Faith and Religion documents preview 

African American Communities brings together a wealth of primary source material relating the religious landscape of African Americans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A large number of documents sourced from the Atlanta History Center, for instance, detail the histories of African-American religious organisations, including the Negro Young People’s Christian Association and The Sunday School Publishing Board. Also included within this archival collection are documents relating to the life and work of Pastor Clarence L. Aiken and Reverend Joseph Boone, which offer interesting case studies on the history of African-American religious leaders in the Deep South.i.

Atlanta University Center schools, area churches, and businesses 1942 Photograph Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Berean Baptist Church 29 May 2008 Photograph 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Black and Jewish Organizations 15 Oct 1975 - 5 Sep 1979 Official Record; Notes; Report; Correspondence University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Black Manifesto 26 Apr - Jul 1969 Report; Pamphlet University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Brooklyn's Eastern District 1942 Report 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
By-Laws - correspondence 22 Jun 1964 - 31 Nov 1971 Correspondence; Official Record University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Church resolutions regarding mixed drinks 2 Nov - 16 Dec 1959 Correspondence; Official Record; Notes Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Clarence L. Aiken 1945-1950 Pamphlet Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Community rumors 14 May 1969 - 5 May 1970 Notes University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Conference - Institute on Police Community Relations May 1960 - 15 May 1964 Pamphlet; Newspaper; Leaflet; Speech; Correspondence; Official Record Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Conference - White House 4 Jun 1965 - 2 Jun 1966 Ephemera; Speech; Official Record; Report Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Correspondence 6 Feb 1954 - 23 Apr 1959 Correspondence Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Correspondence between Lucy Rucker and Sylvanus Hart (first fiancée) 1910-1917 Correspondence; Postcard; Printed Book; Scrapbook Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Correspondence: reaction to decision and material received from J. F. Gallimore 24 Dec 1962 - 26 Aug 1969 Correspondence; Newspaper; Pamphlet; Leaflet; Notes Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Correspondence: reaction to decision, Oct-Dec 1969 14 Oct - 5 Dec 1969 Legal Document; Newspaper; Correspondence; Periodical Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Crow Hill reprint from 'The Brooklyn Eagle' 14 Aug 1873 Report 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Dr. L. K. Jackson - correspondence 23 Nov - 9 Dec 1959 Correspondence Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Edward Africanus of Bethel AME Church n.d. Photograph 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Elizabeth (Bessie) Rucker Davis, newspaper clippings, last request song; Constance (Dit) Rucker Davis (Bessie’s daughter): obituary ; sympathy cards at her death 1916-1970 Newspaper; Correspondence Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
First Congregational Church: correspondence, dues, receipts, sermons programs 1948-1975 Pamphlet; Ephemera; Correspondence; Financial Document Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Foreclosure by credit union on Rice home at N. Wyatt and dissolution of credit union 10 Sep 1960 - 4 Jan 1962 Correspondence; Leaflet; Financial Document University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries
Georgia Association of Police Chaplains 23 Nov 1981 Correspondence Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Hayward's Map of the City of Brooklyn 1843 Map 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Henry Rucker, Jr.: telegrams of condolence of death 1931 Correspondence Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Incoming - Anaben, William H n.d. Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Butler, John H., Hattie & Lizzie (nephew & nieces) 1859-1876 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Evans, Mary 1869-1870 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Ford, Sarah & James 1871-1872 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Griffiths, Katie 1870-1872 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Griffiths, Sarah 1857-1870 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Hall, Ida 1864-1866 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Hilliard, Mary 1870 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Jones, Ellen 1866 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Jones, Jennett 1859-1870 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Mitchell, H.G. 1868 Correspondence The Newberry Library
Incoming - Pendell, D. L. 18 Sep 1866 Correspondence The Newberry Library
India Neddie Rucker Harper: newspaper clippings of wedding to L. R. Harper n.d. Newspaper Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Interview with Willie Bolden 21 Mar 2006 Oral History (Video) Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs 11 Oct 1979 - 4 Dec 1980 Official Record; Correspondence; Report; Newspaper University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Knights of Pythias and Order of Calanthe - programs 8 Jul 1962 - 21 Aug 1963 Official Record; Pamphlet; Leaflet Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Lucy Rucker: newspaper clippings, invitation to marriage to Walter A. Aiken 1916-1920 Newspaper; Printed Book; Correspondence; Ephemera Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Map of Weeksville Historic Places n.d. Map 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
