| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Unidentified Young Women, circa 1943 | 1939/1945 | Three unidentified young women stand together and hold hands, possibly at a train station platform. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Couple Sit in an Armchair, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified well-dressed man is seated in a chair. An unidentified woman sits next to him on the arm of the chair. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Man in a Hat, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified well dressed man wears a hat. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Contact Sheet of Unidentified People, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | A contact sheet with three photographs of unidentified people out on a grassy lawn. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Group, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Three unidentified people stand in a group. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Five Baseball Players Crouched on the Field, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Five baseball players crouch down for a portrait on a baseball field. | African American athletes | 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 Couple Standing on the Sidewalk, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified well dressed couple stands on the sidewalk. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | 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 |
| Portrait of an Unidentified Woman, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Portrait of an unidentified woman in a white dress. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | 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 on the Sidewalk, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Two unidentified men in suits stand on a street next to a car in Welch, West Virginia. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Woman Stands in Front of a Car, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman stands next to a car. She is smiling and wearing a straw hat with a large building behind her. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Group Sit on a Couch, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Four unidentified people sit on a striped couch in a living room. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | 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 |
| Portrait of an Unidentified Woman, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | Portrait of an unidentified elderly woman wearing glasses. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | 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, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified couple stand with their arms around each other. They are surrounded by trees on a sunny day. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Woman Sitting with Young Children, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified woman sits with two boys underneath the scaffolding of a house. | African Americans--Religion, Portraits and people | Robert E. Penn Collection |
| Unidentified Couple Hugging, circa 1942 | 1939/1945 | An unidentified couple share a loving embrace. Behind the couple is wooden scaffolding and stilts for houses. | 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.
