Myrtle Williamson papers, 1950-1960.

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Myrtle Williamson papers, 1950-1960.

Materials include biographical materials; copies of Williamson's published and unpublished writings; materials pertaining to the publication of One Out of Four, a book detailing her experiences with cancer, including the original manuscript, book reviews, press releases; materials pertaining to the publication of My Prayer and Other Poems; newsclippings of her death, obituaries, death announcements; and materials pertaining to the development of the Williamson Memorial Prayer Chapel at Stillman College.

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Williamson Memorial Prayer Chapel (Stillman College)

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Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

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Stillman College has its beginnings in 1874 when a group of Presbyterians from Tuscaloosa, Ala., headed by the Rev. Dr. Charles Allen Stillman, presented an overture to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States asking the church to establish a training school for Negro ministers; Tuscaloosa Institute was chartered as a legal corporation by the State of Alabama in 1895; changed name to Stillman Institute in 1893; in 1948 the name was changed to Stillman College; graduat...

Williamson, Myrtle.

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Spent five years as a Presbyterian home missionary in the mountains of North Carolina and six years in Christian education in Texas; director of religious education at First Presbyterian Church, Kingsport, Tenn., and Peace Memorial Church, Clearwater, Fla.; director of Christian activities and professor of Bible, Stillman College (1948-1958); and author of numerous articles, poems, and hymns; b. 1898; d. 1958. From the description of Myrtle Williamson papers, 1950-1960. (Stillman Col...