Josephus Roosevelt Coan papers, 1896-2002.

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Josephus Roosevelt Coan papers, 1896-2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79462986

The collection contains the papers of Josephus Coan from 1896-2002. The papers include correspondence, writings by Coan and others, diaries and appointment books, records relating to the African Methodist Episcopal Church and St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Georgia), teaching files, subject files, photographs, personal papers, printed material, and audiovisual material. The collection documents Coan's work as a missionary in South Africa, as a pastor at St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church, and as an educator at Morris Brown College and the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

31 linear ft. (62 boxes, 16 oversized papers (OP), 5 bound volumes (BV), and 4 oversized bound volumes (OBV) )

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8233320

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Coan, Josephus Roosevelt, 1902-2002

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Josephus Roosevelt Coan (1902-2002), African American clergyman, missionary, and educator. He served the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.) as a teacher, pastor, missionary, and acting Bishop in South Africa and then pursued a lengthy career as a pastor and a scholar and teacher of Christian education, based mainly in Atlanta, Georgia. Born, November 26, 1902, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Coan earned a B.A. from Howard University (1930), a B.D. (1933) and an M.A. in Christian Educati...

Wilberforce Institute (South Africa)

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African Methodist Episcopal Church. Seventh Episcopal District

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Organized in 1816 from a congregation formed by a group of blacks who withdrew in 1787 from St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia because of discrimination; Richard Allen was consecrated the first bishop in 1816. From the description of African Methodist Episcopal Church collection, 1914-1971 (bulk 1950-1971). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962830 ...

Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.)

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