Collection: Divergence

A brief silent film looking at the campus, students and trustees of the Bishop Payne Divinity School, c. 1920.

A silent film tour of the campus, faculty, class work and student life at Fort Valley and Calhoun schools, c. 1920.

A 1920s-era silent tour of St. Paul’s College, with scenes of typical student life.

Bishop Payne Divinity School
Bishop Payne Divinity School, c. 1930.

Bishop John Payne
The Right Reverend John Payne, first Bishop of Liberia from 1851 to 1871.

The Bishop Payne Divinity School: A History
The Bishop Payne Divinity School: A History of the Seminary to Prepare Black Men for the Ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, by Odell Greenleaf Harris, 1980.

American Church Institute For Negroes Pamphlet
American Church Institute for Negroes pamphlet, c. 1950.

ACIN Logo
Logo for the American Church Institute for Negroes, 1906.

ACIN Exhibit At General Convention, 1952
Exhibit of American Church Institute for Negroes at General Convention, 1952

Tollie Caution With Bishop Lichtenberger, 1963
The Reverend Tollie Caution, Associate Secretary for Negro Work of the Executive Council, presenting Presiding Bishop Lichtenberger with the Honorary L.H.D. from St. Augustine’s College, 1963.