Thomas Augustus Fraser papers, 1945-1990.

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Thomas Augustus Fraser papers, 1945-1990.

The collection contains papers of Thomas Augustus Fraser Jr. chiefly generated during the years of his ministry. Included are letters and other materials concerning his election and consecration as bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of North Carolina; his later activities as bishop of the Diocese; personal and family matters; a 1975 controversy involving the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte, N.C.; and other topics. Also included are materials, 1969-1974, relating to a grant to Malcolm X Liberation University in Durham, N.C.

About 3000 items (5.5 linear ft.).

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Christ Episcopal Church (Charlotte, N.C.)

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Malcolm X Liberation University (Durham, N.C.)

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Fraser, Thomas Augustus, 1915-1989

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Thomas Augustus Fraser Jr., son of Thomas Augustus Fraser and Lena Lee Connell Fraser, was born in 1915 in Atlanta, Ga. He earned a B.A. from Hobart College in 1938 and a B.D. from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1941, at which time he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church. In 1942, Fraser entered the priesthood and became a missionary in the Diocese of Long Island, later serving as secretary and chaplain to the Long Island bishop. In 1943, he married Marjorie Louise Rimbach with wh...

Episcopal Church. Diocese of North Carolina

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