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Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy sitting at a desk writing a letter, Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. There is a telephone on the desk, and books are...
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Baptism in Lake Monona

Date: 06 07 1933
Description: Evangelist W.P. Butler with hand upraised and Rev. Joseph Washington, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church stand beside Lulu Elroy who is about to be baptized...
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Martin Luther King and Labor Leaders

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Description: Martin Luther King, Jr., with two leaders of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, Russell Lasley, and President Ralph Helstein. Probably at a UPWA c...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Students listening to Rev. Claude Williams teaching "Religion in Contemporary Society." The blackboard says "Gospel of the Kingdom: The Gospel to the Poor,...
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John Lewis Russell, Botanist

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of John L. Russell (1808-1873), Botanist. From 1831-1854, Russell served as a Unitarian minister in a number of cities. Served as...
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Reverend Joseph Blake, Botanist

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Reverend Joseph Blake (1814-1888), Maine-born reverend, professor and botanist. Published first catalogue of Maine Pl...
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Break during Gatlingburg Conference

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Description: A rural minister and a farmer from Kodak, Tennessee, taking time out for coffee after one of the residence classes at the Gatlingburg conference on Organiz...
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Bishop Northcott

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Methodist bishop, H. Clifford Northcott, seated at a desk.
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Belfrage and Robeson

Date: 1958
Description: Cedric Belfrage (center), exiled editor of the "National Guardian," at a party for Paul Robeson. The man on the left is Canon Stanley Evans.
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Peace On Earth

Date: 1962
Description: Holiday card with representatives of six of the world's religions. In the center is the text: "Peace On Earth." On the inside (not shown) the sender is the...
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Carl Stromberg

Date: 10 30 1953
Description: Portrait of Carl Stromberg, a Methodist minister newly appointed to First-University Methodist Church at 203 Wisconsin Avenue. His father, brother, and fou...
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Theology Students Get Clinical Training

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: Rev. James R. Love (left), chaplain at Mendota State Hospital for the Mentally Ill, sits at a desk beside four ministers receiving twelve weeks of clinical...
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Theology Students Get Clinical Training

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: An unnamed Mendota patient (left) and Kenneth Smith (right), a theology student receiving 12 weeks of training at Mendota State Hospital for the Mentally I...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: Catholic bishop of Madison William P. O'Connor steps off a train upon his return from two months traveling in Europe.
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Bashford Methodist Church

Date: 09 04 1954
Description: Members of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tear down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Floyd Fairbank...
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Unitarian Anniversary

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ...
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Rev. Barry Shaw

Date: 1966
Description: Reverend Barry Shaw, of the Wisconsin Council of Churches, speaks at the microphone addressing a rally in Wautoma. Behind him are Jesus Salas and Salvador ...
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State Commission on Human Rights Officers

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Newly elected officers of the State Commission on Human Rights. "They are, left to right, the Rev. Perry Saito, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stev...
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United Community Chest Headquarters

Date: 07 13 1959
Description: A check in the amount of $238,500 for the purchase of the old United Community Chest headquarters at 14 West Johnson Street was presented to Chest official...
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Glendale Community Baptist Church Cornerstone Laying

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: A group of men gathering to lay the cornerstone for the new Glendale Community Baptist Church at 5020 Maher. The men include, left to right: Allen Strang, ...

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