Frederick C. Redfern papers, 1885-1977.

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Frederick C. Redfern papers, 1885-1977.

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Chiefly personal correspondence of Redfern with his wife, Blanche Myrtle Thompson Redfern, but also including letters re fate of his missing son, Paul Rinaldo Redfern, an aviator who disappeared during an attempted trans-oceanic flight from Brunswick, Georgia, to Brazil in 1927. Includes sermon notes, outlines, miscellaneous articles and other works written by Redfern; minutes, 18 Sept. 1889, from a council meeting of the West Walworth [N.Y.] Baptist Church called in honor of Redfern's ordination to the clergy; Redfern's advocacy of civil rights and education for African Americans brought him widespread recognition, including a letter, 24 Sept. 1935, from President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Washington, D.C.), re the newly enacted Social Security legislation and asking Redfern for assistance in identifying social needs in the African American community in Columbia, S.C. Other materials include: list of birth dates for John Henry Redfern and Emma Cotchefer Redfern and their children (undated manuscript); typescript research paper [1927], entitled "Education Ideals, Progress, and Achievements in the United States," [undated, although copy of this work held by the Rochester Theological Seminary is identified as a 1927 Thesis (B.D.), possibly by a younger relative]; and printed volume, 1894, Outline Studies in English and American Literature, written by J.H. Gilmore and used by Redfern while enrolled at the University of Rochester; and undated typescript guide to conducting interviews and biographical research: Manual for the Collection of Life Histories [2 sheets; 1930s?; possibly issued by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Project Administration]. Three letters, 31 July 1922 - 10 Dec. 1941, exchanged between Valley Lodge No. 109, Free and Accepted Masons (Rochester, N.Y.) and Richland Lodge No. 39 (Columbia, S.C.), re Masonic committal services and rites conducted in observance of Redfern's death (photocopies); also includes many programs, clippings, broadsides and and other printed materials, including letterhead stationery of Benedict College. Also includes 16 photographs of Frederick C. Redfern, his parents, and various churches in which he served as pastor, including interior and exterior views of Baptist churches in Alexandria, Ohio, and elsewhere.

422 items and 1 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Redfern, John Henry.

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Redfern family.

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Rochester Theological Seminary

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Redfern, Paul, 1902-

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Born Paul Rinaldo Redfern; pilot from Columbia, S.C.; disappeared, 1927, during a non-stop solo flight from Brunswick, Ga., to Brazil. From the description of Paul Redfern papers, 1923-1978. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30816002 ...

Gilmore, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1918

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West Walworth Baptist Church (N.Y.)

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Benedict College

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Benedict College founded in 1870 under the auspices of the American Home Missionary Society of the Baptist Church as Benedict Institute when Mrs. Bathsheba A. Benedict of Pawtucket, R.I., gave the society $5,000, a small bequest from her husband; originally designed to educate ministers and teachers the institution is now independent. From the description of College brochures, [196-]-[199-]. (Benedict College). WorldCat record id: 70967548 From the description of Federal pro...

Redfern, Blanche Myrtle Thompson

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Redfern, Emma Cotchefer.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Redfern, Frederick C., 1866-1941

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Frederick Coachefer Redfern was a native of England; graduate of University of Rochester (N.Y.); ordained Baptist minister, 1889; awarded doctorate, 1907, from Providence University; appointed, 1914, as dean and professor of economics and history, Benedict College, an historically black institution affiliated with the Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C. From the description of Frederick C. Redfern papers, 1885-1977. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30697957 ...