Clergy

Content Description The papers consists of 17 books, three videocassettes, and papers consisting of correspondence, writings including master's of art thesis, diplomas, passport, appointment books, photograph, and awards of Percel Alston generated over the period he was a minister and staff person of the Division of Christian Education of the United Church Board for Homeland Missions (UCBHM). Also included is an article about Mr. Alston in the publication United Church of Christ Education, a newsletter...

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...

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...

Content Description Dr. Howard E. Spragg was a United Church of Christ clergyman who served as Treasurer (1959-1969) and Executive Vice President (1969-1983)of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The items include a cover letter (1988) accompanying a copy of a 1940 statement on the Selective Training and Service Act, a letter concerning his enrollment in Union Theological Seminary (1941) and remarks made by Spragg before an annual meeting of Eastman Kodak Company Shareholders (1967)....