![Portrait of a young woman wearing a cap and gown. The photo has been personalized to a Rev. [Robert] Penn. Written on verso: To Rev. [Robert] Penn with deep appreciation, Mary Alice "61".](https://radar.auctr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/list_card_image/public/externals/90d03fd17d435ae91a68af85ba44a93e.jpg?itok=ZvyRk3EU&pid=auc.143:0087&iic=true)
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.
