- Collection:
- Digital Collection of Robert W. Wooodruff Library (AUC)
- Title:
- Dr. Harry V. Richardson
- Publisher:
- O'Neal, Ebony K.
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Subject:
- Presidents
Founding
Preaching
Theological seminaries
Universities and colleges - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- 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.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/rwwl/id/36
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- 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.
- Original Collection:
- ITC Photos
1 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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