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Description

1. 4.5 lin. ft (11 boxes)

Summary

1. The Olivia Pearl Stokes Papers document many aspects of her life and career. The papers include correspondence, writings, files related to herprofessional activities and private affiliations, printed matter and miscellaneous files.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project funded by the Lilly Endowment.

Subject

1. Women > Africa
2. Christian education
3. Women educators > United States
4. Religious education > United States > 20th century
5. African American Baptists
6. Berea College
7. Massachusetts Council of Churches
8. Directors of religious education
9. Stokes, Olivia Pearl, 1916-
10. African American authors
11. Africa > Tours
12. Baptist Educational Center (New York, N.Y.)
13. Women in public life > Africa
14. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
15. Greater Harlem Comprehensive Guidance Center
16. National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
17. African American college teachers
18. African American churches
19. Africa > Social conditions > 20th century
20. Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)

Call number

1. Sc MG 432

Note

1. Photographs have been transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division and are described separately. Other pictorial material has been transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division. Audio discs have been transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Source (note)

1. Stokes, Olivia Pearl

Biography (note)

1. Educator, lecturer, author and administrator, Dr. Stokes is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches and is well known as a religious educator.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed

Author

1. Stokes, Olivia Pearl, 1916-

Title

1. Olivia Pearl Stokes papers, 1934-1991.

Biography

1. Educator, lecturer, author and administrator, Dr. Stokes is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches and is well known as a religious educator.
2. During her career Dr. Stokes worked with the Baptist Educational Center in Harlem, the Massachusetts Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches. She also taught at the City University of New York (City College and Lehman College) and New York University. In 1979 Dr. Stokes founded the Greater Harlem Comprehensive Guidance Center, where she served as Executive Director from 1979 to 1990.

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Research call number

1. Sc MG 432