Sandy F. Ray papers
- Title
- Sandy F. Ray papers, ca. 1960s-1999.
- Author
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc MG 657 Box 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .25 lin. ft. (1/2 archival box)
- Summary
- The Sandy F. Ray papers consist of handwritten sermons and messages prepared for the ministers' seminar delivered by Ray at the National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; and San Francisco, California.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Sermons.
- Speeches.
- Call number
- Sc MG 657
- Note
- LP and videotape transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Books and magazines transferred to General Research and Reference Division.
- Source (note)
- Ray, Cynthia Perry
- Biography (note)
- Sandy F. Ray (1898-1979) was a former pastor of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY, from 1944 to 1979. Ray served as president of the Empire Missionary Baptist Convention, N.Y.S., Inc., 1954-1979; the first vice-president of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., 1968-1979; and the first elected African American state legislator of the 95th General Assembly in Franklin County, Ohio (1943-1944). Ray authored the book "Journeying through a Jungle" (1979), which is a collection of his sermons.
- Author
- Ray, Sandy F.
- Title
- Sandy F. Ray papers, ca. 1960s-1999.
- Biography
- Sandy F. Ray (1898-1979) was a former pastor of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY, from 1944 to 1979. Ray served as president of the Empire Missionary Baptist Convention, N.Y.S., Inc., 1954-1979; the first vice-president of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., 1968-1979; and the first elected African American state legislator of the 95th General Assembly in Franklin County, Ohio (1943-1944). Ray authored the book "Journeying through a Jungle" (1979), which is a collection of his sermons.
- Source
- Ray, Cynthia Perry Gift April 1999 SCM 99-10
- Connect to:
- Local subject
- Black author.
- Research call number
- Sc MG 657