Collins and husband Willis Easley, in addition to communication with other family members and friends. Of note are the letters sent to Sophronia A. Collins Easley from various evangelical and ecumenical lay persons and clerics in the United States and Canada.  Also included are the...

Content Description Eugene Harold Mason was a specialist in race relations and intercultural education in California. He was a Baptist minister involved with promoting annual events such as Negro History Week and Race Relations Sundays. He was also involved with prison ministry. Mason’s papers include correspondence, clippings, collected publications, photographs and photo albums. Of note are correspondence with author and poet, Langston Hughes, artists Richard Bruce Nugent and Richmond Barthe, as well as...

Content Description Reverend John Charles Mickle was a United Church of Christ minister, who retired from his pastorate in 1982. This collection includes correspondence, church bulletins, biographical data, and a photocopy of an article from JET magazine. Also included are biographies and family photographs, as well as degrees and certificates awarded to Mickle. Of special note are oral history interviews with Mickle conducted by Roger Knight on December 10, 1989, and church reports and newspaper articles on...

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...

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Reverend John D. Moore was pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Houston, Texas from 1935-1973. His papers include several sermons from Rev. Moore, correspondence, photographs, church programs, books, audiotapes, and phonograph records.

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Notes to Our Friends was an occasional publication of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The records include information on the UCBHM's Puerto Rican, Appalachian, and Native American ministries and consists of research notes, correspondence, and collected printed items.

Content Description The Office of Church Building of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries provided financial support to United Church of Christ schools and church congregations. The majority of the records reflect the work of the American Congregational Union, later known as the Congregational Church Building Society. The collection includes documents from the Congregational Church Building Society, as well as the Evangelical and Reformed Churches. The records of the organization document its...

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...

Content Description The records include correspondence, minutes, church bulletins, reports, clippings, newsletters, programs of Sunday worship services, meeting minutes of the Church Deacon Board, programs of the senior choir concerts, publications, financial reports, and church membership lists. The records also contain a history of several committees within the church, sermons of Rev. Theodore S. Ledbetter, programs of special events such as the centennial pageant and other anniversary observances, annual...

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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.