African Methodist Episcopal Church Collection

Miss Hallie Q. Brown, M. S. Elocutionist, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Miss Hallie Q. Brown, M. S. Elocutionist, 1888. African-American educator, a professor of elocution, writer and activist Hallie Quinn Brown received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce

Bishop W. J. Gaines, (1921?). Creator: Unknown
Bishop W. J. Gaines, (1921?)

Hon. B. W. Arnett, 1886. Creator: Folger
Hon. B. W. Arnett, 1886. African-American civil rights activist, politician, educator, minister, bishop and author Benjamin William Arnett

Ohio Centennial Building, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Ohio Centennial Building, 1888. Ohio Centennial Columbus - Opens Sept. 4th - Closes Oct. 19th - 1888'. The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

D. A. Payne, 1887. Creator: Unknown
D. A. Payne, 1887. Reverend Daniel Alexander Payne, educator, clergyman and author; bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio

J. P. Campbell, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. P. Campbell, 1887. Jabez Pitt Campbell, African-American minister, activist, philanthropist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

B. T. Tanner, 1887. Creator: Unknown
B. T. Tanner, 1887. African-American clergyman and editor Benjamin Tucker Tanner founded The Christian Recorder newsaper, and was a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church

W. B. Derrick, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. B. Derrick, 1887. African Methodist Episcopal (AME) bishop and missionary William B. Derrick, served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War

Photographic print of men and women in front of Vernon AME Church, Tulsa, ca. 1919
A black-and-white photograph of a group of fifty (50) women, men and children standing in front of a church, possibly Vernon Chapel AME Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Pastors chair from the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, ca. 1969
A chair made from dark brown wood featuring yellow back and seat cushions. Three crosses are engraved at the top of the chair

Handbill advertising a punch card event at A. M. E. Zion Church Stony Brook, 1884
Handbill advertising a benefit event for A.M.E. Zion Church Stony Brook and its pastor Rev. Thomas C. Johnson. The small flier has black printed text on a white background

Richard Allen, African American founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, (1854). Allen (1760-1831), was bishop of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, USA

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