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| Old Bethel AME Church in downtown Columbia, SC by Robin Foster |
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When we share specific information about the historical collections we use and where we discovered them, visitors who are researching similar areas learn a lot when they follow us. Old Bethel AME Church on the corner of Taylor and Sumter Streets in downtown Columbia is being rennovated and will reopen as a historical museum. I have been researching the history of Bethel and have discovered several resources that document my family and many others.
Some of the place are the South Caroliniana Library and WorldCat. On a visit to the library, I discovered old tithing records which document my ancestors and collateral lines. I searched WorldCat and found other sources for Bethel such as this old 1923 church program:
Official program of the mid-winter session of the Bishops' Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, February 14, 1923
I went over to the online catalog for the South Carolinina Library Manuscript Division and found a link to the actual online version of the file:
Official program of the mid-winter session of the Bishops' Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, February 14, 1923 . The 56 page program is a great piece of history and because it includes biographical information and photos of several leaders at that time.
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| Cornerstone of Bethel AME by Robin Foster |
Bethel was established in 1860, and the first site burned. The 1923 program was published just after the new building was established with the help of the first registered African American architect, James Anderson Lankford (b. 1874)
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