| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Player Throwing a Pitch, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | A baseball player throws a pitch across the mound. | African American athletes | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Men in Front of a Shoe Shine Store, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Two unidentified men stand on a sidewalk in front of a building window reading "shoe shine." | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Woman Stands Next to a Parking Meter, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman stands on the sidewalk and poses next to a parking meter. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Couple Stand in Front of a Glass Building, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified couple stand on the grass in front of a large glass building. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Girl with a Dog, circa 1943 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified little girl stands in the middle of a dirt road and is followed by a dog. | Pets, African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Children | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Men Standing in Suits, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Two unidentified men wearing suits stand in front of a brick building. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Woman Sitting, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman sits in an oversized chair in front of a window. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Men on the Side of the Road, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Two unidentified men stand by a car on the side of a rural road. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Neighborhood Rooftops, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | The rooftops of houses in a neighborhood on a hillside. | African Americans--Religion, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Boy Holding a Bag, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified holding a bag stands beneath a house on a hillside. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Children | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Women Standing Outside of a House, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman stands in front of a two-story house house. A second unidentified woman stands on the porch of the first floor. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| An Unidentified Man Stands in Front of a House, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified man wearing a suit, tie, and fedora stands in front of a house. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Unidentified Group of Men Stand in Front of a Fence, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified group of well dressed men stand in front of a fence. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| An Unidentified Man Stands in Front of a Fence, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | A well-dressed unidentified man stands in front of a fence. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| An Unidentified Boy and Girl Sitting on a Couch, circa 1943 | 1939/1945 | Unidentified boy and girl sit on a couch with a floral pattern on the surface. The boy has his arm around the girl's shoulder. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| A Family, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified family stand outside of a house in front of some wooden stairs. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Couple Outside, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified couple stand outside in a yard. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Group, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified well-dressed group stand on a dirt road with houses in the background. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
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.
