Series 1: Correspondence, 1964 -- 2019
This series is open for research.
This series contains handwritten personal letters and cards; printed email correspondences,
including exchanges between Gale Yee, Carter Heyward, Reverend Thomas Shaw, and Bishop
Wendt. Topics of correspondence between institutions and organizations (churches, universities,
hospitals, publishing houses) and affiliates include Cheek's ordination into the Episcopal
diaconate (1972) and priesthood (1974).
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence; Personal, 1972
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1972
Box 1 Folder 6-7
Correspondence; Episcopal Divinity School, circa 1972 -- 2006
Box 1 Folder 8-10
Correspondence; Personal, 1974
Box 1 Folder 11-14
Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1974
Box 1 Folder 15
Correspondence; Regarding Lectures, Workshops, circa 1974 -- 1977
Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence; Personal, 1975
Box 1 Folder 17-18
Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1975
Box 1 Folder 19
Correspondence; Personal, 1976
Box 1 Folder 20
Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1976
Box 2 Folder 1-3
Correspondence; Personal, 1977
Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1977
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence; A.C. Letters to Parents, 1977
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence, circa 1978 -- 1989
Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence, circa 1992 -- 1999
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondences; Date Unknown, circa 1993 -- 2016
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence; Email, 1997
Box 2 Folder 10-19
Correspondence; Email, circa 1997 -- 2016
Box 2 Folder 20-22
Correspondence; Email, 1998
Box 2 Folder 23-24
Correspondence; Email, 1999
Box 2 Folder 25
Correspondence; Email, 2000
Box 2 Folder 26
Correspondence; Gale Yee, 2000
Box 2 Folder 27
Correspondence; Carter Heyward, 2000 -- 2003
Box 3 Folder 1-5
Correspondence; Email, 2001 -- 2004
Box 3 Folder 6
Corrsepondence; Rev. Thomas Shaw, circa 2004
Box 3 Folder 7-8
2005 - 2011, 2005 -- 2011
Serires 2: Ordination, 1972 -- 2019
This series is open for research.
This series contains religious bulletins and programs; press releases; statements; publications
pertaining to Cheek's ordination into the Episcopal diaconate (1972) and priesthood (1974); and
the Appellate's Tribunal Decision regarding women's ordination into Diaconate (1987).
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 3 Folder 9
Ordination to Diaconate, 1972
Box 3 Folder 10-13
Programs, Releases, Responses, circa 1972 -- 1978
Box 3 Folder 14
Ordination to Priesthood, 1974
Box 3 Folder 15
Bishop Wendt; Trial, Statement, circa 1974 -- 2006
Box 3 Folder 16-17
Publications; Newspaper Clippings, 1974
Box 3 Folder 18
Newsletters; Commit, Bread, circa 1974 -- 1976
Box 3 Folder 19
Movement for the Ordination of Women (M.O.W.), circa 1974 -- 1986
Box 3 Folder 20
Publications; Newspaper Clippings, 1975
Box 3 Folder 21
Publications; Newspaper Clippings, 1976
Box 3 Folder 22
Publications; Newspaper Clippings, circa 1977 -- 1989
Box 3 Folder 23
Appellate's Tribunal Decision; Women's Ordination into Diaconate; 1987, 1987
Box 3 Folder 24-25
Publications; Newspaper Clippings; 25th Anniversary, circa 1990 -- 2019
Series 3: Writings, 1963 -- 2006
This series is open for research.
This series contains sermons (handwritten and church bulletins); addresses and speeches;
Cheek's work as a student at Virginia Theological Seminary and Episcopal Divinity School (EDS)
including: course notes and files; Hebrew and Greek language practice; thesis drafts and final
(1988 - 1990). EDS materials include: Cheek's teaching materials; course evaluations; EDS
newsletters; faculty anti-racism initiatives; reports.
This series is arranged chronologically by project: Sermons; Reflections, Addresses, Other Writings; Course Files; EDS Teaching Files.
