Manuscript Database - Subject: African Americans - Religion
African Americans - Religion
Bingham, Robert Worth, 1871-1937. Papers, 1876-1982.Letter and pamphlet from O. Singleton, head of the Louisville Christian Bible School, to Bingham 5 May 1906. Relates the work and accomplishments of the school, the need for the work among Black people and the difficulties encountered. Correspondence re: the work of the Presbyterian Colored Missions. Letters dated 20 April 1906 and 13 Nov. 1906 provide specific information.
African Americans - Religion
Kemp, Belle. Letters, February, April 1892. 4 items.Three ALSs dated 3 Feb., 25 Eeb., and 20 April 1892 from Belle Kemp of Fort Scott, Kansas to her brother of 113 W. Walnut Street, Louisville, Ky., comment on a revival in the Methodist and Baptist churches in Fort Scott, and contain other religious sentiments.
African Americans - Religion
Bullitt, Thomas W., 1838-1910. Manuscripts, 1906-1907. 2 vols.This collection includes a typed draft of Bullitt's "My Life at Oxmoor," an account of his antebellum boyhood in Jefferson County, Ky. There are numerous references to the family slaves that relate to their duties, punishments, customs, faith and recreation. Bullitt wrote that "the negroes...were emotional" and "not well instructed in religious views", adding, "getting religion was a very sensational thing with them." He concludes, "Still they knew of God, and of Christ and of salvation." (p. 44)
African Americans - Religion
Bullitt Family Papers - Oxmoor Collection, 1683-2003. 164 cu.ft.In a letter dated 11 October 1861 from Mildred Bullitt to her son James she mentioned the slaves at Oxmoor and says "Caroline believes she is a convicted sinner, and Frank Taylor is to be baptized and now talks of religion all the time."(134)In a letter dated 19 May 1840 Mildred Bullitt wrote to her son that she believes getting a missionary to set up a church and preach to the slaves is the best way to bring about subordination. (139) Letters dated 16 and 17 October 1824 between William C. Bullitt and John S. Allison re: the mental problem of a slave girl that Allison was selling to Bullitt. Allison wrote that the mental problem was only religious foolishness that appeared after the earthquake of 1811. (359) In letters dated 18 February 1850 and 13 August 1855 from Agatha Logan to her cousin Myra Alexander she wrote of her servant Jane's antics since she had found religion. (513)
African Americans - Religion
Boyer-Castleman family. Papers, 1837-1901. 0.66 cu. ft.The bulk of the collection consists of letters received by A. Z. Boyer's future wife, M. Peyton Castleman. In addition to letters from her parents, family, and friends, Peyton's papers include courtship letters from A. Z. In a letter from Frankfort dated 9 August 1859, A. Z. writes, "I was very sorry to disappoint you Saturday evening but I could not get off," adding, "the Negroes had every thing in the Horse line engaged for the next day, there was a Big meeting somewhere." He notes, "on such occasions they commence engaging about the middle of the week previous."
African Americans - Religion
Lewis, Alice Beauchamp, 1918-2006. Oral history, 2004. 12 pages.Oral history of the life of Alice Beauchamp Lewis (1918-2006), conducted and transcribed by Juanita L. White for a project documenting the unique memories of elderly residents of Louisville, Kentucky's Dosker Manor. Lewis recounts her life as a young woman of color after moving to Louisville in the 1920s and living in "Foust Bottoms" on East Lee Street, going to Lincoln School and Gethsemane Baptist Church. Gethsemane was located on Floyd Street in Louisville. Lewis describes her baptism at age seven. Also included in the file is information about her brother, Rev. Albert Beauchamp, Sr., a minister at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Louisville, and the program for Lewis's funeral service.
African Americans - Religion
Forks of Otter Creek Baptist Church (Meade County, Ky.). Ledger, 1827-1904. 1 vol.Ledger with the minutes from the monthly business meeting of the church. The ledger is indexed for names and includes notations as to the standing of the members. There are also members who are African American. The minutes deal mostly with church decisions on members caught doing such activities as fighting or dancing, which are causes for exclusion from the church. The minute book has a copy of the 1827 charter for the church, but the actual minutes start in 1855.
African Americans - Religion
Kentucky Council of Churches. Added Records, 1996-2006. 1 cu. ft.Collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, committee reports, publications, and assorted other material related to the activities of the Kentucky Council of Churches (KCC). KCC's records detail the internal operations of the organization, their activities within the religious community, their efforts at disaster relief, and their work on social justice issues. An ecumenical organization, KCC includes a variety of denominations, including African Methodist Episcopal, AME Zion, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and others.
African Americans - Religion
Colored Episcopal Mission. Broadside, 6 April 1861. 1 item.Broadside announcing the opening of a new facility in Louisville (Ky.) to be used in educating African Americans in religion and primary skills; includes an abstract of a report proving the mission's necessity and a plea to Christians and slave owners to help fund the cause.
African Americans - Religion
Louisville Methodist Church Extension Society. Broadside, 1853-1854. 1 item.Broadside printed by the Louisville Methodist Church Extension Society. It lists under the heading African pulpits filled by "colored preachers" and their location.