Series 8
Photographs, 1930-1982
Boxes 55-56; OP 1-2; and OBV 1-3
Scope and Content Note
The series contains photographs from across Coan's adult life. There are images from Coan's graduation from Howard University to his time teaching at the International Theological Center. The series also contains a significant number of photos from Coan's time in Africa. These are photos of people connected to the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Wilberforce Academy, as well as general photos from South Africa. There also photos from Coan's travels outside of South Africa, to places including Zambia, in his role as Superintendent with the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The photos provide insight into the people that Coan worked and associated with during his time in Africa. Photos in the United States document events and places and Coan's associates. The series also contains a number of photo postcards, from Africa, the United States, and Canada. Some additional photographs relating to Coan's time in Africa can be found in the scrapbook in Series 9, Personal Papers.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by subject area, then in alphabetical order.
Coan | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
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55 | 1 | Portraits, no date |
55 | 2 | Portraits, no date [photographer: Adair Tate] |
55 | 3 | Portrait, no date [photographer: A.L. Adams Studio, Atlanta, Georgia] |
55 | 4 | Portraits, no date [photographer: Jack London Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa] |
55 | 5 | PhD graduation, Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1961 |
55 | 6 | Snapshot, 1965 |
55 | 7 | Portrait, January 6, 1980 |
Coan with others: undated | ||
55 | 8 | Unidentified, no date |
55 | 9 | In Africa, no date |
55 | 10 | At a mission in Africa, no date |
55 | 11 | Groundbreaking of a chapel in Africa, no date |
55 | 12 | The Inn Buck Hills Falls, Pennsylvania, no date |
55 | 13 | Interdenominational Theological Center, no date [photographer: H.C. Williams] |
55 | 14 | Lyuchi circuit, Isoka, near old Fife, no date |
55 | 15 | Minister and wife, Wareeniging, no date |
55 | 16 | Reverend Peter Lesabe and driver Mr. Opperman, no date |
55 | 17 | With choir in Africa, no date |
55 | 18 | With colleague, no date |
OP1 | 1 | Women's Missionary Society, Transvaal Conference Branch, no date |
Coan with others: dated | ||
55 | 19 | Howard University graduation, 1930 |
55 | 20 | The School of Religion, 1939 |
OP2 | - | Divinity School photo, 1932 |
55 | 21 | Annual conference with Bishop Young, 1947 |
55 | 22 | With ministers visiting Dr. and Mrs. D.S. Malekebu at Mission Chiradzulu, Nyasaland, East Africa, 1947 |
OP1 | 9 | With Representatives of Workshop and Seminar Groups of the 43rd Session of the Georgia State Christian Education Leadership Congress, Morris Brown College, August 1951 |
55 | 23 | Bishop Francis Herman Gow, Dr. and Mrs. Bright, Ghana, 1957 |
55 | 24 | January 1957 |
55 | 25 | PhD graduation, Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1961 |
55 | 26 | October 1962 |
55 | 27 | 1965 |
55 | 28 | May 1969 |
55 | 29 | May 18, 1969 |
55 | 30 | Morris Brown College Leadership Group, 1974 [photographer: Dodson Studio, Atlanta, Georgia] |
55 | 31 | 80th Birthday party, 1982 |
Africa | ||
55 | 32 | African Methodist Episcopal Church members, Karonga Circuit, North Nyasa, Reverend John Lester C. Membe, Brother Ronald R.K. Mkandawiri, no date |
55 | 33 | African Methodist Episcopal Church members, Kasenga Circuit, Mzimba, P.D. Njakwa, P.Z. Mkandawiri, John Lester C. Membe, no date |
55 | 34 | Bloemfontein, no date |
55 | 35 | Carriers traveling from Karonga to Njakwa, approaching Livingstonia Mission, no date [photographer: J.L.C. Membe] |
55 | 36 | Conferences of Karonga and Kaporo circuits with J.B.C. Munthali and S. Chirambo, no date |
55 | 37 | David Sangweni, no date |
55 | 38 | Durban, no date |
55 | 39 | Evaton huts, no date |
55 | 40 | Mdabwi African Methodist Episcopal Church schoolchildren with Reverend Mvula, Kasungu, no date |
55 | 41 | Membe, John Lester C., children and wife, no date |
55 | 42 | Ministers at Kimberly, no date |