Box 4 Folder 1
Sermons; A.C., 1963 -- 1970
Box 4 Folder 2-14
Sermons; A.C., circa 1963 -- 2006
Box 4 Folder 15
Sermons; Bulletins, Services, circa 1963 -- 2006
Box 4 Folder 16-17
Sermons; Marriage, Certificates, circa 1963 -- 2006
Box 4 Folder 18-22
Sermons; Unidentified; Other, circa 1967 -- 1989
Box 4 Folder 23
Sermons; A.C., 1972
Box 4 Folder 24-25
Sermons; A.C., 1974
Box 4 Folder 26
Sermons; A.C., 1975 -- 1976
Box 4 Folder 27
Sermons; A.C., 1977 -- 1979
Box 5 Folder 1
Sermons; A.C., 1980 -- 1981
Box 5 Folder 2
Sermons; A.C., 1982 -- 1983
Box 5 Folder 3-5
Sermons; St. John's Memorial Chapel, circa 1982 -- 1994
Box 5 Folder 6
Sermons; A.C., 1984
Box 5 Folder 7-9
Sermons; A.C., 1985
Box 5 Folder 10
Sermons; A.C., 1986
Box 5 Folder 11
Sermons; A.C., 1988
Box 5 Folder 12-15
Sermons; A.C., 1989
Box 5 Folder 16-17
Sermons; A.C., 1990 -- 1999
Box 5 Folder 18
Sermons; A.C., 2000 -- 2006
Box 6 Folder 1
Publications by A.C., circa 1972 -- 2006
Box 6 Folder 2-5
Reflections, Addresses, Other Writings, circa 1972 -- 2006
Box 6 Folder 6-7
Symposiums, Addresses, 1975 -- 1979
Box 6 Folder 8-9
Reflections, Addresses, Other Writings, 1985 -- 1997
Box 6 Folder 10-21
Course Files, circa 1965 -- 1989
Box 7 Folder 1-6
Course Files, circa 1965 -- 1989
Box 7 Folder 7
Thesis; Draft Notes, 1988
Box 7 Folder 8
Thesis Draft; Introduction; First, Second, Third Chapters, circa 1988 -- 1989
Box 7 Folder 9
Thesis Draft; Sixth Chapter, Evaluation, circa 1988 -- 1989
Box 7 Folder 10
Thesis; Annotated, circa 1988 -- 1989
Box 7 Folder 11
Thesis; Final, 1990
Box 7 Folder 12
EDS; Addresses, 1991 -- 1993
Box 7 Folder 13
EDS; Course Evaluations, 1991 -- 1995
Box 7 Folder 14-16
EDS; Teaching Materials; NT/ PT 205, 1991 -- 1994
Box 7 Folder 17-20
EDS; Feminist Liberation Theology, 1991 -- 1994
Box 7 Folder 21
EDS; Newsletters; Anti-Racist Initative, circa 1991 -- 1996
Box 7 Folder 22
EDS; Teaching Materials; NT/ PT 205, circa 1995 -- 1996
Box 7 Folder 23
EDS; Teaching Materials, circa 1996 -- 1997
Series 4: Projects and Organizations, 1974 -- 2007
This series is open for research.
This series contains joint projects between Cheek and affiliates including: conferences, reports,
proposals; the Well Woman Project; Greenfire. The Well Woman project contains: planning and
financial documents; board letters; sermons. The Greenfire project contains: planning and
financial documents; board letters; Greenfire newsletters; Greenfire logos and brochures;
publications about the project.
This series is arranged chronologically by project: conferences, reports, proposals; the Well Woman Project; Greenfire.
Box 8 Folder 1-4
Projects; Conferences, circa 1974 -- 1994
Box 8 Folder 5-7
Projects; Reports, Proposals, circa 1980 - 1993
Box 8 Folder 8-9
Projects; Well Women; Planning, Financial Documents, circa 1979 -- 1982
Box 8 Folder 10-12
Projects; Well Women; Documents, circa 1979 -- 1982
Box 8 Folder 13-14
Projects; Well Women; Sermons, circa 1979 -- 1982
Box 8 Folder 16-16
Projects; Greenfire; Planning, Financial Documents, circa 1994 -- 2004
Box 8 Folder 17-18
Projects; Greenfire; Logo, Brochures, Publications, circa 1994 -- 2007
Box 8 Folder 19
Projects; Greenfire; Newsletters, 1994 -- 2000
Box 8 Folder 20
Projects; Greenfire; Newsletters, 2001 -- 2007
Box 8 Folder 21-22
Projects; Greenfire; A.C. Materials, circa 2006 -- 2007
Series 5: Personal Documents, circa 1927 -- 2019
This series is open for research.
This series contains personal records and documents including: images; memorabilia; journals;
photography and film negatives; childhood records; university records; and various ephemera.
Included in this series are: Cheek's baptism record (1928); Cheek's certification as a godmother;
diplomas (including: D. Min and M. Div); diaries and journals; handmade books; watercolor
paintings; birthday invitations; and a celebration of life invitation.
This series is arranged by format.
Box 9 Folder 1-3
Images, Memorabilia, Journals, circa 1927 -- 2019
Box 9 Folder 4-6
Photographs, Film Negatives, circa 1927 -- 2019
Box 9 Folder 7-8
Childhood; University Records; Applications, circa 1937 -- 1976
Box 9 Folder 9-10
Degrees, Awards, Honors, Remembrances, circa 1965 -- 2019
Box 10
Degrees, Awards, Honors, Remembrances, circa 1965 -- 2019
Series 6: Audio Visual, circa 1976 -- 1996
This series is open for research.
This series contains audio visual materials including: audiocassettes of Cheek's sermons and
interviews of her; VHS recordings of Episicopal women's conferences; and a DVD entitled "The
Ordination of Women: Benevolent Subversion."
This series is arranged by format.
Box 11
Audiocassettes; Interviews, circa 1976 -- 1987
Box 11
Audiocassettes; Sermons, circa 1976 -- 1996
Box 11
VHS; Episcopal Church Women, circa 1976 -- 1996