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[Baptizing in Olde Towne Creek]

Description: Photograph of Ivana Wright being led into the water for baptism by Preacher Hugh Vancel outside John Owen's home in Red Hill, Tennessee. Multiple people from the town are in attendance. Hester Welch, Minnie Hicks, Cleo McCurey, Lilian Hicks, and Lenore Treece follow Ivana, holding hands, on their way to be baptized. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from 1938 and is shot in Red Hill, Tennessee. Baptising in Olde Towne Creek, has endured to become a favorite and meaningful to many. … more
Date: 1938
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, Texas, taken from across the street in Burnett Park. Several rows of manicured shrubs and small trees stand before the large, stone building. To its right, Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse is partially visible.
Date: [1933..1939]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a church's sanctuary]

Description: Photograph of the inside of a church's sanctuary. The room has high ceilings and a row of tall, arch-shaped, stained-glass windows on its stone walls. Decorative wooden chairs are centered below them.
Date: [1933..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a church with two steeples]

Description: Photograph of the top of a church building. Two pointed steeples rise up from the roof of the building. A short metal pole stands atop the steeple on the right. A bushy tree grows in front of the church, obstructing the bottom half.
Date: 1936
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a church on a busy street corner]

Description: Photograph of a busy street corner in a city, taken from up high. An automobile turns the corner, while two individuals cross the street. Other individuals walk down the sidewalks on either side of the street. A stone building with two round towers stands across the street. A sign above it advertises the First Presbyterian Church. A dusting of snow covers the scene.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of the exterior of a church, 2]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of a large brick church with a shingle roof. A lawn of cut grass stands in the foreground. Large, arch-shaped, stained-glass windows line the walls and thick vines grow up the building. Shrubs are planted along the base of the building and along a brick wall that stands on the right.
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a street lined with cars]

Description: Photograph of a street packed with automobiles. Many automobiles are parked along both sides of the street, and several drive down the street towards the camera. A tall brick building stands on the left side of the street. It has many rows of windows and metal fire escape stairs. A sign on the floor level of the building advertises "blank books" and "filing cabinets." A church with a tall steeple stands behind it, partially obstructed by a tree.
Date: 1936
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a church with a statue on the roof]

Description: Photograph of a large stone church, taken from across the street. Two automobiles are parked on the side of the street in the foreground. A third automobile is parked across the street, in front of the church. The church is a large stone building with a cross standing atop its steeple. A statue of a figure stands on top of a lower roof in front of the steeple. A row of bushes and two tall trees grow in front of the church.
Date: [1935..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir]

Description: Photocopy of Elizabeth Simpson Cooper's memoir about her childhood in Virginia and later her time in Kansas after moving westward with her family. In the text of her memoir, she describes her school days in Virginia, church, Cooper family history, "Bleeding Kansas" (the period of conflict over deciding if Kansas would be a free or a slave state), and the Civil War in Kansas as well as her personal encounters with Native Americans in Kansas.
Date: 1931-02-24/1932
Creator: Cooper, Elizabeth Simpson, 1840-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Damaged image of families exiting a church]

Description: Damaged photograph of families leaving a church together. Outside of the church are groups clumping together in the grass and sidewalk out in front. The photograph is damaged along the top where there is a bar of white blackened along the upper left edge.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[People making their way to church]

Description: Photograph of churchgoers making their way to church. Two small crowds are gathered, one at the doors and the other in the grass in front of the church's doors. Several cars are parked in the small lot next to the church and more parked on the side of the road; one car has even pulled into the grass.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Front of a church]

Description: Photograph of the front of a church. Several people are walking down the sidewalk toward the entrance and cars are parked along the side of the road in front of the church.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[People walking to church]

Description: Photograph of five people walking down the the sidewalk toward the entrance to a church. The church is made of a dark brick with stained glass windows and white roof trim.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Congregation leaving a church]

Description: Photograph of a congregation leaving a brick church. Planted in front of the church are four trees which have lost most of their leaves. Three groups of women are walking down the sidewalk away from the church.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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