Perkins, John, 1930-
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Charles W. Colson Papers
Collection
Identifier: CN 275
Brief Description
Correspondence, memos, book, article and editorial manuscripts, texts of speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, testimony transcripts, magazine articles, audio tapes, and photographs, all documenting many of the major phases of Colson's life, including his work as a political advisor to President Richard Nixon, his involvement in the Watergate scandal, his conversion to Christian faith that caused him to plead guilty to one of the charges against him, his imprisonment, and his life...
Dates:
Created: 1960-1990
Collection 362 Records of Voice of Calvary Ministries
Collection
Identifier: CN 362
Scope and Contents
Administrative correspondence, memos, reports, photographs and other material, relating to the evangelistic ministry of Voice of Calvary Ministries in a context of holistic community development, economic redistribution, and racial reconciliation, primarily from the mid-1970s to 1986 in Mendenhall and Jackson, Mississippi, and nearby rural communities. The collection especially describes the operation of the organization, the fund raising for and promotion of its work, and the educational...
Dates:
Created: 1969-1986
Collection 367 Papers of John Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 367
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview, video tapes, and promotional material, relating to the ministry of John Perkins, author, speaker, and founder and President Emeritus of Voice of Calvary Ministries.Series: Audio TapesOral history interview with John PerkinsInterview with John Perkins in which he describes his childhood in rural Mississippi, his conversion, the formation of VOCM, its program and significant events and individuals in its...
Dates:
Created: 1983-1995
Collection 368 Oral History Interview with Vera Mae Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 368
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vera Mae Buckley Perkins in which she discusses her family background, her education, the importance of her Christian faith, marriage to John Perkins, racial conditions in Mississippi and involvement in Civil Rights demonstration, and racial conditions in that state. Other topics discussed include her work as a migrant laborer and participation in Civil Rights protests that resulted in the integration of the school system in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Collection 374 Oral History Interviews with Artis Fletcher
Collection
Identifier: CN 374
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Artis Edwards Fletcher in which he discusses his childhood, education, and work as pastor of the Mendenhall Bible Church. Also discussed are John Perkins, Voice of Calvary Ministries, the black church in the United States, and racial conditions in Mississippi. The time period covered by the interviews is 1944-1987.
Artis Fletcher was interviewed in by Paul Ericksen at office at the Mendenhall Bible Church, Mendenhall, MS on June 26, 1987.
Dates:
Created: 1987
Prison Fellowship Ministries Records
Collection
Identifier: CN 274
Brief Description
Correspondence, memos, reports, newspaper clippings and other documents describing the founding and development of Prison Fellowship. Among the subjects covered in the files are the part played in the organization by Charles Colson, the realities of prison ministry, the conditions of prisons in the United States, relations between organizations involved in prison ministries, the testimonies of inmates, and the relationship between PFM and its constituents. Persons featured included those...
Dates:
Created: 1961, 1975-1989, 1990, undated
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- African Americans -- Social conditions. 5
- Christian leadership. 5
- Christianity and politics. 5
- African Americans. 4
- Church and social problems. 4
- Conversion. 4
- Discrimination -- United States. 4
- Evangelicalism. 4
- Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 4
- Evangelistic work. 4
- Mendenhall (Miss.) 4
- Racism. 4
- Reconciliation. 4
- Belief and doubt. 3
- Church work with youth. 3
- Civil rights movements 3
- Civil rights movements -- United States. 3
- Discrimination. 3
- Evangelistic work -- Philosophy. 3
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 3
- Fund raising. 3
- Organizational change. 3
- Poverty. 3
- Prisoners -- United States. 3
- Racism -- United States. 3
- Reconciliation -- Christianity. 3
- Religious institutions. 3
- Social change. 3
- Voluntarism -- United States. 3
- Women -- Religious life. 3
- African Americans -- Missions. 2
- African Americans -- Religious life. 2
- African Americans -- Segregation. 2
- Alcoholism -- United States 2
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 2
- Authors and publishers -- United States. 2
- Born again (Motion picture) 2
- Born again. 2
- Christian education -- United States. 2
- Christian education. 2
- Christian literature -- Publication and distribution -- United States. 2
- Christianity and culture -- United States. 2
- Christianity and justice. 2
- Christianity today (Periodical) 2
- Church and state -- United States. 2
- Church work with prisoners -- United States. 2
- Church work with youth -- United States. 2
- Community development -- Mississippi. 2
- Community development. 2
- Cost and standard of living 2
- Cost and standard of living -- United States. 2
- Counseling. 2
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States. 2
- Criminals -- United States. 2
- Discipling (Christianity) 2
- Discrimination -- Christianity. 2
- Evangelistic work -- Washington (D.C.) 2
- Faith. 2
- Family -- United States. 2
- Family. 2
- Forgiveness. 2
- Jackson (Miss.) 2
- Journalism, Religious -- United States. 2
- Legislators -- United States. 2
- Life sentence. 2
- Mass media in religion -- United States. 2
- Organizational change -- United States. 2
- Persecution -- United States. 2
- Persecution. 2
- Prison administration -- United States. 2
- Prison reformers -- United States. 2
- Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain. 2
- Publishers and publishing -- United States. 2
- Terrorism. 2
- United States -- Race relations. 2
- Voluntarism. 2
- Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. 2
- Women 2
- African American churches -- Mississippi. 1
- African American churches. 1
- African American evangelists. 1
- African American families -- Mississippi. 1
- African American leadership. 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions. 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Education. 1
- African Americans -- Families 1
- African Americans -- Missions -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Mississippi. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- Mississippi. 1
- Amnesty. -- United States. 1
- Authors and readers -- United States. 1
- Autobiography -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
- Bible -- Sermons. 1
- Bible. 1
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