- Collection:
- Digital Collection of Robert W. Woodruff Library (AUC)
- Title:
- Photograph of Dr. John W.E. Bowen, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1920
- Publisher:
- Digital Collection of Robert W. Woodruff Library (AUC)
- Date of Original:
- 1920
- Subject:
- Theological seminary presidents--Georgia--Atlanta
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Interdenominational cooperation--Georgia--Atlanta
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
African American theological seminaries--Georgia--Atlanta
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta
Gammon Theological Seminary
United Methodist Church (U.S.) - People:
- Bowen, J. W. E. (John Wesley Edward), 1855-1933
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of Dr. John W.E. Bowen. In 1893 Bowen became a professor at Gammon Theological Seminary, making him the first African American to teach there full-time. On October 12, 1906 he took office as the third president of the Gammon Theological Seminary. Gammon Theological Seminary was founded in 1883 by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Gammon is The United Methodist component of a consortium of six historical African American theological schools, The Interdenominational Theological Center.
- Local Identifier:
- auc.003.indx1.00000000.pho0226.jpg
- Metadata URL:
- http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/rwwl/id/109
- Rights Holder:
- All images in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific object file name.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