55 | 43 | Ministers of the Witbank district, no date |
OP1 | 12 | Miss Wilberforce and court, Universal Studios, Jeppe, no date |
55 | 44 | Natal, including Adams College, no date |
55 | 45 | N.K. Masuabi, principal at coloured school in Kimberly, no date |
55 | 46 | People and places, unidentified, no date |
55 | 47 | Seeiso Griffith Lerotholi, no date |
55 | 48 | Sekukuniland pastors, Transvaal, no date |
55 | 49 | Trip to Nyasaland, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Tanganyika, no date |
55 | 50 | Unidentified man, Film Tests studio, Johannesburg, no date |
55 | 51 | Vereeniging, no date |
55 | 52 | Wilberforce Institute, including Bishop Wright's visit, no date |
55 | 53 | Winnie Lange, no date |
55 | 54 | Witbank choir, no date |
55 | 55 | Bethlehem, Bethel, and Ventersdorp, 1940 |
56 | 1 | Calendar, 1941 |
56 | 2 | Bishop John A. Gregg, visit to Wilberforce, 1944 [includes photos with Coan] |
56 | 3 | Reverend and Mrs. Lawrence, Easter 1944 |
56 | 4 | Babsie and Nic Christians, May 4, 1945 [photographer: Candid Photo Service, Heathfield] |
56 | 5 | African Methodist Episcopal Church members of the district conference, J.L. Shaba, John Lester C. Membe, Fort Jameson, Northern Rhodesia, 1946 |
56 | 6 | John and Sophia Adams, 1946 [photographer: 20th Century Studios] |
56 | 7 | Mbeya African Methodist Episcopal Church, pastors' council including John Lester C. Membe, Tanganyika, January 1948 |
56 | 8 | Reverend Lawrence, from Cape Town, May 1948 |
56 | 9 | New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Nyasaland, April 17, 1949 |
56 | 10 | Trip to Ghana for Independence, 1957-1958 |
Other people | ||
56 | 11 | African-American congregation, no date [includes photo with Coan] [possible early pastorate] |
56 | 12 | A.J. Carey Jr, no date |
56 | 13 | Claudia Burriss, no date [photographer: Green & Haynes Photographers, Anderson, South Carolina] |
56 | 14 | John Epps, A.L., no date [photographer: Adams Photo Studio] |
56 | 15 | Principal and Mrs. Amos J. White at their home, no date |
56 | 16 | Reverend G.R. Crayton, no date |
56 | 17 | Revered Isaac P. Makhale, South Africa, no date |
56 | 18 | Ruth B Lewis, no date |
56 | 19 | Ruth Gaston Mueller, no date |
56 | 20 | Sam, Atlanta, GA, no date |
56 | 21 | Unidentified, no date [photographer: Green & Haynes Photographers, Anderson, South Carolina] |
56 | 22 | Unidentified family, no date [photographer: Snap Shot Service, Atlanta, Georgia] |
56 | 23 | Unidentified man, no date [photographer: P. Daniel & Fourie Photographers] |
56 | 24 | Unidentified man, no date [photographer: Respess-Grimes Engraving Co, Jacksonville, Florida] |
OP1 | 2 | Unidentified woman, no date |
56 | 25 | Unidentified woman, no date [photographer: Auburn Optical Co., Atlanta, Georgia] |
56 | 26 | Unidentified, no date [1 of 2] |
56 | 27 | Unidentified, no date [2 of 2] |
56 | 28 | Unidentified, 1957 |
56 | 29 | Unidentified, 1959 |
56 | 30 | Unidentified, 1960 |
56 | 31 | Unidentified, 1961 |
56 | 32 | Unidentified, 1964 |
56 | 33 | Unidentified, 1966 |
56 | 34 | Unidentified woman, Miami Beach Mall, February 1965 [wife?] |
56 | 35 | Shirley Wilcher, 1968-1969 [family] |
56 | 36 | Children: Susan, Thomas, Kathy, 1982 |
Photograph albums | ||
OBV1 | 1930s | |
OBV2 | Africa, no date | |
OBV3 | Wilberforce Institute, no date | |
Places and events | ||
56 | 37 | African Methodist Episcopal Church religious service, no date [includes photos with Coan] |
56 | 38 | Funeral, no date |
56 | 39 | Parsonage of Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, no date |
56 | 40 | Sammye Fuller Coan's grave, no date [includes photo with Coan] |
56 | 41 | Speaking event, no date [includes photos with Coan] |
56 | 42 | African Methodist Episcopal Church Conference, Kansas City, 1948 [includes photo with Coan] |
56 | 43 | Unidentified places, no date, 1957, 1960 |
56 | 44 | Interdenominational Theological Center faculty retreat, Hinton Rural Life Center, Haynesville, NC, 1969 [includes photo of Coan] |
Postcards and photocards | ||
56 | 45 | Africa [1 of 2] |
56 | 46 | Africa [2 of 2] |
56 | 47 | Europe [includes postcard with Coan] |
56 | 48 | United States and Canada |
Negatives | ||
56 | 49 | Negatives |