E. Allen Mellen collection on St. Mary's Episcopal Church and the ordination of women, 1973 -- 2012
This series is open for research.
0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
This series contains correspondence and other materials relating to the sponsorship by St. Mary's Episcopal Church of two women deacons of the parish, Carter Heyward and Emily Hewitt (Union Theological Seminary alumnae), for Episcopal ordination in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Diocese of New York, in December 1973. Correspondents include Ellen Marie Barrett; Douglass B. Clark, Deacon, St. Mary's Manhattanville, New York; James L. Duncan, Episcopal Bishop, Diocese of South East Florida; Eugene R. Fairweather, Professor of Divinity, Trinity College, Toronto, Canada; Charlotte Graves Patton, Chair, Congregational Committee on Women's Ordination, St Mary's, Manhattanville, New York; J. E. Griffiss, Professor of Apologetics and Dogmatic Theology, Nashota House, Wisconsin; Emily Hewitt, Deacon, St. Mary's Manhattanville, New York; Carter Heyward, Deacon, St. Mary's Manhattanville, New York; E. Allen Mellen, Vestry Chair/ Treasurer/Warden, St Mary's Manhattanville, New York; Albert T. Mollegen, Professor of New Testament and Christian Ethics, Episcopal Theological Seminary, Virginia; Paul Moore, Jr. Episcopal Bishop, Diocese of New York; Richard A. Norris, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, General Theological Seminary, New York; Thomas F. Pike, President, Standing Committee; Neale A. Secor, Priest in charge St. Mary's, Manhattanville, New York; William Stringfellow.
This series is arranged in original order.
Box 1 Folder 1
C. Heyward to N. Secor, May 1973
Box 1 Folder 2
"Women Priests Yes or No' E. Hewitt and S. Hiatt; St Mary's Publication Party Photograph; Correspondence, 1973 -- 2012
Box 1 Folder 3-4
Correspondence: Heyward/Hewitt Ordination, 1974 -- 1976
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence: Ellen Marie Barrett Ordination, 1977
Box 1 Folder 6
Report on Validity of Philadelphia Ordinations, by Norris, Fairweather, Griffiss, Mollegen, 1975
Box 1 Folder 7
Service Sheets--Women's Ordination Riverside Church, St Mary's Manhattanville, 1974 -- 1977
Box 1 Folder 8
Women's Ordination News Clippings, 1974 -- 1975
Box 1 Folder 9
WON Women's Ordination Now; WON Ordination Announcement of Washington Five, 1975
Box 1 Folder 10
Celebration in Honor of Suzanne Hiatt, Union Theological Seminary, 2003