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Alfred F. Swearingen to Herbert Meza re: the death of Ellis L. Green, July 21, 1971
Description: Green, a native of Edna, TX, was Austin Seminary’s first African-American graduate in 1958 and was ordained in the Northeast Texas Presbytery. This letter describes Rev. Green’s untimely death in 1971.
Date: 1971-07-21
Type: Text
Y.M.C.A. pamphlet for the National Army Cantonment, Ninetieth Division, Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1917
Description: This pamphlet features a map of Camp Travis in San Antonio showing the locations of Y.M.C.A. offices. Lang served as a Religious Work Director for the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A..
Date: 1917
Type: Text
1918 Calendar card from the American Y.M.C.A.
Description: Rev. Jones received many cards and souvenirs from the soldiers with whom he worked at Camp Travis and at his church. This card has a 1918 calendar printed on the back (in English and French) and is signed "Best Wishes from John B. Bartlett, Somewhere…
Date: 1917-12
Type: Text
Letterhead from the General War Work Council of the Presbyterian church in the United States
Description: This map shows the locations of Army and National Guard camps in the south where young men were trained before being sent overseas, including Camp Travis in San Antonio. The General War Work Council used letterhead like this to raise money for their…
Date: 1917
Type: Text
Portrait of Arthur Gray Jones
Description: Arthur Gray Jones (1868-1929) was pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio, TX from 1895-1921 and Professor of Systematic Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary from 1921-1927.
Date: 1920
Type: Still Image
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Presbyterian Church located in Kansas City, Missouri on the corner of Anderson Avenue and Benton Boulevard. NOTE: right corner has been digitally restored
Type: Still Image