- Collection:
- Digital Collection of Robert W. Woodruff Library (AUC)
- Title:
- Photograph of Dr. Harry V. Richardson, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1959
- Publisher:
- Digital Collection of Robert W. Woodruff Library (AUC)
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- 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 - People:
- Richardson, Harry V. (Harry VanBuren), 1901-1990
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A black and white photograph of Dr. Harry Van Buren Richardson. Dr. Harry Van Buren Richardson (1901-1990), was the founder and first President of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Richardson received a bachelor's degree in history from Western Reserve University (1925), and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Harvard University Divinity School (1932). In 1945 he received a doctorate from Drew University Theological Seminary focusing on rural sociology and religion. In 1933 Richardson accepted the position of Chaplain at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, a position he held until 1948. Dr. Richardson moved to Atlanta in 1948 to become President of Gammon Theological Seminary. Later, Dr. Richardson served as President of ITC from 1959 to 1968, whereupon he was elected President Emeritus.
- Local Identifier:
- auc.066.indx1.00000000.pho0240.jpg
- Metadata URL:
- http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/rwwl/id/123
- 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:
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