| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children Play on a Swing Set, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | Unidentified children play outside on a swing set. | Children, Recreation, African Americans--Education | James H. Costen Collection |
| People Attending a Cookout, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | Unidentified people sit around a flatbed trailer to get drinks while attending a cookout. | African Americans--Religion, Recreation | James H. Costen Collection |
| People Watching a Basketball Game, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | People watch two men jump for a basketball during a basketball game. | African American athletes, Campus life, Recreation | James H. Costen Collection |
| Children Play Outside, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | Unidentified children run and play outside. | Children, Recreation, African Americans--Education | James H. Costen Collection |
| A Woman and Children do a Puzzle, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | Two unidentified children and an unidentified woman sit at a table and work on a puzzle together. | Children, Recreation, African Americans--Education | James H. Costen Collection |
| Children Standing in the Shade, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | Unidentified children stand outside in the shade under some trees. | Children, Recreation, African Americans--Education | James H. Costen Collection |
| People in a Buffet Line, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | Unidentified women serve food to attendees at a cookout. | African Americans--Religion, Recreation | James H. Costen Collection |
| Children at Play, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | Unidentified children sit wearing hats. Written on recto: Above: Children at play. Bottom picture with children dressed for May Day performance. | Children, Recreation, African Americans--Education | James H. Costen Collection |
| A Basketball Game, circa 1976 | 1974/1978 | A crowd stands and looks on as two men jump in the air for the basketball. | African American athletes, Campus life, Recreation | James H. Costen Collection |
Jun 13, 2019
James H. Costen Collection
Dr. James H. Costen was Presbyterian minister and educator, and served as president of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) from 1983 to 1997. In 1969, he became the first Dean of the Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary the only historically Black theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Costenss records tell the story of an active educator and administrator with the papers providing rich resources in the study of African American religion and education in the South.
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