Henry Coleman papers, 1943-1962.

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Henry Coleman papers, 1943-1962.

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The collection consists of papers of Henry Coleman from 1943-1962. It contains mostly correspondence from family members. The correspondents include Coleman's brother Webster, who was in state prison in Virginia, his father, and various other relatives discussing the weather, family visits, and general news. A small amount of correspondence with John Paul Causey, a lawyer in Virginia, discusses Webster's court case. There are also two letters from the General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad concerning the railroad's responsibility to the soldiers returning home from World War II. Only a few letters in the collection refer to the United House of Prayer: Webster Coleman mentions the organization briefly in his May 19, 1948 letter and correspondence to Henry Coleman in 1958 are sent by care of the United House of Prayer. The collection also contains an undated photograph, possibly of Henry Coleman, and two payroll receipts from the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1948.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Coleman, Henry.

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Henry Coleman was an African American who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a member of the United House of Prayer movement. He served in the United States Army during the early 1940s and was discharged following an injury sometime before 1943. In 1943 he took a job as a porter on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Coleman and his wife Estelle lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania most of their lives, apart from a brief move to New Jersey in 1951. Henry Coleman also spent a few months at the Vet...

United House of Prayer for All People

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The United House of Prayer for All People is a Church founded from the Pentecostal movement by Charles Manuel Grace (Marcelino Manuel da Graca) (1882?-1960), who proclaimed himself as "Bishop" in 1919. Marcelino Manuel da Graca was born in Brava Verde in the Cape Verde Islands. C. M. Grace was known as Sweet Daddy Grace. Following his death in 1960, Walter McCollough assumed the position of Bishop. He died in 1991 after which the current Bishop S.C. Madison assumed the role of Church leader. In ...