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Box 1

 Container

Contains 16 Results:

Articles, 1955 - 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Contains reproductions of two Providence Journal articles about the McKinney family, a reproduction of an article announcing the start of Rev. McKinney's ministry at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, a page from the December 10, 1981, edition of the East Providence Post, and a biographical article about Rev. McKinney from mid-to-late 1980s.

Dates: 1955 - 1985

Programs, flyers and newsletters, bulk: 1965-1982

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Contains "How Great Thou Art" by Rev. Leardrew Leonard Johnson (October 1965), signed by Johnson, the newsletter Bulletin! (June/July 1980) by RIBHS, the program for the August 24, 1980, Annual Commemoration Service of the First Rhode Island Regiment, program for the home going celebration for Rev. Roscoe L. Nelson (March 26, 1981), a flyer for The Notorious Triangle, a 1981 book by Jay Coughtry, a program for the installation service of the Ministers ALliance of Providence and Vicinity...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1965-1982

Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney celebration of life program, 2018

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Three copies of the memorial service program for Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney, held on May 7, 2018.

Dates: Event: 2018

Rememberances of Louise Jones McKinney program, 2012-08-30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Three copies of the funeral program for Louise Jones McKinney.

Dates: Event: 2012-08-30

Correspondence, 1957-2016

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a 1957 Christmas letter from the McKinney family, a 1960 letter from attorney C. Moorehead Stokes informing Rev. McKinney of a letter from William P.H. Freeman about an offer to buy the McKinney's Providence home, with the Freeman letter attached, and a 2016 Christmas card from Rev. McKinney.

Dates: 1957-2016

Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Contains 8 photographs of Rev. McKinney and his family and at Olney Street Baptist Church. All photos are from the family's time in Providence (1955-1958) except for a family photo from 1982 of Rev. McKinney with his wife and two daughters, Lora-Ellen and Rhoda.

Dates: 1955-2018

Louise Jones McKinney

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Contains two photographs of Louise McKinney. One photo was taken while Louise was teaching a class at Classical High School in Providence. Both are from the McKinney family's time in Providence (1955-1958).

Dates: 1955-2018

Lora-Ellen McKinney

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains 32 photographs of Lora-Ellen McKinney as a child, taken during the McKinney family's time in Providence. Photos taken between 1956 and 1958.

Dates: 1955-2018

Scrapbook photos, 1955-1956

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Contains copies of two pages from a scrapbook. The first is of a photo from Rev. McKinney's installation at Olney Street Baptist Church on February 20, 1955. The second is of a photo at the commission service at Chaplains Institution at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church on February 13, 1956.

Dates: 1955-1956

Olney Street Baptist Church Choir

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Olney Street Baptist Church choir. The photo is undated but presumably from Rev. McKinney's time as pastor at the church (1955-1958).

Dates: 1955-2018