'The Messenger: World's Greatest Negro Monthly', Volume IX, No. 10. October 1927 Oct 1927 Periodical The Newberry Library
'The Messenger: World's Greatest Negro Monthly', Volume IX, No. 5. May 1927 May 1927 Periodical The Newberry Library
'The Messenger: World's Greatest Negro Monthly', Volume IX, No. 7. July 1927 Jul 1927 Periodical The Newberry Library
'The Messenger: World's Greatest Negro Monthly', Volume IX, No. 8. August 1927 Aug 1927 Periodical The Newberry Library
'The Messenger: World's Greatest Negro Monthly', Volume IX, No. 9. September 1927 Sep 1927 Periodical The Newberry Library
'The Messenger: World's Greatest Negro Monthly', Volume X, No. 1. January 1928 Jan 1928 Periodical The Newberry Library
'The Messenger: World's Greatest Negro Monthly', Volume X, No. 2. February 1928 Feb 1928 Periodical The Newberry Library
Ministers and Churches - lists 1951 List University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Minutes of the New York annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, held in the Bridge Street A.M.E. Church, Brooklyn 8-19 Jun 1865 Report 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Moral Re-Armament - materials 19 Mar 1958 - 21 Dec 1960 Correspondence; Report; Periodical; Pamphlet Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Moral Re-Armament Assembly and meetings, Georgia and Michigan 1957-1958 Photograph Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Moral Re-Armament stage play, 'The Next Phase' 1957 Photograph Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. - correspondence 16 Jun 1949 - 5 Oct 1962 Correspondence; Report; Ephemera; Postcard Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. - financial papers 22 Jul 1920 - 11 Sep 1955 Financial Document; Notes; Correspondence; Report; Pamphlet Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. - miscellaneous materials 03 Aug 1954 - 8 Sep 1957 Pamphlet; Leaflet; Ephemera; Official Record; Periodical Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. - reports 11 Apr 1951 - 10 Sep 1955 Report; Legal Document Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
National Conference of Christians and Jews 1952-1956 Correspondence; Leaflet University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Negro Young People’s Christian Association 1902 Notes; List Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Newspaper clippings and publications Aug 1947 - Aug 1980 Newspaper; Periodical; Pamphlet Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Obituaries: Mrs. Ada Thomas, William Boyd, T.A. Toole Maynard H Jackson, Mrs. Madora E. Jason, Mrs. Nora Lee, James Edward Scott, A.T. Walson, James Beckett, Frank Smith Horne 1948-1974 Newspaper Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Operation PUSH 30 Aug 1979 Official Record University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Percy F. Moore photograph collection 1890-1975 Photograph 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Presbyterian Church Mar 1982 - 18 Mar 1986 Correspondence; Report University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries
Public Relations, MDEM 8 Sep 1978 - Dec 1979 Periodical; Newspaper; Ephemera University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries
Quinn Chapel, AME - anniversary materials 1967 - 22 Jul 1973 Pamphlet University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Recreation center - Metropolitan Church 11 Nov 1926 - 21 Feb 1933 Correspondence; List University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries
Richard Male 17 May 1971 - May 1979 Report; Periodical; Correspondence; Financial Document; Postcard University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries
Ridge Ministerial Fellowship - list and directory Feb 1967 - 1971 Leaflet; Correspondence; List University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
Scrapbook containing news articles and condolence notes on the death of Annie Rucker 1932 Scrapbook; Newspaper; Correspondence; Notes Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Sheet music, librettos 1893-1955 Ephemera Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Sunday School Publishing Board - correspondence 16 Feb 1954 - 14 Jun 1957 Correspondence; Notes; Map Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Sunday School Publishing Board - printed materials Feb 1957 - 13 Aug 1958 Pamphlet; Leaflet; Ephemera Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Sunday School Publishing Board - reports 01 Jul 1955 - Sep 1957 Report; Official Record; Financial Document; Periodical Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Sunday School Publishing Board - resolutions and agreements 1953 - 4 Apr 1957 Pamphlet; Official Record; Report; Legal Document Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Table with pattern cloth, Bible, postcards and photographs 1892-1909 Object 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
Taylor, Graham - writings by 1893-1919 Pamphlet; Speech; Newspaper; Periodical University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
United Church of Christ volunteer 21 Mar 1984 - 17 Nov 1988 Correspondence; Ephemera; Financial Document; Report; Newspaper University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries
The 'Vanguard' - newsletter Jul-Sep 1966 Periodical University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections
West Garfield Park community redevelopment: restoration plan (Folder 1) 1969-1970 Report; Newspaper University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections