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Women and religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on the relationship between women and religion, including the involvement of women in religion. Works on the religious or devotional life of women are entered under Women--Religious life. Works on theology or religious doctrines concerning women are entered under Women--Religious aspects.

Found in 215 Collections and/or Records:

Sumter Baptist Missionary and Education Association-Women's Ministry: Correspondence and Event Program, 2005, 2007

 File — Box 127, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains the subseries: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention; South Carolina Baptist Congress of Christian Education; Baptist Educational and Missionary Sponsored Educational Institutions; Charleston County Baptist Association; and Various South Carolina Baptist Associations.

Dates: 2005, 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.6: Various South Carolina Baptist Associations

Syllabus and course outline: "History of Women in Religion", 2000

 File — Box 88, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes documents from Whipper's course, "History of Women in Religion," (2000).

Dates: 2000
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.1: National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. / 4.1.3: National Baptist Congress of Christian Education / 4.1.3.3: Course Manuals, Study Guides, and Faculty Documents

Various documents, 1983, 2009, 2000, 2012, and undated

 File — Box 90, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains the subseries: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Journals and Newsletters; and Annual Sessions.

Dates: 1983, 2009, 2000, 2012, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.1: National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. / 4.1.4: Woman's Auxiliary / 4.1.4.1: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Journals, and Newsletters

Various documents, undated

 File — Box 104, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes organizational Constituition (undated); "Directory of the Sisterhood of the WBMEC;" adminstrative documents; booklet: "Black Baptist Women of South Carolina; "Dr. Mamie Neely Coker Tribute Book, and her funeral obsequies; Mount Pidgah Baptist Church: Biennial One-Day Session (2004); scholarship program information, event calendars, and mailing lists.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.2: Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention (WBEMC) of South Carolina / 4.2.2.4: Correspondence, Meeting minutes and Various Event programs

Various documents, undated

 File — Box 125, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Includes Whipper's handwritten notes.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.5: Charleston County Baptist Association / 4.2.5.5: Baptist Minsters' Wives and Minsters' Widows of Charleston County

Various Manuals and Booklets from Women's Missionary Society and Union, 1967-1968, and undated

 File — Box 127, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains the subseries: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention; South Carolina Baptist Congress of Christian Education; Baptist Educational and Missionary Sponsored Educational Institutions; Charleston County Baptist Association; and Various South Carolina Baptist Associations.

Dates: 1967-1968, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.6: Various South Carolina Baptist Associations

Various notes, 2001-2004, and undated

 File — Box 105, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Holds correspondence, grant proposals and applications, press releases and newspaper articles, historical committee documents, oral history interview questions, biographical/manuscript documents, and various notes.

Dates: 2001-2004, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.2: Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention (WBEMC) of South Carolina / 4.2.2.6: WBEMC History Project

Various Religious Organizations: Newsletters, Press Releases, and Brochures, 1991 - 2005

 File — Box 127, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Pertains to Whipper's affiliation with the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., and various religious organizations. Contains the sub-series: The National Baptist Convention of America; The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina; Ministries and Various Religious Affiliations; and Churches.

Dates: 1991 - 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.3: Ministries and Various Religious Affiliations

WBEMC Ephemera: Conference Badges and Buttons , 1996-2015, and undated

 File — Box 113
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains photographic albums. Ephemera includes conference badges and buttons.

Dates: 1996-2015, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.2: Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention (WBEMC) of South Carolina / 4.2.2.10: Visual Images and Ephemera

WBEMC for Missions: "Baptist Woman's Day of Prayer", 2004 - 2005

 File — Box 110, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Also includes documents pertaining to the WBEMC for Missions. Holds financial reports, and special event documents.

Dates: 2004 - 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.2: The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina and Auxiliaries / 4.2.2: Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention (WBEMC) of South Carolina / 4.2.2.8: Auxiliaries and Committees / 4.3.3.8.6: Home and Foreign Mission-Africa Initiative
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