African American churches -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Theonis K. Guyton Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3147
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised primarily of St. Louis civic and religious event programs and individual memorial service programs collected by Theonis Guyton during her service in many church and philanthropic organizations in the St. Louis African American community from 1948 to 2017. The bulk of the collection dates from 1993 to 2018. There are several notable date gaps: 1952-1953, 1955-1956, 1958-1962, 1966-1968, 1970-1973, 1976-1980, and 1989-1992. The collection is arranged...
Dates:
1946-2018; Majority of material found within 1993-2018
Lucy P. Stewart Photograph Album Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1287
Scope and Contents
The Lucy P. Stewart Photograph Album documents the life and career of Lucy's father, William J. Stewart. William Stewart was a minister in the Spiritualist church who rose to prominence as a Bishop in the national organization. The album provides a glimpse into the history of an early Spiritualist church founded by African Americans, as well as middle-class Black life in St. Louis during the period of the First Great Migration. Most of the photos appear to date from the 1910s, 1920s, and...
Dates:
1910-1939
Charles Turner Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: A1657
Scope and Contents
The six scrapbooks in this collection contain newspaper clippings, programs, and handbills collected and mounted by Charles Turner, which reflect his interest in the status and affairs of African Americans in the St. Louis region and across the nation. The scrapbooks all contain overlapping dates and items from assorted sources. Some of the dominant themes in the scrapbooks include lynching, African American Republicans, the A.M.E. Church, Booker T. Washington, fraternal...
Dates:
1882-1918
Unemployed Citizens League Local No. 4 (Saint Louis, Mo.) Record Books
Collection
Identifier: A3143
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of blank letterhead and three bound notebooks containing records relating to the Unemployed Citizens League of St. Louis Local No. 4, some records for Local No. 1 and No. 11, and a blank application for the St. Louis Housewives’ League. The records are arranged alphabetically by title and date from 1933 to 1938. There are no records for 1936.
The three notebooks provide lists of children and families who received aid during the Great Depression in St....
Dates:
1933-1938
Dr. James M. Whittico Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3340
Scope and Contents
The papers include correspondence, speeches, news articles, programs, and various organizational records pertaining primarily to the medical career and civic activities of Dr. James M. Whittico, Jr. There are also documents relating to Whittico’s military service during World War II; to his wife, Gloria Thompson Whittico; and to his parents, Dr. James M. Whittico, Sr. and Nannie Whittico. The papers are arranged into three series: Personal series,...
Dates:
1928-2018; Majority of material found within 1965-2015