St. Simon's Episcopal Mission correspondence and documents, 1927 July 18-1942 November 23.

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St. Simon's Episcopal Mission correspondence and documents, 1927 July 18-1942 November 23.

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Copies of correspondence and other documents related to the establishment of the St. Simon's Episcopal Mission in Des Moines in 1927 and its dissolution in 1942. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence written to or received by Harry Longley, 4th Episcopal bishop of Iowa; E.M.M. Wright; James B. Morris; Jean Flickinger and Elizabeth Hyde of the Des Moines YWCA; and Rev. J.D. Griffith of Davenport, Iowa. The correspondence discusses efforts to establish the church, acquisition of church property, financial matters and attempts to hire a pastor.

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Young Women's Christian Association (Des Moines, Iowa).

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St. Simon's Episcopal Mission (Des Moines, Iowa)

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E.M.M. Wright, Priest-in-Charge at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Keokuk, Iowa went to Des Moines in 1927 for the purpose of establishing an Episcopal church to serve African Americans in Des Moines. In 1933 church property was purchased from the Des Moines YWCA. James B. Morris, attorney and publisher of the Bystander newspaper, was actively involved as a layman in matters related to the purchase of church property and efforts to hire a pastor. Ultimately lack of finances led to the disso...

Flickinger, Jean.

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Hyde, Elizabeth

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Wright, E. M. M.

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Morris, James W. (James Ward), 1890-

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Lawyer and publisher of the Iowa Bystander. Morris was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended college at the Hampton Institute (Hampton, Va.) and received his law degree from Howard University. He was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 1917, served in France in WWI, and began law practice in Des Moines in 1919. In 1922 he purchased the Iowa Bystander, the oldest African American newspaper in the state. He was active in community, government and church affairs. He was affiliated with St. Paul's Episcopal...

Longley, Harry S., 1868-1944.

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Griffith, J.D.

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