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Sandy F. Ray papers

Title
  1. Sandy F. Ray papers, ca. 1960s-1999.
Author
  1. Ray, Sandy F.

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Description
  1. .25 lin. ft. (1/2 archival box)
Summary
  1. 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
  1. African American preaching
  2. Speeches
  3. Baptists > Sermons
  4. Black author
  5. Ray, Sandy F
  6. Sermons
  7. Sermons, American > African American authors
  8. African American churches
  9. African American Baptists > Clergy
Genre/Form
  1. Sermons.
  2. Speeches.
Call number
  1. Sc MG 657
Note
  1. LP and videotape transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
  2. Books and magazines transferred to General Research and Reference Division.
Source (note)
  1. Ray, Cynthia Perry
Biography (note)
  1. 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
  1. Ray, Sandy F.
Title
  1. Sandy F. Ray papers, ca. 1960s-1999.
Biography
  1. 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
  1. Ray, Cynthia Perry Gift April 1999 SCM 99-10
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Local subject
  1. Black author.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 657
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