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Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS994
Scope and Contents of the Records

The collection is comprised of eleven interviews, transcript of each interview (edited and unedited), original audio recordings for each interview, and a CD access copy of each. The interviews with Billy Jones and Ginny Boyd are part of the Maria Helena Dolan collection (1999.142)

Dates: 1997, 2004-2005
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions

Dr. Stuart R. Oglesby, Jr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS355
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks on Dr. Stuart. It includes his sermond and lectures.

Dates: 1867-1975
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Dr. Stuart R. Oglesby, Jr. papers

Jodie Lind Talley thesis

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS747f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a copy of the Master's Thesis written by Jodie Lind Talley, a graduate student at Georgia State University. Talley's thesis is on the subject of LGBT religion in the South and covers topics in LGBT history throughout the 20th Century. Primarily an oral history, it "investigates the origins and evolving history of gay and gay-affirming religious traditions in America with an emphasis on Atlanta and Georgia."

Dates: 2006
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Jodie Lind Talley thesis

Junius Hillyer memoirs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS156f
Scope and Content This collection contains the memoirs of Junius Hillyer, a political leader and judge. In his memoirs titled Memoirs of the Early Life and Times of Judge Junius Hillyer he describes his family genealogy; his boyhood and schooling, including his years at the University of Georgia, and growing up in Georgia. He also records his opinions on slavery. He believed that slavery "is the normal condition of the negro race." He talks about the customs of his times and the...
Dates: 1937
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Junius Hillyer memoirs

Reverend John Wesley Stipe Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS685f
Scope and Content This collection consists of genealogical information about John Wesley Stipe as well as typewritten and handwritten memoirs of his childhood, the days of his first marriage, Civil War service, and career as a Methodist Episcopal circuit pastor. His typewritten memoirs describe life in rural antebellum Georgia including such activities as justice courts, log rolling, and corn shucking. Of particular interest are two handwritten journal entries, written in the style of a newspaper series,...
Dates: 1864-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1961
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Reverend John Wesley Stipe Papers

Voices Across the Color Line oral history recordings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS180
Scope and Contents of the Records The bulk of these oral histories deal with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. Specific events mentioned include the student movement centering on Atlanta University; The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR); creation and publication of the Atlanta Enquirer newspaper; the organization of the Atlanta Committee of Cooperative Action (ACCA), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and activities to desegregate city buses and restaurants. Other topics that are discussed...
Dates: 2005-2006
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Voices Across the Color Line oral history recordings