| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Building at Clark College, 1960 | 1960 | Two men stand outside of a large building. Written on verso: "Clark College new bldg. 1960." | African Americans--Religion, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Man Standing in Front of a House, circa 1948 | 1945/1951 | A well-dressed unidentified man stands in front of a house. Next to him is a stone wall. In the house, another unidentified man is entering the house through a door. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| First Baptist Church of Gary, circa 1945 | 1942/1948 | The front entrance of the First Baptist Church of Gary. | African Americans--Religion, Buildings and grounds, African American churches | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Houses and Staircase, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman stands outside behind a house with a steep staircase. | African Americans--Religion, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Woman Standing on the Side of the Road, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman stands on a dirt road. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Houses on a Hillside, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Two unidentified women with a baby stand beneath two houses on a hillside. | African Americans--Religion, Buildings and grounds | 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 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Unidentified Men Stand on the Sidewalk, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Three unidentified men wearing hats stand on a sidewalk in front of a iron fence. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Group in Front of a House, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Three unidentified people stand on the side of a house. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| A Car in Front of a House, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | A car drives down the road in front of hillside houses. | African Americans--Religion, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Men Stand Next to a Fence, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Two unidentified men wearing hats stand next to a fence on a sunny day. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Group Standing in Front of Steps, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified group of a man and two women stand outside of a house. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Couple Stand in Front of a House, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified couple stand on the sidewalk in front of an large house with an iron fence around the front yard. An unidentified boy is standing behind them, wearing a suit and a hat. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Woman in Front of a House, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman looks up toward the photographer with a house behind her. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people, Buildings and grounds | 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.
