| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | John T. Weeden Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weeden, John T. Family | | | | Dates: | 1922-1994 | | | | Abstract: | John T. Weeden, Sr. was a prominent African-American Baptist minister in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Indiana Central College, Butler University, Moody Bible Institute, and Case Western Reserve University. He was ordained in 1928. Reverend Weeden married the former Gladys Mae Evans in 1922. After serving as pastor at two churches in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was called in 1948 to St. Timothy Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, remaining there until his death in 1988. In addition to his extensive involvement in a number of Baptist and religious organizations, Weeden was involved in civil rights and political issues, including service as co-chair of the clergy committee for Carl Stokes during the mayoral campaign of 1967. The collection consists of church programs, bulletins, brochures, bylaws, minutes, reports, sermons, certificates, cards, correspondence, memorabilia, datebooks, telegrams, financial and family records, registers, notes, speeches, lessons, postcards, passports, books, obituaries, and newspaper clippings. In addition to family-related documents, the collection includes extensive material related to St. Timothy Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4789 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988. | Weeden family. | St. Timothy Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | John Frazier Papers
| | | | Creator: | Frazier, John | | | | Dates: | 1962-1974 | | | | Abstract: | John Frazier (born 1941) is a civil rights worker and Unitarian-Universalist minister. In 1969 he became the first pastor of the newly-formed Humanist Fellowship of Liberation in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, sermons, speeches, school records, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers, relating to Frazier's civil rights activities, his seminary years, racial issues in the Unitarian-Universalist church, and the Humanist Fellowship of Liberation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3593 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Frazier, John, 1941- | First Unitarian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unitarian Church -- Ohio. | Unitarian churches -- Clergy. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- United States. | Race relations -- Religious aspects. | Religion and race.
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