This collection contains the photographs from the life and work of Reverend Robert E. Penn, a Baptist minister and educator. Penn was born in a rural coal mining town in West Virginia, and went on to receive degrees from Clark College, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Central Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a chaplain during World War II, and later after his pastoral work in Kansas City, Kansas, and Gary, Indiana, Penn returned to Atlanta to become Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Center in 1973. These photographs document Rev. Penns family life and friend in West Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia, as well as his work as Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana, and Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu. 
Jun 5, 2019

Robert E. Penn Collection

This collection contains the photographs from the life and work of Reverend Robert E. Penn, a Baptist minister and educator. Penn was born in a rural coal mining town in West Virginia, and went on to receive degrees from Clark College, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Central Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a chaplain during World War II, and later after his pastoral work in Kansas City, Kansas, and Gary, Indiana, Penn returned to Atlanta to become Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Center in 1973. These photographs document Rev. Penns family life and friend in West Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia, as well as his work as Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana, and Director of Field Education at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu. 
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Unidentified Group of Boys, circa 1942
1939/1945
A group of unidentified well-dressed boys stand on the sidewalk in front of a house.
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Children
Robert E. Penn Collection
Robert E. Penn Collection
A group of unidentified well-dressed boys stand on the sidewalk in front of a house.
Unidentified Child Sitting in the Grass, circa 1943
1939/1945
Unidentified child sitting, possibly in an open field. Written on verso: "This is little m[information missing] Rachel S. Bing[information missing] To mis Ruth L [information missing] weekly[information missing]"
African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Children
Robert E. Penn Collection
Robert E. Penn Collection
Unidentified child sitting, possibly in an open field. Written on verso: "This is little m[information missing] Rachel S. Bing[information missing] To mis Ruth L [information missing] weekly[information missing]"