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Robert E. Penn collection
Photographs dating from 1930 to 1976 that were part of the collected materials of the Reverend Robert E. Penn, a Baptist minister and educator who taught at the Interdenominational Theological Center.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1930/1976
Subject
African American churches
African Americans--Education--Georgia
Baptists--United States
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Penn, Robert E., Reverend
Religion
Location
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
Medium
photographs
Type
Still Image
Description
This collection contains the photographs from the life and work of Reverend Robert E. Penn, a Baptist minister and educator. Penn was born in a rural coal-mining town in West Virginia and went on to receive degrees from Clark College, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Central Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a chaplain during World War II, and later after his pastoral work in Kansas City, Kansas, and Gary, Indiana, Penn returned to Atlanta to become Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Center in 1973. These photographs document Rev. Penn's family life and friend in West Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia, as well as his work as Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana, and Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary.
Language
eng
Original Collection
Robert E. Penn collection, http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/137
Holding Institution
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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