Walter Decoster Dennis Diocese of New York Papers, 1951-1998.

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Walter Decoster Dennis Diocese of New York Papers, 1951-1998.

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This collection documents the activities and career of Walter Decoster Dennis, a Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (DNY). The collection is extremely diverse and covers Dennis' entire career, although the majority of the collection is focused on his time spent after becoming Canon Residentiary of DNY in 1965. The collection includes, correspondence, reports, clippings, publications, rough drafts of publications, minutes of various committees and organizations, financial records, sermons/addresses, photographs, video tapes, cassette tapes, and reel to reel tapes. Some of the major Episcopal Church topics and organizations covered by the collection are Lambeth 1988; Afro-Anglican Conferences 1985, 1995; Afro-Anglican Bishops Conference 1988; General Conventions of the Episcopal Church 1970-1997; House of Bishops 1970-1997; Union of Black Episcopalians; Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU); Guild of St. Ives; Diocese of New York Committees; Diocese of New York Conferences; Black Caucus of the Diocese of New York; and the Diocese of New York Companion Diocese. Subject files created by Dennis include: Racial Issues; Abortion; Legalization of Marijuana; World Hunger; Taxation of Churches and Religious Organizations; and Homosexuality. Taken as a whole, this collection serves to document Bishop Dennis' professional life, including the many organizations outside the Episcopal Church with which Bishop Dennis was associated, particularly the Abortion Reform Association, and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

75 linear feet (184 boxes).

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