Research Catalog

Title

African-American Pentecostal and Holiness collection, 1876-1989.

Author

DuPree, Sherry Sherrod, 1946-

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Description

10 lin. ft.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Church of God in Christ
• Williams, Smallwood, 1907-1991
• Gospel music
• Bible Way Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide
• African Americans > Religion
• Pentecostal churches > United States
• Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
• Pentecostalism > United States
• Crowdy, William Saunders, 1847-1908
• African American churches
• Smith, Lucy, 1875-1952
• United Holy Church of America
• Mason, C. H (Charles Harrison)
• Mallory, Arenia Conelia, 1904-1977
• African American Pentecostals
• African American clergy
• Glossolalia
• Lawson, Robert C (Robert Clarence), 1883-1961

Note

• Audio and video cassettes transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Source (note)

• DuPree, Sherry Sherrod

Biography (note)

• The DuPree African-American Pentecostal and Holiness Collection was compiled by Sherry Sherrod DuPree during research for her "Biographical Dictionary of African-American Holiness Pentecostals" (Washington, D.C.: Middle Atlantic Regional Press, 1989).

Processing Action (note)

• Processed
• Cataloged

Call Number

Sc MG 325

Author

DuPree, Sherry Sherrod, 1946- Collector

Title

African-American Pentecostal and Holiness collection, 1876-1989.

Summary

The DuPree African-American Pentecostal and Holiness Collection consists of original and secondary material documenting the history, beliefs, and activities of hundreds of Pentecostal and Holiness denominations, congregations, and individuals. The collection is arranged in four series: Denomination and Congregations, Individual Clergy and Evangelists, Subject Files, and Non-Pentecostal Material, and consists of news clippings, newsletters, journals, yearbooks, sermons, bulletins, brochures, programs, articles, theses, book excerpts, and other printed material. There is virtually no correspondence.

The greatest amount of material is represented by the Church of God in Christ, the largest Pentecostal denomination. Other denominations for which significant bodies of material exist include Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, United Holy Church of America, and Bible Way Churches Worldwide.

The Individual Clergy and Evangelists series contains articles, chapters of books, news clippings, programs, sermons and other printed material documenting lives of Pentecostal ministers as well as independent evangelists, such as Father Divine (a.k.a. George Baker), William S. Crowdy, Prophet Jones (a.k.a. James Francis Jones), Robert C. Lawson, Arenia C. Mallory, Charles H. Mason, Lucy Smith, and Smallwood Williams.

The Subject Files series contains primarily articles, excerpts from books, theses and other printed matter concerning Pentecostal and related topics such as glossolalia, charismatic movement, gospel music, and whites in Pentecostalism. The fourth series, Non-Pentecostal Material, contains general bibliographies and articles on the black church, black Hebrews, and race and religion.

Biography

The DuPree African-American Pentecostal and Holiness Collection was compiled by Sherry Sherrod DuPree during research for her "Biographical Dictionary of African-American Holiness Pentecostals" (Washington, D.C.: Middle Atlantic Regional Press, 1989). Mrs. DuPree is a research librarian at Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, a member of the Church of God in Christ, and the author of "Exposed!!! Federal Bureau of Investigation Unclassified Reports on Churches and Church Leaders" and "African-American Good News (Gospel) Music" (both Washington, D.C.: Middle Atlantic Regional Press, 1993).

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

Research Call Number

Sc MG 325